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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... I undressed, crawled into bed, and reached for my pillow, and out from underneath it crawled a huge lizard that ran up my chest and down my arm. It was the last straw. I started to scream and realized I couldn't stop screaming. I was hysterical, tired of being brave, and terrified. When Marlin heard my screams he came running and, after he saw that I wasn't hurt, he put his arms around me and said, "Honey, just think of how lucky you were to see him up close!" The Hebrews are being made ready to see God "up ...
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Harold Warlick
... values, different use of money, and a different language in our world. Such is perhaps the biggest problem a young person faces in growing to adulthood in a world of casual sex, easy drugs and infatuation with economic and material success. It is easy to be brave when everyone agrees with you; but the difficulty comes when you have to stand out, one among many, remembering your obligations as a child of God. It is just as difficult for adults. It takes some real effort to live a good life in today's ...
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Harold Warlick
... to stand firm in their belief in God, they have indeed had to go through a fiery ordeal. But in that ordeal they have found a god able to deliver them. The world has revolved around heroic souls who have been willing to dare any danger, brave any death, rather than prove disloyal to the highest values they knew. The story of three Jews is a story with a timeless meaning. Today, in our fast-paced and fragmented world, many people feel lonely and isolated. We have more separation into subdivisions, restricted ...
Children's Sermon
... felt. So, Jesus prayed for them and talked about them in that way. That makes me feel good because I know now that Jesus may care that way about me or you or all of us. We are people who are not as smart as God, or as strong or brave as God, but we care what happens to us and to our friends and family. If Jesus cared that way about his disciples, then I know that he will have special feelings about other people like you and me who follow him, even when we do not understand everything that ...
205. Now Thank We All Our God
Luke 17:11-19
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Erskine White
You can even be thankful during the most difficult of circumstances in life. It's true! We see an especially inspiring example of a brave and thankful heart in the story behind one of the church's most popular hymns, "Now Thank We All Our God." This particularly hymn was written during the Thirty Years War in Germany, in the early 1600s. Its author was Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor in the town of Eilenburg ...
206. Three Arrows
1 Samuel 20:1-42
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... of the species are hopeful some gentleman will aim Cupid’s arrow at their hearts. We forget that arrows were once weapons. Archaeologists have dug up more arrows in the land of Israel than Quaker has oats. David and Jonathan knew about arrows. They were both brave warriors who had fought against the Philistines. Jonathan was the son of King Saul, and David’s best friend. The story of David and Jonathan is a story of friendship at its best. Aristotle said that a friend can be defined as a single soul ...
207. A Ewe Turn
2 Samuel 12:1-31
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... been broken. David had murdered his lieutenant Uriah so he could have the soldier’s wife Bathsheba for his own. Bathsheba, with whom he had already committed adultery. Bathsheba, already carrying David’s child. A child that would not live. Nathan was a brave spokesman for truth. His name in Hebrew means "God has given." God had given Nathan many gifts. He had already helped David arrange musical worship in the sanctuary. (2 Chronicles 29:25) Earlier Nathan fired straight from the hip, telling David that ...
Children's Sermon
... stories we learn in Sunday school. We learn about people like Moses, Samson, Ruth, or Deborah. We hear exciting stories like Daniel in the lion’s den or David and Goliath and we think that everyone who does something special for God must be exceptionally strong or brave or bright, and then we think that God couldn’t possibly have any use for us since we are all quite ordinary people. Well, the truth is that most of the people in the Bible are not superheroes; most of them are average people like us ...
Children's Sermon
... came from. Jesus had a family tree, too. In fact, one of Jesus’ ancestors was very famous: he was the best-loved king of Israel, King David. When he was a young boy, David fought a giant named Goliath and killed him with a slingshot. He did many other brave and heroic things when he became a man. I imagine that when Jesus was growing up, He heard lots of stories about His famous ancestor, the great King David. But Jesus doesn’t belong to just one family, the family of David. Jesus is God’s Son and ...
210. Fourth of July
Galatians 3:27, 28b
Children's Sermon
... built. All wanted to live free lives. Many had suffered in lands where rulers would not allow them to study God's word. Good parents wanted their children to live in America where they could be free. The blue stands for the vast oceans that these brave settlers had to cross to reach our country. The second color is red. (Draw a red "M.") When the early settlers came to America they were met by Indians. Indians were the first Americans. We can all be proud of our Indian past. Great Americans like ballplayer ...
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... he was in Galilee, followed him and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem (Mark 15:40, 41). Only the women, who were not even thought worthy in their time to be called disciples, stood by Jesus at the cross. The men were full of brave words, but when the time of testing came, they were not there. While the women watched, the men were hiding away, waiting. They were waiting for Easter and for faith. The women of Good Friday were already faithful. But there were others who were full of faith that ...
Drama
... spirit. Minds deteriorate in time. Victims lose control. Almost always. Not Jesus, though. He lasted only six hours of crucifixion. The beatings had weakened him. But I remember thinking: What courage this man has! He is not a religious nut; he’s more like a brave soldier following strict orders, and he’s determined to carry them out to the letter. He refused to drink any of the drugged wine we give to the condemned to dull their senses. He continued to remain silent despite all the pain and insults ...
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Bill Bouknight
... in a proper way. Before you can touch him, you’re going to have to come over me." You remember how the scene ends. The mob grumbles a lot but gradually goes away, the wisest and oldest departing first. What stopped them? The moral authority of a brave man. Jesus’ moral authority was his only means of escape. He just walked right through them. No doubt some screamed and cursed at him. Perhaps some spat on him. But nobody had the nerve to stop him. I. In Nazareth There Was Little Faith, Just Familiarity ...
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... noisy rioting might lead the Roman legions to take punitive actions that nobody wanted. He pointed out that the silversmiths had free access to the magistrates and courts and should bring their complaints before them. The clerk then bravely "dismissed" the assemblage. They heeded his warnings and dispersed. Paul realized that his continued presence in Ephesus might spark more disturbances. This demonstration had been noisy but harmless. Further rioting might lead to bloodshed. His whole constructive effort ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... a self which aspires to everything lovely and of good report. In the Spirit, we sing: I would be true, for there are those who trust me. I would be pure, for there are those who care. I would be strong, for there is much to suffer. I would be brave, for there is much to dare. Joel continues with another reason for wanting the Holy Spirit: "Your young men will see visions." This reminds one of an old story of an Indian chief, about to die, who was to choose one of his sons as his successor. He sent them ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... , ran out to the main street, clanging a cow bell wildly and shouting, "My Bruce is free! My Bruce is free!" Everywhere people are yearning to be free from oppression. Some flee Communism by hijacking planes, or flying over borders by balloon. Some brave the Pacific or the Caribbean to get freedom in America. False religion enslaves people. In the sixteenth century, the people in the Roman Church were enslaved by false teachings and the hierarchy of the priesthood. They were bound to work out their own ...
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Robert Bachelder
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted ... - Matthew 4:1 In Huxley’s Brave New World, Savage is contending with Mustapha Mond, the world controller. Savage’s sensibility has been shaped by the Bible and Shakespeare, readings no longer allowed to the public. He complains to Mond about the antiseptic quality of life in the new society. The controller says to him: "We prefer ...
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Richard F. Bansemer
... it to Eve, too. They enjoyed the garden of God for a long time, until they decided there was more to be had. Through disobedience, they found out what God is like when he’s angry. Ask Moses. Forty years he led God’s people in the wilderness. Bravely he confronted the Pharaoh, risked his own neck, and spent some terrifying days on Mt. Sinai. Then, he slipped. He made a horrible mistake, and he sinned against God. And what does God do? He lets him lead for many more years, but when that nation crossed the ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... stand and stare As all your todays become yesterdays, All your tomorrows, race along the horizon into twilight And leave you with a torn parcel of memories Wondering what might have happened If you had really dared To be alive. It does not seem so strange now, the brave declaration, "This is our victory, even our faith!" We continue the realization of the expensiveness of life in the words of Maxie D. Dunnam, in Dancing at My Funeral: It costs a lot to be a person to be human to be loving to respond to that ...
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James W. Moore
... has the power to redeem. He can turn the heartache of Good Friday into the Hallelujah Chorus of Easter morning. In 1986 the third baseman for the San Francisco Giants, Bob Brenley, set a major league record with four errors in one game at third base, against the Atlanta Braves. But, then at his last time at bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, the count was three and two; Bob Brenley hit a homerun and won the game 7 – 6. From goat to hero with one swing of the bat. As Bob Brenley circled the bases with ...
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Richard Hoefler
... . I am that light - trust and follow me. Thus, with a discussion of light, John sets the stage for his second great concept of Jesus as the life and the resurrection. To know Christ as the life we need to first trust him as the light and walk bravely into the darkness with him. In one of the episodes of "The Waltons" on television, John-Boy is trying to comfort his little sister as she struggles with her first encounter with death. He says, "You know each night when you close your eyes everything is dark ...
Drama
Tom Eberle
... I don’t want to know about. Mother: I know, I know. [pause] Do you remember when you were very young? The first few times you rode with me on an escalator. Son: I remember, but what do escalators have to do with me now? Mother: You would bravely hop on the first step. But as we ascended in silent motion you became more and more terrified. You saw what was coming - that place where the grooved steps slipped beneath the tooth-like prongs of the next floor. You were afraid that somehow you would be sucked ...
223. Herod Antipas
Luke 13:31-35
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Warren Thomas Smith
... wore a diadem or bore the title, people assumed he was a king; king by virtue of appearance. The origin of king was that he represented his nation at its best, the handsome Prince Charming. A king was supposed to have been good looking; also kind, brave, just, wise, and the incarnation of honor. A king could do no wrong because he was a king. STANDARDS During his reign as Emperor of the French, Napoleon attempted to elevate his family to royalty. He installed his brother Joseph as King of Naples, then, when ...
224. Phoebe
Joel 2:28-32
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Warren Thomas Smith
... of the world."2 DIACONATE At some point in Phoebe’s spiritual quest, she moved from the traditional role - where she doubtless had started - to a place of leadership and decision making. It was a precarious gesture, requiring courage. She was a pioneer and a brave one indeed. She became the first deaconess! At no point in the New Testament is there mention of a specific order for women, but the reference by Paul is clear, "I commend ... Phoebe, a deaconess ..." By the year A.D. 112, Pliny was reporting to ...
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Bill Bouknight
... dearly love the set-up we have on earth. It must be hard for a Ray Kroc to leave a McDonald’s hamburger fortune and pass into eternity without even a credit card. It must be hard for a Ted Turner to contemplate leaving his Super Station and the Atlanta Braves. And the same is true to a lesser degree for the rest of us. We’ve got a pretty good deal going right here. The great Bible teacher, R. C. Sproul, says “Modern man is betting his life that this world is all there is, and that there is no ...
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