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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1151. Proper 10
Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:1-10; 82:1-8, Amos 7:7-17, Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14
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Julia Ross Strope
... for others. As we read the scriptures, we examine our motives and our ability to stick to our goals. Give us strength and courage to meet the challenges that come to us. Fathering God — remember our origin and do not challenge us beyond what our talents are. For those of us in pain, speak encouragement; for those of us struggling with disease, speak healing; for those of us who are depressed and disillusioned, speak hope. For those of us whose burdens seem unbearable, lift us with options; for those of us ...
1152. Proper 13
Psalm 107:1-9, 43, Hosea 11:1-11, Luke 12:13-21, Colossians 3:1-11
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Julia Ross Strope
... ! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Holy One — we are grateful for the ways you are among us, blessing us with multiple gifts. Hear our questions and despite our doubts, use our resources and our talents to make this world a more hospitable place. Amen. Intercessory Prayers Energy of the Universe — take us into ourselves and let us find you there, giving us satisfaction with life and giving us compassion for people beyond our own skins. Throughout this day, we ...
1153. Proper 14
Psalm 33:12-22, Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, Luke 12:32-40, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
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Julia Ross Strope
... am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Investing God — we thank you for making your home, your investment in us and in the Universe. We want to be loyal in the use of our riches — money, time, and talent. Multiply what we have to share so that others may have what they need to be well nourished. Amen. Intercessory Prayers Creating Spirit — summer is here with its heat and harvests. We’re aware of how the seasons cycle by us providing varied foods, weather ...
1154. Proper 17
Psalm 81:1, 10-16, Jeremiah 2:4-13, Luke 14:1-14, Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
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Julia Ross Strope
... heart appear. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Great God — we honor you with our work and our jobs, with our gifts and our attitudes. Thank you for abundant life, for the beauty of the world, and for the friends who sit with us today. Use our talents and our money to make this world more hospitable. Amen. Intercessory Prayers Busy God — we see you continually creating and re-creating. We see evidence of your expansive imagination. We feel you busy among us, making things different from last year, refocusing our ...
1155. Proper 20
Psalm 79:1-9, Jeremiah 8:18--9:1, Luke 16:1-15, 1 Timothy 2:1-7
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Julia Ross Strope
... Great Mystery. Together we explore ways to manifest Christ in our town and throughout the global village. Together, we speak for justice, truth, nutrition, and peace. Leader: Amen! Offertory Statement It’s a good day to give tithes and offerings, time and talents to God and to this church. Doxology "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, you heavenly hosts — Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen! Prayer Of ...
1156. Proper 21
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16, Jeremiah 32:1-3, 6-15, Luke 16:19-31, 1 Timothy 6:6-19
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Julia Ross Strope
... another to explore who we can become as twenty-first-century friends of Jesus. Together, we can be honest, compassionate, and hopeful. Let it be so. Amen! Offertory Statement It is satisfying to see people being healed, restored, and contented as we use our talents and moneys to make this world a more kind place. Share what you can. Doxology "Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies" Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, triumph o’er the shades of ...
1157. Proper 23
2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Psalm 66:1-20, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 2:8-15
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Julia Ross Strope
... we use all our senses to perceive holy guidance and to respond with gratitude; we are not alone! The Spirit and one another’s companionship sustains us. Amen! Offertory Statement The baskets come to you as opportunity to support ministry in this place with cheerful attitudes, talents, and money. Doxology "Now Thank We All Our God" All praise and thanks to God who reigns in highest heaven, To Father and to Son and Spirit now be given. The one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore, The God who was and is ...
1158. Proper 24
Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 119:97-104, Jeremiah 31-27-34, Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:14--4:5
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Julia Ross Strope
... to every nation, thanks be to God. For the plowing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, Future needs in earth’s safe keeping, thanks be to God. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Living God — take our paper and our coins; take our checks and our talents and stretch them till we ourselves are fed; stretch them more till we share our daily bread. Amen. Intercessory Prayers God of Earth and Sky — you have made us humans very smart; we can go and come from space; we can travel around the planet ...
1159. Proper 26
Psalm 119:137-144, Isaiah 1:10-18, Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Luke 19:1-10, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
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Julia Ross Strope
... Thanks be to God! Offertory Statement Even though we may have complaints about the weather, about our leaders, or about our programs, we have this opportunity to express our gratitude to God and to those who walked this way before us by providing money, skills, and talents to make ministry vital on this street corner. The baskets are big enough to hold whatever you can share. Doxology "Now Thank We All Our God" Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, in whom ...
1160. Holy Trinity
Psalm 8:1-9, Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, John 16:12-15, Romans 5:1-5
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Julia Ross Strope
... Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving God of Languages and Buildings — we are glad for the ways you are among us especially for being like a parent, a child, and a gracious Spirit. Thank you for this money and for the talents gathered here. Amen. Intercessory Prayers God of Words and Numbers — we venture into mathematics and physics to get of glimpse of what you might be like. We wonder with rhyme and paragraphs, with decibels and colors, and with dramatic architectural designs how you ...
1161. Christmas 1
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Psalm 148:1-14, Luke 2:41-52, Colossians 3:12-17
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Julia Ross Strope
... and guide our wanderings. Holy Spirit lives through us as masculine and feminine gestures manifesting a bit of heaven here on earth. All nature announces the imagination of the Creating God! Hallelujah! Offertory Statement (Leader) With our tithes and offerings, with our talents and money, we honor God. Doxology What Star Is This With Beams So Bright? (v. 4) To God the Father, God the Son, and Holy Spirit —three in one, May every tongue and nation raise an endless song of thankful praise. Intercessory ...
1162. Christmas 2
Psalm 147:12-20, Jeremiah 31:7-14, John 1:(1-9), 10-18, Ephesians 1:3-14
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Julia Ross Strope
... our living and in our dying, God is with us. Amen. Let it be so. Offertory Statement We have opportunity to create beauty, to maintain this space, to share food with hungry people, and to work toward the end of homelessness. It takes money, creative planning, talents, and skills. Let us give as we can. Doxology "While Shepherd Watched Their Flocks" All glory be to God on high And to the earth be peace; Good will to all from highest heaven Begin and never cease! Thanksgiving Prayer God of then and now — we ...
1163. Christmas Day
Psalm 97:1-12, Isaiah 62:6-12, Luke 2:1-7, Titus 3:4-7
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Julia Ross Strope
... instrumental) Doxology Angels We Have Heard On High (Refrain) Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Thanksgiving Prayer God of Jesus and Mary — thank you for our minds that think and for our hearts that feel compassion and love. For these moneys, for talents, and for time to be intentional about making your kingdom visible and tangible here and throughout the global village, we are grateful. Amen. An Affirmation (Leader) There are many ways to articulate our faith story. Poets and essayists, artists and choreographers ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... time. The three travelers were hesitant and were not willing to risk in order to find wisdom and knowledge. I am sure that Jesus will be equally disappointed in us, as was the guard of the cave, if we refuse to move forward and to use the talent, time, energy, and opportunities we have been given to bring the Lord’s message to the world. The Advent season, a period of patient expectation, has ended and today we welcome Jesus, the light, the Prince of Peace, and our source of salvation. As we rejoice in ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... time. The three travelers were hesitant and were not willing to risk in order to find wisdom and knowledge. I am sure that Jesus will be equally disappointed in us, as was the guard of the cave, if we refuse to move forward and to use the talent, time, energy, and opportunities we have been given to bring the Lord's message to the world. The Advent season, a period of patient expectation, has ended and today we welcome Jesus, the light, the Prince of Peace, and our source of salvation. As we rejoice in ...
1166. Formula for Eternal Life
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... forcefully contrasts our life today, one that is of the flesh, timely, and weak, with that of our ultimate life of God, which is spiritual, timeless, and powerful. We need to live in this world and do our best each and every day. God has given us talents and opportunities for this pursuit. Yet, we ultimately must find our life with God. Thus a resume for eternal life is essential. Let us, therefore, consider our need to be more like George. Let us care less about today and build a résumé for tomorrow. The ...
1167. Cracking the Code
Revelation 1:4-8
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... is broken. Wine is poured. "This is my body given for you. This is my blood shed for you." A hand is offered. A smile is shared. "The peace of the Lord be with you ... And also with you." Sins are forgiven. Prayers are spoken. Time and talent and treasure are freely offered. Casseroles are baked and delivered. Tears are wiped away. The heartbroken are hugged. To our beleaguered and embittered world and our captors who think we are just a bunch of fools, it only seems like clanking water pipes in the night ...
1168. The Word Alone
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
Sermon
Scott Suskovic
... earned. Indeed everyone has fallen short of the glory of God. All deserve God's wrath. But instead, we receive not what we deserve but what God in his mercy wants to give ... his grace alone. It claims that everyone has been gifted by God with different talents, and God calls each as individuals to identify those gifts, develop those gifts, and use those gifts in the body of Christ as a part of the priesthood of all believers. It claims that that Word of God became flesh in Jesus and dwelt among us full ...
Sermon
Chrysanne Timm
... herself an accomplished attorney; and their five children, living in a brownstone in New York City. Although some argued that the show gave an inaccurate portrayal of African-American family life, most everyone agreed that it was a great vehicle for the comedic talents, wit, and wisdom of Bill Cosby. Cosby was quick to acknowledge that much of his material came from moments in his real-life family, especially the relationship with his TV son, Theo. Cliff and Theo would go 'round and 'round about grades and ...
1170. Extreme Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... surrounding the church. Once a Puerto Rican woman became involved in the church and was led to Christ. After her conversion she came to Pastor Wilson and said, “I want to do something to help with the church’s ministry.” Wilson asked her what her talents were and she could think of nothing -she couldn’t even speak English -but she did love children. So he put her on one of the church’s buses that went into neighborhoods and transported kids to church. Every week she performed her duties. She ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... their circumstances. Have you heard that Voice? Can you still hear that Voice? The power of a voice is both in its projection and in its reception. The mega-hit reality show “The Voice” first focuses on the purity of the verbal talent being projected. The celebrity judges, all big-name popular music success stories, listen to contestants with their back turned. With no “eye-candy” distracting them, these judges hit their “yes” button based solely upon the quality of “the Voice.” Later in the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... lives down the street or the young mother trying to keep her family together after her husband has abandoned her. How often do we notice the elderly person whom no one visits; the jobless guy who is being left behind by a culture that no longer values his talents? How often do we notice the person sitting just a short distance from us in the congregation who has just received a devastating report from a doctor? Do we even notice what other people around us are going through? It is a sin that afflicts all of ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... will use your serving to benefit others and to lead others toward Himself. Maybe you’re here to just soak it up, enjoy some good music and a Bible lesson, and go on with your life. My friend, that is not the life that God envisions for you. Your talents and abilities, your time, your effort, can make a tremendous impact on others. You can’t take things with you. But the people you touch and the God you serve, when all is said and done, will be what really matters. Can you envision a life where Jesus ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... In the early church there was a health problem. Not every organ was all in and the body was suffering for it. [Turn To Hebrews 10] Even back in the early days, people began to make the church just one of many options on where to spend their time, talents and treasures. The author of Hebrews confronts his readers, calling their bluff and tells them why their relationship to the church is so important. Key takeaway: Find a church where you can be all in and then go all in with that church. I. Why Should I Be ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... happening in your life and what God is teaching you. For others, when I say that you should begin a journal, I might as well say, “Go out and build a space shuttle.” This is something that is completely alien to you and you believe it is beyond your talents or abilities to accomplish. In fact, the natural response of someone who does not journal is to ask, “Why, really, do I need a journal? After all I’ve gotten by without one for all of these years.” Let me tell you that journaling can be a life ...
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