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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3976. By Faith
1 Peter 1:3-9
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy" (I Peter 1:8). It is joy, unspeakable and full of glory. The Greek term chara means “rejoicing with a joy that is beyond expression." It is knowing that no trouble enjoys everlasting life. It is believing that this too shall pass. It is in all things giving thanks for the goodness of God. W.E. Sangster was one of Methodism's finest preachers of the 20th century. Late in his life, Dr. Sangster suffered from muscular ...
3977. By Enduring
1 Peter 2:19-25
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... it with other patients. I have given it to countless other fellow suffers, and it still hangs on our refrigerator at home. The message is clear. Hell is no place to get off the bus and give up! Perseverance is the wisdom to know that no trouble enjoys everlasting life. Peter applies that principle to family life. The scoop is this. Some women had converted to Christianity which was unheard of in the 1st century Asia Minor. You see, men back then not only controlled the remote; they made all the family ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... ? I. WE CAN CLAIM OUR SIN If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Even more, we make God a liar. I have a friend who raised four sons. As boys tend to do, they got into their fair share of trouble. Jim used to say, “When one of my sons calls and says, ‘Dad, we have a problem,' I know its going to be a bad day." We have a problem. We err and stray from God's ways like lost sheep. We follow too much the devices and desires of ...
3979. Be Silent
Luke 1:11-20
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... our noisy world? Silence, it protects the inner fire of the spirit down in your soul. The Bible is full of it, all the way through. Jeremiah says the word of the Lord came to me and I became his prophet and every time I spoke I got in such trouble that finally one day I just said to God, I'm not talking any more. But Jeremiah couldn't keep his resolve. There was a fire in his belly put there by God and when he tried to be quiet, it would just burn within him. At last he laments ...
3980. Reconsider
Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... soap opera's like Grey's Anatomy, lonely people in our day meet in neighborhood bars, sleep together hardly knowing each other's name, and then discover they work at the same hospital where the man's spouse is also employed. No wonder the American family is in trouble if that's the norm of our lives. That's not the way it was in Joseph's day. Back then parents picked out their child's marriage partner, helped them get acquainted, then saw to it that they were legally engaged for a year; they were betrothed ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... how do we accomplish that imperative? Mack Wayne Metcalf thought money would give him a life. He won 65.4 million dollars in a Powerball Jackpot. He left his wife, built a big home up in Corbin, Kentucky, and proceeded to live a life full of trouble. Shortly before dying from unknown causes Mack lamented to a friend “Money is the worst thing you could ever want in your life." Pistol Pete Maravich thought fame would give him a life. Some of you remember his dazzling basketball performances at LSU. In his ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... ? We do not pray with much passion until we are between a rock and a hard place. The rest of the time we do not think a lot about prayer. We don't pray for health until we get sick. We don't pray for help until we get in trouble. We don't pray for guidance until we are confused. I am not knocking the prayer of desperation. The Bible says to let our requests be known; to ask and we shall receive. There is another dimension of prayer: prayer does not change things but changes us. Either we take ...
3983. Conversion or Credentialing?
Acts 9:1-5, 10-12, 17-19
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... in the Jewish faith, even though they lived a long way from Jerusalem. Because of some connection of his well-to-do father with the Roman world, Paul became a Roman citizen, something that saved his life years later. In a Hank Ketchum cartoon, Dennis the Menace in trouble again laments, “I didn't ask to be born." Of course, Dennis is right. None of us had anything to do with the circumstances of our birth. Heritage was not ours to choose. When it comes to family, we're stuck with what we've got. I greatly ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... in God." Our country is in an uproar this week over the definition of life. It had to happen sooner or later and now it is here. The tragic story of Terry Schiavo played out in the media, the courts, the Congress and the religious pundits of this land is troubling to say the least. Everyone seems to have an opinion except the person whose life is being debated and no one knows for sure what her wishes might be. Our president says that if we err, we should err on the side of life. His critics immediately ask ...
3985. By Belonging
1 Peter 2:2-10
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... Psalm 18 says, “The Lord is my rock, my fortress in whom I take refuge." And so, it is all over the liturgy of the Church, the phrases that we use in the community of faith God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble. He is the Anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure while the billows roll. The Lord is the Rock of our Salvation. His banner over us is love. Taking that image, Peter offers an invitation. Did you get it in the Scripture reading? The invitation is this: Come ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... world, not in sync with the world. My suggestion is the Church ought to be a little weird. We're not in sync with the world. We don't claim to be, we shouldn't be. If we adopt the same value system as the world, we are in huge trouble in the Church. So if we are a little odd, a little weird, don't do things in such a common way, then maybe curiosity alone would help people try to find us. It seems the strategies of the first century Church were rooted in prayer and discernment from the ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... , born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried." “What," inquired the student, “can I do with tenets of that creed that I find impossible to believe? The priest replied, “Say it anyway." “But,"said the student, “What if I have trouble with things like the Virgin birth, how can I say it anyway?" The priest walked up a little closer to the student and said, “Young man, how old are you—22, 23? There are a lot of things you don't know yet. Besides it's ...
3988. Living in Gratitude
Philippians 4:4-8
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... , said, “Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin and an antiseptic. It is a vaccine to prevent the invasion of a disgruntled, discouraged spirit. It is an antitoxin to destroy the poisons of cynicism, and criticalness. It is an antiseptic to soothe and heal the most troubled spirit." Fill your minds today with the best, not the worst, the beautiful, not the ugly, the things to praise, not the things to curse. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude. II. GRATITUDE IS A WAY OF BEING It is a matter of the heart ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... bigness. The Church is not about people, programs, progress. The Church is about Jesus Christ. There is a very dreaded thing that sometimes occurs in the human body. A mutiny happens. We call it a tumor. If the tumor is malignant, we are in big trouble. Cancer is a group of disloyal cells that decide to defy inhibition. They multiply without regard to other cells. They grow wild and try every way possible to take complete control. Each is a healthy, functioning cell but totally disloyal to the rest of the ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... are churches when you need them? Meanwhile the face of a child is broadcast into living rooms across America pleading, “We need some help down here. Can't you all come and help us?" What a traumatic situation we have experienced. Such is the dilemma of trouble. When communication fails, people scream at each other. Here in the twenty-first century communication is to get on the television and get at least three or four people screaming at each other at one time and call it news. It seems to me that it ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... bites and someone to blame. Not from bureaucracy and red tape that complicate the best intentions of people. The ray of hope comes from policemen, fireman, doctors, nurses, rescue workers, bus drivers, ministers, trying to turn a good deed in a day of trouble. The ray of hope comes from neighbors helping neighbors, churches opening their doors as shelters, and millions of people giving money to relief efforts. The greatness of America is in the goodness of its people. We who claim to follow Jesus need to ...
3992. Rising to the Occasion
Luke 10:25-37
Illustration
James W. Moore
Have you heard the story about the elderly woman who lived in a small town in East Texas... who had car trouble on the way to the supermarket one morning? Her car stalled at a stop sign... she tried everything to get her car started again, but no luck. Suddenly, a man in a pick-up truck came up behind her and with obvious agitation he started honking his horn at her ...
3993. Colossians 1:1-14
Colossians 1:1-14
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... only a teacher, friend and fellow servant but Paul’s prison inmate. As the church planter in Colossae, Epaphras is well qualified to report on the congregation’s spiritual status. As will become evident later in this epistle, there were some troubling development in Colossae. But this Thanksgiving section begins on the positive. Epaphras’ presentation of the gospel has led to the flowering of God’s Spirit among the Colossians and enabled genuine growth in love for one another. Scholars have noted ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... . But I think it is important, for perspectives sake to begin at this point, Everybody hurts. Where did the myth come from anyway? — the myth that if we were just Christian enough, or disciplined enough, or spiritual enough, or religious enough — that life’s troubles would pass us by just isn’t so, and certainly scripture refutes it. The witness of the scripture over and over again, is that the rain falls on the just as well as the unjust. None of us promised deliverance from the pain and problems ...
3995. Sisters
Luke 10:38-42
Sermon
King Duncan
... might explain how she happened to own a house not a common occurrence in that day. This also may explain why Martha is often thought of as the older sister that and the fact that she seems more responsible. Now I’m getting myself in trouble. I know that younger sisters are not always irresponsible. However, studies of the effects of birth order on how people conduct their lives suggest that older children are generally more responsible. At least that is the contention of Dr. Kevin Leman in The Birth Order ...
3996. There Is Always a Load Limit
Luke 10:38-42
Illustration
Arthur E. Dean Windhorn
... . But, to be sure, all bridges have a breaking point somewhere "that point at which the bluebird would be just much too much. But, friends, it really isn't the bluebird that breaks it down. It is the fact that 8 tons are already present. We all have bluebird troubles, don't we? We are all burdened by the facts of our lives which load us to the point of "load limit." We let little things get the best of us, little bluebirds of nothingness, tiny bluebirds of no importance, but just the thing to bring us down ...
3997. When Anxieties Finally Come True
Luke 10:41
Illustration
William Marshall
For several years a woman had been having trouble getting to sleep at night because she feared burglars. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he did find a burglar. "Good evening," said the man of the house. "I am pleased to see you. Come upstairs and meet my wife. She has been waiting 10 years to meet you."
3998. The Sons of Martha
Luke 10:38-42
Illustration
Rudyard Kipling
... Martha, so he wrote a poem in defense of this poor woman. Here is part of the poem entitled The Sons of Martha: The sons of Mary seldom bother for they have inherited that good part; But the sons of Martha favor their mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart. And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest, Her sons must wait upon Mary's sons world without end, reprieve, or rest. And the sons of Mary smile and are blessed - they know the angels are on their side ...
3999. God in Our Gratitude
Luke 12:13-21
Illustration
Carveth Mitchell
... in the home? Yes. On the street? Yes. Is God in the city prison? Silence. That one had them stopped. Finally one boy came up with as good an answer as I've heard. "Yes, God is there, but those fellows don't know it." That was this man's trouble, wasn't it? God was in his life, but he didn't know it. God was in his fruits, God was in his fields, God was in his goods. God was everywhere except in his gratitude.
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... he anticipated through his faith. The outward reality of faith was made manifest in Abraham and Sarah’s life in a most basic, tangible way—old age and barrenness were overcome so that “by faith” their child was born. Although there are translation troubles with verse 11—the simplest fix being to consider the mention of Sarah a parenthetical remark—the focus of the author’s intent is clear, the miraculous birth of Isaac came about by Abraham’s unshakeable faith in God’s own faithfulness ...
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