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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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1076. Jesus, Don’t Say That

Mark 7:24-37

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... what you were thinking. What did you want us to think? Help us! Collect (Unison) The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Amen. (Psalm 146:9) Prayer Of Confession Touching God, we have wrapped ourselves in protective layers to keep the world at bay. We have hidden behind stereotypes to excuse our hardness of heart, and believed the worst of people to escape from ministry. We have allowed anecdotes to replace hard scientific fact ...

1077. Fashion Report

Isaiah 6:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!" All: Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. One: The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out." All: Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!" Hymns Holy, Holy, Holy All ...

1078. Forgiveness

Romans 3:21-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... banana pudding. And she left a big bowl of that pudding on the kitchen table. Then she and Bill's father went out for the afternoon. The last thing she said to Bill before she left was, "Don't you dare touch that banana pudding." Has your mother ever said something like that to you? "Don't you dare touch that banana pudding." Well Bill tried to resist that pudding. But it looked so good. Finally he thought to himself, "If I eat just a little bit around the edges no one will notice." So that is what he did ...

1079. The Parable of the Choices

Matthew 21:28-31

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... all my confusion, frustration and anger. Why had I been left a widow? Why did I have to struggle through life alone, have to make a living by myself? And why, oh, why wouldn't God give me any guidance? Finally, the torrent was over, and I reached up and touched Billy's face in thanks. To my alarm his face was wet. The strong young man was crying. "What is it, Billy?" I asked, shocked to my senses. "Do you have troubles, too?" "No," he replied, still holding me, "I'm just crying with you." Now I have always ...

1080. Baptism: The Common Call To Holiness

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... essential ministry of the evangelist. Evangelization is practiced in the active life of the minister. As has already been mentioned, ministry and service are not optional works for the Christian; all are called to work in God's vineyard. How many of us have been touched by the works and service of others? When we see someone who reaches out to another, like Mother Teresa of Calcutta or Bishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa, we are challenged to go the extra mile for those who need our assistance. The actions ...

1081. The Hand, the Lamb and the Dove

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... But as a Trinitarian reality Father, Son and Holy Spirit the divine is also known in seamless separateness. Not lopped-off parts that look incomplete, but individual beads of divinity that shimmer with their own purpose and power. Yet the whole is recalled at a touch, the three wholly part of the one. Jesus counseled Nicodemus that if he really wanted to experience the kingdom of God, he himself would have to undergo a change of community and identity. He would need to be born anothen both "from above" and ...

1082. A 24-7-365 God

Hebrews 7:23-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Mark 10:47). Hearing the blind man's cries, Jesus stops his journey, "stands still," and calls Bartimaeus to him. In response to this humble beggar's obvious faith and persistence, Jesus publicly heals him of his blindness. After receiving Jesus' healing touch, Bartimaeus devotedly follows Jesus and the other disciples as they resume their interrupted trip and continue "on the way" (10:52). The Bartimaeus story is noteworthy because it is the last healing miracle Jesus performs in Mark's gospel. Jesus and ...

1083. Dr. God

Matthew 9:18-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Healers of all stripes testify to this common belief that the ability to extend love toward the ones seeking healing is the first step. Love it seems is what opens up that connection between a healer and one who desires healing. After feeling the touch of the hemorrhaging woman, Jesus turns and addresses her directly but with a profound gentleness. He offers her encouragement, "take heart," and opens his own heart to this woman by addressing her as "daughter." While love is not the cause of any healing that ...

1084. Mark 5:21-43

Mark 5:21-43

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... menstrual period before she could be with her husband or participate in any religious rituals. For twelve long years this woman had been ostracized from normal family relations and synagogue life. Interestingly, the woman assumes she will be healed merely by touching Jesus or part of his clothing - a phenomenon not heretofore associated with Jesus' healing ministry. Usually this assumption is interpreted as a sign of great faith. Yet what the text seems to emphasize here is the power associated with Jesus ...

1085. Mark 5:21-43

Mark 5:21-43

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... 9:22). But in Mark's text there is no such freeze-framing. The woman's faith in Jesus' ability to heal her is so great that she is convinced she need only reach out and touch the hem of his garment in order to experience his healing power. The structure of Mark's text supports her conviction. In verse 27, this woman touches Jesus' garment, and in verse 29, "she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease." Jesus has not yet seen or spoken to this woman, who nonetheless feels she has already been ...

1086. Luke 7:36-8:3

Luke 7:36-8:3

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... at the sight of Jesus she begins to weep bathing his feet, in fact, with her tears. She follows this emotional display by then drying Jesus' feet with her hair, while continuing to apply tears and now the ointment in liberal quantities. By simply touching Jesus, this woman has ritually defiled him whether or not she was a prostitute. She is present where she ought not be. She has uncovered her hair in public. She has acted on her own outside any family connections all shameful, impure, scandalous behaviors ...

1087. John 4:5-42

John 4:5-42

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Spirit of God can never dry up. Unknowingly the woman hits upon this truth when she sarcastically asks Jesus if he is greater than Jacob (v.12). But her reference to the overflowing bounty of Jacob's well demonstrates that she is still out of touch with what is being offered her. It is not until Jesus stuns her with knowledge of her personal life in intimate and embarrassing detail that she begins to realize that the conversation is about spiritual life. Acknowledging Jesus as a "prophet," she remains quite ...

1088. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , thus affirming his doubt. Doubters are to be kept full members within the family of faith. Jesus' appearance before Thomas instantly vanquishes all his misgivings. Despite his earlier demand, John's text suggests that once confronted by the Christ, Thomas felt no need to touch the wounds. Instead he blurts out a confession of faith that must have stood as a faith expression for the entire Johannine community: "My Lord and my God." Verses 30-31 closed out John's Gospel at one point in this book's history ...

1089. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... been forcibly run out of that city by those who took issue with his mission and message. Frustrated at being kept away from direct contact with the new Christians with whom he had been working, Paul's letters had to suffice to keep him in touch. Paul's tender recollections of his work among these Thessalonian "brothers and sisters" may be noted in his repeated use of the idioms translated as "you know" and "you remember" within the text of his letter. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 divides its intended focus between ...

1090. Eight Days until Eternity

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark . . . To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very skin . . . [Voldemort] could not touch you for this reason. It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.” (6) The reason Harry could not be killed was his mother’s sacrificial love for him. The reason you and I can be victorious over sin and death is Christ’s sacrificial love for us. That ...

1091. Said the Night Wind….

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... truly alive. To be saved from the tomb of our self-made numbness and the isolation that results. Then something happens like Christmas Eve night. Here. With the music and the silence. The light and the darkness. Family and strangers. Time and timelessness. Christmas touches us. It affects us. John Wesley, the Anglican priest whose reform movement led to the birth of the Methodist Church, believed that being created in the image of God is to be affected. The biblical story of salvation is about how God hears ...

1092. I'm a Leper, You're a Leper

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cure leprosy. For leprosy is more than a mere disease. It is an unholy, uncleanness that must be dealt with by the Holy One. That which is leprous within each of us can only be cured in that same way. By the Holy One. It takes the divine touch, the hand of God, to transform cratered flesh into new creation flesh. Leprosy is a tough disease to eradicate. When Naaman, a mighty warrior and commander of King Aram’s army, came to the prophet Elisha to be healed of his leprosy he was convinced that the prophet ...

1093. Easter 2

Acts 4:32-37, 1 John 1:5--2:14, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... spiritual lives and correct heresies. In the opening verses we are assured that the writer was one who saw, heard and touched the human Jesus. His purpose in writing is to have us enter into fellowship with God and with fellow-Christians. Sin, ... is what Thomas in today's Gospel lesson learned: "Put your finger here and see my hands." For us today, we need to see and hear and touch Jesus as a very real person. Outline: Jesus is for real – a. We experience the real Christ v. 1. b. We tell you about the real ...

1094. Easter 3

Luke 24:36-49, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Acts 3:11-26

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... appeared, they thought they saw a ghost, but Jesus demonstrated that he was flesh and blood to the point they could touch him and see him eat fish. After this repast, Jesus explained his death and resurrection in terms of the scriptures: law, ... want the real thing not a substitute nor an imitation. The text assures us that Jesus is real. He is real enough to see, to hear and to touch. He is so real that he eats. The risen Jesus is not a phantom, a ghost, nor a figment of the imagination. He is as real as you ...

1095. Epiphany 5

Isaiah 40:1-31, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:29-34, Mark 1:35-39

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Jesus wants to move on to other areas of Galilee. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 1. Lifted (v. 31). Jesus ministered with a personal touch. He took Peter's mother-in-law, who was sick with a fever, by the hand and "lifted her up." He lifted her up to ... true way to get a lift. Outline: How Jesus gives us a lift. a. He comes to us because of concern "And he came." b. He touches us to heal us "took her by the hand." c. He lifts us by his power "lifted her up." Old Testament: Isaiah 40:21-31 1. ...

1096. Proper 8

2 Samuel 1:1-16, 2 Samuel 1:17-27, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, Mark 5:21-43

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... lesson we see Jesus refusing to take "no" for an answer. He is determined to overcome any obstacle. He may be interrupted and detained, but he carries on until the need is met. This miracle is interrupted by the case of a woman with an issue of blood when she touched him to be healed while he was on his way to Jairus' home. He resumed his walk to heal the girl. When we cry to Jesus for his help in a desperate situation he comes to us without fail. Outline: When Jesus will not take "no" for an answer – a ...

1097. Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Psalm 48:1-14, Mark 6:1-6, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Eulogy

B. David Hostetter

... Exhortation Prefer to find your joy and pride in the very things that are your weakness and then the power of Christ will come and rest upon you. PRAYER OF THE DAY Penetrating Spirit, open our minds to the wisdom we may receive from hometown prophets. Touch our hearts with healing gifts that you have granted to our neighbors, so that your work may not be obstructed by our unbelief. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of surprises, you bring the wise to birth in unlikely places and skills of art and healing from ...

1098. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:21-30, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... Prophets’ work will end. The ecstasy of tongues will fade. Some knowledge will lose its usefulness, but there will always be the need for love. PRAYER OF THE DAY Divine Speaker, let us hear your gracious words from any lips. Divine Healer, let us feel your healing touch by any hand. Let no spirit of doubt prevent your work through our talents or those of others, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of love, we are grateful for the love you have shown us in Christ and through other ...

1099. Proper 23

Psalm 66:1-20, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 2:8-15

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... hard to show yourself worthy of God’s approval, as a laborer who need not be ashamed. Be straightforward in your declaration of the truth. PRAYER OF THE DAY Compassionate Christ, as we have been touched by your love, help us to show you our thankfulness by also reaching out to others that you may touch them also through us. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of all places, you sent Jesus of Nazareth to show your loving presence in places of sickness, sorrow, and shame, to bring healing, comfort, and dignity ...

1100. All By Myself: The Fear of Loneliness

2 Timothy 4:9-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... me, so that the message might be preached fully through me and that all the Gentiles might hear." (II Timothy 4:17, NKJV) In Paul's darkest hour of deepest loneliness, God reminded him that he still could be used to touch other's lives and that there were other lives that needed to be touched. I want to say it again. The loneliest person in the world is the person who is wrapped up in himself. The key to overcoming loneliness is to stop building walls and start building bridges. Proverbs 18:24 says, "A man ...

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