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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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176. Simple Faith?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

John Jamison

... his faith would survive. That is a life of faith. The Lenten journey is a time to reflect. Suppose we reflect a few moments on the wildernesses in our lives; those times that just barge in and interrupt our lives, scare us, make us feel alone, make us feel angry, make us feel helpless, make us feel... hopeless? What if? Just what if those are the times that God is standing the closest to us, speaking in a very calm and quiet voice? It is a voice that we just don’t hear when everything is going the way we ...

177. By the Sea

Matthew 4:18-22, John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of everyday busyness, and summons her to “Deep and Wide” living. The sea calls for us all. With the sound of the sea, we are reminded of God’s presence… God’s sovereignty and strength that rushes over us with a sense of calm and beauty even when we feel most overwhelmed by the things of the world. And we are reminded of Jesus’ mission –and it comforts us. For we know, no matter what we do or how far we’ve strayed, what has happened in our life, or where we may trip up, Jesus will always be ...

178. Dangerous

John 12:12-19, Zechariah 9:9-13, Zechariah 9:14-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus. That’s WAY out of control. Isn’t it? But the Holy Spirit is not something we can control. We all know this. Everyone here who has been in any kind of intimate relationship knows you have to let go a little bit in order to truly love and feel the joy of that relationship. Did you fall in love when you were in control? You have to tolerate “out-of-control-ness” and definitely some messiness to have a relationship with your kids or grandkids. You need to put up with a bit of disorder in order to ...

179. Will the “Real” Jesus Please Stand Up

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... may be “cringe” as some might say. But even those videos help us to discover and create our own set of “ethics” about what is okay and what is not, not based on a set of preconceived rules but on what touches our souls, and how they make us feel. If the Enlightenment age was the age of the mind, today’s world is the age of emotion, self-awareness, others-awareness, and connection on a level that says we can be as weird as we like as long as we respect everyone else’s weirdness. For kids today ...

180. Provoked

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... spend his time with Syrians, and Phoenicians, and Romans, and foreigners? Sinners and oppressors and outsiders and non-Jews? How could he do this to us! He’s betrayed us! He’s dishonored, disrespected, and downright just insulted us! Did he just say he doesn’t feel welcome here after all we’ve done? Did he just imply that we aren’t worthy of God’s blessings….and others are? We’re not good enough for him? We’re not worthy enough for God? What an ungrateful, arrogant comment. And to think we ...

181. Silent Sinning

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we deem to have sinned “worse” than we. But here’s the news: Mistakes are human. Perfection is not. And repentance to God is like sweet perfume. Ever try to help a drowning swimmer? They will fight you off with every strength they have. God cannot help those who feel they’ve already got it in the bag. God can only save those who realize they cannot do it on their own and allow God to take control lift them out of the water and onto dry land. If you are trusting in yourself, you aren’t trusting in ...

182. Avoiding the “F” Word

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... about giving others a pass, but about caring for ourselves. The “F” word is a way of helping us in the process of letting go. Why would we want to do that, we say. Why would we want to let go of an anger that feels justified and like a rightful punishment toward someone who has harmed us? The simple answer is this: Because anger and resentment are like an infiltrative, insidious brain-eating amoeba that seeps not only into your emotional life but into your physical health. Letting anger and resentment ...

183. Shake It Off

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the grave. Life, whether in this world or the next, is a beautiful and valuable thing. And we are to cherish it, celebrate it, and praise God for it! Above all, dance through it with joy and thanksgiving! Even when times get tough. Jesus tells us, when things feel tough, all we have to do is “shake off the dust,” and we can free ourselves to learn how to dance again. Jesus knows how important this advice to “shake off the dust” will be for his disciples, and still for us today. Jesus knows that his ...

184. Faith and Fury

Luke 19:28-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to grow, stretch, and be at peace, and the more clearly your will hear God’s voice ensuring your path. What may feel impossible for you, will never be impossible for God. Put your faith in Jesus –he is your ultimate peace. We all know the ... to react. That’s when we need to turn to Jesus –and not just “let them” but “let Him.” For when we do, we will feel that peace that only He can give, the strength that only He can impart, that courage that only He can muster, and that deep faith that ...

185. Out on a Limb

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... when he calls us by name, we answer, and we change! Our reply is our turning point, our axis of repentance. It takes courage to be known. It takes courage to take this kind of risk – to show ourselves to God and others, when we feel we’ve fallen short, when we feel most unworthy. But Jesus’ good news is this: God’s grace is for us! Where Zacchaeus saw in himself only failure, Jesus saw potential. When others saw Zacchaeus as small, Jesus saw new growth! We all fall short of the glory of God in this ...

186. God Needs To Save This Family

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

James McLemore

... , and grieve like I grieve, and therefore understand what I understand? Hosea, because you agreed to be my prophet, I decided to let you understand how I feel about my people Israel. They abandoned me, the same way your wife abandoned you. Just as you can feel your grief, feel mine. "You said that you wanted to know what God knows, and you wanted to feel what God feels. Well, Hosea, you are going to know exactly what I know, because you are going to live through what I live through. My people, Israel, have ...

187. Prayer And Compassion Fatigue

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... that we don't have. "You are poor and I am not. You are sick and I am not. Your life is messed up and mine is not." Wanting people to solve their own problems is a lot healthier than wanting to be a caretaker just because it makes us feel superior when people are dependent on us or it gives our lives meaning if we think we are indispensable. So, in some ways, the prayer "send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves" is a healthy prayer. "Jesus, teach these people ...

188. What About The Holy Spirit?

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Erskine White

... Christ the Son in favor of the Spirit, to the point where Christian faith is reduced to a mere matter of what makes you feel good by the "Spirit." Without the doctrine and discipline of God the Father and Christ the Son, many of the so-called "spirit- ... to heaven. Have you ever said to yourself, "I wish I had lived in Jesus' time, so I could see Him in the flesh, hear His voice and feel the touch of His hand. I wish I had lived in Jesus' time so that He would be even more real to me than He is today." That ...

189. The Empty Tomb

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

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... hope that I am wrong, but I prophesy it. Those of us who will be here next Sunday will not feel as good about worship as we do today. We probably will not feel today's joy and peace with quite the same intensity. We will not be quite as certain about God and ... with us right now! Consequently, if doubts about Jesus' resurrection, if doubts about God, come your way, or if you are feeling apathetic and not excited about Christian faith today or tomorrow, then chances are that you are a bit like Mary Magdalene ...

190. From Inferiority To Fulfillment

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... ! I don't believe that God loves me." "Why?" asked the counselor. "Because I am not worthy of God's love," the young woman replied. "That is the heart of your problem," the wise counselor replied. "You don't believe in yourself because you feel unworthy, and you feel unworthy because you feel unloved. The place to start," said the counselor, "is for you to believe that God loves you. Grow into it and go for it with all your heart." "I will," the young woman replied. "I'll try to believe that I am loved. You ...

191. Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... mean merely that I can save his life. We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself. “So, when the poor, moaning creature ... recovered consciousness when he stares about him and ejaculates again and again: ‘I’ve no more pain! I’ve no more pain!’ His hand feels for mine and will not let it go. Then I begin to tell him and the others who are in the room that it is ...

192. The Outsider

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... they clutter up what we're doing here. They're not very important, they're just little." Jesus said, "Let them come unto me." Then he put his hand on a little girl's head and stroked her hair. He put his arm around a little boy and made him feel ten-feet tall. They were outsiders. They were little nobodies. That's why Jesus touched them. It was his way. For a multitude of misfits, Jesus came to earth, established a kingdom, of which all of these people and you and I are a part. He touched people. Jesus had ...

193. What Makes Us Human?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... heard the voices of the angels: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory!" His response is typical of the feeling of a human being in the presence of God: "Woe is me, for I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in ... it. Don't get me wrong," he continued, "I like to go to church once in a while and hear a good, snappy sermon, but I don't feel that I have to get together with a mob of people to worship. I can do that just as well out in the field or the woods. I ...

194. COUGH DROPS, LIKE LOVE?

1 Peter 4:8

Children's Sermon

... that we have very scratchy throats, the kind that make you cough and clear your throats a lot. Think of how awful that throat must feel. Are you getting the idea? Pretty sore, isn't it? I tell you I can hardly talk, my throat is getting so scratchy. Now I ... begin to suck on it and see if that doesn't help. That's right, see how it begins to make that old sore throat feel better. You see, the cough drop has some very soothing medicine in it that just covers over the spots that hurt in your throat. Now, ...

195. The Biggest Blessing of All

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... picture of the heart no matter what kind of trouble you might get into. And when you make them happy, your heart gets to feel this big, too. That is a blessing! Application: God always loves us. He ALWAYS feels like this for us. Show the big heart. One of His greatest blessings is to let us feel this way, too. When we love and serve God with all our heart and all our soul, He lets our hearts feel big and full of a very special kind of love. This kind of love is so amazing that it is truly a curse to ...

196. What To Give The God Who Has Everything

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

Erskine White

... trying times. I’m looking at a possible layoff next month, my taxes and insurance are going up, and I can hardly pay the bills I’ve got now!" Or, "I’m looking at a health problem or a nursing home decision just down the road. It’s hard to feel thankful in the midst of all this uncertainty!" Despite all this, do you think there is a way to develop that sense of thanksgiving which stays within you no matter what? Perhaps I can best begin by telling you two ways not to do it! First, there’s the old ...

197. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... our faith and keeps us going without burning-out. It is the knowledge that there are other people out there who believe what we believe and feel what we feel; people who share our faith, our hopes and dreams, and who know what it is like to live by them and even what it is ... know what it is like to run on faith. I also know what it is like to run on fear. I know what it is like to feel burned-out. I also know what it is like to rise out of ashes of burn-out with a renewed faith and hope - a new relationship ...

198. How Can We Meet Grief?

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... depressed. The depression appears as an attitude of hopelessness, emptiness, and a lack of interest in what’s going on around you. Fourthly, you feel devitalized by negative emotions. About the past, you may feel guilt about things done or left undone. About the present, you may feel anger at the attending doctors, the hospital, other family members, or even God. About the future, you may feel worry about how you will be able to carry on without the person who has died. I How can we meet grief? There are ...

199. A WALL OF ROCK AND THE EVERYBODY GAP

Drama

William McKee Aber

... ruin these people. Christian: Not so! If they can understand what lies behind such careless accusations there is hope. There is hope if they sit and discuss the lower level of meaning - not the toothpaste, eggs, and weather level - but the level where she feels unloved, he feels inadequate! Sue: Is that what has been bothering you, Jack? I never meant you weren’t a good husband. Remember you came in on the end of that conversation and I bet you never heard the beginning ... Emily was all broken up because ...

200. A New Perspective

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... , you felt like you were right there in the airplane too. The plane would swoop down and bank to one side, and you could feel all the sensations right in your own body. In one of these movies, they mounted the camera on the front of a car and some ... of their world. But it is always a gift, never a debt. It isn’t owed to another, and it can’t be demanded. But your life feels empty without it. There are a couple of phrases that express this kind of thing. One is that love is blind. Of course it is. Love is ...

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