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
King Duncan
... be told never to come back. (2) Ah, yes, the good old days. Of course, today’s employers would argue that there are good reasons for this change in policy some employees can’t be trusted. They could do lasting damage to the company if they were allowed to stay on the job and have access to company assets. And that’s exactly what this dishonest manager did. He says to himself, “What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to do manual labor, and I’m embarrassed to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... never left. He took the man’s hands and squeezed them as he said, “Don’t worry! I’m right here with you! I’m not going anywhere!” Days after the rescue, the two men embraced as the driver said to Jack, “You know, you were crazy to stay there with me. We both could’ve died.” Jack smiled. “I just couldn’t leave you,” Jack said. (5) Here is the point of today’s message. There was a time, spiritually, when each of us was a beggar lying at the gate totally helpless, and Christ noticed ...
4503. 2 Timothy 2:8-15
2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... generations of Jesus followers, to persevere. At the beginning of this section of his letter, Paul implores Timothy, “my child,” to “be strong.” Now he gives his stalwart companion in spreading the gospel some of the “gory details” that staying strong will entail. But before he begins to itemize that cost, Paul enjoins Timothy to engage in the most basic of faith exercises — to “remember.” Most commentaries discern a whiff of an earlier established Pauline doctrine in the proclamation of ...
Sermon
David O. Bales
... . When gas prices shot up I got into the habit of driving slowly and increasing my miles per gallon. Driving slowly isn’t a hazard while in the country between the two towns. However, when I draw near Caldwell, the signs reduce speed to 65. There, in order to stay up with the larger flow of traffic, I must increase my speed so I don’t jam up traffic. We all end up driving a safe speed, but we do so for different reasons. Our Lord Jesus in Matthew 6 mentions three religious acts that are being performed ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... , he received the best education of his day and taught at Cambridge University. After serving two years in Parliament, he felt the call to ministry, and served the rest of his life as a faithful pastor to his people, all the while writing poetry that has stayed with us to this day. En route to visit some friends one day, Herbert stopped to help a farm hand whose horse had fallen under his load. When Herbert arrived late, dirty and disheveled, his friends asked why he had so “disparaged himself by so dirty ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... I understand that in Russia the best man in a wedding must sign the marriage register guaranteeing that the union will last at least six months or he’ll pay a fine of 150 rubles. That sounds like a pretty good incentive for a friend to help a friend stay married. Unfortunately that’s only $4.80 in U.S. dollars. I doubt if any best man would intervene in his friend’s marriage for $4.80. In our lesson for today a group of religious figures ask a very interesting question about marriage. It’s a little ...
Sermon
David O. Bales
... , deferred to for decisions requiring extra wisdom or breadth of experience, and he was master of a great fortune; yet, he walked the street, covering his face in his robe, which served for more than merely struggling against the cold. He knew where Jesus was staying. As he neared Jesus’ house, his chest seemed like a cave full of crazed bats. What’s so disturbing about this young man? Is it because, unlike the scribes, Jesus doesn’t lay down his main proposition, as a general sends his infantry into ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... s, each community’s, each church’s story we are still connected by a central Christmas confession. As we “count down to Christmas” it is time to start counting our commonalities. Matthew’s text in this week’s gospel lesson urges believers to WAKE UP, to stay alert, to be on point and ready to go, whenever the Kingdom of God might break out. If there is any time to be particularly alert and reactive, eyes peeled and ears listening to the pealing bells of the approaching kingdom, it is now, at the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... three yards and a cloud of dust?” This was the strategy employed throughout football before 1906. Then something revolutionary happened. The forward pass was legalized, making it possible to gain forty yards with one throw. During that first season, however, most teams stayed with the tried-and-true way of playing the game three yards and a cloud of dust. One team, however, took another approach. Coaches at St. Louis University decided to switch to an offense that used the forward pass. That first season ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . Quite naturally, John tried to talk Jesus out of undergoing this rite. He said, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” John knew that there was something special about Jesus. Remember that John was Jesus’ cousin. Mary stayed with John’s mother and father for a while before both boys were born. The two boys probably had contact over the years. Maybe they played together as children. Maybe they hung out together as teenagers. Whatever their relationship, it is evident that John ...
4511. Hill Climbing
Psalm 121:1-8
Sermon
King Duncan
... s Romeo and Juliet, it’s night. The lovers Romeo and Juliet are separated by their families’ deadly feud. Suddenly Juliet realizes Romeo stands below her window, out in the garden. When she realizes he is there, she asks how he came. And why he didn’t stay away? After all, this is a dangerous move. Romeo answers: “With love’s light wings did I o’er-perch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do, that dares love attempt.” What a beautiful picture of a loving God ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... John eleven, the story literally of a dead man and broken hearts. A man named Lazarus is sick. Lazarus is not just any average Joe. He and his sisters, Mary and Martha, are close friends of Jesus. Whenever Jesus travels through their region in Bethany, he stays in their house. So when Lazarus gets sick, his sisters send word to Jesus right away: “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When Jesus receives the message, he responds in the strangest way. He says, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... Spirit would give them power to witness while they wait… power to be Jesus’ “witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Huh? Impossible and overwhelming for sure. How were they to do this anyway? Was Jesus going to stay with them and instruct them in what to say and how to say it and when and where to say it? Jerusalem would be difficult enough but to walk all over Judea and Samaria would take years. Going to the ends of the earth or even around the ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... without first observing strictly proscribed dietary laws and following specific religious rites that included circumcision. They couldn’t become Christians without first becoming Jews. In many Christian congregations there are people who find themselves on the outside looking in; welcome to stay and pray and obey and pay… but not really welcome to be­come part of the living and resurrected community of the church. God rolled the stone away from that tomb all right! An angel came to Cornelius and told ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... ’s signal Thomas was to follow the children closely, stand in their midst, and say, “Jesus loves you, follow him,” and walk back to his corner. Then Pastor Terry gathered the young children in the corner of the room near Thomas. She told them to stay near Jesus and sing “Jesus Loves Me” until they heard Miss Jean’s voice. Then they would leave Jesus and move toward Miss Jean. Then when they heard Pastor Terry say “repent” the children were to turn away from Miss Jean and start back toward ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... tomb. Who could have done this? The Romans? The high priest’s soldiers? Some mis­guided group of followers? What were they looking for? Whom were they looking for… even after they found the empty tomb and the rolled up grave cloth and wrappings? Mary Magdalene stayed behind, looking into the tomb and crying. What was she looking for? A dead body and not a living Lord would be a good guess. She said as much to the two angels whom she actually saw sitting on the very place where Jesus’ body had been ...
4517. Stuck in Park
Acts 17:16-34
Sermon
Tony Everett
... to make sure the inside of the car would be comfortable. Otto curled up on the backseat, and Martha started toward the store. Worrying that her dog might jump out of the car window, Martha stopped every few steps, pointed at her car, and commanded “Otto! You stay!” A young man carrying a skateboard observed Martha’s actions in silence. Finally he just had to ask, “Ma’am, why don’t you just put it in park?” Our young friend didn’t see the whole picture. He was totally oblivious to the dog on ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... that victory looks like every day. Mitzi was suffering from a severe and crippling arthritis in her spine. It had become so bad that she was in constant pain, able to get around only in a wheelchair. One day her pastor asked her how she could keep going and stay so courageous in the midst of constant pain. “Well, Pastor,” Mitzi began, “Every time I hurt I think of Jesus on the cross. You know, it seems like he and I are a lot closer since the pain started.” Right on, Mitzi! Marilyn was a young Army ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.” But Sally smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help.” And she whispered again, “Remember, the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed and helped Grandma prepare supper. Why? All because his sister Sally reminded him of that duck. We’ll finish this delightful tale in a few moments. It’s a wonderful tale of guilt and mischievousness. Sally says to Johnny, “Remember the duck.” I wonder ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... God to allow the wonder of faith no matter how real in our lives to slip away. Grace is free, but faith is always fragile. But, the casual believer asks, isn’t it dangerous to proclaim a grace that is so totally free? What motivation do people have to stay strong in the faith, if they do not have to fear God’s judgment? Only a person who has never really struggled with faith would ask such a question. It’s like a story that is told about Abraham Lincoln. According to this story, Lincoln once visited a ...
4521. Let It Go
John 3:1-21
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... brains have learned to delegate. The brain itself has bicameral hemispheres, divided by a membranous cartilage known as the “corpus callosum:” essentially we have a “left brain” and a “right brain.” This division is not a “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” kind of segregation. There is always intimate communication between the two halves through the corpus collosum. But these two spheres of the brain each have their own strengths and weaknesses. The “left brain” houses the home team ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... . Some we betray with a kiss. Some we betray with a kick. Some we betray with kindness. But just as all the disciples betrayed Jesus, not just Judas, so we all betray Jesus in one way or other. As you follow Jesus to the foot of the cross this week, stay there. For it is at the foot of the cross where we realize that God loves us, even in the midst of our betrayal. Just as Jesus ate his last meal with his betrayer Judas, and with his betrayers, The Twelve, so we live and die in the midst of ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... away when Jesus beat out death and brought us life. We might not like to admit it, but most of us are good with the fact that a big stone was rolled up against Jesus’ tomb. It was a sad but simple piece of closure. But that stone did not stay put. Jesus escaped the tomb. The stone rolled back. The “stone” became a living thing. So...why do we keep rolling the stone back? Why do we keep putting back the stone over the tomb? Why do we keep trying to keep Jesus in his place…where we can contain ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to open your eyes, but you will be perfectly conscious. You will hear and you will know everything that is going on around you. “‘During those six hours, I will be at your side and I will hold your hand, exactly as I am doing now. I will stay with you until you are fully recovered. Although you may feel absolutely helpless, when you feel my hand, you will know that I will not leave you.’ “It happened exactly as the nurse told me,” the man continued. “I awoke and could do nothing. But I could ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... have everything I want to make my life happy, yet I am as miserable as hell.” Billy says that he and Ruth talked to this wealthy man and prayed with him, trying to point him to Christ. Later they went down the hill to a small cottage where they were staying. That afternoon the pastor of the local Baptist church came to call. He was an Englishman, and he too was 75. He was a widower who spent most of his time taking care of his two invalid sisters. And yet, says Dr. Graham, this Baptist pastor was full of ...
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