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 26 to 50 of 409 results

26. How To Treat Your Enemies

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... set off to avenge ourselves, and in so doing we rob ourselves of sleep, of a clear conscience. We lower ourselves to the level of our enemies. Comedian Buddy Hackett said, "I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing!" The truth is: revenge is a burden. Unforgiveness ends up hurting you worse than it does the other person. Hatred is like an acid. It ends up wounding the thrower more than it does the one on whom you throw ...

27. When Drudgery Becomes Joy

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Joann Hary

... and ruthless, and somehow forgot that he was holding a sacred office, that he was God's servant, and that he needed to do what God commanded. In other words, his kingship became something that he had done rather than a privilege given to him by God, and he either grudgingly did the things he had to do, or just plain didn't do them at all, rather than remembering his call. Well, of course, that did not please God very much, and so he decided to replace Saul with a new king. God told Samuel to find a new king ...

28. Encounters With Christ VI: Jesus and Caiaphas

Matthew 26:57-68

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . But the real question for today is “What about us?” When Jesus comes and says to us, “Follow me”… how do we respond? When Jesus says, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”… how do we respond? When Jesus says, “Forgive and don’t hold grudges”… how do we respond? Jesus is speaking loud and clear to each one of us right now. Can you hear Him? Can you? If you listen closely, you can hear Him saying, “It’s O.K. to love ALL the people; it’s O.K. to think; it’s ...

29. Good Friday

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... truth of the cross is not contained only in the nails and the thorns and the excruciating thirst. The whole truth is he went willingly, not grudgingly. Surely Christ wants us to see this in him, that he is able to be whatever the miseries of this world call for. "You would ... real, but attractive. As we stand beneath his cross today that sacrifice will call us back from our inferior and grudging ways, making us ashamed of our narrow idealisms and urging us to occupy the larger spaces of Christian freedom and ...

30. Never Forgotten

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

... beautiful text from Isaiah is that God always remembers us. He never forgets. When he remembers, he acts on our behalf and makes us remember, too. Then he leads us to learn from what we remember. When we do not learn from what we remember, we hold grudges, and they eat us away from within. God’s gift of faith is blocked, and we sit in the dust of exile forever. Isaiah was speaking to people discouraged for so long they were comfortable in their discouragement. They had forgotten any other feeling but that ...

31. Sole Brother

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... a mother seeing Johnny off to school with the words, "I want you to be sure to smile and keep your eyes open today for anyone who needs a Kleenex, a pencil, or an eraser; and you be sure to help them!" We can imagine Johnny’s grudging, dutiful feelings as he goes through the day - a far cry from the spontaneous depth and quiet example of the Good Samaritan or the night-shift baker. A pundit has characterized such dutiful, hollow outreach as "creating half the misery it relieves while being unable to ...

32. Kindness That Makes You Sorry!

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... fellowship in the Divine Presence, that relationship that was destroyed by our sinning. God despises all sin, but even though his justice must still mete out judgment and punishment, he constantly looks for ways to become less severe with us. God, unlike us, does not hold a grudge. For many years, there was a sign in front of a man’s yard in a small town in north Georgia. It stood atop a huge pile of dark, ugly aluminum sheets. It was a large, sandwich type sign, lighted at night, and could be read from ...

33. Forgive To Be Forgiven

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them. The other day I saw a sign in a bank saying, "To err is human; to forgive is not our policy." For many, to forgive is not "our policy." Our policy is to hold a grudge or break off relations with the offender or seek revenge. Probably, it is not our policy to forgive because it is one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult thing to do. One woman wrote Ann Landers: "I haven’t spoken to my brother’s wife in ...

34. When Christians Quarrel: Resolving Conflict in the Church

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... of the gospel. We spend a lot of time in our pulpits talking about how Christians are admonished by Jesus Christ to love their enemies and to pray for their enemies. When in actuality, right there in the pew side by side are Christians who hold grudges, hang on to petty hurts, refuse to forgive and love each other within the fellowship. And when they do this, church and Christianity and the whole practice of religion for them is not the joyful experience it ought to be. They miss a large dimension of ...

35. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... be reconciled to your brother or sister and then come offer your gift." The relationships we have with each other are that important. Our relationships with each other mirror our relationship with God. How can we expect God to forgive us when we hold grudges and are unwilling to reconcile with someone who has wronged us in some way? Jesus says to us, "Come to terms quickly with your accuser." Many people today struggle with forgiveness, and yet we cannot become the people Jesus intends us to become until ...

36. How Many Times?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... why don't you get up?" the man asked. The boy replied, "Because I figure I'm hurting him more than he is hurting me!" The healing process begins when we get up off the park bench.(2) It takes a toll when we hold on to a grudge. There was an interesting study conducted by the Gallup Organization and reported in 1994. In this study Philadelphia ranked first among U.S. cities on what was called the "hostility index." The hostility index was based on a nine-question scale that asked people how they felt about ...

37. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... .” The photographer looked up, “Sir, with a face like yours, you don’t need justice; you need mercy!” 7 They stared at each other in silence. Here’s how to spot the real thing. Mercy is not strained; it is not forced; it is not given with a grudge or I.O.U; it is not delivered with a barb or air of superiority, because if it is it is, then mercy is mixed with something less pure. True mercy creates a rich memory but no unpleasant aftertaste; it is sweet through and through. Mercy is the first ...

38. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... you allow what is eating you to eat you up. Resentment is when you poke, stoke, feed, and fan the fire, stirring the flames and reliving the pain. Resentment is the deliberate decision to nurse the offense until it becomes a black, furry, growling grudge.”7 “Bitterness,” someone said, “is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”8 A Christian counselor once spoke of a man who came in because he was having trouble with his anger. He had these outbursts, and it was affecting ...

39. Imagine a World

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of the disciples, and say, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Have you ever known a child to bear a grudge? You've got to be grown up to do that. Revenge is a learned behavior. When our children were young, I can remember that they would dry their tears and start playing with those with whom they had just been fighting, or arguing with, or were angry at ...

40. A New Attitude

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?” “Nothing,” was the pitcher’s reply. “I just want to hold on to the ball as long as I can.” Well, who can blame him? Musial was a legendary hitter. And that’s the way many of us are living. Holding on as long as we can to our grudges, holding on to our resentments, holding on to our fears. Why? Because we’re afraid to let go. Listen, friend. Jesus is here today and he is saying to you, “Don’t be afraid.” Don’t be afraid. Listen to his voice. This day can mean the beginning of a ...

41. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... ever happen to us. I'm sure that there are more than a few hearts here today that have become fertile fields for the root of bitterness. Perhaps you are sitting there thinking: "So I do have someone I'm angry with. So I do have someone I have a grudge against. So there is someone that has done me wrong, and I have never forgiven them. What business is it of yours?" Well, I will let Dwight L. Moody answer that question. He said: "The one sin that is keeping revival from coming to the church, more lost people ...

42. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... cause you to burn down your house to kill a rat. Someone once said that "to carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee." How true that is. But bitterness will also physically debilitate you. The human body was not created to ... nurse bitterness or to carry grudges. Dr. McMillen, in that same book, enumerated over 50 diseases, ranging from ulcers to high blood pressure, that can be caused by an ...

43. A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

Ps 100, Col 2:1-7

Sermon

... . And you can be angry, I suppose. But, says Frederick Luskin of Stanford (who conducts forgiveness workshops around the country): "I've had any number of patients say to me that it's hard to take a grudge seriously when you look at the WorldTradeCenter." To which I would ask….even a grudge against God? Paul, writing from a Roman prison, tells the Colossians to "abound in thanksgiving"….even though, circumstantially speaking, it wasn't a very good time for the Colossians and an even worse time for Paul ...

44. Stop Fuming, Start Forgiving!

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... against someone, we are asking God not to forgive us! If we really think about what we are praying, there would be some days when we might say to ourselves, “I dare not pray the Lord’s Prayer right now, because there is a grudge in my heart that must first be resolved.” In chapter 18 of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus told a little story or parable about forgiveness. A certain king wanted to settle accounts with his servants. One of them owed the King $10,000. The kind and generous king wrote off the ...

45. Death Has Been Conquered

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of creatures. They grow old and feeble. Their friends and contemporaries die off. At the age of eighty, their property is taken from them and given to their children, who would otherwise never inherit from them. Their bodies contract various ailments, they accumulate grudges and grievances, they grow weary of the struggle of life, and they can never look forward to being released from the pain of living. (2) Thus there may be many things in life we dread more than physical death. For many of us death ...

46. Proper 10

2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Herodias. She resented John's preaching that she was living in sin with Herod. We do not like to be criticized and condemned for our wrongs. We would rather remove the one who publicly finds fault with us. Her hatred of John was expressed in her grudge. She and her daughter were accomplices to the murder and therefore equally guilty. 3. Swore (v. 23). Herod made a promise he should not have made. Perhaps he was too proud to retreat, for he would lose face before all the dignitaries in his kingdom. Moreover ...

47. Hotline to Heaven

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... in order for prayer to flow to God. But not only are we to get forgiveness we are to give forgiveness. There can be no worship heavenward unless there is fellowship earthward. You cannot be right with God if you are not right with your brother or your sister. A grudge is a sludge that dams the river of prayer. If you are going to expect to get forgiveness from God, you've got to be willing to give that forgiveness to others. That's why we must seek God's pardon. d. Secure God's Power. "And do not lead ...

48. Faithquakes

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... person does. We can't make someone else repent. We can only control our own attitudes. When we are offended, the best thing we can do is to be willing to forgive, to offer forgiveness, instead of holding a grudge, living in bitterness, or clinging to resentment. When grudges are held, bitterness, and resentment are like seeds in a garden of discontent. Whether forgiveness ever takes place is dependent on a willingness to forgive by the offended person, and a willingness to repent by the offender. When we ...

49. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . And like acid, they work at eroding the forgiveness we have experienced through Christ The only way to be set free from all of that. The only way to truly experience Peace is through Forgiving others. That's Extreme, I know. Some of us would feel naked without the grudge we've carried for the last 30 years. Some of us wouldn't know what to do without it. But believe me, that burden doesn't belong in your life if you've given your life to Christ. So, let Him handle it for You. Experience the Peace Christ ...

50. Celebrating Generosity

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of those two small mites, less than a penny by today's standards, was given out of a deep sense of thankfulness. True giving always responds out of thankfulness. I remember my pastor saying, there are three kinds of giving. There is Grudge Giving, Duty Giving and "Thanks" Giving. Grudge giving gives but doesn't really want to and feels forced into it either by peer pressure or by guilt. Duty giving gives simply because it knows it's supposed to and is afraid of the consequences if it doesn't. But thanks ...

Showing results