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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. Jubilaeum

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Genesis 2:4-25, Leviticus 25:8-55, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to forgive our friends! It’s not hard to forgive our families and our children and those who think and act like we do. That’s not forgiveness. That’s just simple reconciliation. But today, think of that person who has been lodged in your heart, who you dislike, or disagree with, or just plain don’t want to associate with. Think of that person, or maybe a whole group of people, who you can’t relate to, and feel you can’t get close to, because there’s a wide divide between you and them. Today ...

27. Where Are the Nine?

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... , prefers face-to-face encounters; deep feelings; committed to helping others; compassionate; enthusiastic; always searching for meaning, authenticity, and self-identity; natural rescuers.” The final type of prayer is the Franciscan Prayer. This prayer is “free; unconfined; impulsive; dislikes being tied down to rules; loves action; easily bored with the status quo; crisis-oriented; good trouble-shooters; flexible; open-minded; adaptable; willing to change position; tend to live very much in the present ...

28. Ashamed To Beg

Luke 16:1-15

Illustration

John G. Lynn

... liked to do. They used to take long walks along the river. He liked this relationship. He had lived for many years with his mother. In fact, it was only a few months after she died that he began dating his co-worker. Little by little, however, she began to dislike both the relationship and this man. She felt like she really wasn't herself when she was with him. She couldn't speak what she really felt. She rarely asserted where she wanted to go or what she wanted to do. She later said, "I just wasn't Sandra ...

29. The Chain Of Command

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... service. Knowing how sick he was, knowing that our doctors had done all they could, there wasn't really anywhere I could turn except for some miraculous cure. "This Jesus fellow has been making quite a stir in these parts. I know that some of the people in power dislike him, but the common people are attracted to him. There are all sorts of claims that this Jesus has done miracles. Some even say he walks on water, but I know that some of Rome's enemies think that the Legion walks on water. I haven't seen ...

30. Thistles Among The Wheat

Genesis 28:10-22, Psalm 139:1-24, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, Romans 8:12-25

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William E. Keeney

... of Spain lasted for centuries and that accounts for its slow progress into a modern society. 6. Planting Thistles. "The Meanest Man" He carried thistle seeds in his pocket, and now and then dropped some on favorable ground favorable, that is, to his personal dislikes and pushed them in with his heel.1 7. Choosing the Right Seed. On July 29, 1994, a former Presbyterian pastor, Paul Jennings Hill, shot abortion doctor John Bayard Britton and his escort Herman Barrett and wounded Barrett's wife June in the arm ...

31. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , maybe we would view it differently. Usually there are two sides to every issue, and seldom are they equal. There is often more wrong on one side than the other. We must not spend time accumulating a list of people on the other side of an issue whom we dislike. We are free to oppose any issue, but we need not hate the persons who support it. If we hate the person, we must forget the issue. Jesus dealt with issues. And we must make sure that our anger is addressed to issues, not to people. The third thing ...

32. Something New, Something Old

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... . Soon after East and West Germany united Jesmina began to resent East Germans and the Eastern Europeans who poured into her homeland by the thousands. Jesmina came to the United States and met Marta, a Czech, one of those Jesmina had come to dislike so intensely. She and Marta quickly became friends, and now both of them were outsiders whose presence was resented by some Americans. This little vignette reminds us how much our world is like the divided world in which Jesus of Nazareth and the evangelist ...

33. God Knows!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... we grasp something of His holiness, then we begin to understand the radical character of our sin and helplessness. Helpless sinners can only survive by grace. Our strength is futile in itself; we are spiritually impotent without the assistance of a merciful God. We may dislike giving our attention to God's wrath and justice, but until we incline ourselves to these aspects of God's nature, we will never appreciate what has been wrought for us by grace. Even Edward's sermon on sinners in God's hands was not ...

34. Silly Love Songs

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... music and quiet evenings at home." Nobody seems to realize that hobbies don't matter. The writer went on to describe her marriage. In this woman's opinion what mattered most in their relationship was that they loved each other. They had different likes and dislikes but had learned to respect those differences. In that letter to Ann Landers she stated that hers was not the perfect marriage but through the years they learned to love each other and they remained very much in love with each other. Where has all ...

35. How Much Sin Is Too Much?

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

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... in big trouble. They are six minutes late! The same inclination to call speeding legal, the same temptation to call being late as being on-time, is the same temptation to make some sin acceptable. It is nothing new. When Joseph's brothers finally vented their dislike for their younger brother, the temptation was to kill him. They even made a plan to murder their brother, but then realized it would not profit them any to do so. Instead, they sold him into slavery. The older brothers did not want to kill him ...

36. Epiphany 5

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... lot by a rival gang member. There has been a dramatic rise in youth violence in the past few years and every day we hear stories of innocent people being victims of random violence. The frustrated, the abused and the criminally insane observe much that they dislike in the world and respond with assaults. Christians too look at the world and behold a great deal that disturbs us, but if we follow the Lord's teaching, we will respond with salt. Jesus proclaimed, "You are the salt of the earth ..." (v. 13). We ...

37. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... . Jews don't associate with Samaritans, let alone women. Then, this socially unacceptable woman went all over her village declaring that he was the promised Messiah. That's not rational. No Messiah would come to a woman alone and talk to her, or bother with someone so disliked. People became excited with what she said and there could have been a riot. He excited people like this. He also healed a blind man without our consent, and he did it on a day that was not in agreement with our system. We threw the ...

38. Repentance: A New Relationship

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... is calling his people to do, means bringing our conduct under the scrutiny of our faith in such a way as we honestly see ourselves for what we are, and when that conduct has hurt someone or in any way taken something away from our own character, we dislike what we see to the point it makes us want to be different. There's a third stage to true repentance: inward change. Joel said, "Rend your hearts, not your garments." He was calling for genuine inward confrontation with one's own lesser self. Only when we ...

39. Clean House

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... that this public demonstration which had all the earmarks of a near riot was most unbecoming of the normal life style of Jesus. Also, if this were a pique of temper, could not someone accuse Jesus of being guilty of a sin which all of us dislike very much? Then, of course, there is the additional problem of finding this story in the beginning of the Fourth Gospel, whereas the other evangelists place it in Holy Week at the beginning of his passion. Could it be true that Jesus cleansed the Temple twice ...

40. A Feast Of Love

Psalm 23:1-6

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... to the fifth verse. It begins, 'You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies ...' That's why I asked what it means to have an enemy. It's fairly common when someone doesn't like us for us not to like them either. And if someone dislikes us enough to pick a fight, it's pretty normal to feel like fighting back. Since we're talking about this, I'd like all of you to make a fist." I demonstrate by making a fist of my own. "Now, while you hold those fists, I want you to ...

41. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... : (Sliding sugar and creamer toward MAY) Yeah, sit down and take a load off your feet. MAY: (Taking coffee and saying "thanks," then fixing it) Well, that time is here. Every year it gets here sooner, and I have to admit, I'm getting to dislike the whole thing! (ALL continue to sip coffee naturally throughout conversation.) MARCY: What whole thing? You mean Christmas? MAY: Yes, I mean Christmas! JANE: Shame on you. How can you say that about Christmas? MAY: Oh, it's not that I really don't like Christmas ...

42. Life As An Investment

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... words, "the pragmatic stuff that preoccupies the middle-aged." He says that "I was overly concerned with what would happen next week and the week after next." John Sculley knew that he was safe and happy at Pepsico. But he also knew that he had grown to dislike the competitive nature of the business. He also knew how bored he was. Steven Jobs at Apple Computer sensed this. And so he finally confronted his new friend with this pointed question. He said to John, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life ...

43. Inner Experience (Wedding Sermon)

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Mary Lu Warstler

... decision you must make as you determine to work through all the little trials and irritations of life, making that commitment to live each day of your lives in love and intimacy. You are two separate individuals. You each have your own likes and dislikes, your hopes and dreams, your abilities and talents. That must never be lost in the togetherness. But there must be room for mutual enjoyments, hopes and dreams, and learning from one another. You are still two separate individuals, but you are now becoming ...

44. Receive The Holy Spirit

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, and the savage - may eventually be gathered in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone." Mark Twain obviously held a great dislike for the telephone, probably because, among other things, it renders a person to be easily accessible, even when they prefer to be inaccessible. Of course, someone is always quick to remind us, "You don't have to answer the telephone." We know that ...

45. The Shouting Stones

Luke 19:40

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... could no longer be the leaders. But the people kept shouting and waving their banners. Everywhere you went you could hear things being said like "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord." Those were dangerous words, and frightening words, to the people who disliked Jesus. These men told Jesus to tell his disciples to be quiet. But they would not be quiet. The disciples had waited a long time for a day like this and they loved it. Other people who had only heard of Jesus began to shout and sing ...

46. Who Is Your King?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... which outwardly appear clean and beautiful, but inside are full of the bones of the dead" (23:27). In four short days, Jesus has antagonized both the Roman political leaders and the Jewish religious leaders. He has united them in opposition to Him. If they feared or disliked Him before, now they want Him dead. Jesus knows that regardless of what He does or fails to do, the world is going to put Him to death, one way or the other. He knows the Scripture: the Messiah must be "wounded for our transgression and ...

47. The Kingdom of God Is Like… a Joke!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Steven Burt

... ditch, and then had a Jewish lay person stop. It would have seemed somewhat heroic, and the hearers might have felt good about themselves. But then it would have been just a nice little story. We need to know that the pious Jews despised Samaritans -- not disliked, but avoided them almost under penalty of death. To the Jews, the Samaritans were the scum of the earth. Now recall the story. A Jew, and probably a pious Jew (since he is traveling to Jericho from Jerusalem), is set upon by robbers, stripped of ...

48. A Farewell Gift

John 14:15-31

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... the two boys may indeed quit fighting. They may even shake hands and walk away in a peaceful manner. But beneath their tranquil exteriors the feelings which ignited the conflict may still be raging out of control. Inside they may be experiencing a whole host of emotions: dislike, fear, revenge and anger. The two boys part in "peace" but they do not experience it. The peace of which Jesus speaks is not simply the end of conflict nor is it, for that matter, even the lack of inner struggle. The peace of God is ...

49. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... really cold down in that hole. They would tell stories that my dad made me swear I would never tell my mother, and they laughed about things that took me another 15 years to understand well enough to chuckle at. Mom said it wasn't the stories she disliked, nor the little "warm up" from the cabinet, but the smell they brought with them. Funny, I had never noticed. Mom said that those two guys were "salty." All that I know is that when these two arrived, our house changed. That's what salt does. It changes ...

50. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

Justin Tull

... is that they give me a painful reminder that I am truly lacking in spiritual depth and perfection. The fact that they may be hypocrites and self-righteous snobs does not negate the truth of their criticisms. Don’t you just hate it when someone you dislike is right about your weaknesses? When someone calls the church or me “Spirit foul” rather than “Spirit full,” I know there is some truth to their assessment. But I also know that these self-appointed spiritualists will be judged by God and not by ...

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