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Synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction, disgrace, dishonour, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, odium, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, contempt, pity, misfortune, crying shame, cause for regret, source of regret, sad thing, unfortunate thing, discredit to, disgrace to, stain on, blemish on, blot on, blot on the escutcheon of, slur on, reproach to, bad reflection on, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, give a bad name to, put in a bad light, humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up

Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. Do You Have The Glory?

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... nobody knows who you are." (2) That's where most of us are. "It's pretty tough being famous when nobody knows who you are." Jesus didn't promise that everybody would know our name. He just promised us glory. Evidently, what Jesus called glory was not what the world calls glory. And, maybe that's just as well. Jib Fowles, a college professor and author, did a study of 100 stars from all fields Hollywood entertainers, sports stars, musicians. He discovered that celebrities are almost four times more likely to ...

2. Revealed Glory

Exodus 16:1-36

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Walter Kimbrough

... completing a 40-day fast, that man must not live by bread alone, is not relevant in this instance. It is, however, true from a spiritual perspective that we survive off the Word of God, but the situation of the text is centered around the glory of God; and that the glory of God was made manifest, in part, in the reality of food. The Israelites needed to see food that was indeed eatable. Not a mirage, but real food. God gave them food to eat. Nutritionists would raise the issue of a balanced diet. A balanced ...

3. To God Be The Glory!

Isaiah 60:1-6

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... fountain bubbling up in the heart; secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about.[4] * Through our attitude of assurance — we have a confidence that endures because it is in God. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.[5] * Through an ...

4. God's Glory Manifest

Exodus 24:1-18

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... elders on the mountain. Our text of today then narrates God's call for Moses to come up the mountain to receive God's instructions for the people. The cloud covers the mountain and the voice of God speaks from the cloud into which Moses enters. The glory of the Lord still terrified the people, but Moses is in the presence of the Holy God. However, this light of God's complete otherness has now been revealed to Israel as mercy and gracious condescension because of God's declaring the Holy One to be Israel ...

5. A Glimpse of Glory

Revelation 21:10-22 - 22:5

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Steven E. Albertin

... Republic.") That day when water was poured over you and a few words were uttered, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," a saint was made. Your name was written in the "book of life" forever. You were given a glimpse of glory. In a few moments you will come forward to eat and drink at the Lord's table. You will eat bread and drink wine. But even more you will meet Jesus, God's right-hand man, sitting at the right hand of the Father in heaven. The words of that ...

6. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory!

John 11:17-37

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Steven E. Albertin

... Saints' Sunday? Because on this All Saints' Sunday our thoughts turn to heaven and the eternal destiny promised to us in our baptism. We may not be about to march into battle but we surely are engaged in a kind of holy war. We are searching for a vision of glory that will inspire us to keep living and striving in a world in which our future is far from certain. Our talk about heaven is essential to the church's ability to talk of a future filled with hope. Without the hope of heaven can there be any hope ...

7. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

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King Duncan

... : there is power in encouragement. Whether it's with puppies or people, you can make a very important, positive impact in their lives through encouragement. (1) Where do you find encouragement? For St. Paul, encouragement was found at the foot of the cross. "Far be it from me to glory, he says in Galatians 6:14, "except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." Here was where St. Paul found the strength he needed to be what God called him to be ” at the cross. Let me ask you a question. Where do you find ...

8. Angels and Shepherds: Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to seek the one that is lost. And we still see on the Cross, and celebrate in Holy Communion, the Pascal Lamb, who has been given by God as a sacrifice for our sins and the sins of the whole world. All that has meaning. The shining glory of God is not restricted to particular people. It did come to the shepherds and it came when they were doing their duty, as they were being faithful in the responsibility life had given them. Doesn’t that say something to us? Mechanic, doctor, housewife, teacher, nurse ...

9. The Glory and the Cross

Mark 9:2-13

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Richard A. Jensen

... Jesus was telling them again that he, "... will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise" (Mark 9:31). Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was sent into our world from the world of God’s glory to carry out a mission. His mission was confirmed in this transfiguration story. "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." That is what God said to Jesus. It is from the words of Jesus that we get a sense of the nature of his mission. Jesus will suffer in ...

10. A Strange Kind Of Glory

John 13:31-38

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John M. Braaten

... new look at it. The setting is the upper room just prior to Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas has just left to make preparations for his betrayal of Christ. Our Lord then turns to the disciples and says, "Now the Son of Man's glory is revealed; now God's glory is revealed through him and he will do it at once," and from there he goes out to be arrested like a common felon, to be publicly flogged and ridiculed, and finally to be subjected to utter humiliation, as they hang him stark naked on a ...

11. A Glory Revealed in the King

John 12:12-19

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Charles M. Mountain

... , he would reconcile us to the Father. He came not to be merely a local hero and ethnic warrior of the Jewish nation, but to destroy the power and authority of the false ruler of the entire world with all his lies and ways of death. This is the strange glory of King Jesus, whose kingship "is not of this world." He came to give himself over to death so that you and I may have life abundantly. When Jesus was glorified (that is, when he died), it was not the end - it was really the beginning. His Kingship will ...

12. The One in Whom We Glory

John 12:12-19

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J. Howard Olds

... . At first she would be quiet, but as the joy of the Lord swelled within, she would begin to let it out. She always carried a white handkerchief. She would wave it over her head. Then she would say, “Glory, glory, glory, glory to God in the highest." My grandmother had something modern Methodists could use. She had the glory of the Lord down in her heart. Nothing about it was contrived. Nothing about it was for show. Joy is a lot like laughter. If you have to think about it too much, it's not genuine. The ...

13. Veiled Glimpses of God's Glory

Exodus 33:12-23

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Robert S. Crilley

... not be seen." It probably wasn't the answer Moses wanted to hear. And for that matter, we might be a little disappointed with it as well -- especially in those times when we need to see the Almighty most. But I think it's a mistake to regard the veiled glory of God as somehow representing One who is hiding from us. In fact, if you ask me, the most significant lesson Moses learns here at the foot of Mount Sinai is that Yahweh actually desires to walk in our midst -- only on God's terms, not ours; and in a ...

14. A Glory Revealed in the Cross

John 8:12-30

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... despair, and other great and shameful sins." With all this in mind we will turn to the Theology of the Cross as John proclaimed it in his Gospel. In John’s Gospel especially we see God hidden in the humanity of our Lord Jesus, a God whose glory is revealed through the cross and suffering. Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that ‘I Am.’ " "Lifted up?" Strange, enigmatic words that occur elsewhere in John’s Gospel. Jesus told Nicodemus that "just as Moses lifted up ...

15. The Lord's Prayer: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory

Matthew 6:5-15

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David E. Leininger

... scribe came by his prayer honestly. But, honestly or not, if Jesus' did not teach "for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory," why preach on the phrase? Why? We need to hear it. This is one more way to affirm that of which the scribe of old and ... be done! We cannot say how or when, but the promises of God stand sure.(8) "For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory." This is an affirmation of confident faith in the face of all that is wrong out there. It is more than a mere doxology - it is ...

16. Glory Guaranteed

Jude 1:24-25

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James Merritt

... of the tomb of physical death, He is able to keep His saints from falling into the pit of eternal death. II. God's Marvelous Purpose Not only is God able to keep us from stumbling, but He is also going to "present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy." (v.24) God's power is for your protection, but God's purpose is for your perfection. Now the phrase "in the presence of" literally means "before the face of." The Bible says that no man has seen God at any time, but one day all of ...

17. The God of Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

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James Merritt

... verse at the end of my signature. Listen to it: "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from Those who walk uprightly." (v.11) In just that short verse of Scripture, we are told enough about ... , Christ died for us." That is, the cross was God's grace in action; Jesus dying for the undeserving. The heavens declare the glory of God, but the cross reveals the grace of God. This grace is indeed amazing grace. First of all, it is saving grace. " ...

18. Death to Glory

Revelation 5:11-14

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Richard Gribble

... hearing the needs of others. If Jesus' resurrection is to have any lasting effect for our world, then we must be up to the challenge to carry the burdens of others and see in that, as did the prince, our true vocation. Next, our movement from death to glory involves finding new life. Today is our celebration of the new life which God can give to us. No matter our age, status in life, or day-to-day activity, we all can use new beginnings and must rejoice in the hope that Jesus' resurrection brings. Maybe we ...

19. Awake to Glory

Luke 9:28-36

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... By all means! As surely as we have been conditioned to the sensual, and often to the fearing and the despairing, so we can help condition ourselves to a way of life which is more open to faith -- and thus more likely to receive the vision of the glory of God. Spiritually, as well as physically, we are what we eat. Our contemporary society feeds us a constant diet of that which is secular. We have to put forth special effort to find food which will nourish the deepest hungers of our lives. Part of the secret ...

20. Cross Eyed: Glory

John 12:20-33

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... to say? 'Father, get me out of this'? No, this is why I came in the first place. [28] I'll say, 'Father, put your glory on display.' " A voice came out of the sky: "I have glorified it, and I'll glorify it again." [29] The listening crowd said, "Thunder ... it this way to show how he was going to be put to death. In the midst of this discourse on following Jesus, Jesus gives glory to God and in foretells how God will be glorified even more. And today, we come to Glorify God through remembering both the Cross and ...

21. The Story behind the Glory

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... retreat into fantasy or entertainment. The remedy is to get to work to change the real world into a better world. The story behind the glory of Christmas is the record of God's plan for transforming a world that had lost its way into what it was meant to ... us, we pray. Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today." Blessed Love Story! Having looked at the "story behind the Glory," is there perhaps one thing more we need to consider? As Paul Harvey often puts it, "Now for the rest of the story." What, ...

22. In the Cross of Christ We Glory

Mark 8:31--9:1

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Michael Milton

... me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not ... hanging on a cross and His precious blood dripping down his sinless brow, but this weirdness to man is the wonder of God, it is the glory of God, it is the hope of this filthy sinner. I have no other way to God but through that cross. My father died when ...

23. The Glory of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18

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James Merritt

... for our sins, and was raised from the dead! You see, the Lord Jesus turned the cross from a symbol of guilt into a symbol of glory. He transformed it from a beam of execution into a balm of salvation. Oh, it is not the cross that is so wonderful, it is ... of God says in Ezekiel 18:20, “The soul who sins shall die.” Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Now if the soul that sins has to die, and if every soul has sinned, that means every soul must die. Therefore there ...

24. Return to Glory

Mark 7:31-37

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Richard Patt

... this age of sophisticated communication aids, one of our public utilities (albeit for profit motives) has to plead with us to "reach out and touch someone!" We are deaf and paralyzed of speech. Yes, "the man was deaf and could hardly speak." We all need a return to glory. III One there was who did communicate. One there was who did reach out and touch someone. Oh how Jesus touched this man! "They begged Jesus to place his hands on him. So Jesus took him off alone, away from the crowd, put his fingers in the ...

25. The Glory of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... us becomes the way appointed by God. Or, to hear it in Jesus’ own words of the Gospel for today, "You are the salt of the earth ... You are the light of the world ... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." The thoughts of last week’s lessons and sermon come back to mind as we find ourselves caught up into the great company of those who have glorified the name of the Father in lives of self-giving love and service. The Gospel ...

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