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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

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26. A Rock Feels No Pain

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... about pet rocks without thinking about some lines from a Simon and Garfunkel song. It really pegs people: I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock. I am an island. And a rock feels no pain and an island never cries. Is that why people bought pet rocks? Is that the reason we choose not to love? A rock feels no pain and an island never cries. Yet, I’ve begun to believe that even greater than the pain of loving is the pain of not loving at all. Nothing is more excruciating than the pain of ...

27. Do you know exactly how I feel?

Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

Illustration

Frank Luchsinger

... his interpersonal balance sheet in the negative. As the rehearsal continued, Melissa's friend became more and more embarrassed, feeling clumsy and out of place. Finally she broke from the group. Down the hallway she fled, trying not to ... be alone. I know what it's like to be alone." Sometimes we wonder: Do you know I'm alone, Jesus? Do you know exactly how I feel? Jesus taught that God cares for the lilies of the field and the birds of the air and that the hairs on our head are numbered in God's ...

28. Feeling the Suffering of Others

Mark 6:30-44

Illustration

David G. Rogne

... found Christ when you are concerned with other people's sufferings and not your own." The beginning of compassion involves becoming aware of the suffering of others. But it is not enough simply to see the suffering of others, we need to feel it. It is possible to see suffering, but not to feel it. Dewitt Jones tells about a photographer who walked down the street one day and came upon a man who was choking. "What a picture," he thought. "This says it all: A man, alone, in need. What a message!" He fumbled ...

29. Touch and Feel, Taste and See

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... what he believed and what the others were telling him was contrary to all that he'd ever seen or believed could ever happen. Once you were dead, there was no getting up. That was absurd. I guess Thomas forgot about Lazarus. Whatever the case, Thomas needed to Touch and Feel before he could believe. He needed to see it with his own eyes. Let's look at the passage from John 20:19-31 which describes that incident. [19] When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where ...

30. Feeling It in Your Heart

Luke 24:13-35

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Kenneth J. Hockenberry

... moment, we know the truth of that word in our guts. George is the richest man in town – not in money – but because of his many friends, whose lives he has touched, and who have touched his. What we feel from that movie we also know in our lives. When we hear something that is true and right, we feel it deep down - there is a kind of bodily resonance that occurs. We even respond with the words, "that really moved me." Luke refers to this as heart burn: "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was ...

31. Feeling Important

Illustration

... important, Sometime, when your ego's in bloom; Sometime, when you take it for granted You're the best qualified man in the room; Sometime, when you feel that you're going Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow this simple instruction And see how it humbles the soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water; Put your hand in it, up to the wrist; Pull it out; and the hole that's remaining Is a measure ...

32. When We Feel Unwanted

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... able to officially erase their names. Those who are named “Nakusa” or “Nakushi” are allowed to replace that name with a name of their own choosing, a name that tells them they are worthy and accepted. (1) Is there any emotion more devastating than feeling unwanted, rejected especially by those who are supposed to love you? Jesus knew what that was like. His own people rejected him. One who was closest to him betrayed him, another denied him, and, when he needed them most, almost all of his friends ...

33. When You Feel the Tug

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Michael P. Green

... into the clouds. A man came by and asked, “Why are you holding on to that string?” The boy said, “I’ve got a kite up there.” The man looked up and said, “I don’t see it.” The boy replied, “Well, I know it’s there because I can feel the tug.” That’s like the witness of the Holy Spirit within us. We may not always see the evidence, but we feel a tug in our hearts constantly, letting us know that we are in touch with God.

34. The Old Farmer's Feelings

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

... , felt moved to speak. "You know, Ma, over these fifty years, sometimes I've loved you so much that I could hardly keep from telling you." She reached for a hankie, dabbed her eyes and said: "Thank ya', Pa." Why are we so reluctant to let others know how we feel? Why are we so stingy and so slow to speak words that others long to hear, so private in saying things that cry out to be said?

35. This Feels Like Where I Came In

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

... I am still anxious now. Because the stakes seem higher now. And while I have no responsibility to fight (as do those we prayed for this morning) or fly bombing missions (as do two of my daughter's more recent male companions), I do feel a responsibility to care and counsel, pray and preach. Especially preach, which I do this morning in the largest, most influential congregation in Michigan Methodism. Not that you need….not that anybody needs….one more "talking head." The airways (both cable and network ...

36. Feel Like a Million Dollars

Humor Illustration

... to marry a bum. My son is in jail. My other kids sponge off me all the time. My wife has run up huge debts on our credit cards. My business is going under. So every day, I come home and I take off these stinking shoes, and then I feel like a million dollars."

37. This Doesn't Feel Like Heaven

Humor Illustration

... rising trout." The man excitedly cast his line. Soon, he had brought in three two-pound trout. This was great! Fishing had never been so easy. But after pulling in his 25th trout, the man was starting to get bored. He called to the guide and complained, "This doesn't feel like Heaven anymore." "I never said it was," answered the guide.

38. When We Feel Lost

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... confirms and she consoles. He is, indeed, God, in whom both manhood and womanhood, fatherhood and motherhood, are fully present. That gentle and caressing right hand echoes for me the words of the prophet Isaiah: ‘Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne?’” (2) We moderns are conscious of masculine and feminine images of God, but Rembrandt was hundreds of years ahead of us. I thought of Father Nouwen’s analysis of this great painting when I read evangelist ...

39. Poem: After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

Eulogy

Emily Dickinson

After great pain, a formal feeling comes - The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs - And stiff Heart questions ‘was it He, that bore,’ And Yesterday, or Centuries before? The Feet, mechanical, go round - A Wooden way Of Ground, or Air, or Ought - Regardless grown, A Quartz contentment, like a stone - This is the Hour of Lead - Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow - First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go -

We crucified him on a stick, but we have always had a curious feeling that He somehow managed to get hold of the right end of it.

George Bernard Shaw

41. I feel the Bottom

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... standing in the roaring Jordan, cold with its dreadful chill and, conscious of its terror, of its rushing, I, too, like Hopeful in Pilgrim’s Progress, can call back to you who one day in your turn will have to cross it, 'Be of good cheer, my brother, for I feel the bottom and it is sound."'

42. Our Feelings of Hypocrisy

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Editor James S. Hewett

In the "guilt versus grace" discussion it seems that most people have a deep sensitivity about their own guilt, flaws, and inadequacies. Most of us don't need to be told we are hypocrites; we already know this about ourselves. We can identify with the feelings expressed by Jules Feiffer in his poem first published in The Village Voice. I felt like a fraud, So I learned to fly an airplane. At 50,000 feet I thought, "A fraud is flying an airplane.” So I crossed the Atlantic in a rowboat. I docked at ...

43. When You Feel Helpless

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a picture of the musculature of a human being (can be found in most encyclopedias) Good morning, boys and girls. I want you to do something for me. Everybody hold up one arm. Okay, make a muscle. Come on, really squeeze that fist. Wow, look at all those muscles. Okay, you can put your arms down now. Let's see if the congregation will do it too. Okay, everybody, hold up one arm and show us your muscles. Come on, you can do it! That's pretty good. Do you know how many muscles you have in your body? ...

44. Once More, With Feeling

Matthew 26:14—27:66

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? (Psalm 22:1) Collect As we contemplate the awful journey of our Lord Jesus from life into death to bring life, let us gaze deeply into this horrible truth. Let us stand with the women at the foot of the cross. Let it become real to us. Lord, we are yours. Amen. Prayer Of Confession In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. ...

45. Feeling a Fake

Illustration

H. Robinson

A Chinese boy who wanted to learn about jade went to study with a talented old teacher. This gentle man put a piece of the precious stone into his hand and told him to hold it tight. Then he began to talk of philosophy, men, women, the sun and almost everything under it. After an hour he took back the stone and sent the boy home. The procedure was repeated for several weeks. The boy became frustrated. When would he be told about the jade? He was too polite, however, to question the wisdom of his venerable ...

46. Feeling Through Others

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

Helen Keller was deaf and blind from an incurable childhood disease. Anne Sullivan taught her to read through her senses of touch, smell, and taste. At the end of her autobiography Helen Keller says: "Fate—silent, pitiless—bars the way. Fain would I question his imperious decree; for my heart is undisciplined and passionate, but my tongue will not utter the bitter, futile words that rise to my lips, and they fall back into my heart like unshed tears. Silence sits immense upon my soul. Then comes hope with ...

47. Feel the Rhythm

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

A boy received a nice guitar for Christmas. He put his hands on the fret and held it in one fixed position while he strummed on the instrument hour upon hour. His father became vexed with him and said, “Son, you are supposed to move your left hand up and down the neck of the guitar and produce new sounds. Chet Atkins and Les Paul, the great guitarists, do that.” The little boy replied, “Well, Dad, they run their left hand up and down because they are still looking for it--I found it.”

48. I Feel Your Pain

Humor

A certain lady was full of miseries. Her pastor came by to see her one day and she began her litany: "The neighbor's children are so noisy...People at the church never come to see me...my arthritis is getting worse...the weather has been so terrible..." On and on she went with one complaint after the other. Finally she said, "But do you know, Pastor, I have had the worst headache all week, but suddenly it has disappeared." The pastor sighed and said, "Oh, no. Your headache didn't disappear. I have it now ...

49. What Happens When We Can't Believe It?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails ... I will not believe (John 20:25)." That is what Thomas said, when he had missed sharing the experience the other disciples had had with the Risen Lord. "Until I feel your love, God, until you give me joy and make life good, until then, God, I do not want too much to do with you." That is our version of Thomas' doubts. However, we do not have Thomas' "guts." We do not usually bring our doubts and questions directly to ...

50. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... hope (cf. 1 Chron. 29:15; Isa. 38:12). Job’s friends, reflecting the wisdom instruction of Proverbs 10:28, insist that the righteous are those who have hope (4:6; 11:18), but the wicked have no hope (8:13; 11:20). Although Job readily admits his feeling of hopelessness, he strongly argues against their deduction that he then necessarily must be wicked. 7:7 my life is but a breath. In Genesis 2:7, God breathes into Adam his breath or life force, but Job uses the language of breath in a very different way ...

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26. A Rock Feels No Pain

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

27. Do you know exactly how I feel?

Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

Illustration

Frank Luchsinger

28. Feeling the Suffering of Others

Mark 6:30-44

Illustration

David G. Rogne

29. Touch and Feel, Taste and See

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

30. Feeling It in Your Heart

Luke 24:13-35

Illustration

Kenneth J. Hockenberry

31. Feeling Important

Illustration

32. When We Feel Unwanted

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

33. When You Feel the Tug

Illustration

Michael P. Green

34. The Old Farmer's Feelings

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

35. This Feels Like Where I Came In

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

36. Feel Like a Million Dollars

Humor Illustration

37. This Doesn't Feel Like Heaven

Humor Illustration

38. When We Feel Lost

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

39. Poem: After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

Eulogy

Emily Dickinson

We crucified him on a stick, but we have always had a curious feeling that He somehow managed to get hold of the right end of it.

George Bernard Shaw

41. I feel the Bottom

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

42. Our Feelings of Hypocrisy

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

43. When You Feel Helpless

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

44. Once More, With Feeling

Matthew 26:14—27:66

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

45. Feeling a Fake

Illustration

H. Robinson

46. Feeling Through Others

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

47. Feel the Rhythm

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

48. I Feel Your Pain

Humor

49. What Happens When We Can't Believe It?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

50. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

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