Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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126. Corpus Christi
Jn 6:51-58 · 1 Cor 10:16-17 · Deut 8:1-20 · Ps 116
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Russell F. Anderson
... called to respond to God's goodness by ratifying the covenant and serving the Lord. In this text, Moses exhorts his people as they are about to embark into their new land. They are warned against forgetting the Lord when the hardships of their liberation would yield to the pleasures of a prosperous existence. The God who has fed them with manna from heaven and slaked their thirst with water in the desert was worthy of their worship and loyalty. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 In this chapter, Paul warns the ...
127. Courage Me!
Ephesians 6:10-20
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Maxie Dunnam
... all the problems. Left to direct the show, the evil one finally tears the family to shreds by diverting them from perseverance and patience and love and forgiveness. The "evil day" comes in all sorts of ways. For one it may be that final yielding to sexual passion that pronounces infidelity to the marriage. For another, it may be the occasion of unexplained suffering when the Devil tempts us to curse God as he did Job. We hang precariously on that precipice of unexplained, mysterious suffering. Just a week ...
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... didn’t know it. Victims of the big lie. The big lie works with us too. Just as with Adam and Eve, the devil promises if we’d only get God off our backs, we could take over and be worldly and mature and sophisticated - and free. But whenever we yield to the big lie and reach for the forbidden fruit, we gag on it, and we’re left with the same brown aftertaste that whoopee always brings. Just like Adam and Eve we feel a sense of being exposed and we also try to cover up. But alibis and passing the ...
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... could have laid all their doubts to rest. Aaron's weak compliance is a pitiful picture of a leader who compromised for the sake of expediency. The demands of the populace frightened this man who, until Moses returned, had an influential position, so he yielded to their request to make them a god. (He was much like a vacillating Pilate who, when his position was threatened by Jesus, called for a wash basin and tried to wash his hands of any responsibility.) Aaron compounded his crime and tried to diminish ...
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Harold Warlick
... say that one youth in five identifies with the personal God and commits his life to a higher purpose than eat, drink, and be a conformist. Yes, there are people in this world whom we can call "virtuous," who are creative and do not yield to avoiding anxiety by blending in with the herd, a phenomenon psychologists call "protective coloring." There are many people in this world who are not "foolish" in the New Testament sense. They have their values arranged properly, with first priorities on faith, hope, and ...
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James Merritt
... articulation and great drama recited the psalm. When he finished the crowd exploded with applause. Someone then asked that the old preacher also recite the psalm. Well, the pastor was very embarrassed to try to follow what this actor had done. But he finally yielded to the pressure and he had very little of the actor’s elocution; certainly none of his dramatic flair. But as he began to recite that psalm it was obvious he wasn’t talking from his head, he was talking from his heart. When he finished ...
132. Making Disciples
2 Corinthians 3:1-6
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Donald Charles Lacy
... that clergy are summoned to take a closer look. Our own résumés may contain misleading — if not outright — misrepresentation and they are circulating! We confront a common and sometimes agonizing dilemma: Are we really that good or have we yielded to the temptation of dishonest presentation? Our competence is from God and requires thanksgiving for who and what we are, as best we can truthfully assess that. To advertise ourselves in ways we suspect or know Christ condemns is simply stupidity or close ...
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C. Hassell Bullock
... to happen when they have been bad, and good things to happen when they have been good. But as we see with David, that is simply not the case. We need to broaden our understanding of biblical faith to recognize that our circumstances do not always yield to a “cause and effect” explanation, but the psalmist reminds us that the Lord delivers us in times of trouble (41:1). God is ever present. Personal Stories: Abba’s Child, by Brennan Manning. In his book, Manning shares a story about the daily care of ...
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John A. Stroman
... may be that just when everything is going great and it appears that God is smiling on your life the unexpected happens. It may have been the result of a devastating diagnosis that leads to the deterioration of your health; the loss of your job; the yielding to temptation that compromises your relationship with your spouse or children bringing a sense of shame and loss. It may be the breaking of a relationship by divorce or death and for the first time you are alone. It strikes with the force of a whirlwind ...
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Mark Trotter
... , and to new life. That is why we don't practice rebaptism. Because baptism is not something that we do. Baptism is God's promise of forgiveness. It is a covenant of faithfulness, and God doesn't break his promise. We break ours. We forget good resolutions. We yield to temptations. We slip back into bad habits. We do dumb and hurtful things. So we need to repent. But we don't need to be baptized over again, because baptism is God's promise to us that he will forgive us. So we need to remember our baptism ...
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Thomas Long
... receiving the Law, Aaron is left in the valley to wait with the people. Exhausted, impatient, and deprived of the vision of God's presence, the people cry to Aaron, "Point God out! We want to kneel down ... But then, where is he? Point him out!" Finally Aaron yields to their plea, forging for them a god they can touch, a god for whom they never have to wait. "O Israel," he says, "... I return your gods to you,and also give you to them,just as you have demanded.You shall provide the stuff;I shall give ...
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Thomas Long
... receiving the Law, Aaron is left in the valley to wait with the people. Exhausted, impatient, and deprived of the vision of God’s presence, the people cry to Aaron, "Point God out! We want to kneel down ... But then, where is he? Point him out!" Finally Aaron yields to their plea, forging for them a god they can touch, a god for whom they never have to wait. "O Israel," he says, ... I return your gods to you, and also give you to them, just as you have demanded. You shall provide the stuff; I shall give ...
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James Cobb
... is dependable; therefore cling to him. Even when your own conscience accuses you or the voice of Satan would come to disturb your fellowship with God, cling to God, he will never let you go. Your sins may seem like a nightmare and you may be tempted to yield to despair; but trust alone in God. Finally God will bless you where you are. Is that possible? Not only is it possible but it is God’s glorious promise. Listen to God’s invitation. "Turn to me and be saved." Go then and share this blessing with ...
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King Duncan
... him and he offered him a hug. This was unheard of in the Bloomfield family. At first, Harold's father seemed completely unwilling to allow himself to be hugged. Harold, angry and hurt, wanted to forget the whole thing and leave. But slowly, his father yielded to the hug. This first step didn't immediately change the Bloomfields' relationship. But Harold didn't give up. Each time he visited, he expressed his love for his father, and he gave him a hug. And slowly, the elder Bloomfield began to loosen up and ...
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King Duncan
... , the two sides wouldn't come together. It seemed that all the impressive manpower and machinery had failed. But then the clouds began to drift, and the sun shone down on the bay. And as the bright sunshine warmed cold steel, the sections of bridge slowly yielded to all the pulling and came together. Great cheers accompanied the historic joining of the bridge. (5) All the efforts of the people working on the bridge were not enough to complete the job. But the sun came out and did what human hands could not ...
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Leonard Sweet
... ? Are you giving your weaknesses to God as well as your strengths? Are you windblown? Are you headed in directions you don't wish to go? The saints have always confounded the world, not by their logic or their successes, but by their life a life wielded by God and yielded to the Spirit.
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Alan Bacon Bond
... . Stay me from temptation, especially the temptation of leaping to the rescue of those who need to work out their own solutions. But Lord, when, by reason of circumstance, I see wrong being done, still let me love, love with Shalom which does not yield to the temptation to stand aloof and allow evil to go on unhindered. Lord, teach me to give. Teach me to give so much of the essence of yourself, that my giving will heal the recipient, bring wholeness and completeness to my environment, and will generate ...
143. Future Glory
Romans 8:18-27
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James R. Edwards
... result. But creation has been given the promise that it will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God (v. 21). The subjected world must give way to the liberated world, creaturely existence must yield to existence as heirs and children of God. The “when” of hope is not yet known because liberation from bondage lies in the future; but the “what” of hope is already known, for God wills to restore humanity to “the likeness of his Son, that ...
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Robert W. Wall
... within the heavenly realm at Christ’s exaltation and what has been constantly predicted by the seer in Revelation are now envisioned as a concrete reality. The conclusion to God’s judgment of the anti-Christian kingdom and its ruling elite yields to God’s final and full redemption of the Christian kingdom and its ruling priesthood, which has been created for earth by Christ (cf. 5:10). John’s theological point resists any teaching that spiritualizes the revelation of God’s salvation within ...
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C. Hassell Bullock
... Lord will sustain him. While Psalm 55 is not an imprecatory psalm as such,1it does show a tendency to move into that mode of passion (55:15, 23). In light, however, of the strong faith imperative and declaration of trust (55:23), the psalmist does not yield to the temptation. In his letter to the “exiles” of the faith, Peter quotes verse 22 as an imperative of faith and encouragement: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). Peter’s counsel to the young is that they ...
146. Advent 3
James 5:7-12, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19
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Russell F. Anderson
... and realized how our impatience hurts others, we might be more patient, like the man in this story. A group of English folks were traveling by train through the steamy expanses of the subcontinent of India. As the train rattled endlessly onward and day yielded to night, the hot and weary travelers wanted nothing more than to settle in for the night. Unfortunately for them, there was a man situated toward the rear of the car who was cuddling a tiny infant who was becoming increasingly restive and cranky ...
147. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee
Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49
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Lynda Pujad
... people mysteriously, which was unnecessary. There is nothing in our rules about the necessity for helping others. He never stopped breaking our rules. We thought he was sent from the devil to destroy our system. He would never cooperate with us or yield to our authority. He crossed social barriers, which was totally wrong. People must stay in their place, as we Pharisees must stay in ours. For example, he talked to a woman of questionable character in Samaria. Jews don't associate with Samaritans, let ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... is, under the impulse and passion of the moment, to say, "Oh, just this one time. I can get away with it." This story reveals again that even the best of men - even those who love God and worship him, who praise God and serve him - even they can yield to temptation and fall into appalling sin. No matter who we are - at any time in history, at any place in the world - the Bible warns: "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Corinthians 10:12). God waited. David did not confess. He did ...
149. Passion Sunday
Mt 26:14–27:66 · Phil 2:5-11 · Is 45:21-25; 50:4-9 · Ps 31
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Russell F. Anderson
... on the cross. Luke adds a new dimension. He gives content to that last shout of our Lord. Luke 23:46 reports that Jesus cried at the last: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." It is a shout of victory. The feeling of abandonment yields to trust; he is convinced that the Father would lead him through the darkness into the light. Matthew 27:51-53 Open temple, open tomb. The crucifixion was an earth-shaking event that broke the shackles of sin and death. The curtain in the temple was torn asunder ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... dared to come to Him through the night? He did not say to him, “Nicodemus, I know what the trouble is with you; you are not honest. Nicodemus, you must quit swearing. Nicodemus, you must quit Sabbath-breaking. You must quit breaking your marriage vows. You must stop yielding to the lusts of the flesh.” No, He did not say that to this master in Israel. Had he done so Nicodemus would have blazed upon Him, for he was guilty of none of these things. He was a clean man, a moral man, a religious man. “But ...
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