Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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Donald B. Strobe
... There was something about the whole service, especially the prayer of confession, that made him feel very unworthy. As he knelt at the altar to receive the bread, his hands always trembled as he reached out for it. He hesitated, but the minister, knowing his mood and his reservations, smiled at him and whispered, “Take it man, it’s for sinners.” It is! Thank God! John Wesley’s brother Charles put it into a hymn: “Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast; let every soul be Jesus’ guest; Ye need not one ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... of us have a hard time rousing ourselves to go a few blocks to Church on Sunday morning, but Simon thought enough of the God he worshiped to travel more than one thousand miles to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover at the Temple! Simon was probably in a jovial mood as he walked along the road. As he reached the city gate he met a crowd going in the opposite direction. The uproar roused his curiosity. Perhaps he stopped one of the crowd and asked, “What’s going on?” “We are going to the place of the ...
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Eric Ritz
... and urge the stranger to stay with them. It is in a simple outdoor setting. It is not until after the stranger has taken the bread and blessed it, that they finally recognize him as the Lord Jesus Christ. His presence with them transforms their mood of failure and defeat into renewed hope and a new direction for life. The two disciples, like Roy Riegels, were traveling in the wrong direction. They had "fumbled" and were running away from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They thought the game of life was over. Imagine ...
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Eric Ritz
... place where our actions fail." One of the greatest breakthroughs any Christian can make is to know (really know) that Christ cares for you. Simply admit your need. Pour out your complaints before Him. THIRD, REMEMBER YOUR SALVATION IS NOT DEPENDENT ON YOUR PRESENT MOOD OR EMOTION. Emotions, simply put, are not the final authority on our relationship to God or anything else important in life. We are saved by what Christ did, not by what we do. Our emotions are like the weather, they are always changing. When ...
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Eric Ritz
... so typical of England, fell over the channel. England thought the battle was lost and the dreadful news was spread quickly, throwing the land into despair. But when the fog lifted, they could see the final word, "Wellington defeated Napoleon." And the mood in Great Britain changed from one of tragedy to triumph. The whole country exploded in thunderous celebration as the news was relayed. Napoleon had been defeated. We know from the Gospel records that there was a great deal of circumstantial evidence that ...
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Paul E. Flesner
... . I want to make one more observation about getting ready for Christmas. The way in which the church prepares for Christmas compared to the way the rest of the world prepares for Christmas is also confusing to many folks. Two examples: the "mood" of Advent is "penitential" and more somber (which surprises folks), and we don't sing Christmas carols, which baffles people. These reactions to Advent aren't surprising, since we do bring our "secular" experience into church with us. If everyone else is singing ...
332. The Fox
Mark 6:14-29
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David G. Rogne
... I was staying, hoping that I would pass judgment, and thus relieve him of the obligation of imposing an unpalatable sentence. I was glad to have the opportunity to see this Jesus, for whom I had so long been searching, but I was certainly in no mood to get involved in making another judgment. I interviewed Jesus and satisfied myself that he was not John the Baptist resurrected, and then I had him taken back to Pilate with no recommendation from me. From that point on, Pilate and I had a greater respect ...
333. Anxious Thanks
Matthew 6:25-34
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Cathy A. Ammlung & staff
... holidays can be -- especially a holiday devoted to thankfulness for blessings and to celebrating family ties. And this year, more than most, we resonate with their worries, fears, grief, and cares. And so our Lord's words jar us. At best, they spoil the mood of Thanksgiving gratitude. Even to say, "Don't worry about these things," is to make us a little anxious. It's a bit like saying, "Don't think about elephants." You know what happens! Worse, Jesus' words reveal an uncomfortable truth about gratitude. We ...
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Fredrick R. Harm
... asked the pastor to give him a text to be carved in the chancel over the altar. It was an interesting commission, for the architect said it must not contain more than eighteen letters. It was to present something of significance to people of many moods. The text must share the joy of Christmas, and be in harmony with the stern note of Good Friday. When Easter morning comes, it must still be true and luminous with the vision of eternity. Youth and middle-aged must understand its message of challenge ...
335. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance
Ephesians 4:17--5:21
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Harold Warlick
... you are sorry, little wounds are still there." Indeed, verbal wounds can be as bad as physical ones. We Christians cannot hold forth to the world images of noisy impertinence, elbowing self-conceit, bitterness, and anger. We must hold forth the graceful mood of God our creator and properly present that creator to those who labor with us, both within and without. The Biblical narrative clearly tries to close various loopholes that shackle Christians in every age. Whoever wrote this text to the Ephesians was ...
336. Joy to the World
Isaiah 61:1-11
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Curtis Lewis
... in mourning. Doubt and despair had overwhelmed them. All of their social and religious activities were like attendance at a funeral. This will soon all be changed, for the children of Israel will celebrate a wedding rather than mourn at a funeral. Why has the whole mood changed? It is because the people are now rejoicing in their God. Why is there so much joy when there had been doom and gloom everywhere? God has given his people a new status, which is highlighted by new clothing. God himself has put this ...
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Richard Gribble
... , "What do you do?" David was uncertain whether to tell the truth or lie, but he summoned his courage and said, "I'm a minister in town at the MapleStreetCommunityChurch." The crowd was shocked and began to mumble, but from the background Turk bellowed, "Quiet!" Immediately the mood in the bar changed and the patrons, one-by-one began to tell their stories. When Turk's turn came he began, "I've never been to church. My mother was never married so people told her she was not good enough for any church. I've ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... some center, some focus, the circumference gets all out of shape, and that is what has happened to us. No praise, no peace. So there must be a song. And it can’t be a tentative melody that we hum or strum when we’re caught in the mood of Christmas. It’s a lifestyle, a condition of the heart, a dedication of life. This is what the child inadvertently suggested when he went out at the end of January to sing Christmas carols. A householder listening to the strains of Hark the Herald Angels Sing, opened ...
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Maxie Dunnam
If I had to designate one big idea that has characterized the mood and the movement of people during the past ten or 15 years, I would say that this has been a time of aggressive self-expression. Perhaps the most graphic reflection of it is the advent of assertiveness training. This has been formalized in books, seminars, and workshops. For many people, ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... aloft, as on eagle's wings, into 'heavenly places', where God dwells and is ready to receive them. No, God comes to the soul now, as he came to the world in Jesus Christ. He loves men passionately in all their wayward and unlovely moods. His love follows them, encompasses them, in all the dark recesses of their lostness and alienation. For the great minds of Greece, the pity which such an attitude presupposed was a disease. Deity surely could not be less unruffled and imperturbable than ideal men. Hinduism ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... 't for my money, we probably wouldn't have this piano." Once more, Herman just sat there and didn't say a word. Later that night, Herman and Clara prepared to go to bed. As they pulled up the covers of the bed, Clara paused, and then in a reflective mood said, "You know, Herman, if it weren't for my money, why we wouldn't have the dresser in this room, or the corner table, and we wouldn't have this warm, comfortable bed." With that, poor old Herman turned to Clara and said, "I don't want to hurt ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... prepared for it. (Trotter, Ibid.) So, that's what Advent is all about preparation getting ready for the visitation. We don't know when that visitation is going to come but we have to prepare for it. I want to register three ways of preparation, or three moods of expectancy, or you might call them three postures of waiting for the Lord to come. It's the posture of the Christian who lives between the Incarnation, the earthly life, death and resurrection of our Lord, and the time of his Return. I. First, we ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... , He rose from the supper, laid aside his garments and girded Himself with a towel and washed the disciples' feet. We can't let the world or circumstance determine who we are. Charlie Brown is always undercut in his identity by those around him. In a depressed mood, which is not a rare experience for Charlie Brown, he says to himself, but out loud, "Y'know, I'll bet if I were to disappear tomorrow, nobody would miss me!" But Lucy hears him and says, "Oh, I don't think that's true, Charlie Brown..." Charlie ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... , but He also comes to those who think they have nothing. I'm not talking about "nothing" only in terms of material possessions. I'm talking about Jesus coming to give hope to those who think it's over, and feel there is no place to turn. That kind of mood is not hard to come by today. All around us -- and certainly all over the world, there are people who are bereft of home, food, freedom, love, a job and any sense of security -- they think they have no where to go and no place to turn. "Is not the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... his eye, and he picked up the periodical and leafed through it while he waited for dinner. It was an issue of The Christmas Annual. There were beautifully illustrated reproductions of Christmas carols. He began to read the familiar word, but being in a caustic mood, he began to revise the carols into parodies: "Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright...Maybe so, but I will wager That innkeeper, didn't have a teenager! "God rest you merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay....You can sing that ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... it was forty years ago -- even more so. I know there is more for me to do than I can ever get done. So I simply confess. Pace is a problem, pray for me. Powerlessness, pace, and pettiness. I won't say much about this, I'm in a mellow mood today. But I couldn't be responsible in my reflection without letting you know that I don't deal with pettiness well. Now I don't lambast the petty person. I'm sure, however, my irritation betrays my feelings and that's OK. One of the Nielson Young Duo who ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... 's going to do, proud about her planned sneak attack, Sluggo passes by and she doesn't even know it. When she overcomes her delight with herself she looks out from behind the tree, but Sluggo is nowhere to be found. She concludes her reverie in a dismal mood saying, "The trouble with my life is that the realities never quite live up to the expectations." Well, Nancy is right. There is a sense in which the realities never live up to the expectations. But the truth still is, what you're looking for tell the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... . No one would even begin to hint at the possibility that the people in Russia and in the Union of Independent States are living in any thing that would hint at a paradise. A cloud of impending doom hangs over that vast landscape. And despair, despair is the dominant mood of the people. As I mentioned a moment ago, I don't usually change my preaching. But I decided to do so this past Thursday. We were visiting in a school, a public school in Moscow. It's a school where Dr. Sundo Kim has rented a hall as ...
349. Songs of the Season
Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... and from that point on, she makes a case for others like herself -- with fair warning to those who walk with pride and arrogance. Someone has said that this song contains "the first rough draft of Christianity." That may be an overstatement; but surely the mood of this song is reflected in the beatitudes, especially as those beatitudes appear in Luke's Gospel. Mary pictures God on the march against entrenched power and wealth. If, for a moment, we could hear these words as if we had never heard them before ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... . It's hard to concentrate on the joy of giving, which seemed so important a few weeks ago. Even though this is the season in the church when we recall the visit of the Wise Men and their giving to the Christ Child, our own disposition is more in the mood of "Let's go on with normal life." If we're to get on with normal life, let us not do so by leaving Christmas behind. Let us remind ourselves that our Lord came, not to institute a season of cards, celebrations, and Christmas trees, but to bring good news ...
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