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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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651. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 2

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... two day they were with us, I couldn’t get out of my mind the phone conversation I had with day after he had been released from prison last August I was not aware then that he was on the verge of nervous collapse. I could tell he was very emotional, even crying at times, but his words were strong…“We’re going to be alright. They can put us into prison, they can close our schools, they can continue to deny our human rights and try to reduce us to animals, but they can’t take away our peace and ...

652. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... long overdue. The women who followed Jesus did so out of an enormous sense of gratitude. These were not groupies. They were not crowding in to be near a rock star. It would be easy to misunderstand. These women were in Christ’s debt. They had suffered emotionally and physically before they met Jesus and he had set them free. Now they wanted to help him help set others free. In today’s vernacular, he had liberated them. That is why many of us are in this room today. Christ has done something wonderful in ...

653. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... expression of our frustration and despair. Alone, we may throw up our hands and scream; or we want to, keep the emotion bottled up until it bursts out in more unhealthy ways — damaging other people rather than bruising our fists or scuffing our ... didn’t have the responsibility of children; if we were independently wealthy and didn’t have to put up with all the emotional pressure and garbage that comes, sometimes, with making a living... You know what I’m talking about all those problems and pressures ...

654. Should America Repent?

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... on your road of life and go in another way. Repentance is a change of mind. It does not necessarily have much to do with emotions. It has to do with a change of mind that leads to a change of life. I wrote in the word, repentance, on the World ... Him. Worship attendance swelled the weekend of September 16th more than 25% nationwide. Polls now indicate that the wave of emotion has not translated into a life of devotion. Did churches fail in that process? Sociologist, George Barna, says the Church miserably ...

655. Why Doesn’t God Do Away With Evil?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... us or outside of us, that seeks to destroy our liveliness. Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy." Evil may be hard to define, but it is easy to recognize. You who have struggled through some untimely death of a loved one, some emotional abuse from a family member, some long-term spiritual estrangement from a loving God, know evil up close and personal. I do not have to tell you today about evil; you have met it face-to-face and you know its pain and you struggle to overcome it ...

656. From Anger to Courage

Mark 11:12-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... taught to “let it all hang out." We were encouraged to express ourselves, to sing about the Age of Aquarius and blame our parents for all of our hang-ups. In sensitivity groups, I learned that anger, which was punished in my family, was a God-given emotion that needed to be expressed. So, I went on an expression binge. I vented for twenty years, causing my family, my congregations, my superiors considerable pain. It felt good. It did a lot of harm. Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool gives full vent to his ...

657. The Resurrection and Life

John 11:32-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... at the two verses in front of it. “When Jesus saw Mary weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled...Jesus wept." Why did Jesus cry? Jesus weeps because he cares. As human beings we feel emotion. When someone is kind to us, we feel grateful. When something good happens, we experience joy. When someone betrays us, we feel anger; when a friend dies, we feel sorrow; when tragedy strikes, we are troubled. Being fully human, Jesus felt all those ...

658. Religious Balkanization

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... territory, so he must have wanted to be in that setting in the first place. As they listened to the words emerging from his mouth, the disciples must have cringed a little. Prejudice may feel right in the mind and it may breathe with the bellows of the emotions, but when it is voiced it has a way of losing its rich timbre and echoes tinny and hollow. I remember a Saturday evening when I was already in bed and the telephone rang. I had often told my elders and ministry staff not to call me after about ...

659. Personal Politics

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... toll of raising two families had robbed Jane of her vitality and sidelined any chance of another career. Only the youngest of the second tribe was at home, and he was seventeen years old. When he left for college the following fall, Jane would be relieved but emotionally spent. Ralph's rocket had been soaring, however, and Jane couldn't wait to join him for the ride. That's when Ralph came home from a business trip and broke the news. His secretary, Sue, was a woman of great personality, huge skills, and a ...

660. A Career in The Kingdom

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... had grown the most in terms of inner graces and spiritual depth. It did not take long for each to realize that the most creative energies had come to life only at the end of periods of great struggle, often filled with agonizing mental and emotional torment. In fact, said Madeline L'Engle, the best of her books were written just after the worst times of her life! As they talked, each experienced the growing realization of what poet and hymn-writer, Margaret Clarkson, identified when she penned Grace Grows ...

661. Testing, Testing

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... or our kids. I don't believe God commands us to have warm fuzzy feelings. Love is action on behalf of the loved one's greatest good; and while the regular practice of such action is likely to be accompanied sooner or later by warm emotional concern, it's not the emotion that matters. It's the action. But what does that action mean? It surely can't mean the same thing toward God, who strictly speaking needs nothing from us, as toward, say, our children; and what is loving toward our children may be something ...

662. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... allowed to enter the promised land. He could see it, but not enter it. It was wonderful to finally have arrived but also disappointing to not enter the land God had promised to his ancestors. Maybe at that moment Moses wasn't feeling any one of those emotions, but rather a combination of relief, joy, and disappointment. For the last time he would climb the mountain to speak with God. From the top of the mountain, Moses could see a panoramic view he could never have imagined. On one side, as far as his eye ...

663. Remember: No Deposit, No Return

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... stewardship and how we can incorporate it into our own daily lives, I want us to look at how we CLUMP IT and THUMP IT, and then how we can DUMP IT and TRUMP IT. I. Dump It A. First of all, we Clump It: We all have spiritual and emotional baggage, clutter and garbage in our lives. Sometimes we don't acknowledge that it's there. We ignore it or overlook it, but it's there. We drag it with us wherever we go. It enters into every conversation we have. It enters into every relationship we have. It comes ...

664. Luke 6:20-31

Luke 6:17-26

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... “gelao” (“laugh”) is found only here in the New Testament. Whereas this worldly laughter is often expressed at the expense of another, in the new kingdom laughing is associated with a transforming “joy,” as detailed in v.23. The most devastating emotional and social abuses this world can dish out being hated, excluded, reviled, and cast out as evil are now declared as reasons to “rejoice” and to “leap” (“skirtao”) for joy. Those the world rejects so utterly “on account of the Son ...

665. The Irrational Season

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... repeats of every schmaltzy Christmas movie ever made 24-7 from Thanksgiving Eve through Christmas Day. But the sappy sentimentality of those shows doesn’t fill the hole in our soul. Ernest Hemingway called sentimentality “an emotion you don’t have to pay for.” The real emotions of a real Advent season are genuinely costly and consistently creative — that means they engage creation. In this week’s epistle text Paul is “engaging” a real community of first generation Christians. 1) Some of ...

666. Back to Real Life

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... and he loved their son Jesus and he was committed to doing whatever was necessary to keep them safe and to provide for them not only to provide for them materially, but emotionally and spiritually. That is what we do when Christmas has passed. We keep trusting God and we take care of those we love not only materially, but emotionally and spiritually. We love them, listen to them, encourage them. We understand that they are God’s gift to us and we treat them with love and dignity. Jesse Jackson tells the ...

667. Playing the Blame Game

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of all of life. If you have a hurt of any kind, or a need of any kind, whether it is physical or mental or emotional or financial or whatever it may be don’t sit around wondering who is to blame. Don’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself. Focus ... patrol were ordered to dig elaborate foxholes. This continued for several weeks until he was deployed to Korea. He says his friend becomes emotional when he relates the next part of the story. His friend and his detachment of twenty men were ordered to hold a ...

668. Act Quickly - Catch It Early

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... it may be. Get rid of it. Act quickly. Let it go. But how do you do that? The best way to let go of negative, hurtful emotions or desires is to turn to God. Don’t try to handle it alone. Leslie Dunkin once told about a dog he had when he was a ... little simplistic, but it is also true. The best thing you can do when you are tempted by anger or lust or any other hurtful emotion or desire is to keep your gaze fixed on your faith. If you have committed yourself to Christ, you know what is right and what is ...

669. Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... 10:12; 11:1,22) as does the list of “promises” (see 4:1; 7:13; 8:1). The “obedience” being called for here, and throughout Deuteronomy, is not simply to willed actions, or performing required activities. This “obedience” is a spiritual and emotional commitment that Deuteronomy declares to be “love.” “Loving the Lord your God” is the essence of obedience. Disobedience is defined as when “your heart turns away” from loving God. It is God’s intense love for the people that has brought ...

670. Family Resemblance

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... time talking about ME!” She did not realize that the fact that her son was talking to a psychiatrist about her was not a compliment. All of us reflect our upbringing. Many of us bear scars from our relations with our parents. Many of the emotional problems we are experiencing today had their genesis in the earliest days of our childhood experiences. Perhaps our parents were overly protective. You have heard about the mother who sent a note to her son’s teacher: “Austin is very sensitive. If he needs ...

671. Sex, Sex, and More Sex

Song of Songs 2:8-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... found that 97% of American men and women fell in love one or two times by their late teens - and most of them fell out again within two years. Even more recently, psychologist, Dorothy Tennov, reported that over half the subjects of her wide surveys of romance suffered emotional depression, more than 25% admitting to thoughts of suicide ... hmm.[5] But when it is right, it is right! To be in love with someone is to find your whole being tied up with the beloved, to want to be wherever he or she is, to want ...

672. Skin Game

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... important little verse says, "Moved with anger, Jesus stretched out his hand...." Every commentary on Mark that I have — and because of a special course in seminary I have six of them — concurs that anger could be considered the more accurate word in describing Jesus' emotion. If you are like I am, that may come as something of a shock. Isn't this gentle Jesus, meek and mild? How could a petition from a helplessly outcast and pitiful leper have inspired him to anger? Inasmuch as we feel that way, we ...

673. The Elephant in The Living Room

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

John Smylie

... until Peter could surrender completely his vision and his will to his Lord and Savior he could not be free. Jesus' challenge is to Peter and to us all. Our Lord's challenge to surrender our life and our will, all that we have and all that we are, our emotions, our ideas, and our wills is for our own salvation. As we move deeper into the Lenten season, let us move deeper into the place of surrender to our Lord. Pray that the Holy Spirit will give us grace to face the elephants in our living rooms. Pray that ...

674. Tough Talk for Tentative Disciples

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... the image of God" (2 Corinthians 4:4). Yet, others want the miracles without a master! Constantly on the outlook for some new emotional high, these follow only for the excitement of the moment. Their expectations are all heaped on Jesus, on the last "big thing" he did ... inward conviction that Jesus Christ is who he claims to be and will do everything he promises to do. The faith I offer you is not mere emotion. It is, rather, action. I invite you to choose to see it as an acronym, F-A-I-T-H. F-A-I-T-H stands ...

675. A Plea from The Heart

2 Corinthians 6:1-13

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... things that must have been running through my mother's mind that day. Mother's mother - my grandmother whom I never knew - had died of cancer over twenty years before, and Gran was a surrogate mother for my mother, so the emotional loss was great. There were also difficult, practical, and emotional questions. How would she (and I) make it without Gran? Could we stay in the house? What would the future hold for us? In 1959, though, I was only twelve years old, and I had other issues on my mind. The funeral ...

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