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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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2401. The Ear, the Tongue, and the Temper: A Lesson in Spiritual Anatomy

James 1:17-27

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless" (James 1:26). Be slow to speak. In this day of abundant speech, we are told to examine the nature of our language. Is it superfluous, or do those around us feel blessed and benefited by our words? How are we with the vocabulary of worship? How is our prayer life? How often do we say thank you? How much of the day do we spend in praise of God and those who have blessed our lives? Think twice before you speak ...

2402. Heavenly Wisdom

James 3:13—4:8

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. It is the wisdom that is spoken around us daily: that who we are depends on what we have; that happiness consists in having more; that our human worth is defined by our net worth, and that I'll feel better about myself as soon as I feel better about my checkbook. There is nothing new about this way of living. It has been the nature of men and women since history began. Only a few are able to see through the delusion. Some of you will realize the falseness of this path ...

2403. The Christmas Message of Hope

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , without music. When singing, we celebrate the best news that is ever been given poor people, that God so loved the world that he became one of us, living as a human being." When the merchant rejoined his children, he said, "We will learn to sing with greater feeling and less volume. In our joy, we don't want to irritate our neighbor. What do you say to that?" The oldest child spoke for all, saying, "We say, ‘Let the music begin.' " The merchant and his children did not have much in a material sense, but ...

2404. God Makes All Things New

Isaiah 61:10—62:3

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... do and how they think. Undoubtedly, for all of us the most important renewal in our lives must be our relationship with God. This was precisely what Isaiah was saying to the Hebrews. The exile forced the people to rethink their previous ideas and actions. We may feel exiled from God, but this is not because God has abandoned us. On the contrary, it is because we have abandoned God. God gave Israel a second, a third, and a hundredth chance. So, too, the Lord grants us numerous opportunities to draw near. The ...

2405. Troubled Waters

Genesis 9:8-17

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... teeth; not wishing to disturb the sleepers in the house, she brushed with shampoo from a tube that felt like a toothpaste tube in the dark bathroom. In mid-afternoon, Betty and the others arrived at the Port of Miami to board the boat. Betty was not feeling well. The group gathered in the cockpit of the vessel, aptly named Shark VII, to hear the captain's briefing. Betty was putting up a brave front. The high school students sat in the hot sun and learned about port and starboard, aft and forward, galley ...

2406. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... his wife and said, “Just watch me teach this kid a lesson about selling. After all these years of writing books about communication, lecturing all over the country,” Robert continued, “I might as well share some of my wisdom with him. I don’t want to hurt his feelings, but I’ll get rid of him before he knows what’s happened. I’ve used this technique for years, and it works every time. Then I’ll go back and teach him how to deal with people like me.” Mrs. Robert watched as the twelve‑year ...

2407. What is Crucifixion?

Mark 15:21-32

Illustration

C. Truman Davis

... and up the arms to explode in the brain the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves. As he pushes himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, he places the full weight on the nail through his feet. Again he feels the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the bones of his feet. As the arms fatigue, cramps sweep through the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push himself upward to breathe ...

2408. One Month Prescription

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Staff

... try?" When couples accept my challenge, the results are invariably successful. My prescription for creating love is simple: do ten things each day that you would do if you really were in love. I know that if people do loving things, it will not be long before they experience the feelings that are often identified as being in love. Love is not those feelings. Love is what one wills to do to make the other person happy and fulfilled. Often, we don't realize that what a person does influences what he ...

2409. Pastor's Personal Concerns

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H.B. London

... on their busy schedule, 54 percent on their spouse's schedule, and 35 percent on frequent night church meetings.; 22 percent seek supplemental income to make ends meet; 28 percent feel current compensation is inadequate; 69 percent of the spouses work outside the home to make ends meet; 67 percent of the pastors feel positive about their spouses working outside their home; 9 percent of clergy have had extramarital affairs; 19 percent have had inappropriate sexual contact with another person other than their ...

2410. Never Enough

Illustration

Charles Sell

... of the St. Louis cardinal's professional football club. Joe Namath (who later signed with the New York Jets), was the club's first round pick that year. "Excited, "I telephoned my father to tell him the good news. He said, 'How does it feel to be second?'" Despite the hateful feelings he had for his father, Dave began to build a bridge to his dad. Christ had come into his life during college years, and it was God's love that made him turn to his father. During visits home he stimulated conversation with him ...

2411. The Missing Figure in the Nativity Scene

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... my attitude particularly refreshing.” (5) Well, I suspect Santa would find it refreshing. That is not where most of us are. And I’m not talking about just children. It’s true of adults, too. The more we have, the more we feel we need. And the more we feel we need, the less we feel we have to share with others. And Christmas, ironically, brings out the worst in us. In Jesus’ name we go on a hedonistic binge that mocks the Savior born in a stable among the least and the lowest. I was amused to read ...

2412. Christmas Is a God-Thing

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... devoted to serving the homeless, but he was getting weary and this final Hispanic gentleman was almost “one homeless person too many” for him. Mark knew that his commitment to being a “caring” pastor had put him in this position, but he was starting to feel sorry for himself. On the way to the shelter, he stewed in his own anger at himself, at the man, and ultimately at God. Finally, realizing he didn’t know the stranger’s name, he asked. The man answered, “Hayzoos,” which is, of course, the ...

2413. Constant State of Crabby

Humor Illustration

In another PEANUTS cartoon, however, Lucy says, "Boy, do I feel crabby." Linus responds: "Maybe I can be of help. Why don't you just take my place here in front of the TV while I go and fix you a nice snack? Sometimes we all need a little pampering to help us feel better." Linus returns with a sandwich, chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. He says, "Now, is there anything else I can get you? Is there anything I haven't thought of?" Lucy took the tray of food and replied, "Yes, there's one thing you ...

2414. Benefits of Laughter

Illustration

Staff

... can from 10 minutes worth of rowing? (Why sweat when you can laugh?) Charles Darwin believed that one's facial expression can actually influence one's moods? (Studies in bio-feedback confirm Darwin's belief. We smile so that we may feel good, not just because we already feel good. Want to feel better? Even on your gloomiest day, walk around with a silly grin on your face. Of course, people will wonder what you've been up to.) Laughing for 15 seconds adds two days to the life span? Very impressive statistics ...

2415. The Joyful Possibilities God Offers

Matthew 25:31-46

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King Duncan

... into the first frame saying to himself: "Sometimes I love life so much I can't express it!" In the second frame he continues to dance: "I feel that I want to take the first person I meet into my arms and dance merrily through the streets." Then, in the third frame, he meets very grumpy Lucy. Snoopy is silent. In the fourth frame, he is dancing again: "I feel that I want to take the SECOND person I meet into my arms and dance merrily through the streets." When you think about the possibilities that God ...

2416. No Time for a Sermon

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... The reason that on this Sunday, on Christmas Day, there is “no time for a sermon” is because on Christmas Day there is only time for each of us to discover “a silence in which another voice may speak” (Mary Oliver, “Praying”). Today is the time for us to FEEL the gift of Christmas from the top of our heads to the tip of our toes, not “hear” about it with our ears. The gift of Christmas is something that sneaks up on us at unexpected moments. It may come in the wee hours of the morning after ...

2417. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to stand in their shoes. Here is Paul asking followers of Jesus to think as the mentally ill might think, to feel as the disabled might feel, to react as the foreigner might react. Because in Christ there truly is no slave nor free, no male nor female, no ... guide us. What are those better natures? According to our text this morning, they are at least four: 1) Empathy: can you feel someone else’s pain and confusion? Can you put yourself in someone else’s shoes? Can you empathize with your “weaker” ...

2418. Singing with Lutherans

Humor Illustration

... . (For those of you who are not Lutherans, ELCA is Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and LCMS is Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. When and where I grew up in Minnesota, intermarriage between the two was about as popular as Lutherans and Catholics marrying.) Lutherans feel guilty for not staying to clean up after their own wedding reception in the Fellowship Hall. Lutherans are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. Lutherans believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take ...

2419. Victorious, but Not Unscarred

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... young mother “scooped up her toddler son from the swimming pool and began to walk toward a lounge chair. As she stepped onto the tiled patio, her foot slipped on the wet slick surface. She was also seven months pregnant, and it was one of those moments where you feel like you’re moving in slow motion but there’s nothing you can do to stop the fall. Within a split second, she knew her momentum was toppling her forward, and she could either fall and land on top of both her son and her unborn child, or ...

2420. From Loving Jesus

Luke 24:36-53

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Mark Allen Powell

... pleasant, but it is pretty powerful. I am in love with my wife, and when she is gone, I think about her constantly. I perk up at any news of her and I am energized by the slightest connection (a letter, a phone call). That's what being a Christian "feels like." Of course, it is a confident sadness, but let's just admit this much: we love Jesus as a bride loves her groom, but our bridegroom has been taken away from us, and that makes us sad. The love can be real and powerful and overwhelming, but the absence ...

2421. A Concert of Praise

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... by the Lord. — Luke 1:42-45 Mary hadn't even told Elizabeth she was with child, but God had. The knowledge of that filled Mary with her personal concert of praise. A young maiden from a tiny village in Nazareth had found favor with God. She did not feel trapped. She did not run to the big city where she could get lost in the crowds. Raising God's Son in the shelter of a loving family brought Mary much happiness. Surrendering herself as an instrument of God, she had been elevated to a much higher level ...

2422. Forgive as You Have Been Forgiven

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... back door loudly. "That does it!" he yells. "I'm never going to talk to Marc again." "What on earth did he do to make you feel this way?" his mother inquired. "He says he's my best friend, and then he doesn't pick me for his side in baseball. What ... toward his friend. Their relationship has been broken and only forgiveness can mend it. We must choose to forgive even if we feel wronged. We all fall short and need forgiveness. Precisely because God forgives our sin, we need to forgive others. Our prayer should ...

2423. Oh, Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... is compassion. When people choose a toxic lifestyle, how can we help them redeem the cross they have chosen? How deeply do we feel the sufferings of others, whether or not it's their own fault? This is perhaps the flaw of the incarnation. There is no ... ing a nest. Last year a robin was persistent in using my porch light as a base for a nest instead of a tree. When that happens we feel like we have to use the garage door instead of the front door to enter and exit our home, and we can't use the light either. ...

2424. Veni, Spiritus Sanctus, Veni

John 14:8-17 (25-27)

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... cool inside." Some wit penned underneath, "Brother, you said it." Far from cool, far from boring, that first Pentecost exploded with wind, fire, and holy breath, promising a new wild freedom, an intoxicating joy ride. When you and I are stalled, when we feel weak, disabled, and down, the Spirit of truth functions like a set of jumper cables. We have connection. Author Robert Fulghum wrote, "Jumper cables? You want jumper cables? Sure I got jumper cables. I can hook you up to Grand Coulee Dam, buddy, or ...

2425. Holy, Holy, Holy

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... as enlivening as your breath. The Holy Spirit is at work in and through the word of God, the sacraments, and the people of God. When we feel our faith is fainting, the Holy Spirit gets to work making believers out of us. When we don't feel generous with our tithes or time or resources the Holy Spirit is at work making stewards out of us. When we don't feel very loving, the Holy Spirit is busy creating lovers out of us. A pastor who followed me in my first parish, Pastor Charles Mountain, wrote this song ...

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