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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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1526. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... judgment; with them we can share our dreams for tomorrow without fear of ridicule. One of our enduring joys is answering our telephone to find one of these friends, only wanting to say "hello." Such a simple act. Such an uplifting moment. Such a wondrous gift. How deeply touched we are, when we consider that our Master wants us to call him "friend." What a honor it is to be given such an intimate place in his life. We will cherish this love all the days of our lives and in all the tomorrows of your heaven ...

1527. Prayers for Family Days

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... all the other things we say and do, be expressed to those we so cherish and adore? We need a strong measure of courage to mount up the strength we need to speak from our hearts. If that day never comes, then may we "speak" our love through touches, hugs, presents, and smiles. We bring to you, O God, those broken relationships that now appear to be beyond repair. Our wisdom, our reaching out, leaves us far short of reconciliation. Will you care for those whom we have failed and who have failed us. Your love ...

1528. Wedding Ceremony

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... you. Special Music: "I Will Be Here" (Christian World, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1990) Pastoral Prayer: Our Father, (Groom) has discovered the delicate balance in life loving you and loving another human being. As (Bride) and (Groom) unite their lives, help them to touch the heart chords of each other and yours also. As they marry, may each bring care, tenderness, kindness, and love as elixirs of life. May they bring different perspectives that will cause this marriage to be strong. May you ordain this union ...

1529. Wedding: Gift Of God (for a couple with a baby)

1 John 4:7-21

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Derl G. Keefer

... love for each other. They show how much you value the gift of love you have been given. At this moment, you may feel like this love is a gift only the two of you share. Not so! True love cannot be contained -- it has a way of overflowing and touching the lives of all those around you. But right now I want you to think about one very special person your love is affecting. As you nurture your love for one another, you are giving your child a tremendous gift also. For he/she will learn his/her first lessons ...

1530. Wedding: Deciding To Love (for a marriage after divorce)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Derl G. Keefer

... find you just can't stop it. Others around you will begin to see the difference in you and in the way you treat them. The honesty, patience, and unselfishness you show may encourage similar responses in others. Like ripples on a pond, love spreads and touches others in indirect ways you may never even realize. "Love never ends." (Bride) and (Groom), God has shown you what is possible in your love for each other. I pray that God will give you all the faith, hope, and love you need to continue experiencing ...

1531. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: it's your choice how you live life." I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business. He left the back door open one morning and was held ...

1532. Holing Out

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... 's true when I hole out, then I'll have done my best in the time allotted to me. I'll hole out with a smile on my soul. Frank Dodson's Final Rounds is the recollection of a father and son's love for golf and each other that touches the deepest recesses of heart, soul, and mind. Specifically, it's about the final rounds of a father and son after learning the father had two months to live. So just like the preceding pages, it's not really about golf. It's about things that really matter. The book ...

1533. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... The woman said, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was killed accidentally. So my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him somewhere on campus." Instead of being touched, the president was incensed. "Madam," he said gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery." "Oh, no," the woman explained quickly, "we don't want to erect a statue. We ...

1534. Every Shot I Ever Hit

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... our Maker," Peale often used to say, "I think we're going to have to answer one big question: 'What did you do with what you were given?' " Without a doubt, Dr. Peale did the utmost with his gifts, both large and small. I was always touched by his sensitivity to people. Once he apologized to me four times in a day -- four separate telephone calls -- for a hurt that had been entirely unintentional. When a group of ministers asked him what the most important thing a pastor could do for his congregation was ...

1535. A Cultural Breakthrough

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... on social status. Paul's encounter with Lydia and the other women led to an openness that resulted in genuine hospitality. Lydia's conversion led to her responding through hospitality. Radical hospitality does occur when the liberating power of Jesus Christ touches our lives. How can we address the issues of racism, sexism, ageism, racial prejudice, violence, AIDS, cancer, TB, infant mortality, incest, rape, abortion and crime until we allow the barriers of separation to fall? Paul writing in Galatians 3:28 ...

1536. Joy For The Journey

Drama

Karren Boehr

... : (Pensively) I guess that's where you and I have to start. Is this God's journey? SARA: (Stops stirring, hesitantly) Yes, it must be, for I admit I feel the Lord's presence every day. I can't explain it. It's as though I can reach out and touch him. Yet, it's so scary out here. People are giving up, quarreling, dying. ANNA: People are also living. (Takes SARA's hand) God needs people of strength, people of prayer to follow the call on their lives wherever it might take them. SARA: So ... you're not afraid ...

1537. The Spirit Of The Lord Is Upon Us

Drama

Karren Boehr

... his hands out in emphasis to encompass the whole audience) And that which you see now going on earth is that which you and I prophesied about centuries ago. God is truly pouring out his Spirit. JOEL: (Rises to his feet and joins EZEKIEL. He is obviously touched) To see God's life imparted to lives as dead as these skeletons, Ezekiel. I find it too marvelous to comprehend. When you walked among these bones, did you know what God was truly doing? What the future would hold? And me ... when I spoke that God ...

1538. The God Of Naomi

Drama

Karren Boehr

... enough about this God that I would have followed Naomi to the ends of the earth if that would have been her request. As I watched Naomi those ten years in Moab, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was so real within her life, I felt I could almost touch him. I watched her ... and I marveled ... and I hungered. Please don't make me out to be a saint. I was from the country of Moab. Our gods were numerous. As you know, Jews were not to marry outside of their race, but Naomi's son and I fell ...

1539. When God Has Other Plans

Drama

Karren Boehr

... process is sure taking forever. If things don't hurry up, I'm going to go stark raving buggy in this musky old cocoon. Look, there aren't even any pictures on the walls! This place is so tight, why, when I put my elbows out I can touch both walls at the same time. (Stretches elbows out and waves them) 2ND CATERPILLAR: (Yawns and stretches) Oh ... my ... that was such a good nap. And I had such a wonderful dream. 1ST CATERPILLAR: (Irritatedly) How can you have good dreams stuck in these stuffy cocoons! I ...

1540. The Insignificant Valentine

Drama

Karren Boehr

... that. GENTLEMAN: (Smiling, he shakes his head) Oh, I was quite a rascal. You know, sometimes, as people, we look for those dramatic changes, yet we fail to understand that changes take place in the heart long before they ever find their way into actions. I was touched by those valentines that day more deeply than you will ever know. I didn't understand why you all did what you did, but just the fact that you cared enough to make the effort ... I read all those valentines at least a hundred times. (Pauses ...

1541. This Is Athletics -- Check Your Christianity At The Door

Drama

Karren Boehr

... in the right places ... he should be squawking "mommy" long before half time. MARK: (Calmly) Aw, overlook it, he's just a punk. JOHN: (Determinedly) Nope, not me. He's mean, I'm mean. We're a good combination. A cleat to the groin might be a nice touch. MARK: (Seriously) John, overlook it. JOHN: (Gets up and stretches) Why? This is football, man. MARK: Because we are a clean team. We play fair! JOHN: Correction pal -- we get even. Cover for me out there, okay? MARK: No can do. JOHN: (Pushes Mark's shoulder ...

1542. Is Christ In The Manger?

Drama

Karren Boehr

... 61) Scenes I - IV are placed in various areas of the sanctuary. In Act I each of the four scenes portrays a different pitfall of the holiday season: the bitter family feelings, the busyness, the anxiety, the loneliness. In Act II the same scenes are touched by the glory and power of the Christ Child. (The optional use of a spotlight enhances the effectiveness of each scene.) Act I (Actors in Scenes I - IV take their places, then freeze) Scene I Setting: To the left of stage, a family living room after ...

1543. The Church

Acts 6:8-15, Acts 6:1-7

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : Jim -- a businessman Martha -- a homemaker Pete -- a businessman John -- their pastor Guy -- a visitor JIM: (ENTERS WITH MARTHA. JIM POURS TWO CUPS OF COFFEE) Where is Pete? I want to get this over with and get home. I brought a briefcase full of papers home and I haven't touched them yet. MARTHA: He said we'd start at seven tonight. PETE: (ENTERS AND POURS HIMSELF A CUP OF COFFEE) Well, well, I guess no one's late if they're here before the boss. JIM: I was even here on time for a change. Now it's your ...

1544. This House In Its Former Glory

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Bethlehem. Herod the Great died mad between the Lunar Eclipse of January 9, 1 B.C., and the Passover which began on April 8 of that year. And in between, on August 12, 3 B.C., the Magi watched Jupiter and Venus, the King and Queen of Heaven, seem to touch in the sky near the king star Regulus, in the constellation of Leo, which was associated with the tribe of Judah. Twice more (February 17, 2 B.C., and May 8, 2 B.C.) this formation recurred. The Magi set out to seek the king. And a century later the ...

1545. For I Have Chosen You!

Haggai 2:20-23

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... to any frame and see what is happening. Moreover, in our view the die is cast. We know what has and will take place. But the people in the movie still have free will. They will travel from one film cell to another, making choices, and bound to touch all the bases before coming home. In like fashion we travel from one second to the next. As Shakespeare wrote in his sixtieth sonnet: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which ...

1546. Christ Is Risen!!

Acts 1:12-26, Acts 1:1-11

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... surround us. Too often we have proclaimed our helplessness rather than truly praying and seeking Your guidance and power to accomplish the tasks at hand. Forgive us, Lord, and give us strength. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Know Whom I Have Believed" "I Am Thine, O Lord" "He Touched Me"

1547. God's Grace

Genesis 21:8-21

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... 's love. Leader: Then let our hearts be joined in praise for God's loving grace. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You are the power that moves and shapes the universe, yet You are so gentle and kind to us, Your beloved sheep. Touch us, Lord, and use us, for we would be Your loving servants. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have forgotten You number us among Your Children only because of the Mercy and Grace You extend to us through the cross. Forgive us, O ...

1548. The Season Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:44-53

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Wayne H. Keller

... name your city, state, nation, home, vocation, vacation, social event, political event) among the rich and poor, among every race of people." As John Bodo points out in a Pulpit Magazine sermon, "The ascension points to Pentecost. The angelic command is touchingly practical: Stop loafing! Get to work!" In the name of the ascended, and present, Christ! Hymn of Commitment "Our King and Our Sovereign, Lord Jesus" Meditation "If the message of Christmas is 'Beachhead Secured,' Ascension Day spells out 'Mission ...

1549. The Season Of Renewal

Mark 1:1-8

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... of Herod for wanting to see Jesus. Also, consider our own motives when we give affirming messages with our voice, but have underlying motives to nail a person. (2) Point out the joy of the Wise Men, with some background about who they were. (3) Touch on the importance of dreams. (4) Identify the importance of Jesus' baptism; and use the occasion for baptism in your local congregation. For many, baptism has become an act of magic. One pastor had the courage to say to his people, "It would be blasphemous ...

1550. The Season Of The Resurrection

John 10:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... sport. As celebration, it involves the whole person -- arms, legs, body, mind, voice, heart, will. Which parts of you have you brought, in order to celebrate the Good News of the Good Shepherd? Which parts of you do you hope that God will choose not to touch? (Thirty seconds of silence.) Hymn of Praise "God of Love and Joy and Laughter" Prayer of Praise Identify qualities of the Good Shepherd. ACTS OF CONFESSION Introduction to the Act of Confession D. H. Lawrence once said, "it's too bad that we do not ...

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