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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... not hesitate to challenge his disciples to the fearsome tasks of cross-bearing. He warned them against the unworthiness of putting their hands to the plow and then turning back. And one of his greatest admonitions to them came at the conclusion of his passionate remarks following the last supper in the upper room. In the King James Version his words were, "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." I prefer the translation, however, that has him saying, "Courage! I have conquered the world." He knew that ...
402. Let God Be God
Zephaniah 3:1-20
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... at the personal level that each of us has to deal most directly with the lure of false gods. To myself as surely as to you I must address the question: Who, where, or what is your God? In what direction are you investing the energy and passion of your life? By what value standards, from what source, are you being governed? Are you giving your whole life to the highest and best, or are you suffering the crippling of compromise between unsettled commitments? Is it not time for us to make sure we are willing ...
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... mountains, turn hate into love, overcome evil with good, free the human heart from the burden of sin, and put love of neighbor on a par with self-love. At the same time, too, he pointed out that, while we should make the desire for this realm the prayerful passion of our lives, we should recognize that it is within our reach and must be established within us. As surely as he invited us to take up our crosses and follow him, he was challenging us to pick up the reins of power and live responsible lives in ...
404. How Was Jesus' Death Different?
John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27
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... cross. We exclaim, "Oh no, is this what my sin did?" A spiritual song asks, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord ... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble ..." From this time on, I cannot ever again sin lightly. I must hate and detest sin with a passion. I cannot do that to the One who loved me and gave himself for me. If God is the person on the central cross of Calvary, then a man must stand in awe and adoration. To think that he loved us enough to suffer all of that for sinners such ...
405. Killing A King
Luke 19:28-44
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... genuine jewels, no artificial diamonds or costume jewelry, for a king deserves only the best. A king is given honor, respect, loyalty, obedience, and love. All of this goes with being a king. Wouldn't you like to be a king even for just one day? On this Palm-Passion Sunday, we are dealing with a king. It is a popular title for Jesus. In the New Testament the word, "Savior" is used twenty-three times, but the word kyrios, meaning lord or king, is used 665 times. A king is lord. He is sovereign and as such is ...
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... authorized the deaths of millions of his fellow Soviet citizens. Seek peace! Establish justice! Speak the truth! Reprove truth! Seek good, not evil that you may live! The speaking for good is to be a passion. We are to be burned up with the desire and will that good will reign. We are to be consumed by the same kind of passion that consumed our Lord. The purpose of the text and of this sermon is not the development of a new program in niceness. It is a seeking after life itself, as God describes and designs ...
407. Good Friday
John 18:1-19:42
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Kendall McCabe
... its very rehearsal. It touches each of us at a point unique to ourselves, in this hour of our particular need as we hear it again. But someone may be asking why do we do this twice in one week. It was only this past Sunday we heard the whole passion narrative according to Matthew, and now today we come to hear John tell it all over again! But it isn't the same story, is it? I'll leave it to you to go home and separate out the details between the two. The point is that just as we ...
408. Christ the King
Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5
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John R. Brokhoff
... has replaced Palm Sunday, or at least put it in a subordinate position. The reason for this is that, because of the lack of daily Holy Week services and the poor attendance when the services are held, except on Maundy Thursday, the people did not hear the Passion Story. Christ the King is a more appropriate time for the celebration of the kingship of Jesus and the Palm Sunday event. The year ends in a blaze of glory: hosannas sung, trumpets blaring, and crowds forming to hail Jesus as king of kings. Today's ...
409. Epiphany 2
Jn 2:1-12 · 1 Cor 12:1-11 · Isa 62:1-5
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John R. Brokhoff
... hour to come to the assistance of the hosts, not his hour to show his power and glory? No, he is referring to his hour of death when the glory of God would be fully seen in the Son. Already in the second chapter, John points us to the passion and shows that at the beginning of his ministry Jesus had the cross in mind as the mission of his life. 3. Whatever (v. 5). This word covers everything excluding nothing. Mary tells the servants to do whatever Jesus directs them to do. This was good advice, because the ...
410. Lent 1
Lk 4:1-13 · Rom 10:8-13 · Deut 26:1-11
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John R. Brokhoff
... temptation in the method to be used by Jesus in fulfilling his mission as Messiah. The season comes to a climax on Passion Sunday when we concentrate upon the last events of Jesus' life and the cross. Lent is a time when we deal with ... this death takes place, there can be no joy at Easter. Relating Lent 1 to the Cross If our Lenten preaching is to focus on the Passion, how do we apply the Lessons of Lent 1 to "Christ crucified"? Gospel: It deals with the beginning of Jesus' ministry, and we want to see it ...
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... other persons rather than forgive them. Despite the fact that he could hardly be numbered among those who confess that Christ is Lord (he never affiliated himself with any denomination or communion), he spent much of his life painting scenes from the Passion of Jesus Christ. He did them in a style that is reminiscent of Gaugin - large, exaggerated, rather primitive types of people. Late in his career, he was accused of painting obscene scenes and, accordingly, was refused membership in The Royal Academy (of ...
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Harold Warlick
... now and then if it would get more publicity for the cause. Imagine traveling with those two egomaniacs! Well, John Mark had to travel with them. He was Barnabas' nephew. Perhaps his sister, Mary, persuaded them to take him. Perhaps the young man volunteered out of genuine passion for Christ, but also out of naivete over what it would be like. John Mark failed. He did not finish the journey. He quit. He gave up. He packed up and went home to Jerusalem and to his mother, Mary. He was a young failure in life ...
413. Transfiguration of Our Lord
Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12
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... the Transfiguration, "Let me announce the decree of the Lord: He said to me, 'You are my son; this day have I begotten you.' " (Of course, the psalm could also be used for the Baptism of Our Lord). In the early verses of the psalm, the passion is foreshadowed - "Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes plot together, against the Lord and against his anointed?" The psalmist understands that God will give this son "the nations for (his) possession." Finally, he calls upon the rulers of ...
414. Lent 5
Psalm 116:1-19, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Ezekiel 37:1-14
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... presence of the Lord in the land of the living." As a responsory psalm to the first reading, the psalm does its work effectively, making connection to the Second Lesson and, through it, to the Gospel. The Psalm Prayer (LBW) God of power and mercy, through the Passion and resurrection of your Son you have freed us from the bonds of death and the anguish of separation from you. Be with us on our pilgrimage, and help us offer you a sacrifice of praise, fulfill our vows, and glorify you in the presence of all ...
415. Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-17, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Exodus 12:1-30
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... death of his servants. O Lord, I am your servant and the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds." The church has good reason to apply this text to the contemplation of the Passion and death of the Lord, especially to Maundy Thursday. The Psalm Prayer (LBW) God of power and mercy, through the Passion and resurrection of your Son you have freed us from the bonds of death and the anguish of separation from you. Be with us on our pilgrimage, and help us offer you a sacrifice of praise, fulfill ...
416. Proper 21 & Pentecost 19
Ezekiel 18:1-32, Psalm 25:1-22, Psalm 99:1-9, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Philippians 2:1-11, Philippians 2:12-18, Matthew 21:28-32
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... exercise this gift of love from the Lord. The longer form of the lesson includes the great Christological hymn, which most scholars believe existed before Paul; he quoted it and made some additions to it. Its primary use in the lectionary is on the Sunday of the Passion, Series C, where it identifies Jesus as the One who existed before he was born "in the form of God," and though he was of equal status with God, he "emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being ...
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... steel stylus of sin. Commandments were about to be broken. Promises were about to be crushed in the winepress of passion. For the kingly eye roving like a fox stalking a yearling lamb had spied a tempting treat. Bathsheba, whose name ... our Father. Jesus Christ has come to us so that we might be forgiven of our sins and restored to fellowship with God. In our pride and our passion, in our denials of God and worship of self, let us cling to the old rugged cross where in the broken body of Christ we shall find ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... world no lasting good, for again a Lenten hymn tells us why: "There was no other good enough, To pay the price of sin; He only could unlock the gate Of heav’n and let us in." But with the bitter - there is sweet memory too - for the Passion Week, agonizing as it was, Had a Song! (verses 7 and 9) True, there were sighs, groans, sweat, tears, blood, shame, agony, torture, denial, betrayal - but there was also song! Palm Sunday rang with Hosannas: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... I proclaim to you." He began by getting their attention, and then was off-and-running with the eloquent oratory and skill for which he is so well-known. Paul had drunk deeply of the well of salvation, had become addicted to the Water of Life, and his passion for Christ had made him a peddler of the same "spiritual high" which he had experienced. This kind of ardor for others is not learned, nor shamed into us, nor programmed into us, nor even educated into us; it is simply impossible for one who has found ...
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George Bass
... on, some remember what Scripture says: "Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, mounted on the colt of a donkey." (Jerusalem Bible) With Jesus’ entrance into the Holy City, the "count-down to the cross" begins again. We know the connecton between Passion Sunday and the Cross. Why exalt Good Friday and Jesus’ death almost half a year later than the climactic events of Lent and Holy Week? Holy Cross Day seems totally out of place in September, doesn’t it? Why was it put back in our ...
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Raymond Gibson
... Christ’s sake. He wanted to magnify Jesus Christ, not Paul of Tarsus. He wanted to magnify his service to others so that some of his fellow Jews might be saved, as well as some of the Gentiles. Paul passionately believed in what he was doing, and he wanted to communicate that passion to others Charles H. Spurgeon, the great English preacher, once advised his son, "If God calls you to he a preacher, never condescend to become prime minister." Obviously, Charles Spurgeon believed in what he was called to do ...
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Tom Eberle
... or below, out there or in here, you see some last glowing charcoal - grab it and blow it back to life for all you’re worth. Choir: Take away the doubts that toss and turn in me, Give me answers I can use right now. Let the brilliant flame of passion burn in me, God, descend or rise in me somehow. If there is a Holy Spirit, If there is a Heavenly Dove, I would like to see and hear it, Changing the cold world with love. Responsive Prayer Minister: Where the last ember grows dim, People: Blow upon us the ...
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Warren Thomas Smith
... for, "Woman, behold thy son! ... Behold thy mother!" (John 19:26-27) She saw him die. Amid the shame and brutality of a Roman execution, she waited. Should any mother be made to suffer this much? Quite incredible How she could recall Word and miracle, Pain and passion! All Through the days she pondered In her heart, and wondered.1 Who can fathom the greatness of God? Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with ...
424. That Horse Called Style
2 Corinthians 8:1-15
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Bill Bouknight
... 6,700 or 7,700 or 10,000. I get no joy out of bragging about the size of our campus or budget. But I am vitally concerned that people be able to make the following truthful statements about Christ Church: This church has a passion for reaching the unchurched, for introducing people to Jesus Christ. This church has a wonderful, winsome way of helping new Christians find a comfortable place within a small group and grow like kudzu. This church is absolutely determined to be useful for God in changing Memphis ...
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William Grimbol
... of God. Dignity emerges in full regal splendor, only in those risk taking lives that pick up crosses ... that wear crowns of thorns ... that taste the vinegar. In a world which revels in the easy life ... which lusts after recreation without re-creation ... which passions for the right to be immune to the pains and problems of our lives ... dignity is in danger of becoming a word which is obsolete. The righteous life, the life which pursues peace and justice and equality and liberty for all ... the life ...
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