Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Leonard Sweet
... a freakish flood that her entire family found themselves almost homeless again, living out of one bedroom. Sweet Alice had every reason to sink into the 4 Ds. Extreme Makeover Home Edition sent Sweet Alice, her husband, daughter, and grandchildren on a seven-day vacation while her house underwent total renovation at the hands of 100 workers, plus grateful neighbors, and even the LAPD. Not only did they work on Sweet Alice's home, but they spruced up the surrounding homes and yards on the block. During the ...
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Leonard Sweet
... manufacture himself a good, fast camel out of those stones saving his feet a long walk back to civilization. While he was at it, Jesus could have transformed the desert into an oasis, whipped up a Saddam Hussein-style residence and settled in for a decadent vacation. Do you get it? The devil's temptation is not about bread. The devil's temptation is to live a "me-first" life a life devoted to gathering as much stuff to yourself as possible. A life completely focused on the world's trappings. Jesus rejects ...
578. Be Ready!
Matthew 24:36-51
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King Duncan
... an opportunity to restore relationships that have been broken, strengthen relationships that have been weakened and make stronger relationships that are vital to our emotional and spiritual well-being. Let me tell you about a family that went on a week of vacation. They left their dog in a Pet Hotel. When they returned, they picked up their pet and took her home. However, almost immediately they noticed something quite disturbing. When they would stroke her large clumps of her hair fell out. Shocked, they ...
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Leonard Sweet
... end of the journey. All their own personal pillows are required if anyone is to get any sleep. What is there about lugging along personal pillows that so comforts kids away from home?. When they finally lie down to rest at the end of an exciting vacation day or a deadly-dull travel day there's something about sinking into one's own small soft space that centers, calms, and reassures far beyond the actual properties of down and feather. Finding ways to calm down, center-in, and de-stress our geared-up lives ...
580. Two Worlds
Matthew 5:13-16
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James McCormick
... It’s a confused and frightened world – not at all what God intends. That’s the world we live in. Knowing that, I can understand what a medical doctor said to one of his stressed out patients. He said, “What you need is an extended vacation on another planet!” Of course, that’s not the whole picture. Thank God that’s not the whole picture. There are still many good, positive, hopeful dimensions to our world. There are caring people, helpful people, altruistic people. There are organizations and ...
581. A New Vision
Matthew 2:1-12
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King Duncan
A family was driving through Kansas on vacation. Five-year-old Tyler was looking out the car window. “Boy,” he said, “it’s so flat out there, you can look farther than you can see.” That’s a great phrase--“you can look farther than you can see.” Let’s talk for a few moments today about “looking ...
582. Proper 14
Genesis 37:1-11, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:30--10:21, Psalm 105:1-45
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... rescued not only Peter but also the disciples. And with the wind calmed, the disciples in their rightful awe see clearly who the one they call "Lord" is: He is the Son of God. PROPER 14: THE CELEBRATION Many pastors are away on vacation at this time of year. We are now subject to the guest preacher. Frequently congregations drink deeply of the vintage years of sermonic production without regard for the current lectionary readings. Or lay members of, now invited to speak, take advantage of the opportunity ...
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Leonard Sweet
... mind, body, and spirit were working together so seamlessly, so harmoniously, that there was no real separate cognizance of “time.” Even if you are not a heart surgeon you know the feeling. Its also the same “out of time” togetherness that makes vacation days both stretch out forever, yet slip away so fast. Two days spent working, running errands, keeping up with “life as usual” move at a completely different pace than two days spent climbing a mountain, or two days relaxing at a seaside resort ...
584. The Wind Blows Where It Will 
John 3:1-17
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Will Willimon
William Willimon, the Chaplain at DukeUniversity, tells of a woman who, with her family had begun to attend his church. Quoting him, he says, "She attended our church when her family vacationed at the coast. She said she had begun attending our church a number of years before because it was the only church on the beach where a black person could feel welcomed. This pleased me. She had had a difficult life and had experienced first hand oppression, tragedy, and hate. ...
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James W. Moore
... young people who just loved being at the church. He literally grew up at St. Luke's. Every time the church doors were open, he was here. Sunday School, youth fellowship, Pure Sound Youth Choir, acolyte practice, worship services, concerts, plays, Scouts, Vacation Bible School, missions trips, all-church events… whatever we were having or doing here at St. Luke's, Jerry was here celebrating, serving and helping us to be the Church. Not counting special moments he enjoyed with his great family, his happiest ...
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James W. Moore
... will think about what should be done. Man: Will you help me? Samaritan: “Yes, I am going to help you. I must be off now to get my group together to talk about the problem. Then as he walks away he says to himself: But first I must finish my vacation in Jericho. Then, there are those sheep I want to buy. Well, I hope someone will come along to help that poor man. I am so busy. If he only knew, I’m sure he would understand. He should have stayed home anyway.” Aren’t we glad that Jesus didn ...
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James W. Moore
... he said.“Many of you in this room know my mother and you know how special she is, but let me tell you about my father. My parents always took us 5 kids to church. Even when we were on a trip, they took us to church. Once while on vacation, we went to this church that was a little more emotional than we were used to. The minister was shouting and pounding the pulpit… and he began to look around the congregation for someone to single out…and he spotted my father. “Mom and Dad had marched us down to ...
588. Whose Boy Are You?
2 Tim 1:5; Eph 6:1-4; 2 Ki 4:8-37
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Brett Blair
One of the great preachers of our time is Dr. Fred Craddock. Craddock tells a story about vacationing with his wife one summer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One night they found a quiet little restaurant, where they looked forward to a private meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. Craddock leaned ...
589. What to Preach
Matthew 28:16-20
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Johnny Dean
Shortly after I had gone to my pastor and talked with him concerning this vague sense of calling to ministry that I was experiencing, he suggested that I preach while he was on vacation. By doing that, I could get some sense of what preaching was about and perhaps help to determine if that was the direction God was leading me. That sounded reasonable enough, so I agreed. As I thought about that upcoming first venture into the realm of preaching, I asked my ...
590. Father's Day: A Tribute
Ephesians 6:1-4
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Max Lucado
... years of my adolescence, Dad was one part of my life that was predictable. Girl friends came and girl friends went, but Dad was there. Football season turned into baseball season and turned into football season again and Dad was always there. Summer vacation, Homecoming dates, algebra, first car, driveway basketball--they all had one thing in common: his presence. And because he was there life went smoothly. The car always ran, the bills got paid, and the lawn stayed mowed. Because he was there, the ...
591. The Ministry of Hospitality
Matthew 10:1-42
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J. Scott Miller
Bob Edmunds, former pastor at a church in Elmira, New York, tells a story of what it feels like to be denied hospitality. He and his family were vacationing one summer and decided to worship at a prominent church in the Washington D. C. area. Apparently this church had quite a reputation for the quality of their preaching and corporate worship. The reputation held up, according to Bob and Susan's standards. The sermon was riveting and the music, ...
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... My name is legion, for we are many." A psychologist is talking with his counselee. "Does everybody in your house get along?" he asks. To which his client answers: "I live alone ... no, we don't." His name is legion. The Cure. Jesus commands the demons to vacate the man's body. They recognize that Jesus has power over them (which is a key element in the story). Therefore, they offer no resistance to Jesus. They concede his dominion. Instead, they bargain for the best deal they can get. "Do not ship us out of ...
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James Merritt
... . Evangelism is bringing people into a vital relationship with Christ and our local church. Missions are providing the opportunity to reach people both at home and abroad for Christ and His church. Evangelism is faith training, Tuesday night outreach, Vacation Bible School, Dinner Theater, and everyday witnessing in everyday walks of life. On the other hand, missions is Caring for Gwinnett, the Prison Ministry, building a church in Romania, Bible clubs in Alaska, establishing a Spanish Mission, and a ...
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James Merritt
... finished because you must evaluate any news that you read or hear today, because you can't believe everything you read in the newspaper, nor can you believe everything you see on a computer. There was an Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he thought he would send his wife a quick e-mail. However, he could not find the scrap of paper on which he had ...
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James Merritt
... fire he lost his business. In that fire his only son was killed. It seemed like his life was covered by a canopy of dark clouds. His wife was under tremendous stress, and so he sent her and their four daughters to England, which was her home country, for a vacation. He told them he would join them two weeks later. He put his wife and four daughters on a ship to send them across the ocean. As they were in sight of land on the other side, a terrible storm hit, and all four of Spafford's daughters drowned ...
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James Merritt
... burning and on fire for God, it is amazing how fast the time flies when you're worshiping. That's why I believe that real worship in a church sets that church on fire. I remember Dr. W. A. Criswell telling the story of how one time he was on vacation in North Carolina. On Sunday morning he got us and went down to a particular church, and he said that church was dead, the preacher was dry, the people were cold, the service was boring, and nobody spoke to him. After the church service was over, he said he ...
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James Merritt
... 1:4, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." You see, in the Lord there is life, and in His life there is light. When God created Adam, God not only lived with Adam, He came to live in Adam. But when Adam sinned, God vacated the premises. He not only left the garden, he moved out of Adam. When the Lord went out, the life went out, and when the life went out, the light went out. Because all darkness is, is simply the absence of light. Ever since that fateful day in the Garden ...
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James Merritt
... said, ‘I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!' But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him." (16:20) Someone has well said that "Life's greatest tragedy is to lose God and never miss Him." It is tragic when God vacates the premises, but it is even more tragic when he is not even missed. Where Samson could break the bonds of men, he discovered he could not shake the shackles of sin. Notice what happens in v.21, "Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and ...
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James Merritt
... put it simply, this is a man guided by principle and not by polls. I tell you, a person who governs by polls and leads by opinion, is nothing more and nothing less than a coward. I am reminded of a World War II American Air Force pilot who was vacationing in Hong Kong, and he met a Japanese man who claimed he had been a Kami Kaze pilot in World War II. The Japanese man said, "War all over now—we be friends. My name Chow Mein." The American said, "Wait a minute. Kami Kaze fliers were suicide pilots. If ...
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James Merritt
... 've got make the mortgage payment. You know what that is? That is budget giving. In fact, I call it "grunt giving." Then after that, you can go on to what I call "glamour giving." That's when you get to spend a little money on clothes or cars or vacations or things for the house; jewelry, the so-called "finer things of life." If our church is really going to go forward, and be all that we can be, we have got to do the "grunt giving" before we do the "glamour giving." But we must also exercise the privilege ...
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