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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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601. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... as Lord of the Sabbath is a blaring sign of the Messiah. Jesus identifies himself early on in his ministry as God incarnate. From here, the road will begin to be difficult. Some of the Pharisees who disagree with Jesus and are insulted by him begin to plot how to trick him into doing something so that they can clearly charge him with the blasphemy they feel is he committing. They never do “catch him.” Not until he’s ready to give himself up.

602. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to heal her. In fact, what healed was the touch of the tzitzit on his garment. Not only is this a sign of his Messiahship but a sign that it was God’s power that healed her, and not something specifically that he “did.” There was no trick, no interaction between them, no magician’s wave of wand, no medical magic. She was healed by the power that rests upon and within Jesus –the power of the One True God.*** Also important to the story is the theme of “hiddenness.” Hiddenness occurs in both the ...

603. Scandal

Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:14-23, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 26:1-5

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... know, in two days’ time, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.’ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and made plans to arrest Jesus by some trick and have him put to death. They said, however, ‘It must not be during the festivities; there must be no disturbance among the people.’ Mark’s Witness to Jesus’ Prophecies of His Death and Resurrection [Jesus] began to teach them that the Son of Man was ...

604. The Great Dinner

Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , where he is teaching in the last few days of his life. Once again, he addresses the Pharisees. But this time, telling parable after parable, he clearly wants to implicate them, perhaps even to his surrounding listeners. Those same Pharisees plot quickly to trick him up. The environment in Matthew seems much more contentious and charged than the one in Luke. The stories are so similar that it bears mentioning them both here. Did Jesus repeat the story tweaked a bit for two different audiences? Perhaps ...

605. The Healer

Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... preaching and healing in synagogues, exorcizing demons. But the smallest faith came from his own home town, where no one would believe that God would have chosen him. “Do it for us!” they said. We deserve to have your best! You are one of us after all. Do your tricks for us! You are doing things for everyone else. Why not for us? But Jesus declines that challenge. He is not one of them. And the power is not His. He is the Son of God. And to God belonged all of the power and the glory. Where faith in ...

606. The Catch

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... purse, or rucksack, or backpack, or diaper bag, depending upon your congregation.] Ladies, you can probably relate to this purse or this diaper bag the best. Men, perhaps your wallet or your pockets, or your backpack or your sports bag or your brief case might do the trick. Men, I’m going to focus on the women for a moment, because most of them will have a purse with them this morning. But men, the same goes for your pockets. Now, I know that ladies’ purses have some very interesting things in them. You ...

607. Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Holy Spirit. Only you, sovereign God, knows how to revive a valley of dry bones. Only you, sovereign God, can revive an ailing church. How we wish it were we who could figure out the right strategy, the proper things to do, the leaders to put into place, or the trick of the trade to draw in the people we desire. And yet, it is so simple. It comes down to faith. It comes down to surrendering our own plans, and strategies, and hopes, and putting them in Jesus. “I will give you a new heart and put a new ...

608. Unreasonable Mercy

2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ears), we have another circumstance in which this time, Elisha is warning the King of Israel about the whereabouts of the Aramean army (2 Kings 6). No wonder the King of Israel in this scripture thinks that Naaman’s desire to be healed is a “trick.” Naaman is not merely a gentile, not merely someone outside of the Jewish culture. Naaman is an enemy. Likewise, a similar occurrence happens to the Centurion who desires Jesus to heal his servant. The Centurion is an enemy. In the story of the Eunuch, the ...

609. Wild Thing

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ill, any bad thought, any bad spirit from anywhere and anyone. That’s what we see Jesus doing in the scriptures. He drives out bad spirits. But He doesn’t just hold up an amulet or post a dream catcher to ward something away. Humans like to use tricks. Jesus uses God’s own power, and disperses that wild, viral Spirit power among us and within us. When you fill up the vacuum with Good Spirit, any bad spirit cannot any longer survive in that place anymore. Jesus’ presence in you, and in your life, is ...

610. Let It Loose!

Mark 7:31-37, Exodus 4:1-17, Exodus 4:18-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... strong.” This is what it means to trust in Jesus. Because no matter what it is, your “I can’t” is always God’s “I can.” When Jesus opens the ears and looses the tongue of a man deaf and mute, he isn’t just doing a parlor trick. He is showing everyone watching the glory and the power of God. That when we depend upon Him, nothing will be too hard for us. Do you believe in miracles? Walking in your “Jesus Shoes” requires you to “let loose” from everything you’ve believed in, and open ...

611. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... lives, as though we expect God to be more obvious, more in your face, more spectacular. As though creating the universe were not spectacular enough. As though a flower growing from a seed is not a miracle enough. But God is not interested in doing parlor tricks for paparazzi. God is interested in helping us to see further, deeper, more intently, more lovingly than just first glance. God is willing to help us see more clearly, see more deeply, if only we ask for “eyes to see.” This is our greatest prayer ...

612. The Thorny Price of Perfidy

Esther 3:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , named by Jotham the “Bramble King,” who kills his own kin and rises to power with three score and 10 pieces of silver. --Ahithophel, David’s own personal advisor, who betrays him as David weeps on the Mt. of Olives. --Haman, who tricks King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) into exterminating the Jewish people for a price of silver. --Judas, who conspires to betray Jesus for a similar silver price. Nothing is more duplicitous than a person who appears to be upright, righteous, beautiful, and loyal, but at the ...

Little by little does the trick.

Aesop

No, this trick won't work. . . . How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Albert Einstein

You can't teach old dogs new tricks.

Anonymous

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

Bryant H. McGill

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Casey Stengel

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

Daniel Dennett

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

E. B. White

When in doubt, win the trick.

Edmund Hoyle

Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

Elbert Hubbard

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value.

Ellen Goodman

If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick.

Harry S. Truman

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

Helen Mirren

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Showing 601 to 625 of 673 results

601. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

602. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

603. Scandal

Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:14-23, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 26:1-5

Sermon

Lori Wagner

604. The Great Dinner

Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

605. The Healer

Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

606. The Catch

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

607. Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

608. Unreasonable Mercy

2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

609. Wild Thing

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

610. Let It Loose!

Mark 7:31-37, Exodus 4:1-17, Exodus 4:18-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

611. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

612. The Thorny Price of Perfidy

Esther 3:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Little by little does the trick.

Aesop

No, this trick won't work. . . . How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Albert Einstein

You can't teach old dogs new tricks.

Anonymous

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

Bryant H. McGill

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Casey Stengel

Daniel Dennett

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

E. B. White