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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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226. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... prayers would be more effective if, like Jesus, we had the quiet and peace of a mountaintop as our place of prayer. 4. We may not be conscious of it or understand it, but many have a hunger for something more than eating, sleeping and working. We long for a perpendicular dimension to life. Our hunger for more life is expressed in our craving for drugs, alcohol and sex. These are attempts to escape the stress and trouble of daily existence. The transfiguration lifts us above the valley of ordinary living to ...

227. Our Own Mountaintop Walk

Matthew 28:16-20

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Leonard H. Budd

... joy is knowledge that the harsh limits of brutality, fear, hate and force are not the ultimate boundaries of human life. In Jesus' century, no death was more tortuous, brutal, demeaning than that of hanging naked upon a wooden cross and publicly dying of thirst and hunger and sheer exposure. It was cruel. To the Jew it was shameful. It was meant to break every possible quality of human will, and in the end to break the physical body as that last breath was expelled, or that last drop of blood issued. The ...

228. The Key To Confident Living

Psalm 23:1-6

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Erskine White

... . Live at any time without confidence and life in this world (or the fear of death) can truly destroy you. Judging by the culture around us, we are a nation of people sadly lacking in confidence and self-esteem. In the midst of all our material advantages, we hunger and thirst for confidence, and we don't know where to find it, so we give millions of dollars to people who will sell us a technique for gettingit. Look at the best-seller list and you will see that you can gain confidence through your diet: you ...

229. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Acts 13:13-52, Numbers 27:12-23, Revelation 7:9-17

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George Bass

... and follow him faithfully through this world and into the life of God's eternal kingdom. 3. He protects his people as they go through life, like a shepherd watching over his sheep; all are precious to him. He feeds his sheep with his word and satisfies their hunger and thirst with his own body and blood. 4. By their faithfulness and their continuing witness to his lordship, his people/sheep tell the whole world that Jesus is Lord forevermore. Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 (E, C); 13:15-16a, 26-33 (L) - "Mission One ...

230. Proper 15

Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Psalm 82:1-8, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 23:9-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13

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George Bass

... much like Pilate, when Christ's fate was in his hands: "Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you." 2. And so, they lowered him into a "miry cistern" with no water or food. This was their version of the infamous "Hunger Bunker" at Auschwitz. (Read the story of Father Maximilian Kolbe, who died in that 20th century "miry cistern," ministering to nine other condemned men. He was the last of the 10 to die.) 3. Jeremiah was rescued; Jesus, preceding Father Kolbe, was not. He died not ...

231. How Does One Follow Jesus During The Threat Of War?

Matthew 5:1-12

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George Johnson

... on both sides. Maybe this is a time for weeping as a sign of solidarity with all who will suffer if and when war breaks out. We won't try to cover all the beatitudes this morning, only a couple more. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for justice." Following Jesus is to want more than anything the healing of people and society, the restoration of wholeness. It is called justice. This word comes from a first testament concept called mishpat. Mishpat is the reordering of relationships ...

232. How Does One Prepare For The Unknown?

Matthew 25:1-13

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George Johnson

... lives of broken people. That person in need has the face of Jesus to the one who is following Christ. We may miss that connection unless we are living in the state of preparedness. Before going on a trip to Central America to study the reality and causes of hunger and poverty, our leader told us to be ready to encounter Jesus in the lives of the people we would meet. He was right. We did meet Jesus in those people. Not because they were living closer to God than we were, but somehow God has chosen to come ...

233. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

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Thomas Peterson

... with the happy satisfaction that we have maintained our inheritance and have it yet to bequeath to others who come after us. To be in a position to will our inheritance to those we love is a form of secure happiness. 3. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. A woman was dying of cancer. Her husband visited her daily. They had long periods in which they shared the most intimate memories. He often confessed how obstinate and unrelenting he had been toward her ...

234. Revealed Glory

Exodus 16:1-36

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Walter Kimbrough

... . When there is no food, any food becomes a blessing. God blessed Israel with bread from heaven, thereby, enabling them to sing words like those of the spiritual, “Glory, Glory Halleluia, Since I Laid My Burdens Down.” The burden of hunger and the threat of starvation is now behind Israel, because God graciously provided for them two meals per day. The fifth significant thing we ought to remember from our study of revealed glory is revealed glory itself. The text tells us, “They looked toward the ...

235. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

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Robert Beringer

... that Jesus Christ is Lord?" Where is this wonderful God-shaped future when we seem to be sinking in oceans of human need and hunger and poverty? Where is this God-shaped future when human greed is like a bottomless pit? Where is the time in our strife- ... soup and an old suit will solve all human need, but in the light of that great banquet table in heaven where no one will hunger and all will gather in peace and love. Every time a Christian always look beyond the present to the future; it is there that the ...

236. Captive To The Word Of God

John 8:31-41

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Theodore F. Schneider

... the councilman laid the Bible aside. And softly again, he spoke: "Our consciences are captive to the Word of God!" There are many agendas of God in our time. World hunger, peace, ecumenism and the visible and functioning unity of the church as the Body of Christ in our time surely head the list. Our family, our friends and our world hunger for the gifts of grace and reconciliation. Learning and giving the gift of forgiveness in our congregations and our homes should be for us a goal and a prayer. Questions ...

237. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

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Erskine White

... 't know where to go. The day is a torment to them and the night is no comfort. Hear our prayers for people in despair. We pray for those who live in misery at the hands of others ... for those who suffer injustice, oppression and hunger ... those who are persecuted and tortured ...those who are ruthlessly repressed when they take a stand for justice and peace. They wonder when the power of love shall prevail over loveless power, and when righteousness shall rule. Hear our prayers for people who hope against ...

238. Checking The Vital Signs

Luke 24:36-49

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Christ alive through this congregation of believers. It’s one of the great vital signs of the church. When people are fed, clothed, comforted, and have their dignity restored, the vital sign says that Christ is indeed alive here. If we have ignored the appeals for world hunger and for justice, if our congregation is not moved by the poor who live in our community and those who have no power in our society, the vital sign is not there. That means that Christ did not come out of the grave for us and he ...

239. Praying With Tears in Your Eyes

Hebrews 1:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... pays off in prayer, too. When Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem for the last time, he passed through Jericho. There was a blind man sitting by the wayside. You can see him sitting there in filthy rags. In his bony hand was a cup, begging for alms. Hunger wrinkled his face. Flies were bothering his blind eyes. Several teeth were missing. When he heard a commotion, he asked what was going on. They told him that Jesus was passing by. He began to cry, "Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me." He made so ...

240. The Prodigal Son or The Merciful Father

Luke 15:1-7

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Robert A. Lehmann

... swine. Jesus: And he would have gladly fed on the pods that the swine ate but no one gave him anything. Solo 1: What hunger! Solo 4: Nothing is more anguishing. Jesus: But when he came to himself he said, [Son turns, to face the audience and moves slowly downstage] ... Son 1: How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to eat and to spare, but I perish here with hunger. Solo 2: He began to regret what he had done. Solo 3: His hindsight was better than his foresight. Solo 1: His former life ...

241. Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

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... by all kinds of forces, and especially by the threat of a nuclear holocaust. This is not the time to hang our heads in despair "as those who have no hope." Rather it is the time to face up to, talk about, and do what we can about poverty, hunger, injustice, the problems of the old and the young - and, of course, The Bomb. And we must not forget that it is a time to pray - desperately, perhaps, and obediently, too - but, above all, to pray with confidence and "in love," knowing that God is able to hear and ...

242. Heaven Can’t Wait

Matthew 5:1-12

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... is in that quality appropriate to men and women who are strong in Christ, the courage of consideration, the gentle but strong love in standing for the truth in word and deed. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied. The lifestyle of the world is one of hunger that is never satisfied and thirst that nothing quenches. It’s a mad escape from boredom. It’s the question, "Are we having fun yet?" But the Kingdom life is newness and refreshment in the mercies ...

243. Cross Purposes

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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John R. Brokhoff

... in terms of self-denial and sacrifice. In the bulletin of a wealthy New York City church was this announcement of the great sacrifice they were going to make in the face of the world's hunger: "In keeping with our present belt-tightening mood brought about by a concern for hunger abroad and a desire to reduce our church's deficit, the Pastoral Services Committee has decided to stop serving cookies during the coffee hour after each service." In recent years the church has been emphasizing the comfortable ...

244. If Only We Would Be Disciplined ...

2 Kings 13:10-25

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Wallace H. Kirby

... a daily quiet time. I have written my thoughts and prayers. I have read, and through Bible study, I have more knowledge and insight. One day I read this sentence in a book you gave me: "If we are faithful to our discipline, a new hunger will be made known. This new hunger is the first sign of God’s presence!" (Henry Nouwen, Making All Things New). Tears ran down my cheeks, and I felt like shouting. I am on the right track. Thank you for starting me. Discipline is the very essence of religion, and it is ...

245. He Can Quench All Your Thirsts

Exodus 17:1-7

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... plants a garden for Adam, his angels eat dinner with Abraham and wrestle with Jacob. He divides the Red Sea for Moses, crumbles the Jericho walls for Joshua, and gives Solomon wealth beyond his dreams. In today's First Lesson, the Israelites have just had their hunger assuaged by manna from heaven and flocks of tasty quail. Now they complain they're thirsty. So Moses strikes a rock and out spurts a fountain to quench the thirst of all. When God told his covenant people he would watch over them he meant it ...

246. When God Says "Go"

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... the youngest child of the family is summoned from the fields where he is watching the sheep. An amazed little David is annointed the next king. God chooses us more than we choose him. In some, he puts a hunger for something - inner peace, perhaps, or a purpose to living. It's a hunger assuaged only when we surrender to a life of faithfully serving him. "Our hearts are restless," Augustine said, "until they rest in thee." For others, the choice is seemingly accidental. No one else was willing to be bishop of ...

247. Christ's Passion Portraits

Isaiah 50:1-11

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Paul Hegele

... to our world "to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds." (Titus 2:14) Our world desperately needs such zeal. We, too readily, wink at corruption and yawn at the arms race and glance away from the gaunt faces of hunger staring out from the T.V. news. We, too eagerly, admire people who are "laid back" - which simply means they're keeping a comfortable distance from life - and when we leave each other we, too mindlessly, toss the phrase "take it easy." Once we cared enough to ...

248. Corpus Christi

Lk 9:11-17 · 1 Cor 11:23-26 · Gen 14:18-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... was nourished by surprise. b. Why should a royal ruler feed a stranger in his land? (Why should God feed us, unworthy as we are?) 2. God feeds us even in our carelessness (Gospel) a. The crowds that followed Jesus didn't bring a lunch. b. Our hunger, physical and spiritual, often comes from carelessness on our part, not lack of generosity on God's part. 3. The banquet always waits (Lesson 2) a. Abraham ate "on the run" (Melchizedek brought food "out" to him.) b. The crowds ate picnic-style. c. By contrast ...

249. The Nativity of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... preacher is to proclaim peace, love, and goodwill among men. He/she declares that in Christ God came to the world. What difference does that make in the world? How can you celebrate and rejoice in a world like this: a world of darkness, despair, crime, hatred, hunger, and poverty? Is Christmas real or is it just a myth like Santa or a sweet story like " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas"? Three Lessons: Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 Rejoice! Rejoice! Text: Three Lessons. Need: Christmas is a time ...

250. Lent 1

Lk 4:1-13 · Rom 10:8-13 · Deut 26:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... Second Lesson: "Every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved ..." Consider the cries of today's people: A. Cry of hunger and poverty for millions - third world B. Cry for meaning of life C. Cry of cosmic loneliness 3. Arm and Hand. 26:8. Who is able ... oppression? Who can save a people caught under the heel of a tyrant? Who has the power to deliver a whole nation from poverty and hunger? The text tells us of the hand and arm of God: A. The mighty hand of God - the power to act and save B. The ...

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