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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 1451 to 1475 of 1838 results

1451. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... alive.” That was 13 years ago. Today he’s focused on being thankful. It’s a constant theme when talking about life and how he relates to God. “I don’t regret I got the disease,” he says. “When you have ALS, either you get angry and bitter or you become grateful and rely on the Lord. To me, those are the only choices you have. Through reading Scripture, praying, and listening to others, I find hope. I wake up every day grateful that I have another day.” He also has a greater appreciation for ...

1452. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... about midnight decided to go swimming in the town pool. Dan was the first to dive in. “But in the darkness, he couldn’t see that there wasn’t any water in the pool. In one instant, Dan’s life was changed forever. When I met him, he was a bitter, distraught, wheelchair bound quadriplegic struggling to make it through each day. On the one hand, he feared that he might die, and on the other hand, he feared he might have to live this way forever. How sad it was to watch Dan blow into a tube to make his ...

1453. When You Drop the Ball, What Next?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... their unbelief” (v.6). Jesus’ disciples, his followers, must have also felt the sting of this defeat. They had been riding the wave of success and popularity along with Jesus up until this encounter. Now, suddenly, they had their first real taste of the bitterness of failure and the smarting sting of rejection. At the very moment of what was expected to be Jesus’ greatest triumph, was his greatest failure. Jesus’ reaction to this defeat was not to crawl under the porch and lick his wounds. In Mark ...

1454. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... light. Perhaps you are here today and you know what it is like to live in the darkness of an addiction that enslaves you, the darkness of having no purpose or meaning in your life, the darkness of failed marriages, shattered friendships, broken relationships, bitterness and regrets. One of the reasons why Jesus came into this world was to expose just how dark this world is. A few chapters earlier, Jesus said this, “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness ...

1455. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... . At the same time, materialistic values – based on the belief that scientific progress will automatically lead to man’s happiness and fulfillment - just proves sadly disillusioning. As a result, many people are groping about, bewildered and bitter, unable to find any enduring faith or to develop a satisfying philosophy of life. [In other words – security, significance and satisfaction] Despite their fine automobiles, well-stocked refrigerators, and other material possessions and comforts, the meaning ...

1456. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... from bearing fruit. If you will listen you will hear those sheers clipping away when you are lying flat on a sick bed or you just got fired from a job or your spouse has walked out on you or a rebellious child has left home. Too often, we get bitter and angry, because we fail to realize that what God is doing is cutting away our arrogance and our pride and our tendency to depend on everything except Him and to be who we ought to be and do what we ought to do. Sometimes He uses the scissors of ...

1457. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... converted. She wasn’t just remorseful, but she was repentant. Remember I told you that you are in this story? The truth of the matter is either you are the Pharisee or you are the woman. Maybe you are the Pharisee. You still carry bitterness and anger toward that spouse that walked out on you, toward that spouse that committed adultery behind your back, toward that spouse who didn’t meet your needs, toward that parent who neglected you who favored your brother or your sister, that boss that unfairly ...

1458. Can Two Become One?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... and wife. 3. After marriage the two become one flesh. This is exactly the opposite of our culture which can be summarized as “hook up, shack up and break up.” One is harder to do but has better results; the other is easier to do but has bitter consequences. A woman recently got engaged and went to work and was telling everybody about her engagement. A friend of hers came up to her and said, “I would like to give you some advice before you get married.” The lady eagerly said, “Please do.” She ...

1459. Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... As the story begins keep in mind that Adam and Eve had been living a life we don’t know anything about. They were perfect people in a perfect environment, that had a perfect relationship with God. They didn’t know anything about crime, lust, bitterness, anger, anxiety, credit card debt or sickness. The word “eden” means “delight.” Everything was literally was coming up roses and then this happens. “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He ...

1460. Surviving the Big One

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... courage to confront the person or what is even worse that relationship just isn’t valued that much. We don’t deal with it. The problem is even though you don’t deal with the problem the problem deals with you. You think about it. You brood over it and bitterness begins to seep into the bloodstream. Then, you know what happens? We go and talk to someone else about it and that is when a molehill turns into a mountain. When you go to a person about a problem, who is neither a part of the problem nor can ...

1461. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... love, that love will motivate us and give us the power to love others. Mark Buchanan, in his book Hidden In Plain Sight, tells about a time a number of years ago when he was struggling with his attitude toward a certain man. He says he fed his resentment and bitterness to the point where at times he hated this person. One day, when he was thinking nasty thoughts about this man, he heard his son come in the basement, slam the door, go to his room, and start crying. Buchanan went to his son and asked what ...

1462. Don't Give Up Now!

2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:2

Sermon

... his abilities as an artist, he would look at it and remind himself, “I painted that.” (7) Then his confidence and ability would come back to him. Some of you have been through difficult times more difficult than some of us will ever know. Rather than making you bitter, by God’s grace, those times have made you better. You look at those days now like Sargent did at his painting, and you say to yourself, “I made it through that, I know I can handle the next test that life sends me.” Dark days give ...

1463. Poem: Adonais

Eulogy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

... the sorrow which consigned Its charge to each; and if the seal is set, Here, on one fountain of a mourning mind, Break it not thou! too surely shalt thou find Thine own well full, if thou returnest home, Of tears and gall. From the world’s bitter wind Seek shelter in the shadow of the tomb. What Adonais is, why fear we to become? LII. The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven’s light forever shines, Earth’s shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance ...

1464. Tranquil: The Blessed Village on a Hillside

John 6:25-59

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... an egg for which they had no other use than to keep it as a prized possession. Of course, the economic conditions of most families stayed about the same. All their needs were met, while their wants increased and their sense of entitlement rose as bitter bile in the back of their throats. No longer did the people rejoice and give thanks when the goose laid a golden egg. It happened too often to evoke celebration. The occasion no longer warranted dancing in the streets. No longer was there trust between ...

1465. The Wrong Gift

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... few of them pan out. We get old before we've done half of what we wanted. Somehow we never become what we thought we might. We make a few mistakes along the way. We disappoint some people, and they disappoint us. Even our best times have an edge of bitterness attached to them — when they end we walk away nursing our nostalgia. We're always a little bit away from home — from the home we remember or the home we desire; from the dream we miss or the dream we're still looking for. That's what Nicholas is ...

1466. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sooner or later this is a lesson we all have to learn. If you doubt that is so, see what happens to celebrities when they live only for their own gratification. Either they grow up, or eventually they die at a young age, or they become bitter, dissolute individuals. The secret of a successful life is really quite simple. In the words of Mary to the servants, “Do whatever Christ tells you.” Take care of your relationships and your responsibilities. And look what happens when we do whatever he tells us. I ...

Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back; in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.

Frederick Buechner

1468. Painting The Face Of Christ

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Anger is often more harmful than the injury that caused it. Legend has it that when Leonardo da Vinci was working on his painting “The Last Supper” and became angry with a certain man. Losing his temper, he lashed the other fellow with bitter words. Returning to his canvas, Leonardo attempted to work on the face of Jesus but was so upset he could not compose himself for the painstaking work. Finally he put down his tools and sought out the subject of his wrath and asked his forgiveness. The man ...

1469. Apathy Toward God

Illustration

Unknown

... my soul one day to find it too had grown, with thorns and nettles everywhere, the seeds neglect had sown. The years had passed while I had cared for things of lesser worth. The things of heaven I let go while minding things of earth. To Christ I turned with bitter tears and cried, “O Lord, forgive!” I have not much time left for Thee, not many years to live. The wasted years forever gone, the days I can’t recall. If I could live those days again, I’d make Him Lord of all.

1470. An Institute By Smithson

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... sizable grants to their favorite institutions. But when the terms of the will were made public they were shocked! Smithson had written: “Just as England has rejected me, so have I rejected England.” During Smithson’s lifetime, England had fought two bitter wars with her rebellious colonies in America. So, to show his utter contempt for those who had mistreated him, he gave everything to the United States Government for the establishment of a scientific institution in the young nation’s capital. To ...

1471. Don't Want To Work

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Humorist Ogden Nash captured the bitter truth about laziness: If you don’t want to work You have to work To earn enough money So that you won’t have to work.

1472. Self-pity: The Devil's Comfort

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... find me a never-failing source of the meanest attitudes and the most selfish sort of misery. At my altar you may feel free to fail and fall, and there to sigh and fret. There I will feed your soul on fears, and indulge your ego with envy and jealousy, bitterness and spite. There I will excuse you from every cross, duty, and hardship, and permit you to yield unto temptation.”

1473. Rejoicing in Suffering

Rom 3:3-5

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... -down, or keep-a-stiff-upper-lip. Many people feel that if they do this, they are obeying God and “rejoicing in suffering.” But they are not. If your suffering does not in some way open you up to a deeper meaning of life then suffering will only teach you bitterness.

1474. Life's A Cake Mix

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... ingredients used to make a cake taste good by themselves. Other ingredients, such as alum, baking powder, or flour are not very palatable. Nevertheless, they are essential and must be mixed with the good-tasting ingredients to produce a delicious final product. God can be trusted to take even the bitter experiences of life and blend them together and make them work together for good. God knows which ingredients are needed, and he knows how to mix them to produce the desired result.

1475. A War Poet

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face. His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest, To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.* [*“Sweet and fitting it is to die for one’s ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 1451 to 1475 of 1838 results

1451. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

1452. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

1453. When You Drop the Ball, What Next?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1454. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

1455. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

1456. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

1457. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

1458. Can Two Become One?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

1459. Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

1460. Surviving the Big One

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

1461. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

1462. Don't Give Up Now!

2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:2

Sermon

1463. Poem: Adonais

Eulogy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1464. Tranquil: The Blessed Village on a Hillside

John 6:25-59

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

1465. The Wrong Gift

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

1466. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

Frederick Buechner

1468. Painting The Face Of Christ

Illustration

Michael P. Green

1469. Apathy Toward God

Illustration

Unknown

1470. An Institute By Smithson

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Illustration

Michael P. Green

1471. Don't Want To Work

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Humorist Ogden Nash captured the bitter truth about laziness: If you don’t want to work You have to work To earn enough money So that you won’t have to work.

1472. Self-pity: The Devil's Comfort

Illustration

Michael P. Green

1473. Rejoicing in Suffering

Rom 3:3-5

Illustration

Michael P. Green

1474. Life's A Cake Mix

Illustration

Michael P. Green

1475. A War Poet

Illustration

Michael P. Green

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