Sermon and Worship Resources

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

Showing 1701 to 1725 of 3128 results

1701. The Reality of the Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and feet as proof that he was the one that had just been nailed to the Roman cross beams we call the cross. That’s the scene. It was an absolute impossibility. It was unrealistic. It was not human. And then scripture nails it. Scripture describes the emotional state of the disciples in realistic terms. It says, “They did not believe it because of joy and amazement.” That’s a human expression isn’t it? It was just too good to be true. Let me ask you: Have you ever been involved in something that ...

1702. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a little severe to me, but these authorities did not want children getting excited in any way. There is much difference of opinion among Christians with regard to how much excitement we ought to show in worship. Those who give free rein to emotional outbursts in worship are often lumped together as "Pentecostals." So-called mainline churches are usually more reserved. One thing we can all agree on is that the first Pentecost celebration was an exciting event. Pentecost was actually a Jewish festival. To the ...

1703. Led by the Spirit of God

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... of 300 leaders who had a great impact on world history. After searching for some common thread, the author discovered that all these leaders had grown up as orphans either actually, through the death of or separation from parents, or emotionally, as a result of severe childhood deprivation. His list included such names as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Robespierre, George Washington, Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Golda Meir . . . "So there we are," writes Tournier, "giving lectures on how important it is ...

1704. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... by beating others. Even the family, even the family is turned into a competitive arena. Children rebel against authority, husbands and wives respond to one another with negative aggression - making their marriages a duel. Pitting their resources against each other, emotionally manipulating - never willing to express weakness, never willing to admit failure. We see life as a battle and we deal with it by fighting. III. Whimpering The third way we deal with life is by whimpering. Now this is the opposite ...

1705. A Forgiving Presence

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the Holy Spirit to evoke repentance and confession on our part, which are the prerequisites to forgiveness. Yet it can be a paralyzing force as well. Guilt can be a burden that will weigh us down, bury us in remorse and condemnation, drain us of emotional and spiritual energy and make us impotent spiritually, even physically. I sat for two hours recently with one of my dearest friends. She and her husband were members of the congregation I organized and served for five years, my first year out of seminary ...

1706. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and perform. None of us are free from this pressure. It begins very early. It’s still doing it. Parents often make the mistake of designing the person they want their child to be. In unhealthy situations, the pattern is forced upon the child, often producing deep emotional problems. One of the most awful memories of my youth is the suicide of a classmate. I’m certain that not the least of the reasons that accumulated to put the young man over the brink was the never-ending pressure from his mother to be ...

1707. Reconciliation: Our Gift And Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hope that little band of Christians gave to us was by far more powerful than our feeble efforts at proclaiming the word of God. I thought that Sunday worship was the pinnacle. I thought it was all I could take, and I wasn’t ready emotionally for Monday. Olar Parnamince, the president of the Estonian Methodist church, that we’re going to have at ChristChurch one of these days, mark that down, invited clergy and lay leadership from all over the Republic to come for a Monday teaching and worship session ...

1708. Adoration And Confession

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the name of the Lord. The occasion for that is very challenging and you may remember the story. Job had been reduced to nothing. His servants had been murdered, his flocks had been killed, his children were lost in a great tornado. He was physically and emotionally devastated, but not spiritually. The scripture says, he arose and rent his robes and shaved his head, all signs of grief and mourning. Then he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave and the Lord has ...

1709. Working Out Our Salvation

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all of us, can be appropriated by any one of us, only by faith. How crucial it is then, that we understand what faith is all about. Faith is not a head trip. It is not believing with the mind. It has to do with our wills and with our emotions. Two words will help us get the meaning of faith. The first word is trust. This is the primary meaning of faith. Trust. For faith is not just a passive, grateful reception of God’s mercy, rather it is an active entrustment of ourselves to that mercy, and into the ...

1710. Constantly Abiding

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... next thing he knew he was facing St. Peter at the pearly gate. He was made as a hornet, and demanded to see the Lord immediately. It was highly irregular, but seeing his anger, St. Peter decided to take him to the Lord. And John didn’t hold back his emotion – Lord, you didn’t keep your word, you promised me that you would take care of me. That’s I didn’t need to panic and lose faith because of that flood, that you would take care of me, and here I am having drowned in the flood. Wait a ...

1711. Recovering The Essence

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... America think too little about – and I could go on and on. You could imagine by the time I crossed through checkpoint Charlie, from East to West Berlin, at 2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, September 19, my mind was vibrating tensely. I was wound tight emotionally, my heart was hurting for the new friends I was leaving behind. We wound our way through the checkpoint, by the two sets of guards, down the corridors, through the fenced-in closure to the west side - the American sector of Berlin. And there it was ...

1712. Gethsemane: Prelude To The Cross

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... t stay awake with Christ. II Move now to center stage of the drama. Even if we give it only our slight attention, we can’t make it less than it is. Jesus is wrestling with God. There’s no other place in scripture where the emotion of Jesus is so clearly pictured. Mark uses these words to describe Jesus: “greatly distressed and troubled.” And listen to the word that Jesus speaks. “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.” Can there be any other conclusion than this: Jesus desperately wanted to ...

1713. The Cross: God's Answer To Our Deepest Needs

Colossians 2:8-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... needs, and look at the cross as the answer to those needs. When we probe to the core depths of our being, when we get down to the base level of our identity, we discover four absolute needs, apart from physical survival needs. There are burning emotional/spiritual/relational needs which, when unmet, leave us less than whole, often crippled, sometimes sick to the point of being cut off from reality. The needs are common to all persons. Even though we may not use the same words to label them, the reality is ...

1714. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Some of you may remember the name Lance Rentzel. He was a member of the Dallas Cowboys football team. While a member of that team he was arrested for indecent exposure. "In his autobiography he tells of the terrible trauma of his battle with emotional difficulty -- a weakness he had to face and deal with. After the incident and his arrest, Rentzel was concerned about embarrassing his team and shattering their morale. The papers had made a big deal of the whole affair. Later Rentzel was released. One evening ...

1715. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... – confidence in the midst of fear and trouble. Sure it is. And it's confidence that enables us to keep our heads above our enemies -- confidence that in the presence of all our enemies -- and I'm not talking about people enemies alone -- I'm talking about emotions, trials, temptations, sorrow and trouble -- in the presence of all our enemies, as the Psalmist says in verse 5: God "will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon ...

1716. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... thwarted her personal growth. For years, memories of that encounter shut down the free flow of her feelings. Depth communication was rare. Thank God, that changed. It changed because I got my head straight -- and my heart right – as far as the expression of love and emotion is concerned. But it changed even more because we learned to patiently live with one another. If we are going to love close up, we are going to have to be patient. Not I know there are those who are ready to criticize the over-patient ...

1717. The Dayspring From On High

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... That's the Revised Standard Version. Phillips translates the verse: "When Zacharias saw him, he was terribly agitated and a sense of awe swept over him." The New International Version says he was "startled and gripped with fear". Does that say something to us? Two emotions are suggested in Zachariah's response: surprise and fear. Think about it. Zachariah was a priest in the temple -- functioning there at the altar day in and day out as his tour of duty arose. Did he not expect God to be present there -- or ...

1718. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to joy. So, remember, in the depths of the night, God is present and we can know joy. I close with this. "The noted journalist, Hugh Redwood, told about a time some years ago when he was at the breaking point. He was...physically exhausted, emotionally drained, under severe nervous strain, confused, perplexed, stressed out, not knowing which way to turn concerning some highly important decisions he had to make. He was staying at a friend's house prior to speaking at a big meeting. His friend said to him ...

1719. At Home In The Daylight

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and quote from it. This is what she wrote, in part: Something very strange happened to me tonight. If I were to explain it to someone, I know I couldn't, so I'll try to write it out on these pages. Perhaps it will pass, but it seems too emotionally exciting that I don't really want to lose it. Right after dinner I came upstairs to my room for the purpose of studying some music history for my exam tomorrow, but I never quite made it. That girl from down the hall, Nancy, passed my door, and I was ...

1720. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... before a button-panel. "You push the down button," she said, "for bitterness, resentment, and self-pity. Or you can push the up-button and draw closer to God, closer to others, and be a better person. It's always an act of the will, a will beyond emotions or what you feel like doing. You can be deceived by feelings." Choosing is crucial. Deciding to push the up-button of life. So, remember, the alternative response to "if only" is "in spite of". When we live with an "in spite of" attitude, we, by the power ...

1721. Don't Mess With Mr. In-between

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , we said that this Epistle may have begun as a sermon, or sermons. I believe it was more than one sermon. There is too much here. For sure, the letter is not integrated in a structural sense. It is as though the writer is responding out of impulse and emotion, rather than by establishing a logical train of thought. In verses 2, 3, and 4, at which we looked last Sunday, he talked about suffering and how we are to be joyful in suffering. Now in verse 5, he talks about wisdom. In talking about wisdom, he's ...

1722. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . The word our Revised Standard Version translates "boast" is rendered "Glory" in the King James Version, and "brag" by Barclay. It raises some questions. Are we to boast, or brag, or glory in the fact that we are poor? Not at all. There is an emotional and spiritual sickness that takes pride in poverty. And there is an even worse sickness in the soul of anyone who would twist scripture to fit their own station in life. Especially to condescendingly think that poor people should be happy with what they have ...

1723. Who Are Christians?

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... feel a jump coming on." Embarrassed, all the children would protest, but he would do it anyway. Every day life offers all sorts of reasons for joy and celebration. But most of us don't see, and even when we see, we control ourselves. We squelch our emotions, we clench our hands rather than clap them; we hold our lips tight lest we surprise others with a shout of excitement. This is Thanksgiving Sunday. Next Sunday is the beginning of Advent, our time of anticipating the coming of Christ. We ought to feel a ...

1724. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... November 11, 1985...Terry gave birth to the couple's fourth child. They already had three children...Kyle, Kassie, and Kelly. Then came their fourth, and they named him Kramer. Steve was overjoyed. "I always cry at the birth of my children", he said, "because I get so emotional." And he was also telling jokes and laughing and just feeling super out in the waiting room, and then the doctor came in. He had a grim look on his face, and he said, "Steve, we've got a problem. Your son has an exposed spinal cord ...

1725. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of _our dreams. I. First, the church of my dreams touches my heart but stretches my mind. Our own John Wesley put it clearly and succinctly: "We must unite that which has too long been divided -- vital piety and __________________." Meaning comes not from emotions or intellect alone -- but from the heart strangely warmed by the presence of the Indwelling Christ, and a faith informed by intellect devoted to serving God. The church that doesn't touch our hearts and stretch our minds will not give us the ...

Showing results