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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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451. The Smell Of Smoke Still Lingers

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to have a Hanukkah celebration." Her little boy chimed in and said, "We're Texans, and we're going to have a barbecue." (1) How many of you like to barbecue? Barbecue grills come in all shapes and sizes. All the fancy designs are for better heat control and air flow. Some are simply designed to attract us to buy them Each one is designed to do the same thing, barbecue meat. And there's all kinds of ways to barbecue. You can prepare your ribs or sausage or chicken or brisket or steaks or chops or whatever in ...

452. John 2:1-11

John 2:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the mid-section of the US and even sank its icy claws into the citrus crops in Florida. That meant layers of warm winter clothing were necessary just to survive. Layers help us in two ways. First, they block cold air from penetrating to our skin. Second, they keep skin-warmed air trapped next to our body, which is the real source of the warmth. Not the layers, but the heat from our bodies keeps us warm. Layers help us create natural insulation, our own personal environment, encircling and protecting us from ...

453. Never Too Old For God: Abraham And Sarah

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

A husband and wife were on long trip when they got into a large-sized argument over a small-sized issue. We've all done that haven't we? Well, the air was so icy between them, they probably could have turned off the air conditioner. And for a number of miles they refused to even speak to each other. The strained silence continued until they drove past a couple of mules grazing in a pasture. The husband finally broke the silence: "Are those some of your relatives?" And his wife answered, "Yes, they're ...

454. The Upside Down Life

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... down like a big bat. Rosie O’Donnell once did this on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, I think. Another method is to strap your whole body to a flat surface that then completely flips upside down, the body suspended head down, feet in the air. Inversion advocates claim when you exercise while in this upside down position — in other words, when you do sit-ups or torso twists upside down — you are helping your squished, painful vertebrae to expand, realign, and even regenerate. Strengthened by exercise and set ...

455. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Life Matters”

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I have struggles with shortness of breath. Sometime it’s a result of anxiety and other times it’s a result of fluid building up in my abdomen. Either way it’s frightening. In moments like that I reach for hope. I remember that God is closer than the air I breathe and present with every breath I take. It often helps my breathing. By Love – “....and the greatest of these is love.” You and the Church have taught me how to love and be loved. What can I say? It is the most wonderful thing in all the ...

456. The Gift of Purpose

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... It was a new vault. Hadn't he heard something about a "safety hole"? Feeling around in the darkness he finally located it at the top of the back wall - too small for burglars but enough for air. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day passed. He was alone, as he had planned. But he was uncomfortable, hungry and thirsty in darkness so dense he could almost feel it brushing his face. The day after Christmas the chief cashier arrived and unlocked the vault, but did not open the door. ...

457. This Is the Day!

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” [In light of this truth, I want us to make a new start together. I want us to stand and put a big smile on our lips, pump our fists in the air and declare together.] “This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!” 1. Cited by Pat Williams, A Lifetime of Success (Grand Rapids. MI: Fleming H. Revell, 2000), pp. 108-109. 2. Where Is God When It Hurts? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan ...

458. Cast All Your Anxiety on Him

1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the trip?" She replied, "Well, I guess it was all right, I didn't put my whole weight down the whole time we were in the air." (3) She didn't trust the plane and she didn't trust the pilot. But when you put your trust in Christ and put everything in ... sure we don't forget anything. And there they lay, right there in front of God. Right there in front of us. We feel light as air. We breathe easier. Our hearts and souls sigh in the relief of the burden of those anxieties. We see the delight in God's eyes that ...

459. To Live in Joy

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the beach. Now there’s something about being alone on the beach, the bite of the wind, the swooshing sound of the waves, the salty air, sand and water beneath bare feet, and being there at a particular time of day, when there’s a struggle going on between day ... in my fingers but when I loosed her she didn’t seem to have the strength to fly away. I threw her gently into the air, hoping to send her on her way, but she plummeted to the sand. For a moment I felt pain. I identified with that butterfly’s ...

460. Lessons from Rephidim - Being the Lord's Intercessor

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . They built a bonfire on the shore and kept it burning all night. Every once in a while, someone would throw his cap up in the air, hoping that the old man would see it. At last dawn began to break, and the winds began to die, down. They put out their boats ... had come. But just as I was ready to let go, I looked through the darkness and saw some body’s cap going up in the air. I said to myself, “somebody who cares enough about old John to stay out on a night like this, I guess I’m not going to quit ...

461. My Name Is Legion

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Executive Committee of the Board of Asbury Seminary. I was just there overnight and until noon the next day. A seminarian took me to the air port on Monday a 30-minute drive. His name was David and he didn’t fit the image we have of seminarians. Young men and ... Ah, no, my wife is the one who led me to Christ in the first place.” I got out of his car in front of the air terminal in Lexington, and walked to my plane with a joyous stride. I can still feel the warmth of that joy four weeks later. His story is ...

462. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , we have articulated a new vision for this congregation focused on “touching hearts and transforming lives." We have organized our church and deployed our staff to embrace a mission of inviting, worshiping, discipling, serving, and healing. We have built castles in the air. Now it is time to put foundations under them. What keeps dreams from dying at daybreak? What enables a vision to be fulfilled in the heat of the day? This passage in Hebrews suggests two things: being faithful and being focused. When ...

463. You Are Invited

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... : “Life is difficult." Indeed it is. Whether you are married or single, young or old, rich or poor, proud or humble, independent or dependent, you are going to need a little help now. Come to Jesus. Late night TV talk show host, Conan O'Brien, his first night on the air after the tragedy, began by saying these words, “I don't know exactly how we are going to do this. But we are going to try. Today I did something I haven't done in years. I went across the street to St. Patrick's Cathedral where I sat in ...

464. Wrestling Alone at Night

Genesis 32:22-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... out of the tires, that would free the trailer. You could drive out, refill your tires, and be on your way.” That is just what the driver did. When life has you stuck under some overpass of your own making, it might be time to stop, let the air out of your ego, give yourself some extra room, so you can refill your life with the grace of God’s love. People all wrapped up in themselves make very small packages. That night on the Jabbok River, Jacob was all wrapped up in himself. A careful reading of the ...

465. Crying Out of the Depths

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... buried in the deepest sea, or down in a valley so low, when all you've put together begins to fall apart when suspended in mid-air with nothing solid to hold on to—people through the ages have cried out to the Lord for help. Eugene Peterson translates this verse this ... grocery store. I couldn't wait for her to redeem them. It often meant some special gift for me. We redeem our air miles, our coupons, our warranties for something of value; then I remember that I have been redeemed. Redeemed, how I love to ...

466. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . We Sweep. Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds them? My mother used to do spring house cleaning. Covers, quilts, and bedding were all carried outside for fresh air. Every stick of furniture was moved; every nook and cranny was scrubbed and cleaned. Churches can use a good house cleaning. We get stuffy and stuck in our ways. Our rituals become a religion; our customs become creeds. If we are not careful we become ...

467. In Prayer’s Way

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... warm shelter on a frozen winter night - we are the answer to prayer. That is why whether the answer to prayer is the community of companionship or for the silence of solitude - we are the answer to prayer. That is why whether the prayer is for a breath of fresh air or for the peace of stillness - we are the answer to prayer. That is why whether the answer to prayer is a purpose and a project or for the fullness of fallow time - we are the answer to prayer. We can always be “the answer to prayer” as long ...

468. By Believing

1 Peter 1:13-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is a lamp for our feet and a light for our path." When we are angry, it reminds us that vengeance belongs to God. When we are alone it reminds us we are not forsaken by God. When we are anxious it reminds us to consider the birds of air. The Bible says: “Come hell or high water, come affliction or hardship, come persecution, hunger, nakedness, peril or sword; come whatever may, nothing can separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord. We need an anchor that keeps the soul ...

469. Rejoicing in God’s Saints

Philippians 1:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a donkey when he came upon a sparrow lying in the road. The bird was flat on his back with both legs thrust in the air. At first, the traveler thought the bird was dead, but upon closer investigation, he discovered the bird to be very much alive. “Are you all ... ," inquired the traveler of the bird? “Yes," replied the bird. “Then why are you lying here on your back with your legs in the air?"“Well," said the bird, “I heard a rumor that the sky was falling so I am holding my legs up trying to keep it ...

470. A Faith That Transforms, Not Just Adorns

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Floats.” Hollywood undoubtedly thought “hope floats” was a good, encouraging image. But things “float” because they are full of air. Nothingness can easily be buoyed up with more nothingness. Hope floats. But faith lets you travel the circumference of ... “the REALITY of things hoped for, the PROOF of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Faith does not “float” on the hot air of half-baked human assertions. Christian faith is re-barred and reinforced by the lives of all those faithful men and women ...

471. Looking at Jesus from Behind Prison Bars

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... hear him preach. Perhaps it is safe to say that John at least felt a kind of excitement with so much religious energy in the air. All of that religious energy was part of the expectation in the beginning of John's ministry that something was about to happen. Matthew ... have known that he never would walk out of that prison? Could he have at least suspected that he never would breathe air as a free man again? Could we blame John if, under these circumstances, he began to wonder if he had invested himself ...

472. Choosing a Master

Matthew 6:16-24

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... 't become greedy yet have they? A minor league baseball team in Michigan held a promotion after a game, dropping $1,000 in cash from a helicopter over the outfield. Then they let the children run after it. The air should have been filled with giggles as the children plucked dollar bills from the air and scooped them off the ground. No one expected cries of pain. No one expected the older, bigger children to trample over the smaller children just to snatch up a few extra greenbacks. No one expected a seven ...

473. Ecological Politics

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... sneaked in from every direction without pattern. He bobbled and turned to beat back his enemy. It was then that his feet slid. The water became slippery, with pockets and holes that no longer supported his footfalls. He felt himself tipping and twisting, and groped the air for non-existent supports. The deep knew his name and was laying claim to his body heel upward. "Lord, save me!" he cried in panic. And Jesus took his hand. Jesus took his hand and the footing was firm. Jesus took his hand and the waves ...

474. The Road No One Wants to Travel

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... a tour is, don't you? It's where you let someone else do all the planning. They take care of your luggage. They put you on a big, air-conditioned bus and ferry you around to all the right sights. They pay the entrance fees for your tickets so you don't have to stand in the heat ... that weren't paved. But the tour busses swept by with tourists who saw Palestine from their windows and never breathed the air or felt the wind or sneezed the dust. Clean in, clean out. A true pilgrimage, however, isn't like that. A ...

475. Science And The Bible

Isaiah 40:1-31

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... Job 26:7 and read the verse.) “He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.” Our planet isn’t floating on an ocean or sitting on a giant turtle. It’s floating in outer space where there isn’t any water or air. Thousands of years after Job was written, human astronauts took pictures of Earth, and now we can see that it is hanging on nothing, just as Job said. Human scientists made these mistakes but eventually discovered that what the Bible had already said was true. Why ...

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