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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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1801. Fasting: Foolish or Fruitful?

Matthew 6:16-18

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... it be wonderful if all the world would be covered with cushions so that little girls like you would not get hurt?" This is the feeling of the world. It says to us that we should be easy on ourselves. You owe it to yourself to treat yourself. A TV commercial ... to fast on coffee, you use tea as a substitute. If you are serious about fasting, why don't you give up things that you feel you cannot possibly give up? If you cannot stop smoking, why not try it as a Lenten discipline? If it is liquor, let the bottle ...

1802. The Godness Of God

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

... to God's name. We use it irreverently in terms of swearing, profanity, and cursing. Little do we seem to realize that we are disparaging and despising the holy and great nature of God Almighty. Since God is the greatest we can imagine, and even beyond that, instinctively we feel a reverence for God and all associated with him. In worship, we want to bow before him with awe and in a spirit of mystery. Before his greatness, we need to be still and know that he is God. "The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all ...

1803. The Devil is a Mosquito Bite

Romans 8:1-17

Children's Sermon

... agree with me. I don't like mosquito bites. Is there anyone here this morning who has a mosquito bite? [Bring forward your volunteer.] Why don't you like mosquito bites? Doesn't that feel good when you first get a mosquito bite and you scratch it? Oh, boy, I can just feel it now. I know that if I scratch that itch just a little bit, it will feel so good. But then what happens? That's right, you scratch it so much that it begins to hurt. The only way to make a mosquito bite go away is to leave it ...

1804. The Golden Gift

Drama

... . PAUL: I will go, then. Bonne nuit, Monseigneur. (He exits.) JEAN: He called you "Bishop." BISHOP: It is a title of vanity. It seems even God's house needs vanity. JEAN: I'm ashamed. You trusted me. You fed me. I betrayed you. BISHOP: There is no need to feel ashamed. JEAN: I will go. I will not bother you again. Your niece will no longer have reason to fear me. BISHOP: You may stay until morning. JEAN: I can't do that. I must find my sister. Thank you for - BISHOP: You have forgotten something. JEAN: What ...

1805. Seeking Hands

Psalm 141:1-10

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... me. If that loving relationship did not exist, she would not come and ask. When we come before the Lord in a confident faith, coming in all honesty as to who we are and what our needs might be, when we open our hands and ask God to give, God feels good about that, because we are acknowledging him to be our Father, the one who created us and redeemed us in his Son, Jesus Christ. We acknowledge that we know God has given us all things and that through his Son, Jesus Christ, we can have the confidence to know ...

1806. God Is a Mystery

Luke 19:1-10

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... so he could line his own coffers. Many times the people had wanted to tell him what they thought of him and put him in his place, but since he was backed by the Roman government, it was best not to make trouble for him. So they had swallowed their feelings and bottled up their anger for years. Some of them had sleepless nights dreaming of a day of revenge. In the minds of thise who watched, Zacchaeus was pickled in venom. Now Jesus was going to do for them what they had not been able to do for themselves ...

1807. The Sunday of the Passion

Matthew 26:14--27:66

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... dying in our place. That may be true. I don't know. I can't prove it. But I can act upon it. I know what it is to be alone; but I've never been that alone. I know what it is to feel rejected; but I've never been that rejected. So, in his grief, I feel my own grief. In his death, I see my own death approaching. But somehow, and I don't know how, my grief is lighter because I offer it on the cross with him. My own death is not as important because somehow I ...

1808. The Sixth Sunday of Easter

John 14:15-31

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Kendall McCabe

"Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile," the weary black slave would sing to the hot southern night, giving expression to the condition of having ... of what it means to be baptized into Christ. We share in his ministry. Christ seeks to come to all the world through us until no one feels orphaned or alone. Wherever one soul is softly moaning, "Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile," Christ desires to be, and he calls upon us to help him get there: to the unemployed and desperate, to the rejected and ...

1809. God in a Glimpse

Acts 17:16-34

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... highest creation, the soul and mind of man. Look at the conscience you find there, that inner urge telling us what we should do, and feeling gratified when we do it and guilty when we don't. In humankind's earliest novels, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey that ... God, instead, stamped his divine image on us? He made people, said Paul, "that they should seek God in the hope they might feel after him and find him." Our souls thirst because there is a God who can quench that thirst, We could only have longings ...

1810. The Focus of Fitness

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

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... looks again, changes his mind and decides to keep it after all. The other alternative approach is, he decides to make a very nice piece out of the clay, but the clay does not cooperate and has to be reworked. These two approaches apply to God and his feelings toward his people. One thing that might happen is that God would say, "I am not pleased with my people. I think I will destroy them." But then the people repent and turn from their evil, and God does not destroy them. The other alternative is when God ...

1811. Honest to Goodness Religion

Hosea 4:1-19

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... and to make some real changes in our lives, but fortunately (usually) the impulse does not last too long and we return to normal. God’s people instinctively know where to go for help and where to find answers. Even though the Lord has allowed them to feel the results of their rebellion, they know they can come back. They say, "Let us return to the Lord." The implication of these first few verses of Hosea 6 is that God will indeed welcome his wayward children, no matter what they have done. One has the ...

1812. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

... , or a spring before we died of thirst? The fear of thirst in a dry land is real, not imaginary, and caused the Israelites anxiety in their journey. I have not spent a great deal of time in a desert, so I really do not know how that might feel. Yet, I believe there are other wildernesses in which we find ourselves, in which our needs are equally as great, though not for water; our anxiety is just as intense when when we ask the question, "Is the Lord among us or not?" Whatever the wilderness - whether it be ...

1813. The Cost of Being Christian

Acts 7:54--8:1a

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... demonstration of the breadth of God’s love. They stoned him to death for that. It cost him something to be a Christian. It cost Stephen his life. It is my perception that the effort to limit Jesus, and the preachings of Jesus, to that which gives you a good feeling in your heart and helps you have the hope of heaven is still very strong. Let a preacher spend too much of his time on what Jesus demands and expects more than he does on what Jesus has to offer and the preacher may be asked to go somewhere ...

1814. The Source of Power

Acts 1:1-11

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... and therefore to be present and to receive the presence of another, there is a tremendous energy in that. Intimacy and the ability genuinely to communicate is one of the most powerful, enabling experiences of life. When you have it you feel you can turn the world upside down. You feel free to celebrate life. Jesus assured us of the presence and the power of God in our lives through the Holy Spirit confirming our worth and the worth of others. He assured us that in this energy, created by that shared Power ...

1815. Advent 2

Malachi 2:17--3:5, Philippians 1:1-11, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon Aid

... . Excellence - v. 10 c. Good works - v. 11 2. What Love Means (1:3-11). Need: This pericope is saturated with Paul's love for his people and with their love for him shown by their gifts to him who is in prison. Popularly, love is an emotion or a feeling. Love is identified with sentimentalism. In this passage we learn what love really is and does. Outline: What love means - a. Being grateful for loved ones - v. 5 b. Having confidence in you - v. 6 c. Yearning to be together - v. 8 d. Praying for you - v. 9

1816. Proper 28

Lk 21:5-19 · 2 Thes 3:6-13 · Mal 3:19-20, 4:1-6

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... upon us to do our best under the worst circumstances. Outline: The worst calls for our best: A. Witness for Christ - v. 13 B. Feel secure in God's protection - v. 18 C. Endure until the end - v. 19 2. The Rubble of Life. 21:5-6. Need: Life ... rising sun. It means a new day and a new era. The sun of God brings light and healing. When you are not feeling well, doesn't lying in the warm sun make you feel better? The sun for us is the Son of God. When he rises in our lives, we can shine with gladness and hope ...

1817. Epiphany 7

Lk 6:27-38 · 1 Cor 15:45-49 · 1 Sam 26:1-25 · Gen 45:3-11, 15

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... morality. What is good is what "everybody does," or what consenting parties agree to, or good is what makes you feel good or good is what you can get away with without getting caught. Are there any absolute moral standards for ... to leave the room. Then he cried aloud to the extent that the Egyptians heard him. Today we no longer feel that it is unnatural or unmanly for a man to cry. Many feel that crying is therapeutic. At certain times even Jesus cried. Outline: There is a Time for Crying A. Tears of ...

1818. Proper 11

Romans 8:18-27

Bulletin Aid

... future is our hope: Give us patience with the trials and tribulations of this life; that we may be constant in our faith, and sure of the hope that awaits us. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We long to be free, Father; but we feel our sin imprisons us against our will. Our frustration leads to anxiety; and our anxiety leads us away from the hope you have promised us. Forgive us for our sins which bring so much misery, destroying the hope that is in us. Set our minds on the fact ...

1819. Proper 16

Exodus 17:1-7

Bulletin Aid

... of life: Come to us in our end of the rope experiences with the awareness of our Savior's presence; that we may discover our needs are met when we put our faith in him. In his name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We panic easily, Lord, when we feel life is overcome with threats. Forgive us when we blame you for our painful experiences, instead of depending on you to heal our pain. Increase our faith to rest in the assurance of your love; that we may know the joy of our Savior's company. In his name we ...

1820. Proper 26

Ruth 4:1-12

Bulletin Aid

... : We don't expect life to treat us as special; but we do need God to lift us up when we feel cast down. Pastor: Life becomes what we let it become. If we let it become a gift of God, we will be ... gift of your love, and live in thanksgiving for the hope that is ours in Christ Jesus, your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Life often feels empty, Lord, and we suffer in our discouragement. Forgive us when we let life ruin the hope which you have created us to enjoy. We commit ourselves to you ...

1821. Epiphany 7

Isaiah 49:8-26, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Matthew 5:27-30, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 5:33-37

Bulletin Aid

... Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus taught that sin begins with our inner motives where the Law is unable to give direction. People: God knows the secrets of our hearts; and he desires that we surrender our wills to him. Pastor: Our relationship with God is determined by how we feel in our hearts. That is where we must get right with God if we are to be true to him. People: We justify ourselves by the laws we have kept. But we know we need God to cleanse our hearts. Collect Almighty God, whose son has exposed the ...

1822. Desert Springs

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

... relief to be given like a well sunk in dry land. Other prophets reviled and scorned him as a fool until he himself began to feel like a desert land. He even gathered up his two sons and his wife and took them away for awhile. When Isaiah came back, he ... or the plumb line of desolation. Not one of us is a citadel so strong that thorns or nettles can’t grow there. We all feel the jackals and the vultures from time to time. That is precisely when God comes with relief like sinking a well in the desert. God ...

1823. Exodus Crossings

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

James G. Cobb

... dreams a dream in which he looks back at the path of his life. For most of his life, he sees two sets of footprints in the sand - his and the Lord’s. But over the lowest moments of his life, he sees only one set of footprints. The man, feeling betrayed, questioned the Lord: "I don’t understand why when I needed you most, you would leave me." The Lord’s answer is "it was then that I carried you." The theology of "Exodus" has become Good News for all people. The story is an ever present reminder of a ...

1824. Treasure's Tug

Matthew 13:44-46

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... don't want their lives to be different, why are they entering in the first place? I suppose they really mean that they will continue to be the "same wonderful, lovable human being" that they are right now. Something in us is not so content and God knows it. We feel the treasure's tug and we know it holds out the promise of more, or better, or different. We sense the drawing power of the love of Christ and we can tell we will come away changed if we allow ourselves to be touched. We are strangely, and in ...

1825. Prayer in a Pinch

Matthew 14:22-36

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... when he prayed that agonizing midnight prayer in Gethsemane, it was because he was struggling for God's will for him. Add all that up, and you sense that Jesus' life might have been much simpler if he'd followed that twentieth century piece of advice, "If it feels good, do it." He could have avoided the struggle, the pain, the pinch of a world, which often has other ideas than pleasing God. For Jesus, "prayer in a pinch" was a sign of this human being seeking to be what God had intended. Could it be that ...

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