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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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3226. Good News Or Bad News?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... to the enemies of all that is good, utterly defeating them. Not that the issue was ever in doubt. The victory was won long ago in the first coming to earth of Jesus - in particular by his death and resurrection. Jesus said he saw Satan fall like ... rule over all. Over this new and perfect creation Christ rules. This is the goal toward which all history has been moving. It was promised long before Jesus came and again at his birth: "He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be ...

3227. A Great Flashlight

Matthew 4:12-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To convey the images of darkness (sin) and light (Gospel of Christ) and that the church has been given the source of that great light. Props: A long flashlight that holds many batteries. Pass out the batteries among the congregation. Lesson: What do I have in my hand? (response) Have you ever seen a flashlight this long before? (response) Hand the flashlight to several kids so they can feel how light it is. How many of you have flashlights at home? (response) What do we use flashlights for ...

3228. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... expectations by giving us what we want, or feel we deserve. Knowing we cannot force his hand, we take matters into our own hands and assume that his way is our own. Our whole society is built around the philosophy that we can get what we want so long as we have the money to pay for it. We do not need to defend that statement or back up that philosophy, for it is obvious when we measure our homes, automobiles, clothing, vacations, social standing, and on and on. The Christian faith tells me, and I believe ...

3229. The Sound of Everlasting Joy

Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... helped them to start living new lives. "And you know," he continued, "it helped me, there in prison. I was set free in my heart long before the army came to set me free. When I got home to my wife, I found her to be downhearted and scared and ... to me to happen to her." Do you think of the Easter resurrection as something far off, something that happened in a garden long ago? Well, it is, but the resurrection is still happening, still happening in the lives of people. It happens when we experience rightness ...

3230. The Mighty and the Weak

1 Corinthians 1:27

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Do you think she liked it? (No) Why not? (Because it's coal) Oh, you think it's coal. Well did you know that inside this coal is hold out the diamond if you have one is a diamond? You see, God takes ordinary coal like this. And over a long, long time the earth moves a little and it gets real hot, and after a while the coal becomes a diamond. Application: St. Paul once said that God takes very simple things and makes them great, so that everyone will know what a great God he is. And do you know ...

3231. The Outsider

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... you don't get pregnant before you get married. And you don't cross racial lines. She said, "There's no hope for me." But we are Christians, people of resurrection. We believe in God who reaches and changes people. I got a letter from the woman not long ago. I gladly report to you, Jesus reached out and touched this woman, this outsider, and she's back in the Christian community, with her baby. Her feeling that she was "one of the damned" has changed. There are lots of outsiders. Won't you touch them? Lots ...

3232. "Oh Yeah, Thanks a Lot" -The Grateful Leper

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... pray I would go insane. Sometimes I doubt ... Sometimes I don't believe in anything, but I must pray ... I must ... There is nowhere else to turn. Some of the others say that it's no use ... But I am helpless ... I must pray." On a certain day, long ago, I awoke with these thoughts on my mind. My name is unimportant. What happened to me that day is important, and I'd like to tell you about it. I looked about me and saw the others. "How pitiful ... the others ... look at them ... animals ... pitiful animals ...

3233. Praying With Tears in Your Eyes

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... was about the issue of the cross - to die or not to die for the sins of the world. There are such life or death concerns in our personal lives. These are times that call for tears in our prayers. It may be the case of barrenness. For years Hannah longed to be a mother, but year after year she was sterile. With her husband she went to Shiloh to pray. The account says, "She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly." With tears, she poured out her soul for a child. God saw her tears, and ...

3234. Treasure of Heaven

1 Peter 1:9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Easter egg, something with rust, an article of clothing with a tear. Lesson: Today I want to show you some of my treasures. Do you know what treasures are? (response) Yes, treasures are things that we think are important to us, and we want them to last for a long, long time. I want you to tell me if you think these are good treasures. First, pull the egg from the box. Just last week was Easter, and my children and I made some Easter eggs. This was one of my favorites. So I thought that I would just keep ...

3235. A Knotty Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

Children's Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... time. One day they went to their minister and said, "Pastor, we want to get married. We are ready to tie the knot." After talking with them for a while about the importance of marriage and how it is a life-long commitment, the pastor married them. (Using the thread, tie the loops of the two ropes together.) He tied the knot, so to speak! He united them as husband and wife. (Hold up the ropes by the two extreme ends.) Now Robert and Rita are no longer two ropes but one ...

3236. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... different just for the sake of being chosen or different, what is the point? But if they are special so that very person can come to see that they too are special and important in God's eyes, then the point is that "God is Love!" As long as the problems of Israel and the Palestinian State today is defined in terms of who can have exclusive rights to land and governance, then resoloving the "Middle East" question will probably remain impossible. But if the issue is defined in terms of how people can share ...

3237. Peace Through Sacrifice

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... to one of our group and custodian of the Dead Sea Scrolls, handed to us a hand-wrought iron spike about six inches long and with the tip bent over at right angles. There were some fragments of wood on the spike, but most startling was the ... sentimentality of retention. Sacrifice is more nearly the willing offering of all one has, all one is ... for the sake of the long-range vision, because the vision is so much more hopeful, fulfilling, satisfying, than the short term suffering. Jesus was not above suffering ...

3238. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... big;The crowd wasn't that large;The whole series of events - the arrest, the trial, the scourging, and the crucifixion, didn't take very long.It wasn't that unusual. Such an execution has happened before and it would happen again.In today's newspaper, it might be a news ... body was found near a barbed wire fence within sight of the town hall. It is believed that he stayed with his plane long enough to guide it to an open field, instead of letting it crash in a residential area. He died because he ejected too ...

3239. Hard Work for the Gospel

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... many. Props: Any old pictures of the church, an old bulletin, old church newspapers, etc. (If yours is a new church, you will have to adapt this.) Lesson: Do you know how old this church is? This church was founded in 1826. substitute your info That’s a long time ago, isn’t it? Look at some of these pictures and articles about the church. Show the props Think about your parents. They are old, right? That ought to provide a chuckle Well, let’s say your parents are forty years old. That means that this ...

3240. Encounters With Christ III: Jesus and Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ’t planned this, but suddenly he blurted out: “Could you please tell me how to spell the word “fix?” There was a long pause. Then came the soft answer: “I guess your finger must be all healed by now.” Paul laughed. “So it’s really ... start with the heart and He would say to the man in the hole, “Give me your hand, I’ll pull you out.” That night in Jerusalem long ago, Jesus was saying to Nicodemus (and to us): “You don’t have to stay the way you are. You don’t have to be a prisoner ...

3241. Encounters With Christ VII (Easter): Jesus & Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... And with that discovery. Mary was resurrected, too! No more weeping and wailing, no more heavy sighing, no more tears of sorrow. He sent her running and shouting the good news: “I have seen the Lord! I have seen the Lord! He is Risen!!” On that Easter morning long ago, the key moment came when the Risen Lord called Mary by name. On this Easter morning, the Risen Lord is still speaking and He is calling your name and mine. Can you hear Him? He is calling us by name… and telling us that He has conquered ...

3242. Mary Remembers

Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... I saw the sly glances, the sneers on many faces. Some even accusing me of being unfaithful to Joseph. How could I explain to them this strange, bewildering event? This miraculous birth? Would they believe me if I told them the angel Gabriel appeared to me that night - long ago - in my home in Nazareth? I can scarcely believe it myself. But, I can still hear the angel's voice: "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." I was terrified. He stood in front of me in blazing white! His voice was so kind, his ...

3243. Pruning Season

Luke 13:1-9

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... ) What now? TREE: This is going to hurt, isn't it? H.G.: Well, yes. But only for a little while. TREE: A little while is too long. Can't we talk this over? H.G.: Listen! You heard the landowner. If you don't improve, you'll get thrown into the fire. You don ... G.: Haven't I always had your best interests at heart? TREE: Well, yes. H.G.: And hasn't it always turned out all right in the long run? TREE: I suppose so. H.G.: Then why are you so suspicious? TREE: I don't know. H.G.: (Picking up the shears) Then let's ...

3244. Monologue: Naomi And Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... me at all. I felt as though I had nothing to live for. I decided to return to Bethlehem because the famine had relented. It was a long way back, and if I died along the way, well, I'm not sure it mattered to me. As I said, I had nothing to live for. ... a double burden. It was a terrible risk to take, and Naomi was not strong physically. I had no idea where we were going, or how long it would take. Naomi knew little, either. I didn't know how I, a woman from Moab, would be treated among the Israelites. We had ...

3245. Monologue: Silent Silas

Acts 15:22-35

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... of course they ate Gentile food and hadn't been circumcised. To add to that, Paul and Barnabas went out from Antioch on a long missionary journey; to Cyprus, Cilicia, Galatia, Phrygia. In each town, they went to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles; they came back ... More, he was a Roman citizen, so he could go anywhere in the whole Empire. They started off, and it turned into a long trip. They walked the length of Syria, then Asia Minor from one end to the other, strengthening the churches. Then Paul had ...

3246. Six Nails of the Cross VI: The Nail of Cruelty

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that it is not time yet, that the suffering and agony of the crucifixion must precede the joyous proclamation of the resurrection. Yet my heart and my mind revolt against this continual confession of personal inadequacy, of personal pride and guilt. Never before have I longed so for the peace and comfort which my church can give me; for the contented and comfortable feeling which the gospel can proclaim, that all is according to God's plan and the taste of victory and the vision of glory are already upon us ...

3247. The Paradox of the Cross

Mark 15:33-41, Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Robert Allen

... owner was getting a bowl of chili and some crackers, he asked the boy, "Have you been on your own very long?" The boy ate his bowl of chili and told his story as he ate. He told of an argument with his father and how he left home. He had been on his ... own now for six months -- six long, tough months. The owner of the cafe noticed the boy's bowl was empty, so he dipped him another bowl of chili. Then he said, "Son, your ...

3248. Breakfast in Galilee

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Robert Allen

... significantly to the wealth of the world. The treasures found in ancient ships, lost at sea, make the finder rich. The treasures found in ancient pyramids, buried by the sands of time, tell us of long forgotten kingdoms. The treasures found in ancient cities, abandoned or destroyed, tell us how people long ago lived. The finding of these treasures capture our imagination. However, there is another kind of salvaging which is more important than digging up the relics of the past. And that is the salvaging of ...

3249. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Robert Allen

... them up. He stood there and said: "The band will now play the theme song of the people we have called our enemy. They are not our enemies any more! We are one people again. I want the band to play 'Dixie.' " Historians say there was a long, awkward pause. The band didn't have the music to "Dixie," but they finally got together and played, "Dixie." Lincoln knew that the South was not only hurting because of the horrors of the war, but also because of the shame which accompanies defeat. Lincoln was sending a ...

3250. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed

John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Drama

Raymond I. Keffer

... the Holy Spirit, I became a fearless carrier of the good news of Jesus. I traveled from Babylon to India. In India, I labored long as a builder of Christ's church. Jews and Gentiles alike accepted Jesus as their Savior. One day while building a new church, we ... which I put into a book for mankind to read and to study. When the jealous ruler died, I returned to Ephesus where I lived a long life and died a natural death. My life was blessed like no other disciple's life, which is why I am referred to as John ...

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