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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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4851. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... surprised that her step-father’s kind deed to her birth father made such a deep impression on Ms. Cubin. There are many Good Samaritans of every race and creed all over the world. Those who follow Jesus, however, are expected to do even more. We are expected to give love and compassion to those whom other people pass by. But there’s one more important thing we need to see in this story. Those of us who have known the grace of Jesus Christ at work in our lives know that it was once we who lay in a ditch ...

4852. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the trail to God starts, it starts at repentance. Repentance is about restoring our relationship with God. Some religions teach that sin comes from incorrect thinking or ignorance of what is good or true. But the Bible teaches us that sin comes from turning away from the love of and reverence for God. Sin is anything that misses the mark of God’s holiness. So the farther we move away from God, the closer we move to sin. So what we need most is to turn around. God created this whole universe and everyone ...

4853. First the Bad News...

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... the kingdom of God to come. Jesus told his disciples that the majestic Temple would be torn down. Their fellow Jews, their loved ones, all those people that they trusted would turn against them and persecute them for their faith in him. Every earthly ... will never be sorry for what we did, that we took this stand. And know, Diet, that of every last human being in this world, I loved you most.” (11) Think about that. “Here we see again that we do not decide our own lives . . . Even if we won’t see each ...

4854. A Poor Banquet

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

George Reed

... squad as we are to get one from someone in the majors. We may notice what the person ahead of us in line buys at the supermarket if they are paying with food stamps but if the person has the cash, we wouldn’t think to criticize their purchases. I love the story that tells of the farmer who having taken his load of wheat to the grain exchange stopped by the Cadillac dealership to buy a new car. The salesperson was new and didn’t know the farmer. He felt he could not waste his time on someone so poorly ...

4855. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... exists and if there is any meaning in this universe, when you give up your own pride and throw yourself on the mercy of a loving God, that’s when you’re poor in spirit. Why would Jesus call this state “Blessed”? Because that’s when you discover that God is ... to walk in his shoes. In fact, he did just the opposite. He walked in our shoes to show us how much God loves us. He gave up his divine power and authority and became all these things—poor in spirit, meek, mournful, hungering and thirsting, a ...

4856. No Longer Home Alone

John 15:13-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... s confidence: "I have called you friend because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father" (v. 15). A friend will come through in a pinch: when you need help; when in crisis; when in trouble; when your car won't start; when your loved one dies; when you lose your job. Your friend comes through. I was driving a borrowed pickup recently and six or seven miles south of Belle Plaine on Highway 169 I ran out of gas. It's a lonely feeling. But a young teenager who happened to be at home ...

4857. Mary Gives Her Perfume

Matthew 26:6-13

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

... had perfume. They used perfume to make themselves smell good, just as we do. They also used perfume on the bodies of people that were going to be buried. Using perfume did two things: it covered up any bad odors, and it also showed how much you loved the person who died. Good perfume was very expensive and sometimes was brought from very far away. In the Bible story, Mary, Jesus' friend, poured a whole bottle of perfume on Jesus' head and feet. It was worth thousands of dollars. Some people thought this was ...

4858. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tomatoes now. But you know, there is a part of mountain culture that stays with me wherever in the world I live or go. I will always be a “mountain boy” in my heart. [You can tell your own story here about how place matters to your soul.] Love for mountain culture is not for the weak of body or soul: be prepared for passionate disappointment. But being a “mountain boy” means I carry an identity so deep in my soul that nothing could extract it without taking away a large chunk of what makes me “me ...

4859. The Proof is in the Roof

Luke 5:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to function as the kind of human God intended us to be. One that can dance, praise, honor God in one’s life with actions and love. As we see at the end of the story, the man does just this! He praises God loudly and carries his pallet away. One can also ... to be lived in a box (this will soon be reiterated in the transfiguration story). But life with God is to be lived freely, lovingly, beautifully. Life with God is a “walk in the garden.” In this story, the Pharisees and Scribes are not yet at the point ...

4860. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ” in the landscape of our faith. It’s time to remove all of those inhibitions now. Let’s be a church where faith overflows from all of us. Lord, make us a church where the base is faith, tied together by the lace of love, showing the face of hope. Will you be faith-based, love-laced, hope-faced? Let’s take some time now in prayer, allowing Jesus to enter into your soul and into your life. Close your eyes for a moment, and let go of all of the inhibitions that keep you from putting your entire trust ...

4861. The Birth of the Bridegroom

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... so that all may lie down in safety. I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, In love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord. “In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord— “ ... brand new year. It’s a time when we look for signs of change, hope for a better year than the last, yearn for love and peace, pray that our lives might become somehow better than even before. The new year’s time is a time of hope. For ...

4862. You are Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the table, close your eyes, and breathe in. Breathe in the presence of the Holy Spirit, the memory of that bread and that vine, that tells you Jesus is here, in your mind and in your heart, guiding you and anointing you into a new kind of mission –of love, of joy, of servanthood, of peace. And when you depart, I hope you’ll feel that exuberant joy of your anointing staying with you as perfume on skin. For in that joy of gladness, you exude with every step you take into the world, the fragrance of Christ ...

4863. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart ...

4864. Calling All Wide Receivers!

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... fact. In a team, or in a relationship, in order to be a great giver, you have to put control aside and give freely and trust in the response of your receiver! But in order to be a great receiver, you also have to be ready to initiate. I love the way “receiver” is used in football, because in football, the receiver is what again? One of the most important players on the OFFENSIVE” part of the team! The receiver is by no means a passive player! In fact, the game would get a whole lot less interesting if ...

4865. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... at the age of 30, he comes out of hiding and will spend the next three years until his death revealing God’s love and salvation hope for humanity. And even then, at times, he will tell his disciples to “keep hidden” as best they can ... world and point to the miracles all around us? Failing to notice God around us can keep us from experiencing the full joy of God’s love and mercy. Failing to receive and recognize the power of Jesus in our midst can prevent us from living out the mission to which we are ...

4866. The Dwelling Place

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Day of Atonement, the high priest (Cohen HaGadol) would enter into the holy of holies and sprinkle the blood of a bull on the mercy seat (the lid of the ark) for the atonement of sins. And each year, the people would rejoice in God’s loving mercy. By blood on the mercy seat, known also as the “mercy throne of God,” God would bestow goodness and mercy on all, undeserving as we are. Today, as Christians, that “tabernacle” is our own body. And the mercy seat is the holy presence of Christ, whose ...

4867. Would You Like to Live Forever?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... life frees us from anxiety. Because eternal life will be life in God’s presence, we know we can handle anything that comes our way. God created us in His image. Through Jesus Christ, God gave His life to remove any separation between us and Him. This loving God wants to spend eternity with us. In Psalm 16: 11, King David envisions living in God’s presence. He describes it this way: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures ...

4868. The Wind Came

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Pentecost a missionary movement was born. God’s spirit entered into the hearts of those who believed. They in turn shared what they had received with everyone who would listen. May we also have that Spirit within us and may the world know by our love and by our witness that we are His. People magazine did a most encouraging article on Tom Monaghan sometime back, the man who invented Domino’s Pizza. He’s a multimillionaire, worth about 400 million dollars. Here is what that People magazine article said ...

4869. Let’s Really Know Jesus

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

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... is about sharing an intimacy, a closeness, a bond. It is about blending our being with theirs, being as close to Jesus as Jesus was to the people. I fear that most Christians fall way short. We haven’t come close to doing as Jesus did. Jesus told us to love our enemies, and we continue to tell our leaders to kill our enemies. Jesus told us to treat our neighbor in the same way we would want to be treated and we tell our leaders to keep our neighbors out. Jesus told us to welcome the stranger and we want ...

4870. True Colors

John 14:15-31, Psalm 66:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the personality of the pastor or the style of the music? How many people do you know who attend church when they like a decision that is made, but flee quickly when things don’t go their way? How many people do you know who say they love Jesus but are embarrassed to mention His name to people in their periphery or even in their family? These are Chameleon Christians. And they hide in every town, church, and neighborhood, blending in wherever they happen to be with whomever they happen to be with. But this ...

4871. The Magic Ingredient

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... in life or in death, in good times or times of sorrow. The magic ingredient is the assurance that regardless of how challenging today is, God is in charge and that, as St. Paul says in Romans 8:28, “all things work to the good for those who love Him.” That’s hope. In today’s lesson, which is devoted to hope, St. Paul writes, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” Think about that for a moment. This is what hope is all about ...

Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.

Augustine of Hippo

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Erich Fromm

A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself - to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.

Leo Buscaglia

God bless all those that I love; God bless all those that love me; God bless all those that love those that I love and all those that love those that love me.

New England Sampler

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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 4851 to 4875 of 5000 results

4851. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

4852. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

4853. First the Bad News...

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

4854. A Poor Banquet

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

George Reed

4855. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

4856. No Longer Home Alone

John 15:13-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

4857. Mary Gives Her Perfume

Matthew 26:6-13

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

4858. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4859. The Proof is in the Roof

Luke 5:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4860. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4861. The Birth of the Bridegroom

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4862. You are Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4863. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4864. Calling All Wide Receivers!

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4865. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4866. The Dwelling Place

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4867. Would You Like to Live Forever?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

4868. The Wind Came

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

4869. Let’s Really Know Jesus

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

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

4870. True Colors

John 14:15-31, Psalm 66:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4871. The Magic Ingredient

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

Augustine of Hippo

Erich Fromm

Leo Buscaglia

God bless all those that I love; God bless all those that love me; God bless all those that love those that I love and all those that love those that love me.

New England Sampler

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