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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Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... to correspond to a person’s nature. (That is why Moses was so concerned about getting God’s name right in Exodus, Chapter 3.) The name Jacob means “the supplanter,” Israel means “One who strives with God,” David, “the beloved,” Andrew means “brave,” Peter, the “rock,” etc. And in the Book of Revelation, when John talks about those who have been redeemed, he adds that Christ said, “I will write upon them my new name.” Jude is the same as Judas, named after great Judas Maccabee ...
352. Salty Saints
Mark 9:42-50
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... idea to many of us. A lot of contemporary Christians seem to be like salt...in that they hesitate to venture outside on a Sunday morning if there is a little rain, for fear that they might melt. They would never understand the first Christians who braved “peril, fire, and sword” for the privilege of gathering together in worship every Lord’s day. Wild horses (and wilder emperors) couldn’t keep them away! Such an idea is so foreign to most of us as to be almost laughable. In his book on the Parables ...
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Eric Ritz
... essential to true success. It’s like a story that Laura Simms tells about a young man who played a wooden flute. One day, the man wandered into the royal gardens. There sat the royal princess, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. The man wasn’t brave enough to talk to her, so he played his flute for her. But the young woman walked away. The man was heartbroken. He knew a princess could never love him. Rumor had it that the local magician could change people. The man found the magician and asked to ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... doing so) is to turn their gaze away from Him towards themselves. Keep them watching their own minds and trying to produce feelings there by the action of their own wills...When they meant to pray for courage, let them really be trying to feel brave. When they say they are praying for forgiveness, let them be trying to feel forgiven. Teach each of them to estimate the value of prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling." (C. S. Lewis, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, New York: The MacMillian Company ...
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Eric Ritz
... brothers and sisters in Christ at the Salvation Army headquarters. Perhaps one or two of you who were there will remember it. There was a very wealthy Texas oilman who had a gorgeous daughter, and he wanted to find her a man who was brave and courageous like himself. He decided to throw a huge Texas-style barbecue as a way of meeting some handsome young men. It was marvelous. This wealthy Texan had an olympic-size swimming pool that he stocked with alligators, crocodiles, and water moccasins. After everyone ...
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Eric Ritz
... , they do have a negative quality to them. They Teach Us That Choices Have Great Consequences. We don''t like to be told that there are limitations, prohibitions, and boundaries in life. Most of you probably recognize the name Ted Turner. He owns the Atlanta Braves, CNN, TBS and, of course, is married to Jane Fonda. He was once recognized as "Humanist of the Year" by the American Humanist Association. The big reason for the award was that Ted Turner decided the Ten Commandments were out of date and proposed ...
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Eric Ritz
Baseball legend George Herman "Babe" Ruth was playing one of his last full major league games. The Boston Braves were playing the Reds in Cincinnati. The old veteran wasn't the player he once had been. The ball looked awkward in his aging hands. He wasn't throwing well. In one inning, his misplays made most of the runs scored by Cincinnati possible. As Babe Ruth walked off the ...
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Eric Ritz
... many of our personal problems and corporate ills. We sometimes jokingly say that , "we can resist anything but temptation," but in reality temptation is no joke. Mark Anthony was considered one of the great orators of Roman culture. He was an intelligent person, a brave soldier, a powerful leader. Outwardly, his credentials would have put him in the Fortune 500, the Speaking Circuit, Who''s Who in America--but inwardly, he was a moral midget. One of his associates said to him, "Thou art able to conquer the ...
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Eric Ritz
... ." So with a last despairing cry, He closed his eyes and said, "Good-bye." But the other frog, with a merry grin, Said, "I can''t get out, but I won''t give in! I''ll swim around till my strength is spent. For having tried, I''ll die content." Bravely he swam until it would seem His struggles began to churn the cream. On the top of the butter at last he stopped And out of the bowl he happily hopped. What is the moral? It''s easily found. If you can''t get out--keep swimming around. (2) Do ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... mortal; when it''s ten against one, and hope there is none, Buck up, little soldier, and chortle: CARRY ON! CARRY ON! And so in the strife of the battle of life, It's easy to fight when you''re winning; It's easy to slave, and starve, and be brave, When the dawn of success is beginning. But the man who can meet despair and defeat With a cheer, there''s the man of God''s choosing; The man who can fight to Heaven''s own height, Is the man who can fight when he''s losing. CARRY ON! CARRY ...
361. Just Speak the Name
Philippians 2:1-11
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... that they are starving to death. He jumps on his horse and rides out to the Sioux village. However, he does not know the word for buffalo in the Sioux language. He has good news for the Sioux tribe, but he cannot express it. So one of the braves cries out, "Tow-Kon-A." One word changes everything. It changes the people from starvation to salvation. The apostle Paul in this great passage says that the name of Jesus is the one name which is above all other names. This certainly complements the truth and good ...
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Eric Ritz
... This was their first trip away from the concrete jungle. They camped near a pond and the mosquitoes were out in full force. They retreated to their tents and stuck their heads in the sleeping bags they had brought along. One of the young men was brave enough to stick his head out of the tent. Now, not knowing the difference between a mosquito and a lightning bug be shouted out "Fellas, we might as well surrender because they are coming at us with EverReady flashlights." Often we surrender our priorities in ...
363. Keeping Sunday
Mark 2:23-3:6
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David G. Rogne
... , and not all that takes place in a church contributes to worship. A young boy, coming reluctantly into the sanctuary of his church, noticed a plaque on the church wall. "What's that?" he asked his father. "That was put up in memory of all the brave people who died in the service," said the father. "Which service," asked the boy, "8:30 or 10 o'clock?" The Sabbath principle is that when people get quiet, they begin to think seriously about God, about life, and about God's purpose for that life. Wherever ...
364. The Road Less Traveled
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Sermon
Fredrick R. Harm
... hour Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower; We rise, and all, the distant and the near, Stands forth in sunny outline brave and clear; We kneel, how weak! We rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others, that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxious or troubled ...
Sermon
Fredrick R. Harm
... of man. And when we express that love in all our relationships we discover happily that we are part of the answer to the world's problems, no longer part of the problem. Remember that lovely scene in Charles Dickens' book, A Tale of Two Cities, when the brave hero Sidney Carton was taking the place of another man and was on his way to the guillotine? Beside him on the horse-drawn cart was a little girl, little more than a child. In prison his strong, calm face had impressed her. On the way to the execution ...
Sermon
Curtis Lewis
... of God. This defeat at the hands of the Arameans would result in the conversion, for God's glory, of a Gentile military genius, Naaman. In spite of defeat and tragedy, good can still be achieved. Naaman, the Aram general, was a great warrior who was brave and strong. Josephus believed he was the nameless archer who shot the arrow that resulted in the death of King Ahab (Antiquities 15:5). As great as Naaman was portrayed to be, there was something wrong. What was it that caused Naaman, who had everything ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... , so you pick one up to see, you know, what’s going on. I think Jeri was attracted to it because a front page article carried a picture of a little girl that looked amazingly like our middle daughter, Kerri. And the banner headline proclaimed that this brave little girl, who had only months to live, needed cheerful letters. A brain tumor the size of a golf ball was killing her. The tumor had been removed by surgery once, but had regrown, and the doctors felt that another surgery would be futile and would ...
368. A Scream And A Laugh
Colossians 1:1-14
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Maxie Dunnam
... a year -- on All Saints Day, "For All the Saints". I can't ever sing that song again without remembering that experience in Zurich. The fifth stanza goes, "And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,stills on the ear the distant triumph song,and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.Alleluia. Alleluia. It's a great image, the saints, being in the stands as it were, while we are on the field in the stadium playing the game. It's sort of like the alumni returning for homecoming. And any team plays ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... share that word with you. It was from the section on "Prayers For Use By a Sick Person": "This is another day, O Lord. I know notwhat it will bring forth, but make me ready,Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am tostand up, help me to stand bravely. If I amto sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I amto lie low, help me to do it patiently. Andif I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.Make these words more than words, and give methe spirit of Jesus. Amen" (p. 461). Randy could find ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... of the wall of the well. That stone will be loose. If he will remove it, he will find all of the money behind the stone. Tell him quickly before he kills me!" The translator turned to the Texas Ranger, and said in perfect English, "George Rodriguez is a very brave man. He said he is not afraid to die." Communication is so important -- and to really communicate, we must say what we mean and mean what we say. Only our actions prove we mean what we say. That's why I am always puzzled by persons in the church ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... in Christ when you need to hear it yourself? How brazen to pray for others when you need to be prayed for. Yes, here we are, teaching what we need to be taught, counseling others not to do what we have done too often, exhorting others to be brave and faithful when we ourselves are shaking in our boots." (Donald Shelby, "God Rides the Lame Horse", Feb. 6, 1983). Despite that kind of awareness, God calls us just the same. The beginning of a life with Christ is the acknowledgement of our sin. The continuing of ...
372. What If
1 Chronicles 7:1-5
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... right there -- so you pick one up to see what's going on. I think Jerry was attracted to it because a front-page article carried a picture of a little girl that looked amazingly like our middle daughter, Kerry, and the banner headline proclaimed that this brave little girl who had only months to live needed cheerful letters. A brain tumor, the size of a golf-ball, was killing her. The tumor had been removed by surgery once but had regrown, and the doctors felt that another surgery would be futile and would ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... you!" And with one last despairing cry, he closed his eyes and said goodbye. But the other frog had a merry grin, Said he couldn't get out but wouldn't give in. "I'll swim around 'til my strength is spent. But for having tried, I'll die content." Bravely he swam, until it would seem His struggles began to churn the cream. On top of the butter he finally stopped. And out of the bowl he happily hopped. So what's the moral. It's easily found. If you can't get out, just keep swimming around! I hope ...
374. Fit for God
Psalm 24:1-10
Sermon
King Duncan
... , had an obligation to return wealth to shareholders by seeking profit. The price tag on the dilemma? It would cost more than $20 million a year simply to transport the drug, if, in fact, they decided to give it away. Stranded between right and wrong, one brave executive dug back to the founder’s intent. George W. Merck had written, "We try never to forget that medicine is for the people, it is not for the profits . . ." With that statement in mind, the Merck executives decided to develop the drug called ...
375. Suffering Servant Song
Isaiah 52:13--53:12
Sermon
Elizabeth Achtemeier
... who gave his eyesight and finally his life to live among the poor of Japan; Mother Teresa who gave up all to take the dying off the streets of India and to comfort them with the love of God in their last days; Martin Luther King, Jr., who braved prison and scorn, police dogs and beatings to turn around the conscience of a nation; Albert Schweitzer who left a promising career as a musician and theologian to minister to the sick in the jungles of Africa; dozens of women and men who everywhere have given up ...
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