Sermon and Worship Resources

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

Showing 3876 to 3900 of 4981 results

3876. Living With The Nitty Gritty

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of his soul, and this was a part of what he said: “Dear Maxie, all in all it has been rough. I never knew what real loneliness was before. I’ve discovered however that there is a difference between loneliness and being alone because I have never felt alone. I feel that Christ’s presence has been with me and more real to me during this time than ever before in my life. It is not with the ultimate and eternal things that I now have difficulty. It is with the day by day matter of keeping my nerves under ...

3877. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... know that the cold blasts of wind that shake us, shake him. There is a cold wind of impersonality that blows through the business and social worlds where we all live. We watch it strike our friends and in middle life they lose their jobs. Friends turn cold and we feel left outside circles we think we’d like to be accepted in. We go to our rooms at night and look out on the lights of the city, people pass, but they don’t look. Dare we believe that the God of the universe himself for cold do shake? There ...

3878. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Grandma. Here and there in the New Testament, we come upon Jesus and he’s praying. We find him on his knees. Think about that. Do you feel the power of it? We read one of his prayers in our first scripture lesson this morning. Are you awed by it as I am to hear ... problem has been with us a long time. We use the word love to translate the Greek words for immoral passion, sexual feeling, and fraternal and family affection. But there’s a fourth Greek word which the New Testament has really lifted up to ...

3879. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... morning period of prayer and meditation, those verses of Paul hit me with power. It was one of those occasions charged with power. When we live with the scripture and seek to hear God’s voice through it, as I often do, after letting my mind and heart hear and feel and appropriate the word, I tried to put it down in my own words. And this is what I wrote in my journal that day – may the God of peace make you Holy through and through, may you be kept in soul and mind and body in spotless integrity. I ...

3880. Recovering The Essence

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... superficially. We say it in our pledge, one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all. And you never really appreciate that at death unless you’ve experienced the setting where the reality of that is only a farce. In that experience, the overwhelming feeling I had in Washington DC in 1976 came back. How crucial it is that we preserve not just the documents that define this republic, but the way of life those documents represents – the essence of what the American dream is all about. So on this ...

3881. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he did. His father, a responsible parent no doubt, allowed him to do so. Though the scripture doesn’t say, I have an idea, I have an idea that the lamp burned late in that home for many nights, as the father and son talked of the son’s feelings and desires, as the father sought to assist the son in putting his thoughts into perspective and getting his longings all sorted out. But the son had made his decision – he took his part of the family wealth and hit the road. It was a freeway that he traveled ...

3882. He Is Not Here He Is Risen

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , the shrieks of the crowd, the cursing of the thieves all the sounds still rang in their ears. The stone was a grim reminder of Jesus’ death. They had no thought or hope of resurrection. (Joe A. Harding, “Let Easter Happen to You”, March 30, 1986) Can you feel with them? Who will roll away the stone? And what about the stones in our lives? Our own death? Or the death of someone we love? I’m sure the stone sealing the tomb of Jesus was for those women a gruesome reminder of the “grim reaper” who ...

3883. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Zurich for, so, I took a taxi to the church. It was crowded and the service was just beginning. Everybody stands in the worship service of the Orthodox service, so we were crowded into this beautiful sanctuary. The incense was heavy – so heavy as to make me feel faint. The music was strange to my ears, in terms of language, but pleasing in terms of melody and beauty. I looked up into the dome of the church and saw that which is most characteristic of the orthodox churches of Eastern Europe -- the dome of ...

3884. Called To Finish What Is Finished

Colossians 1:24--2:5, Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that disease -- but lepers in the sense that something has gone on in their life -- or something has not gone on in their life that should have gone on -- and so they are incomplete in terms of their identity, in terms of self-affirmation, in terms of feelings of self-worth. They ache and they yearn for another -- maybe just one person – who will reach out and touch his or her heart -- who will extend hospitality of relationship -- and cause this person to know that they are loved by Christ as well as by ...

3885. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... had not been, it's the most appropriate story I know to introduce our theme for today. It's the story of one of my most meaningful experiences. I have a friend who is a Benedictine monk. The way we live out our lives is vastly different, but I feel a real kinship, a oneness of spirit with Brother Sam. One of the most meaningful memories, to which I return often in my mind, is an evening he and I spent together alone, sharing our Christian journeys. The vivid highlight of that evening, still alive in my mind ...

3886. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... described it as a kind of euphoria. He said, "I felt I could run all day without tiring, that I could dribble right through their zone, all of them. I could almost pass through them physically. I felt I could not be hurt. It was a very strange feeling, a feeling of invincibility." And John Brody, the former quarter-back of the San Francisco Forty-Niners said, "There are moments in every game when time seems to slow down in an uncanny way. It's as if everyone were moving in slow motion. As if I had all the ...

3887. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... father's face. "Daddy," he said, "is your face toward me?" And when the father said that it was and also the little boy could feel it, he said the sweetest thing. "Daddy," he said, "if your face is toward me, I think I can go to sleep now." And ... Heaven. He loves it so, you know. And then about Daddy. Santa, I heard him say the other day that nothing but eternity could ever make him feel better. Santa, I don't know what eternity is, but if you have any of that, will you please bring some of it to my Daddy to ...

3888. Loving The Jesus Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... turned around, there he was, asking for money. The man paused...he cleared his throat...and continued. Last year, my 21-year-old son died of leukemia, and I would give anything if he were alive and asking me for money; and you know, that's a little how I feel about my church. I would rather have it alive and doing something and asking me for money than dead and costing me nothing. I love my church and my Lord, and I suppose I could never give enough for all my blessings." That makes it pretty clear, doesn't ...

3889. Noah: The Bearer Of An Alternative Possibility

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... pain and sorrow of children gone astray.) All of this is just a finite expression of the infinite emotion of God in the story of the flood. The Creator described in the Old Testament is not the "unmoved mover" of the universe. This is a passionate God who feels the pain of alienation, who is offended by the evil of the world, and who will ultimately act in judgment against anything that thwarts the divine, good purpose... "I suspect that if I had been God, I would have been ready to shut the circus down and ...

3890. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Fred Astaire who sang and danced it in that movie? "Singing in the Rain --Just singing in the RainWhat a wonderful feeling --We're happy again. Singing -- Just singing in the rain." "Singing in the Rain" has become a metaphor for poets, song- ... the fellowship with Christ that comes through serving his children.I hear it all the time from people involved in serving ministries. I feel Christ's presence when I deliver those meals on wheels." "You knew that Christ was there at the Day Shelter for the homeless ...

3891. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... picture? That's something to think about, isn't it? Well, finally, there was a break-through. One seminarian drew the picture that knocked down the wall of silence...and enabled the little boy to perk up and speak...and eventually pour out all his pent-up feelings to that seminarian. What was the picture that encouraged the little boy and set him free? A person was added to the picture and the person was doing a very simple thing...Just holding the hand of the little boy who was facing that huge tank, that ...

3892. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as a program director for a Methodist Church, whose testimony of this love of Christ for each and for all is powerful. Her father left her mother with 14 children when Mary was only 5 years old. You can imagine what that would do to a little girl -- feeling abandoned, unloved, unwanted. She entered the Convent when she was young. Two sisters had done so before her. She told me her story late one night over coffee after I had preached in her church. I was so moved I asked her to record her testimony on tape ...

3893. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... than an active evil force and an encourager of evil. More and more I'm convinced that Satan is an active force in the world. When we're honest, most of us will confess that there is something in life that lures us off the right path. We all feel it at one time or another. What James is urging us to do is acknowledge the fact, confess the influence, and by deliberate prayer resist this power, submit yourself to God and call on Christ to empower you to resist. Submit to God, resist the devil, and now, the ...

3894. Who Are Christians?

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... We squelch our emotions, we clench our hands rather than clap them; we hold our lips tight lest we surprise others with a shout of excitement. This is Thanksgiving Sunday. Next Sunday is the beginning of Advent, our time of anticipating the coming of Christ. We ought to feel a jump coming on. I don't know how an artist could picture it for a poster, but Toyota should not be able to out-do us Christians in symbolizing the "jump of joy". The pseudo-joy offered by the world is capricious and limited. It comes ...

3895. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . They already had three children...Kyle, Kassie, and Kelly. Then came their fourth, and they named him Kramer. Steve was overjoyed. "I always cry at the birth of my children", he said, "because I get so emotional." And he was also telling jokes and laughing and just feeling super out in the waiting room, and then the doctor came in. He had a grim look on his face, and he said, "Steve, we've got a problem. Your son has an exposed spinal cord. He has Spina Bifida." Steve was shocked stunned. "Spina Bifida ...

3896. At The Fork In The Road

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that the Spirit deliberately leads us to be tempted. I personally do not believe that is the case, but Matthew's rendering makes a big point. None of us are free of temptation. Even when we are, and are seeking to be led by the Spirit, indeed, even when we feel we are led by the Spirit, still we are tempted by the Devil. Sometime ago I said that I was going to preach a sermon one day on the theme, "Your Devil is Too Small." Last Sunday, someone leaving the service asked if I had preached that sermon yet. He ...

3897. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of us are struggling to make ends meet. Some of us are happy and others of us live with loneliness and sadness. Some of us can do a lot, and others of us are limited in what we can do. Some of us are well known and others of us feel no one else knows us." (Donald Shelby, "No Cloning Around", January 22, 1989) Some of us are guilt-stricken because of recent sin, and some of us know the freedom of forgiveness. Some of us are fighting a life- threatening illness and are praying for healing. But we are here ...

3898. The Stone Was Rolled Away (easter)

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a sense of failure. We tried to teach our children what we thought was important, but for some reason they didn't seem to catch our values. They lived out their time with us. Their commitments are not our commitments, and we feel somewhat guilty about this. We may even wonder at times about the depth of our own faith." (Dr. Robert C. Brubaker, "Through Defeat to Destiny", June 23, 1985). So, we know about defeat. But the Easter message is that the stone of defeat and despair is rolled away, making a ...

3899. On The Road Again (emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the story to one another to ease the pain and share the haviness. "We know where Emmaus is, (don't we?). We have been there in one way or another at sometime in our lives...Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to salvage and sort out our feelings, to summon the courage and desire to keep going on, or to try and forget. Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to reclaim our sanity when our world goes to pieces; when our ideals and dreams are violated and distorted; when we discover the world holds ...

3900. Speak And It Will Be

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... centurion. Listen to verse 9: "When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, 'I tell you not even in Israel have I found such faith.'" Here is a radical expression of trust -- total trust. The centurion did not feel he was worthy of Jesus' attention, but he trusted Jesus. Now, here is a clue for us. What difference would it make in your life and mine if we had the kind of faith that the centurion had -- a faith that was so simple and deep, that it would ...

Showing results