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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. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... [Christ’s teachings and his casting out of demons], they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’” Imagine that--Jesus’ own family wanted to put him away because they thought he was out of his mind! Talk about no respect. Then we have our lesson for today from Luke’s Gospel in which Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth and teaches in the synagogue. We read, “He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as ...

2. No Self-Respecting Christian

Matthew 16:21-28

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Leonard Sweet

... was as difficult a journey for Jesus as it is for each and every disciple who's ever followed him. Disciples of Jesus, we who dare to call ourselves "Christian," were not commanded by our Master, our Savior, to shapeup and get respectable. Jesus calls us to be Rodney Dangerfields, "get-no-respect" people. Will you this morning deny your self-serving nature and serve others? Will you take the pretty crosses from around your necks and feel the weight of them on your backs? Will you make our way to the back of ...

3. Respect

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . The whole body has to be well in order to function or that body will die. The inventory of gifts is not important. What is important is that the old way of tolerance is past. The new way of respect for those who are different has broken upon the world through the Holy Spirit. Respect for one another within the church becomes the catalyst for the way the Holy Spirit operates beyond the walls of the church. Paul’s statement about the different spiritual gifts had as its ultimate dream a day when it ...

4. God Is No Respecter Of Persons

Acts 10:23b-48

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... by a parent's genes and possibly passed along to our own children - all which is ours is not really ours. It's only on loan. And, considering who is the lender, is it any wonder we don't impress God as being able to have respect - respect-able? If the odds of winning God's respect are stacked against us from birth, we don't help matters much. Not only do our obvious sins lose us our good name before God's judgment throne, but half the time we can't even remember of what we're being judged! We've just ...

5. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... grow older and are removed from the setting of their home and family, are cut off from place and persons in which they had lived and moved and had their being for so many years. Well, that’s two very specific leadings in this commandment. To honor and respect means at least to listen and to be attentive. I want now to flip the coin. I said a while ago that I would come back to parents’ responsibility to children. There is a side for parents in this commandment. How do children learn to listen and be ...

6. Respect: Lesson for Victorious Living

Ruth 4:1-12

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... the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world." (17:16-18) His mother was also given a glimpse into this realm of respect connecting the generations; in the Magnificat, she declares, "He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever." (Luke 1:54-55) This brings us to our third and final aspect. Lineage Affirmed ...

7. The Sixth Commandment: Respect and Reverence for Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... more grateful for the identity that I am given as a son or daughter of God. This sixth commandment provides the higher ground for the human race to step up to be a civilized people. This sixth commandment provides the foundation for life to be lived with respect and reverence. Humanity and life are not an accident of nature but reflect the presence, the power, and the purposes of God. Every human life is valuable to God, not just the survival of the strongest and fittest. You and I are created in the image ...

8. Close Up - Wives: Sweet Surrender

Colossians 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... in this message, I want you to hear this, because otherwise this message won't make any sense at all and you aren't going to buy anything I say. Your submission is not about what he wants it is about what God wants. When you give your husband the respect that God wants you to give him, by submitting to his leadership, you bring glory to God and God promises he will bless your submission. John Maxwell was right when he said, "If you want to know whether or not you are leading, just look behind you and see if ...

9. The Power Of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... the members of the family is aware of the fact that we have been trying for 25 years in this church to show people how to live, and now we’re going to show them how to die. That’s what I mean by keeping our commitments current. When we respect ourselves and invest ourselves; when we keep the commitments that we have made to Christ and his kingdom current; we find the power of purpose. And with Carl Atkins, we can not only show people how to live, we can show them how to die. And with Paul, we can ...

10. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

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King Duncan

... no one tell you that you are of little worth. You are of ultimate value to my Father. You are so valuable that I died to save you." Let me tell you about a young man named Michael. Michael had real trouble accepting himself. He didn't get the respect he needed at home. He never fit in with any particular group. He had trouble making friends. His self-esteem was in the basement. One day in high school, Michael recalls, he looked in the mirror and realized that he hated himself. He writes, "That day, I made a ...

11. The Power of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... fella in the lounge area, entered into conversation with him, and didn’t wait to get to the point. You look exactly like my third husband, she said. Taken aback a bit, he said, well, how many husbands have you had? She said, two. A rather healthy self-respect. But self-respect requires not only seeing the greatness, but the misery - the positive and the negative. We go back to Paul here. He knew who he was and he agonized about it, for the good that I would, I do not; and the evil that I would not, that I ...

12. Marriages That Last

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... type epithets at him. Don suggested to this couple that they start over. He suggested that they go back to that point in time where they were in love. To which the man replied, "But I don't love her anymore." Don said to the man, "You do respect the Bible, don't you?" "Yes," the man replied. "Well," said Don, "Scripture says, Love Your Wife.'" "Yes," said the man, "but we're not living together as husband and wife. We have separate bedrooms." "Oh, you're living in rooms next to each other?" Don asked. "That ...

13. God's Gift Of Life

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Erskine White

... price by our crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Gracious and Everlasting God, who calls light out of darkness on the face of the deep and who brings forth life from the depths of the earth to the mother's womb, we pray today that we will soon respect Your priceless, precious gift of life: We pray for all the children of the world, born and unborn, that they may all receive the inheritance of life and love which is their birthright; We pray for all who are poor and hungry, that they may yet receive the ...

14. Everybody a Cinderella

Hosea 2:2-23

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Thomas D. Peterson

... gave her a destiny and made of all roads a destination for her journey. In the pages of God’s history, Hosea’s story is indeed good news. God had turned Israel once more toward its own redemption. Jesus is God’s highest expression of love. In him God respected the very best that is in humankind. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Let us extend "not perish" to "not live in slavery," for slavery is a ...

15. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... whole." To which Stephens replied, "And if you did, you would have more brains in your stomach than in your head." We are on the trail now of morality, on the assumption that it is the result of a transformed ego which translates self-respect into respect for others. Love is the word we are reaching for, but it is not yet within our grasp. Reach farther. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, once addressed a meeting of a Scientific Society. Darwin’s "Origin of the Species" had been published the year ...

16. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... went home with them to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them, and Mary kept all these things in her heart. "And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." This was not only a love-based family; it was also a respect-based family. I know, children are a challenge. One comedian says that whenever he has a headache, he does follow the directions on a bottle of aspirin: Take two and keep away from children. Someone made a list of how her priorities have changed since having children ...

17. Who's the Real Leader?

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Argile Smith

... that showed the connection between Joshua’s leadership and God’s power. Crossing the river with God’s endorsement in the form of a miracle encouraged the people to place their trust in Joshua and follow him wherever he led them in the future. The respect of the people of Israel for Joshua undoubtedly grew across the years as they observed how much he cared about them. Consistently, he led them in ways that validated his abiding concern for them and what was in their best interest. In everything he led ...

18. The Recovery Of Reverence

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... your parents all your days: Hold sacred human life always. Be loyal to your chosen mate: Steal nothing, neither small nor great. Report with truth your neighbor's deed: And rid your mind of selfish greed. That is the Bible's message about respect, but the words would have no meaning without Leviticus' reminder that, "I am the Lord your God!" That is almost the same reminder that precedes the commandments in the Bible: "I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ...

19. Saving Sinners

Matthew 9:9-13

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... of a need for a spiritual doctor. But Jesus Christ comes as such a physician. He comes to save sinners. Sometimes we may be radically conscious of our need for the Savior. Our sins cpn depress us so. But there is the other side, too - regarding ourselves as too respectable a soul. In many cases we may find it hard to tune in to a Christ who saves sinners, for everything seems to be going so well with us. This morning we are here to affirm that whether in the conscious depths of our sin or in a proud ...

20. The Ten Commandments #5: Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... you." Let us pray. O God, we are grateful for the knowledge of the loving family relationship that we enjoy as your people. Forgive us for not honoring you as we should. Forgive us, too, when we fail to properly honor our earthly parents with the love and care and respect that we ought. Help us to do better. We pray it in the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. Walter Brueggemann, "The Book of Exodus," The New Interpreter's Bible, Electronic Edition, Disk 3, 1997) 2. Deuteronomy 6:1-9 3. Mark 7:9-13 4. Ephesians 6:1 5 ...

21. The 3 Rs of a Holy Life

2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... place. Maybe it is your school. Maybe it is your neighborhood. Maybe it is your family. Maybe it is your church. Paul’s directive remains: “Greet each other with a holy kiss.” Be in genuine, Christ-directed relationship with all those around you. You are to respect those who are before you. You are responsible for your actions to these others. You are in relationship to these others. There are, in fact, no “others,” for this is the Body of Christ and we are the gospel incarnate. These are the 3-Rs ...

22. Family Ties and Good-byes

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... loved you, love one another" (John 13:34). By the time she got married for the second time, Carol's children were 24 and eighteen. Harry Jr., the oldest, was a senior in college. Mary, the youngest, was just graduating from high school. They had never respected their mother because she was too easy on them. Their father had made all the decisions as they were growing up. There was another problem. Harry, Sr., was an alcoholic. Family members were ashamed of his condition, so they kept it a secret. Harry, Jr ...

23. Fanning the Flames of Family

Ephesians 5:8-10

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J. Howard Olds

... of family to whom we normally turn in times of crisis. So today, let's think for a few moments about fanning the flames of family life. How can you be a light to your own kinfolk? I. IT'S TIME TO FAN THE FLAMES OF MUTUAL RESPECT. Paul addresses family concerns a little later in this Ephesians letter by saying, “Love one another as Christ loves the Church." That is a wise instruction for husbands, for wives, for children, for parents, for grandparents, and even aunts and uncles and anyone who claims any ...

24. Journey To The Cross V: Jesus and Simon Peter

Mark 14:66-72

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James W. Moore

... me underscore some of the ways we deny our Lord by being profane. Let’s start with the most obvious. I. First, Our Words Can Be Profane. Have you ever wondered why people swear? It’s an interesting question to raise. I asked several people (whose opinions I respect) about that last week… and I got a variety of answers. Some said that people curse because they don’t know any better. When I was a child, my parents used to say that to me… that it’s a sign of ignorance… and that people who curse ...

25. Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... we plunged off the high diving board or the first person of the opposite sex that we thought was so cute? You know, what goes around comes around. So, what does it mean to honor mothers and fathers or parent- substitutes? It means to express gratitude, respect, support, and attention. And, if we do, it might lengthen our days and those of our society. In less than a year the Olympic Games will be held in Atlanta. It's strange what one remembers from past games. My most vivid memory from the 1992 Barcelona ...

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