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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Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.
William Hazlitt
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Sarah demands Abraham send Hagar and little Ishmael into the desert, she’s issuing them a death sentence. It’s a way of getting rid of her “competitors” without laying a personal hand on them. But the intent is clear. They are not to return. Abraham is distressed by Sarah’s request. But God promises Abraham that no harm will come to the boy and that he too will be a “father” of a great nation. So, in trust, Abraham fulfills Sarah’s wish and sends Hagar and Ishmael into the desert near Beer ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... description Jesus gives us? He describes a seed on rocky ground, saying that this refers to people who hear the Word immediately and receive it joyfully, but because they have no roots, their joy only lasts for a little while. As soon as they experience distress in their lives or someone gives them a hard time because they are a Christian or believe in God, they immediately retract their beliefs and fall in with the common crowd. Their faith falls away, because it never took root in their hearts at all ...
1154. Standing in the Forecastle
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Sermon
Ron Love
... of expressing our love and bestowing a blessing upon another person. I know that there are many individuals in the sanctuary this morning where being thankful seems to be the farthest thing from them. Hardships have overtaken many. Some are facing financial distress. Others are experiencing estrangement from a family member. Stress at work has become daunting. Big decisions that must be made during the coming year are overwhelming. I guess like Mary and Joseph in the stable and with Herod on the throne ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... faith in God completely gone, I think I would miss almost more than anything else having someone to thank . . . I can hardly conceive what it would be like never, never being able to say in a moment of exhilaration or of unexpected happiness or of rescue from deep distress, ‘O God, you’re good to me!’” Wise people know this is true. As someone has said, “He who is grateful is never truly poor, and he who isn't [grateful] is never truly rich.” (6) It’s so true. Want to be happy and rich? Learn ...
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King Duncan
... Caspar, Asian. They represent people from all over the world coming to seek Jesus. They have been characterized as kings, though nowhere in the story are they called that. Obviously they were not lowly peasants. Herod and all of Jerusalem would not have been distressed if three peasants had come seeking the newborn king. Matthew writes, “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of ...
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King Duncan
... infraction but still was held in the detention camp. She was given by a doctor a copy of the New Testament. Leafing through it, she came to that passage in Romans where Paul asks, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? No. In all of these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor ...
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King Duncan
... rest of God’s children scattered all over the world, and with the God who created us and sustains us with His love today. How about you, my friend? Chances are that, before you are through with this life, you will face many hardships and much distress. Have you developed that relationship with God that will give you strength to bear any burden, endure any heartache, be victorious over every evil? One last story. You will recall that in the early days of printing, books printers had to set all the type by ...
1159. Sword of Truth
Luke 2:22-40 · Hebrews 4:12
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... , even before the Magi reach Joseph and Mary’s home to bless the growing child, already God has made known to Jesus’ parents that the son they are raising will change the world and usher in a new era, but in the process will cause them great distress. Imagine the seriousness of raising your child with this knowledge already in your heart. But all of us who have experienced life and relationships know what Simeon is saying. For all of us who know what it feels like to have loved deeply, also know what it ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... the Christian life, is anything but easy. Yet, this is precisely the challenge that the Lord gives to us today. Maybe the great challenge we face is in our family, an addicted child or parent, a lack of fidelity in relationships, or financial distress. Possibly the great challenge comes in our place of work — a difficult supervisor who simply will not understand, colleagues who seem to believe that they owe little or nothing to their fellow workers, or a situation of unethical practices. Maybe the great ...
1161. How Faithful Are We?
1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... all the privileges, we are being unfaithful. Obviously our fidelity to God must be our greatest concern. When we fail to pray each day, or to be active members of our local parish, or to meet our responsibilities to assist our brothers and sisters in distress, we are being unfaithful to God. When we think only of ourselves and our own desires, when we knowingly sin by our violation of God’s law, we demonstrate infidelity once again. Since Jesus was human and thus understands the frailty of our nature, he ...
1162. Be Healed
Mark 1:29-39
Sermon
Michael L. Sherer
... was a healer. He addressed what some have called “soul sickness.” There are spiritual and psychological conditions which, if not addressed, can keep people from getting well. Once the underlying dis-ease (anxiety, lack of emotional well-being, feelings of distress) has been addressed, the patient can recover. It may well be that this was Jesus’ contribution to the health and wellness of the many people he healed. The question naturally arises: If Jesus was God’s special person but not necessarily ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... has been called “compassion fatigue.” But, Jeff promised to be right over. Still, during the drive over, he complained to God about the inconvenience. He said the moment he walked in the door, he could smell the vomit. Jimmy was on the sofa, shivering and in distress. Jeffrey wiped his forehead, then got a bucket of soapy water to clean up the mess. He managed to maintain a facade of concern, even though he was raging inside. Jimmy’s friend, Russ, who also had AIDS, came down the stairs. The odor from ...
1164. The Oath
Mark 6:14-29
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Lori Wagner
... ghosts that live in our hearts –the ghosts of deeds past. Our guilt, our shame, our fear, our self-loathing, our insecurities, our pain. Within our hearts, these negative thoughts and emotions take on lives of their own, causing us anxiety, worry, fear, and distress. In today’s scripture, we read about one of the most notorious and heinous crimes in the Bible: the beheading of John the Baptizer by the tetrarch Herod Antipater, 1st century ruler of Galilee and Perea at the goading of his wife, Herodias ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... stuck in a place of basic needs. What are the first two important things Jesus does in his ministry? He feeds people. We saw this last week in our gospel reading. And he heals people. He takes away their emotional, physical, and spiritual distress. And then he restores them into community. Think about the bulk of Jesus’ ministry. Every time he heals someone who has been alienated, separated from the Jewish community, outcast, or isolated, he invites them back into community. He heals them so that they ...
Sermon
Frank Ramirez
... before the great healer. The scriptures say, “Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” (7:34). The word for sigh makes it clear that Jesus shared the suffering, for he expressed deep distress. Mark focused on the physical description of what happened, outlining how Jesus made the healing poultice. This is a story about touching the sick, touching without fear. One sees that in both stories words change perception — the daughter of a Gentile, and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Ruth. They suffered all these negative life events and more. If you’ve ever thought, “What has happened to my life? Will things ever feel normal again?” then our Bible story this morning is for you. Our story begins with a family in distress. The family consists of Elimelech, his wife, Naomi, and their two sons. Like many families today this family was experiencing some economic difficulties. A famine had spread throughout their land and food was scarce. So Elimelech and Naomi packed up a small U-Haul ...
1168. For the Glory of Christ
John 12:20-33 · Hebrews 5:5-10
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... rocking back and forth. When high tide returned, they could both back off to safer, deeper water and go their separate ways. As the Church, as the family of God, following the ministry of our Savior, we're call to be willing to lash ourselves to others who are in distress and ride out the storm with them so that they might know that God is alive in the world and acting in their lives. So that they might know the love and help of God through us. III. CALLED TO CARE: A. The Church is a family. And that's ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... done by neglect with our spiritual lives. How many of us have cut the tap root of faith in Jesus Christ . . . and have tried to live and grow on an occasional trip to church, occasionally open the Bible to read, only pray in moments of great distress, and give to the church only the leftovers of our financial resources?” (6) A few years ago, William Safire wrote about the origins of the phrase “spitting image” in his “On Language” column for the New York Times. Have you ever questioned why we say ...
1170. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Luke 19:28-40 · Philippians 2:5-11
Sermon
King Duncan
... And he used that dog to explain in non-theological language about the Incarnation, why the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. He described the Incarnation this way: “Lying at your feet is your dog. Imagine, for the moment, that your dog (and every dog) is in deep distress. Some of us love dogs very much. “If it would help all the dogs in the world to become like men, would you be willing to become a dog? Would you put down your human nature, leave your loved ones, your job, your hobbies, your art and ...
1171. A Sympathetic High Priest
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... killed for trying to stop Hitler’s atrocities, firmly believed in a suffering god. It was a teaching that distinguishes Christianity from other religions he claimed: Here is the decisive difference between Christianity and all religions. Man’s religiosity makes him look in distress to the power of God in the world. God is the deus ex machina [the God of the machine who intervenes in the action]. The Bible directs man to God’s powerlessness and suffering; only the suffering God can help... [This] opens ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... one of his 1,532 sermons that the world has nothing to offer compared to the marvels of the resurrection: Behold, thus we must view our treasure and turn away from temporal reality that lies before our eyes and sense. We must not let death and other misfortune, distress and misery, terrify us so. Nor must we regard what the world has and can do, but balance this against what we are and have in Christ. For our confidence is built entirely on the fact that he has risen and that we have life with him already ...
1173. Unspectacular Faithfulness
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
Sermon
Will Willimon
... is an otherwise good thing, a rule is a rule. Allow me to help my king by obliterating them.'' This sounded good to the king. A rule is a rule. Ahasuerus agreed and ordered that on the thirteenth of Adar all Jews would be slain. The Jews were distressed by this horrible news. Mordecai sent news of the plan to Esther up in the palace, begging her to help. ''Who knows?'' asked Mordecai, ''maybe you have been put in the palace for a moment such as this.'' Now a word about palace etiquette. In those days, it ...
1174. Unspectacular Faithfulness
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
Sermon
Will Willimon
... is an otherwise good thing, a rule is a rule. Allow me to help my king by obliterating them.'' This sounded good to the king. A rule is a rule. Ahasuerus agreed and ordered that on the thirteenth of Adar all Jews would be slain. The Jews were distressed by this horrible news. Mordecai sent news of the plan to Esther up in the palace, begging her to help. ''Who knows?'' asked Mordecai, ''maybe you have been put in the palace for a moment such as this.'' Now a word about palace etiquette. In those days, it ...
1175. The Long and Dusty Road
Luke 19:28-40 · Psalm 31:9-16
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... eternal and immortal created God’s self for a while as impermanent dust, but when the bones of that creation waste away, God’s presence will endure. The body may decay. But stones do not die. Our bones may fall away to dust in our grief and our distress, but God’s will will prevail. God’s voice will not be silenced. In a sense, Jesus is saying, “you can kill me. You can torture my body and crush my bones. My breath may fail and my body decompose. But my message, my mission, and my movement will ...
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