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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. God's Glory

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... : Grace, truth, goodness, mercy, justice, knowledge, power, eternality—all that he is. Therefore, the glory of God is intrinsic, that is, it is as essential to God as light is to the sun, as blue is to the sky, as wet is to water. You don’t make the sun light; it is light. You don’t make water wet; it is wet. In all of these cases, the attribute is intrinsic to the object. In contrast, man’s glory is granted to him. If you take a king and take off all his robes and crowns and give him only a rag ...

27. Learning to Walk in the Dark

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... one was going to hurt them. “At first we didn’t know what to do to help them,” she said. “But then we walked along the shore and we saw families and babies. The babies were wet through-and-through. Everyone was wet through and through. We asked if they had cell phones. Those were wet too. “After a bit we got organized and did shopping. Brought back water, food, and disposable diapers — lots of disposable diapers. We helped hold the babies while the mommies changed them. I must have looked like ...

28. Fleeced

Judges 6:1-40, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... do. And God did. Gideon placed sheep’s fleece –like this one here—in the center of the threshing floor. He knew that in the morning, if the fleece were wet, but the floor not, then he had truly heard the voice of God and had seen an angel. The fleece was indeed wet. Again he reversed it –asking the next day that the floor be wet but the fleece remain dry. Again, God provided his sign. And Gideon was assured. Had Gideon doubted, because he didn’t believe in God? No. But Gideon needed reassurance ...

29. Shake It Off

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... well! You know what I’m talking about! Pour a bucket of water on a dog, and Rover’s got it covered. Just “do the wet-dog shake,” wag your tail, and walk away with a lilt in your step! So why do we make it so hard sometimes? Why do ... the doubt that binds you, shake off the fear that paralyzes you, shake off the hesitance that inhibits you. And just keep dancing. Do the “wet dog shake” and move forward with a smile on your face and a lilt in your step. Why? Because that’s what disciples do. More ...

30. Good News Among The Rubble

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... In what seemed like an eternity, but was only a few minutes, the storm passed, the wind died down, the rain stopped, the sky began to clear, and an eerie silence settled around the huddled family. Slowly they climbed out of the ditch. They were shaken and soaking wet but thankful none of them was hurt. "Where is the house?" six-year-old Amy asked. In place of the house there was a desolate empty space against the sky. All the family could see was a pile of bricks with not one brick left upon another. Wooden ...

31. All Tied Up

Luke 7:1-10

Illustration

John R. Steward

... them tied together as he placed the laundry into the dryer. After they had gone through the drying cycle he was even happier to find that the tied bundle was still intact. When he finally returned to his dorm room he quickly discovered that the clothes had certainly gotten wet and were dried but they were still dirty. That is the same thing that happens to us when we fail to confess our sins. When we never admit to God our helplessness and our need for his power, we too keep the bundle all tied up. When we ...

32. Why Not Walk On What Jesus Walked On When He Walked On Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... . When we ask, "What did Jesus walk on when he walked on water?" we aren't asking a scientific question. We are asking a religious question. It is a question that has to do with faith, at least that is the way Jesus framed it when he hauled a dripping-wet Peter out of the water and asked him what happened to his faith. For a moment there, Peter did walk on water like Jesus did. Then he began to sink and Jesus said it was because he lacked faith. This strange nighttime incident did not take place to make us ...

33. Adam And Eve And God

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

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... mist arises from the ground and waters the whole stage of dunes beginning at His feet. He kneels down when the ground at His feet is wet. With the swift hands of a potter, He forms a red sandy lump into the figure of a man. He stands the figure upright beside ... as it reaches the edge of the stage. Deftly, God builds trees, plants, shrubs, bushes, and all kinds of vegetation of the wet crimson soil. These He touches and they turn bright green. He smiles, and fruits and vegetables form on the plants. He takes ...

34. Proper 4

Mark 2:23-3:6, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... emptied into a series of pools at various levels on its plunge to the ocean. In my haste to capture some scenes on my camera, I hurried ahead of my wife Fran. When I finally circled back, I found her sitting soaking wet by the edge of one of the pools. It turns out that she had slipped on a wet rock and slid into the pool. She pictured herself going over the waterfall into the next pool and then the next, on down to the ocean. Fortunately, a man had the presence of mind to throw Fran the end of his ...

35. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... the waves rather than keeping his eyes on Jesus. This could be explained in clear prose: We also can be distracted by the anxieties and worries surrounding us, taking our attention away from Jesus. Instead he said: A lot of us are sopping wet up to our knees. Others are soaking wet up to the belt line, even the shoulders. And some of us are barely holding our heads above water, wondering if we'll make it at all! That's imagery. It's the difference between explaining something abstractly or saying the same ...

36. Do You Believe What He Said?

John 14:29

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some nut cups, some wet cotton for each cup, and a package of dry lima beans. Good morning, boys and girls. We are going to do something exciting today ... cup with some cotton. Now you don't have to put them in water, plant them in the ground, or anything like you usually do. All I want you to do is to put them inside the wet cotton in the cup, and then come back and tell me next week if they did what I said they would do. Remember, I told you that they would grow into plants. I am doing this because ...

37. A Second-place Finish

John 1:29-34

Sermon

John Jamison

... making a living or making a commitment to God, one after the other cries out, "But, what about me?" Position number two has become exceedingly unpopular. Spot number one is the place to be and my rights are the ones to ensure. No, if it were me in John's wet shoes that day when Jesus walked up expecting me to humbly step aside and introduce him as the new "man from God," my lips might have hesitated. So how did John make it look so easy? John knew something that I sometimes forget. He knew why he was there ...

38. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... kind of waved a little wave and nodded. Then I saw him. My first thought was that he was a mousy sort of guy. I mean he looked mousy, or really, I guess it was ratty. He looked like a wet rat, standing out in the middle of the creek with his clothes and his hair just hanging off him soaking wet. This is what we have come so far to see? He was busy talking to someone, then shouting to another. He would dip someone into the water and then turn to the next. So, this is it then? You and ...

39. Life is Messy

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... opening hymn? Why are we doing it there instead?" One religious writer said that in seminary, professors of worship and liturgy gave tips on how to make rituals come alive. "During Holy Baptism, splash the water around, get everything good and soaked," they said. "Let the congregation experience the wetness of the moment." One of the writer’s classmates informed him that putting this advice into practice in his church had resulted in the first anonymous note of his career. The note said, "Get our carpet ...

40. Christ Has Set Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... blame others for our faults. The Lord has taken all blame on himself. Christ has set us free. This is what Luther re-discovered, that the Gospel does not stifle our spirits; it rather gives us new life and new energy. It means Christ is not a wet blanket but an emancipator. Not a giant thumb mashing our souls but a liberator. Devil, begone! You’ve been promising liberty ever since Adam, and all you’ve done is tie us up in chains. Christ, be welcome! You offer us the discipline of repentance and faith ...

41. Fingertip Embalming

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... stereo in the midst of the "Hallelujah Chorus," and the tempo begins to slow, and the tone begins to sag and droop, and finally the whole thing sobs off into silence. And so it was on the evening of the first Easter Day. We met the wet blanket. This has customarily been the Sunday upon which we chastised Thomas, the doubter, as you heard the Gospel read. But let’s look at him this morning sympathetically, with understanding, as a miserable, unhappy, and lonely figure. Surely we can identify with him. You ...

42. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... Even though I was bundled up with extra layers of clothes, I can still remember being so cold that my teeth were chattering. Once I got the papers folded and loaded on my bicycle, my father pulled up in our ‘57 Chevrolet. He said, "Son, it is too cold and wet for you to ride your bicycle on the route this morning. Put the papers in the car and I will drive you." I can still remember that morning, as if it were yesterday. My father had to go to his job. It certainly wasn’t his responsibility to see that ...

43. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... , the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. This was also the very real road of the Palm Sunday event that brought Jesus into the Holy City (Luke 19:28-48). See it in imagination: The early morning rain was still puddled here and there, and the steamy-wet stones at the top of walls were drying under that intense Palestinian sun. It does not rain much on Jerusalem, but this morning (in imagination), as the business of a new week was beginning, everything was drenched. The rain had come in one big downpour, filling ...

44. "If I But Touch..."

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... -year-old by the name of Ashley. She was a gorgeous child, one who made many a young heart to flutter. I had just been with her the night before - the youth group had had a swim party. Soaking wet, she had come up to me, wrapped her arms around my neck, and gave me one of her incredible hugs. Yes, I got wet, but I did not care. Ashley was one of God's great huggers. Over the next several days, I spent a good deal of time in Ashley's home as I tried to offer comfort to her family ...

45. No Holding Back

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... under for the first time, So I gave my hat into the Lord's hand: After that I floated much higher for the hat had been wet through. Then the Lord said, "Give me your coat." "Look," I said, familiar in desperation, "I'm fond of my coat, it's a favorite possession, ... went under the second time, So I gave my coat into the Lord's hand: After that I floated much higher For the coat had been wet through. Then the Lord said, "Give me yourself." And I found that the hardest of all.(8) Amen! 1. 3:15 2. 146:6-9 3. ...

46. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... he could in a desperate effort to reach his friend. It was a struggle between life and death as each tried to reach the other while clinging to their own anchor. Then, suddenly, Gary had Mike's arm and pulled him onto the safety of the rocks. Mike was wet, shivering, and frightened, but safe. Of his heroism Gary simply says, "All I did was lend a hand to a friend; I acted as a source of help when someone I cared about called for it." (2) What a graphic picture of our relationship with Christ! We are about ...

47. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... life saved in a most unusual way. A truck smashed into his house. It was 2:35 a.m. when a driver lost control of his truck on wet pavement, struck the curb and sailed on to the porch of Lee Roy Book's house. Later, a utility crew sought to restore electricity to Book's ... mines, and it was their hazardous job to be the first to enter a mine each morning. They would wrap themselves in wet rags to make themselves as `fireproof' as possible and then, grabbing a long, flaming stick, they would go in and ignite ...

48. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... time to be taken seriously as a rabbi. He was always mingling with the wrong kinds of people, going to weddings and parties and such things. Jesus loved life, and could never understand those people who did not. He was not like the people who always bring their wet blankets to every party. He brought joy wherever He went. For Him life was a good gift from a loving God, and was to be savored and enjoyed to the full. He was continually amazed that so many people all around Him seemed to be wasting their lives ...

49. Jedi Christians

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... with your beloved. Believing can give you dreams. Following can give you blisters. Or as Peter finds out in today's gospel text wet feet! Believing in Jesus got all the disciples to obediently climb aboard their boat and to sail off in advance of their ... Peter, he succinctly defines the difference between belief and faith. Peter's belief got him rescued, but his lack of faith got him all wet. It was the wind that distracted Peter's fleeting faith and tripped him up even as he took his first baby steps of ...

50. How to Live a Sizzle-When-It-Drizzles Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... replied: “Maybe you should try having your crisis of faith in the church with the rest of us. I’m sure you’re not the only one.” Whether we come together in strength or in weakness, we stand together in Christ. There is no better place to be wet, or wounded, or weary, than in the center of a community that will offer protection and love. Is there anyone who did not download the incredible video on You-Tube a few months ago that depicted the battle of a herd of wildebeests for the life of one little ...

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