Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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King Duncan
... 1900s. Ms. Pavlova has been acclaimed as the greatest ballerina of all time. Her most memorable performance, however, took place after her death. Anna was to play the role she made famous, the Dying Swan, at the Apollo Theatre in London. Tragically, she succumbed to pneumonia and died two days before the event. Still, on the appointed night, a crowd of her fans packed the Apollo Theatre. The orchestra began playing, the curtain rose, a spotlight flashed through the dark, and the entire audience rose to its ...
177. Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
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Leonard Sweet
... steeped in the spirit. Traditional interpretations of these two ways have tended to take Paul literally for example, flesh, sarx, is understood as the base, fallen nature of human flesh. Accordingly, it is because of the weakness of the flesh that humans succumb to that long litany of un-Christian behaviors listed in verses 19-21. Likewise, the spirit, the pneuma, is understood as a literal reference to living within the power and influence of the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit. Some scholars suggest ...
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Roger Prescott
Introduction King David had risen to power and put together many good things. But power went to his head and he succumbed to adultery and murder. After Bathsheba had dutifully gone through mourning ceremonies for Uriah, her slain husband, David brought her to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. Business as usual. Would no one dare raise a voice in protest against the king for taking Uriah’s ...
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Richard Hasler
... to become discouraged and see our work as marginal at best. But if our predominant aim is to serve our Lord and not be constantly absorbed in our own success using the criteria of contemporary society we will have peace ourselves. Those who succumb to the media's call for personal success as defined in bigger and better and more beautiful slogans eventually do not find contentment but emptiness and despair. If we have learned Paul's recommended form of church leadership, we will have good news to share ...
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Frank Luchsinger
... wear with her costume. Returning home from a trip to distant relatives, Sidney, aboard an ocean transport, is delayed by mechanical failure on board ship, angel wings boxed and ready for Elizabeth in his possession. Finally he arrives home to find that Elizabeth Joy has succumbed to a sudden illness, not violent but devastating. While Sidney's ship, still at sea, "drifted onward, from a quiet room a girl's soul also drifted, drifted in some way to somewhere, and it was all in the night."1 So Sidney St. John ...
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Thomas A. Pilgrim
... wear with her costume. Returning home from a trip to distant relatives, Sidney, aboard an ocean transport, is delayed by mechanical failure on board ship, angel wings boxed and ready for Elizabeth in his possession. Finally he arrives home to find that Elizabeth Joy has succumbed to a sudden illness, not violent but devastating. While Sidney's ship, still at sea, "drifted onward, from a quiet room a girl's soul also drifted, drifted in some way to somewhere, and it was all in the night."1 So Sidney St. John ...
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Leonard Sweet
... beyond the literal. The growth of the forest or its being buffeted in a windstorm are the direct result of divine activity. The forest readily becomes a picture of God's judgment (Isaiah 10:17; Hosea 2:12). But the most vivid Biblical example of the dangers of succumbing to the call of the woods is today's lesson from the Hebrew Bible, which is the story of the death of King David's son Absalom in the woods of Ephraim. More than that, this is the universal story of the death and pain that is inevitable when ...
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Leonard Sweet
... hopes both move into the midst of our homes and our lives. In the midst of this celebration, remember Dominus regnavit a ligno - "The Lord reigned from a tree." Sometime in the next week or two, if we haven't already, most of us will succumb to a combination of nostalgia, our children's pesterings and cultural peer pressure. We will venture out to some Boy Scout compound or "cut-your-own" tree farm to get a Christmas tree. Million of evergreens, from the tiny to the tremendous, will be sacrificed for ...
184. Jeremiah 31:7-14
Jeremiah 31:7-14
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Leonard Sweet
... 's career might be likened to a roller coaster ride - punctuated by thrilling highs and dramatically plummeting lows, while racing at breakneck speed and apparently out of control. David's kingdom had long ago split in two; the Northern tribes had already succumbed to Assyrian dominance when Jeremiah began to speak for the Lord to the people. Yet just as Jeremiah began proclaiming the word of the Lord, there came a tremendous upheaval in the political power structure. In 627 B.C., King Ashurbanipal of ...
185. Jeremiah 31:7-14
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... 's career might be likened to a roller coaster ride - punctuated by thrilling highs and dramatically plummeting lows, while racing at breakneck speed and apparently out of control. David's kingdom had long ago split in two; the Northern tribes had already succumbed to Assyrian dominance when Jeremiah began to speak for the Lord to the people. Yet just as Jeremiah began proclaiming the word of the Lord, there came a tremendous upheaval in the political power structure. In 627 B.C., King Ashurbanipal of ...
186. The Science of Happiness
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
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Leonard Sweet
... classes, and fitness coaches. That’s why we swim, run, bicycle, weight lift — all designed to tune and tone our bodies. The molding mantra behind all these happiness “therapies” is “healthy body/healthy heart.” The number of professional athletes who succumb to drugs, despair, and personal destruction each year tends to temper that mantra. Still we keep trying. We struggle to find some equation that can bring us the end we crave—-true happiness. Did you hear that the Girl Scouts of America ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... that James might rather be referring to the Old Testament teaching about God’s jealousy for his people (see NIV, ESV, NRSV): “he [God] jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us” (cf. Exod. 20:5; 34:14; Zech. 8:2). Our tendency to succumb to the allure of the world (4:4) is so serious just because our God demands that we serve him and him alone (4:5). But while God’s demand is all-encompassing, his grace is more than sufficient to meet the need. Proverbs 3:34 promises grace to ...
188. Acts 17:22-31
Acts 17:22-31
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Leonard Sweet
... and boundedness of the divine creation (v.26) appears to call up images from Psalm 74:17 and Deuteronomy 32:8-9. Clearly, despite the gentler tone of his words, Paul, the trained Pharisee, is ever steeped in Scripture. He has not succumbed to mere philosophical debate. But it is the context of Paul's speech as well as its concluding remarks that ultimately define it as yet another of his genuinely missionizing performances. Granted, there is more logical progression than emotional appeal in this text ...
189. Proper 27
Luke 20:27-40, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 98:1-9
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B. David Hostetter
... have prepared for your children beyond death; for the sake of your Son Jesus, who is alive from the dead. Amen. (or) Prayer of Confession Faithful God, we admit that we are frequently slow to believe what you have promised through your prophets and in your Son, Jesus. We succumb to fears of death as if death were the negation of life. We live as if there is nothing to live for beyond death. We work as if there is no abiding significance to the things that we do or no loss if we choose to do nothing. Forgive ...
Sermon
... as the pews we sit on on Sunday mornings. Some Christian craftsmen have plopped God into a box and tied him up with the ropes of reason. Some Christians buzz when a different-colored bee approaches the hive. Michal had gripes against David, but she succumbed to what the psychologists call transference, blaming God for her troubles. She refused to realize that one sign of our trust in God is that we learn to roll with the punches of change. Change is frightening. Everything that is new does not glitter with ...
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Robert Noblett
... God" (Luke 24:52). To gather regularly for public worship to sing our praises to God makes perfect sense, because if we fail to worship God here, we will worship at some other altar. Should we do that, it is guaranteed that eventually we will succumb to the most profound of disappointments. We are, by our very nature, worshiping people. And there is no end to the golden calves before which we willingly lie prostrate. Said differently, we will regularly make our way to one temple or another, of this we can ...
192. For Someone Who Led a Happy and a Virtuous Life
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 · Matthew 25:31-46 · 1 Corinthians 2:9-10
Eulogy
Richard E. Zajac
... were hoping to take. As luck would have it, home and car repairs and medical bills kept emptying that big glass jug. Nonetheless, Karl and Ellie are happy and, in an instant, they are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Shortly thereafter, Ellie would succumb to cancer leaving the grieving Karl lost and alone. After Ellie is gone, Karl finds the scrapbook Ellie kept since she was a little girl. It was called My Adventure Book. The first pages are filled with the silly, funny little treasures and ...
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Leonard Sweet
... we look at all the problems we are facing take the way in which Senator Everett Dirksen’s “a million here, a million there, and pretty soon we’re talking real money” has become “a trillion here, a trillion there”— it is easy to succumb to sorrow and discouragement. But for Evagrius, and probably for us today, Satan’s most deadly talking point was pride, the ultimate madness which entangles us in Project ME and deludes us into thinking that we can do anything without God. This is the ultimate ...
194. Grits, Grats and Gruts...Not Grunts
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
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Leonard Sweet
... what he was doing. Too late, aghast at what he had done, Benjamin Carson could only look with wonder at his knife blade...lying on the ground, snapped in two by his friend's belt buckle. Confronted by such a dramatic example of how succumbing to the purely physical self destroys our spiritual nature, Carson fumed and ran home. He locked himself in the bathroom with his Bible. When he finally re-emerged, Carson determined that he would no longer allow his temper, his poverty, his schoolwork, or any other ...
Understanding Series
Cheryl A. Brown
... to armed conflict because of injured egos, exposes a community steadily slipping into chaos. 12:1–3 The men of Ephraim called out their forces. No sound was made, no voice was raised in objection to the sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter. Even she succumbed to her fate in silence. This new episode begins with the word we expected to find earlier: called (Hb. shouted). The sound came from far away, across the Jordan River, in the territory of Ephraim. But it did not censure Jephthah for his unspeakable ...
196. Easter 6
Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12, John 15:1-17
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... that obeys your will spontaneously and sincerely. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Gracious God, we confess that we do not always live in the victory that faith in Christ gives us, but often fall in defeat before the world and succumb to its seductive ways. Forgive us, we pray. Remind us continually of your parental providence and precious priorities. Instill in us the kind of faith that brings victory, that we may truly live in loving obedience to you. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen ...
197. A Conquered Enemy
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Eulogy
W. George Easson
... Hebrews says that "Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come." Thus he points to the impermanence of our life, and emphasizes the hope of the Christian. Sometimes, in periods when things are going fairly smoothly for us we succumb to the illusion, even though we know better, that the situations of life are quite permanent. Changes which we know must some day cease seem so remote as to be unreal. But we all know that at any moment something can happen to totally alter the pattern ...
198. Matthew 3:13-17
Matthew 3:13-17
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Leonard Sweet
Who hasn’t finally succumbed to a child’s endless battery of “Why?” questions with a frustrated, “Because I said so!” Sometimes the only “reason” that is reasonable to a kid is a direct parental order. It is not readily apparent to a child why they must wear their seat belt, or why they must get ...
Eulogy
Barbara G. Schmitz
... as he was praying, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and talked with him. The subject of their discourse was Jesus' forthcoming death, his departure, his exodus from this world. But Jesus did not shrink from what lay ahead of him. He did not succumb to the fear of his mortality. Scripture tells us instead that Jesus was transfigured, literally, metamorphosized, so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. Then a cloud passed over, and a voice was heard from heaven. The voice ...
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Leonard Sweet
... that offers a hot lunch (prepared by parent volunteers). That means four out of five mornings each week we confront the dreaded "what will we eat for lunch?" dilemma. How do you face down that morning-monster with your kids? I confess: we inevitably succumb to the supermarket temptations of convenience and individual packaging. The differences in sales receipt totals for a cart full of cold-lunch necessities versus a cart full of real food is atrocious. We can eat breakfast and dinner for a full week on the ...
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