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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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3076. Are You A Basket Case?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... we start by filling our baskets with recollections of the blessings of God upon our lives. We Recollect The Past These people of long ago said (freely translated), "Our father, Jacob, was a wanderer. Like a gypsy he went from southern Canaan to Haran and back and ... nothing. I'd do it again and again. A glimpse of Christ has erased all the trials and the sight of him has satisfied every longing of my heart! But not yet. This is only part of the journey now that we have run. We have not arrived, but we have ...

3077. Healing For The Past

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... The original Passover marked the beginning of Israel's national life and inaugurated the day when God redeemed them from the long and oppressive Egyptian bondage. The New Testament clearly identifies the death of Christ as the fulfillment of the Passover. John ... integrity and a tremendous faith. Someone told us of his death. In his final days he had a hospice nurse with him. One day, not long before he died, wanting to know just how aware he was, the nurse asked him if he knew what year it was. He said, "73 ...

3078. Liking the New and Improving the Old

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... you can't get better than the best? For nearly 2,000 years now we have been recalling the coming of Christ into our world. How long has it been since you got excited about this same old Jesus that appeared on the scene a couple of millenia ago? Why doesn't God ... thinking of the story I heard about a couple of men who worked in the army in military intelligence. This work often required long, typed reports. One day, the soldiers were dismayed to find only one sheet of typing paper on the base, and it was a ...

3079. The S & L That Didn't Fail!

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... mind: the Creator will be nailed to his own creation by those he created! Amid the physical torment, the mental anguish, the ravaging thirst, the ugly sin-load of the world, he will die. If we uttered the awful, awesome truth, we'd cry out in a long, shuddering, agonizing moan of despair; "My God! We have killed him! We mortals have killed God!" Our Sovereign Lord Becomes A Savior! But don't give up! Christ's atoning death is purchasing life for us. His shed blood has opened a fountain where our sins are ...

3080. A Great Big Bunch of Love

2 Corinthians 4:18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... do your toys usually last after Christmas Day? (Let them respond.) Sometimes your Christmas presents don't even make it to the next Christmas. Some of them get broken or lost. Some of them get too small for you. Gifts don't last a very long time, do they boys and girls? Well, this gift - if you treat it right - will last forever! You will never outgrow it. Another strange thing about this gift is that even though you give it away, you still have it! Did you ever give someone a present that you really ...

3081. Uncovering Jesus

1 Corinthians 1:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... time ago. Imagine what it must have been like the day he finished his work and showed it the first time. Suppose you were with me in a place where a very famous artist was showing his finished painting for the first time. Just think how long it took him to make this painting. He had to use the right colors, draw his shapes so that they were recognizable, put in the shadows, and all sorts of other things so that it would be a masterpiece everyone would enjoy. Now remember, we are at the studio of ...

3082. An Exciting Month

Romans 13:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... day we call Christmas, and it means a lot of different things to people, but to Christians it means that this is the birthday of Jesus. A long time ago our world was a wreck. It was a mess and no one thought that it was going to be any better. As a matter of ... up a rusty metal pipe.) Here is another one. Take a look at this man. Isn't he something? He has been getting into trouble for so long the trouble just sticks to him. (Hold up a piece of paper.) We don't want to forget her. She is all mixed up. She crys ...

3083. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... get there, the account does not say the star guided them at this time. King (v. 2) - The appearance of a new star indicated to the magi that a king of the Jews was born. Just another king? If so, why go to the trouble and expense of a long trip from the East to Jerusalem? This new baby was not just another king. Herod referred to the child as the "Christ." (Greek Christ equals Hebrew Messiah. Both words mean "the anointed one.") The wise men had the insight to know that this was the fulfillment of the world ...

3084. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... situation." (Quoted by Lischer in Theories of Preaching, p. 343.) Approval. At his baptism God assured Jesus of his approval: "in whom I am well pleased." Some have a fear of not being approved. A pastor once called on a family which had not been to church for a long time. He asked them why they had stopped coming. The lady explained, "If you really knew us, Pastor, I don't know how you could love us." No Repentance. In May, 1989, a group of six teenagers, ages 14-17, raped and brutally beat a 28-year-old ...

3085. Living Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... refreshing." We have stood where Jesus talked with that Samaritan woman, promising to quench those drives that were for her a loose destruction. We have dipped our hand into the cool waters lifted from Jacob's well, the very well from which she pulled water on that day long ago. And I drank the water, much to the chagrin of a nurse nearby. It was a drink to quench an afternoon thirst. But it brought to mind the larger question of deeper thirst in life. We all have them. And the Christian says that Christ is ...

3086. The Big Hand

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

James Weekley

... a reminder of that Gift. It is the Gift who reminds us that he is real. He is here as a Friend who does not let go. In one of Richard Hook's drawings, he pictures Jesus with his two disciples. They are leaving their boat after a long day of fishing. They are wading ashore. What is stunning, even irregular about the picture is that each has his arms on the shoulders of the other. They are laughing. Can you imagine that? They are laughing with God. "Take, eat ..." His friendship spells fellowship. Jesus was ...

3087. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Erskine White

... deepest need to look up and know that our redemption is surely drawing near. Most Holy and Righteous God, we also pray on this Advent Sunday for the distress of the world. Let this season bring hope to those who have no hope and justice to those who are too long denied. Give those who lead us the courage to take risks for peace and the vision to fashion new rules of cooperation and trust for the nations of the world. Let us be guided by Your hand, since we know that You alone can bring about what is best ...

3088. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... that God is tired of our prayers and praises and wants our repentance instead. Why, that would be heresy! The candidate would be destroyed in the press and in the polls. He or she would be judged too "pessimistic" or unpatriotic to be a national leader. But long ago, the mighty king of Nineveh listened to Jonah and this foreign, heathen, pagan enemy king repented. He ordered all the people to repent as well, from the richest noble to the poorest slave. They were not to eat or drink; they were to pray to God ...

3089. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... invite home after church for a quiet family dinner. Try to picture what Jesus might have looked like to those who saw Him and knew Him. See the prophet's fire in His eyes as He speaks of the rich, the hypocrites, the scribes or Pharisees. See His long hair blowing in the breeze. See the plain white robe, probably soiled and dirty from time to time (as when He spent forty days alone in the desert). Judging by His appearance, people may well have looked at this Man and said, "He is beside Himself." See also ...

3090. Who Is Your King?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... is tough as nails and that is the side of Jesus I have tried to show you today. Of course, this same Jesus rides into our town and into our lives on this Palm Sunday morning and He is forcing some questions on us, as He did in Israel so long ago. As we cheer Him riding by, with palm leaves in our hands and hosannas on our lips, are the Caesars and Pilates of this world worried? Do they worry about a church whose "kingdom is not of this world," or is the church a comfortable partner with secular authority ...

3091. The Gift Of Encouragement

Acts 11:19-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... all of us, children need positive motivation to grow and learn - they need that precious gift of encouragement. When someone falls and breaks a hip, I hate to see people come to visit them with long, drawn out faces, trying to show sympathy for their friend. Yes, the person is in the hospital, and yes, they've got a long road ahead of them. But they don't need gloom and doom; they need encouragement! They need inspiration and rehabilitation. They need to know that things will be all right for them in the ...

3092. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

Sermon

Erskine White

... hast wrapped Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through" (3:44). The prophet Habakkuk cries out in despair, "O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and Thou wilt not hear?" (1:2). The Psalmist also knows the silence of God: "O my God, I cry ... absences and the silences of God. In fact, the Christian's spiritual life may be compared to a journey through the desert. You endure long walks in the dryness and heat, where God is silent. Then you come to an oasis, where you are refreshed by the waters ...

3093. Forgiveness Freely Given

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... . You can see the need everywhere around you. It's in the person whose soul is troubled by some misdeed of long ago. She is wracked by regret and governed by guilt. She is never completely happy, even when everything seems right in ... the way of forgiveness, as taught and demonstrated by our Lord, Jesus Christ, who lived and died for the forgiveness of sins. The prophet announced it long ago: "Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!" It's a welcome cry to ...

3094. A Perfect Prayer

Sermon

Erskine White

... life or the death of your enemies, I will give you an understanding mind. But more than this, I will give you the riches and honor you didn't ask for. And if you walk in My ways and keep My commandments, I will give you a long life." Maybe Solomon's prayer pleased God so much because God hears so many of the other kinds of prayers. God hears so many prayers by people who put prosperity above discipleship and consumption above commitment. He hears prayers by Christians who have bought the "name it and claim ...

3095. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... never been spoken! "Take heart and be strong. Don't give up; keep the faith. Be of good courage and good cheer; Jesus is calling you!" When Bartimaeus heard those words, he jumped up for joy because he knew that his redemption was drawing near. He knew that his long night of darkness was done and a new day's dawn begun. In fact, any of us blind beggars would do the same, because we know what Jesus can do - "Master, let me receive my sight. Master, see me through and make me strong. O Master, let me walk ...

3096. For The Love Of What?

Psalm 137:1-9, John 2:12-25

Sermon

Erskine White

... chain saws. Or, you can stay home and watch more than 10,000 murders every year on television. And notice how we keep getting violent crime shows every television season! Violence sells, doesn't it, and almost anything is acceptable in our market society so long as it sells. From toys on the shelves to violence as "entertainment" to real-life missiles orbiting overhead, it's hard to escape the conclusion that we are surrounded by a culture of death. As followers of a non-violent Christ, we want our children ...

3097. Who Do You say He Is?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... us as walking in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake? All of this lies behind those four simple words Peter uttered so long ago: "You are the Christ." Peter has jumped into waters so deep that now he is in over his head! Jesus begins to tell him ... Sugar Daddy. I need a new car. I need more money. I need this or that, Jesus, and I know you'll give me whatever I need, so long as I ask for it in Your name." But you see how childish and selfish this is. Since when is Jesus just a genie in a magic lamp ...

3098. The Message In The Means

Sermon

Erskine White

On that silent, holy night so long ago in Bethlehem, we all know what God did, don't we? We've heard it said many times: "For God so loved the ... friendships and even in the world. And He came to us a sign of God's love, that we in this world might finally overcome the alienation and separation which have poisoned for so long our relationships to each other and to God. God gave us this example in His only begotten Son, that we may be freed from the stifling shackles of bitterness, envy and hatred, and live ...

3099. The President's Religion

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... prophet's faith. Thus says the Lord. Amen Pastoral Prayer O Righteous God, who is Judge of all that happens in earthly affairs, we pray for our nation as we vote this Tuesday. Cleanse us of the bitterness and rancor which may have filled the land during this long and difficult campaign. Inspire those who gain power to deal justly with those who are powerless. Put in our new leaders a desire to serve even those who can be of no service to them. Lead them to make our nation great by caring for the most needy ...

3100. Joy At Midnight

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The bridegroom in the story is Christ and the story says that He is coming again. Many Christians have a hard time believing this. Perhaps you would include yourselves among those who have trouble believing that Christ who lived among us so long ago is coming back again. But consider for a moment what you give up when you don't believe it! You give up all hope for the world and all faith for the future! I mean: do you want to believe that the fate of the earth rests ...

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