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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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26. Food For The Body And Food For The Soul

John 6:25-59

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J. Will Ormond

... and as often as necessary." He had a classic table blessing which he used frequently, especially at public functions: "Lord, we thank you for food: food for the body and food for the soul. May we never lack for either and give us an appetite for both." This blessing, it seems to me, sums up a healthy attitude toward nourishment, both physical and spiritual. It is certainly appropriate for use as we gather around our Thanksgiving tables today. Feasting has long been an important element of our Thanksgiving ...

27. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

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William E. Keeney

... . The Christian shows faith in Christ by steadfast watching, waiting, and working. Even through these periods they may be more aware of the absence than of the presence of Christ. In the experience of absence many forces may seem to control life. The internal forces of appetites and desires may seek to control persons. It does not have to be the obvious ones such as addiction to drugs. It may be the simple desire to eat, drink, and be merry. It may be in the desire to escape the pain that accompanies growth ...

28. God Remembers

1 Samuel 1:1-20

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John A. Stroman

... time they would go up together to the house of the Lord, Peninnah would criticize and scold Hannah for being barren. Hannah would be driven to tears by the constant belittling, feeling that she could not take it anymore. She was so upset that she lost her appetite and could not eat. Elkanah was not aware of the emotional strain that Hannah was under. He seemed to be totally out of touch with the seriousness of the situation. He reveals his lack of perception by saying to Hannah, "Why is your heart sad? Am I ...

29. Adam And Jesus See Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25, Luke 4:1-13

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David Belgum

... not confronted with many genuine choices. Cows and elephants ate when they got hungry and stopped eating when the instinct of hunger was satisfied. The bull did basically the same without gluttony of either of his two basic appetites. It did not even occur to him to exceed the limitations of his appetites. The cycle of seasons, both of biology and nature, worked so smoothly that even our most wild-eyed ecologists would have been well pleased with how things were going. There was no danger of Adam's breaking ...

30. Moving At The Speed Of Light: On The Mountain

2 Peter 1:12-21

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Frank Luchsinger

... another 200 miles tonight, but for now they are pensive over supper. She has turned her boy loose to try life on his own and wonders if she has taught him enough or taught him the right things. A mixture of excitement, loss, and fear have taken away her appetite. Proud that she didn't make a good-bye scene, she is doing a little better than expected, which is good because in less than a week she will be sending off to college another eighteen-year-old and a twenty-year-old. Things lately have been so lively ...

31. Proper 19

James 3:1-12, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

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Russell F. Anderson

... most of life -- HERE AND NOW! Who or what does LaVey's brand of Satanism believe in or worship? The answer is Satan, but as defined by LaVey -- the material world, man, and his carnal nature or appetites. Satanism for LaVey is the worship of man, just the way he is, with all of his fleshly desires and appetites. It is a religion of indulgence of man's carnal passions as symbolized by the term "Satan,"codified and practiced by the inversion of Christian ethics. LaVey's "god" is himself, and the gods of his ...

32. Fasting In A Fast-food World

Joel 2:1-11

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Barbara Brokhoff

... to have a "holy fast," to do it for God and for God alone. We'd much rather indulge ourselves. That's why gluttony is a deadly sin. The early desert fathers believed that a person's appetites are linked: full stomachs and jaded palates take the edge from our hunger and thirst for God. They spoil the appetite for righteousness. God grant that we may "hunger and thirst after righteousness" during these purple days of Lent, and rejoice in the privilege of a "holy fast" for Christ. Center On God If we are to ...

33. Your Money and Your Life

Matthew 6:19-24

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Robert Bachelder

... now, calling us to repentance. There is nothing easy about repentance. Jesus said: "Where your treasure is, there will be your heart." If we have invested our energies and ambitions in the things of this world, then we will have become "slaves to our brutal appetites." Yet I take some measure of hope from these words of our Lord. The order of the phrasing here is significant, I think. Notice that Jesus does not say: Where your heart is, there will be your treasure. Instead he says: "Where your treasure is ...

34. When More Is Never Enough

Mark 10:17-31

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King Duncan

... only if they are used to do so," Maya reflects. "They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains." (2) There's much more to life than riches. Somebody once wrote: Money will buy: a bed, but not sleep; Food, but not appetite; Books, but not knowledge; Medicine, but not health; Entertainment, but not happiness; A house, but not a home. This one wealthy man had discovered the limitations of riches, and he came to Jesus for help. Jesus looked right at him, full of love, and was ...

35. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

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Maxie Dunnam

... another phenomenon. I'm gravely concerned about the numerous clergy I see -- how shall I put it -- who have lost the appetite for ministry. They still function in the system, and many of them are "successful" -- and I put successful in quotation ... I like it. I would like people to say that of me. He really has a heart for God. That's what persons who have replaced their appetite for ministry with cynicism don't have. They are doing a job, but they are functioning out of the top of their head, not the bottom of ...

36. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... are showing that it's not the crime-infested ghettos alone. This is not where the money is coming from to keep the drug industry alive. It is the indulgence of middle and upper middle class folks who are not willing to discipline their own appetites even though the fallout is killing little children and bringing heroin addicted babies into the world. Look at our prison systems. Isn't the prison system a failure because we base our approach to crime on our passion for vengeance and punishment? We lose the ...

37. Playing to the Right Audience

Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4

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Phil Thrailkill

... It seems that a little less money and, from time to time, a lot less food have ways of keeping us open to the God from whom all blessings flow. The one curbs our acquisitiveness for things, and the other acts as a brake on our out-of-control bodily appetites. This is why the greedy can’t tithe and the gluttonous resist fasting. It feels like death, which it in fact is. When you first do these things, you will feel like you are dying! And that is a good thing! Because he knew the human heart so well, Jesus ...

38. Celebrity Culture

Psalm 95:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... -to-garbage ratio it contains. We're a nation where the most popular vegetable is French fries. The problem with all these junk goodies, is that they do exactly what your mother always told you they would do: They spoil your appetite for the real food that awaits you at your real meal. In fact, our appetites have become so putrefied, that many of us haven't had any real food in years. What's the response of a Christian to a celebrity culture? It's time for Christians to stop joining the rest of the culture ...

39. Yellow Lights

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... open our mouths for another bite. Only then did we realize the first rounds of dishes were merely appetizers." When we stuff ourselves on appetizers in life, we save no room for the true meal. Appetizers were never intended to satiate our appetite, but to stimulate our appetite for the main course. Appetizers are good and tasty. And fulfilled desires, like appetizers, do satisfy some of our needs. But we must never mistake them for the meat that nourishes our souls. Hear God's wisdom for us: 'Why do you ...

40. Breakfast On The Beach

John 21:1-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... grilled fish and beard was laid out across that charcoal fire. Now, if you like seafood like I do, then you know the smell of fresh grilled fish is heavenly. Peter I don't think Peter had much of an appetite that day. B. I love the sacramental nature of this whole scene. Jesus was accustomed to the appetite one would have after a long night's work. So, he offered them bread and fish. But in the offer, Jesus also knew of the deeper hunger that each of the disciples possessed. Hunger for truth; hunger for the ...

41. When The Baker Becomes the Bread!

John 6:51-58

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... meat and canna eat; And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat; Sae let the Lord be thankit.[1] Robbie Burns realized that it is a blessing beyond words when appetite and food meet and realize that they can each satisfy the other. However, he also realized that there are always those who have an appetite and yet no meat and they deserve our pity: "Some wad eat that want it." John 6 might be called the breadbasket of John's gospel. It starts out with Jesus asking Philip where they might ...

42. When We Are Tempted

Luke 4:1-13

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King Duncan

... life and those of his animals. Plato says the moral of the story is this: the fiery steeds are the appetites, desires, lusts, and passions to which the heart of the human inclines from youth. The driver is the wisdom, understanding, and intelligence with ... which God has endowed human life that we might rule over our appetites and desires and have dominion over our self-destructive impulses. (4) Woe to us if we never hear the voice of conscience, ...

43. Are You Giving Up Chocolate for Valentine's Day?

Luke 4:1-13

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King Duncan

... to catch a fish you have to think like a fish.” The guides said that, to a fish, life is about the maximum gratification of appetite at the minimum expenditure of energy. To a fish, life is “see a fly, want a fly, eat a fly.” As Ortberg humorously puts it ... to our relationship as I am. I wonder, do you love me for me or just for my body? The fish are just a collection of appetites. A fish is a stomach, a mouth, and a pair of eyes.” He says, “While we were on the water, I was struck by how dumb ...

44. Appealing Orange

1 Cor 6:13

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Michael P. Green

... enticing maneuvers, the veil is lifted and there on the tray is an orange. Next, in a teasing way, the fellow begins to peel the orange while the crowd goes wild! Wouldn’t you think that in this country something had gone wrong with the people’s appetite for food? The Bible clearly speaks regarding the proper use of the body. In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul says, “The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord.” And yet, what happens in our society? The body is distorted to the place of ...

45. Proverbs of Solomon

Proberbs 10:1--22:16

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Gary M. Burge

... ; 13:17; 15:4). The destructive speech of fools offers a striking contrast (16:25–30). Proverbs 16:25 is identical to 14:12, perhaps repeated here to underline this contrast, while 16:26 is linked to 16:24 by the word “soul/appetite” (Hebrew nepesh; see also commentary on 13:1–25). As a general proverbial statement, it describes the inner forces that produce external actions—both good and evil. Words can burn like fire (16:27), igniting discord, separating intimate friends (16:28), and luring the ...

46. Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Romans 6:1-14

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... rebel against it. Indeed, they are commanded to do so, empowered by grace, and guaranteed the ultimate triumph (8:37). To be under grace instead of law is to be led by the Spirit (Gal. 5:18). The law makes sin known (3:20), whets one’s appetite for the forbidden (5:20), and hence leads to condemnation. The law is not thereby the opponent of grace, but its prelude (Gal. 3:24). The law demands righteousness, but cannot produce it, and those who try to fulfill it on their own become oppressed by its demands ...

47. Personal Greetings

Romans 16:1-27

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... also had his fill of divisions and obstacles in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:10–17; 3:4–9), and probably from non-Jewish elements. In verse 18 he says that such people serve their own appetites and deceive the minds of naive people … by smooth talk and flattery. Mention of appetites, suggesting unbridled impulses, recalls the whole concept of “flesh” in Paul, more specifically in fact the libertine and permissive factions which wracked the church at Corinth (2 Cor. 10–13). There thus appear to be dangers ...

48. Fire from the Lord

Numbers 11:1-3

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... Israelites join in the wailing chorus and the desire for meat. In Egypt they had quite a diet: fish . . . , cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Now the common staple of the people’s diet is manna, and the claim is that the people have lost their appetite. Verse 7 says the manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. The manna came with the dew in the morning and was then ground and cooked in a pot or made into cakes. Manna has long been associated with a substance from the tamarisk trees ...

49. A History Lesson: From Ephraim to Judah, from the Exodus to Zion

Psalm 78:1-72

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... remember his wonders. 12–16 He guided his people from Egypt and in the wilderness. 44–55 He guided his people from Egypt and in the conquest. 17–20 They rebelled against the Most High and put God to the test in the wilderness because of their appetites. 56–58 They rebelled against the Most High and put God to the test in the land because of their idolatry. 21–31 Yahweh was very angry and brought fire in the wilderness, sending quail and a plague. 59–64 God was very angry and brought fire during ...

50. Quail from the Lord

Numbers 11:4-35

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

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