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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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3776. Red, White and Pink

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... takes several steps to assure his disciples of his genuine corporeality. He addresses the disciples’ “doubts” (“dialogismoi”) about his true presence by urging them not only to examine his wounds with their eyes, but with their hands as well: “Touch me and see” (v.39). Their physical exam of him, Jesus assures his frightened followers, will prove “That I am myself.” That Jesus describes himself as having “flesh and bones” would recall for these disciples the familiar scriptural idiom ...

3777. Luke 24:36-49

Luke 24:36-49

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3778. Things We Could Learn From Dogs

Humor Illustration

... come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy. Take naps. Stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily. Thrive on attention and let people touch you. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass. On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body. Delight in the simple ...

3779. God’s Two Hands

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Jesus and laughed with Jesus and cried with Jesus. How could they have failed so miserably to grasp who he was, and to understand the truth? When they shivered from first-hand experiences of the depth of his power, and felt the divine presence of his touch, how couldn’t they have known? And learned to trust and obey? One reason why you can trust the Bible is that it always tells the truth. About everyone. There is no sugar-coating or rose-tinting the truth about anyone. And throughout the gospels, except ...

3780. Have You Ever Tried to Discredit Someone?

Mark 3:20-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... people's lives, and that's just a bit much! That's taking this "Jesus thing" too far! You see, our religious neutrality, our middle of the road faith, is threatened "whenever someone we know well takes spiritual commitments seriously and refuses any longer to play hide-and—seek and touch-and-go with the living God." (Carl F. H. Henry, Ibid, p. 149) So we try to discredit it all. "He's beside himself".

3781. Small Ways Every Day

Mark 4:26-34

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Martha Sterne

... head. Little ways, like I will not think about this for five minutes kinds of ways. Things perhaps no bigger than a mustard seed. I follow the God who showed up two thousand years ago in small ways on days of small things. A healing touch here. A compassionate word there. Small things like not giving up on flawed friends. Like praying everyday. Small things like enjoying life. Jesus really enjoyed life. Small things like speaking truth to power. Like giving his small, mustard-seed-sized life so that the ...

3782. How Do You Measure Success?

Mark 5:21-43

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James W. Moore

... , or a job well done; To know that even one life has breathed because you lived… that is to have succeeded." I like that very much. It's a beautiful statement… but, somehow I want to add one more ingredient to the mix, namely... compassion! The spirit of compassion… the touch of compassion.

3783. Do You Know Your Hymns?

Humor Illustration

... Pass It On The Electrician's Hymn ..................Send The Light The Shopper's Hymn .....................Sweet Bye and Bye The Realtor's Hymn. .......................I've Got a Mansion Just over The Hilltop The Physical Therapists Hymn .....He Touched Me The Doctor's Hymn .........................The Great Physician AND for those who speed on the highway - a few hymns: 45mph ...................God Will Take Care of You 65 mph ..................Nearer My God To Thee 85 mph ..................This ...

3784. John 6:1-21

John 6:1-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of the food that is blessed. It is the presence and power of God, the One who created the fruitful world, who is thanked and blessed. Jesus himself then distributes the bread and fish, making its miraculous multiplicity intimately tied to his personal touch. While the Mosaic connection continues, as Moses fed the people manna in the wilderness, there is also a dramatic difference in this portrayal. In Exodus 16:19-21 the people are expressly forbidden from saving the daily gift of manna, and any "leftovers ...

3785. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... of calling each of these shut‑ins and talking with them for five minutes each day.” Now Miss Fuss couldn’t dial the telephone the way most people dialed a telephone back then with their fingers because of her arthritis. This was before the day of the touch‑tone telephone. Miss Fuss had a rotary phone with a dial that had to be turned. And so, Miss Fuss had a little stick she placed in the dial of her rotary telephone to turn it with. Dialing each call was slow and tedious. She started this ministry ...

3786. Aroma of Christ Church

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... meaning, it is “large and in charge.” It teleports you back to a particular place and a particular time. Each of us has memory smells. Our sense of smell is the physical sense most associated with memory. Smells, more than sounds, more than sights, more than touches, transport our minds and bodies back in time to an imprinted memory. Garlic brings you back to your grandmother’s kitchen. A wet woolen smell brings you back to the locker room — or to the terror of the day you fell in a frozen pond and ...

3787. Don’t Burn The Cookies!

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... can't wait for dough to be rolled out, cut out, and baked. Ears are alert to the ring of the timer ... "brrrring." "Mommy, Mommy ... they're done. Can we frost them now?" "Not yet ... they have to cool." Three minutes later, "Mommy, Mommy ... I touched one. It wasn't hot." In anticipation of decorating snowmen, Santas, bells, and stars, little hands reach for the cookie toppings. As multicolored sprinkles roll across the floor, a voice cries out, "Oops! I'm sorry, Mom. The cap wasn't on tight." Mom smiles ...

3788. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... of hope and despair. Her spiritual advisor, Bonnie, enabled her to express her feelings about this event as well as the feelings about her life. Hear her words from "Ashes In The Wind." 'Tis a simple thing to want to cry each day 'Tis a simple thing to want to touch someone 'Tis a simple thing to let the anger sway When the ashes, when the ashes are in the wind. 'Tis a simple wish to sit alone and pray 'Tis a simple wish to want to phone someone 'Tis a simple wish to need to hide away When the ashes ...

3789. Believing Thomas

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... matter of either/or, but both/and. Both human and divine. John is written to address the need for both the divine and human Jesus. Jesus is the example we are to follow but is also the one with the power to forgive sins. Jesus is the one in touch with both people and with God. Jesus is the bridge. He stands at the intersection of heaven and earth. But there were evidently Christians of Jewish background who thought of him as just a great teacher and the others from the Greek world who thought of him as ...

3790. Veni, Spiritus Sanctus, Veni

John 14:8-17 (25-27)

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Imagine this scene — coming into worship and the ushers giving you a helium balloon. The balloon represents your passion in life. As you hear the scripture readings, the sermon, participate in the liturgy, sing the songs, and pray the prayers, your heart is touched, your passion is stirred, a dream is kindled, a goal is inspired, and you let go of your balloon. As the balloon rises all through worship, you physically see the Holy Spirit-empowered passions ignited in the body of Christ expressed. Then ...

3791. Liberating the Possessed

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... ask the question: So what happens when a snake interrupts a wedding rehearsal? It was a hot July night. It was a beautiful full harvest moon night. Two people, Troy and Heather, in love, were standing with me, the presiding minister, touching, whispering their sweet nothings to one another at the altar. Groomsmen and bridesmaids were standing erect as they listened to their instructions. Mothers beamed from the pews. The organist shuffled her music and had just ended her processional when the bridesmaids ...

3792. Sister Act(s)

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... grace: "One thing is needful. Only one. Mary has chosen it." Sit with the scriptures by a quiet lake and you know of that which Mary chose. Or kneel at holy communion ... light a candle in the dim darkness on Christmas Eve and let the candlelight glow touch you and move you. Discover the one thing needful. The second fly in Martha's soup is distraction. "Martha you are worried and distracted by many things." To be distracted is to be unfocused. Our thoughts, our plans, and our lives feel like we are out of ...

3793. God's Picture

John 1:10-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it means something to God. That historic event in Palestine proves that God is not content to ignore the world and let it keep spinning off on its own sinful way. The words of the Savior born that Christmas night, the one who lived a life that sin could not touch, come echoing back: "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33 RSV). This great event tells us something more than just the nature of the world; it tells us of the true nature of the God who created it. You see, the awful thing about ...

3794. The Call of God

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... been prepared. So saying, we note that he did not exactly jump at the chance."Ah, sovereign Lord," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child" (Jeremiah 1:6). The objection was handled directly: "Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘Now, I have put my words in your mouth' " (Jeremiah 1:9). Jeremiah could not possibly object to that. Of course, it was just an excuse. Scholars feel that Jeremiah was probably in his late teens or early twenties at this point ...

3795. Life In the Valley

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... him back to his father (Mark 9:27). He took him by the hand! When Jesus healed the woman who was almost dead with a fever, he took her by the hand. When he healed the blind man, he took him by the hand. When he cleansed the leper, he touched him with his hand. When he restored the daughter of Jairus to her father and mother, he took her by the hand. That was the way Jesus worked —the laying on of hands. Clarence McCartney, that great preacher of an earlier generation, used to say Jesus' gospel was the ...

3796. Choosing a God

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it up with twelve stones, one for each of the tribes. Then he dug a trench around it. Once that was done, he placed wood on the altar, then arranged the pieces of meat he had prepared from the slaughtered bull. All was ready, but Elijah had one final touch. He called for four large jars of water to be brought and poured over the sacrifice. When that was done, he called for four more, then four more after that. The whole area was thoroughly soaked with so much water that even the trench he had dug became ...

3797. Repressive Religion

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... as only "crippled" and "bent over" — some disease that deteriorated the spine, maybe osteoporosis or scoliosis — a condition she had suffered for eighteen years. Jesus called to her to come forward. "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity" (Luke 13:12). Jesus touched her and, voilá, immediately she straightened up and praised God. Ta-dah! Of course, we know there is more to the story. Enter the rabbi in charge. He thundered to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on ...

3798. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:3-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... glory to our God; my soul sings forth its praise; God immerses us in loveliness in many marvelous ways. Sermon Idea The images in Malachi, a strong soap that washes clean and a fire that polishes silver, appeal to the senses of smell, sight, and touch. God’s presence with us is like that — appealing to all our senses! When our whole selves are saturated with the Holy, then we will be what God intends. In Philippians, the image that stands out is the connectedness we have with one another; the ribbons ...

3799. Advent 4

Luke 1:47-55 or Psalm 80:1-7, Micah 5:2-5a, Luke 1:39-45, Hebrews 10:5-10

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... and taxed. There are people around us who find signs that say, “Sorry, no room.” We pray for humankind. Create among us all a mind and passion for justice and kindness. Birthing Spirit — no matter how old we are, we long to beheld and rocked, loved, and touched. Within each of us is that child who seeks wholeness and strength. Within each of us is the hope that you labor us into the world so that when the time is right, we labor you into the world. Healing Spirit — no matter how old we are, our ...

3800. Be Opened

Mark 7:24-37

Illustration

Peter Marty

When Martin Luther put together a baptismal liturgy in 1523, the actual rite required the pastor to take some of his own saliva and touch the ears and lips of every child getting baptized. At the same instant, the pastor was to repeat the words of Jesus to the deaf man, that one with the speech impediment. The baptizing pastor was to say: Ephphatha - That is, be opened. We don't do this anymore in ...

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