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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

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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2601. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... : “Do they not resist you?” On earth the poor appear not to resist: The rich do not hear the groaning cry in prayer before the poor person dies. But James knows that that is not the end: In heaven the wronged continue to raise their cry, “How long?” (Rev. 6:9–11), for they have an audience in the very presence of God. This is indeed effective resistance, for God will hear. James has finished his argument. All that remains for him is to summarize (5:7–11) and to add a proper epistolary conclusion ...

2602. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

2603. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

2604. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... 9; 4:8–10; Rom. 12:9–19; Eph. 4:2; 5:19–21; Col. 3:16; Heb. 13:5), reproducing the rabbinic Hebrew practice of employing participles to express rules of conduct. See D. Daube, “Participles and Imperatives in 1 Peter,” in Selwyn, pp. 463–88. Evil desires (epithymia, longing, in good or bad sense): a favorite word with Peter (2:11; 4:2, 3; 2 Pet. 1:4; 2:10, 18; 3:3), but always with its negative meaning. The expression can characterize Gentile behavior (Rom. 1:24; Eph. 2:3; 4:22; 1 Thess. 4:5) and ...

2605. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

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Thomas F. Johnson

... if the pronoun is translated as “it” instead of him (see NIV footnote), the meaning then would be that there is no cause for stumbling in it, i.e., in the light. Loving others is living in the light, a condition in which there is no cause for offense as long as one stays there. You can see where you are going morally and spiritually and, as a result, don’t fall yourself or cause others to do so (Smalley, 1, 2, 3 John, pp. 61–62). 2:11 Verse 11 directly contrasts to v. 10 and returns to the negative ...

2606. Passover Restrictions

Exodus 12:43-51

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James K. Bruckner

... of the people. Additionally, they provided instruction for adjudicating future Passovers for the “many other people” who went with them (v. 38). Of these seven laws (torot, “instructions”), five concern who should or should not share in the Passover meal. Every long-term resident, regardless of social position, could eat. If the resident were male, he had to be circumcised as a necessary sign of his membership among the people of God (like baptism for Christians; Gen. 17:10–27; see also Exod. 4 ...

2607. The Courtyard

Exodus 27:9-19

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James K. Bruckner

... cubits high (7.5 ft.), providing a visual barrier from the encampment all around them, but only half as high as the tent of meeting. The Lord specified the dimension of each side of the courtyard curtains individually. The total area was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide (approx. 11,250 sq. ft.). The south and north sides were longer, with twenty posts each, spaced every five cubits (7.5 ft.). The west end had ten posts, spaced every five cubits. The entrance to the courtyard faced east, toward ...

2608. Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

Deuteronomy 3:21-29

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... of Moses’ encouragement to Joshua, placed this time in the mouth of God (Josh. 1:1–9). 3:23–25 There is a touching pathos in the way Moses turns from his encouraging words to Joshua, who has a bright future ahead of him, to his own sad longing to be allowed to share that future. I pleaded is a strong expression meaning to beg for grace and mercy out of desperation (cf. Ps. 30:8–10). Moses’ plea is an impassioned one. He addresses himself personally to the God he knows by name: Sovereign LORD—a ...

2609. The Golden Calf

Deuteronomy 9:7-29

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... God carried out the threatened destruction of Israel. Let God then protect God’s own name. The LORD listened to me (9:19; 10:10). The intercession of Moses was effective because it went to the heart of God’s own priorities as Moses already knew them from his long intimacy with God: God’s people, God’s promises, God’s name. As a model of intercession, his prayer stands at the head of a list of OT prayers that follow a similar pattern and focus on the same priorities (cf. Dan. 9:1–19; Neh. 9; Joel ...

2610. Various Laws

Deuteronomy 21:22--22:12

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... reasoning (cf. Lev. 22:27f.). Perhaps the most likely rationale, through comparison with the fruit trees of 20:19–20, is the conservationist principle of preserving a source of food supply for the future by not consuming it all in the present. Long term prudence should set limits to short term greed. This is certainly a principle applicable well beyond birds’ nests. Sadly, this is so ignored today that environmentalists warn us that our current ecological destruction (most of it for shortterm greed, or ...

2611. Jehoash King of Israel

2 Kings 13:10-25

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Iain W. Provan

... . the Hb. root yšʿ underlying the name “Elisha” and the words “deliverer” in v. 5 and “victory” in v. 17), even in the midst of great sin (cf. 13:1–7, 14–19). With the passing of that era, Israel has entered a time in which devastating judgment will not long be held at bay. They are shortly to enter the tomb of exile, to be cast out of God’s presence with not so much as a remnant left (cf. Ps. 88:3–12, and see the additional note on 1 Kgs. 13:33 for another place where death appears ...

2612. A Prophecy Against Assyria

Isaiah 14:24-27

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John Goldingay

... -date. What we can say is that the prophecies describe an arc that spans Yahweh’s purpose at work in the world as a whole, over at least two centuries. The prophecies enable us to understand Yahweh’s way of working in Israel’s world over a long period, and thus in ours. 14:24–27 This footnote reference to Yahweh’s plan for Assyria, the great power of Isaiah’s own day (see on 10:5–11:16), is surprising, especially for its brevity. It even lacks the “oracle” heading. In general, chapters 13 ...

2613. New Heavens and a New Earth

Isaiah 65:17-25

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John Goldingay

... the great victory in the heavenly battle (Rev. 12:9–10). On the other hand, that only relocates the problem, for they remain unfulfilled. In another sense the battle is not yet over (Rev. 12:12–17). The martyrs and the rest of the church thus continue to ask “How long?” along with those who prayed the prayer in 63:7–64:12. When their prayer is granted, then they will see the fulfillment of God’s original creation vision, of a full human community life with God in which joy replaces grief (v. 19 ...

2614. A Cat In a Tree

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a wave of his hand. Healing was almost always a one-on-one transaction. Ten thousand people. No doctors in the house. One reason many of them had come was in hopes of a healing miracle. So there he is, wanting to grieve, but instead all day long seeking to heal and make whole the great multitude that had come to him. Then Matthew writes, “As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the ...

2615. Deathbed Confessions

Matthew 20:1-16

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King Duncan

... do right, then we will no longer envy the scoundrel who makes a deathbed confession. Indeed, we will pity him for taking so long to see what we have known all along. If you don’t believe me, would you believe the spooky granddaddy of shock rock ... will--that govern this universe as surely as does the law of gravity. By the grace of God we will seek to do right, because in the long run it is in our best interest and in the interest of those we love. There is a second reason why this is a troubling question. ...

2616. Fake News? No! Fake Religion

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the tulips simply because they were from them. She nurtured this plant, watered it faithfully, fed it plant food, set it outside in the spring, and brought it back into the house before the first freeze. She says she couldn’t throw it away as long as it was blooming. One afternoon about two years later, her youngest son absentmindedly reached over and rubbed the tulip petals. “Don’t touch those, honey,” Mae said, “it could cause spots.” She was stunned by his reply. “Mom, this plant isn’t ...

2617. Among You Stands One

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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King Duncan

... for you, which best describes our faith--a belief system or a way of living? I hope you answered a way of living. I believe this is a truth that explains why some people live such tepid lives. For them faith is merely a belief system. As long as they check off a few core beliefs about Jesus, then they win the grand prize, life after death. They believe the man of Galilee lived, died, and was resurrected, but they’ve never seriously considered themselves as one of his followers. They’ve never involved ...

2618. The Ultimate Mountaintop Experience

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... a mistake to listen to Christ’s voice and to obey that voice. When we hear him calling us and are obedient to his voice we discover a meaning and purpose for our lives we will never find any other way. Well-known pastor and seminary professor Tom Long tells about a newcomer to a church who one evening attended a church supper. He found himself sitting next to an older man. They started to talk, and the newcomer learned that the man had been a member there for 25 years. This was a university church near ...

2619. Pop Star Madonna and the Cross

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... deny themselves. It is true. You don’t get to be the best in life by staying in your comfort zone. You do it by working till you sweat blood. You sit at your computer or your designing board or your blueprints or your lesson plan or whatever, long after everybody else has gone home. That’s what it means in a secular sense to deny yourself. And it works! Some of you who are baseball fans remember a man named Cal Ripken, Jr. Ripkin entered the sports history books when he played a record 2,632 consecutive ...

2620. You Are God's Handiwork

Ephesians 2:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... from his country-house. Who am I? They also tell me I would bear the days of misfortune calmly, smilingly, proudly, like one accustomed to win. Am I really then all that which other men tell of? Or am I only what I know of myself, Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage, struggling for breath . . . weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making, faint, and ready to say farewell to it all? Who am I? This or the other? . . . They mock me, these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I am, Thou ...

2621. Faces of Failure: The Disciples

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee when the crowd grew so large he commandeered a fish boat—a vessel about 26 feet long and eight feet wide—in which he could sit. From there he spent the day teaching those on the shore about the kingdom of ... tournament he wants the team to enter. Or imagine the turmoil when a new Christian can no longer go along with the dishonesty long practiced in her workplace. Following Jesus often means trouble. And if you are in the middle of that storm, if you’re frightened ...

2622. Out of Control (Good Friday sermon)

John 18:1-19:42

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John Jamison

... pie-shape areas carved into it, each one with a drawing. Whichever drawing the soldier’s token landed on determined what the soldier would do to the prisoner. If they landed on the image of the scourge, the soldier grabbed the little wooden stick with the long leather straps, each strap with a small piece of bone or metal tied to it, and they would whip the prisoner with it. If their token landed on the drawing of the robe, that soldier placed the old worn blanket on the prisoner’s now bloody shoulders ...

2623. The Shepherd

John 10:11-18

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John Jamison

... pouch filled with stones. The sling and stone was not just used to slay giants, as David once did. They were also quite effective against things like mountain lions. And, like all other experienced shepherds, he was a crack shot with his sling. He also carried his crook, the long stick with the curved hook on the end. It wasn’t just for show, nor was it some kind of a badge to let everyone know he was a shepherd. The stick was a perfect second line of defense against any intruder, like a wild animal or a ...

2624. Jesus' No-Nonsense Guide to Being Rich

Mark 10:17-31

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April Yamasaki

... keeps going up. Yet on a global scale, you and I still have a lot of possessions, and sometimes our attachment to those things -- or our longing for more -- can get in the way of following Jesus. Our text today presents us with a challenging question: What do we need to let go ... ? Are we to sell what we have and give the money to the poor? Is there an old grudge that you've been carrying far too long? Do you need to let go of an attitude of pride? Do you need to let go of trying to fit in with a certain group ...

2625. When Your Life Is Put On Hold

Mark 5:21-43

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King Duncan

... Is there anyone here who has not asked that question at some time or another about God? This question goes right to the heart of prayer. Why do our prayers sometimes seem to go no higher than the ceiling? A third grade teacher had been working long and hard to help a certain student improve his behavior and attitude. After a reading session that was continuously disrupted by this student, the teacher in her frustration said to the boy, “John, I am going to turn you over to God.” Another boy who happened ...

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