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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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901. The Science of Happiness

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... God’s pleasure in the midst of hurt, heartache, and humiliation. The “pursuit of happiness” may be proclaimed as an “inalienable right” by the Declaration of Independence. But it continues to be an elusive quarry for most of us. That’s why we are eager to embrace a “scientific” equation that might get us to that hard-to-attain state of happiness. That’s why we have gyms, yoga classes, and fitness coaches. That’s why we swim, run, bicycle, weight lift — all designed to tune and tone our ...

902. Where Credit Is Due

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Napoleon's genius had been attributed to many things, but, above all, he was a superb natural leader of men. Like any wise leader he was aware that his own success would have been nothing had his men not been willing, even eager, to follow him. Obviously he could not know and personally inspire every man in his vast army, therefore he devised a simple technique for circumventing this difficulty. Before visiting a regiment he would call the colonel aside and ask for the name of a soldier who had served well ...

903. Piano Blessings

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Source Unknown

An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are sick and despondent - the service is free." ...

904. The Dirty Baseball Era

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Staff

... "the toughest of the toughs and an abomination of the diamond," one sportswriter said. McGraw was born in Upstate New York, the oldest of eight children of an Irish immigrant railroad worker. In 1884, when diphtheria swept through his village, he was a slight, eager 11-year-old whose proudest possession was a battered baseball he had been allowed to order from the Spalding catalog. He watched helplessly as, one by one, his mother and four of his brothers and sisters died. His father took out his grief and ...

905. If You Want to Kill the Church

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Staff

... others going. But should you attend, be sure and remember To find fault with the work, each official and member. Be sure to hold back on your offerings and tithes, The bills will be paid by the rest of the guys. And never take office if offered the post, But eagerly criticize work of the host. If not on a committee you're placed, be sore! If you find that you are, don't attend any more. When asked your opinion on this thing or that, Have nothing to say, just turn 'em down flat. Then after the meeting, shine ...

906. Standing Ovation

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Robert P. Dugan, Jr.

... , eight minutes! They were done for! Their goose was cooked! They couldn't stop now till they collapsed with heart attacks! At the rear of the hall, which was crowded, they could of course cheat a bit, clap less frequently, less vigorously, not so eagerly but up there with the presidium where everyone could see them? The director of the local paper factory, an independent and strong-minded man, stood with the presidium. Aware of all the falsity and all the impossibility of the situation, he still kept on ...

907. Take Up and Read

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Augustine

... take up and read; take up and read." I could not remember ever having heard the like, so checking the torrent of my tears, I arose, interpreting it to be no other than a command from God to open the book and read the first chapter I should find. Eagerly then I returned to the place where I had laid the volume of the apostle. I seized, opened, and in silence read that section on which my eyes first fell: "Not in revelry and drunkenness, not in licentiousness and lewdness, not in strife and envy; but put on ...

908. The Mysteries of the Universe Solved

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Staff

... had a stenographer present to take down the great thought. The either was administered, and sure enough, just before passing out the insight reappeared. He mumbled the words, the stenographer took them down, and he went to sleep confident in the knowledge that he had succeeded. Upon awakening, he turned eagerly to the stenographer and asked her to read what he had uttered. This is what she read: "The entire universe is permeated with a strong odor of turpentine."

909. Safe Through the Storm

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A little boy was eagerly looking forward to the birthday party of a friend who lived only a few blocks away. When the day finally arrived, a blizzard made the sidewalks and roads nearly impassable. The lad's father, sensing the danger, hesitated to let his son go. The youngster reacted tearfully. "But Dad," he ...

910. Deeply Rooted

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... was just beginning to peep above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small shrub, while the fourth was a full-sized tree. The tutor said to his young companion, 'Pull up the first plant.' The boy did so eagerly, using only his fingers. 'Now pull up the second.' The youth obeyed but found the task more difficult. 'Do the same with the third,' he urged. The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it. 'Now,' said the instructor, 'try your hand with the fourth ...

911. This God-Given Child

2 Sam 9:3

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A British factory worker and his wife were excited when, after many years of marriage, they discovered they were going to have their first child. According to author Jill Briscoe, who told this true story, the man eagerly relayed the good news to his fellow workers. He told them God had answered his prayers. But they made fun of him for asking God for a child. When the baby was born, he was diagnosed as having Down's syndrome. As the father made his way to work for ...

912. The Little V-8 Engine That Could

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Napolean Hill

Automobile genius Henry Ford once came up with a revolutionary plan for a new kind of engine which we know today as the V-8. Ford was eager to get his great new idea into production. He had some men draw up the plans, and presented them to the engineers. As the engineers studied the drawings, one by one they came to the same conclusion. Their visionary boss just didn't know much about the fundamental principles of ...

913. Serving Society's Outcasts

Mark 1:40-45

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... origin. One person who stepped across these barriers in India was pioneer missionary Mary Reed. Already working in India, Mary visited a leper colony and was deeply moved by the people's plight. Later Mary contracted leprosy herself and went to work with the lepers, eager to tell them that she knew firsthand their pain and trauma. She became head of the leper colony she had visited, and in the years following many were saved and a church built. Mary retired at the age of eighty-four after many years of ...

914. Answered In Advance

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Staff

... God, please send a hot water bottle today. Tomorrow will be too late because by then the baby will be dead. And dear Lord, send a doll for the sister so she won't feel so lonely.' That afternoon a large package arrived from England. The children watched eagerly as we opened it. Much to their surprise, under some clothing was a hot water bottle! Immediately the girl who had prayed so earnestly started to dig deeper, exclaiming, 'If God sent that, I'm sure He also sent a doll!' And she was right! The heavenly ...

915. Tally the Votes

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Staff

... an official could vote for or against a proposal without leaving his desk. The machine would replace the tedious business of marking ballots and counting them. Elated with the prospects, Edison obtained his first patent and headed for Washington. Eagerly he demonstrated his machine to the Chairman of Congressional Committees. This gentleman, while complimenting Edison on his ingenuity, promptly turned it down. "Filibustering and delay in the tabulation of votes are often the only means we have for defeating ...

916. Carry On for Christ

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Bill Hybels

... us to his home. Over the course of the next few days, he told us about his ministry. Yesu's father, a dynamic leader and speaker, had started the mission in a Hindu-dominated area. One day a Hindu leader came to Yesu's father and asked for prayer. Eager to pray with him, hoping he would lead him to Christ, he took him into a private room, knelt down with him, closed his eyes and began to pray. While he was praying, the Hindu man reached into his robe, pulled out a knife and stabbed him repeatedly. Yesu ...

917. Change Your Tune

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Grady Nutt

Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), and then pulled all the knobs off! He ...

918. The Light of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... his buddies, Hugh was homesick. He had a wife and daughter back in the States, and he was desperate to return to them. Someone suggested that Hugh might get a lift from visiting a local Korean orphanage run by Catholic nuns. As Hugh toured the orphanage, eager little faces peered at him. The nuns ran the place with very little money, but a lot of faith and resourcefulness. Apple crates served as cribs for many of the babies. One baby in particular caught Hugh’s eye. He was a biracial baby, part American ...

919. Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the talent he had safe guarded, and then is stripped of any relationship to the master. While the other two servants entered into joy with the master, this servant is thrown out from even his master’s presence, “into the outer darkness.” While the third servant had patiently, perhaps even eagerly, awaited the return of his master, his failure to use what he had been given during that interim sealed his fate. The master, the “Kingdom” had arrived, and there was no place in it for him.

920. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

Are you a risk taker? Do you know someone who is? A young man enlisted in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was assigned to their jump school. He eagerly asked his recruiter what he could expect at jump school. "Well," the recruiter said, "it’s three weeks long." "What else?" asked the young soldier. "The first week they separate the men from the boys," the recruiter said. "The second week, they separate the men from the fools." "And the ...

921. Antiques

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Two elderly sisters bought a house beside a road and put up a sign that read "Antiques." People would stop, and the sisters would serve tea and cookies mixed with much enjoyable conversation. Later the visitors would ask to see the antiques. The sisters would eagerly answer, "You're looking at them." These two sisters didn't bemoan their age. They didn't sit around and complain about their advanced years. They accepted their age and apparently had a good time with it!

922. How's Business?

Humor Illustration

Some of you can sympathize with the owner of a small motel in a sparsely populated area in the southwest. A recent graduate of a prestigious business school, eager to show off his new knowledge, was staying in the motel. "How's business?" he asked the owner. "Not very good," the tired looking man answered. "Well, what's your next step?" asked the business major. "What's your plan to rectify the situation?" "Well," said the owner drily, "I' ...

923. Electric Switch

Humor Illustration

A new boy from way up in the hills came to school. He was eager to learn and asked questions about everything he saw. In the new school he saw some electricians at work. "What are those men doing?" he asked his teacher. "They are putting in an electric switch." The boy started up in alarm. "I'm going back to the hills," he exclaimed. "I won't stay in a school where they do the switching by machinery."

924. Second Languages

Humor Illustration

A mother mouse was giving her baby mice their first tour of the barn. She and the children walked from one end of the barn to the other. They were enjoying their walk until they came face to face with a large cat who seemed quite eager to pounce upon them. But, rather than succumb to cruel fate, the mother mouse drew up her face, looked the cat straight in the eye . . . and began to loudly bark like a dog! The cat was so startled that it turned tail and ran away. The mother mouse turned to ...

925. It's Not Easy Being Boss

Humor Illustration

... . The men were working on a temporary sump when the president of the oil company appeared, making his rounds. To check their progress, he asked if the bottom of the sump was solid. One of the workmen said that it was solid as could be. The president, eager to inspect their work, climbed into the hole to check it. Immediately, he began to sink deep into the surrounding muck. "Hey!" he bellowed. "You said the bottom was solid." "Oh, it is." answered the laborer. "You just haven't reached it yet." (Quote)

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 901 to 925 of 1245 results

901. The Science of Happiness

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

902. Where Credit Is Due

Illustration

903. Piano Blessings

Illustration

Source Unknown

904. The Dirty Baseball Era

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Staff

905. If You Want to Kill the Church

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Staff

906. Standing Ovation

Illustration

Robert P. Dugan, Jr.

907. Take Up and Read

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Augustine

908. The Mysteries of the Universe Solved

Illustration

Staff

909. Safe Through the Storm

Illustration

910. Deeply Rooted

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911. This God-Given Child

2 Sam 9:3

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912. The Little V-8 Engine That Could

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Napolean Hill

913. Serving Society's Outcasts

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

914. Answered In Advance

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Staff

915. Tally the Votes

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Staff

916. Carry On for Christ

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Bill Hybels

917. Change Your Tune

Illustration

Grady Nutt

918. The Light of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

919. Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

920. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

921. Antiques

Humor Illustration

922. How's Business?

Humor Illustration

923. Electric Switch

Humor Illustration

924. Second Languages

Humor Illustration

925. It's Not Easy Being Boss

Humor Illustration

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