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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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326. Use Your Head as Well as Your Heart

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... God’s way leads to life. In the spring of 2015, a 39-year-old college professor from Venezuela ran the famous Boston Marathon. The professor’s name is Maickel Melamed. He had run 4 previous marathons, but this was his first time running the coveted Boston race. It was for Melamed the culmination of 6 years of training that had begun with his running just 500 yards the very first time. What makes Maickel Melamed’s story unique is that he finished the Boston Marathon in last place. And he finished ...

327. Between Two Thieves

Illustration

Ken Harris

... the preacher would ask them to be with him during his final moments. They were also puzzled; the preacher had never given them any indication that he particularly liked either of them. They both remembered his many long, uncomfortable sermons about greed, covetousness, and rapacious behavior that made them squirm in their seats. Finally, the banker said, “Preacher, why did you ask us to come?” The old preacher mustered up his strength and then said weakly, “Jesus died between two thieves, and that’s ...

328. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want ...

329. Lost

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or spiritual immaturity. In this story, the son takes off with his portion of the father’s property (which is already strange, since it would not be his until the father had passed). He squanders it living high on the hog, and then must resort to coveting the food of actual hogs, when his portion runs dry. He has put his faith and trust in something other than God, the Father. Yet when the son comes home clearly repentant and willing to serve, his father instead calls friends and neighbors to celebrate ...

330. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... better than fair. God…is merciful! Bountiful! Gracious! Loving to all! It’s true! God has no interest in our concept of fairness, our concept of justice, our concept of equal treatment. God’s justice is bathed in mercy. Ours is marinated in selfishness, covetousness, and pride. We believe in everyone getting their “just desserts” –except us! When we come to the heavenly gates, we aren’t going to ask God for God’s justice! We aren’t going to say, “I’m ready, Lord. Give me what’s ...

331. Secret Savior

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... prayers and to the Kaddish, still Jesus’ prayer for His disciples has also an eschatological taste, as well as echoing several other things Jesus said before, such as the importance of the metaphor of the eye, and danger of the yetzer hara (evil eye which covets things and is not focused on God). Evil desires require God’s help to thwart. And in Jesus’ prayer, much emphasis is put on the sovereignty and power of God to protect and nourish His people in Himself, so that they will not stray from ...

332. Masks Off!

John 7:25-45 and 8:11-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Why? It was thought that on the eve of All Souls, those in purgatory who would have their yearly moment of rising. The eve also became a time when beggars would go door to door, asking for a “soul cake” --a kind of pancake or “donut”-- or a coveted piece of fruit. In return for the cake, the beggar would promise to pray for those in the household who had departed from this life. “A soul cake, a soul cake, have mercy on all Christian souls for a soul cake.” That was the lyric chanted by those ...

333. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... If you do what is pleasing, you will be exalted.” However, the original Hebrew suggests, that a better rendition would be, “If you are pleasing (in attitude), if you are good, if you are sweet natured, you will be exalted.”** On the other hand, to covet God’s pleasure, God’s gaze of pleasure, is the most dangerous of wild animal impulses. It’s like a child saying to a parent, so whose picture do you like better? And obviously wanting that parent to choose theirs. “Sin like a contender crouches ...

334. The Flock Paradox

2 Samuel 5:1-5, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Christmas is a time of joy and enjoy, but also a time of unprecedented envy. The great gifts one person receives are inevitably desired by any number of that person’s friends. The gifts one child receives are immediately coveted by their sister or brother. Shopping for a gift for others, we often find things we desire for ourselves as well! We like to have what others have. We like to do what others do. Some call it “keeping up with the Joneses.” Scientists call it the “flock syndrome.” It’ ...

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Chanakya

The covetous man is always poor.

Claudian

The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

Erma Bombeck

He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.

Francis Beaumont

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

Horatio Nelson

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus Christ

There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.

Joseph Conrad

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Michel de Montaigne

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Orison Swett Marden

Who covets more is evermore a slave.

Robert Herrick

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

Sun Tzu

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Sun Tzu

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Winston Churchill

One proud, surly, lordly word, one needless contention, one covetous action may cut the throat of many a sermon, and blast the fruit of all that you have been doing.

Richard Baxter

349. We Wobble, but We Don't Fall Down

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mindflex headset, and Zhu Zhu robotic hamsters. (1) I’m sure it’s hard for toy designers to know which toy is going to be a one-hit wonder, and which one will be played with, passed down to younger siblings, remembered with fondness, or even coveted by antiques collectors someday. I would bet the inventor of the Weebles never expected his little egg-shaped dolls would be as popular as they are. One reason they sold so well was their advertising song, “Weebles wobble, but they won’t fall down!” If ...

350. Seeing Is Believing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... particular are the source of our longing. What we see, we want. What we see, we believe. In the Jewish tradition, the eyes are the first source of sin. They can betray us and lead us in wrong directions. They can create in us feelings of covetousness and envy. These can lead to disastrous consequences if not recognized and our gaze averted. Think of the story of Cain, staring in anger and jealousy at his brother, or the story of Joseph’s brothers glaring at the beautiful coat bestowed upon their youngest ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 326 to 350 of 357 results

326. Use Your Head as Well as Your Heart

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

King Duncan

327. Between Two Thieves

Illustration

Ken Harris

328. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

329. Lost

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

330. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

331. Secret Savior

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

332. Masks Off!

John 7:25-45 and 8:11-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

333. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

334. The Flock Paradox

2 Samuel 5:1-5, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Chanakya

The covetous man is always poor.

Claudian

Erma Bombeck

He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.

Francis Beaumont

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

Horatio Nelson

Jesus Christ

There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.

Joseph Conrad

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Michel de Montaigne

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Orison Swett Marden

Who covets more is evermore a slave.

Robert Herrick

Sun Tzu

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Sun Tzu

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Winston Churchill

One proud, surly, lordly word, one needless contention, one covetous action may cut the throat of many a sermon, and blast the fruit of all that you have been doing.

Richard Baxter

349. We Wobble, but We Don't Fall Down

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

King Duncan

350. Seeing Is Believing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

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