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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Sermon
Ron Lavin
... as the prophet says). But when I am risen, I will call my sheep again." I couldn't hold it in. All this talk about leaving us ... Now he says that we will desert him ... Suddenly I realized that my thoughts were coming out of my mouth ... "Even if everybody ... what you're talking about. "Why had I said that? A young woman pushed me further. "Didn't I see you in the Garden with him?" "Leave me alone. Damn it, I don't know him!" I shouted. As they led Jesus out of the courtyard, the cock crowed. My heart stopped ...
Sermon
Larry Powell
... , I have locked the car with the keys in it. So far, I have successfully managed not to lock the keys in the car while leaving the motor running. You've noticed that sometimes ministers turn off the pulpit microphone during the singing of hymns on Sunday mornings. For those of ... of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know ...
353. The Household Leader
Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... read about who was an earnest church worker. He was a very successful businessman who was making lots of money. One day he said to a friend, as though he were proud of it, "You know, I hardly even know my own children. I get up in the morning and leave for my office before they are awake. I come home at night after they have gone to sleep. But I'm willing to work these long hours and make those sacrifices, because I want my family to have the very best that life has to offer!" Hogwash!! That father has ...
354. All Are Needed
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
Children's Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... do any work. She's always cutting others with the mean things she says and does." Then Mrs. Knife said, "I'm bigger, stronger, and sharper than both of you. I can handle this meal all alone. I don't need the two of you. Why don't you just leave?' Then wise old Mr. Plate spoke up saying, "My friends, I want to show you something. Mrs. Knife, I want you to eat the peas." The knife tried but the peas kept rolling off. Mrs. Knife was very embarrassed but said, "I guess I need Mr. Fork to pick up ...
Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... rich man who had grown old deeded all of his property to his only son and planned to live with him the rest of his life. But after a while the daughter-in-law grew tired of having him around and told her husband that his father would have to leave. The son, unwilling to part with the wealth he had received, decided to put his dad in the cheapest nursing home he could find. About a week later, the two men walked slowly down the road to the place where the elderly gentleman was to live. Stopping to rest for ...
356. The Last Days
Luke 21:5-38
Drama
Pamela Urfer
... Moaning) Oh, no! PREACHER: Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. CONGREGATION: What shall we do? Preacher, tell us! PREACHER: As it says in the scriptures, those in Judea must flee to the mountains and those inside the city must leave it and those out in the country must not enter it. 2ND MAN: But what does that mean? What about us? PREACHER: You must sell all you possess and give it to the church and you will be spared. 2ND MAN: Yes! I will! This very day! He jumps ...
Sermon
... that he suffered turned his bed into a pile of rocks. Yola had tried to comfort him and to explain that he had no control over what was happening to their family. She had asked him not to leave her, but more than once he had told her that he could not stand to watch his wife and children starve to death. His leaving seemed inevitable. Then it happened. She went out one day to visit her sister, and when she returned her husband was gone. There was a note in which he put in writing what he had often told her ...
Sermon
... I lived in Washington, D.C. as a seminary professor, I had a room that overlooked a giant elm tree. I could reach out my window to touch its branches. One day I began to notice something strange about that tree. Its leaves drooped. Some of its branches didn’t bud forth any more. It lost its leaves early in the fall. Sure enough, the tree was mortally ill with Dutch Elm disease. It had to be cut down. So did all the other elms which graced the front of the building like welcoming royalty as you walked up ...
359. Communion Is Relief
Matthew 11:25-30
Sermon
... Table with humility and honestly confess your sins to God. Then you will be forgiven. Remember what he said about Holy Communion: "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin." Remembering that, you can then leave from the altar set free from your past sins ready to start anew! How do you spell relief for a troubled Soul? - J-E-S-U-S. Come to Jesus this morning and receive relief from your sin and guilt. Second, Jesus can give relief from the burdens ...
360. The Called Ones
Matthew 4:18-22
Sermon
Joe Pennel
... were on a similar journey from Egypt to their promised land. Their faith was sometimes tried and found wanting; but their leader, Moses, was steadfast and so was his appointed successor, Joshua. Likewise, Christians view life as following - following in the steps of Jesus. Where does that leave us? If others have heard the call and have responded in a radical way, then shouldn't we all do the same? I cannot answer that question for you. It has to be answered by each of us as we experience God's call in our ...
Sermon
H. Michael Nehls
... is the source of all life, both in this world and the next. Green is the color of life. That fact most assuredly pervades our thinking when we consider the "Colors of Christmas"! In our Ohio outdoors today, there is a marked lack of the color green. The leaves are gone. Most plants have died from frost and exposure. We are in the season of late autumn, early winter. This is a time of dormancy in the life of most of Ohio’s growing things. They hibernate, they go to sleep, they die. Now, of course, there ...
Drama
... for you. By now you should be experienced. Silas Before Pilate is through I will be an expert. Justus In a week then. (Justus leaves. Anna, Silas’ wife enters) Anna I’m almost afraid to ask what Justus wanted. (Drops page 5 of letter) Silas You guessed it. More ... of typhoid when I was only a little girl, and my mother was unable to feed us. So when I was fourteen, I had to leave home and make a living on my own. I tried several places to find work, but the response was always the same, "You’re too ...
Drama
... Room. That’s where I’m going! He’s alive! Can you believe it? He’s alive! (As he exits, others follow very excitedly) Judas, Not Iscariot The grave couldn’t hold him! We should have known it! Anna (Dancing around in great glee as she leaves; she sings) He’s alive, he’s alive! He’s alive and I’m forgiven! Heaven’s gates are open wide. He’s alive! Simon (Begins weeping ... calls very loudly in the direction Barabbas has gone) Barabbas! (With fists clenched) Barabbas! He’s alive! My ...
Drama
... When are you going to let me out of here! A person can take only so much of this, you know. 2: They told me I could leave if I wanted to. But that they would come back to get me, if I could wait that long. It’s been so long. 1: Why can’t I get out ... you won’t even let me get up! That’s not fair. It’s not fair! 2: When are you going to come back? [Pause] You won’t leave me here forever, will you? [Pause] Will you? 1: I can’t stand it anymore. You’ve got to let me out of here. You’ve got to ...
Drama
... you’d do me a big favor. Woman: I’m not going anywhere. Man 2: Could you carry my little briefcase here over to the hotel and leave it at the desk for me? I’d be mighty grateful if you would. [Tries to hand her the case, but she doesn’t take it] I ... important things to do. Get a present for the wife, have some dinner, you know. Woman: No, I don’t. Man 2: So if you’ll just leave it at the desk. My name’s right on it. I’ll pick it up later. Thanks a lot. [Exits] Woman: I’m not going anywhere. [ ...
Sermon
Edward L. Palmer
... potentate of the entire universe. The sun would rise and set at his command. He could make it rain. He could make the winds, the leaves, and the seasons. And he could create in his own image. It was a beautiful picture at first, but soon there was dissension in his ... He knew how to make it rain, and how to make the sun shine. He knew how to make the wind blow and how to make the leaves fall. He knew how to make black hair, hazel eyes, and brown skin. Yes, he knew all that was to be known ... but there was no ...
Sermon
... a fool for having come. His clothes are not as fancy as the others, and his vehicle is clearly out of place. The voice, however, ended the recital with words to this effect: "... And to my grandnephew, who believed that a penny saved is a penny earned, I leave my entire fortune of one-hundred-billion dollars!" 1. We Have It All That television ad in some ways sums up what is going on in the text for today. We’re faced with basically two kinds of people or, at least, two kinds of responses to an identical ...
Sermon
Robert Bachelder
... said once, it probably is the case that we lose more people, or more people stay away, precisely because we do not deal with the pressing issues of the day. We could stay home with these unhappy folks, but that is not a very viable alternative. That would leave the barnyard in the hands of the earthbound geese, and then the Church would be doomed indeed. Instead let us listen to the words of our lesson this morning. They are as heartening as any we find in Scripture. They seem to say to the Church: Do not ...
Drama
Tom Eberle
... his reign shall never end.’ " Male: "Son of the Most High" - I guess the message is God coming to us in a way that will never leave us or our world the same. Female: And if his reign never ends that means God never quits. He will always be among us. Male: Luke is ... painting a picture to announce the birth of God among us. He has come to us in Jesus Christ and he will never leave. Female: But how do we say this at the Christmas program? Male: I think we should read this story to them with trumpets blaring ...
Drama
Marcia Millerf
... what happened to it, I wouldn’t be looking for it, would I? GIRL: Now you’re being sarcastic. Why? BOY: I’m not being sarcastic. GIRL: Angry? BOY: No. GIRL: Don’t be cross. BOY: I’m not sarcastic. I’m not angry. I’m not even cross. Now leave me alone. Alone; do you hear me? [As he again starts up the stairs, THE GIRL begins playing again.] STOP THAT! [THE GIRL starts to cry softly.] And don’t think you can get any sympathy from me by crying. [He starts towards her.] That’s an old trick ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... she lost the shame of her sin. She came to the well in solitude; she returns in congregation. She cam to the well as one disgraced; she returns as one graced! The villagers ask Jesus if he will remain with them. Many villages in Galilee ask Jesus if he would leave, this one asks him to stay. And he did remain for several days, we are told. At the conclusion of this time the townspeople say to the woman: “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves and we know ...
Sermon
Barbara Brokhoff
... the miracles, the enemy is preparing an attack, and Gideon gathers some 32,000 soldiers to fight the battle. But God said, "That’s too many men, Gideon. You’ll think you won the battle all by yourself, so send the scared ones home." And 22,000 of them left, leaving only 10,000 to fight. God said, "That’s still too many; I’ll sort them out for you." So down by the river, God thinned the ranks till Gideon wound up with only a pitifully small army of 300 men to do battle with the vast armies of the ...
Sermon
Leonard Mann
... tom-tom drummer picks up a distant sound, and beats it out, and sends the message on, I would like to relay this revelation to the ends of the earth: ours is a visited planet. And the Visitor will not go away; he will not abandon us; he will not leave us alone. He has invested himself totally in us, even unto death; he has identified himself completely with us, even to taking our own sins upon himself; he has entered into all we can ever feel, and no need of ours is ever beyond his skill. He has come to ...
Sermon
Leonard Mann
... sees a glimmer in the distance and makes for it. Every footstep brings him closer to it. He may or may not reach his goal, but he is one who is on his way. The Apostle Paul had a magnificent sense of pilgrimage, and he expressed it this way: "Leaving what lies behind, and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14). Much of our world, however, is pretty much the vagabond kind. This is not a new development ...
375. Adultery, Cure and Prevention
Proverbs 7:1-27, John 8:1-11
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... lust. We must stay clear of all the temptations we can avoid. Though some temptations cannot be avoided, we certainly don't want to leave a message on the devil's voice mail saying, "Hey, if you have any extra temptations, just send them my way." Fourth and finally ... have to know. Some time back Ann Landers received a beautiful letter from a wife in Ohio. She wrote, "My husband is a laborer. He leaves home at 7:00 AM and puts in long, hard days at work. If he can get overtime he grabs it. When he comes home ...
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