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 4526 to 4550 of 4653 results

4526. Ordering Up A Set Of False Gods On Amazon

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Sermon

Mary Austin

... work life, and yet more lonely in his personal life. He tried all kinds of jobs, including nightclub entertainer and peach grower. He married, had a daughter, and divorced. His friends made him promise to pray, and when he did, things happened. He was touched and blessed by the things that happened, but it was never quite enough for God to get his attention. He finally had to face the loneliness and the emptiness. All the idols of success, money, and fame were not saving him from himself. “Why continue ...

4527. Briny Faith

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it. Listen again: “Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? Maintain salt among yourselves and keep peace with each other.” Obviously to be salted with fire refers to being touched by the Holy Spirit, that purifying, change-agency of God that takes our restless, obstinate, sludgy, or petulant hearts and spirits and creates within us a sense of calm and peace. The conversation with Jesus’ disciples began when some of the disciples ...

4528. For Men Only?

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... ask about this, Jesus repeated what he had said. Whoever divorced their spouse and remarried is an adulterer. More insight can be gained by looking at the next four verses of today’s passage. People brought little children to Jesus, hoping for even a touch from the master’s hand, and the disciples, like many church busybodies, did their best to keep the children at bay, but Jesus, when he saw this, responded indignantly, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such ...

4529. Impetuous Faith

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... like? What made you feel they were so good at heart? What was their nature? What characteristics did they possess? It’s likely that you’ll name some of the following: humility, servanthood, patience, grace, kindness, non-judging, loving, helping. These are people who touch your heart just by being themselves. They are people you admire not for their status or their positions of power but for their lack of the need for it. And likely they are people who have taken their faith seriously. They live it out ...

4530. Passing on the Flame

Psalm 138:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . We can't and neither can the youth. We need each other. On our own, we can't be the children of God whom God wants us to be. That's why God sent Christ, and that's why Christ sent the Holy Spirit. The Spirit dances into our lives, touches our hearts empowers us to carry out the privilege of living our faith purposefully. The Spirit empowers us to live the life of faith in front of each other. So that others can be guided by our actions and our faithfulness. And so that we can be guided by the ...

4531. When Good People Pray

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... , they sat down, and one of them said: “Let us sit perfectly still and see if we can feel the way in which the air is moving because it always moves toward the shaft.” There they sat for a long time, when suddenly one of them felt a slight touch of air on his cheek. Up he sprang to his feet, exclaiming, “I felt it!” They went in the direction in which the air was moving and reached the central shaft and freedom from their dark captivity. (3) As you know, the Hebrew word for Spirit [ruacḥ] is also ...

4532. The Richest Family in Church

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in church. They’d never thought of themselves as poor. In fact, they felt sorry for families who didn’t have the blessings they had. They had love and faith and good friends and a safe home. A sadness settled over the house that week. No one touched the special offering money. The children even protested when their mother woke them up for church the next Sunday. They didn’t want to go. But Mrs. Ogan insisted. That morning, there was a missionary visiting the church. He spoke of his work in Africa, and ...

4533. More Certain Than a Tom Brady Pass

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... running and trust that He’s got it all worked out. That’s what Jeremiah learned to do. God didn’t choose Jeremiah because of his outstanding skills and charisma. Look at the final verses from today’s Bible passage: “Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.” God’s plan is not about you. It’s not about ...

4534. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... disappointed because all I do is accept people.” (4) That’s interesting, don’t you think? “All I do is accept people. There is healing in acceptance. Jesus’ interactions with others were remarkably open. He noticed people whom others overlooked. He touched people who were judged untouchable. He had no walls of acceptability around him. And this openness caused the local religious leaders to view him with suspicion and contempt. Even today, we struggle to just accept and love people as they are ...

4535. Don't Miss Jesus

Luke 2:41-51

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... They didn’t seem to notice.” On that visit her grandson, Jamie, age seven, led her to where Alice lay on her mattress, leg splinted and waiting to travel to the hospital for surgery. The little girl gave a pain-laced smile to Brenda and Jamie. Alice and Jamie touched noses. Jamie said in a quivering voice, “It’s so sad that she’s so breakable…But what’s not sad, Granny, is that she has such a cute face. Don’t you think she has a cute face?” Brenda wrote that she agreed with Jamie and that ...

4536. The Holy Spirit Brings Everyone To The Party

Acts 8:14-17

Sermon

Mary Austin

... God has for us to do. May we be watching for signs of the Spirit, and go where it leads us, following Jesus. In his name, Amen. Prayer: God of mysterious grace, we thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit. We praise you that you continue to touch us with your Spirit, knocking down our walls, giving energy to our faith, leading us toward you. We pray that you would nurture the gift of the Spirit within us and within all people, breaking down all that divides us. Make our faith greater than all of the world ...

4537. The Hiddenness Of Life’s Truths: Christian Life As Surprise

2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... the hidden ways of God forcefully: And universally our every assertion of anything good is hidden under the denial of it, so that faith may have its place in God, who is a negative essence of goodness and wisdom and righteousness, who cannot be possessed or touched except by the negation of all our affirmatives.[1] Christianity is full of paradoxes, because God is so great that he confounds all that we finite, sinful human beings can think and say about him. But let’s not forget that God has to work in ...

4538. Nobody’s Too Good To Repent

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... baptisms) were given careful scrutiny regarding how prepared they were to become followers of Jesus. In Latin it was called Occuli [Eyes] Sunday, because it was the Sunday that the church had its eye on those who were to be baptized.[1] If we want to keep in touch with this heritage, this is a Sunday, then, for us to reflect how we have been doing as Christians and to vow to change as we fall short. The second lesson for today gives us some clues for evaluating ourselves on the question of how we are doing ...

4539. Rejecting The Message — Rejecting The Person

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... and more intense as the evangelist got more animated. A large curtain separated a group of people who had various needs such as blindness, deafness, leg, or knee injuries that required crutches. Each one came from behind the curtain and every time the healer touched them they could begin miraculously to see, hear, or throw away their crutches. It was a dramatic scene! Two of my friends had earlier gone behind the curtain before the healing service began. They were caught and thrown out of the area. Later ...

4540. Rules for Basic Living

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... life bring ethics, morals, values, and absolutes that are important for us. Here are some basic rules for living from Jesus today. First basic rule for living — grace in our poverty and need (Luke 6:20-21a). Poverty exists around the world and touches every country in the world. Basic human needs like water, food, clean air, living spaces, and more are inadequately provided for millions of people. The poverty in Israel during Jesus time in Israel was real and exploited by the rich. Similarly today people ...

4541. Fool's Gold

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... be. We all have in our very core the potential of exquisite beauty and the acknowledgement of true worthiness. But we need to acknowledge that part of us inside, even if we feel covered in the mistakes of our past. You may say…. How can I find this, get in touch with this part of myself? How can I feel I am more than what my life has become? This is where God comes in. God is in the business of restoration. You may not be able to see your origin-al beauty and the value hiding within you, but God ...

4542. Unto Us

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , Ms. Raphael helpfully recounted to me the details of her former marriage. ''He was a creep," she admitted. "Everybody knew it but me. What can you do?'' ''What indeed?'' I agreed. Gabriella began to whine as we made our approach to the air port. Before we touched down, her whine grew into a wail, something about, ''I don't wanna see Granny!'' At last we landed. I carried a bundle of assorted plastic bags out for the Raphaels. Gabriella had to be dragged, coaxed, then swatted smartly on her laced rump down ...

4543. Moving Heaven and Earth

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... (2) Listen to me closely: our faithfulness, our obedience doesn’t have to involve big and impressive efforts. It could be something as simple as listening to someone who needs to talk . . . or praying a simple prayer . . . or sharing with a friend a book that touched our life. It’s not our ability that God uses to mend broken lives—it’s our faithfulness. As Norwegian theologian Ole Hallesby puts it, “Only he who is helpless can truly pray.” (3) Only when we are helpless do we lay down our ego ...

4544. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... Davies. One morning, he hit rock bottom. He got down on his knees and began praying for help. He prayed, “Jesus, I give you my heart; I give you my life. I choose you, Lord.” And Jesus answered his prayer. Since that day in April 2018, Rob hasn’t touched a drop of alcohol. He has healed from his hurt and anger and found the peace he’d been searching for ever since his wife died. He writes, “Today my life is the opposite of what it used to be . . . God has given me . . . peace, joy, happiness and ...

4545. We Fools

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... out on tables for everyone to see. Before that invention, people entered a store and told a clerk what they wanted. The clerk would go and obtain for them the merchandise from the storage area. His grandfather was the first to lay the merchandise out to be seen, and touched, and the rest is history. His invention was perfect for a people who now no longer know how even to name what we want. Show us everything and we shall invent a desire for it all. The surest way to drive people like us crazy is to ask us ...

4546. Amazing Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... He was lousy at prayer; didn't which words to say. These two persons then went to their homes after church. Frankly, the Bible-believing Christian, member of the board didn't get much out of the service. Something was missing. Nothing in the service touched his heart. He already knew the scripture for the day. Old hat. The music was a repeat of last week. The preacher was conventional. Oh well, perhaps next Sunday. The other man stayed seated in his pew long after the benediction, crying, overcome with joy ...

4547. Rejoice: Hints Of Heaven Are Here On Earth!

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... them through participation in a common task. Why what we Christians do in worship and in serving God and our fellow human beings is downright subversive. We have the gall to believe and act like these seemingly flawed human activities get us in touch with eternity! Why you Christians are dangerous in challenging the finiteness, the selfishness, the insignificance of human life that the world teaches us. Let’s get real. Worship or serving God can be dull or painful. What comfort when things get tough. The ...

4548. The Voice

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and future-establishing. They resonate with the beauty, compassion, and gentleness of his voice. God’s voice, Jesus’ voice, is compelling and powerful. He moves them and encourages them, uplifts them and assures them. He heals them and comforts them, promises them and touches them with the power and intimacy of that life-giving voice. God’s dream is their dream. God’s plan is their plan. God’s promise is their promise. God’s victory is their victory. It all culminates through Jesus. “The Voice ...

4549. Constant Companion

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , type 2 diabetes, and even higher overall mortality.[4] According to Weisman and Kahn in an article by CNN, “a lack of human contact can lead to any number of negative psychological conditions. In infants, failure to thrive is well documented when adequate human touch is not available. We see this in the elderly as well. The absence of a partner or loving relationship can have profound effects on our health and well-being.” In fact, a recent study cited that the harmful effects of social isolation were ...

4550. The Most Important Thing

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... common regrets were these: I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me I wish I hadn’t worked so hard I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings I wish I’d stayed in touch with my friends I wish I had let myself be happier. (3) Anytime someone at the end of their lives says, “I wish I had . . .” we need to stop and listen. In this life, our time is limited, but our demands are endless. How do we keep from getting dragged ...

Showing results