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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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351. You Are Chosen

Mark 8:31--9:1

Children's Sermon

... make a special tiny card for each child that says something like "I CHOOSE YOU" or "GOD CHOOSES ALL OF US" or "I AM CHOSEN TO BE A CHILD OF GOD". It could be the size of a business card. You might want to decorate it and enclose it in contact paper or laminate it. Young children usually like to put cards like this in wallets, either their own or an old one of their parents'. Parents: When children are rejected for one reason or another, it is easy as parents to tell them that it's okay, because we love ...

352. Show and Tell

Mark 10:46-52

Children's Sermon

... children (and adults) involved with your local agency for the handicapped. Try to prepare your students for what they can expect from their new classmates (if you are not certain what to expect, talk with someone from the agency you have contacted). Encourage an open attitude. Do not discourage your students from asking honest, polite questions. Make certain that handicaps are taken into account, but don't treat your new students as china dolls or aliens from another planet. This is an excellent opportunity ...

353. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 63:1-11, Zechariah 12:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... of Christ, I probably would have laughed at you. But since 1975 I now freely confess, "He is my Savior and my Lord. By God's grace, that will be on my lips until I die." 1. Does that sound something like the experience of Peter, who was changed by contact with Jesus and his word from a rough fisherman to a fisher of people? He knew that Jesus wasn't just another prophet, or even John the Baptist (with his head restored to its proper place.) He declared, when asked by Jesus, "But who do you say that I am ...

354. Proper 13

Luke 12:13-21, Psalm 49:1-20, Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, 2 Kings 13:10-25, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... in a very graphic manner. He shows the futility of living for today, for the accumulation of wealth and possessions, for living as if there were no tomorrow, and that this life is all there is. Such people - and his parable certainly makes contact with people today who are living a materialistic existence - have cut themselves off from God and eternal life; they have doomed themselves to death in an existence that is apart from. God. There is very little good news in this gospel, although it implied ...

355. Proper 24

Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 121:1-8, Exodus 17:8-16, Genesis 32:22-32, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Habakkuk 2:2-20, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... and gracious. Jesus has taught us that dramatically! 4. So even if, and/or when "the sky is falling," Jesus calls on us to pray persistently not to wear God down and get what we want from him, but to stay in communication with him and make contact continually with the One who sustains us in life and the only One who can save our souls. Exodus 17:8-13 (RC) At the reaction - almost advice - of various exegetes to this passage in this liturgical context, I would bypass this pericope in my preaching ministry ...

356. Epiphany 6

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... the touch of another human has meant in your life, either positively or negatively. (Remember that many in the congregation have been abused physically, and sexually, and emotionally.) You may want to point that out to the people; for some will get in contact with some painful feelings. Give five minutes of silence for the people. Follow the silence with your prayer for healing of the past. Take your time; pray slowly and deliberately. Bring in the Scripture of Jesus' touching the leper, of others who touch ...

357. A Word For All Reasons

John 20:19-23

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... the dead, but "it seemed to them an idle tale." A couple of the disciples had verified that the tomb was empty, but that only unnerved them all the more. As remote as a resurrection would be, if Jesus had risen he would have certainly have contacted them by now. As it was, there was no evidence of Jesus' body, dead or alive. To make matters worse, there were stories being spread throughout the land that the Jewish leaders had ordered the arrest and death of all the disciples, in order that this religious ...

358. Act III, Scene 2

John 21:1-14

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... like Herod's palace, or Pilate's praetorium, or the Temple of Caiaphas, that would have been reasonable. He could have shown those people who really had the power and the glory. Tempting as that might have been for you or me, he didn't do that. He kept contacting the same people, ever so briefly, over and over and over again for 40 days! Jesus simply moved in and out of the lives of his friends. For example, as two men are walking on the road to Emmaus, Jesus catches up to them, and without being recognized ...

359. The Blessed Hope of Everlasting Life

Philippians 3:1-11

Eulogy

James G. Cobb

... means of grace. Here we come to be strengthened, refreshed, nourished and nurtured. Here she came time after time for the occasion of hearing God's word and receiving his life-bestowing body and blood. She was one of those people who would always make eye contact with me as she came to the altar for communion. It was like an affirming glance saying ... this is right, this is vital ... this is for the strengthening in faith. God's word, his story, continues to draw me, to hold me. Worship matters! The Father ...

360. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... read, “The Seer Is In.” The priest is in. We are led to believe, then, that a priest is a holy seer who does divine things. Now, the dictionary of pastoral care and counseling defines priest as “One who functions officially to establish or preserve contact between the human community and the diety; thus, a mediator between God and humankind.” This definition of a priest speaks to me with great clarity. In other words a priest is one who stands on the earth somewhere between God and humankind working ...

361. Keeping In Touch… With The Lord

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... constant nurturing. In other words, we are compelled to keep in touch with each other. In fact, we either keep in touch or the relationship dies. How many relational fatalities have there been in your life simply because somewhere along the line you lost contact? You failed to keep in touch. The failure to keep in touch is like driving a brand new automobile 100 miles-per hour, traveling in the wrong direction, without the seatbelts fastened and no insurance. Surely we can declare that a great calamity is ...

362. How To Hear A Sermon

Micah 1:1-7

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Union Theological Seminary in New York City for a year to see if the ministry was for him. At this time in his life Hudnut confessed that he never read the Bible any more than the next person. But during the year in Seminary he came in contact with a professor of the Old Testament who gave him a passionate desire to read the Bible. He still remembers a particular chapel service on September 25, 1958, when that professor challenged him by saying: “Go to your Bibles and listen.” Hudnut decided to become a ...

363. Are You Asking The Right Questions?

Zechariah 7:1-14

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... not home that evening,” the pastor said, “He was having Christmas with the prisoners at the county jail.”3 Do we see the lonely, hurting, neglected people around us? They are in our neighborhood. They work alongside us. We meet them in our social contacts. They are in the nearby nursing home. Yes, as Menninger knew well, they are especially in our prisons. In many Christian worship services people pass the peace of Christ to one another at some point in the service. It is a dramatic symbol of shared ...

364. Mary Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... back to Babylonian days. Even now, our now, it is often seen that when a Jew happens to walk across the property of a Samaritan, the owner runs out, throws straw on the footprints, and sets fire to it to burn away any trace of the hated contact. For several nights Joseph sought to find a resting place for his young Jewish "bride" in Samaritan land. Mary Christmas. And take Mary off that donkey. If they were fortunate enough to have one, Joseph would have been riding, and Mary would have been walking along ...

365. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Sims Robert

... young man. On the evening they were to be married Jane collapsed. At first it appeared that all she needed was a long rest but as time went by her condition degenerated. Jane fell into a deep depression, and she appeared to have lost all contact with the world of reality. She sat in her hospital room staring blankly into space. She would not look at anyone or speak a single word. Jane remained in that dormant condition for months. One day her psychiatrist told an artist about Jane’s condition. The ...

366. Death of the Unchurched For a Recovering Alcoholic

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... ourselves could restore us to sanity.3. As people recovering from grief, we need to make a decision to turn our will and life over to the care of God. 11. As people recovering from grief, we need through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.12. As people recovering from grief, we need to carry the message of recovery from grief to others, practicing the principles of recovery in all our affairs. That ...

367. Death Following Extended illness

Romans 8:28-39

Eulogy

Paul Hegele

... dread of every mother taking a small child into a crowd, the heart of loneliness. Separation is the worst punishment you can mete out on an inmate in prison; the isolation cell is dreaded, for it means separation from all that's familiar and all human contact. Separation is also the source of our greatest grief today. We mourn Homer's loss, for now we must face life separated from him. How radical and refreshing, therefore, are the words of Saint Paul to the Romans: "Nothing can separate us from the love of ...

368. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful.

369. The Benefits of Christianity for Nonbelievers

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... are made by people and denominations of the Christian faith. The effort is made as a response to the mandate of Christ that Christians should love and care for all people. Many people have the experience of Obed-edom, finding rewards that come from a casual contact with Christianity. Though few would want to come close to equating Christianity and democracy, yet it is true to say that the freedoms we celebrate in the United States grow out of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They were lifted up in the Protestant ...

370. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... came to visit the peasant's house. What more could he ask for? God proved his grace in this episode. He didn't have to listen to Job, or speak to him, but he did, because he chose to. Later, in a much more dramatic event, God initiated another unexpected contact with human beings when he became flesh in Jesus. He didn't have to come into the world to save us, but he did, because he chose to. He does the same for you and me this morning in the reading of his word, and in his presence in bread ...

371. Have You Talked to Jesus Lately?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... -time minister." The only thing part-time about it is the salary!) I was also trying to have something that resembled a family life. For some strange reason, my wife and my children actually wanted to see me every once in a while. Sleep and I lost contact with one another during this period, or maybe I should say we became nodding acquaintances. And patience? What little bit I had was just about used up. I tell you this so that perhaps you can understand why I took an instant dislike for this young stranger ...

372. The Meaning of Life

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Lutheran church. The boy was very surprised and asked his father why the family was joining the Lutheran church. His father’s answer was something like, "For business reasons. There are so many Lutherans in this town that I can make good business contacts at the Lutheran church. It will be good for business." That boy, who had a deep interest in religion, became so disillusioned with his father that something died within him. He said to himself, ‘My father has no real convictions." The incident helped ...

373. Get Ready

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives" (Luke 12:43). By making use of the resources God has given us. If we are to be faithful in carrying out God's will in the interim until Christ returns we need to be in constant contact with Christ and use the resources he has provided for us. In order for us to be useful for him in this world, Jesus urged us to "abide in me" - to be continually connected to him as a branch is connected to a vine. How do we do this? By ...

374. The Outsider

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... again. Then one day, Jesus touched him. That was an unpredictable thing. That was an unbelievable thing. The lepers had bells. Law required that lepers leave when other people were near to avoid touch. That's how you got that dreaded skin disease - through contact ... touch. Jesus touched the leper. The leper was an outsider. It happened gradually at first. When the sores got worse, he began to discover there wasn't much feeling in his hands, and there wasn't much feeling in his feet. Increasingly, things ...

375. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . Sheep will inevitably bump, brush, and rub against one another as the flock moves along toward its destination. The friction cannot be avoided; it is part of the journey - that is, unless one chooses to wander off on his own, away from the flock, to avoid contact with the others. But to do that is to court disaster far worse than an occasional bruise. Similarly, friction is part of our journey too. It cannot be avoided, especially in a flock as large as the human race. It is helpful to remember that we ...

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