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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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351. Proper 15

John 6:25-59, 1 Kings 2:1-12, 1 Kings 3:1-15, Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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John R. Brokhoff

... In this passage the word occurs six times. The believer eats Christ to live spiritually just as one must eat physical food to live. Either that or starve to death! Christ is our spiritual food which is necessary to live. Isn't it strange we do not have spiritual hunger pains and can die spiritually from lack of food? The difference in physical and spiritual life is that the latter is eternal. It is eternal because it is the life of Christ who is eternal. Old Testament: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 1. Slept (v. 2 ...

352. Are You Hungry?

John 6:24-25

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Steve Wilkins

... to secrecy and wipe their memories clean of that place. You see, when you waste your energies seeking to fulfill the hunger for things that perish, what you'll find all too often is that you'll still be dissatisfied, and your dissatisfaction will ... usually put you deeper into the hole you're digging for yourself. Whatever piece of the pie that you're hungering for – whether it's a bigger slice of acceptance or riches or gratification of your urges – you're going to find yourself ...

353. All in the Family

1 Timothy 3:14-15

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James Merritt

... or scolded. She just kept hoping and praying, but I was too busy, too preoccupied to spend one or two short hours a week thinking about the really important things. Now the sights and sounds and smells of death were all around me. My hunger for spiritual food soon outdid my hunger for a steak. Now I wanted to know about that part of me that will never die. Now I wanted to talk about God and Christ and the church, but in heartbreak [POW's gave their prison camp] solitary confinement, there was no pastor ...

354. When I Am Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

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James Merritt

... the spiritual. It doesn't matter what God wants, what matter is what you want. I want to make something very plain. There is nothing wrong with physical desires. There is nothing wrong with the sexual drive. There is nothing wrong with hunger for food or thirst for liquids. God made our bodies to hunger and to thirst and to desire intimacy with the opposite sex. What is wrong and out of God's mainstream is to make a God out of your physical desires. Satan wanted Jesus to make bread His god. Just like today ...

355. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30

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James Merritt

... people who reject God's love every day, who have no desire to worship God's Son, who have no hunger to hear God's Word or fellowship with God's people on earth. Do you understand they would be totally out of place in heaven? Can you imagine people who ... have no time for God, no desire for God, no hunger for God, can't stand the thought of going to church and learning about God and hearing the Word of God, dying and ending up in ...

356. Woe to the Blessed

Luke 6:17-26

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Gary L. Carver

... ." Isn't it ironic that in a day in which we supposedly have the finest economy in years, there is a yearning in the heart and soul of the American people for spirituality? Now I'm not talking about a spirituality that is always found in churches, but a hunger for spirituality. It is as if the entire nation is saying, "There's got to be more!" Perhaps Jesus is saying that if our lives are centered around only that which pleases us then we have all that's coming. Jesus said, "To whom much is given, much is ...

357. Only the Lonely

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Ron Lavin

... only be filled by the one who made us. The fantasies and illusions about happiness which are nurtured by the world's standards are only discovered for what they are by those who find their loneliness remains when they attain what they have sought. Those who hunger for the things of this world and then get what they want, no longer want what they get. They want more. That's why greed rules today. Only the lonely make their own wounds a source of healing for others. Therefore, they invite strangers into their ...

358. The Success Syndrome

Mk 10:17-31

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King Duncan

... Steven Berglas wrote a book called The Success Syndrome. He found that individuals who in his word "suffer" from success have arrogance and a sense of aloneness. People like this say that when their was $100,000, they hungered for $200,000, and when they made $1 million, they 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 ...

359. Monday: The Way Of The Cross: Figs & Fig Trees

Matthew 21:18-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... themselves and with peanut butter on them. And it doesn't take but a couple to quench the bit of afternoon or mid morning hunger. But it's always a disappointment when the cookie jar is empty. We're going to celebrate Holy Communion in a few moments. And we won't ... receive much bread or much of the wine. But it will be just enough to quench the hunger of our soul and to feed our spirit. And then after you receive the Sacrament, you'll see a pan or bowl filled with Fig ...

360. Finding Common Ground

Galatians 3:15-25

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J. Howard Olds

... competition or comparison or, for that matter, even completion? What if happiness is about contentment? It seems to me that’s what the Bible says. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be satisfied.” What a great word. What a promise! Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be satisfied. Paul says “I have learned to be content, whatever circumstances.” What faith! The writer of Hebrews says “Be content, for God ...

361. Led To Follow

Matthew 2:1-12

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J. Howard Olds

... I could get people doing that, it’s more important than all the television and radio and promotions that we do in the life of this congregation. Gossip about good things. If somebody wants to find the Lord, will you give them an answer? You see, there is a hunger in our hearts, there is a desire in our souls that may lead us traveling a long way to find it satisfied. They came following; they came seeking. II. They Knelt Seeing Verse 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and ...

362. Will 2012 Be the End of the World?

Revelation 7:9-17

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King Duncan

... (4) Friends, that shelf will never be broken. Write Hollywood a letter. Tell them how the story ends. Tell them how it ends when any of God’s children experience a tragedy or loss in their lives. It’s right here in the Revelation: “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their ...

363. Doing Our Best

Romans 12: 1-13

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J. Howard Olds

... . I am also aware that in the last eight weeks, worship attendance has grown by 34% over last year. I am keenly aware there is a hunger in America to be present with one another. A great awakening is going on right now. Don't you want to be a part of it? ... almost completely to expanded ministries for children, youth and adults, in this church and community. The facts are: there is a deep hunger in the lives of human beings to share. Do you realize that 70% of Americans did something in light of the tragedy ...

364. The Christ Connection

Colossians 1:9-20

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J. Howard Olds

... way to Heaven to His disciples, Philip comes and says to Him, “Show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." Jesus says in response to him, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father." In the heavens we see God's handiwork. In our hearts we sense our hunger for God. In the Church, God is glorified. In Christ, God comes to us as a living person. God is personified in Jesus Christ. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock," says the Lord of lords and the King of kings, “if anyone hears my voice and opens ...

365. Unexpected Invasions

Isaiah 64:1-9

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J. Howard Olds

... ankles and say, “Would you do it again, Daddy, would you do it again just one more time? Would you do it again?" It is this hunger that God would somehow “do it again" that is on the heart and mind of Isaiah. Isaiah had seen the mighty acts of the Lord. ... and touch us until we are inspired? Would you do it again God? Would you one time, just do it again? That is the hunger of Isaiah: make yourself known in our world. Then he begins to think about his prayer. He begins to think about the ramifications of ...

366. Come to Bethlehem and See

Luke 2:8-20

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J. Howard Olds

... God." Worship has the capacity to transform us. Worship is seeing God worthy and giving him the glory. Worship is the full commitment of one's life to God. “Come adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord the newborn King." III. Let the Bread of Heaven Satisfy the Deepest Hungers of your Heart Come to Bethlehem, the “place of bread" and taste the bread of life. Christ is food for your soul. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry. He who drinks from my cup will never be ...

367. The Constant God in a Changing World

Psalm 48:1, 9-14

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J. Howard Olds

... than we can decide that winters should be mild or cookies more nourishing than vegetables. It's just not that way. Moral laws are written into the universe. Jesus said, “Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied." I got to thinking about that. What would happen if we hungered and thirsted for rightness in the world? If people put God first and observed a Sabbath—one wonders what difference it would make in the health needs of Americans. If we ended the social ...

368. The Bread We Daily Need

Luke 11:1-10

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J. Howard Olds

... this day what I want.’ We pray, “give us this day our daily bread.” We are created for community. Hunger kills somebody in the world every 3.6 seconds. 10.5% of all U. S. households are food insecure. 800 million people in the world are malnourished. It would take ... 13 billion dollars a year to end hunger. The U.S. and Europe spend 18 billion dollars a year on pet food. There is a knock on our door in the midnight ...

369. The High Price of Short Cuts

Luke 12:13-21

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J. Howard Olds

... wee little man was he. He climbed up in the sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see.” Did you ever wonder what heart hunger caused this chief tax collector to go to such extremes to see Jesus? It was not for gain or worldly pleasure. He had all these. ... collector. When the world has given all its pleasures and you have more plaques than will fit on your walls, there remains a hunger in the heart that God alone can satisfy. Jesus sees Zaccheus lurching there, a little man up a tree. He calls him down. ...

370. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

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J. Howard Olds

... deeper waters there are mysteries to be explored, wonders to be experienced, breath-taking views of a better life. Like a curious explorer on their first scuba dive, we are anxious to see what lies below the surface of our faith. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.” Happy are those who have a deep desire to know God. They won’t be disappointed. It might be a small group of youth, it might be a prayer group that you are in or it could be ...

371. Encountering Incomparable Riches

Ephesians 2:4-10

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J. Howard Olds

... “striking it rich." I want to lead us not on a gold rush, but on a soul rush, where we may experience the incomparable riches of God's grace. I call us not to a con game but to the kindness of Christ Jesus—the one who satisfies our greatest hungers and quenches our deepest thirst. Or as Luther Bridges said over 100 years ago “Come let us feast on the riches of God's grace." I. CONSIDER THE PREVENIENT GRACE OF GOD Prevenient grace is the love of God that will not let us go. Max Lucado tells the story ...

372. Keeping Company with the Weary

Matthew 11:25-30

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J. Howard Olds

... tried to imagine what people must have felt as they came to this land of the free and the home of the brave. Is it not the hunger of every human heart to breathe free? Is that not the desire of all of us? Did you hear the weird story about a young man ... and handed it to the soldier. The young man took one look at it a started shouting, “This is it! This is it!" Is it not the hunger of every heart to be free, to be really free? Life is like a merry-go-round. It takes you round and round, up and down, but ...

373. Greed or the Gospel?

Acts 8:9-13, 18-24

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J. Howard Olds

... like Billy Graham. I tried to give an invitation to those six people just like Billy Graham, all six verses of “Just as I Am" every Sunday. Finally, somebody pulled me aside and said, “Howard, read my lips. You are not Billy Graham." When the hunger for fame becomes a reason for living, it becomes narcissism, arrogance, and pride. Pierre Salinger was John F. Kennedy's press secretary. As Pierre liked to tell the story, he and the President were flying in Air Force One when a severe turbulence shook the ...

374. Hot Air or the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:1-13

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J. Howard Olds

... . What great winning teams have are people who know how to work together. We don't need more stars; we need more servants. We need people who are willing to trade suspicion for cooperation, willing to value interdependence over independence. The world is hungering for community. Churches, through the power of the Holy Spirit, need to model community. Who else is better equipped in the world than the Church to model community with one another? When people flocked to churches after 9/11 they were looking for ...

375. Why Did You Bring Us Out of Egypt?

Exodus 17:1-7

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Schuyler Rhodes

... , and back again we hear and see the story of the rugged individualist who trusts no one and does whatever it takes to get what he wants or thinks he needs. Our spirits are parched by the lack of community and the trust that makes such joinings possible. We hunger for a vision and a direction, and yet are unable to move because we are unable to trust. What happens, we ask, if we trust someone and they betray us? What happens if we love someone and they hurt us? What happens if we follow a leader and that ...

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