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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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2326. Inspired Christian Life

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... faith has not grown as the Lord worked in one's own life? Leader: Then let us proclaim for all the world to hear of our precious Lord. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, we are so blessed. Some might think we are out of touch if we have too much or too little, but what matters is we have Your Love. Thank You, Lord, and help us share Your Love. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, too often we have let the daily matters of living claim so much of our attention ...

2327. Dual Citizenship II - What Do We Owe To God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that took Jesus all the way to the cross for people like you and me. Think of that suffering Christ who did it all so we could have abundant life on this earth and eternal life hereafter. Let tears of gratitude fill your eyes. Then you're in touch with vital faith. Its heartbeat is gratitude. A SECOND OBLIGATION WE HAVE TO GOD IS TO WITNESS. One day a businessman asked a friend in his Bible study group, "Isn't it possible to live a Christian life in secret?" His wise friend replied, "John, it is impossible ...

2328. Receiving God's Good News

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Lord would speak through the Scriptures to all who will hear. Leader: And God's presence is promised wherever two or more would gather. People: So let us come to worship and hear again the wonderful stories of God. Leader: And let our hearts thrill again as we are touched by the Holy Spirit. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You would confound the mighty and lift high the meek so that we might learn about Your love. Help us, God, to seek Your word for our day and not to judge Your people ...

2329. Terminally Distracted Or Decisively Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Joseph M. Freeman

... a career promotion, and so forth. One doesn't sleep off such noteworthy matters and events; one builds an excitement and appreciation for them. To behave non-caringly toward them is to reveal indifference about life that puts one out of touch with what should draw one outside of oneself. In the scripture passage, while all ten bridesmaids became naturally drowsy and sleepy, the surprising arrival of the bridegroom startled and awoke all ten, but only five were practically prepared. Though naturally as ...

2330. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... exterior. Our neighbors are not to be trusted. They might steal our piece of the pie. They might get a higher rank on the success ladder. They might wear more designer labels. Loving our neighbors, well, Lord, once again You prove how out of touch and unaware You are of reality ... the real world. READER 3 When it comes to loving the world, You just expect too much ... way, way too much. You were such an idealist; I mean, You loved anybody and everybody, regardless of status or position ... regardless ...

2331. The Escape

Drama

Douglas W. Orbaker

... to be going on now, isn’t it? (He looks to Barabbas.) (Barabbas continues to ignore him.) Theudas (Irritated) What’s the matter with you? You suddenly go deaf over night? (He rushes toward him, as if to grab him.) Why don’t you answer me?! Barabbas Touch me, and it won’t be the smartest thing you ever did. Theudas (He stops. Stalking over to his cot and sitting down, he attempts to smooth out the confrontation.) Just trying to make conversation. It seems that while I talk, my words drown out my ...

2332. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... the springs of water which had nourished their lives while they were in Egypt. Then we went down into the bowels of the church, into a dark, dank spot. Those of us who cared to, put a finger into the flowing water, or dipped in a cupped hand, then touched a bit of the water to our lips. I wanted to believe as I dipped my finger into that cool stream, that I was indeed bending at the spot where Joseph and Mary once scooped up water for the infant Jesus. The solemnity, the heavy darkness, and the inescapable ...

2333. Stewards of Life, Death, and Beyond

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... be what Jesus was saying in the Sermon on the Mount: "... store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal" (Matthew 6:20). Just think how this kind of planning ahead by some of our members now touches so many through our ministry. Giving to and remembering our church in our wills is a way we can still be present with the alive saints here and be of help. It’s consistent with our belief in the fellowship of the saints. So we see that we ...

2334. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... back to David. He wanted it - so they wanted him to have it. It was as simple as that. And they were willing to risk their lives to bring him the water. That’s the way people felt about David. The conclusion of the story is that David was so touched that he decided the water was too sacred to drink. He poured it out on the ground as an offering, as a sacrifice unto God. He said he wasn’t worthy to drink water that had been brought at such a price (2 Samuel 23:13-17). Magnanimous Personality Another ...

2335. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... true today as it was then (Acts 5:29). The people of the city of Jerusalem were so impressed with the power of this man that they brought their sick and afflicted ... laid them along the streets and alleys ... just hoping that as Peter passed by, his shadow might touch the sick and bring healing (Acts 5:15; see Isaiah 32:2). This may have been superstitious, but it is also an indication that here is a reed who became a rock. Many are the incidents that illustrate the rock-like Peter of the early days of the ...

2336. Francis of Assisi: a Faith for Every Day

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... . A fourteenth century document tells how Francis was elected "King of the Revels" in his village. His friends gave him a free hand to spend what he liked for a feast. After the feast, they were going through the streets. All of a sudden the Lord touched his heart. His companions looked back and saw that he was transformed into another man. He explained that he was thinking of wooing the noblest, richest, and most beautiful bride ever seen. The bride was none other than the form of true religion which he ...

2337. Martin Luther: the Shape of Grace

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... shapes of the church have become old, stagnant, and bloated. We desperately need a new re-forming of the church today. We need another Luther, Wesley, Calvin, or Booth right now and in this place. We need bold thinkers and protestors in direct touch with the Almighty God to call for new shape in our church now. I have had the profound privilege of traveling to Wittenberg, East Germany, several times. I have worshiped in the Stadt Kirche (city church) where Luther was parish pastor his entire ministry ...

2338. John Wesley: Religion of the Heart

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Not practical." Perhaps. You may say "Not popular." You’re probably right. But "Christ-like"? you bet. That it is! And when our hearts are warmed with God’s gospel, we must be active, concerned Christians. That means being bleeding hearts, and it means touching the untouchables of our own day. It means rolling up our sleeves and making a difference in their lives. For very cold weather there are now available hand and feet warmers run by batteries you carry with you. We Christians need heart-warmers so ...

2339. When Something is About to Happen

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... live on tiptoe just so long, before the muscles grow tired and the eyes grow weary of looking for the light of a day which never dawns. If the church is standing at the threshold of God’s future kingdom of justice, then the church can dare to touch the wounds of lepers and freely pour out its resources for the poor. If this world is surely in the throes of death, and the new age of healing and mercy is close at hand, then the church can cheerfully bear rejection, endure suffering, and faithfully sing its ...

2340. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... to wait with the people. Exhausted, impatient, and deprived of the vision of God’s presence, the people cry to Aaron, "Point God out! We want to kneel down ... But then, where is he? Point him out!" Finally Aaron yields to their plea, forging for them a god they can touch, a god for whom they never have to wait. "O Israel," he says, ... I return your gods to you, and also give you to them, just as you have demanded. You shall provide the stuff; I shall give it a form ...4 But our gods made of positive ...

2341. When Nothing Can Be Done

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Thomas Long

... ..." "If you will," said the leper to Jesus, "you can heal me." And Jesus was moved with strong compassion. The One who was, and is, and ever will be the "help of the helpless" was deeply moved, and, stretching out his grace-filled hand, he touched the untouchable leper. "I will," he said. "Be clean." The sad and condemning "nothing can be done" was abolished by the merciful word, "I will." New Testament scholar R. H. Lightfoot has suggested that the best commentary on this event can be found in Romans 8 ...

2342. What’s In It For Me?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... His mind was filled with all of the wonderful things that would mean for him. Peter’s hopes for a Messiah were filled with dreams that Peter would be so much better off when Messiah came. There was a lot in it for Peter if the Messiah came and touched his life. But Peter had it wrong. This story in the gospel passage scares me a little bit everytime I read it. Peter had everything backwards. He had connected the Messiah to his own hopes and dreams. Peter had it wrong. And that makes me wonder. I hear all ...

2343. The Glory and the Cross

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... our prayer time. Sometimes those times alone with God seem charged with an aura of excitement. We can feel God’s presence within the room. There is holiness and mystery in the air. God seems so close we feel we could almost reach out and touch God. "It is well to be here." That is our overpowering feeling. We have glimpsed God’s glory. It would be good to stay here all day! Mountaintop experiences. That is what we usually call such moments. Mountaintop experiences. We get that expression from the story ...

2344. Christmas Gift

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

My Father worked long hours six days a week, so there was not much time for father-son things. Those few times when we touched at a deep level are very precious to me. One of them was Christmas, especially Christmas morning. We four children had hung our stockings and left fruit cake and wine for Santa Claus on the hearth. It was always consumed. Early Christmas morning Daddy went into the rooms, bent down, ...

2345. You Don’t Really Feel That Way

Job 6:1-7:21

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... in a world where, in Christ, there is no darkness and no ultimate despair. We, of all, are the most blessed, to know that in all things God is working good; therefore, in our deepest distress there is a radically resistant element of unshakable confidence that we are touching the mysteries of life. Even in the darkest hours God means light for us as he did in our Lord Jesus. We learn from Job’s self-surrender; we live on the self-surrender of Jesus. In him is faith at its highest and best; and through him ...

2346. Movin’ Around Room

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... ). This cripple had been locked in for 38 years to his excuse. "I do not have anyone to move me to the pool when the water is disturbed." The belief was that from time to time an angel flew over the pool and disturbed the surface. The first person to touch the water after the angel’s visitation would be healed. This poor man had no one, only his excuses. He was on a ten-inch leash. Jesus, looking on him and loving him, knew that he needed movin’ around room, not in the portico, but in his heart. He ...

2347. It’s as Simple as That

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... parts of the event: the continuation of God’s Word from generation to generation as it is passed on from one person to another; and that the Word has no earthly relevance until it is woven into the daily lives of those who bear it and those they touch. Is this not what the Incarnation is all about? A man took divine revelation and lived out all its human relevancies until it became part and parcel of the world. It’s as simple as that. The Transfiguration of Jesus as recorded in Mark 9:2-8 parallels ...

2348. Advent 2

Isaiah 40:1-31, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Mark 1:1-8

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... to look for one to come, whose baptism would be spiritual and far more thorough. People: IN THE NAME OF THAT COMING, CLEANSING CHRIST, LET US WORSHIP GOD. Collect O God of mercy, who sent a cleansing light in the wilderness to prepare the way for our salvation, touch us with the awe of your righteousness; that we may truly repent of our sins and be opened to the future that you have in store for us in Jesus the Christ, in whom we meet and pray. Amen Prayer of Confession O Redeemer God, we acknowledge with ...

2349. Christmas 1

Isaiah 9:1-7, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... vengeance; where you proclaim righteousness, we exalt selfishness; and where you show compassion for the oppressed, we often find ourselves in the role of the oppressor. Forgive us, we pray. Make the spirit of this day and of the one who comes in your name touch us with transforming results. In the name of the Christ child we pray. Amen Second Lesson: Titus 2:11-14 Theme: An interim ethics for a redeemed people Exegetical Note Between the advents - the first of grace, the second of glory - those who have ...

2350. Christmas 2

Isaiah 62:1-12, Titus 3:1-11, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... God, we acknowledge with sadness that we have not always lived as your holy ransomed and redeemed people, but have often lived in helplessness and hopelessness, depression and despair, as if we were God-forsaken. Forgive us our lack of trust in your promises. Touch our spirits with the reality of the salvation that you have sent in your Son; and lead us with your Spirit to live the results of our redemption with renewed righteousness and heartfelt hope, through Jesus Christ. Amen Second Lesson: Titus 3:4-7 ...

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