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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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4751. The Pit of the Soul

Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... too fears this man who represents God’s holy judgment upon him. By locking him away, he does not have to hear or see his disapproving look. But Herodias is incensed. And she vows to have him killed. When Herod offers her daughter Salome a reward, anything she desires, to dance at his banquet, Herodias has the girl demand the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter. Unable to refuse or lose face in front of his entire kingdom of officers, Herod gives in. Yet, Herod is so plagued by guilt ...

4752. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... me that that was just a fantasy world created by tellers of tall tales. In reality, the universe didn’t bend its rules to suit the needs of arrogant human beings. In reality, the universe was huge and strong and dark and indifferent to our needs, our desires, our hopes, and our dreams. It isn’t mean, harsh, evil, or bad, it’s just indifferent. And because the universe is indifferent to us, we had darned well better not be indifferent to it. If we are, it will be our own carelessness, our own arrogance ...

4753. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

... "conflict utilization" - not the "management" of conflict, but the kind of open-ended give and take that leads to growth. (To speak of managing conflict is to expect more control of ourselves and of the situation than is either possible or desirable.) Frederick Buechner warns against one clearly destructive way of expressing anger. He suggests that anger is a deadly sin when it takes the form of licking our wounds, of savoring the prospect of bitter confrontation, of returning pain for pain, of smacking ...

4754. Would You Like to Live Forever?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “There’s millions of people now who won’t see death if they choose.” (2) What does it mean when some of the smartest and richest people in the country are investing so much time and money into not dying? They are assuredly motivated by a desire to help humankind. But is there not also a bit of narcissism and fear mixed into their efforts? If you’re young, healthy, smart or successful, why wouldn’t you want to live forever, especially if you could turn back the clock on your aging body? There ...

4755. The Secret to Happiness

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... by discontent. It has been driven by the quest for more—more money, more security, more power. And this whole treasure hunt that consumes our lives is really a form of idolatry. It’s a way of seeking happiness and significance and security in our desires and achievements, not in God’s plans and God’s provisions. If it were possible for us to find happiness and significance this way, then why haven’t we? Why doesn’t anyone have enough? There is one question at the heart of every human being ...

4756. Goin' Down the Road

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... we now have to allow coffee and water into the sanctuary, what do you mean that we do it to be more welcoming?” Or even the comment, “Who gave permission to do it this other way?” Mostly these statements reflect confusion and perplexity more than a desire to control things although it can be the latter. “How can you have not heard, how can you not know?” It is, apparently, pretty easy. For 2,000 years now, and at least the 1,500 years before that, we find ourselves and our forefathers and mothers ...

4757. Second Sight

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that we can develop a new set of eyes as the years go by in our discipleship too, a “second sight” that enables us to weather the storms of the world and see Jesus appearing to us in ways we may have missed before. But that second sight too desires a new lens. That lens is the scriptures. Like our physical eyes, our spiritual eyes can become complacent. Our aging eyes can become fuzzy and single focused. We can get used to the way we see the world and not even notice that our vision is failing us. We ...

4758. Sheep Just Wanna Have Fun

John 10:1-21, Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... fumes. All you have to do is look at the television and the internet right now to see the amazing creativity and innovation sparked by our coronavirus seclusion. We simply will not be held down. We will always find a “roundabout” way to do anything we desire to do. Human beings, though we can be fearful at times, are also the most adaptable creatures on the planet! When our bodies feel inhibited, when we feel we have no control over parts of our lives, something happens to our minds and hearts. We look ...

4759. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... Jesus didn’t give up on them, in spite of their doubts, even after they had seen all of the evidence of his resurrection. And he doesn’t give up on us either! Hear these words of affirmation and promise from God’s word attesting to God’s desire to use us in his rescue mission of the world: No matter how spiritually dysfunctional we may feel at any given moment as individuals or as a congregation, the apostle Paul’s words to the church at Corinth still apply, “Now you are the body of Christ and ...

4760. Desperate Times Call For...

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... woman said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Scholars puzzle over Christ’s conversation with this woman. It seems so un-Christ-like. But I wonder if Jesus wasn’t giving this woman a test—a test of her desire to have her daughter healed—but even more important—a test of her faith that he really could heal her daughter. I suggest that because of the way Jesus ends this unusual story. He commends this woman for her great faith! There are only three people in ...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if, at the end . . . I have lost every friend on earth, I shall have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.

Abraham Lincoln

Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

Abu Bakr

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Aeschylus

A good education should leave much to be desired.

Alan Gregg

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

Alan Rickman

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.

Alan Watts

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Albert Camus

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Albert Camus

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

Alec Waugh

We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.

Alec Waugh

One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love and to long life.

Alexander A. Bogomoletz

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Alexander Hamilton

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.

Alexis Carrel

Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.

Alice Caldwell Rice

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 4751 to 4775 of 4959 results

4751. The Pit of the Soul

Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4752. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

4753. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

4754. Would You Like to Live Forever?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

4755. The Secret to Happiness

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

4756. Goin' Down the Road

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

4757. Second Sight

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4758. Sheep Just Wanna Have Fun

John 10:1-21, Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4759. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

4760. Desperate Times Call For...

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if, at the end . . . I have lost every friend on earth, I shall have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.

Abraham Lincoln

Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

Abu Bakr

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Aeschylus

A good education should leave much to be desired.

Alan Gregg

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

Alan Rickman

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.

Alan Watts

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Albert Camus

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Albert Camus

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

Alec Waugh

We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.

Alec Waugh

One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love and to long life.

Alexander A. Bogomoletz

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Alexander Hamilton

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.

Alexis Carrel

Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.

Alice Caldwell Rice

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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