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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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626. Dinner Parties With A Difference

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... was that he looked at her in a way no other man looked. He looked beyond her body to her soul, beyond her external glamour to her interior heart. He was not looking for bargain basement love. Rather he was looking at a self in need of genuine human feeling and acceptance and forgiveness. Simon, on the other hand, was really in the exploitative frame of mind. He had Jesus over to dinner more or less to test his credentials to see if he might "fit in" or if he might possibly be used for the Pharisees' cause ...

627. Made New By Interior Design

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... not hard to understand. Her loss led her into a depression that she could not get around, but had to get through. There is a second kind of depression that seems to be chemical in nature. Some people have an imbalance in their systems that makes them feel as if there is a great cloud over their heads even if they have everything and every cause to be happy. Because there is nothing apparent to be depressed about, a double bind occurs. The person has no reason to be depressed and has everything that should ...

628. God On His Knees

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... the inscription, "Come as you are." God never has been the "old man upstairs" ready to lash out at those who displease him. No. He is, instead, that great loving compassionate being who invites us to call him "Father." Many of you hearing these words now are beginning to feel the truth of God's love break in upon you. Down in the depths of your souls you are beginning to wonder what it would be like if you could believe for one minute that God really wants you here and now, just as you are. Having faith in ...

629. Milestones And Mustard Seeds

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

John G. Lynn

... to be on their guard. Who was setting the traps? First of all, the high priests and the Sadducees set one for Judas. The bait was 30 pieces of silver, and they knew he would go for it. Once they gave that silver to Judas they began to feel the millstone around their necks. Their power and influence was over. A few years later the Roman legions wiped them out. Traps we set for other people always have a way of coming back home, like chickens to their roost. Once Judas snared Jesus in the kiss of betrayal ...

630. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17, 1 John 4:7-21, Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... church in its various branches brings forth a multiplicity of fruits from its differing members. 2. Love and Obedience. The vine is used as a symbol of connectedness. Jesus calls upon his disciples to live according to the command of love. Such a love is more than an emotional feeling of liking someone. It moves back and forth in such a way that it works for the welfare of all the members and thus seeks the welfare of the whole. It is more a matter of the will and intent to act than it is of a sentiment or ...

631. Buying Swamp Land For God

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... toed the line. They thought they could control him. But a funny thing happened to Romero when he became Archbishop. He began to feel the call of God to oppose the evil in his society, represented by the few wealthy families that owned almost all the land ... follow the call of God that may seem outrageous and foolish to other people. Whatever life may throw at us, we can handle it. Whatever we feel called to do, we can do it, because God is at work in our lives now, and will be with us in the future. Our hope ...

632. Whose Work Is It?

Luke 21:5-38

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... the gospel. We need you to be of one mind. EUODIA: Yes, I see how important that is. CLEMENT: Good! Now, Euodia, tell Syntyche what's bothering you. EUODIA: She already knows. SYNTYCHE: (Trying to defend herself) I don't ... EUODIA: She knows that I haven't been feeling very well lately ... SYNTYCHE: I can't ... CLEMENT: Syntyche, let Euodia talk. EUODIA: And yet she keeps asking me to do more and more. I'm so tired. It's not enough that I have to preach at every meeting, she also expects me to arrange the ...

633. Whose Work Is It?

Philemon 1:1-7

Drama

Pamela Urfer

634. Christ Comes Into Our Hearts

Mt 5:8 · 1 Sam 16:7 · 1 Ch 28:9 · Ps 44:21; 51:10 · Rom 10:10 · Eph 3:17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... symbol.) What is this symbol? (Response -- heart.) Why do you suppose we have made such a symbol of one of the inner organs of the body? What does it represent? (Responses -- Love, sweethearts, romance, and so forth.) When we talk about love, we are really talking about a feeling, aren't we? Part of that is intellectual, that is, what we think with our minds. But part of it seems to be deep down inside of us. Do you really think love comes out of that muscle that is beating in your chest? Let's be quiet ...

635. Reading Faces

Luke 9:51-56

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... when you see their faces, you may decide it is not the time to ask them to come and play with you. Maybe you can even do something to help them with the housework so they won't be so tired. Reading faces helps us to consider how other people feel and then to respond accordingly. That is an important part of being a Christian. Today I would like to share a smiling face sticker with you. You can use it to share happiness with someone else. I suggest you take this home and write a letter or draw a picture ...

636. A Light In The Darkness

Matthew 5:14-16

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... difference in the darkness. Have you ever been someplace that is dark? I mean really dark. So dark you can't see your hand in front of your face? So dark someone could be standing five inches in front of you and you would never know? So dark you feel totally and completely alone? When I was in college, I worked as a summer missionary at a camp in the mountains. We did all sorts of neat things. We went canoeing, hiking, and camping, but the neatest thing we did was caving. We wore hard hats to protect our ...

637. When Life Doesn't Go According To Plan

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... or near-grown children on their shoulders? Don't you wonder sometimes if they will ever grow up? Don't you wonder sometimes if they ever stop coming home in times of trouble? It is the same from the perspective of Ishmael. Are there not 16-year-olds who feel as though someone else must carry them if they are ever going to make it? We don't plan for life to turn out that way, but life doesn't always go according to plan. Hagar and Ishmael wander south to the wilderness near Beersheba. They exhaust the food ...

638. God's Power Over Death

Exodus 1:1-22, 2:1-10

Sermon

Steve Burt

... What will the princess do? The princess sees the basket and sends her maid to fetch it. When she opens it, the baby is crying. She feels sorry for him and holds him in her arms and rocks him just as you or I would have done. She knows full well this is ... Generally, we try desperately either to extend life or to learn what is beyond -- that is, we seek knowledge; we've got to know. We feel helpless, powerless. So what can help us? Maybe a peek at God's power over Death. Here's another story, this one from our ...

639. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... or to seek a greater sense of well-being. The drugs may come to dominate the person's life. He or she cannot live without it and will do anything to experience the feelings aroused by the drug. The person may even know that the final outcome of the drug is self-destructive. It may lead to cancer from cigarette smoking or the damage from excessive use of alcohol. It may cause the individual to become so obsessed with the drug that he or ...

640. Toward A More Sensuous Christianity

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... Holy Spirit. Is not this one of the basic aspects of the Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts? This charismatic renewal is seen as a lay people's movement to take religion out of the hands of the experts. It is a reaction against the lack of feeling in worship and through this rediscovery of emotions, dance, praise, and the senses, the new figure of the "sensuous Christian" is an indication of the spontaneity of our time. When we talk about the Spirit of God and the kingdom of God it is more than just sermons ...

641. The Christian Journey I: The Path

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... today. The church and church folks know all about Jesus and talk about him a lot, but if someone who really needs to see Jesus begins to make noise, the church can be awfully inhospitable. Too often the blind, the addicted, the troubled, and the hurting feel alienated because they really are not welcome in the church. They have a way of shouting out and letting others know about their troubles. They make the church people uncomfortable. You may have been in this scene one way or another. Maybe you have been ...

642. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... a better world. This same anguish is to be found in the suffering and death of your Son. Why this perfect man had to endure the cross and death remains a mystery. Oh, we know the answers we give each other, but today we are talking about the gut-wrenching feelings that rise within us that exhaust the patience we have with truth. But we do know this, that on the heels of his pain and sorrow, he was resurrected from a death that was to hold him prisoner forever. While we can't explain suffering, we know it to ...

643. Joy For The Journey

Drama

Karren Boehr

... 's where you and I have to start. Is this God's journey? SARA: (Stops stirring, hesitantly) Yes, it must be, for I admit I feel the Lord's presence every day. I can't explain it. It's as though I can reach out and touch him. Yet, it's ... 's always been there. But the journey to health for me has been so long. Years of damage don't go away over night. Sometimes I feel it isn't fair. JAN: (With great understanding) I know this is going to sound trite. (Pauses) It wasn't exactly fair for Jesus either. He agreed ...

644. You Can Be Beautiful

Hosea 14:1-9

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... laughing and playing with children. They truly are life's most beautiful people, and with any luck some of their beauty may rub off on us. 9 -- Count your blessings. All of us have plenty to complain about, and the more we complain the unhappier we will feel. The truth is, most of us also have an awful lot to be thankful for. The ones who understand that and focus on their blessings discover life that is beautiful. 10 -- Finally, discard the myths about beauty. It has nothing to do with looks or appearance ...

645. Room For Questions

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... to look elsewhere if Jesus was not the messiah. We could speculate endlessly about what brought on the change in John the Baptist, but our time would be better spent thinking about John's question. "Are you the one," he asked of Jesus, "or should we wait for another?" We feel bad about asking, but we need to know, just as John the Baptist needed to know. We aren't likely to place our trust completely in anyone, or forsake all the other options, or give up all we have, if Jesus is not the one we think he is ...

646. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:10 · Joel 2:1-2, 12-19 · Ps 51 · Ps 103

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... must maintain proper liturgical decorum. Some of our black brothers and sisters can teach the value of letting our feelings come forth in worship. Repentance means more than just moving our emotions. If we are really heartbroken for our ... this person's mind but I think that the money gave him a sense of security, or at least, being separated from his money made him feel insecure. What a false sense of security! A few weeks later he died and had to leave it behind. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm ...

647. Proper 13

Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32, Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... course that surpasses victory. Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 Send the crowds away. Jesus was attempting to get away for a period of rest and spiritual recharging by going to a lonely spot across the lake, but the crowds followed him. There was no escape. Rather than feeling exasperation, as many of us might, he felt only compassion. Later on, the disciples came to Jesus and wanted him to send the crowds away. Put the needy ones out of sight and mind, so that we might get some needed rest. Jesus would not dismiss ...

648. Proper 7

Mt 10:16-39 · Rom 5:12 – 6:11 · Jer 20:7-13 · Gen 21:8-21 · Ps 86

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... of life. When we are on God's side, victory is assured. Honest to God. No writer in the Bible is more honest in expressing his inward feelings than Jeremiah. He didn't tell God what piety told him to say, he let it rip! He told God exactly how he felt and what ... smitten with the fear of God that he felt doomed. We moderns don't seem to tremble before the Lord any longer. Either we don't feel that the Lord is a power to be reckoned with any more or we have permitted our concept of the love of God to drive out ...

649. I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... with us, we sense the eternal life toward which we are moving. Both our guide and our group give us the encouragement to go on toward that life. We encourage others to move toward eternal life. Jesus is Life. His followers reflect that quality of life called eternal. When you feel lost or stranded on your way through life, recall the words of the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me..." It is as if he says, "I know where I'm ...

650. The Wisemen

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... was the fact that I was bound to the textand read it. The people were unaccustomed to that and didnot really like it. So, I opened with an introduction in mynormal style to establish why I was reading the story!Second, to try to minimize the "reading" feel of the story,I worked on differing voices for the various characters. AndI had quite a few! I discovered I was not as talented atthat as the readers on the state radio network's "Chapter aDay" program. Here is a good example of why a story sermon ...

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