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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2276. Romans 8:26-30
Romans 8:18-27
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... and Paul have the greatest statements on hope in the New Testament. For Peter, it is 1 Peter 3:15: “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” for Paul it is Romans 8:27: “all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” These may be two of the greatest single statements on hope in all of New Testament outside of the red-letters. Although Paul ...
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Leonard Sweet
... your wind blow.” –Russ Rosen/Sandy Rosen/Mike Oshiro In his autobiography, John Stuart Mill told the story of his father, a man who was intellectually ambitious for his son and who put him on a crash course of knowledge. With no respect for religious faith, however, he refused anything religious to enter his son’s educational journey. From the perspective of his reaching manhood, Mill confessed that he emerged into adulthood with a mind crammed with information, but a soul that was starved. In Mill ...
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Bill Bouknight
... team listens and the quarterback alone calls the signals. Then Tom would add, “A Christian can tell the Lord his preferences and desires. The Lord loves to listen to his beloved children. But the Lord is the one who calls the plays. A Christian is one who respects and tries to execute the plays that the Lord calls.” Jacob finally decided to play on the Lord’s team. If you haven’t made that decision, do it today. Then you will become “more than a conqueror through him who loved us.” (Rom. 8:37 ...
2279. The Great Divide
Matthew 16:13-20
Sermon
King Duncan
... the doctors and nurses always insisted on wearing gloves, although there was little chance of infection. The two young men visiting the colony viewed this practice as disgusting and dehumanizing. They refused to wear the gloves. They touched the lepers as a sign of respect and love. In fact, on their first visit to the “leper” side of the Amazon, the young men encountered a patient whose face was disfigured from the dread disease. When one of the young men held out his hand for a handshake, the patient ...
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Bill Bouknight
... today who do not usually attend. I welcome these folks. To them I offer this gentle admonition -there is a big difference between the way we treat a dead hero and a living Lord. We honor the memory of a dead hero, like Abraham Lincoln., with a respectful nod of appreciation each February. We might even visit his memorial in Washington. We try to remember and teach his principles. Now, if Jesus Christ were nothing more than a dead hero, perhaps an annual visit to a church would be sufficient. But if he is a ...
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Bill Bouknight
... away from home, 76 children will be tragically abused, and 9 children will be arrested for drug offenses? This is what happens in our nation every hour of every day. (1) The childhood years are vitally important when it comes to spiritual influences. The respected Christian sociologist George Barna reminds us that most Christians come to faith before they are 18 years of age. (2) If they have not received Christ by the time they leave high school, the chances of their accepting Him as their Lord and Savior ...
2282. Finishing Strong
Philippians 3:12-14
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Bill Bouknight
... me close with this true story. Early in World War II, things were going badly for England. To make matters worse, her coal miners went out on strike. Prime Minister Winston Churchill called on a Methodist preacher, W.E. Sangster, one of the most respected men in the country, to invite the coal miners to meet in the largest auditorium that could be found. Sangster offered the invocation and then called on Mr. Churchill to speak. The Prime Minister said, “Men of England, your country needs coal. Hitler says ...
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Bill Bouknight
... different. She is designed to be the leading lover, and he the loving leader. But marriage is not designed to be a relationship of boss and subordinate. I love the story of the CEO who was complaining one day in a staff meeting that he was not getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, “I’m the boss.” He then taped it to his office door. Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had attached a note to his door sign ...
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Bill Bouknight
... . We are donning our wedding garment and are ready for God’s party. We Christians should never be disrespectful toward persons of other religions. We will never have a chance to share the gospel with Muslim, Hindu, or Jewish people unless we treat them respectfully and winsomely. It is never proper for us to judge people of other religions. Only God is capable of doing that properly, with justice and mercy. But neither should we embrace the cultural myth that all religions are equally true. If I have an ...
2285. Why Didn't You Tell Us This Before?
Matthew 16:13-20
Illustration
Russell F. Metcalfe
... worried about being taken for fundamentalists." So in personal, devotional terms Pastor Copenhaver tried to tell his people what Jesus Christ meant to him. Evidently the sermon was quite a personal testimony. After the service Pastor Copenhaver noticed a dear lady whom he respected. She came past to shake his hand, and could not speak. So she went around and came past again, to give herself time to compose herself. When she finally came the second time she simply said, "Why didn't you tell us this before ...
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John E. Harnish
... ourselves · to proclaim "liberty and justice for all," not just for our nation · to ask God to bless not just America, but all of God's people · to do the hard work of building bridges instead of barriers—uniting, not dividing, creating a community which respects the worth of every person And often it feels like singing the Lord's song in a foreign land. When we first moved to Nashville, Tennessee, I didn't know much about Country and Bluegrass music. Frankly, it felt like a foreign song in a foreign ...
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John E. Harnish
... they could explain it was to say, "They must be out of their minds!" What if the world, hearing our word of witness and our song of joy, was simply dumbfounded, saying, "What's gotten into them?" What if our openness to others, our commitment to inclusivity, our respect for those who differ from us, was such that there was just no other way to understand it? What if our love for our enemies, our compassion for the world, was just too much to explain any other way than to say, "They must be filled with new ...
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John E. Harnish
... was unheard of. It is, in fact, the new word, the word which will reshape the marriage covenant. "Fathers, don't provoke your children to anger." The very idea that fathers should care about their children's feelings and treat them with any degree of respect as human beings of worth was unheard of, but it has the potential to reshape the entire family. “Masters, treat your slaves with justice." Justice for slaves? No one had ever considered such a thing. "Remember," he tells the masters, "you also have a ...
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King Duncan
... than their average colleague. “How do I love me? Let me count the ways.” (3) Sure, we understand the importance of positive self-esteem, but whatever happened to joy J-O-Y Jesus first; Others second; Yourself third. We need to have a healthy sense of self respect in order to make a difference in the world. But we were not put on this earth to look after number one. Most people who spend their lives looking out for number one are miserable. You can start with the pop music business and see that. We are ...
2290. Tiny Bad Habits
Matthew 16:21-28
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... way that makes them feel bad. Jesus said that anyone who follows him must humble himself and take up a cross and follow him. One of the things this means is that we treat other people the way we would like to be treated. We treat them with kindness and respect. We treat them as other children of God, who loves us all the same.
Sermon
Donald Charles Lacy
... faith and practice together are clergy. Laying aside the political realities of the parish life, our people want to experience pastors who are thankful and live in that mood. Such sends an aroma throughout the parish. Even those who dislike us will honor and respect our styles of living. Our failures along this line are frequently closely related to upward mobility as professionals. We try too hard to succeed in wrong ways and end up failing in matters that really are crucial. I do not believe there is a ...
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Donald Charles Lacy
... that depicts a human god, devoid of any real power. It is a cardinal illustration of someone whose vast powers tell us there is providential care and concern, coming to us in a form we can understand. 4. Our God knows us thoroughly and totally, but respects our free will. We are to "strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish." Striving means it is definitely — to some extent — our doing. Our spiritual formation in the likeness of Christ may very well be a gift but our cooperation is ...
2293. Apostolic Instruction
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
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Donald Charles Lacy
... is a complicated relationship with those who cling to Moses and the prophets and yet the reality is quite simple. We are called through Christ's revelation to live in a certain way and that can — for the most part — be put in a capsule. In some respects, it is almost like holding these priceless gems in our hands and gazing upon them. To my knowledge, American culture has always said we are born to be successful. It is even maintained that the Puritans thought anyone who wasn't a success was either lazy ...
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Donald Charles Lacy
... same thing at each and every service. It is not that they were in any sense wicked people. However, surely there could have been some indication of change, showing they had moved deeper with their Lord. As a lad, not even into my teenage years, I observed in respect but vowed I would go deeper, much deeper. This was not seen at the time as an attempt to be better than someone else but to acknowledge the enormity of the field with the ground hardly broken. It was a moment of awakening that was only barely a ...
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Donald Charles Lacy
... be a special word for those today who are good, morally upright people but have not made the discovery of Jesus the Christ. Our duty to instruct and inspire is an extraordinary opportunity. It is likely these twelve or so knew of Jesus and had awesome respect for him. What they apparently did not know was that salvation was found in him and only him. Paul took the situation as he found it and made one of spiritual progress, doing so without denigrating John. Would that all spiritual transitions could be as ...
2296. Being Single-minded
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
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Donald Charles Lacy
... 's world must be confronted and hopefully reconciled in ways helpful for all concerned. Arguments are seldom useful, especially if they are heated arguments before numbers of people. Our call is one to dialogue as peacefully as we can — in particular — among Jews and Muslims. Respect is always necessary. After all, aren't they also God's children? Yes, and do we presume to know all the ways God has and does deal with all of his dear children? Of real assistance along this line is a reading and pondering ...
2297. Making Disciples
2 Corinthians 3:1-6
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Donald Charles Lacy
... . He was showing a needy humanity he would especially give his heart for all of us. Had Jesus given us only a set of rules to follow, we would have only another philosophical system. We have infinitely more than that and an open door to heaven. My respect for the scientific realm is considerable. In fact, let's admit science and religion are no longer mortal enemies trying to destroy one another. They haven't been for quite some time. A case in point is the part prayer plays in diseases, accidents, and the ...
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Donald Charles Lacy
... security. There is a value system here that confounds the world and always has. Indeed, how can anyone lose himself and find himself? The only sense it makes to the world is the failure to actualize oneself into his/her own authority figure that gains the respect of secular society. If one gets lost and loses control of life, what is left but a series of failed attempts to be somebody - as defined by worldly values? No wonder we people who totally commit ourselves to Christ appear to be a bunch of idiots ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
... security. There is a value system here that confounds the world and always has. Indeed, how can anyone lose himself and find himself? The only sense it makes to the world is the failure to actualize oneself into his/her own authority figure that gains the respect of secular society. If one gets lost and loses control of life, what is left but a series of failed attempts to be somebody — as defined by worldly values? No wonder we people who totally commit ourselves to Christ appear to be a bunch of idiots ...
2300. The Acceptable Time
2 Corinthians 6:1-2
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Maurice A. Fetty
... and powerful and pompous while at the same time snubbing their noses at Paul and his associates who had served them to the point of exhaustion. Even yet many people do not want their children to enter the ministry because they do not hold the office in respect. People will use the good graces of a minister to win acceptance in a church and then ignore him. Many want to receive all that the church and ministry offer, but will not contribute a son or daughter to full-time Christian work. Speak of sending the ...
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