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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Sermon
James W. Moore
... care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of bullets still in his body. Everywhere he went when people asked how he was doing, Jerry would answer, “If I were any better, I would be twins. Wanna see my scars?” Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of those great doctors and nurses, but also because of his faith and determination and grit. Let me ask you something: Do you have that kind of positive determination? Do you have the kind of true grit that Jerry had and Bartimaeus had and the young ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of bullets still in his body. Everywhere he went when people asked how he was doing, Jerry would answer, “If I were any better, I would be twins. Wanna see my scars?” Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of those great doctors and nurses, but also because of his faith and determination and grit. Let me ask you something: Do you have that kind of positive determination? Do you have the kind of true grit that Jerry had and Bartimaeus had and the young ...
653. The Last Laugh
Genesis 18:1-15
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... specialist in my field and admittedly the highest priced. If you could not afford to pay my bill, why did you choose me?" "Listen, Doc," the man said vehemently, "when it comes to my health, money is no object!" I suspect we all could go along with that. Our skills at negotiating might not be as sharp, but we all know that without our health, nothing else in life is worth very much. These days we go to great lengths to do all we can to preserve health - we watch our weight, reduce our calories, cut down on ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... the school of "Hard Knocks." I wish I could say I bring a wealth of experience to the job, but I can't - I have never been a pastor before (unless you count the flock of sheep I have been shepherding). I wish I could say I have wonderful pastoral skills, but I can't - sometimes I lose my temper and have been known to get violent when upset. Once I even killed somebody, but, gracious folks that you are, I am certain you will not hold that against me. I know churches these days want young ministers to attract ...
655. Hungry People
Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... is adequate?" The answer is no, we do not have what it takes. At best, in the face of overwhelming odds, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish." But we have a friend who whispers "Bring them to me." "Bring them to me - your skills and weaknesses as parents, your strengths and fears, your children and their futures. Bring them to me, and I will make you adequate for the task at hand." That is the good news for spouses in troubled marriages faced with tough decisions, and for students who always ...
656. Beyond Despair
Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 42:1-11
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... it is becoming clear that it will take a new moral energy to create that political will." Wallis goes on to say that this is a challenge the new graduates will have to face. Do not lose hope. Take the bull by the horns "connecting your best talents and skills to your best and deepest values, making sure your mind is in sync with your soul as you plot your next steps. Don't just go where you're directed or even invited, but rather where your own moral compass leads you. And don't accept others' notions of ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... of the Psalms and sang these instead of hymns. In fact, even today there are still some churches which will not use any music except that which is derived from the psalms. Admittedly, we do what we do (however we do it) with varying levels of skill. C. S. Lewis recounts that when he first started going to church he disliked the hymns, which he considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as he continued, he said, "I realized that the hymns were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... be content to train them in school to be technically competent to handle some job. This world is more than nuts and bolts, but for our children to learn that, the education they receive will have to place more emphasis on the liberal arts - language skills, literature, history, music, drama. To teach them only specialized technical competence says to them that the rest is unimportant, that the only thing that matters in life is making a living. That is not true. We do our children a disservice if we allow ...
659. Going Fishing
Mark 1:14-20
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... what his priorities are. The more time we spend with Jesus - prayer, Bible study, the fellowship of the body of Christ - the better disciples we become. One more point to note: Jesus had a task for them. I will make you FISHERS OF PEOPLE! You have some skills already; now put them to work in the service of the Kingdom! And this is the primary task of Christian disciples - cast the nets, bait the hooks, reach OUTSIDE of the boat. I wish I could say that the church through the centuries has taken that task ...
660. What Is Truly Important
Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:19-24
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... Barns. Bigger was a farmer who had done well for himself, VERY well. A fine, upstanding fellow as far as we know, no slumlord or drug dealer, he does not cheat his employees or mistreat them. Bigger is a hard worker, an upstanding citizen. Through a combination of skill and luck and plain hard work, his investment and labor have paid off. He has got this massive crop in and now he needs storage space. Good for him. He says to himself, "I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
More than a generation of preachers at Princeton Seminary were schooled in their homiletical skills by Dr. Donald Macleod. Among the points Dr. Macleod would make during the semester was the importance of choosing a compelling sermon title. In fact, he asked students to give their sermon title before beginning each sermon. He used to tell of Mrs. O'Leary who would hop on the ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... school at 13 and worked as a laborer, a coal miner, factory hand, merchant and school teacher. He talked his way into a job as a clerk in the Indian administration which began a meteoric rise - largely because of his integrity and brilliant skills in working with both Indian and British officials in a productive way. In addition to his reputation as an efficient administrator, Menon was widely known for his personal charity. After he died, his daughter explained that when her father "arrived in Delhi to ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... guy...a farmer who has done very well for himself.(4) Nothing illegal. This is no slumlord or drug dealer, he does not cheat his employees or mistreat them. This is lawful profit. Horatio Alger stuff. A hard worker, an upstanding citizen. Through a combination of skill and luck and plain hard work, his investment and labor have paid off. He has got this massive crop in. Now what? Got to store it someplace. He calls in the architect to help him plan bigger barns. The hours pass, finally the architect says ...
664. True Excellence
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... all things, hopes all things, endures all things." A certain man tells about his father who several years ago had a blood clot to go to his brain and he was operated on. The doctors had to remove the part of his brain which deals with communication skills (reading, writing, speech). He has what is technically called Aphasia, so it is very difficult for him to communicate. He has in essence had to teach himself how to write and read again. When he does write letters, it may take him days to finish. Recently ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... 400 hours of practice. (2) If you met him, you would say, What a memory. No! What dedication. Success is taking what we have and giving it our best. We can develop our memory if that is our desire. We can develop our vocabulary. We can develop our vocational skills. All we have to have is the desire. All we have to have is the passion. OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE AREA OF LIFE WHERE ALL OF US ARE EQUALLY GIFTED. That is in following Jesus and bearing spiritual fruit. The question is, is it that important to us ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... unconditional love. Rep. Maxine Waters, a Congresswoman from Los Angeles, said that one of the first people to make a difference in her life was a fifth-grade math teacher at the James Weldon Johnson Elementary School in St. Louis named Louise Carter. "Beyond her skill at teaching math, Ms. Carter was a very loving woman," Waters says. She recalls one Saturday morning in particular. Ms. Carter had planned a class picnic. However, Waters' mother had not been able to get her ready in time to go. Waters had 12 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... screen. Studies show that 75 percent of television watchers already view two shows at the same time by flipping back and forth between channels using remote controls. Magnavox calls this trend "grazing." It is also called channel surfing. Now I suppose that by skillfully flipping the remote while watching his picture-in-picture TV, Dad can actually watch four shows at a time. Young people have no idea that once upon a time families were actually content to watch one program at a time for sometimes up ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... I could use a word of comfort during this Advent season, couldn't we? Polls show that even though we are the envy of the world, people in this land are troubled. The rate of change we are experiencing in our society is disconcerting. Will we have the skills to survive in an economic order that is rapidly growing more competitive? Will we be able to retire and enjoy the golden years of our lives as our parents and grandparents have been able to do? Will we or someone we love be the victims of an increasingly ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... the streets in Houston, Texas. He built a church with his own money. He built a Youth Center to keep young people off the streets and off drugs and out of bars and taverns. Recently, he needed money to support the work he had started. So he used the skills he had. He went back into the ring. Foreman says the real victory is in what Christ has done for him. He says he cannot comprehend why he would have been so bad in the past. Friends and family today call him a gracious, articulate, sensitive, genuine man ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... with, she is going to have to go to work for the first time in a world for which she is unprepared. I think of a 53-year-old businessman laid off by his company. His was a middle management job. He has spent most of his adult life acquiring skills that suddenly are obsolete. The world as he has known it has disappeared. He is having to start over. I think of a 30-year-old single mom with two small children. She was brought up believing that marriage was forever. But now she must bring up two children on ...
671. Friends
John 15:1-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... family ” our family. Each of us does indeed have a friend. 1. Contributed by Beverly Travis Thomas, READER'S DIGEST, July 88, p.128. 2. U.S. NEWS, 9/26/83. Contributed by The Rev. Gregory W. Schmidt, Shelton, CT. 3. David Mains, 8 SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR CHANGING TIMES, (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1992), pp. 89-91. 4. "What You Didn't Know About Money and Happiness," by Suzanne Chazin, READER'S DIGEST, August 1994, p. 123. 5. MOMENTS TOGETHER FOR COUPLES (Ventura, California: Regal Books, 1995). 6. Stan Giles ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... made. He also began to work out, and took pride in his physical development. The prison had a baseball team, and members of the team had more privileges than the average inmate, so Ron tried out for the team, and made it. The mental and physical skills that had served Ron so well in his criminal life now served to make him an outstanding baseball player. Ron's success in baseball inspired change in other areas of his life: he quit drugs, got his high-school diploma, and began attending church. Billy Martin ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... of the Great War had experts who regularly did so to capture an enemy soldier, who would then be brought back for questioning. This particular German expert had successfully completed such missions in the past and was sent on another. Once again, he skillfully negotiated the area between fronts and surprised a lone enemy soldier in his trench. The unsuspecting soldier, who had been eating at the time, was easily disarmed. The frightened captive with only a piece of bread in his hand then performed what may ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... take you a long way. If you are a doctor they may even keep you out of court. Why is it that the vast majority of people who are injured as a result of medical negligence don't sue for malpractice? It all comes down to interpersonal skills, say researchers at Vanderbilt University. According to a study which was reported in the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, doctors who are sued tend to be ones who make patients feel rushed or ignored on their visits, or that fail to answer their questions. (1 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... be because we have locked Christ out and failed to heed his call and to follow his example of loving service to all. 1. Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, THE FISHING HALL OF SHAME (New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1991). 2. David Mains, 8 SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR CHANGING TIMES (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1992), pp. 31-32. 3. "The Way I Make My Numbers . . ." excerpted from FORBES, February 15, 1972, p. 26. Cited in Daryl G. Mitton & Betty Lilligren-Mitton, CLOUT (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1980), p. 193. 4. Edith ...
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