Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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926. Being Prepared
Matthew 25:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... the last day ought to be something Christ’s followers look forward to. We ought to be like little children whose father loves them very much, but has gone on a long business trip. Now they can’t wait for their Daddy to come home. We wait not with fear, but with faith. The point is to be prepared. Be prepared so that if you dropped dead this moment, you would have nothing to apologize for. Be prepared so if you were offered the biggest promotion in your life, you would be ready to step into your new role ...
927. Living in Trust
Mark 1:14-20
Illustration
Mark Trotter
... the tyranny of apartheid society. The article became something of a classic. It had the title, "The Challenge of Fear." He talked about how our lives were determined not so much by forces or powers outside of us, but by the fears that are inside of us. That is what controls our lives. Fears, in the case of South Africa, that are nurtured by separation and segregation, and ignorance and pride, fears that hold the whole society, black and white, in bondage. He concluded that article with his own personal word ...
928. Mark 16:1-8
Mark 16:1-20
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Leonard Sweet
... Mark does not definitively declare this presence as an “angel,” his description of this being as a “young man” and his “white robe” and the women’s response to his presence as one of “ekthambeomai” — a combination of alarm and fear, distress and amazement — leave little doubt. Furthermore, it immediately becomes clear that this white robed figure is there to offer a message from the divine, thus embodying the literal meaning of the Greek for “angel” — “messenger of God.” The ...
929. John 20:19 31
John 20:19-23
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... punctures in his hands (or wrists) and his side. With this proof that it is Jesus himself who stands before them, the fear that had gripped these disciples all day is banished and they “rejoice,” just as Jesus had promised (16:20‑22). Flushed with ... disciples are still gathered on that first Sunday after Easter in the same rooms, they are no longer described as “fearful.” Now the doors they are behind are merely “shut,” not soundly “locked.” Suddenly, again miraculously, Jesus stands within ...
Sermon
Scott Bryte
... is not a nice person. He's a man who became a judge, but not for any of the right reasons. We learn that he doesn't fear God. Here he was, in a position to say what was right and what was just. But he didn't feel ac­countable to any universal ideas ... judge, had no belief, or at least no interest, in the higher good. And that's not all. We are told, of this judge, that "[he] neither feared God, nor had respect for people" (v. 2). He didn't judge in response to God's law, nor did he act out of a simple sense ...
931. Hope Again!
Zephaniah 3:1-20
Sermon
Derl G. Keefer
... all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! For the Lord will remove his hand of judg­ment and will disperse the armies of your enemy. And the Lord himself, the King of Israel, will live among you! At last your troubles will be over, and you will fear disaster no more. — Zephaniah 3:14-15 (NLT) Hope to press on ... hope to endure ... hope to stay focused ... hope to see dreams fulfilled ... that is what God is giving them in the midst of judgment and despair! That need still exists! In a world filled with ...
Sermon
April Yamasaki
... , nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39) In our scripture text for today, it is "a spirit of adoption" that banishes fear from our lives. On a practical level, when it comes to the thousands of decisions we make each day, we can relax in the knowledge that God will lead us and never leave us. We don't need to be overly anxious about life, about what we will eat or ...
933. Sarah
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
Sermon
Scott Suskovic
... spent the last 38 years of her life trapped in a castle of memories, providing a home for the restless dead, and learning how to cope with her guilt ... according to legend, at least. You don't have to build a Winchester mansion to deal with unresolved guilt or fear of the future. I suppose we all figure out different ways, more creative ways, less expensive ways to assuage a heart that just can't seem forget or ignore a page from our past or a lie in our present or the unknown of the future. Some of us ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... are following every move of another “Little Kim” other than Kim Kardashian. How do we shine the light in a world frozen by fear, flawed by distrust and fractured by dissension, a world every day helplessly teetering on the edge of disaster? But this was the world ... me. “P.S. I love you” even when you don’t recognize my voice. “P.S. I love you” even when you deny me in fear and bewilderment. “P.S. I love you” even when you don’t let your light shine. “P.S. I love you” no matter where in ...
935. Jailhouse Rock
Acts 16:16-40
Sermon
King Duncan
... that the instructor was not going to help him at all. After a few seconds, though which seemed like eternity to him Brown says his mind began to function again. He quickly corrected the situation. Immediately he turned to the instructor and began to vent his fearful frustrations on him. He recalls the instructor speaking very calmly and saying, “There is no position you can get this airplane into that I cannot get you out of. If you want to learn to fly, go up there and do it again.” James Brown says ...
936. Your Home Page
Hebrews 13:1-25
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... driven “go for the gold” attitude, this admonition reminds readers that God had promised “I will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6,8). This divine promise offers more security than could any-sized mountain of money. Instead of a fearful life, then, the Hebrews’ author reminds his readers of just how confident they should be about their trajectory and ultimate goal that a life lived in faithfulness will gift to them. Citing Psalm 11:6, the Hebrews’ author boasts to all who believe ...
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Leonard Sweet
... driven “go for the gold” attitude, this admonition reminds readers that God had promised “I will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6,8). This divine promise offers more security than could any-sized mountain of money. Instead of a fearful life, then, the Hebrews’ author reminds his readers of just how confident they should be about their trajectory and ultimate goal that a life lived in faithfulness will gift to them. Citing Psalm 11:6, the Hebrews’ author boasts to all who believe ...
938. Let Them Eat Cake
2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... out or head butt. Our response is to give life a compassionate embrace. All of life. The world has not changed. But we have. We have been changed by risen Christ who rises every day in our lives to help us rise above every day’s fears and frays. We have been changed forever, and we have been commissioned to challenge the powers and principalities of this world with a new reality. One person who daily lived this new reality died recently in Florida. She was known as “Mother McFadden.” At her memorial ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the power of the Lord (see King Jehoshaphat’s directives in 2 Chronicles 19:7). Even those who were born Gentiles but who later confessed faith in the one God and followed Jewish law were referred to as “God-fearers.” That this judge has no “fear,” no respect for God words or God’s laws, is further evidenced by his treatment of the second actor in this parable. In the Jewish tradition there were explicit Torah mandates for the special care of orphans, widows, and resident aliens — that is, all ...
940. He's Back
John 20:19-23
Sermon
David O. Bales
... . Jesus is smack in the middle of our life again. We can’t keep him out. He obviously returns Sunday after Sunday. But he comes on weekdays too. So our house stands permanently accessible to Jesus. No matter what difficulties assault us from the outside or what fears grab us from the inside, Jesus is risen and we can’t divest ourselves of him. We can ignore him, but we can’t lock him out of our lives. Jesus comes right through the walls, and that’s not a comment upon the poor quality of buildings ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... with you! In fact, He wants to meet with you so much that He has given you the keys to the door and even tells you how to act and what to say when you walk in. You don’t have to be nervous. You don’t have to be fearful. You and I can get “up close and personal” with the God of this universe. We are in a series called “Up Close & Personal,” because we need to understand that God is not just a powerful God, but He is a personal God who wants to have a relationship with ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... for God’s help, or counsels his wife. He just steps back and lets Eve handle it. Even though Adam was to “guard” the garden, and to protect it and care for it, when confronted by the serpent he didn’t protect anything, including his wife. His fear froze him, and he wouldn’t lay down anything, his intercession or his life, to save his wife or the garden. The serpent convinces the woman to eat the fruit solo from the forbidden tree. We were made to eat commensally, to eat together in community. But ...
943. Paradise Lost
Genesis 3:1-24
Sermon
James Merritt
... him or God. For the first time we see a human being haunted by the ghost of guilt. There is a new trinity in Adam’s life. It used to be God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Now it is the terrible trinity of shame, fear, and guilt. Adam is in to playing games with God. First he tried Hide-n-Seek and that didn’t work, so now he is playing another game we all love to play called “The Blame Game.” “The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to be afraid, don’t we? It’s the most common of all human emotions. Of course, some of us have a higher threshold for fear than others. One man, we’ll call him Bob, tells about a friend of his named George, an ex-Marine pilot, who wanted to show ... you still have no faith?” Jesus was disappointed in his disciples. Despite all his teachings, they were still ruled by the spirit of fear, not faith. “Do you still have no faith?” he asked them. The same question could be asked of each of us. After all ...
Eulogy
William Shakespeare
... no more the frown o’ the great, Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning-flash Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone; Fear not slander, censure rash; Thou hast finish’d joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. No exorciser harm thee! Nor no witchcraft charm thee! Ghost unlaid forbear thee! Nothing ill come near ...
Sermon
Maurice A. Fetty
... young man said it has been a powerful, rewarding experience, helping him and others to come to the truth about themselves and reality. Many of us, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, hide from God and from ourselves. We are fearful and defensive: fearful of too much self-knowledge that might require change, and defensive of our immature or immoral behavior that if known, might bring judgment and destruction. The ultimate reality that Christ, the Logos, the reason or word of God, reveals is this: God is ...
Sermon
Maurice A. Fetty
... make themselves vulnerable and careful, therefore, never to risk love. Left to the legalists, the hapless victim on the Jericho Road would still be wounded and bleeding in the ditch. Give us a society of legalists and soon our cities will be centers of terror and fear, for no one will come to our aid to help us when mugged. Give us a society of legalists and the libraries will be inundated with law books and legal codes, forcing out the great, creative literature. Give us a country of legalists and soon the ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... only in 2 Peter 2:4, 5. 20:30 In the previous verse the danger was from without. Here, Paul speaks of a danger from within—of teachers who would arise from among the Ephesians themselves to seduce the congregation. Experience had taught him to fear for this flock, and history has shown that his fears were justified (cf. 1 Tim. 1:3, 20; 2 Tim. 1:15; 2:17; 3:8, 13; 1 John 2:18f.; 2 and 3 John). The desire of these teachers would be to draw away disciples after themselves—an implied contrast with the call ...
Understanding Series
Arthur G. Patzia
... , their service was performed to gain human approval. As believers, however, their labor is to spring inwardly from the heart rather than from outward considerations. They are to realize that their work ultimately is directed toward Christ, not individuals. “Fear” (phobeomai), or reverence for the Lord, becomes the motivating principle that enables slaves to perform their daily tasks. 3:23 Second, slaves have a new center of reference. This is implied already in the last phrase of verse 22, which ...
950. Favoritism Forbidden
James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... Abraham was the originator of the creed “there is one God” (James 2:19). Given this background, it is clear that a Jewish Christian would understand how faith and actions worked together. Unlike Terah in the legends, who agrees with Abraham’s faith but through fear of the people tells Abraham to keep quiet and hold this faith in his heart, Abraham acts consistently with his faith. His faith works with or directs his actions. Furthermore, his faith was made complete by what he did. The idea is not that ...
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