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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Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... been toa parade? Well, let’s pretend that we are in the biggest crowd that we have ever seen and we are watching a parade and we are happy. I am going to give you something to hold in your hands and wave. [Pass out the palm leaves.] I also want you to say something while you are waving these palm leaves and it goes something like this. Say, "Hosanna, Save Us Now, Hosanna, Save Us Now!" When I tell you that Jesus is coming you will keep saying those words, "Hosanna, Save Us Now!" Actually that is what the ...
4602. The Crowd That Followed Him
Matthew 27:32-44, Matthew 27:45-56
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... with the robe and crown of thorns. That too was a terrible day. This may be the last crowd that you are in before Easter and I want you to pretend one more time with me if you will. This is the last day of Jesus’ life. We are in the crowd that is going ... or does something against their law that is punishable by death. Jesus is falling but each time he gets up. It looks like he almost wants to do it. He still looks like he is in charge even though it is he that is being crucified. Some of the people are ...
Sermon
Theodore L. Yewey
... , and there are no loop holes, one has little choice. After days on the road, they were both dead tired. Their bodies ached from the strain of the road and the grime of travel ground away at them. A bone-chilling weariness crept over them till all they wanted to do was find some place to rest and spend the night. But now, even that did not look very promising, for every place where they sought shelter was already full. When the man would make his simple request for a place - any place - that he and his ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... ’s sight, and so for us, we are renewed through being found, and accepted. You see, I did not get my chance to talk with Jesus again. The Cross was raised between us - a conversation was stopped dead. What he would have said to me I do not know. I wanted to ask, "Master, what must I do to gain eternal life?" - life quite beyond the limits of my inn and corner lot? Will I ever know the answer? "Master," oh, how I rehearsed my question, "what must I do to be saved?" But I shall continue the search for my ...
4605. Waiting
John 1:6-8, 19-28
Sermon
Brett Blair
... nerve and asked, "Excuse me, but are you Jesus?" "I am." "Do you work here?" "In a way; I own the store." "Oh, what do you sell here?" "Just about everything," Jesus replied. "Feel free to walk up and down the aisles, make a list, see what it is you want, and then come back and I'll see what I can do for you." Well, she did just that. She walked up and down the aisles, writing furiously. There was peace on earth, no more war, no hunger or poverty. There was peace in families, harmony, no dissension, no more ...
Sermon
Maurice A. Fetty
... by a number of demons -- demons of hate, guilt, rejection, passion, revenge. As often is the case with demoniacs, the sensibilities and perceptions are greatly heightened, almost to the point of a divine madness. Consequently, upon seeing Jesus, he shrieked, "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God" (Mark 1:24). Deeply conscious of the inner workings of the psyche, Jesus named the demon, establishing power over him, and ordered ...
Sermon
Roger Prescott
... the three Girl Scouts who reported to their leader that, as their good deed for the day, they had helped an old woman across the street. "That’s fine," said the Scout leader, "But why did it take three of you?" "Well," they explained, "she didn’t want to go." We smile at that, but many times our well-meaning acts have been performed because of our needs rather than because of the original purpose. Let Uzzah stand for good intentions gone awry. 3. Celebration as Worship And David and all the house of ...
Drama
Michael L. Sherer
... ANTAGONIST: Nerve-wracking might have been more like it. Why couldn’t he have behaved like most scholars do when they want to argue: send out a dozen or so copies to his colleagues and let them send back thoughtful answers? PROTAGONIST: Well ... danger lurking everywhere, it didn’t seem fair to expose a wife and family to what I have lived with all these years. But Kathryn wants to help to bear the cross I carry. Who can argue with such generosity? We’re going to turn the cloister here in Wittenberg into ...
4609. One House or Two
Ephesians 6:1-4
Children's Sermon
Shirley Jennings
... with their mother. Maybe you know some children who live with only their mother or with only their father. Why don’t they all live together in one house? They’re mad at each other. They’re too crowded when they live together in one house. They want to get away from each other. Whatever the reason is, remember: It is not the children’s fault that it happened. There are lots of reasons why some people don’t live together anymore. What we need to understand is that sometimes mothers and fathers need ...
Sermon
Richard Patt
... things" (Matthew 6:33). II By putting loving human relationships above everything else, Jesus was inviting not only to adults, but especially to children. For you see, that’s what "turns on" children above all else: they want to know they belong; they want to be cared about; they want to be affirmed. They want to be persons. In a wonderful way, Jesus practiced what he preached here by, first of all, taking time to be with the children. Oft times children are the chief victims of our busyness. We relegate ...
4611. Scandal!
1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
Sermon
... tax collector, and a half-dozen backward fishermen. In our age when church membership is the ultimate sign of respectability we have not been nearly scandalous enough in our living. We too easily forget that Paul calls us to be "fools for Christ." And we don’t even want to hear Christ’s words "Woe to you when all men speak well of you." But we don’t have to be so respectable. We do have some modern models for living scandalously in faith. There’s Jack Shea, for one. In 1962 Jack Shea was Senior Vice ...
Sermon
... you say of that face on the screen (as I’ve heard you say), "That’s good old Jameel Farah from Woodward High," and if you hang his picture in your restaurant, it’s not in search of gain for you - it’s because you’re happy for him and want only the best for him. And that points us to a deep Christian truth. In a world whose motto is "There’s no such thing as a free lunch," the devotion without strings between Jamie Farr and Toledo is rare. But it’s not unheard of. Just after leading his ...
Sermon
... God can help us." But how does one know? You could not prove it to someone who was not ready to believe it. You could not engineer it to happen. Some, in fact, instead of being filled by God, turn bitter and angry, out of their experiences of adversity and want. Luther: "We must learn the nature of faith." We need a faith that is not based on what I see or what I feel but on what I believe. "One sees nothing and feels nothing - but one believes. Reason cannot grasp this but faith is sure and even more sure ...
Sermon
Daniel G. Mueller
... him some kindness. She sat down with him on his bed and spoke to him about general things. Then she asked him what he wanted for Christmas. She expected to hear the usual list of things like toys and clothes and money. But the boy surprised her. He stepped ... softly said, "I wish My Mom and Dad could step out of this picture and be here with me right now; that’s what I want for Christmas." Touched by his sadness, the two of them cried together. When we confess our faith in our Savior Jesus Christ, it’s a ...
Sermon
Daniel G. Mueller
... You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). We know we can’t be perfect; we can’t be what God wants us to be and, because of it, the thought of speaking to him or seeing him is frightening. Even some people who say they are Christian ... him?" Jesus answers, "You don’t have to do anything. Just believe in me and live in me; I have done it all for you." God wants to see you one of these days. We know that one of these days we will have to stand before God and listen to him. That ...
Sermon
Daniel G. Mueller
... affairs of our world, be a sign from God calling us to repentance also? We need to ask ourselves regularly, "What is God trying to tell me?" because in his mercy, God is active in our lives, trying to tell us how much he loves us and how dearly he wants our salvation. Thank God that in his grace he has made us alert to his signs in our life. We have seen God’s signs, signs that all Christians share, like Baptism, the Word and the Body and Blood of Jesus, and individual signs that belong to each of us ...
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Daniel G. Mueller
... . Yet, some people report experiencing feelings of great peace and tranquility. They feel so good on "the other side" that they are angry for being brought back to life again. That’s how Peter felt up on that mountain. It was good to be there; he wanted to stay up there forever; he didn’t want to come back down ever again. With Peter we also confess that it is good to be with Jesus in his glory. It is good to know who he is: The Christ, the Son of the Living God, my Lord and Savior. It is so good ...
Sermon
Warren Thomas Smith
... Middle East and South Africa, in Latin America and Detroit, in Newark and Watts, in Atlanta and Moscow. Essentially it is a cry for liberation to be a person, a person with dignity. Human beings want to be recognized as individuals, not components of the population explosion. It is the shriek of the third assistant to the fifth vice president wanting to stand on his desk and yell to heaven, "I am a personality, too! I’m not just an IBM card. I do have a heart, you know!" It is the seventh grade physical ...
Sermon
Alton F. Wedel
... little world becomes a deep, dark forest in the gloom of night with specters lurking all about you, and when you, who always wanted to insist that you could manage your own life, can manage it no longer, can you hang onto that "The Lord has saved ... clogged with people who seem not at all the holy people of God, but for whom a holy, chosen people is the last thing that they want to be. They seem busy with their own agenda, indolent in service, indifferent in their faith and hope and love. Yet I Believe Yet I ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... within a person. If we are to come into God’s presence, then we must ask to be in His presence. So we have a need to pray in order for God to order our lives. But there is another reason, and I think it is the greater reason. I want to read to you what the President said about our nation: “We have been the recipients of the greatest blessings of heaven. We have been preserved in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God ...
4621. Nicodemus
John 3:1-21
Sermon
Brett Blair
... ? It is a black robe with four gold stripes on each sleeve. I have never been so jealous in my life. All of my life I have wanted me a robe like that. If you had no earthly idea who Reinquist was, you would still be able to identify him as a man of power ... was a very rich man." There is a reason that Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night. He skulks in the darkness because he does not want to be seen with the Nazarene. Nicodemus is drawn to him, he is curious. Yet, for all of his interest in Jesus, he is still ...
4622. Cardio-sclerosis
Mark 6:45-56, John 6:1-15
Drama
Robert F. Crowley
... preacher. DOCTOR: I guess you're just blessed. Jesus died so you wouldn't have to go through the pain of death. GREEN: I need some painkillers. DOCTOR: Jesus took the pain of death so you wouldn't have to die. GREEN: Cut out the Jesus stuff. I don't want to hear it. (MORE PAIN) Aaugh! (HE EXITS) DOCTOR: He wouldn't listen. He's going to die a horrible death. But he did it to himself. Hard heart is instantly curable. Instantly curable. All he has to do is turn to Jesus. (SHE EXITS)
4623. Anger
Ephesians 4:17--5:21
Drama
Robert F. Crowley
... of his mouth is some kind of smart answer. Some kind of backtalk. Where do they learn that stuff? RENA: He learned it from you. You wanted a son just like you. Well, you got him. SAM: That's cute. That's real cute. RENA: You've always got some kind of ... it's the truth. Your mother was lazy and your father was a drunkard. SAM: Oh, so that's the truth, huh? Well, do you want to know the truth about your parents? Huh, do ya? RENA: I already know the truth about my parents. SAM: Your parents are ... well, they' ...
4624. Lust
Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30
Drama
James F. Crowley
... . RENA: Just do something about Bill, will you? SAM: Why should I? RENA: Because I think it's important. I'm worried about him. BILL: You're worried about your son's natural urges? RENA: I just don't want him to grow up to be like you. SAM: And what's wrong with me? RENA: You don't want to know. SAM: I want to know what you think is wrong with me. RENA: Just take care of Bill, will you? SAM: No, I won't. RENA: Please, Sam. Just do it and leave me alone. SAM: I'm not moving from ...
4625. Greatness
Mark 9:33-37
Drama
Robert F. Crowley
... THE WAY, GRABBING BOOK FROM JAMES) JAMES: Hey! JOHN: Let him alone. The big dummy. Look how unspiritual you are. The Master doesn't want a big oaf like you ruling in his kingdom. Mother assured James and me that we would both rule with the Master when he ... the tale, eh, Peter? PETER: Well, I didn't know we were in a contest. I was trying to be kind to people. JOHN: The Master wants rulers in his kingdom who can do miracles, be kind to people, and get the job done fast and efficiently. Some of us do that ...
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