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 Merritt
... night of the week and they lurch from one event to another with no sense of purpose, direction or continuity. I have said all of that to make one point today in the message. I believe you would agree that every sermon ought to have one point. Today, I only want to make one and it is this one - I. God's Purposes Are To Drive Our Lives And His Church Strong lives and strong churches are literally built on purpose. I've got some great news for you. We don't have to wonder what those purposes are, because they ...
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James Merritt
... asked him why he had done this, Rose said, "I didn't think I would get caught." Now both Joe Gibbs' story and Pete Rose's story illustrate the wrong way to deal with sin. It is more than just a saying that, "Confession is good for the soul." I want to share with you today how to properly deal with sin. If you don't believe dealing with sin properly is important, write down this statement. The way you deal with sin determines the way God deals with you. Here is what God says in His word. "He who covers ...
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John Wayne Clarke
... be true. For many, Jesus is just too good to be true. He has already handed out a basket full of goodies, yet people want another example of his power. Notice in our reading that in the dialogue between Jesus and the crowds, Jesus uses the word, "work," in ... that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you" (v. 27). Implicit in these comments is the fact that if you want to be a follower of Jesus, you will have to do something. You will have to put your faith (work) in Jesus. You will have ...
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Mark Ellingsen
... In fact, you and I are no better than they are. In the church, there is another way of reinforcing these Pharisaic propensities. We speak of growing in grace. One of the most popular religious best-sellers in history, dealing with our purpose in life, tells readers that "God wants you to grow up ... It takes an intentional commitment."3 "We can get better," the most influential preachers in America say. What do you think? I'll tell you what it does to me. It lays guilt on me, and yet the American in me who ...
430. Righteous!
Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31
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Steven E. Albertin
... the line. You are not a nobody. You are a somebody. You have done yourself well. You can be proud. You are ... righteous! All of us want to be righteous. We go through life in search of it. We never seem to be able to satisfy our hunger for it. We look for ... of righteousness. Ever since that tragic fall into sin in the Garden of Eden, we spend our lives continually in search of righteousness. We want to be righteous, to be like God, to be able to stand tall, to be confident, to know that we count and that our ...
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Steven E. Albertin
... . What was the name of Jesus' mother? A child answers: Brittany! Correct! You win a piece of candy. Then one of the children stops me. "But Pastor, those aren't the right answers and you still gave pieces of candy!" "You're right! I like giving candy away, and I want everyone to be a winner!" And then I empty the bag of candy on the floor and invite them all to take a piece. This is a strange game. It is not what they expected. This is not the way games are usually played. In a game, there are always ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... you and influenced your life. Some of us live with a with Legacy that has set us free and empowered us. Some of us live with a Legacy that is more like chains which bind us. And struggle as we might we've been unable to break those chains. I wanted to start with that modern retelling of the story we call the Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac. That's kind of a weird passage for Father's Day don't you think? I thought about pulling away from Lectionary and finding a passage more appropriate. But then I got to ...
433. No ... On
Luke 22:66--23:25
Sermon
Frank Ramirez
... you your pink slip, and then escorts you back to your desk. Everyone now is watching as you empty out your drawers and are led to the door. It is humiliating. You are embarrassed and ashamed. It is all so unfair. This is not at all what you expected or wanted. How many of you young students have studied hard for a test, even studied together with your friends late into the night? It was a hard test. You were glad when it was over. You felt lucky to get a B. Then you hear others brag how they had cheated ...
434. A Bloody Cheer!
Philippians 2:5-11
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Steven E. Albertin
... you your pink slip, and then escorts you back to your desk. Everyone now is watching as you empty out your drawers and are led to the door. It is humiliating. You are embarrassed and ashamed. It is all so unfair. This is not at all what you expected or wanted. How many of you young students have studied hard for a test, even studied together with your friends late into the night? It was a hard test. You were glad when it was over. You felt lucky to get a B. Then you hear others brag how they had cheated ...
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David O. Bales
... us from our enemies? If we’re going to have a king, how about one who’ll put us on the top of the world’s heap? So much about Jesus is incomprehensible both to Pilate and to us. As opposed to a leader who’ll get us all we want, a good way to think of Jesus is to reflect upon the village of Eyam (pronounced “eem”) in Derbyshire, England. Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ novel Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague relates how the village of Eyam in the summer of 1665 was struck with the ...
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James Merritt
... things. We are going to be showing you the tools that we are going to be putting into your hands and the resources we are going to make available to you and the intentionality that we are going to bring to this process of helping you be everything that God wants you to be. This is important for one reason – there is a world of hurting people out there who need what only Jesus can give them. The most effective way to get Jesus to them is to be a church filled with people who Love God, Serve Others and are ...
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James Merritt
... to finally understand that I can beg, plead, exhort, persuade, and do everything I can to get you to do with your money what God wants you to do with it. Until your mind changes about money (specifically where it comes from, why you have it and what you are to ... says, “Every single dollar I have God gave it.” I don’t have a tattoo and I am never going to get one, because I want to stay married. I’ve often thought if I were going to get a tattoo what would it say? I’ve finally come to the conclusion ...
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James L. Killen
... commitment -- but it doesn't work. It takes commitment to make life work. The Bible has a lot more to say about love. If you want to do something really interesting, read the first three chapters of Genesis to see the shape of the love that God lived out in ... that is impossible? How can we human creatures learn to love like God loves? God doesn't expect us to do it by ourselves. God wants to save us to that good life for which we were created; all of the saving works that Jesus has taught us to expect to ...
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Charley Reeb
... the Red Sea is waiting to hear from us. The same God who enabled David to defeat Goliath is waiting to hear from us. The same God who raised Jesus from the dead is waiting to hear from us. The Bible tells us that faithful praying can move mountains! You want to know how to get your prayers answered? We find the key in Mark 11:24 when Jesus says, “So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” There are three things in this text that we must ...
440. Visit
2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Understanding Series
James M. Scott
... he would like them to be, Paul fears he will be forced to deal with them severely (you may not find me as you want me to be). Whereas previously Paul had been quite “timid” when dealing with the Corinthians (cf. 10:1), this time he will act more ... to give the church a chance to repent, which it had now done in part (cf. 7:9–11). Even now, the apostle does not want to have to judge the congregation, so in 2 Corinthians he repeats his original warning that he will not spare unrepentant sinners when he ...
441. Unreasonable Mercy
2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13
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Lori Wagner
... you came into church one morning and sat with you for worship? Would you welcome….anyone? Does your family have room for the black sheep of the family too? Think about it for a moment. This is a very human thing. Human beings are by nature “judgy.” We don’t want to be. We try not to be. But many times to the world, we appear to be the “drama llamas.” In the eyes of our culture, we’re a Drama Llama Church. Our face, when we look at each other, appears beautiful and good. We pray, we worship, we ...
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Lori Wagner
... not for us either. But hey, no one is perfect. Nobody with a rock-solid will is also perfectly adaptable all the time. The kind of strength of character, faith, and leadership that is Peter’s forte can also be his downfall, if he isn’t careful. Jesus doesn’t want to kill his spirit. But he does need Peter to temper his urges to be right all the time, to be first, to be leading when it comes to following Jesus. Leadership is great, until you are out in front of Jesus instead of behind him where we all ...
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King Duncan
... staff was a little surprised when Charles asked for a chaplain. Charles asked the chaplain to pray for him. “What do you want to say to God?” the chaplain asked. “Tell God I’m sorry for the way my life has turned out,” Charles said ... more grace, more peace, more love than we could ever exhaust in a million lifetimes. “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” We want to see Jesus so that we may obtain new meaning, new vitality, new possibilities, and the blessed assurance that we are never alone. ...
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King Duncan
... being brought out of that rubble. And Mychal Judge is going to be on the other side of death to greet them . . . And he’s going to greet them with that big Irish smile. He’s going to take them by the arm and the hand and say, ‘Welcome, I want to take you to my Father.’ And so, he can continue doing in death what he couldn’t do in life.” (9) Father Mychal Judge denied himself, took up his cross and followed Jesus. And because he had already died to himself, he was willing to face death to bring ...
445. Prophets and the Powerful
1 Kings 21:1-3, 17-21
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Will Willimon
... you weren't born yesterday. You know the way it is and has ever been between the powerful and the powerless. A poor man lies dead in the vineyard that once was his and the King calls in the court architect. Power is a means of getting what we want and good leaders use power efficiently. And it's a story about power, powerful people and those who have no power. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Money talks. Them that has, gets. This is the arrangement, and all would have gone well except for God ...
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John N. Brittain
... a pattern for considering our meetings with Jesus at various times in our lives. The story begins with Jesus asking this woman to perform a simple task, well within her ability: to get him a drink from the well. She did, after all, have the equipment. But she didn't want to do it and was able to provide some good reasons why she shouldn't. Every day of our lives, Jesus Christ asks us to do specific simple things which are as well within our ability as drawing a drink of water was for that woman: to speak a ...
447. Before The Wedding
Matthew 13:44-46
Drama
Robert F. Crowley
... a little nervous. Tom is a nice man. Your mother and I both like him. You'll raise a nice family. Your mother has always wanted grandchildren. You know how she talks about it. Everything's going to be all right. SUE: WILL YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME! FATHER: What is ... you? SUE: Well, first of all, I'm not the innocent girl you think I am. FATHER: Is that it? Is that what you wanted to tell me? Honey, let me tell you something -- don't worry about it. I know young people sleep together these days. SUE: Please, ...
448. The Mechanics Of Prayer
Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13
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John R. Brokhoff
... in prayer is kneeling. St. Paul knelt when he prayed, "I bow my knees before the Father" (Ephesians 3:14). At the end of his farewell message to the Ephesians "he knelt down with them all and prayed." When we kneel we express our humility. We kneel also when we want a favor. On our knees we plead and beseech, for we are desperate for help. Do you remember how you knelt before the girl asking her to marry you, or was this only in the good old days? When we kneel in prayer, we beg for mercy: "Lord, have mercy ...
449. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?
Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20
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R. Curtis Fussell
... out. But what a monster envy had created. Envy rises up in us and if we don't deal with it, we can say, "I so much want to have what you have that I'll do anything to make it mine." None of us has allowed envy to go to the extreme as it ... a little reflection he turned to the realtor and said, "This may sound crazy, but I'll take that farm. It's exactly what I've wanted all my life."6 We often forget or overlook the blessings that are ours. Do you realize that there are countless others who can only dream ...
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Harold Warlick
... 'd be homesick. He cannot live with the limits of his aloneness. He is a prisoner to his urges, so he must satisfy them. If you want to have sex, then he's there and ready. He carries condoms like some carry their driver's license. He can't be without sex or ... crowd was recognized and named:Benjamin, Reuben, and so on.34 Those are, indeed, the fittest. And they made it! That's scary. I don't want to be locked out of the Kingdom of God. 144,000! Of all the people who ever lived! I'm not in the top 144,000! ...
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