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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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1151. Comfort

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... captors to let the world know they were still alive and to keep the hurt festering. How our hearts ached for those men and for their families who longed to have them home again. We remember the feeling. How we and they needed the comfort that could only come by their release and return. Magnify that feeling several thousand times and you’ll have an idea of the impact that captivity in Babylon had on the devastated and overrun land and the people who remained, and upon the captives who, like captives of ...

1152. Send Me!

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... visions, but certainly with a larger vision than we have created for ourselves. We raise the question, "Why me?" because we feel afraid or unworthy. Don’t forget Isaiah. And don’t forget Simon either, called to discipleship while caught in the midst ... you open to the fact that this is the temple of God? Even as we worship today we recognize God is present. We confess our feelings of unworthiness, and perhaps even our fear that God may ask something of us we are reluctant to do. It is natural to wonder ...

1153. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... you the same question! Yes, I think it would do you people some good to think about yourselves and your relationship to Jesus. You call yourselves Christians, but as I see it, you also betray Jesus even now. Oh, you may say you are sorry when you sin, and even feel bad for a while, but let me assure you, there is a big difference between remorse and repentance. Perhaps it will help if I tell you a little more about myself. I grew up in Kerioth, a village in the southern end of Judea. In fact, I was the only ...

1154. Out of Doors: Nature and Supernatural

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... Jesus was crucified than for the place known as Gordon’s Calvary, which is still out-of-doors; but I felt closer to Calvary looking up at that rugged hillside than I did inside the ornamented church. So I tell you before you make the trip: if you want to feel the land of the Bible come alive, spend as much time as possible out-of-doors. In the Garden spot, as you stand by olive trees which are hundreds of years old and which grow out of the remains of trees still older, you will sense the nearness of the ...

1155. When Something is About to Happen

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... time, something is about to happen, also know that, even now, something is happening. The passing minutes of every day are, like iron filings drawn and aligned toward an unseen magnet, already shaped by God’s future and filled with its force. "I get the feeling here, like nowhere else," mused the man in the Searcher’s Class, "that something is about to happen." He said, perhaps, more than he knew. We sometimes lose sight of the fact that every moment of the church’s life is formed by the expectation ...

1156. Hot Tubs and Fishing Trips

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Thomas Long

... I have I don’t own What I own I don’t want What I want, Lord, I don’t know ... What I say I don’t feel What I feel I don’t show What I show isn’t real What is real, Lord - I don’t know ...5 When life is as confusing and disorienting ... Becket. "Perhaps." responds Becket. "I am no longer like myself." When the King presses for a reason, Becket describes the sense of call, the feeling that an ultimate claim had been placed on his life, at the time of his ordination: I felt for the first time that ...

1157. The Kingdom of God Is At Hand

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... it is a woman. She is a victim of disease. Many people in Jesus’ day would have believed that such a fever, that almost any disease, was caused by Satan. Very few of us believe that disease is caused by Satan. We can identify, however, with the feeling of victimization that comes with disease and illness. So often the diseases which strike our bodies are matters over which we have no control. Disease is something that happens to us. We are the victims of disease. There is some good news in this story for ...

1158. The Glory and the Cross

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... only person to have had a powerful religious experience at Bible camp. And such experiences are not confined to Bible camp. Once in a while (it may be at Christmas or Easter) we experience an overpowering service of worship. The music is majestic. The preacher is inspiring. We feel the very presence of God in our midst. We are so caught up in praising God that we hardly notice that the service lasts an hour and a half. "It is well to be here," we think to ourselves. "We have glimpsed God’s glory. If only ...

1159. Noise Is Anything That Corrupts the Integrity of a Message

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... searched my head and heart over and over again to claim the message. I call each of you to enter deep into your mind and heart, to examine Christ’s call to you. Does he invite you to a better way than you have suspected possible? Then, if you feel so, I urge you to distinguish between those noises that corrupt the message from outside. Make a bold decision that you will be influenced by them no longer. Then, look and see, listen and hear the noises which come from within. In a bold act of commitment, put ...

1160. "But, Lord, I Didn’t Want To Be Saved in That Way"

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... payment would the professor have inclined to be my friend? Or, would he have been ashamed to be indebted to a student? Of course, the comparison is not complete, but it is close. Paying people for a service does put things in perspective. The one who pays can always feel a bit above the relationship. When payment is not part of it, a different dimension comes to be in the relationship. Secondly, there is the story of a man whom I will call "Ed." Ed had been quite a promoter, but he had come to a crisis in ...

1161. Ascension Day

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, Mark 16:1-20

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... authority to bear in this world, and may help to subdue all the forces of darkness, death, and destruction. In Christ’s exalted name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of mercy and might, we confess how seldom we act as a people of power, choosing instead to feel and act as though overcome by all that is wrong with the world and life. Forgive us, we pray. Convince us of the power that is Christ’s and thus ours; and teach us to use that power in wisdom and humility for your Kingdom. In the name of ...

1162. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... heart "soul" denotes some kind of special warmth black men have for each other. It has something to do with relationships and depth of concern. Perhaps being "aglow with the spirit" is something akin to that. The Spirit of the living God is nothing less than the ability to feel God’s presence and forgiveness and love, and to relate to Him and to our fellow men with an intensity of love. We are to so commit our lives to Him that His Spirit glows within us and we develop a kind of "soul" or concern for all ...

1163. Peter

Luke 22:54-62

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... But almost before I could get all of the words out of my mouth, I heard a rooster crowing and I remembered something else that made me feel ashamed. Jesus had told me, when I was telling him how much I loved him, that before the rooster would crow the next morning, I would ... when not long before I had told him that I loved him more than anyone else who ever lived, and Jesus heard me. I didn’t feel like a rock. I wanted to die. I wish I had stood up and said, "Of course I know him. He is the Son of God ...

1164. Luther of Wittenberg

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... being rescued from a lightning bolt. The lightning simply brought it to a head. You see, Karl, there’s a war raging inside of me. I feel as though God doesn’t like me very much. I don’t blame anyone except myself - I know I’m just a stinking bag of ... you saying what you always used to: "Martin, you’re too introspective. Don’t be such a gloom-pot. Live a little." I wish I could feel a little more the way you do. But I cannot. I must get right with God, for my own spiritual and mental health. I’m ...

1165. Gretchen Felt Sad

Luke 18:15-17

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... to talk to Gretchen’s mother, so he went to Gretchen’s house and rang the doorbell. Gretchen’s mother came to the door and invited the minister into the house. He saw Gretchen standing in the living room, looking sad. Show me how you look when you’re feeling sad. The minister said to Gretchen, "You’re looking sad. Would you tell me why you’re looking sad?" "Yes," she said. "It’s because I wanted to have a friend come play with me, but she can’t come." "So," the minister said, "you’re ...

1166. Partners in the Impossible

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Richard Patt

... This is more than mere tolerance of evil and moral failure. It is the paralyzing attitude which concludes that nothing can be done about it, so "let ‘er rip!" Let society do what it will. Let us all "do our thing," "as long as it feels good." This attitude is not limited to, but may be a special hazard of, young people today - teens and young adults who are just maturing into the adventure of life. To them especially our immorality may become quickly demoralizing. The striving toward moral excellence and ...

1167. What If It Is True?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

... us again and again? It isn’t right to let people off the hook by forgiving them. They should pay for what they did to us. They should suffer our anger and resentment. Besides, forgiving them suggests that we feel kindly toward them, and how can one feel kindly toward a person who has been so ugly? If it is true, we have to feel forgiven too. That doesn’t seem right either, for we should have to make up for our sins. We want to do that. Set the record straight. And, of course, admitting our wrongs and ...

1168. My Soul Is Glad - Because of God

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

... lies in that area. That approach may be a little frustrating to us who are accustomed to read of people who are not seen in their similarity to everyone else, but rather in their differentness. We like to read of individual characteristics and personalities: How did they feel? How did they react? The Bible does not focus on such detail. It is a book written from faith to faith about faith. It focuses not so much on the person as on praise. Sometimes in order to appreciate what the human side of the story is ...

1169. Butterflies and Jesus

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... and are brought back to life again. The experiences of what we now call "life after life." To be honest with you, I am very skeptical of those reports and I don’t think we should put much stock in them. Yet, some people report experiencing feelings of great peace and tranquility. They feel so good on "the other side" that they are angry for being brought back to life again. That’s how Peter felt up on that mountain. It was good to be there; he wanted to stay up there forever; he didn’t want to come ...

1170. Coping with Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... would say one thing to all of them: "You do not really trust God." Our problem often is, our faith is not fully realized in our total being, where the issues of life and health are rooted. Here it is not so much "what I think" as what I convincingly feel as certainty that brings healing. Often children are closer to reality than we adults are. In a little book of children’s "letters to God" there is this: "Dear God, If I was God I wouldn’t be as good at it. Keep it up. Michelle." Perhaps the world needs ...

1171. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... They had a very sick child. They wanted me to pray for the child. We did. And I had a sense of answer. Therefore, I was greatly depressed when I returned home to discover that the child had died. I asked myself if I could really depend on that deep feeling that a prayer was being answered. Then I received a letter from the parents of the child. The letter overflowed with joy and faith. They wrote that their little one was with God and that God had come into their home in a way they could never have expected ...

1172. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... to hug the old rag doll with its face almost kissed away. The child has the loyalty that makes for true worship. Did you ever overhear a little boy insisting in no uncertain terms how much better his daddy is than anyone else’s daddy? And the child has the feeling of awe and wonder which is the very soul of religion. As we grow older, the wonder goes out of life. We even take for granted the amazing story that God was born in a stable. The mysteries of life, as Wordsworth would say, "stir us not, for the ...

1173. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... his sins, it is like being released from prison. Some years ago a man who was in the Indiana State Prison for 66 years was given his release. Upon getting out and breathing free air again, he told reporters, "I feel like I've just been born again." This is the way a true Christian feels. He lives daily the happiness of a newly released prisoner, for daily he receives the forgiveness of sins. Because of this he no longer has the fear of future punishment for his sins. As a Christian who has been forgiven ...

1174. A Note to Fearful Hearts

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... .” Reuben is the oldest son of Jacob and is out among his brothers who are fed up with the youngest, Joseph. The brothers want to kill him. But Reuben is afraid. As the oldest, he knows that the father will most likely blame him. And, to be certain, he feels a small sense of morality in the matter. Murder is a heavy burden to bear, even if you can justify it to yourself on the basis of little Joseph’s arrogant behavior. But Reuben also wants to look good in the eyes of his brothers. He takes a stand but ...

1175. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... when our text was written. It is a complaint psalm very typical of a lot of ancient Hebraic literature.1 Singing a song that reflected his despair about the injustices of life, the author of Habakkuk writes words that are timeless. The lyrics to his song capture the feelings you and I are likely to have when life deals us a tough time. Listen to his song now, because they could have been written for the injustice and lethargy of our times: O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or ...

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