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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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426. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... ] are trashed out. Let any rift raft knock on the door and we throw it open. Anger shows up and we let him in. Revenge needs a place to stay so we have him pull up a chair. Pity wants to have a party, so we show him the kitchen. Lust rings the bell and we change the sheets on the bed.[7] Well, how do we win this battle for the mind? How do we learn to say no with the mind to the wrong things and yes to the right things? First of all, we need to refocus the ...

427. Marriage 101

Ephesians 5:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... , not your wife, to provide the income for your home. It is not much of a man who forces his wife or pressures his wife to go to work because he wants more money, he wants a bigger house, he wants a nicer car, he wants to satisfy his material lusts on the altar of the welfare of his marriage. The Bible teaches that you, husband, are to be the breadwinner in your home, not your wife. Now I'm not saying it is necessarily wrong for a woman to work. But I will tell you this: Being a wife and ...

428. Which Door Should I Take?

John 10:7-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... of fulfillment. You exit a life of meaningless and enter a life of meaningfulness. When He said, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy." The thief is all the wrong doors you can walk through. If you walk through the wrong door of greed or lust or jealously or selfishness it will suck the joy out of your life, it will rob you of significance and it will ultimately wind up killing you. When you enter into the door named, Jesus Christ, you enter into a life that is far more than Rolexes, Mercedes ...

429. Broken Pieces

Matthew 1:3, 5, 6

Sermon

James Merritt

... one of the most famous women in the Bible. Yet, her sin is so shameful, she is not even referred to by name. Her story though is no better than the other two. According to Samuel 2:11, she was on a rooftop bathing herself when David saw her and lusted after her. He sent his servants to bring her to him and then had (what he thought) was a secret one night stand with her that no one would ever discover. It didn't stay secret very long, because she became pregnant. Bathsheba really didn't have to go when ...

430. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell..." But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into ...

431. The Dark Side Revealed

Numbers 32:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... with AIDS or deep in his heart knows he is an emotional captive to what the Bible calls clearly - sin. Ask the adulterer whose marriage has been destroyed and whose life has been ruined, because he sacrificed his family on the altar of his lust. Ask the fornicator whose body has been ravaged by venereal disease. Experience itself tells us that sin often finds us out in our body. Today, Herpes and AIDS infects 20.5 million Americans. There are 20 different sexually transmitted diseases in America and someone ...

432. The Dark Side Arrives

Sermon

James Merritt

... side when it arrives. The first principle is simply purity before marriage. Sexual immorality is not something you fight, but something you flee. I Corinthians 6:18 says, "Flee sexual immorality. (I Corinthians 6:18, NKJV) II Timothy 2:22 says, "Flee youthful lusts." (II Timothy 2:22, NKJV) Stay out of tempting situations. Any time you get into a situation where it is harder for you to control yourself sexually than easier to control yourself sexually, you've gotten yourself into a bad situation. No one ...

433. The Hard Sell

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... the IRS. Away with ushering and greeting to show we are active in the church. Bring on the anonymity for which our blessed Lord calls! Bring on the blessedness wrought by not letting the left hand know what the right hand is doing! The world has an ongoing lust for security. How can we keep our stocks and bonds from slipping away from us? How can we keep our popularity and have others always think well of us? How can we secure a place for ourselves in history forever and ever? In all cases, we are living ...

434. When Desire Goes Bad

1 Kings 21:1-21a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... but in what we let our minds dwell upon. Proverbs puts it succinctly when it says, "For as [a person] thinkest in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 KJV). So this commandment warns us to examine that which we hunger after. Greed, envy, jealousy, and lust and similar ugly thoughts are the sources from which bad deeds spring. This commandment calls us to put our minds on better things. Well, just exactly how do we do that? We may be able to control our actions, but how do we control our thoughts and feelings ...

435. Jesus: What's in a Name?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that needs reconciliation? Do you feel helpless because you are held in the tenacious grip of a debilitating habit? Alcohol? Drugs? Gambling? Is your energy being drained because you live too close to the line of moral compromise —cheating in business? Preoccupied with sexual lusts? Does your pride often put you in the position of thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to think, of looking down your nose at others? We could go on and on, but you’ll have to do that personally. Painful though the ...

436. I Am the Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his child or her child is going to choose. Who are they going to marry? What vocation are they going to select? Are they going to really be able to make it? And so we fear. And there are all sorts of fears. Fear of temptation because of sexual lust. Fear that we’ll compromise in our business because all of the pressures that impinge upon us. Fear that we’ll lose our integrity because of the demands that are pulling at us. Listen to this. Listen to this. The good shepherd will lay down his life for you ...

437. I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... instances profane. We bow before the alter of our jobs and success and our professions. We humble ourselves before the crass materialism of our day, allowing the world around us to squeeze us into its mold. We follow after the passions of ourselves and the lusts of our flesh. We’re more interested in security than we are in salvation. We no longer tremble as a people, we no longer tremble as individuals in the presence of God. We rather evade than seek God’s presence. We make real the abiding presence ...

438. The Miss, The Kiss, The Mess, The Rest

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... be struck down and die." You know, I doubt David knew what he was getting into or how explosive the situation he was creating could be. I don't think he realized how volatile his desire for Bathsheba was. But once the fuse of his lust was lit, David found himself buried under the rubble of the explosive consequences. And what we wind up with is a story that will rival any Hollywood movie or daytime Soap. This story is filled with romance, passion, deceit, confrontation, court intrigue, misunderstanding, and ...

439. No Longer Strangers

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is the inevitable result of sin; and it is universal Paul begins with “You,” talking to the Gentiles, but he gets only to the third verse before he includes himself and the Jews. Listen to him, “Also we once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh…and we were by nature children of wrath.” Our predicament? Dead in trespasses and sin. But what about our possibility? As the predicament is excruciatingly painful, the possibility is excitingly clear and beckoning: “To be made alive in Christ ...

440. Assurance: The Privilage of All Believers

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... once saved, always saved.” Listen carefully to this succinct word of Wesley: “A man may be in God’s favor though he feels sin; but not if he yields to it. Having sin does not forfeit the favor of God; giving way to sin does. Though the flesh in you “lusts against the Spirit,” you may still be a child of God; but if you “walk after the flesh,” you are a child of the devil. So get the matter straight. It is not a question of whether God is able to keep us from falling; of course he can. Now ...

441. Redemption: A Wide Angle Picture

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... helpless because you are held in the tenacious grip of a debilitating habit as my friend was held — in alcohol? or drugs? or gambling? Is your energy drained because you live too close to the line of moral compromise - cheating in business? preoccupied with sexual lust? In your heart of hearts do you know that you are more than racially prejudiced; your feelings verge on hatred? Does your pride often put you in the position of thinking more highly of yours you ought to think, looking down your nose at ...

442. Let God Be God - As if It Could Be Otherwise

Exodus 7:14-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the truth cannot be played with, much less denied. There is a connection between sin and suffering. A dear person in my life confesses it almost every time we get together. His suffering from a divorce that was the result of selfishness and pride and lust gets worse almost every day because the pain of lost family love plagues his soul. Another friend who had given himself to ordained ministry followed the distorted desires of his flesh, sinning to the point that he couldn’t live with himself, so he gave ...

443. Pastoral Prayer

Illustration

Brett Blair

... by night and by day, without rest until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war. For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father ...

444. My Name Is Legion

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... – acting on every idea He puts in your mind, and every bit of guidance, however insignificant it may appear. Trapped! That’s the descriptive word for so much we feel. Trapped in unhealthy relationships. Trapped by alcohol or drugs. Trapped by sexual lust that keeps your mind burning and diverts your love and attention from your spouse to whom you are committed in a relationship Christ wants to make fulfilling and holy. Trapped in an insecurity that turns you into a person. Trapped as an ultra ...

445. The Christ Connection

Colossians 1:9-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , don't we? A woman gets drunk, a man has an affair, a child throws a temper tantrum, a nation goes berserk over materialism—we are prone to say, human nature, being what it is, what else did you expect? The flesh is weak. We are full of lust, hate, and greed. We are only human. But, Christ said something dramatically different. Christ said, human nature being what it is, just a little lower than the angels, is created in the image of God. Why don't you rise to love one another, just like I have loved ...

446. Wrestling Alone at Night

Genesis 32:22-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of a living God. Indeed it is. You see, God-lite religion will not do in a down and dirty world. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Let us never forget that Jacob’s God will get us in the gut, punch our pride, grab our greed, level our lust, demand our honesty and command our all. When our boys were little, I used to wrestle with them every night after supper on the thickly padded carpet on the hallway floor. It really was not much of a struggle. I was 6’3”, 225 pounds and the boys were less ...

447. How to Make Heaven Our Home

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a new set of values and they are Kingdom values. Jesus was very explicit about it. You have heard it said, “Do not murder,” but I say, “Come to grips with your anger.” You have heard it said, “Do not commit adultery.” But I say, “Lust is a multi-billion dollar business that steals hearts away.” You have heard it said, “Divorce is legally possible,” but I say to you, “marriage is a spiritual union.” You have heard it said, “Speak the truth under oath,” but I say, “speak the ...

448. Whose Child Is This?

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... as a prostitute in order to get pregnant by her father-in-law, Judah. Rahab was a prostitute who sheltered the spies sent by Joshua to scout out Jericho. Ruth was a Moabite who was treated worse than lepers by Jews. Bathsheba gave in to David's lust and participated in the cover-up plot to kill her husband. This is not a very pretty list that we have here included in the genealogy of Jesus. An American family hired a genealogist to research their family tree. Like most families, a skeleton appeared in the ...

449. Crying Out of the Depths

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... :7). Henri Nouwen puts it this way. “The Lord kneels before me holding my naked feet in His hands and looking up at me with a smile. The intimacy is too great for me. So I say, ‘Lord, you don't really know me, my dark feelings, my pride, my lust, my greed. I may speak the right words, but my heart is so far from you. I am not good enough to belong to you. You must have someone else in mind.' Then with utter tenderness He says, ‘I want you to be with me. I want you to have ...

450. We Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

1 John 1:5-2:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... adultery don't you understand? When we break the laws of God we sin against ourselves and others. For sin is a transgression of the law. Sin is trespassing on other people's personhood. David was a man after God's own heart, but when he let his lust lead him to adultery with Bathsheba, then tried to cover it up by having her husband, Uriah, murdered in battle, God held him accountable. He had the legal right to do as he pleased, but God would not allow him to be morally irresponsible. When we spread gossip ...

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