Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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326. The Un-Parade
Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44
Sermon
Robert Noblett
... began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priest and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." (Matthew 16:21) If one is not persistent, then she is pliant or yielding or spineless or vacillating or wavery, and those characteristics do not lend themselves to accomplishment. Save one’s bills, I don’t know much else that comes to one minus the use of persistence. A well-groomed summer lawn is won only at the cost of perpetual ...
327. Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:1-19
Sermon
Warren Thomas Smith
... these failed, starvation came. It was a grim choice: death by starvation or the sword. In the midst of this affliction, Habakkuk affirmed, Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off ... yet! will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Here is gratitude! Our gospel speaks of joy - joy regardless of external circumstances. Thanksgiving is mentioned sixty-four times in the Old Testament ...
Sermon
Allan J. Weenink
... pieces of the puzzle do not seem to be present, when the clear course of action appears blurred, when the directional arrow is hazy, the distant drum beat too muffled to recognize, the goals slightly out of focus, the closed door not quite yielding to our touch, the intuitive knowledge still indecisive, and the pattern not ready to crystalize. And so we wait. Yet, with waiting, comes discovery. Out of nowhere (yet surely from Somewhere) it seems to steal across the mind, stimulate the senses, motivate the ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... say that one youth in five identifies with the personal God and commits his life to a higher purpose than eat, drink, and be a conformist. Yes, there are people in this world whom we can call "virtuous," who are creative and do not yield to avoiding anxiety by blending in with the herd, a phenomenon psychologists call "protective coloring." There are many people in this world who are not "foolish" in the New Testament sense. They have their values arranged properly, with first priorities on faith, hope, and ...
Sermon
Barbara Brokhoff
... are to have freedom of will), faith still knows that when evil takes the game of life into its own hands, God is still Master of the situation. This is the gospel truth (or there is no gospel for our lives at all) that in proportion as I yield myself to the will of God - the same power that turned Christ’s death into victory will do the same for me. This confidence means that difficulties will be transformed, trials will have meaning, joys will be enhanced, sins be forgiven, and even in death I shall have ...
Sermon Aid
T. A. Kantonen
... and I died; the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me" (Romans 7:9-10). "If a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law" (Galatians 3:21). The law may promise life but it yields only death. Life and righteousness are ours only through faith in Christ. But does not Paul ascribe to the law the positive function of preparing us to receive Christ, when he describes the law as a paidagogos eis Christon, a tutor and guardian leading us to ...
332. Ghosts - 1951
Ephesians 6:10-20
Sermon
Kent Moorehead
... all the world over. Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, thick as leaves, fall from the past to cover us, to smother us, in their rotting mold. Whoever cares for life must struggle. Straight is the gate to life, and narrow is the way, and few there be who find it. Obey, yield to the ghosts, and you get, not life, but a sorry substitute for life. All around us are the dead, a numberless, walking host, whose laughter plays like foam upon its sea-murmur of sorrow. But thank God, there are souls who demand life at any price ...
Sermon
Kent Moorehead
... until he tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The lying power of partial truth is a mighty mean weapon to wield, but it is so frightfully effective that many men are so sorely tempted to use it that they yield all too frequently. Certain newspaper publishers, for example, have virtually ruined their personal characters as well as their professional reputations by resorting so habitually to this vile method of misrepresenting causes or persons they dislike. They lie about their opponents, not by ...
Sermon
Kent Moorehead
... Jesus did not do. To be sure he did not "eliminate the negative" altogether. There were certainly many things he refused to do, because they were evil, or at least less than the best. Even though he was tempted in all points, as we are, he never yielded. He was without sin. So, when it came to writing his biography, there were so many positive deeds to record that his biographers never once thought of putting down the things he refrained from doing. Negative Christianity is no Christianity at all. It is a ...
Drama
Robert Clausen
... for you. MARTHA: But still ... LAZARUS: He’s not going to let them stop you, is he, Lord? JESUS: Sometimes death may have a purpose. MARY: But just before you said ... JESUS: A seed by itself is nothing. It must be put into the ground to die before it yields its fruit. MARY: But not you, Lord ... not you! JESUS: Remember this, and believe it. The power of God raised Lazarus. It will do the same for me. MARY: But to think of your death ... MARTHA: God save us from that pain. JESUS: He will save you by it ...
336. Thorns and Roses
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... that causes no growth or a thorn that produces no rose. When life hurts you soul-deep, pull hard on the grace of God. Look life right in the eye and say, "You are hurting me badly but I will not turn you loose until this pain yields some good." I have known couples whose thorn was their inability to have children. Sometimes, despite much prayer, that condition does not change. Some of these couples have decided that with God's help they will force this thorn to bear dividends. Some have adopted children. In ...
337. This Adulterous Generation
Matthew 5:27-30, Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... even more serious. Whether one is aware or not, one decides that if a chance comes along with him or her, I'm going to do it. That moment may come one year or one month or one minute before an affair actually begins, but that moment of yielding is disastrous for a marriage. THE RESULTS OF ADULTERY ARE TRAGIC. Though at first the forbidden fruit is good, very quickly one runs into problem. First, there is a deficit of trust. If the other person would betray someone else's trust, won't he or she also betray ...
338. The Glory of Christ
John 17:6-19, John 17:1-5
Bulletin Aid
James Wilson
... in one of the great paradoxes You used total rejection to bring forth redeeming love. Fill us with Your love, Lord, that we might truly share the Gospel with others. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we seek Your glory but we are unwilling to yield our lives in obedience. And we see the glory of Your Cross but we do not want to see what might be the personal cost of accepting our crosses in this world today. We would know Your joy but so often we cling to the ways of the world for ...
Sermon
Louis H. Valbracht
... incessantly, avidly. He would discuss them whenever and wherever and with whom ever he had the opportunity. But all the while, one great question was forming in his mind: "Why am I postponing the inevitable? Why am I trying to gain more knowledge, when I have not even yielded myself to the knowledge that I already have?" Well, he started there, and he became one of the great prophets of the church and of the faith. A truth seeker said to Pascal: "I wish I had your creed so that I could live your kind of ...
340. PLASTERER
Lev. 14:43; Daniel 5:5
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the hand as it wrote." From early times, people have known how to secure lime for plastering walls by burning limestone until it yielded white caustic alkaline earth. The Egyptians plastered their stone buildings, even the finest granite, inside and out, to make a smooth surface for decoration. The plasterer would put plaster on the interior walls of even the poorest houses, and usually the ceilings were ...
341. POTTER
Jer. 18:4; Rom. 9:21
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... times, and probably discovered accidentally that clay could be shaped by hand and then that it could be hardened by the sun. Later, crude vessels were conceived and formed, and ceramics, one of the oldest of the arts, had its start. The study of pottery has yielded more knowledge of the history of the human race than has that of any other of the arts. The story of pottery touches on all ages and all lands. The potter’s wheel, one of man’s earliest mechanical inventions, was highly regarded by ancient ...
342. Advertised Goodness
Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... garb for all of us. Years ago when we moved to Hartsville, South Carolina, one of the major companies in town was Coker Pedigreed Seed Company. This wonderful company, founded by the extremely prominent Coker family, specialized in developing hybrid seeds that would yield more produce per acre. Coker seeds were prized across the world. As a new preacher in town, I did not know any of that information about the Coker Pedigreed Seed Company. One Sunday a new member joined our church who happened to be ...
343. Right on the Money!
Proverbs 10:1-32
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... not intend for us to be financially distressed. God's for his people is prosperity. If you don't believe me, let me take you to the Word. In Psalm 1, the writer says of those who love the Lord: "They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all they do, they prosper." In Psalm 35, verse 27, we read: "Great is the Lord, who delights in the prosperity of His servant." And in Third John 2, verse 2, we read, "Beloved, I wish above ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 'There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." In 1957 when Rosa Parks refused to yield her bus seat to a white male, she ignited a revolution. God was on her side. God opposes every ruling system that devalues people or deprives them of life, liberty, or justice. I have a relative who is very proud of the fact that he is one/eighth Cherokee ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... that's humble, one that's proud, There's one that's broken-hearted for his sins, There's one that unrepentant sits and grins." What are we to do with ourselves, with this bundle of contradictions, with this combination of wolf and lamb? Only through yielding oneself to Jesus Christ can we be fundamentally changed. When we repent of sin and claim Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, his Holy Spirit begins to restrain the beast within us and to unleash the angel. Have you made that discovery yet? You could today ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... BETWEEN NOW AND EASTER. I WILL BE PRESENT IN A WORSHIP SERVICE EACH WEEKEND UNLESS PREVENTED BY SICKNESS OR A FAMILY OR BUSINESS COMMITMENT OF VERY HIGH PRIORITY. Hear this word from II Chronicles 30:8: "Do not now be stiff-necked as your ancestors were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary." Why should I make such a commitment? Because God is go be here every weekend and He wants to meet me here. More than twenty times in scripture, the people of God are instructed to "Worship the ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... us good for something. So, He subjects our souls to His refining fire, to burn off all the imperfections and to make us as holy as He is holy. As Hebrews 12: 11 tells us, “Discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness…” Let’s suppose that you go on a diet and start a work-out program. In two months you lose twenty pounds. You look and feel so much better. Your spouse starts making passes at you in all kinds of unusual places ...
348. Song of the Vineyard
Isaiah 5:1-7
Illustration
Larry Powell
... and, just as importantly, remembered. Perhaps there is more significance to Isaiah’s "Song of the Vineyard" than first meets the eye. 2. The Song was a parable. God had planted Israel as a vineyard on a high place. He anticipated a magnificent yield. God had cleared the land of impediments to growth (Canaanites and others), planted premium vines, and set a watchtower over the vineyard. But alas, the harvest turned out to be sour fruit. 3. The song was the basis for Jesus’ Parable of the Vineyard ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... this mountain than from any other mountain on earth. First silver was discovered, and that’s how it was named Silver Bow Mountain. Then gold was discovered and later, copper was mined from this mountain. Since 1876, the mines in Silver Bow Mountain have yielded over thirteen billion pounds of silver, gold, and copper. In today’s market prices, billions and billions and billions of dollars of wealth have been taken out of the mountain, which makes its claim as the richest hill on the earth a valid claim ...
350. Blessed among Women
Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11
Sermon
Erskine White
... to Your word." Here God was proposing not only an "unplanned pregnancy" but a dangerous one at that, and Mary did not refuse. She did not insist on her moral autonomy, her right to self-fulfillment or her freedom to control her body or her life. Instead, she yielded both to God, that she might be an instrument of His will. "Let it be with me according to Your word." Mary allowed herself to be used and permitted her life to be changed forever in service to a higher good. Today that kind of self-subordination ...
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