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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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251. It's What's Inside That Matters

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... water. I'm pretty hot right now how about you? (response) I'm going to get a drink does anybody want to take the first drink? (response) No? It's really cold and good! Go ahead. I'll wait; you can go first! (response) What's wrong? Isn't anyone thirsty? (response) Ok, if you are not going to drink I am. Pick up the jar and drink. You don't know what your missing. Boy, this really hits the spot. You sure you don't want any? (response) If any of the kids pick up on what's going on ...

252. Trust in God, Not in Man

Jeremiah 17:5

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Carl Hoefler

... our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession Forgive us, Father, for the confidence we have placed in the outstanding achievements of our fellow humans. We are skilled in great demonstrations of power, but that power does not protect us. We sentence ourselves to a dry and thirsty land where life becomes lifeless. Forgive us for our misplaced trust. Lead us to the living water which flows from the quiet streams of your love where we may drink until we want no more. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Hymns "All ...

253. Prayer

Matthew 5:1-12

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... in church"! When I see a Christian on a TV show Or I think about the "religious people" I've known, The image is sober Solemn Frowning Disapproving ... Not Happy! And what about the Beatitudes? "Happy are the poor Those who mourn The hungry and thirsty"? Somebody's got to be kidding! Either kidding me Or kidding themselves! We may talk about "Joy" Or "Celebration" But it's sure not a balloon blowing Confetti throwing Dancing Drinking Good-time-party-going kind of joy! Am I missing something? Have I got ...

254. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5

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... will be poured out on all the people of Israel. According to the Anchor Bible (Vol. 20, p. 64), this is a novel concept. The normal traditions of Israel claimed the Spirit of God was given only to the leaders and not to the whole people. The thirsty soil, the dry ground, speak dramatically of the lack of life and the chaos among the people; all of that was working against the fulfilling of God's will. Nevertheless, says Deutero-Isaiah, the people, Jeshurun, will soon know the power of the Spirit coming upon ...

255. The Simplicity of God's Call

Romans 8:28-39

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... for my hand." "And I will lead you to those answers to that life, to that joy and happiness, to that fulness of life you are seeking." If you're an atheist, if you're an agnostic, if you're searching, if you're questioning, if you're hungry and thirsty, if you're mourning, if you're tired, if you're empty, then how simple Our Lord's invitation is: "Begin with me where you are, but begin, simply begin, and I will lead you to all things." In the end, the journey that all of us are on is ...

256. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

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... , a place of torment, because of his insensitivity toward Lazarus when this beggar was in dire need. The rich man understands why he is in torment, and he asks for permission to come and warn me so I can be more loving to the hungry, naked, homeless, thirsty, lonely, empty and fearful people of my world. Abraham refuses to allow him to come and whisper a word of warning in my ear. Abraham says that if I do not pay any attention to the "signs" I already have - people with needs - I will not pay attention ...

257. All Saints Day

Matthew 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

... want, so you ask to see the menu. Now the waitress brings you the menu and you open it up and now what do you do? Everything looks so good. Even the things that you don't like well look good in the pictures. It makes you so hungry and thirsty. Just look at the hamburgers and french fries and the strawberry pie with whipped cream. Even that salad looks delicious. Oh my, am I getting hungry! I can hardly stand it, it looks so good. How many of you wish that you were sitting down and getting ready to eat ...

258. Proper 16

Exodus 17:1-7

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... Our faith tells us God never leaves us. But fear often makes us feel stranded in our anxiety. Pastor: When we feel that way, we need to focus on the promise and presence of Christ who refreshes our souls with hope. People: Life may seem like a dry and thirsty land; but thanks be to God for the thirst-quenching of his Son, our Savior! Collect Almighty God, whose Son is the source of life: Come to us in our end of the rope experiences with the awareness of our Savior's presence; that we may discover our needs ...

259. Jesus' Invitation To Drink Living Water

John 3:1-21

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Call to Worship Pastor: If faith has been a family tradition, it may be we are thirsty for a more personal encounter with Christ. People: Many of us have grown up in the church. We feel at home here. Perhaps that familiarity hinders what God would like to do with us. Pastor: God would like to satisfy our thirst by revealing our sins so he can forgive ...

260. Daily Choice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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... said, "It’s the second forty that are the most difficult." The ancient Hebrews were just like me. They lived that grand fantasy that after forty, life would be different. They had wandered for forty years through the Sinai Peninsula, sometimes starving, sometimes thirsty, often rebellious, but never settled down. That’s not a bad image of what my first forty years were like - lots of hungers, lots of thirsts, and lots of wandering about. After forty years of this kind of existence, I was ready for ...

261. Pentecost’s Promises Judith Ann Cobb

Isaiah 44:1-5

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Fear not ... for I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, And my blessing on your offspring (Isaiah 44:2, 3) Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel And his redeemer, the Lord of Hosts; "I am the first and I am the last; Besides ...

262. The Cry for God

Exodus 17:1-7

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James G. Cobb

... are you?" And God has heard that cry raised up over the thousands of years. When the people of Israel were on the move, having come through the Red Sea and led on their way by God out of Egypt, the time came at Masseh and Meribeh when they were thirsty; and because they were in great want of water, they accused God of abandonment. In the seventeenth chapter of Exodus, they tempt the Lord with their question and ask, "Is the Lord among us or not?" This cry to God has gone up early in the history of God’s ...

263. Living Water

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

... of you would like to try a glass of this water? (Let them vote.) All of you want the second jar of water. I can understand your feelings. It looks like a real drink of water. It is not used or dirty; it is clean, and can make you less thirsty. Jesus met a Samaritan woman at the well one day and offered her a chance to vote, a little like I just offered you a chance to vote. They talked about water - different kinds of water - but what they were really talking about was life. Jesus told her if she ...

264. The Call for Proper Fasting

Isaiah 58:1-14

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... that God delights in are very similar to the action Jesus speaks of in the parable of the sheep and the goats, in Matthew 25, where we are judged on the basis of our actions to feed the hungry, to give a drink of water to the thirsty, to welcome strangers, to clothe the naked, to visit the sick, and to visit the imprisoned. The reaction of the righteous, when the Lord declares them righteous, is one of surprise because there had been no calculation on their part. They had simply given of themselves to ...

265. God's Glory Manifest

Exodus 24:1-18

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... of God manifest to us to produce full and free humanity. At the same time we are repelled and frightened by the surprising epiphany and the strange shapes God's glory takes for us. Jesus is present in glory with us in the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the imprisoned. Would God manifest the divine presence in a straw-filled feed trough in a stinking stable? Would God be present with and for traitors, prostitutes, adulterers and homosexuals? Could the divine glory be manifest in ...

266. The Trifocal Festival

Matthew 5:1-12

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... Matthew 5:5) I: The meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity. (Psalm 37:11) II: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6) I: For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things. (Psalm 107:9) II: An unlikely collection on whom to hang the handle "saints". I: The merciful, the pure in heart, peacemakers and the persecuted, definitely! II: The blessed dead and those who mourn, plausibly. I ...

267. A Day For All the Saints

Revelation 7:9-17

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... are many rooms; I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am you may be also." For one thing, eternity will be spent in the presence of God and our Lord. God will shelter his own "with his presence." No one will be hungry or thirsty, nor will anyone be the victim of natural or human-made disasters. The Lamb will guide his own to "springs of living water," and, perhaps most important of all, "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." So many persons have known nothing but tragedy and tears, pain ...

268. The Shepherd King

Revelation 7:9-17

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... commands, "Believe! Believe!" But it says nothing about the activities of the Good Shepherd here and now. As Ezekiel describes the Good Shepherd - and John, too, in his Gospel - he is an active God who seeks out the lost, feeds the hungry, quenches the thirst of the thirsty, and gathers all of his sheep into his fold where he protects them from all of their enemies. There is one on whom we can depend, one who watches over us in all situations we find ourselves in life, the Good Shepherd. He will not fail us ...

269. Christ’s Life Jesus Before Pilate

Matthew 27:11-26

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... was innocent, Pilate tried to release him to the crowd. Congregation: But the crowd cried, "Crucify him! Crucify him! Release Barrabas instead!" Leader: Pilate was shocked because Jesus had been so popular. Where were all his followers now? Shocked at the crowd’s blood-thirstiness, he declared, "I am innocent of this man’s blood. It is your responsibility." Men: The people answered, "Let his blood be on us and all our children." Women: And it is on us, all our children and all the generations of man ...

270. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... finite. The poor in spirit are those who have an earnest devouring hunger for God, while knowing that such hunger will never be satisfied and that the cup will never be full. The poor in spirit are those, who by their very nature, are thirsty and hungry for something outside of themselves. Consider this possibility. Those who are hungry for God, those who have an appetite for the spiritual, those who are honestly seeking and questing - they are closer to God than some people who feel spiritually full and ...

271. Getting Back To Work

Luke 17:1-10

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Brett Blair

... understand our duty to yearn for God’s love. What do we have ultimately without God’s grace? Religion, true religion that has Christ as our Lord and God as our father will tap us on the shoulder and say, “I am hungry, prepare my meal. I am thirsty, get my drink. We have the option then to serve or spend our lives expecting to be served. Hopefully we can keep ourselves in right relationship and choose the former because we are unworthy servants. God owes us nothing. And, we are only doing our duty. We ...

272. Jesus’ Hospital

Matthew 9:9-13

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... of self concern. There was a story published in the Gospel Herald that said: Dr. Howard A. Kelly was a renowned physician and surgeon, and also a devout practicing Christian. During the summer holidays when in medical school Dr. Kelly sold books to help with expenses. Becoming thirsty, he stopped one day at a farmhouse for a glass of water. A girl came to the door. When he asked for a glass of water, she sweetly said: "I will give you a glass of milk if you wish!" He drank the cool, refreshing milk heartily ...

273. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

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... -5, 10-13 (E) The Book of Common Prayer expands the first reading of Roman Catholics and Lutherans in two directions. First, it provides a preface and context for verses 10 and 11 in the form of an invitation, "Come to the waters all you who are thirsty; ... Buy corn without money, and eat, and, at no cost, wine and milk." (Jerusalem Bible) God sows his seed, his Word, freely and abundantly in the world and offers it, at no cost, to all who accept his invitation. Second, there is a kind of postlude provided ...

274. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

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... must not seek revenge on those who offend or hurt them, but should in all things allow love to shine through in their relationships with others. He ends this section with: If your enemy is hungry, you should give him food, and if he is thirsty, let him drink. Thus you heap red-hot coals on his head. Resist evil and conquer it with good. (Jerusalem Bible) Matthew 18:15-20 Since the seventeenth chapter of St. Matthew contains his account of the transfiguration story plus a second announcement by Jesus ...

275. Proper 21

Mt 21:23-32 · Php 1:1-3 · Ex 17:1-7

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Paul A. Laughlin

First Lesson: Exodus 17:1-7 Theme: The apparent absence of God Exegetical Note At first it appears that the thirsty (and by now weary) Israelites are expressing merely a pressing physical need and resulting discontent with their leader, but that Moses inflates their complaint to include God. Verse 7, however, suggests that the people's complaint had indeed included God. Their question stemmed from the apparent absence of God in ...

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