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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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401. Mandatum

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

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Dr. Ronald Love

... Look around the congregation. Is there someone you have offended that you need to apologize to? Is there some- one whom you have viciously gossiped about? Is there someone who you have been openly harsh to? Is there someone who you still hold a grudge against? Has anyone done anything really that bad as to cause you to be unremorsefully vindictive? Was the individual really that offensive or are you just being spiteful? Does your sense of revenge trump any noble disposition? Is the real reason that you just ...

402. Framed by Love

John 14:15-21

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April Yamasaki

... that they too were called to love one another. Yet this so-called new commandment to love was already an old commandment, an ancient commandment. Centuries earlier in the Old Testament, God instructed the people, “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord” (Leviticus 19:18). Earlier in Jesus’ own ministry, when a lawyer asked him about the greatest commandment, Jesus spoke of loving God and loving your neighbor ...

403. The Paradox of the Yoke

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Lori Wagner

... together. Today, I ask each of you to imagine those experiences or issues in your own lives that particularly weigh you down. Have you had past experiences that weigh heavily on your heart? Does your self-esteem suffer from past emotional or physical lashings? Do you feel grudging toward others or angry at the past? Do you feel you don’t know who you are or where your life is going? Close your eyes and ask Jesus to take all of that off of you. Feel him lifting your past, your burdens, your heaviness from ...

404. The Subject Is Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

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Steve Molin

... are some in our midst today who have shut people out of their lives because they could not let it go? The hurt is too deep, it’s gone on too long, and you cannot forgive. Logic is on your side. You probably have every right to hold your grudge. But the sad truth is that your unforgiveness doesn’t hurt them; but it holds you captive to bitterness and misery. Logic might be on your side, but forgiveness is your healer, friend. Let it go, and the bitterness will let go of you. Just ask Elizabeth Elliot how ...

405. Obstructions of the Heart

Mark 1:1-8

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Lori Wagner

... , guilt, pain, or distract you from living as the disciple that Jesus called you to be? Advent, above all, is a time of repentance. It’s a “call” to clear your mind and heart of the busyness of the season, of the arguments with family and friends, of grudges long held, of bad habits that have kept you from making time for God in your life. We have so many life encounters that can distract us from our relationship with Jesus. It’s time for us to “clear our path,” to listen to John’s call, and ...

406. “I Will Sing the Lord’s Praise, for He Has Been Good to Me”

Psalm 13:1-6

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... idea (Lev. 19:18) that Jesus taught as part of the second great commandment (Matt. 22:39). Moreover, we might observe that the love of oneself is a reflection of God’s own personality, for after the commandment against taking vengeance and bearing grudges in Leviticus 19, he says: “but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord” (ESV). We are never whole in God or complete in Christ until we have a proper attitude toward ourselves, which should be confused with neither an inferiority ...

407. But, Why?

Titus 3:4-7

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Scott Bryte & Kimberly Miller van Driel

... live among us? This world is messy, and we are very far from perfect. Yes, we love, laugh, and write songs. We imagine, build, and occasionally do heroic, selfless things. But we also lie to each other and cheat each other. We argue, feud, and hold grudges. We discriminate and exclude. We rob, kill, and start wars. And yes, there is beauty in the world, and generosity. There is curiosity and sights to bring you to tears. But there are splinters here, and head colds. There is disease, drama, and dad-jokes ...

408. Courage to Break

Luke 4:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... possible on our own. Many people go about their lives with little time for God –an hour a Sunday if they’re lucky. Until one of those untidy decisions or temptations starts turning our lives in a harrowing and painful direction. Fortunately, God never holds a grudge. God is always there to rescue us from our “breaking bad” decisions. God is always ready to take our broken pieces and create a new masterpiece! Ever see the way roads are constructed? If you live in my area, you see it all year round ...

409. Upside Down And Backward

Luke 17:5-10

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Jill J. Duffield

... , their divine-image-dignity. The life of faith is a backward, upside down existence that calls attention to itself by its strangeness. Those who claim to follow Jesus are known by our love, not our power, our giving, not our hoarding, our grace, not our grudge-holding. When we really emulate our Savior we stand out, look naïve, even foolish to a cynical world enamored with vengeance and suspicious of mercy. No wonder we ask Jesus to increase our faith in the face of such an upside down and backward ...

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