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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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276. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... of the meek just what the world has always said. Jesus said the meek would "inherit the earth." The world has said, "That is the only way they will get it." And the meek smile, and go on being meek - for God’s sake and purposes. Hunger and thirst are basic. Along with the sex drive, they are fundamental in life. A hungry, thirsty person, will eventually do anything to satisfy that need. Remember Les Miserables? Jean Valjean stole the loaf of bread for his sister’s starving children. Jesus is saying that ...

277. On Loneliness

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... , as well as with Thee." God has put within us a need for other people, and to a large extent the sense of fulfillment we find in life is found through our close relationships with others. There is a kind of incompleteness within us, a hunger that reaches out to make contact with other people. Until we find this, we feel an emptiness and barrenness in our lives. So we look desperately for some way to deal with our unhappiness. This was all illustrated rather graphically several years ago on a television ...

278. Salvation Includes Social Justice

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... come tomorrow. But it is close. As Martin Luther King, Jr., put it: There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it ... Today, therefore, the question on the agenda must read: Why should there be hunger and privation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life?11 Do not give in to poverty, and the dream of justice remains alive. This is not ...

279. While He May Be Found

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , listen, seek, and call on him, he will answer our prayers and grant us the desires of our hearts and restore our faith and confidence as his people. We can defeat the spiritual famine which threatens the destruction of our very souls. He will quench our thirst and remove our hunger if we seek and call on him. All this can be offered without cost. Come, listen, seek, and call on the Lord while he may be found! Come to him, O sinner. Come to him, you who are weary. Come to him, you who are lost. Come to the ...

280. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ' last meal. He died on the cross Friday at sunset with an empty stomach. Looking at his disciples he said, blessed are you who hunger now. Jesus died weeping. After his last supper Jesus headed for the Garden and there in that Olive Grove we call Gethsemane he prayed ... Christian Freedom. Now what does that mean? Let’s take a look. I First, Jesus puts in a good word for poverty, hunger, and sadness. Interesting isn’t it? We have been conditioned all our lives to work hard, build wealth, and provide for our ...

281. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... execution was entrusted to the carnifex servorum. Eventually this wretched locality became a forest of crosses, while the bodies of the victims were the pray of vultures and other rapacious birds. It often happened that the condemned man did not die of hunger or thirst, but lingered on the cross for several days. To shorten his punishment therefore, and lessen his terrible sufferings, his legs were were sometimes broken. This custom, exceptional among the Romans, was common with the Jews. In this way it was ...

282. Good Friday: The Three Crosses

John 18:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... carnifex servorum (the place of the hangman). Eventually this wretched locality became a forest of crosses, while the bodies of the victims were the pray of vultures and other rapacious birds. It often happened that the condemned man did not die of hunger or thirst, but lingered on the cross for several days. To shorten his punishment therefore, and lessen his terrible sufferings, his legs were sometimes broken. This custom, exceptional among the Romans, was common with the Jews. In this way it was possible ...

283. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... her bills she is about $25 light. There is always a lag between the time her money runs out and the food stamps come in. If the food stamps are late, she and the boys go hungry. They were a week late this time. She grew faint and vomited from hunger. Michael lay on the bed next to her and asked, "Mama, what are we gonna eat?" "Suck your thumb and take a drink of water," Judy answered. Michael sneaked into a neighbor's house, raided the kitchen, and came back with bacon and eggs. "Son," said Judy, "it's ...

284. Salvation

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... much more than a promise of "Jesus and I, bye and bye, in the sky." It is nothing less than making a sick creation healthy and whole again. Even here and now. Really? Wait a minute. We still live a chaotic and disordered existence - we still have hunger and thirst, there are still Unabombers, little girls go down in plane crashes, young mothers get cancer, people get caught in the living hell of war. We still have tears. There is still death. What should we think? There is an old Rabbinic tale that may help ...

285. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

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David E. Leininger

... intensity in the water changes or when they are in clear water versus darker water.(6) Good lesson for "fishers of people" as well. Be sensitive to the changes in people's lives that might make them hungry for a word of good news. Speaking of hunger, that brings to mind another basic: bait. You have to have something to attract the fish. It might be a flashy lure or some mouthwateringly scrumptious worm (gag), but to expect the fish to just jump in the boat for no reason will not work. Successful "fishers ...

286. Be Careful Which Entree You Choose

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... his appointment. He had lost 20 pounds. The doctor asked, "You lost all this weight just by following my instructions?" The man said, "Yes, I'll tell you though, I thought I was going to drop dead on that third day." The doctor asked, "From hunger?" "No," the man said. "From skipping!" No wonder he lost so much weight. Food has an important place in our lives. Food was important to the early church. You will remember that they had their meals together. And their most important ceremony other than baptism ...

287. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus look like? Some Greeks were attending the festival of the Passover. They came to Philip and said to him, "Sir, we would see Jesus." That's the universal need of humanity, isn't it? "We would see Jesus." Somebody show us what Jesus is like! It is the hunger that gnaws at the heart of every person who has ever walked this earth, even though they may not be able to give name to it, and even though, because of the baggage the name Jesus carries in the world, some may violently disavow such a need. The ...

288. With A Name Like That . . .

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... see or hear, was first told the Gospel story it is said that she cried out, "I already knew that such a God existed, I simply did not know His name." Is that not the world's complaint? There is that hunger in every heart for the unconditional love of God. Our task is to link a name to that hunger. There is no other name by which humanity can be saved. But Jesus is bigger than his name. Jesus is big enough for the whole world. And this brings us to our last thought for the morning: PEOPLE WHO BEAR BOTH ...

289. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... witches today in Paris, France than there are Roman Catholic priests. Since that is traditionally a Roman Catholic stronghold, such a statistic is disturbing. Some people contend that the resurgence of interest in the occult and witchcraft is a sign of our society's hunger for the supernatural. I am not sure. Perhaps such people are looking for a cheap thrill. We really do not know what the New Testament means when it speaks of casting out evil spirits. Is it referring to mental and emotional illness? Would ...

290. The Explosive Power Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ago, they did a routine on TV that went something like this. Dick asked, "What's wrong Tommy? You seem despondent." Tom replied, "I am! I'm worried about the state of American society!" Dick said, "Well what bothers you about it? Are you worried about poverty and hunger?" "Oh, no, that doesn't really bother me." "I see. Well are you concerned about the possibility of war?" "No, that's not a worry of mine." "Are you upset about the use of illegal drugs by the youth of America?" "No, that doesn't bother me ...

291. When More Is Never Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... have arrogance and a sense of aloneness. Insider trader Dennis Levine was asked by his wife why he needed the money from insider trading and he really had no answer. Levine says that when his income was $100,000, he hungered for $200,000, and when he was making $1 million, he hungered for $3 million. Berglas says that oddly enough people who find that $200,000 did not make them happy never asked themselves why they thought $300,000 would make them happy. Asked to prescribe a cure for the success syndrome ...

292. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... be said of many churches. They are an indication that we have forgotten what the church is really about. If we go back to the Day of Pentecost, the day the church was born, we will see that God gave us the church to satisfy one of the great hungers of our time ” EMPOWERMENT. Have you heard that word before? It is a current buzz word in our society. Everyone nowadays wants to be empowered. We want to feel that we have control over our lives. We want to feel we can take charge of our destinies. We want ...

293. I Love You, Man!

John 21:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... she had become so used to associating with persons who acted only for their own self interest that she had come to accept such shallow relationships as the norm. In restoring her faith in Jesus Christ, she discovered the wonder of being assured that she was loved. We all hunger for that assurance, don't we? Is there any place in this world that we can go besides to other people to find that kind of love? One place we can look is the Word of God. When I think about how the Bible assures me that Jesus loves ...

294. Justified By What?

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." Jeremiah is talking about something far different from a good example or a good teacher. Jeremiah was talking about a change in the inner persona change that many people are hungering for today. All have sinned, says St. Paul. We need a Savior. And that brings us to our final thought for the morning: JESUS CHRIST ALONE CAN FILL THE VOID IN OUR LIVES. He alone can bridge the gap between ourselves and God. One day in Sunday ...

295. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To See God

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... people of Israel needed: a tree across a ravine. Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst . . . For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will ... I yearn to see God. He is here--in this man, Jesus of Nazareth. "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst . . . For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of ...

296. When The Fish Won't Bite

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... HE HAD OTHER PLANS FOR HIM, PETER WALKED AWAY FROM THE ONLY LIVELIHOOD THAT HE KNEW. Simon Peter had come to that critical point in every thinking person's life where he realizes that everything material he ever wanted just isn't enough! Simon's hunger is not for lake trout. His hunger is for God! And thus he collapses at Jesus' feet and confesses, "I'm a sinner." What happened to Simon parallels what happened to Isaiah the prophet in the year that King Isaiah died, as told in Isaiah 6? Do you remember that ...

297. Missing The Real Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... God planned a way to give it to us. Romans 5: 8 tell us, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." He is the bread of life, and he gives himself freely to all who hunger. Receive Jesus today and you will have eternal life. 1. Reader's Digest, March, 1980, Page 57. 2. Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die (Old Tappan, NJ: Revel, 1987), p. 365. 3. Values Driven Leadership--Discovering and Developing Your Core Values for Ministry by Aubrey Malphurs, Baker ...

298. Marks Of A Champion

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... as little as possible to preserve the last of their supplies, they were desperately hungry. And that's mainly what they talked about. Food. Feasts. Sumptuous meals. Can you imagine hunger that is so obsessive that it colors all your thoughts and conversations? Now listen to the words of Jesus: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness." Righteousness--morality, decency, commitment to right living--is no small matter. It is the first quality of a champion of faith. Then comes godliness. That ...

299. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... presence. When you have been separated from the presence of God for too long, you either stop caring about it, or you hunger for a move from God that is so earth-shaking that it leaves no room for doubt or apathy. IN THIS PASSAGE, ISAIAH IS REACTING TO THE ... ABSENCE OF GOD AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. You and I can appreciate that. Many of us hunger for God to show Himself in our lives. Was there ever a time when you yearned to know that God was with you? Maybe there ...

300. When Did We See You?

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... in this world. There are thirsty persons in this world. There are sick, naked, imprisoned persons in this world. And we need to be reminded. For the teaching of the Scripture is clear. If we ignore the least and the lowly, we ignore Christ. Our text today is not on hunger, per se, but on sensitivity. Are we aware that all about us persons who are in need? "When did we see you hungry, or thirsty or naked or sick or in prison or lonely or afraid?" When did we see you depressed or on drugs or at your wit's ...

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