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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. No Salt in the City?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... swimming pool, and the resident manager, Ann, told us she'd become a Christian and showed us her 3-D picture of Jesus hanging over her television! See how salt works quietly? We just live our lives before a watching world and they get thirsty for our savior. Healing What does salt do? It flavors, thaws, and promotes thirst. But it also heals. Recall your childhood sore throats, and how Mom made you gargle with salt water? Though it stung, it ultimately brought soothing relief. Christians are like that ...

352. A Fragrant Offering

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... column -- the way he closed it. "When Frank Segner pushed himself into an upright position in the hospital bed, the heart monitor's cursive line disintegrated into an erratic scribble. His wife, Mary, returned to the room and drew a chair to his bedside. I'm thirsty, Frank said. Mary lifted the straw to his lips as he pulled the oxygen mask aside. The medicine was making him sick. She fetched the basin, wrapped a firm arm around his spasm racked shoulders and mopped the sweat from his forehead. "So, in the ...

353. Faith Working In Love

James 2:14-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. He will say to those on his right hand -- the sheep -- "Come, blessed of the Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." That was a surprise to both the righteous and the unrighteous, because neither of ...

354. The Discipleship Question: Do You Wish To Go Away?

John 6:60-71

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Maxie Dunnam

... the Father who gives the true bread from Heaven. And they responded, "Sir, give us this bread always". Then Jesus made that amazing claim: "I am the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to Me will never be hungry and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty." That discussion continued -- all centered around the image of the bread and the manna in the wilderness. Jesus closed that discussion, saying "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day... This is ...

355. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... and have met their death because they revered the Word of God. But this teacher did what she could do out of her tradition. She said, "We have heard that in your Bible there is a legend where Jesus said, 'I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was naked, and you clothed me, I was sick and in prison and you came unto me." And then tears began to flow down her face. She said, "But we're not hungry, and we're not naked, and we have homes to live ...

356. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." "Sir," they said, "from now on give us this bread." Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." What does this mean? It means that faith in Christ does not depend on signs and miracles. Faith in Christ is an inner assurance that whatever comes, God is with us. FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST IS ROOTED IN GOD'S LOVE. Do you know that God loves you? The truth ...

357. Return to the Father

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... for you" (v. 34), but to others he commands, "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire ..." (v. 41). And the judgment is made on the basis of whether or not people have served Christ by serving the least among their neighbors, the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, and the imprisoned. We all face a final judgment by God. On this Ash Wednesday, on the basis of our text and innumerable other scripture passages, let's take that as a fact. But the message to us from the prophet Joel is ...

358. Compassion Fatigue

1 John 4:7-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... heart-piercing judgment picture of Jesus in Matthew 24. The basis on which we will be judged is made scathingly clear: “come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me (Matt. 25:34-36). There is little I accept about so-called liberation ...

359. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... eat for $1.19. It is not your prompt service or your lovely menu that brings me to your door. But I come, Mr. Johnson, because I do not come alone. Your tables become altars where the cup is shared. Love absorbs spilled sins like your thirsty napkins. On your neutral ground God becomes incarnate without the flutter of angelic wings. That’s the new language. It’s the meaning of the continuing incarnation. It’s the life-style of the Christian disciple. We hear you Nicholas. “I didn’t know where I ...

360. Why Being A Christian Has Worn You Down v2

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -piercing judgment picture of Jesus in Matthew 24. The basis on which we will be judged is made scathingly clear: “Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me” (Matt. 25: 34-36). Any number of scriptural passages would carry this essence ...

361. Why Being A Christian Has Worn You Down v1

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

362. The Time is Coming

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: The time is coming when people will sing praise to the Lord. People: God is our Savior; we will trust him and not be afraid. Leader: The Lord gives us power and strength; he is our Savior. People: As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so we rejoice in the God of our salvation. Collect We praise you, O God, for your patience with us. We are prone to forget that you sent your Son into the world that we might have the abundant life that comes when we put our whole trust in you. ...

363. God's Love For His People

Hosea 11:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: Give thanks to the Lord. He is good and his love is eternal. People: We will repeat these words in praise to the Lord. Leader: Some wandered in the trackless desert. They were hungry and thirsty, and had given up all hope. People: Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress. Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord with thanks for his constant love! Collect O God, we know that you will never abandon us because your love ...

364. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... do all the talking, is a silly excuse for a guilty silence about Jesus Christ, about whom we must speak if anyone outside the church is to hear. Our singular lives as Christians are to raise the questions for which our verbal witness is the answer. Salt makes people thirsty, and when they ask for a drink we are to offer the living water of Jesus Christ. We are to walk the walk with integrity and humility; we are to talk the talk with confidence and respect, and we are to monitor that the gap between the two ...

365. Faith And Duty

Luke 17:1-10

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H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: We were hungry and thirsty and had given up all hope. Then in our trouble we called to the Lord and he saved us from our distress. People: We must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he has done for us. Leader: We were living in gloom and darkness, suffering ...

366. Lazy Christians

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: God is my Savior; People: I will trust him and not be afraid. Leader: The Lord gives me power and strength; People: he is my Savior. Leader: As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty; People: so God's people rejoice when he saves them. Leader: Come, let us worship God, our Savior. Collect Lord, we have made a total commitment to you. Forgive us when we grow lazy and try to take the easy way in the hope that we can get by with ...

367. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

Sermon

Michael Milton

... you of your salvation, but he can lead you into disobedience and rob you and your family of the blessings which obedience brings. Thus, we need to be fed, and it is the Word Himself, Jesus, moving to our hearts that sustains us. Have you ever been real thirsty, maybe after working out in a gym, and gone to a water fountain and the stream was so weak and there was so little water available, that you couldn’t quench your thirst? That is like some churches and some preachers where there is so little of the ...

368. Only One Thing Is Needed

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . To the dying, He is the Resurrection and the Life. To geologists, He is the Rock of Ages. To farmers, He is the Lord of the harvest. To professors, He is the Master Teacher. To prodigals, He is the forgiving Parent. To lost sheep, He is the Good Shepherd. To thirsty souls, He is the Water of life. To the hungry, He is the Bread of life. To philanthropists, He is God’s Unspeakable Gift (5) Let me tell you a true story of someone who came to see in his own life who Christ is. Walt was a sixteen‑year ...

369. A Kingdom that Can Not Be Shaken

Hebrews 12:14-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... her precious child. According to Associated Press reports, Susanna and her four-year-old daughter were trapped in the debris of their fallen home. As they waited for rescue, Susanna’s heart broke at the sound of her daughter’s cries. The little girl was so thirsty, and Susanna had no way to satisfy her. “It was then that I remembered that I had my own blood,” writes Susanna. Using a jagged shard of glass, Susanna slit her own fingers and allowed her daughter to drink some of her blood. For the next ...

370. A Holy Way for Us All

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... for a modern congregation. If we note the repetitions of words in the passage, it becomes clear that we have two strong figurative contrasts. First, there is emphasis on the dryness and heat of the desert (vv. 1, 6) which is a place of burning sand, thirsty ground, and the haunt of jackals (v. 7). That is contrasted with life-giving waters, streams (v. 6), a swamp, reeds and rushes (v. 7), and crocuses that grow abundantly in swampy land (v. 1). But as in Second Isaiah, the desert and wilderness are figures ...

371. Pass the Pigweed

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... we find Israel holed up at Rephidim. They've seen the Egyptians enslave them, and they've seen the Egyptian army drown. It should be easy for them to say, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do." But no. There is no water and the people are thirsty. In the Cecil B. DeMille movie, The Ten Commandments, Edward G. Robinson gets to say a wonderful line. He's Dathan, one of the Israelites who is not happy about leaving Egypt. He thinks they will die in the wilderness. Dathan says to Moses, "Are there no graves ...

372. Oskar’s Cruelty

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... Oskar Schindler, a Catholic from Krakow, Poland. Schindler goes from wanton war profiteer to a conspirator who tries to free condemned prisoners from concentration camps. In one sequence, we see Jews being herded like cattle onto freight trains, hungry, hot, and thirsty. The train is taking them to the death camps. The German soldiers are lolling about the station docks and enjoying the suffering they see, when tall, clean, rested, and pampered Schindler arrives in a spotless white suit. The Colonel offers ...

373. Grace for a Complaining People

Exodus 16:2-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... reach out for a book whose very title promises to deal with the question of meaning in life, it must burn under their fingernails."5 Like children in the back seat on a family trip, we ask, "Are we there yet? I'm hungry, I'm thirsty. When are we going to stop? I'm tired." When complaints against Moses are really complaints against God, how does God respond to crabby, murmuring Israel? Will God respond with punishment or grace, with discipline or mercy? One other time when the Israelites traveled from Mount ...

374. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... had to gather straw and make bricks. Pharaoh lied about letting them go. None of this put them in much of a trusting mood. Even after they escaped from Egypt and crossed the Sea of Reeds, things had been far from easy. They had been hungry and thirsty (Exodus 16-17). They had fought nip and tuck battles (Exodus 17). They had questioned whether the Lord was really in this whole mess or not. To say they were stressed out would be an understatement. Moses' trip up the mountain had actually been a high point ...

375. So Who Did You Think It Was?

Matthew 25:31-46

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Frank Ramirez

... thanks to him, bless his name. All: For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (based on Psalm 100) Collect Lord, we are thankful that we do not need a photograph to see your face. In the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the prisoner we see Jesus. May we treat them as we would treat you. Accept the offering of our concern and care as we praise your name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Let us not be surprised that we missed you ...

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