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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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1501. Deliverance

Isaiah 49:8-26, Isaiah 44:24--45:25, Exodus 15:22-27, Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... next. All you have to do is take the first steps in faith and in trust. Today, in our prayer time, I will ask you to come forward to take a living stone from the fountain of living water here at the altar. Hold it in your hand and feel the strength and presence of the living Jesus amidst and among you, around and within you, lifting you, strengthening you, urging you forward into a new place. To step forward in faith as a community in trust that God will do something extraordinary in your life and in this ...

1502. The Good Yoke

Matthew 11:25-30, 1 Kings 19:1-8, 1 Kings 19:9-18, 1 Kings 19:19-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... get up in the morning and fit ourselves into a wooden harness like the one you see here –although sometimes our clothing may feel like that if we’ve gained a few pounds, no? But we all do bear a yoke. We yoke ourselves to ideas, concepts, ... ’t. But you are obligated now, and don’t know how to get out of it. That yoke that once seemed like a life giver, now feels like an iron maiden. Because you see that yoke in the photo? A yoke always contains two animals, two oxen. And one will always be stronger ...

1503. Written on the Palms of His Hands

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ones God holds so dear that God would pursue us to the ends of time. “Look at your name engraved in the palm of my hands!” God reminds us every time we feel alone or feel God has abandoned us. “I will always remember you.” God assures us every time we feel lost or discouraged. “I will always love you.” Croons God every time we feel shameful, or guilty, or “not good enough.” And with this love, God tumbles the walls of our hearts and ushers us in! There is no greater love than the gift of God ...

1504. The Thorny Price of Perfidy

Esther 3:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in our culture today, hate corrupts. Hate harms. Hate wounds. Hate kills. We see it all around us in various ways in our world, from school shootings, to cultural wars, to racial slurs, to bullying on the playgrounds. But even in the midst of what may feel sometimes like a thorny thicket of hate, God’s people can radiate God’s love, peace, gentle spirit, and healing calm. God’s invisible hand is always among us, even when we find it hard to find Him or discern Him from those who appear deceptively ...

1505. A Supernatural Leap

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in a way that we’ve never experienced before, to free us from ourselves, our inhibitions, and our doubt. To free us from our past, and our sins, and our fears. To fill us with supernatural and divine joy! Liberating joy! Within our very gut, we must feel the power of God moving us and changing us, provoking us to prophesy, to praise, to pray, to sing, to proclaim that His miracle is real. This is the divine joy that God bestows upon us: the freedom to proclaim, the freedom to believe in the unbelievable ...

1506. Breath of God · COVID-19 and the Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... With no cure in sight, the only thing we can do is hide away, covering our noses and faces with cloth, hoping to keep the aggressive beast away from our lungs. COVID-19 is a death threat that has already made good on many lives. This brutal virus makes us feel that we are locked up in a dark tomb for an impossibly long duration, as though the darkness of “Good Friday” might go on forever with little hope in sight. And yet all around us, we see signs of spring, signs of awakening, signs of hope, signs of ...

1507. God’s HS Smart App is Always Watching

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Nothing we do is hidden from God through God’s Holy Spirit app. For in the gift of the Holy Spirit, God is always there. God is always listening. And that can work both ways! We want God to listen when we are in pain, when we feel abused, when we feel alone, when we need help. We don’t so much like it when we are doing something shady, hating on our neighbors, cheating our employees, or worse, letting our anger and our need for control guide our actions and make excuses for our behavior. Most of you ...

A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

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1509. All You Can Do is Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 21:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... our funny bone. But we also laugh when we find ourselves in “absurd” situations. When our lives feel utterly hopeless, meaningless, thwarted, and senseless, laughter seems the only possible response. Somehow, by laughing, the situation ... like a shout of protest in the face of circumstances beyond one’s control, the mundane sadness of life, the moving in of walls, the feeling of being boxed in. Laughter is a kind of “breaking free” from that existential cage, and a spit in the eye of the darker side ...

1510. Marinating in the Spirit

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... never took root in their hearts at all. It was a superficial joy rush, not a deeply-seeded faith. This is the description of the weekly Christian. This is the story of today’s church, those whose “discipleship” consists of a weekly 45-minute feel-good boost. We “feel” elated, holy, good about ourselves, refreshed when we go to church. What was said inspired us, or the music lifted us up for that moment. But when we walk out the door, all we learned dissipates like rain in the wind, especially when ...

1511. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... his poems is especially beautiful. It is titled Heavenly Greeting. In it he asks how God will greet us when we enter His final kingdom. He feels certain that God will reach out a hand to us. But will it be God’s right hand or His left one? Finally he asked his ... words, “Ruthie, Hannah, Molly—this is the most important tape. Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you.” She shared a few more words of advice. Then Rebekah ended the tape ...

1512. God’s Quality Control Crew

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... phrases that fills people with pride, especially in this country, where for years “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” was the primary goal to attain. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the idea of working hard and feeling we deserve our own brand of “fairness” based on our measurement and success paradigms. Last week, we talked about the politics of authority and winning through rhetoric rather than personal identity, faithfulness, and authenticity. Today, Jesus’ disputes with the Chief ...

1513. Your Faith is Your Fuel

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to be a deep discipling experience with devotion, commitment, and faith that keeps re-fueling our tank for the long haul. For having a strong faith does not mean we will not face adversity, or will not disagree, or will not get angry, or will not feel sometimes that we are failing. But a strong faith means, we will get through it all together with Jesus and with each other. In this time in which we are living, it’s more important than ever to rely on our faith, our discipleship, our spiritual strength ...

1514. Tearing The Sky To Get To You

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... was tearing open the sky to get to my dying friend, to bring that person home to his eternal mansion. God was working. He was tearing the sky. And me, like all the others, we sat unaware. We didn’t hear the voice of God. We didn’t see or feel the air splitting because that experience was not for us. It was for the saint that laid, drawing their last breath. As the season of Lent marches on, God is bringing us into a deeper relationship with him. That is if we are seeking it. For too many, Lent begins ...

1515. Fever Pitch

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we would rather curl up with our popcorn and Netflix. For Jesus knows that now more than ever, there is an urgency to the gospel. People need to hear it. People everywhere need to see Him. He needs to heal not just one community, but an entire world. When we feel weary, we all would rather default to the familiar or as Jonah did, sit under a tree and wait for things to pass. But Jesus instead tells us, now more than ever, this is the time for mission. This is your chance to proclaim a hope and a different ...

1516. Joy

Luke 2:1-11 · Isaiah 9:2-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... evening in a shopping mall. You can't turn on joy with a yuletide 1V Christmas special. The gift you just had to have, now that you've got it, how long did that joy last? What? Fifteen minutes? You'd have to feel sorry for the person who claimed to feel real, deep, abiding joy after receiving a "Salad Shooter" this morning. Joy, real joy, is always reflexive, a spontaneous, yet deep human outburst because something has happened. Joy isn't a goal, an achievement. Joy is a byproduct, a gracious spinoff. "Let ...

1517. Mutual Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... this surprise: Not only are wives told to be submissive to their husbands (which wasn't news) but husbands are also enjoined to "love your wives."(v. 25) In fact, much more space is given to the duties of husbands, than to those of wives. Evidently Paul feels that husbands need more instruction in how to behave in marriage than wives. Whereas wives are asked to be subject to their husbands, husbands are told to love their wives "as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."( v.25) How did Christ ...

1518. Good Sex

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... really big, really terrible had caused this change to come over him. We talked all evening. Gradually, he began to reveal his feelings. Midway through our conversation I said to myself, "Believe it or not, I think he is acting this way because his girlfriend ... wife has helped unlock a part of me that I didn't know existed. She has helped me to express my real feelings, not to be ashamed of how I really feel. I would only be half a person without her. I'd like to think that the same could be said by women. ...

1519. Walking with God

Acts 2:1-21 · John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... nothing. With him, we can do anything (John 15:5; Philippians 4:13). The Holy Spirit enriches our lives, leads us when we are feeling lost, enlightens us when we can’t see the truth, guides us in the right paths, and comforts us when things go awry. For ... ve done, even to the moment of truth. God never gives up on God’s people. And neither must we. This holy Pentecost, may you feel the power of the Holy Spirit around you, within you, and beside you. May you open your hearts and lives and allow Christ to ...

1520. What Do You Expect?

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... about those words for a few moments. “Between the reality and the ideal there was a great gulf.” Can you relate to John Stott’s realization? When you sit in church and hear about the goodness of God and the joy of knowing Him, do you feel empty and disconnected? Do you feel left out? Are you living with a sense of eternal purpose, or are you just trying to keep up? Here’s the good news for the day: It was to meet this need—to fill this emptiness—that Jesus Christ came into the world. “I am ...

1521. The Oath

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mind, as he wrestles with guilt, self-loathing, fear, and growing paranoia. From the beginning of the tale, the narrator feels mentally and emotionally tortured by encounters with an elderly gentleman, who he believes is watching him, and judging him. He is ... us either with real or imaginary sins that won’t leave us alone and which hang over our lives, preventing us from feeling good about ourselves or about the people around us. But here is the good news, the good news that Herod would never understand ...

1522. It's No Fun to Move

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... much unrest due to racism and inequality. Peace was hard to find. These events weighed heavily on Paul Simon’s mind as he wrote the lyrics for one of Simon & Garfunkel’s most popular songs, “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Remember those encouraging lyrics? When you’re weary, feeling small When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all I’m on your side when times get rough and friends just can’t be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down When you’re down and out, when you ...

1523. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... that God had first place in Mary’s life. The song of glory came from deep within her soul and spirit and rose to her lips as she gave glory to the redeemer of life! Giving God glory is far more than a sentimental expression of feeling. It is the absolute knowledge that we glorify God for his redemptive act in our lives. God’s redemptive process comes through the whole Christ event. First, it was from the beginning that this plan of salvation originated. John wrote in his first epistle (letter), “That ...

1524. Joy on an Elephant

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Mary Austin

... that her parents, knowing that she was blind, taught her to live with a kind of dogged determination. Her father taught her how to sail, even though she couldn’t see the sails or the shore, or where she was going. “But,” she says, “he told me to believe and feel the wind in my face.” That was enough to keep her going, and she says, “for the next eleven years, I swore nobody would ever find out that I couldn’t see, because I didn’t want to be a failure, and I didn’t want to be weak.” She ...

1525. Briny Faith

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... guided by the power of the Holy Spirit, the more our lives will live out that covenant of love and grace and peace. [hand out grains of salt if you can –pink Himalayan salt works well] I have here today salt. If you hold it in your hand, you will feel the warmth it generates. As you hold in your hands, I invite you to say a prayer, asking God to come into your heart, to salt your spirit with the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit, and to generate within you His purity, His grace, His power, and His peace ...

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