Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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326. Easter 6
John 14:15-31
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... . I become the wound-ed man myself." Jesus became one of us; and God sent the Counselor to keep telling us the same truth. Stewardship Challenge Consider this: Do we ever think about the money we keep for ourselves, as well as what we put in the offering plate? We are accountable for all of it. You may want to follow the doxology with this prayer: "Gracious God, grant us so faithfully to use the money we did not give today, and the hours we did not spend in your house (mission), that our living may confirm ...
327. Proper 25
Matthew 22:34-40
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... to bring their pledge cards and place them on the communion table, to offer a prayer of commitment, to stay as long as they want before returning to their pews. You might even have a soloist sing, "Who Will Answer?" Put an offering plate in the narthex for the shy. One other suggestion: Lead the congregation gently, or not so gently, away from the word "budget," and replace it with the word "mission," local and world. Charge to the Congregation Consider this: Personalize the Commandment. Ask the people ...
328. All Saints' Day
Matthew 5:1-12
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... original source, unknown) Stewardship Challenge Consider this: Build on the stewardship of joy. The Readers Digest once stated, "If only we would stop trying to be happy, we would have a pretty good time." How would you go about putting your joy in the offering plate this morning? Charge to the Congregation Try this: The natives of Nigeria say, "To be happy is to be sweet inside." When our lives go sour on the outside, they still can remain sweet on the inside; because in Christ Jesus, we have received our ...
329. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Daniel 2:24-49, Daniel 2:1-23
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Bill Bouknight
... prayers are more focused and usually more powerful. When our younger son Aaron was 6 or 7 years old, he taught us about specific prayer. When it was his turn to say grace at supper, he would pray something like this: "Lord, help me eat the green stuff on my plate, and if I can't, don't let Mom and Dad make me eat it." And you know something, God answered his prayer. Find out the specific needs of your friends and relatives and lift them up to God. Then you'll know for sure when an answer comes, and ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... for the living Bread of heaven, they couldn't care less whether the anthem was a tad too folksy or the opening hymn somewhat unfamiliar. Really hungry people don't care whether the fork is placed on the left or the right of the plate. When worshippers get overly picky, it usually means that they aren't very hungry. At the recent inauguration of President Bush, the two pastors on the program, Franklin Graham and Methodist pastor Kirbyjohn Caldwell, both ended their prayers with these words-"through Jesus ...
331. Don't Pay for Me, Pa
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A small lad in church for the first time watched the ushers pass the offering plates. When they came to his pew, the little fellow piped out so all the congregation could hear, "Don’t pay for me, Daddy, ‘cause I’m under five!"
332. Midnight Turned Into High Noon
Isaiah 42:10-17, Isaiah 42:18-25
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Barbara Brokhoff
... wanted the priest to absolve him of his sins. The Father said, "All right, son, what have you done?" The man replied, "I’ve taken some lumber that did not belong to me." The priest responded, "Well, that’s not too bad. You put $5.00 in the offering plate and see that you never steal lumber again." The man said, "All right, Father, but it was quite a bit of lumber." "Was it enough to build a bird house?" the priest asked. "Yes," the culprit admitted. "Then you’d better put $10.00 in the offering and ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... better than salt." The king was not especially elated with her answer and lightly dismissed it as an indication of her immaturity. But the cook overheard the conversation and the next morning left the salt out of everything in the king’s breakfast. Then, pushing his plate aside, he realized the deep meaning of his daughter’s remark. In saying, "I love you more than salt," she was in reality saying, "I love you so much that nothing is any good without you." Isn’t that the bottom line of our experience ...
Sermon
Peter Rudowski
... . "Reach out and touch someone," the ad says to us. It’s a good idea. If I think about that particular ad, the one that moves me the most is a very big, heavy-set woman saying to her husband over dinner, "Joey called tonight." With fork midway between plate and mouth, her husband stops and says, "What’s wrong?" She says, "Nothing. He just called to say he loves me." Then the tears come to her eyes and roll down her face. "He reached out and he touched me; I love him for it." "Reach out and touch ...
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George Bass
... when he was alone and the other two were for occasions when he entertained other people: I. 2 pieces of bread a decanter of wine a herring a tortellini (pasta) II. a salad 4 pieces of bread a decanter of tondo and a quarter of sharp wine a small plate of spinach 4 anchovies tortellini III. 6 pieces of bread 2 fennel soups a herring a decanter of tondo Like John the Baptist, he never seems to have developed more extravagant tastes; his pleasure was to know and do the will of God, to serve him - not himself ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... s right for me, it’s right for the other person. Good and evil are democratic. If it’s wrong for others, it’s wrong for me. Some people think mistakenly that, "All men were created equal, but some are more equal than others." A mother gave Bobby a plate with two pieces of cake, saying, "Give Jimmy his choice." Soon she heard Jimmy wailing. She called out, "Bobby, I said to give Jimmy his choice." "I did," came back the reply. "I said he could take the little piece or none." If it hurts or crushes or ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... of this truth was given by Dr. Ralph Sockman, long-time pastor of Christ Church in New York City. Dr. Sockman pictured a great battleship afloat on the high seas. He then pointed out that if you took it apart and threw it into the ocean - its plates of armour, its guns, its engines, its anchor chains - very little of it would float. It would sink immediately to the bottom. The parts will not float by themselves, but build them together into a great ship, and with majesty it will ride out the worst storms ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... . We are not yet at the end of the possibilities. Bishop Earl Hunt shakes us awake: "We are living in a day in which we are victims of influences on every side: television, commercials, pop music, x-rated movies, Watergate which ended our nickel-plated morality, and on this we build our foreign policy, found our careers, fall in love, establish our homes, and sometimes our churches." No wonder the whole thing comes tumbling down! Why not try out something more solid? A Christian is a person of the Eternal ...
339. THE SCANDALOUS GOSPEL
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John H. Krahn
... especially when I am on vacation in a strange community not knowing the location of the nearest church. I would not like to think that tithing is the generosity encouraged by Scripture and would rather only throw a five dollar or a ten dollar bill in the collection plate each week and spend the rest on myself. Likewise I am uncomfortable when Jesus tells me in Matthew 10:34-39 that truth is more important than temporary harmony in the family or in the church. He says, "Do not think that I have come to bring ...
340. LOVING UNCONDITIONALLY
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John H. Krahn
... love is simply accepting another person completely and unconditionally, as God accepted us. Recently, when one of our Sunday school envelopes that was put in the collection was opened, there was no money in it. Nevertheless, the child who placed it in the collection plate made perhaps the most God-pleasing offering of anyone present that day. In the envelope was a small slip of paper. On it two crosses were drawn, the symbol of God’s unconditional love. These words were also written on the paper, "Please ...
Drama
Tom Eberle
... . We also prepare for this meal by presenting our gifts to God. Join now with Severus and Maria in this act of dedicating ourselves. [Severus and Maria receive the offering. They process forward with it during the singing of the Doxology. Placing the offering plates on the altar they return to where they were standing at the front of the congregation.] [The minister offers the prayer of Thanksgiving, and breaks the bread.] Minister: The Body of Christ, the bread of Heaven. The Blood of Christ, the cup of ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... said "Perhaps God would rather hear the cries of the ungodly then the hallelujahs of the pious." Though we are pious and say our prayers, though we go regularly to church and sing our alleluias, though we faithfully place even a tithe on the offering plate, and stop there without any effort being made to put faith into practice, God cannot stand us. He is hurt and offended and grieved no end. He detests make-believe and artificiality. You will recall that Cain’s prayers were not heard because his heart ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... they misunderstood this kingdom to be a restoration of Israel to the days of King David’s glory. But increasingly Jesus began to talk about sacrifice—even giving up your life. The story is told of a pee-wee baseball game. When the young boy got up to the plate he looked over to the coach, and he saw him give the signal to sacrifice bunt. He then promptly proceeded to take three big swings and strike out. The coach ran up to him and said: Didn’t you see me give you the signal to sacrifice? Yes, the ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... . Today we are going to talk about something that a lot of people don’t like to talk about very much. Some people are afraid of it, but they should be pleased, happy and filled with joy. First let me show you what I mean. If I passed around this plate of cookies and asked you to look very carefully at them before you ate one, and then asked you what they remind you of, what would you say? Christmas, that’s right. Now I wonder what you would say if I showed you this piece of pine tree? [Let them ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... program with much less trouble then if you tried to reserve a pew near the back, change the color of the carpet, decide on new choir robes, preach a sermon with a vague point, or decide to spend $25.00 on a new collection plate." Over-reaction to little things has shackled Christians and churches from their very beginnings. The Apostle Paul wrote several letters to the church at Corinth. This church was being disturbed by doctrinal and ethical problems. Some were throwing up issues like speaking in tongues ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... the minister to listen to them preach. If our imaginations are actively engaged in humor, so are our actual experiences in worship. For several months a door in our sanctuary possessed a very difficult handle. Some of our lighter moments came when ushers carrying the offering plates tried to negotiate an opening of that door. In fact, some of the best lunges and forearms I’ve seen have taken place not on our athletic field but at that door. Finally a handkerchief had to be called upon to open it and that ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... if you look for it. Remember the story of the three Scotsmen who went to church together and everything was going just fine until the offering was taken. They immediately went into a whispered conference and solved the difficulty of facing the offering plate that was fast coming toward them - one of them fainted and the other two carried him out! Contrast that, and our counting every little thing we do and give for Christ, with the feelings of Queen Victoria. Dean Farrar relates that Queen Victoria, after ...
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Herchel H. Sheets
... trouble with the idea that one can stack up merits is that it is not true. Mark Twain may have been unjustifiably pessimistic when he said, "Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is a sort of low grade nickle-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."6 Henry David Thoreau, also, might have been unduly critical of himself when he said, "I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed. I never ...
349. Ghosts - 1951
Ephesians 6:10-20
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Kent Moorehead
... man’s attire, commonly supposed to be so rational. Why does the being called a "gentleman" wear around his neck a band of spotless whiteness and unbearable stiffness, at his wrists similar instruments of torture, and before his chest a rigidly starched linen plate? No one outside of a madhouse would call these articles of apparel agreeable. There is for the custom no reason at all drawn from comfort, hygiene, or usefulness. There is, however, the ghost of a dead reason. Once upon a time a "gentleman ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... cheerfully joined in table conversation as they finished breakfast, often talking about what grandmother had read. Only then, Willis remembers, did grandmother start to eat her breakfast. By then, the grits were cold. But she didn't mind. Grandmother had more significant matters on her plate than grits. She was passing on a faith legacy. So much to teach and so little time. Let me share a third truth that Hannah teaches us: THE GREATEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR A CHILD IS TO LOAN HIM TO THE LORD. These are ...
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