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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James Wilson
... Leader: Then let us lift our voices as one in joyful praise before the Lord! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, we come before You with grateful hearts for Your never-failing sustaining love. Even when we have been less than You created us to be, You did not give up on us. We praise You in Christ's name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so many times we have turned away from Your will for our lives yet You have never turned away ...
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Wayne H. Keller
... a layperson who reads well sit with the children and read, slowly and deliberately, the Gospel for today. At the end, ask the whole congregation, "How will you go about loving each other today, and this week? And remember, a true friend is someone who looks for that part of the person who is truly that person, and loves that person until that part of the person is free." Proclamation of the Good News Jurgen Moltmann offers some helpful insight into lordship and friendship. He suggests that the friendship ...
4153. Advent 2
Mark 1:1-8, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31
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E. Carver McGriff
... . Obviously, God doesn't protect us from injury or illness. Yet anyone who has learned the power of prayer will understand that there's a sense in which we do go safely. For one thing, Paul would say it later: all things work for good for those who love God. Also, while difficulties may beset us as they would the Jews from Babylon, we would never walk alone. We will be enabled to surmount the worst, and to find our way to a rightful and joyous destination. 2 Peter 3:8-18 · Into A Marvelous Light Theme ...
Drama
Donald Neidigk
... 't think of anything I'd rather be remembered for. I'm not much of a cook. I don't enjoy entertaining. The one thing I love is giving my best to Jesus and telling people like you about him. What a privilege to have my name mentioned with his, just because of ... enough. It will soon be time for the noon meal. I'm sorry I have no refreshments to offer you. Shall we go inside? I'd love for you to meet my sister Martha. And it wouldn't surprise me if while we've been talking she's already prepared us something to ...
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Frank Luchsinger
... education system of Nazareth had done a good job of bringing Jesus up in the faith, his family and friends wanted to dictate to him how he would practice his faith -- which is always dangerous. How can one know how God will choose powerfully to use one of our loved ones? They wanted him to stay in Nazareth! If he had, where would that leave us? Sometimes God calls us forth to do the difficult or the seemingly unwise, but who are we to discourage another when one has heard a call of God? Focus on Christ! And ...
4156. The Mechanics Of Prayer
Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13
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John R. Brokhoff
... I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things ...." One of the serious missing links in our personal and corporate prayers is silence. Who is more important to do the speaking: God or you? God has some very important things to say to you. He says he loves you, that your sins are forgiven, that heaven is a surety for you, that in the end all things will work for your good. To hear these and even more you and I must listen in our prayer time to God. The truth is that true prayer needs no oral ...
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Michael B. Brown
... a newlywed couple, all smiles; a betrayed or broken couple in a divorce court; a mom and dad with tears of joy in a nursery beside a bassinet; that baby many years later, now an adult, standing with tears of grief beside the graves of those parents who loved him; a young woman in a business suit preparing for her first day on the job; an older person who stands in stunned silence holding a dismissal notice. To say, "You Can be in Heaven or Hell" is simply to confess the truth about life -- that sometimes it ...
4158. Advent 1
1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Luke 21:5-38
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John R. Brokhoff
... proper kind of people now. Outline: Are you fit for Christ's return? a. Are you sure he is coming? v. 13. b. Are you in love with people? v. 12. c. Are you blameless in holiness? v. 13. 2. Who can measure up? (3:11-13). Need: In Handel's Messiah ... us the kind of people we need to be at Christ's coming. Will we allow God to prepare us? Outline: Measure up to what? a. Love not only fellow-Christians but all people v. 12. b. Holiness not only before people but before God v. 13. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day ...
4159. Lent 1
Lk 4:1-13 · Rom 10:8-13 · Deut 26:1-11 · Ps 91
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John R. Brokhoff
... whole nation from poverty and hunger? The text tells us of the hand and arm of God: a. The mighty hand of God -- the power to act and save. b. The outstretched arm of God -- not a folded arm but one stretched out to a man in concern and love. "Heard our affliction, toil and oppression" -- v. 7; "brought to a land of plenty" -- v. 9. Epistle: Romans 10:8b-13 1. Simple steps to salvation (10:8b-13). Many think getting right with God is complex and difficult. Paul in our text makes it very simple: a. Convinced ...
4160. Death In The Midst Of Birth
1 Corinthians 15:12-34
Eulogy
Barbara G. Schmitz
... one is real for us? I would like to suggest that both are real; our sanity depends on keeping both birth and death, celebration and grief, before us in three ways today. First, we keep birth and death before us as we mourn the loss of our friend and loved one, N. There is probably not a more difficult time to do the work of grieving. Everyone else is celebrating and enjoying the festivities of the season; but we do not feel very merry. Well-meaning friends may try to cheer us up because they do not want us ...
4161. Proper 27
Luke 20:27-40, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 98:1-9
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B. David Hostetter
... :1-9 O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory. The LORD has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre ...
4162. Proper 10
Luke 10:25-37
Bulletin Aid
Dennis Koch
... that liberation will last. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Forth In Thy Name, O Lord, I Go Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast The Song Of God, Our Christ How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word O God Of Love, O King Of Peace Hope Of The World Proper 10 -- Pentecost 8 -- OT 15 Jesus, you told us to love our neighbor. This is easy to say and very difficult to do! It is challenging to be a neighbor in the sense that you mean. The Samaritan was a good neighbor! He went out of his way to help someone ...
4163. The Face Of God
Isaiah 55:1-13
Sermon
Steve Burt
... to a scraggly root. He's hanging on for dear life. At last, as the dawn begins to break, Jacob can begin to see the wrestler's face. I like the way Fred Buechner describes what Jacob sees. "... something more terrible than the face of death -- the face of love ... half ruined with suffering and fierce with joy, the face a man flees down all the darkness of his days until at last he cries out, 'I will not let you go, unless you bless me!' "1 This is a blessing he cannot gain by shrewdness or by deception as ...
Sermon
Mark Radecke
... and essential partnership in the world and in the church. In these endeavors, they deserve the full cooperation and prayerful support of all believers. But when they implicate the Trinity and indict the name of the Triune God in these high crimes and misdemeanors, then Christian love and a passion for the Truth requires that we say, "You have gone too far." For it is not only our liturgy and hymnody that is thoroughly trinitarian; it is not only John's Gospel and the writings of Luther and others; it is God ...
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William B. Kincaid, III
... will save us from the messiness of a troubled world; the coming of the Lord will save us from ourselves and push us to transform the messiness so that we can have real peace with ourselves and each other. As it turns out, Matthew was right. We know that a loving God does not want pain and sorrow to continue. We do not know the hour or the day, but we shouldn't be too surprised if some voice calls us to an even greater generosity on behalf of the suffering of the world. We shouldn't be too taken aback ...
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William B. Kincaid, III
... which worship is geared for each individual. There is no sense of a community of faith and no calling to go out and love the world into a better place. This is where that critical verse nine comes in. People are drawn to the mountaintop highs. We ... we leave it is only natural to see the world and its people through the lens of this grand old story which calls people together in love and peace. We worship in a place full of symbols that point to profound mysteries. When we leave we do so with the reminder that ...
4167. Easter 2
Jn 20:19-31 · 1 Pet 1:3-9 · Acts 2:14a, 22-32 · Ps 16 · Ps 111
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Russell F. Anderson
... their awareness grew, they laughed for joy: "Isn't it great that we were conceived? Isn't it great to be alive?" Together, the twins explored their world. When they found their mother's cord which gave them life, they sang for joy: "How great is our mother's love, that she shares her own life with us." As the weeks stretched into months, the twins noticed how much each was changing. "What does it mean?" asked the one. "It means that our stay in this world is drawing to an end," said the other. "But I don't ...
4168. Good Friday
John 18:1-11, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Genesis 22:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27
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Russell F. Anderson
... ? Even Christ had to walk by faith, not by sight. Standing under the cross. Our Lord's mother, his sister, Mary Magdalene and John were standing near Jesus, under the cross. These had not forsaken him to his fate. They did not understand what was happening but love drew them to the place of the skull. We too can never fully understand the meaning of the cross but, as Christians, we take our stand under the cross. Here we stand beneath the cross of Jesus, our feet firmly planted on the Rock of our salvation ...
4169. Maundy Thursday
Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... liturgies. Paul concludes by warning against an undiscerning and irreverent reception of the Lord's Supper. Gospel: John 13:1-17, 31b-35 John has no account of the institution of the Lord's Supper. Instead, he recounts another act of Christ's self-giving love, the washing of his disciples' feet, which takes place at the Passover celebration. This gesture is an acted-out parable that provides a teaching moment. "So if I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet ...
4170. Proper 10
Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... . The inability to produce children was considered a curse. It must have weighed heavily on Rebekah's heart. We see here Isaac's love for God and his wife. He was 40 when he married her and 20 years later she gave birth to twins. That's a ... . Someone took it and I was caught and held close in the arms of her who was to reveal all things to me, and above all things, to love me." WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 119:104-112 "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" (v. 105); Psalm ...
Sermon
Ronald Lavin
... an alcoholic, like so many children of alcoholics do. She felt unworthy. At least she knew how alcoholics act. After years of torturous self-doubt, she had finally divorced this alcoholic husband. Her first experience of grace came when she married a Christian man who truly loved her. He led her to church and to the Lord. "I don't know how to believe," she said. "Just accept the fact that God has accepted you," he replied. It took several years, but today she is a believing Christian whose life centers on ...
Sermon
John A. Terry
... dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart." Izaak Walton "Selfish men may possess the earth; it is the meek only who inherit it from the Heavenly Father, free from all defilements and perplexities of unrighteousness." Woolman "Meekness is love at school, at the school of Christ. It is the disciple learning to know, and fear, and distrust himself, and learning of him who is meek and lowly in heart, and so finding rest in his soul." J. Hamilton "Meekness cannot well be counterfeited ...
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Harold Warlick
... s the way we humans are: we remember the ugliness and forget the beauty; we hold to the hate and let go of the love; we remember the cruelty rather than the kindness. One of the amazing tendencies in life is the ability of evil in the world ... the problem of evil. We study Death and Dying and the Theodicy issue, which, simply put, means if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all loving, why do good things happen to bad people and bad things to good people? But isn't the presence of good just as big an issue ...
4174. Acquaintances Or Friends?
2 Samuel 16:15--17:29
Sermon
Arthur H. Kolsti
... us as we reflect that he had nothing to gain. This is not a calculated action, for David is a potential rival for the throne of Israel. No ego is involved as in the failed relationship of Saul and Samuel. No jealousy is present as in the stormy love/hate relationship that would develop between Saul and David. And if you read on in this narrative you will see the rare kind of friend that Jonathan was to David while yet remaining loyal to his father and finally dying beside him on the field of battle. David ...
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William G. Carter
... considered keeping the doors locked because of how Jesus commissioned them. The Risen Christ came and said, "As the Father sent me, so do I send you." That's quite a challenge. As he gave his life, they were required to give their lives: to reveal a loving God to a hostile world, to speak truthful words to a deceitful generation, to wash the feet of a soiled church. Just like Jesus, the disciples were called to lay down their lives for their friends, and speak as witnesses for eternal life in the face of ...
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