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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Charles L. Koester
... us, "Lo, I am with you always"? Through faith’s certainty, we know life is more than our bodies. We know our citizenship and destiny is the Father’s House. But life in this body, this world, is also God’s gift. Life from God is more than a yearning for things yet to come. It has to be, or our present life makes no sense. If our God-given life does not count for something, then God gave us the gift for nothing. Some folks look upon this life as being inherently evil. A battleground. God’s arena ...
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Charles L. Koester
... to live with, and like, others. God gives us a choice with our free wills. We can live life, inside, as an empty hulk, deceiving ourselves that this is really life, or we can live, inside, filled with the fullness of God in Christ who yearns to so live with us. Take your choice! Life without God’s spirit has its little gods of conformity, expediency, and luxury. We hardly think anymore. A little box, smaller than a refrigerator, dominates us. We sit for hours clobbered by fantastic commercials and inane ...
Drama
Charles L. Koester
... At the time Jesus was born, darkness covered the earth, and gross darkness the people. Yet there were believers scattered abroad in every part of the land. These faithful kept bright the light of true religion. God had not left Himself without witnesses; witnesses who yearned for the day of God’s visitation to His people in the coming of His promised Messiah. Among them were Zecharias and Elizabeth. He was a Priest, she the daughter of a Priest. Both played a role in God’s visitation, His advent in the ...
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Richard Patt
... of God in their lives is a mystery. They do not experience God’s saving presence in their lives. We modern-day disciples can eliminate that mystery. Being informed of the needy, we will in fact bring the divine healing and feeding for which so many around us yearn. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" As we are about to consecrate the bread and wine of this Communion now, I do not know how to fully answer that question. In this sacrament we do confront again "the mystery of his presence." It is ...
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Richard Patt
... attractive for a while. But sooner or later most of them long for something as simple as a slice of freshly home-baked bread topped with melting butter. I suspect that most of us are simple "meat-and-potato folks." We like things basic and simple. How we yearn for simplicity in this age of red tape! In most large offices and shops today there is a fairly sizable booklet given to each employee. It is an employees’ manual. It is loaded with page after page of how to be an employee - what you should do and ...
Sermon
... are received. It may be that the one blessed only looks forward to what more will, come rather than rejoicing in gratitude over what is there. We are probably a mixture of both: some gifts are received with thanksgiving while others, once received, only increase our yearning for more. If we could learn from the former.... Mary’s was an experience, of being lifted - "He has lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things." That sounds like a good thing. The experiences of being lifted up and ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... say my prayers; what ought I to do?’ I reply: ‘Talk to God as you are talking to me; even more simply, in fact.’ Saint Paul writes that the truest prayer is sometimes a sigh. A sigh can say more than could be contained in many words." With a yearning, a hunger, a cry, the lonely soul reaches out to God and finds comfort. Why do we insist on doing it by ourselves and stumble inadequately? Things go wrong. We struggle to put things right. We fail again. At last we come back to God and say, "Take over; I ...
Sermon
Alton F. Wedel
... go out to do what we were not supposed to do. It certainly involves all that - the sins of greed and lust and hatred, with their promises of better things for us. But temptation means much more than this. It’s the constant crisis of our lives. It’s the yearning to be free of God and on our own. It’s being always on the point of going over to the enemy. And that temptation isn’t on a baited hook that someone dangles like a lure before our eyes. It’s on the inside that the prod to outlaw ...
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Alton F. Wedel
... have punctuated it with praise: "The Lord has saved his people." Our Deepest Longing Satisfied Here we find expressed God’s answer to the deepest longing of the human heart, even though we may now know precisely what it is we long for; his answer to the deepest yearning of the world; his answer to the sorest struggle of humanity to find a way back into our lost Eden. He will gather them "from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who is in travail ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... of the voice, the tears in the eyes, the lasting impressions of the sunset hour. These impressions have a still greater intensity when we say our final farewell to a loved one, when the sunset is the end of life’s little day, when the memory imprinted is the yearning for "the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still." Such is the setting of Maundy Thursday. Among the incidents of Holy Week there is none that has more of the deep pathos of the sunset hour than the scene in the upper ...
286. Easter People
Colossians 3:1-17
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T. A. Kantonen
... who had suffered the loss of her child said to her pastor, "I wake up in the night and I stretch out my arms seeking once more to embrace my dear child but I embrace only empty air." We must all at some time or another feel the anguished yearning for "the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still." We stretch out our arms groping for the fuller life, the higher reality, the perfect fellowship which death cannot destroy. If Christ had not conquered death, we would only grope in the dark ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... outlook extends beyond their own congregations, who seek earnestly to do their part as partners in the gospel in the world mission of the Church of Christ. Paul states the third reason for Christian thanksgiving in the words, "God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment." The response to the grace of God and the ensuing partnership in the gospel are motivated by intelligent ...
288. A New Perspective
Deuteronomy 7:1-26
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Gregory J. Johanson
... wish to love many people, so has he implanted the hunger to be uniquely important to one person, and for that one person to be supremely and uniquely important to him." This is a given with us as human beings - it is part of the way God invented us. We yearn for that specialness in the eyes of another - to be the cloud that’s the center of their world. But it is always a gift, never a debt. It isn’t owed to another, and it can’t be demanded. But your life feels empty without it. There are a ...
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
... when we are in strange surroundings, among people different from ourselves, or in uncomfortable situations, we are still yours, O God. We still want to do what is fair and what is right. In the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen. Prayer of Confession Even when we yearn to go about unrecognized or without social responsibility, you, God, are there calling to us. Keep us open to the life around us. Keep us open to finding ways in which we can make a difference. Keep us open to your wisdom. Amen. Hymns "Pass Me ...
290. Once And For All
Hebrews 7:11-28
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
... us well. We need not begin from the beginning each time we talk to you. Your promises are firm. Through Christ. Amen. Prayer of Confession There is something deeply settling, O God, about the once and for all of the acts of Jesus Christ. We yearn for permanence because so much change enters our lives. You have provided firm stability in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. We are grateful for the peace you bring. Through our Savior. Amen. Hymns "How Deep The Silence Of The Soul" "O God In Heaven ...
291. Touchable
2 Samuel 23:1-7
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
Call to Worship Leader: When we are without God, we are untouchable thorns. People protect themselves from us and keep their distance. People: When we are with God, we become touchable and kind. People sense an invitation and approach us. Collect Gracious God, we yearn to be in a right relationship with you, with ourselves, and with those around us. In a rebirth of connecting, let the deserts of our relationships burst into soft flower and dance in the wind. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear God, when we ...
292. Coming Forth
Isaiah 63:7--64:12
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Dallas A. Brauninger
... go on to other matters. Instead, you are coming forth in the shape of a human being to meet us. So now we make ready to receive you. Through Jesus. Amen. Hymns "Once In Royal David's City" "Come Forth, O Love Divine" "Now Bless The God Of Israel" "We Yearn, O Christ, For Wholeness"
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
... to remember your presence while flitting from car to home, from commuter to work, from meeting to meeting and commotion to commotion, let flickers of prayer light our day. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Confession Amid the constant uprooting of change, we yearn for a stable home, O God. In the middle of both wanted and unwelcome transitions, we search for something lasting. Let our sense of your presence in our lives be as crumble-resistant as cedar and our capacity to meet life changes as easily ...
294. God, Alpha and Omega
Revelation 21:1-27
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Dallas A. Brauninger
... as new as the start of a day. We trust you now and at our ending. In the name of Christ. Amen. Prayer of Confession We wonder, O God, about what we cannot yet perceive. We know that our imaginings of life after death reflect our individual yearnings. If the physical body suffers now, later all suffering will cease. If our relating to others has been troublesome, later all such distress will be in the past. Bear with us, O God, until the time comes and we will know and finally will relax into your care ...
Sermon
Maurice A. Fetty
... poverty of the huge mass of humanity which overshadows the opulent splendor of the elitist few of Rio de Janeiro will someday erupt in violence and revolution unless basic reforms take place. The grinding, wrenching poverty of the seething huddled masses yearning to breathe free will continue to yield violence and bloodshed and warfare all over the world. Whether it is the poor of Northern Ireland, or the poor of Chiapas, Mexico, or the poor of India, or the poor Palestinians shoved into overcrowded ...
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
... : We know times of brokenness. The body or mind becomes ill. The spirit within suffers. People: We come praying for wholeness. Leader: We know times of poverty. We hunger and may not have resource to feed our body or sustain our spirit. People: We come yearning for fulfillment. All: Come, Christ, we wait to know your hope. Collect Transforming God, who brings change of heart, we trust in you. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Dear God, we notice only the chaos of brokenness. The ways in which you refine us are ...
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
Call To Worship Leader: All of us meet troublesome relationships. People: We come yearning for solutions. Leader: We know about arguing with ourselves and disagreeing with others. People: We come wanting to resolve and settle. All: Come, Christ, we await your peace. Collect Peace-giving God, who promises to lead us toward agreement and who calls us home to our true selves, renew within ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... ever felt that life’s moorings had been cut loose? Maybe it was the loss of a dear loved one, a child gone bad, a once-bright promising career destroyed by downsizing. Perhaps it has been a life lived without a special companion for whom you have yearned or a life lived in the depths of poverty and despair without hope. In those instances your heart has probably cried out just like the author of Lamentations did elsewhere: See, O Lord, how distressed I am; my stomach churns, my heart is wrung within me ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... does not distinguish between friend and enemy, between rich and poor.12 This is a love that will not forget Dr. King’s question about why we still have poverty with all the bounty. When you know that you are saved, that God loves you, then you will yearn and work for justice in the land (Jeremiah 23:5) without any being lost and deprived (v. 4). That day has come; it is coming, my friends. Will you, will this church, be Christ’s instrument by working for this justice? Amos 5:24 says that someday justice ...
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John W. Wurster
... out there; but also down here, right here. Not only beyond us, but also within us, closer than our breath. Not only creator of the universe by whose wisdom life began and continues; but also our friend, our mother, our father. A God who has sought us out. A God yearning for a relationship with us. A God who believes we cannot make it on our own. A God who somehow needs us, who seems to require our company in order to be complete. A God who will not leave us alone, but who also doesn’t want to be left ...
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