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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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1901. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... Wednesday I was on a retreat way far out in the country. It was refreshing. I arrived early, drove around, saw a couple of deer running across the road. I got to walk through the path in the woods. That is one kind of refreshment. That is being in touch with one part of God's creation. The psalmist says that keeping God's Law is another kind of refreshment of enormous value by itself. There is a joy in keeping God's commandments and ordinances regardless of what others do or what happens in the rest of the ...

1902. Saving Grace

1 Timothy 1:15-16

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... longer, so I'm going to go swimming. I just thought I would bring some of my things to show you. Do you think these things will help me swim? Put on the gear and put the arm floats on for a laugh. Put on the sunglasses as a finishing touch. For what do we use these things? (response) One of these things can even save our lives. Which one of these is the most important? (they point to the life preserver) What do you call this? (response) It is called a life preserver. Whenever we are in a boat or ...

1903. A Great Light (Sermon for Candlelight Service)

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... I have been acquainted with the night. I have walked in the rain and out of the rain. I have been acquainted with the night.” I don't have to tell any of you about the darkness, because in one form or another, at one time or another, it has touched the life of each person here. You have been acquainted with the night. Thus, we do not come here this evening to naively deny the existence of the darkness. Nowhere in scripture do we receive a prep talk and an argument that things aren't really as bad as they ...

1904. Why Did Jesus Do That?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... did not understand why Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, needed to be baptized. There I was – a pulpit rookie with only one semester of seminary under his belt, who had read all the commentaries, searched the scriptures, touched all the right bases taught in Sermon Writing 101, and pestered the life out of several colleagues (who probably still think I’m a couple of French fries short of a happy meal) trying desperately to understand. It was Friday, and Sunday loomed large on ...

1905. How Much Is Enough?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... where he can be relatively alone with his grief. But Jesus is at the height of his popularity now. A large group of people follows him everywhere he goes. Instead of solitude, Jesus is confronted with still more people in need of healing. And you know what a soft touch he is. Jesus cannot observe human suffering and do nothing. He has to help, he has to heal, because he feels such great compassion for the people. In fact, he was so determined to heal as many people as he could that day that he lost track of ...

1906. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... twelve-course breakfast, but I'll let you in on a little secret: I didn't have time to make the tables and chairs this morning, so I used the ones I had on hand. Before I moved the table into the dining room, I decided to add just a touch of the holidays. So I repainted the room in pinks and stenciled gold stars on the ceiling. Then, while the homemade bread was rising, I took antique candle molds and made the dishes (exactly the same shade of pink) to use for breakfast. These were made from Hungarian clay ...

1907. Lent

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

... and sprinkled, the gardens and fields of ancient Israel yielded abundant fruit. Reader 2: Having prayed as Jesus did, Jesus was able to be faithful to God - even though that meant death upon a cross. Reader 1: For you and me today, the whole earth has been touched with the water and blood of Christ. Now it is our turn to be faithful to God. (Person holding pitcher of water pours dramatically into font or large dish and places pitcher in the focal area.) Reader 2: Let us pray. All: God of the rains, God ...

1908. But I Don't Wanna!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Joann Hary

... danger because of the people who lived there. And later when a great famine hit that land, the Lord directed Abram and his family on to the land of Egypt, and so on and so on. The story goes on and on as God uses Abram in many ways to touch people's lives. But if you really want to discuss the "Why?" of all of this, perhaps we might. And the answer to the "Why?" is: because Abraham had faith in God. He had faith that God would guide him in his decision making. And Abraham's faith extended to ...

1909. When Drudgery Becomes Joy

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Joann Hary

... I go do that? Saul will kill me!" It is a scary thing to be one of God's elect, don't you think? But God chooses us more than we choose him. And just like Saul, and just like Samuel, we too have our excuses, "Thanks God, I'm touched by this honor, but no thanks!" After all, "I don't speak very well. How can I be the one that God has chosen to talk to my neighbor about God?" Or, "Why would you want to choose me, God? Don't you know how many sins I have committed ...

1910. Commitment

John 19:17-27

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... was the second king of Israel. And Jesus, the one you call the Messiah, was born of the house and lineage of David. Tell me more about the Messiah. John: There is so much to tell. He taught anyone who would listen. He loved and cared about all people. Jesus touched the eyes of a blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus, and he was able to see for the first time in his life. Thousands of people followed him to hear him teach and to be healed. I remember one time he was teaching in Capernaum. The house where he ...

1911. The Men

Drama

William Grimbol

... him, you don't want to hear him? BILL: No, because he is a liar. He advocates revolution. He is nothing but a power-seeking rebel in sheep's clothing. REED: His message ... to me ... is one this people needs to hear ... we are out of touch with God ... we do idolize money, clothes, jewels, beauty, pleasure ... we have lost our sense of love, our sense of decency, our sense of goodness ... ARNOLD: And we have lost it because of the loss of respect for family, religion, ritual ... THE LAW ... the very Law ...

1912. Fingerprints on the Chalice

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Steven Burt

... -to-face with God. Or the shadows cast by a candle, or the sun streaking through a stained gass window. A scripture passage or the words to the fourth verse of an unfamiliar hymn. Maybe it will be the quiet, the bellow of a pipe organ, a neighbor’s touch lifting you from your knees. Who can say? Who knows how we will meet God in all this -- in this ritual that is planned but allows for the unplanned, this meeting of the human spirit with the Holy Spirit of God? The experience may bring pain and pleasure ...

1913. There's Blindness, and There's Blindness

John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... to take them to the cross of Calvary, to redeem and to save us from ourselves. And in doing that, Jesus sometimes broke the rules. It was the Sabbath day. A blind man came to Jesus for healing, and with a little spit and dirt and a loving touch, Jesus restored the man's sight. You would think the church would rejoice and celebrate this miracle performed in their very midst, right? That shows how much you know about the church. A theological debate breaks out. "Wait a minute, doesn’t this man know that it ...

1914. Which Jesus Do You See?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

... universal qualities which all Hindus share in common. Their deities offer to everyone, through rigorous spiritual practice, the chance to realize god-consciousness. It is to the land of India that the teenage Jesus is said to have come in order to get in touch with his god-consciousness. The folk story goes, and it is a strong tradition in the culture, that Jesus slipped away from his parents, journeyed across Southeast Asia learning yoga meditation, and then returned home to Israel to become a guru to the ...

1915. Dancing with the Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of the difficulties the church must be prepared to face in the new millennium. For too many people, the church is nothing more than a remnant of an ancient culture. They look at us the same way they look at the Amish and the Quakers. We are out of touch with their reality. The church is a dinosaur that just doesn’t have enough sense to lay down and die. And we have contributed more to the problem than we care to admit. Perhaps in our attempt to make the church more attractive to the unchurched, we have ...

1916. When the Tie That Binds is a Slipknot

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... to look for it to be an oasis of peace in a world where conflict is an ongoing reality. In the 20th century, every time the church spoke out for peace and justice, society slapped her in the face and accused her of being naïve and out of touch with reality. Why should we expect that to change? But we are, after all, only human, and undeniably sinful, which is just another way of saying sometimes we would rather fight than eat (and that’s saying a lot when you talk about an institution that seems to be ...

1917. Living for Christ

Matthew 16:21-28

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . Prayer Of Confession: Lord, so often our words and songs have given You praise, yet our deeds have remained strangely silent about You. So often we have enjoyed the fellowship of the Church and yet we have not shared the Church with the lost around us who need Your healing touch so desperately. Forgive us, Lord, and use our lives to show others Your love is real. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns: "I Sing The Mighty Power Of God" "Lord, I Want To Be A Christian" "Jesus Calls Us"

1918. The Church Sanctified

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Christ's service. People: Then let our hearts be glad and let us sing out in loud praise! Leader: And let our lives give witness that we are made whole in Christ. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in so many ways You have touched our lives to give us guidance and show us Your Love. Give us the wisdom to delight in Your discipline and to proclaim Your love to the world. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have taken for granted the wonderful miracle of salvation ...

1919. The Inaugural Address

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1861 ********** Now the third: We face our common difficulties [that] concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic ...

1920. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... he attended high school and college. The friend leftcollege before graduation and started a business. It flourished and within a few years he was wealthy. He bought a yacht on which to travel the Canadian lakes. On the maiden voyage, with his family aboard, he touched the starter. There was a short circuit, a blinding explosion, and the boat was immediately enveloped in flames. He managed to push his wife and one of his sons overboard to safety and then jump himself, but his other son was burned to death ...

1921. The Crowing of a Rooster

Matthew 26:31-35, Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... which the two main characters, Oliver and Jenny, recently married, have an argument. Jenny rushes out of the apartment. After a while, Oliver goes out looking for her and finds her on the front steps of a classroom building. In a very moving and touching way, Oliver apologizes to Jenny. She responds, "Love means never having to say 'I'm sorry!' " That is a nice-sounding ideal. I'd like to believe it, but I don't. The human personality makes recognizing and acknowledging our hurtful behavior important, even ...

1922. "Oh Yeah, Thanks a Lot" -The Grateful Leper

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... ... They are the ones who declare the lepers clean. "Clean ... But we are not ... Why, you are ... So am I ... The sores are ... gone. It has been years since I smelled fresh air. My God! I am clean ... We are all clean. Clean. Are we really clean? Feel. See. Touch. Smell. Everybody is clean. "What to do next? There are different opinions. 'I must run home and see my wife.' 'I'll bet my son is grown.' "Don't you think ..." I started to say. "I can return to my business.' 'I can go to my friends.' 'Don't ...

1923. Does Love Make You Sorry?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... she brought with her. Simon was offended by the prostitute's attention to Jesus, but he was tactful enough not to say anything about it. He thought to himself, "If Jesus were a true prophet, he would know she is a sinner and would not allow her to touch him." Jesus was a good mind reader. He knew what Simon was thinking, and so he called Simon's attention to the fact that, in contrast, he did not express his love as the woman did. "When I came into your house," Jesus continued, "you gave me no water ...

1924. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . The caverns are reputed to be one of the precious few "living" subterranean finds in the world. "Living" means still growing, developing, and flourishing in a natural state. For that reason, visitors and amateur spelunkers are repeatedly admonished not to touch ANYTHING; don't smoke, chew, litter, wander off the trail, or break into a sweat. Everything in the caverns must remain intact so as not to disturb the delicate ecological composition or reverse processes which have been in motion for centuries ...

1925. Erasers are for Mistakes

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... responsibility (in John) that Jesus gives his Disciples and it is important to God that we forgive one another. Props: Board, marker, and Eraser. This could be a small chalk board or the dry eraser kind (extra props: A box of school erasers would be a nice touch). Lesson: What is the first thing you did before you ate your diner last night? (washed hands, gave thanks) What is the first thing you did last night before you went to bed? (brushed teeth, said prayers) What is the first thing you did this morning ...

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