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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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526. Healing Aerobics

2 Kings 5:1-15ab

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a leper who needed to be cleansed and healed. Do we have the ability to see past our own shallow successes and our cosmetically-concealed shortcomings in order to take that first step and admit that we too are lepers in need of God's healing touch? Naaman could have ignored his condition, covered it up and even could have had the servant girl beaten for making such an impertinent suggestion. His exercises began when his spirit humbly bent down to acknowledge the label of leper and he began to seek a cure ...

527. Home Improvement

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is "E.T. phone home." It was a phrase that conveyed a whole range of emotions, of heartfelt longings, to everyone who watched the movie. Who among us hasn't felt the need to "phone home" at different points in our lives? Phoning home puts us in touch with that place where we feel the safest, the most loved, the most familiar. In the Old Testament text for today, Jeremiah addresses a nation that, like E.T., finds itself in alien territory. The prophet's words offer comfort by proclaiming Yahweh's promise to ...

528. Jeremiah 1:4-10

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for their stammering tongues. Isaiah (6:1-6) recounts how a winged seraph plucked a burning coal from the altar of God and touched it to his lips, purifying them and the words they would utter. In Ezekiel's vision (2:8-3:3), he receives a ... eat it. When he does, Ezekiel finds the words "sweet as honey" in his mouth. In Jeremiah's call, Yahweh now similarly reaches out and touches the young prophet's mouth. Jeremiah does not envision this as a cleansing process, but he need no longer fear he will suffer from ...

529. Our Need for Prayer and Communion with God

1 John 4:8

Illustration

Digma.com

... things are just obvious, right? So King Frederick took babies from their mothers at birth and placed them in the care of nurses who were forbidden to speak in their hearing. But a second rule was imposed, as well: the nurses were not allowed to touch the infants. To his great dismay, Frederick’s experiment was cut short, but not before something tragically significant regarding human nature was revealed. As you may have guessed, the babies grew up to speak no language at all because they died. In the year ...

530. God Where Are You? - The Problem of Evil

Genesis 3:1-6, Judges 6:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden', God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.' The serpent said to the woman, 'You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it ... for example the problem of pain. There is good in pain, because pain can give us warning of an even greater evil. Pain teaches us not to touch a hot pan. Our built in nerve endings detect pain so we won't continue to hold a hot pan if we pick it up. Many ...

531. Experiencing God

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... dive into the water and retrieve this ring — like the ring given to the prodigal. When he awoke, he knew he'd had a deeply personal, emotional, religious experience. The grace and love of the risen Christ had been for him an amazing grace. The Holy One had touched his heart in a dream. He did not spend his life trying to recreate the experience, but translated what he had discovered in the dream to an ongoing life of faith.3 And that's the message we want to take away from today's Pentecost service. You ...

532. Weary in Well Doing

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... free of worry and fear. We would have no time for despair. We would avoid the gossipy games of putting others down so that we could feel momentarily lifted up. We would not need such crutches. We would get out of bed in the morning eager to love someone and touch something of purpose and value. We would not go to bed at night until we had participated in God's plan to lift up the poor and troubled, blind and lame. We would not say, "I don't know how to help" so much as "How can I help?" We ...

533. A Bethany Blessing

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you or beside you. And I'd like you to gently lay your hand on their shoulder. This is a sign of the laying on of hands which in itself is a sign of blessing. You may have to move around a bit but I'd like everyone to be touching someone else for this blessing. Now, I want you to pray a prayer of blessing on your friends, families, neighbors, and members of the church with me. I'll pray and you repeat. As I pray, remember those sacred places and those holy places in your life. They are a ...

534. Living in The Spirit of Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6-12, Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Patience is love enduring. Kindness is love's touch. Generosity is love's character. Faithfulness is love's habit. Gentleness is love's self-forgetfulness. Self-control is love ... pretty flower for loving me." When the little boy finished, the preacher could hardly speak. His eyes filled with tears and he knew he had been touched by God. He reached up and unpinned the rose. With the flower in his hand, he looked at the boy and said, "Son, that is the ...

535. Living In The Spirit Of Gentleness and Self Control

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... them they were for a party late on that day. "Oh, I want one of these cookies!" cried the little boy, jumping up as soon as his mother went out, and going on tiptoe toward the table. "No!" said his older sister, pulling him back. "Mom said you couldn't touch the cookies." "Mom won't know. She didn't count them," he said as he started to reach out and grab a cookie. "Mom didn't, but God did. God counted the cookies." the little girl answered. Immediately the little boy's hand stopped. You can be sure that ...

536. The Wedding Was Saved, but the Marriage?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... what can happen in a person’s life when he or she invites Christ into his or her heart. Christ can a take sin-filled heart and turn it into one in which the glory of God is revealed. Wouldn’t you like to experience his life-changing touch in your life today? 1. Amelia Court House, VA: ABM Enterprises, Inc., 1996, pp. 75-76. 2. Sent to me by a friend. Original source unknown. 3. Andreas Schroeder, Scams, True Stories from the Edge (Buffalo. NY: Annick Press Ltd., 2004), p. 1. 4. The Divine Drama (Wheaton ...

537. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... has done something wonderful in our lives. He has liberated us from the power of sin. He has liberated us from pride and self-righteousness. He has liberated us from feelings of unworthiness. And we have come to show our love and support so that he can touch other lives through us. It is probably no accident that the story of these women follows right on the heels of the story of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet. That is also part of our lesson for the day. You remember the story. A Pharisee named ...

538. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... us faithful? Isn't it interesting, this intertwining of life, where nobody is on the stage alone. We are here with all of those who marched before us and with the generations that are to come after our brief moments here. Mr. Holland's Opus is a touching movie about a high school band teacher in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Holland really wants to achieve critical acclaim as a classical musician. But, the pressure to make a living, raise a family, deal with a deaf son, and with students who really do not want to ...

539. You Are Invited

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the cell next to him. So Bonhoeffer says to him through the wall, “I am a pastor. Would you like to pray?" “I don't believe in prayer," came the reply. But, undaunted, Bonhoeffer continues, “If you can hear me, put your hands on the wall as if you were touching mine." Then the great religious leader offered this prayer: Lord, it is dark in me, but in You is day. I am alone, but You will stay. I am afraid—You never cease. I am at war—in You is peace. And the great martyr wrote that he heard the ...

540. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... 3,000 twice, going and gone," he cried. The people cheered and some of them sighed, “What changed its worth?" Quick came the reply, “The touch of the master's hand." And many a person with life out of tune and battered and scarred by sin, is auctioned cheap to ... the Master comes and the foolish crowd never can quite understand, the worth of a soul or the change that's wrought by the touch of the Master's hand.' We are God's people. Let us never forget. We have been bought with a price. We are redeemed ...

541. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Compassion is justice and mercy for all. Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. Compassion is the willingness to act on the need at hand. Compassion is the conviction to do what you can with what you've got. Compassion is a decision to touch the untouchable, love the unlovable, and help the helpless in the hour of need. Emily Dickinson put it this way: “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life from aching, Or cool one pain, Or ...

542. The Power to Do Good

Acts 10:34-38, 44-48

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... went about doing good, extending compassion to all He met. When the crowd was hungry, He had compassion on them. When the Rich Young Ruler was searching for a deeper purpose and meaning in life, He had compassion on him and loved Him. Jesus had the power to feel the touch, hear the cry, sense the need of those who came by. He never went out of his way to help anybody, but he zeroed in on the neediest person in the crowd. Remember the story that Luke tells. One day Jesus was on his way to visit a child who ...

543. Be Silent

Luke 1:11-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... office of a neuro-0ncologist undergoing an examination, to assess the impact of a tumor on my brain. He asked those stupid questions that neurologists ask: What's your name? What day of the year is it? Who is the president of the United States? Touch your nose. Touch your toes (that took some effort). When he got down to asking Sandy about changes of behavior she had observed, I interrupted. “Doc," I said, “let's get down to the facts—will this surgery affect my speech? I make my living talking." I ...

544. Holy Waste

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... influenced his life — his wife, his father, his mother, his brothers and sisters, his children Then he started talking about me, and what I’d meant to him - and I cried as I read it - and it’s hard to keep back the tears now. They were very touching and tender and intimate and confessional words. I’m not being irreverent now - but I believe I know how Jesus felt when Mary poured all that perfume on Him. My friend anointed me with love - and thousands of dollars couldn’t buy that kind of gift. And ...

545. Living in a Plastic Bubble

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Mark Trotter

... out to ones that I love, but they don't notice. They don't feel my need. When I extend my hand, no one takes it. Heavy hearted, I withdraw it, vowing never to offer it again. I call to those around, I beg, "Please, help me. Please touch me. Please love me." And nobody hears. Though not made of plastic my bubble is real. It is comprised of many things. The sting of harsh words, spoken thoughtlessly. The heartache of love unrequited. The disappointment of a trust broken. The guilt of mistakes past. The terror ...

546. A Strange Authority

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... cast out demons. They surprised everyone, perhaps most of all themselves. Imagine that happening here. Jesus looking you in the eye, touching you, praying over you, giving you his authority. Then he starts calling out names. "Dorothy, I'm sending you downtown ... class in school where they taught the art of healing." But then I'd imagine how it would feel if he looked in my eyes and touched me with his hands, and I feel the tingling up and down my backbone all over again. I might not be any smarter or braver, ...

547. When God Says, “No”

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Steven Molin

... summer, and after a particularly successful day on the lake, we were having fish for supper. But my daughter doesn't like fish, you see, so she asked her grandma to make her spaghetti. And my mother did it! With meatballs! Like I said, grandparents are a soft touch! The second truth is more subtle than the first. The second truth says that sometimes, parents must say, "No." We don't do it to be mean, to be disagreeable, or simply to exert our authority; we do it because we love these little ones in our care ...

548. Healing - Gone With One Call

Illustration

Philip Yancey

... , paralysis it was like a medical encyclopedia up there. As I watched Kuhlman's program, my doubts gradually melted away. At last I had found something real and tangible. Kuhlman asked a musician to sing her favorite song, "He Touched Me. That's what I needed, I thought; a touch, a personal touch from God. She held out that promise, and I lunged for it. Three weeks later when Kathryn Kuhlman came to a neighboring state, I skipped classes and traveled half a day to attend one of her meetings. The atmosphere ...

549. A Table Like No Others

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He had been set free. Within three days John walked out of that hospital. (2) There is healing at this table. Why? Because here we can touch Christ, even if only symbolically. We can feast on him. This is his body. This is his blood. But there’s one thing more to be ... be drawn in love to him. This is a table like no other. It is a table of grace. It is a table where we can touch Christ. It is a table that is linked to Christ’s return and to his Kingdom of love. Won’t you come to his table and allow ...

550. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Zarapthah and Nain, know only so well, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. Fred Buechner calls our loneliness the "truth of our existence." I call it what it is — the pits! Nonetheless, Christ enables all to "arise" as we receive the power of his compassion, the tenderness of his touch, and the authority of his words. He is no weak Jesus. Jesus is no suggester. Jesus is the commander in the face of death. Songs like Psalm 30 lift us and releases us from our dark night of the soul. We are empowered to sit up ...

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