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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. Joy of the Redeemed

Isaiah 35:1-10

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... for that is the miracle! 35:6b–7 The fourth scene returns to the wilderness, where the transformation of people reflects that of the landscape from desert to pool. It is a different transformation from that of verses 1–2. Normally the land is parched and brown. Neither human beings nor animals or plants can easily live there. Then suddenly the terrain is the same, but transformed somehow. It is water supply that makes the entire difference. The bubbling of people mirrors the gushing of waters that turns ...

27. The Well Watered Soul

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Ezekiel 47:1-12, Matthew 12:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... many blessings God bestows upon them, they can only see gloom and emptiness. They refuse to stand in the rain. For whatever reasons, they refuse to soak in the outpourings of the Spirit, and they get dry and brittle, pinched and prunish. Prunes are people with a parched spirit. It’s easy to get a case of the Prunes when you forget to reach for the nourishment of God. Or, as in the case of King Jeroboam, you reach for something else instead. But there’s something more to learn from that scripture today ...

28. Then There Was One

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... to begin their journey to the priests while the marks of leprosy are still on their bodies. We do not know how far they travel before someone begins to notice a dramatic change in their condition. Perhaps one feels a sensation like a cooling breeze on his parched skin. He looks at his hands. They are smooth and free of sores. He lifts his robe and examines his legs. No longer are they disfigured and discolored. They appear as sturdy as they were when he was a youth. He gives a great shout. "My leprosy ...

29. Anybody Listening?

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Acts 3:6). On the rare days when the words are tightly crafted, the logic is unusually clear, and the metaphors are finely tuned, a preacher may look out on one glazed-over face after another. On the more common days when the preacher's throat is parched, the head is pounding, and everybody might have been better off if the preacher had skipped worship and gone out for brunch, someone usually says, "Thank you for your words today; you were speaking to me." So today, I want to preach a sermon about sermons ...

30. Roots Near The River

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Tony Everett

... , as Jeremiah says, place our trust in mere mortals and allow our own past perception to deceive us? The graduate students placed their unquestioning trust in their own understanding. Sin is like that. Living and trusting only in ourselves is like "living in the parched places of the desert, in an uninhabited salt land" (v. 6) -- empty, dry, and full of anxiety. Now, on the other hand, Jeremiah describes godly persons as those whose trust is in the Lord and not limited to human perceptions (v. 7). They are ...

31. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... our human connivances. Ministry, the work that God has given his people to do, can be carried out by a great variety of people. Ministry, the casting out of demons, the proclamation of God's Word, the giving of a cup of water to the parched and thirsty, is not something bequeathed to only a select few of God's people. Ministry, the mighty works done in the name of Jesus, cannot be controlled or limited by officialdom, church bureaucracies, congregational church councils, or even the pastor. Ministry is God ...

32. Cultivating Our Garden

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... and new life. Listen to the words of Isaiah: ... if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden ... (Isaiah 58:10-11) The only way for worship to be worship is to be sure that it comes bubbling up out of being in ministry in and to our world in the name of ...

33. A Ransom Paid

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... fasted to bring an end to the turmoil. As he approached death, a Hindu rushed at him on his litter, and threw a crust of bread at the saint. "Eat!" he demanded. "I am going to hell, but I will not have your death added to my burden!" Gandhi, through parched lips, asked how he had earned hell. "I killed a Moslem child," he said. "I threw him against a wall, and broke his head, because a Moslem had killed my son." "I know a way out of hell," Gandhi replied. As the stunned man listened, Gandhi told him, "Go ...

34. When Life Doesn't Go According To Plan

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... palm trees in the desert stand out against the stark desert background. Hagar gathers all her strength and goes to see. Sure enough, it is a source of water. She fills the goatskin and takes it back to Ishmael. The water slakes his thirst. His parched lips are healed. He regains his strength. This particular story ends by saying they continue to live in the wilderness. Ishmael becomes an expert archer. His mother finds him a wife from among the Egyptians who travel through the area. There is a tendency ...

35. It's Part Of The Plan

Drama

Karren Boehr

... land of Canaan. RUEBEN: (Along with JUDAH kneels with face to the ground in front of JOSEPH) Oh, Mighty and Great One, we, your humble servants, have traveled far. We come from a land where there has been no rain for many months. Our fields are parched; our flocks, our wives, our children are starving. We are here because we heard there was grain in Egypt. JOSEPH: (Remains stone-faced, silent, then abruptly turns and walks to left of stage. He is obviously shaken as he begins to pace) I am Joseph, second ...

36. The Spirit Of The Lord Is Upon Us

Drama

Karren Boehr

... me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them. I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very parched and dry. And he asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I said, "O Sovereign Lord, you alone know." Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says ...

37. Just In Time

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... ." Thus, manufacturers do not have capital tied up in warehouses full of that which is waiting to be processed. Often we pray to a "just in time" God. We desire for our benevolent God to send healing, hope, manna in the desert, rain on the parched earth, peace, prosperity, guidance and direction, all "just in time." And when healing does come, when help arrives, when our position is clarified and direction is found, sometimes we have the presence of mind to pray thankful prayers to the One who is the source ...

38. Epiphany 4

Luke 4:14-30

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... the power of your love through the life, death and resurrection of your son. Your love is far beyond our comprehension! Only your love can soften our resistance to the truth and set us on the new course of eternal life. Only your love can satisfy the parched dryness of our souls. Only your love can enable us to identify the gifts which you have placed within us. Only your love can sensitize us so that we become more and more alert to opportunities to use our gifts in your service. Your love is far ...

39. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... hope (the living-dead) 2. Many people today are in the same predicament 3. The Word of God raised them to life and gave them hope 4. The Word of the Risen Christ raises us and gives us hope Sermon Title: Body Building. Alternate Sermon Angle: God took the parched skeleton of the nation of Israel and gave it tendon and muscle. When I was a child, I was attracted by the Charles Atlas Body Building Course, found in comic books. I even sent for information because I wanted to build up my body. God is in the ...

40. The Righteous

Sermon

John A. Terry

I have never been to the Holy Land, but I have heard the land described. The "desert" in Palestine is not made up of sand dunes, but of parched, rock-filled crusty soil. It quickly turns to dust in the long dry seasons. This is an arid land where water was used only for the most essential needs. When the rain falls, the thirsty land is satisfied and in a few days the land rejoices with blossoms shooting up ...

41. Water Won't Quench The Fire

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , giving us a glimpse of Christ in the gentle word or generous gift, in the compassionate deed or the joyful song. Jesus Christ is alive; and as his first order of business, he comes to fill us with life. His gracious, abundant life promises to spill into every parched, weary heart, until the day when even a dying world will be raised from the dead. That is the intent of Christ's living water, promised in Easter and sealed in the fire of Pentecost. And water won't quench the fire. 1. Raymond E. Brown, The ...

42. Facing Failures With the Gospel Proclamation

Matthew 13:1-23

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... long dry spells to occur in our spiritual lives. As the ground of our hearts is neglected, it becomes hard and unyielding. This is what happens when we fail to cultivate the soil of our hearts with your word. Depth of soil, Lord, that's what we need! Refresh our parched and thirsty spirits with the water of life. Send the rain of your Spirit into our hearts, so that the ground of our souls may be softened and your word will take root and grow. Then, Lord, may the word of life take hold of us so that we grow ...

43. The Righteous

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

John A. Terry

44. Absalom, Absalom

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... and Absalom, father and son, are encamped on opposite sides of the Jordan, readying themselves for the battle, readying themselves for the inevitable. It is poignant that David provides for his troops in such abundance: beds, basins, earthen vessels, barley meal, parched grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, and sheep and cheese from the herd. David provides a lavish spread David cannot provide for his beloved Absalom ... on the eve before the final battle. The sun rises. David orders Joab, his general ...

45. Proper 28

Mk 13:1-32 · Heb 10:11-25 · 1 Sam 1:4-20 · Ps 16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... God brings a new life into this world it is both a gift and a blessing. Love without strings (vv. 5, 8). For much of the history of humankind, women have been judged according to how well they fulfilled their role as mothers. A childless woman was like a parched spring or a fruitless vine. In spite of this, Elkanah loved Hannah for who she was, not what she could produce. His love was without strings. He consoled his wife by saying: "Am I not more to you than ten sons?" (v. 8). Their love was precious in ...

46. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Lk 2:41-51 · Eph 1:3-18 · Jer 31:7-14 · Ps 147

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... garden" (v. 12). That is the basic definition of the word "Paradise." When a person's life throbs with purpose and joy, he experiences his life as a paradise. However, when a person feels depressed, he is likely to describe his or her life as parched and arid. Jeremiah may have been referring not only to an external reality but also an internal state. When God restored them to favor, it would seem like Paradise regained. We can all experience our lives as a "well watered garden" when we live in harmony ...

47. An Outcast · The Woman Of Samaria

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... hand over hand, she lowered the vessel until she felt its added weight in the water. When she pulled the crock up it brimmed over, spilling a small puddle at her feet. Only then did Jesus speak. He had had a long morning under a hot sun, and he was parched. So he asked the woman for a drink. It was a daring thing to do, not simply because she was a Samaritan and an outcast, but because she was a woman; and his request astounded her. Surely, she must have thought, this strange Jew was familiar with the laws ...

48. A Family Member · Salome

Mt 20:20-21 · Mk 15:40; 16:1-2

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... by scooping out shallow ovals in the fields and ringing them with rocks to support the two-handled cooking pots used for boiling porridge or stewing meat. (1 Samuel 2:13-14) So, too, there would be open flames to kindle for roasting or parching small sheaves of grain. (Ruth 2:14) Occasionally, conditions permitting, there would be mud ovens to construct for the baking of cakes. (Leviticus 2:4) Often, too, garments must be mended where brambles had snagged them and, when the opportunity arose, laundered by ...

49. Liquid Hope

John 7:25-44

Sermon

James Weekley

... floodgates of his Life Source. There, we are overwhelmed by his surging surf. We meet him, as did Jesus, knee-deep in the Jordan, on the terms of intimacy. His compassion for us splashes forth. He never gives up on us, you know. "Will our trust turn its parched lips toward his healing streams?" Remember that Jesus did not thirst on a tree so that we might dam up the "waters of life" in the stagnated eddies of doubt and fear. He thirsted in order that his love might flow freely through us to thirsting others ...

50. The Kindergarten Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Erskine White

... is Creator, Lord and Judge of all that is and is yet to be, we pray today for the needs of people everywhere, and especially for the children: ... for children who are poor in the material necessities of life, who must beg for food and shelter in parched deserts and city streets alike just to survive from day to day; ... for children who are victims of disaster, who are left homeless by hurricanes and floods, or as refugees from war; ... and for children who are rich in things but poor in spirit, who are ...

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