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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Bulletin Aid
Dennis Koch
... Nation Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying Hark, A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding! O Lord, How Shall I Meet You Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Advent 1 Lord, it is hard to be ready, day after day, waiting for Jesus to return at any moment. While we are eager to live on the edge of anticipation, our best intentions are not realized. Our energy is directed toward the business of living in this world. But being "ready" does not mean thinking only about what will happen in the end. Being "ready" has to do with living ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... nestled in a pile of laundry. Lesson: Courage; self-reliance; Mother's Day Text: "Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." "Is today a special day for someone in your family?" Heads nod eagerly; faces light up with knowing smiles. "What is today?" "It's Mother's Day!" comes the boisterous, unanimous response. "Yes, it's Mother's Day, a day to remember our mothers in special ways." I reach into my pocket for a picture I have brought to ...
253. Amazing Grace
1 Peter 3:15
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... your hands. What about the rest of you? If you like to draw, raise your hand." Immediately every child on the chancel steps has a hand raised, some of them flailing rather wildly to indicate the intensity of their interest. Watching their faces now eager with anticipation, I reach into my pocket to retrieve a box of crayons. The children's eyes widen momentarily as they recognize my treasure. "What have I brought today?" I ask them. "Crayons!" comes their united reply. "And what else?" I ask, looking toward ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... . As people have often pointed out to me, it's always a risk to ask questions during a children's sermon. But it's a risk worth taking in order to get them involved. Other children's hands are waving demandingly now as they are eager to tell me what was in their baskets. "I had a troll in mine," one child proclaims with glee. Laughter again resonates through the congregation. As I elicit additional responses from other children, the majority of the answers consist of a single sweet word: "CANDY!" One ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... the speaker. Lesson: Memories; God's presence; love; Christmas. It is the first Sunday following Christmas. I begin by asking the children if they enjoyed this special holiday. Faces immediately light up with recent memories of this day which is approached with such eager anticipation by most children each December. "Did any of you get any presents?" Every head nods affirmation. "Well, don't just sit there so quietly!" This is probably the first time they've been told that in church. "Tell me about some of ...
256. Least Coins
1 Corinthians 12:12
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... , and because of that, too often we are careless with them. "But even pennies can be important. Since I had collected 48 pennies during the week, I went to my piggy bank to get 52 more. Do any of you have a piggy bank?" "I do! I do!" one child eagerly replies. "Is your bank shaped like a pig?" "No, it's an army tank," he tells me. (One never knows what is going to come out of one of these conversations with children!) "I see," I respond, trying to continue my thought as a part of my brain takes off ...
257. Alone
Matthew 28:19-20
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
Object: A dictionary. Lesson: Jesus' constant presence; faith; discipleship. "I've brought a big book with me today. Does anyone know what it is?" Eager hands shoot up as the older children recognize the volume. I nod to one of them. "It's a dictionary!" he announces. "Yes, it's a dictionary," I respond. "What does one find in a dictionary?" "Words!" many of the children reply in concert. "Yes, WORDS!" I agree, with emphasis ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
Object: A wooden manger with hay in it. Lesson: Advent; love; laughter. "We have some competition for our space on the chancel steps this morning. What is that thing?" "A manger," one of the older boys announces eagerly. "A manger?" I question. "I wonder if there is anything in it. Would one of you up there on the top step stand up and see?" One of the older children complies. "There's hay inside," she reports. "Well, that's about what I expected. You see, mangers were used ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... on, "what's fun about it?" "You get to dress up in a costume!" Sally announces. "A costume?" I question. "Now that does sound like fun. Are any of you planning to go trick-or-treating in a costume on Halloween?" Little heads nod with eager affirmation. I begin to ask what costumes they have chosen. "A dancer!" "An alligator!" "A butterfly!" These answers come along with acknowledgments from other children that they have not yet decided what to "be." I had expected answers like "Ninja Turtle!" and all sorts ...
260. Snow Angels
Luke 2:8-20
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... who recognize it from Christmases past. "Why is it on the chancel steps?" I continue. "To celebrate Advent?" Sally questions. "Yes," I reply, "to celebrate Advent, a time of waiting for someone to come. For whom are we waiting?" "Jesus!" the children answer, with eagerness that gives a special energy and urgency to their voices. "Yes, we're waiting for Jesus. This is December, it's Advent, and we're waiting for Jesus. But it doesn't feel like December, does it?" The children shake their heads negatively ...
Drama
Jerry Eckert
... is anxious to see you all, and is very upset because you heard that he was sick. Indeed he was sick, and almost died. But God had pity on him, and not only on him but on me, too, and spared me even greater sorrow. I am all the more eager, then, to send him to you, so that you will be glad again when you see him, and my own sorrow will disappear. Receive him, then, with all joy, as a brother in the Lord. Show respect to all such men as he, because he risked his life and nearly ...
Sermon
Donald Macleod
... , "Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is around us." Yet, even among church people, this injunction is painfully neglected. We live in an era of feverish activity. Quiet fellowship with God is not eagerly sought nor easy to come by. Solitary hours and inward meditation are no longer admirable habits. We are so busy thinking, discussing, and inquiring about things secular that our timetables allow little space for us to be still. Jesus would tell us today that ...
Sermon
Charles R. Leary
... in a different perspective. My departure from Eden is an advance, not a retreat, a step up, not a plunge down. The beasts remain in Eden where there is no choice, only instinctual obedience. I feel far more positive, hopeful, and moved by God walking forward, eager to be “like God,” hungry to experience the choices between good and evil, ready to risk freedom and willing to pay the price of knowing death. Yes, I am an ego-centered creature. I do resist trusting God my creator. But ... I can learn ... I ...
Sermon
Thomas Peterson
... like you and me, “Help me be happy.” “OK,” we answer, using Jesus as a model. “So you really want to be in the big time, save your marriage, be an artist, be happy. Are you willing to pay the price?” “Oh, yes,” they answer eagerly, innocently the young, the inexperienced, the naive, and the desperate. “So you will,” we reply. “You will drink the cup of trying and failing, and the discipline that goes with it. You will forego your own will to accept what a coach teaches or what your ...
Sermon
Thomas Peterson
... rush up and exclaim, “No. Don’t swallow that.” “Why not? We love each other more than you can ever understand.” The adult replies, “I’m sure you do, but there are things in life you haven’t seen yet.” A college freshman was eager to make a friend. Her roommate offered a listening ear and shared deep secrets. The girl felt safe. At last, here was someone with whom she could share everything, so she told everything, believing she had found a pure, undiluted friendship. Life’s experience ...
Sermon
John R. Brokhoff
... unusual mode of transportation?” The frog was so puffed up by the compliment that he opened his mouth to say, “I did!” With that he lost his hold and plummeted to his death. The moral is that when you have a good thing going, don’t be so eager to take the credit. Keep your mouth shut. Today’s passage ends with the words, “Arise, pass over to Cyprus, even there you will have no rest.” Cyprus is an island which was almost 100 miles across the waters of the Mediterranean Sea from the city of Tyre ...
Sermon
Sue Anne Steffey Morrow
... cause and despoils the lives of those who despoil them. So how are we to approach a text from the sayings of Solomon, the middle section of Proverbs? We approach Proverbs carefully, with open minds but also with our eyebrows raised in suspicion, with our hearts eager but also with a grain of salt. As we search for wisdom in our experience, as we seek to discover ourselves what it means to be human, we recognize: that life is filled with contradictions, and so is Proverbs;that life is filled with ambiguity ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... confrontation. The confrontation came early and with great force in Jesus' ministry. As Mark tells the story, Jesus had just chosen his disciples. He had just begun his teaching times, and word spread quickly that his touch could heal broken lives. The crowds were eager to hear him and to receive from him. The beginning verse of the text tells of it, "the crowd came together again so that they could not even eat." That word sped quickly to Jerusalem. Included within that word was the accusation that Jesus ...
Sermon
Larry R. Kalajainen
... , "As they were listening to this ..." Listening to what? To the story of Zacchaeus which immediately precedes this one. In that story, Jesus graciously overrides all the social stigma which covers Zacchaeus and graciously invites Zacchaeus to be his host. Zacchaeus repents eagerly, and Jesus announces that salvation has come to this social pariah because the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost. So wherever else our passage today may lead us, it cannot be separated from the story which precedes ...
Children's Sermon
... Gospel with your child. Ask him about his secret. Was it difficult to keep? Was he able to get through the entire week without telling anyone? Or did he give in to temptation and tell a friend? Ask for some thoughts on why people seem to be so eager to spread news - especially when it is good news that makes them happy. Can your children imagine how the people in today's Gospel lesson must have felt when they were instructed not to tell anyone the good news about Jesus and what he had done for them? Remind ...
Children's Sermon
... distance from a large urban center, you will probably not have to look long to find people with customs and habits different than those with which you were raised. International restaurants, theaters, and shops will be plentiful, and people are generally eager to answer questions about their heritage and customs, if the questions are honest and free from condescension. Do not discourage your child's honest questions, even if they embarrass you; her curiosity is healthy, and, if allowed to develop naturally ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... whose role seems insignificant until the denouement discloses that his lines held the key to the truth all along, the early Christians risked the shame of the world, confidently awaiting the final act. We have all known, in small ways, the energy an eagerly anticipated future can give to our actions in the present. The expectant parents who find joy in what would otherwise be toil: assembling the crib, painting the nursery, practicing the pushing and the breathing. The residents of a town who mow the lawns ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... light of God that they waited. They did what they could, and they waited. And, Luke tells us, God did come to them. Who knows what they were expecting, but surely it was not this: a fragile baby bundled into the Temple by two young parents who were eager to obey the ritual law of purification, but who were too poor to afford the sacrifice of a lamb and brought with them instead the acceptable substitute, a pair of birds. A man, a woman, two birds, and a baby. Can this be the heralded and hoped-for coming ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... lecturing done, he gulped down a little coffee and asked if there were any questions. A hand shot into the air. It belonged to a fiftyish man with plump cheeks and rimless glasses who was, judging by the way his hand waved and bobbed, eager to speak. "There's one thing about our worship service here which really gripes me," he complained. "To me it's like fingernails being scraped across a blackboard." "What's that?" he cautiously asked, fully expecting him to say something about gender inclusive language ...
Sermon Aid
William E. Keeney
... of soft drinks: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Royal Crown, 7 Up, and lesser known or store brands. Try to find in the same area a religious bookstore. Compare the size of the religious book and supply store with the supermarket. It does not appear that people are as eager to be fed spiritually as they are to be fed physically! Or perhaps we should look at the churches. How do they compare with the feeding and drinking establishments? A person would have some variety of "brand names" to choose among. John 6 takes the ...
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