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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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476. Don't Settle for Half A Glass

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... cast away people than there are right now. Judging would probably be the order of the day, and life would be a living... Well, you know what. IV. The Good News A. The Good News is that Jesus didn't settle for half a glass. He waited. Yes, He was thirsty. Yes, He was hungry. Yes, He was tempted. No, He wasn't looking forward to the pain of the cross. But luckily for us, He looked beyond the cross to what awaited on the other side of that pain, our salvation and the power of the Holy Spirit in our ...

477. The Christian Gospel in a Nutshell

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... can eat for $3.79. It is not your prompt service or your clever menu That brings me to your door. But I come, Mr. Johnson, because I do not come alone. Your tables become altars where the cup is shared. Love absorbs spilled sins like your thirsty napkin. On your neutral ground God becomes incarnate Without the flutter of angelic wings. That’s the Christian witness and that’s the task of each of us - your kitchen table, your office desk your place on the assembly line, the space beside your locker in the ...

478. Let Everything That Breathes Praise the Lord

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... can eat for $5.95, It’s not your prompt service or your clever menu that brings me to your door, but I come Mr. Johnson because I do not come alone. Your tables become an altar where the cup is shared. Love absorbs spilled sins like thirsty napkins and on your neutral ground, God becomes incarnate. Without the flutter of angel wings.” You see, praise must be taken to the street - to the places where we work and spend our time. Praise must be translated into daily life by loving involvement with God’s ...

479. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , though not many people like to hear about them. This fellow said that when the doctor sewed him up after surgery, he left the sponge inside. His sympathetic listener asked him if he had any pain. “No,” said the fellow, “but I sure do get thirsty.” I have an insatiable thirst for good preaching. Sometimes I’m tempted to preach what I think is a masterpiece of a sermon from someone else. I resist that because I think the integrity of preaching comes through the very person and personality of the ...

480. Being the Lord's Instrument

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . F. Hutton - when you speak, nobody seems to listen, Moses must have been plagued with that thought throughout the Exodus journey. Over and over again, the Israelites challenged his leadership. And it was no different when they got to Rephidim. No water was there. The people were thirsty. They began to find fault with Moses. Moses did what you and I would have done. He cried to the Lord. “What shall I do with this people? They’re almost ready to stone me.” And here we come to the three big lessons of ...

481. When Being Christian Has Worn You Down (Compassion Fatigue)

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 25. The basis on which we will be judged is made scathingly clear. The basis? Compassion Love and care for others. “Come, oh blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” (Matthew 25:3-36) But when did we do this, we might ask. And ...

482. Why Do People Suffer?

John 9:1-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... WHEN SUFFERING HAPPENS? I move now to the second question, which is much more critical than the first. What can we do when suffering happens? May I suggest three things. We can embrace God's grace. Jesus says, Come to the waters, stand by my side, I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied. I felt every tear drop when in darkness you've cried, and I've come to remind you, that for those tears I died. There is one who suffers beside us. You do not have to die with a guilty conscience, nor live with one ...

483. Come to Bethlehem and See

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Deepest Hungers of your Heart Come to Bethlehem, the “place of bread" and taste the bread of life. Christ is food for your soul. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry. He who drinks from my cup will never be thirsty." When I was in the hospital I went for two weeks without a bite to eat and only an occasional sip of water to keep my mouth moist. Then one day my entourage of caretakers announced that I could go home if I could eat and drink enough to ward ...

484. What Would Jesus Say About War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... fail to do so. Harsh words, hard words. On November 27, 1095 A.D. Pope Urban II called on the people of Western Europe to liberate the holy sites of Jerusalem from the domain of the Muslim Turks. So began the Crusades, a ruthless, blood thirsty, barbaric undertaking by cross-carrying Christians in an effort to deliver holy places from infidels. It is an ugly picture on the face of Christian history. If the thought of Holy War sounds barbaric, foreign and far away, let me remind you of some current events ...

485. What Would Jesus Say About Me?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... we want something, but we are not sure what we want. So we find ourselves trying to satisfy this inner hunger. We try things and go places, earn advancements, move to new houses, divorce and remarry, take up a hobby, try to do good deeds, all the while thirsty for God to fill our cup and make us whole. Ex-Beatle, George Harrison, in an interview shortly before his death said, “Everything else in life can wait, but the search for God cannot wait." Larry King said, “I have a lot of respect for true people ...

486. What Would Jesus Say About the Marginalized?

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... 25: vs 31). The Son of Man comes in all his glory to separate people as a shepherd separates sheep from the goats and on his right he will assemble the sheep and say “Enter into your Masters joy for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, thirsty and you gave me something to drink, a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. As the righteous mumbled about when and how, the king replied ...

487. My Country, Is It of Thee?

Psalm 9:9-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... has been in proportion to its ability to care for the least of its members. There is an old parody of Jesus' parable concerning the least of these which goes something like this: I was hungry and you formed a committee to discuss my hunger. I was thirsty and you debated the ethics of certain drinks. I was a stranger and you called the welcome wagon. I was naked and you questioned my morality. I was sick and you made health care unaffordable. I was in prison and you voted for capital punishment. Liberty and ...

488. We Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

1 John 1:5-2:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... mark of High Calling. The word is harmartia. It is failure to be what we are created to be. It is refusing to see what we need to see. It is more than wrong deeds; it is missed opportunity. Jesus said I was hungry and you gave me no food, thirsty and you gave no drink. A stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. We have left undone those things we ought to have done. We need God's mercy. II. We can do ...

489. Can the Rich Be Saved?

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... he’s got. He already has it made; now he wants to matter, so he comes to Jesus asking “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The critical questions are: 1. Where is the life you have lost in living? 2. Are you drowning in things but thirsty for meaning? 3. Are you making a life or making a living? These are critical questions, crucial questions, the kind of things we need to ask. In the midst of that honest quest for understanding and meaning and purpose in life, Jesus turns to the young man and ...

490. Checking Out the Scene

John 1:35-42

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Jesus meets us at our point of need. He comes to us where we hurt. To the imprisoned, He is the key to freedom; to the sick, He is the great physician. To the trapped, He’s the door; to the hungry, He is the bread of life. To the thirsty, He is living water; to the wanderer, He is the way. To the confused, He is the truth; to the dead, He is the resurrection and the life. To anyone willing to listen, He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. O, what a relief it is to ...

491. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... satisfied.” Happy are those who have a deep desire to know God. They won’t be disappointed. It might be a small group of youth, it might be a prayer group that you are in or it could be a Sunday school class. Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for God. God will honor them. Are you being called to push out into the deeper waters of faith and explore the mysteries of His grace? II. WHEN SURFACE FAITH IS NOT ENOUGH, IT MAY BE TIME TO CONFESS OUR SINS. In Verse 8 we read, “When Simon Peter saw ...

492. The Power to Begin Again

Acts 3:12-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... pounds the ground the rest of him stays put. Finally, in defeat Garfield laments, “The spirit is willing, but the springer is weak!" Sometimes my soul has a weak springer. How about you? I could use some refreshment in my soul. Jesus said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and find drink." If you are weary, come to Jesus and find rest. The water that Jesus gives becomes a spring of water, welling up to eternal life. They, who drink this spiritual water, will never thirst again. Though my weary ...

493. Serving the Poor—Compassionately

Matthew 25: 31-40

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a few pointers that I hope you think about in the hours to come. I. SAINTS ARE THOSE WHO SEE. Every time I read Jesus' parable of the Last Judgment, I am struck by the adverb “when." ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or when did we see you thirsty, or when did we see you naked, or when did we see you sick?' Both those who see and those who fail to see the needs around them ask the same question, “When?" Those who helped didn't remember helping; those who passed by didn't remember passing by. So ...

494. The Joyful Provider

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... strange sort of miracle of Jesus; it's not a tragedy that he is taking care of. It's just an embarrassment that He's trying to cover. But here He is. There is a wedding going on and the wine runs out; the jugs are empty; the guests are thirsty. How embarrassing and how disturbing and how confusing. Don't be too hard on the hosts. After all this is a Middle Eastern wedding. This is no 30-minute service with a two-hour reception. This is a full week of festivities. People are coming from near and far. Nobody ...

495. Streams of Living Water

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Lee Griess

... receive." Friends, it's time for us to take our faith seriously. It is time for us to dedicate ourselves to deepening our faith. It is time to send down our roots and its time to get passionate about our faith. Jesus says to us, "If anyone is thirsty, let them come to me and drink." For I will give you streams of living waters. That is what Jesus offered the Samaritan woman and that's what he offers us as well: streams of living water that flow from his sufferings and death. Jesus offers streams of living ...

496. The Holy Way

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Tony Everett

... way God's people perceive the wilderness, and 3) transforming the way God's people behave in the wilderness. First, God changes the wilderness. "Waters and streams shall nourish the dry land" (Isaiah 35:6 cf). "The burning sand shall become a pool and the thirsty ground springs of water" (Isaiah 35:7). "Wild beasts and predators will not be found there" (Isaiah 35:7, 9 cf). "Lions and other predatory beasts will not live in the wilderness anymore" (Isaiah 35:9 cf). "In the wilderness, the glory and majesty ...

497. The Proof Is in the Pudding

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... s expense. They have been greeted each morning by the massive cloudy pillar, and gone to sleep each night with the fiery pillar visible outside their tents. They have been abundantly fed with quail, and daily sustained with manna. And yet, when they get a little thirsty, they question the very presence of God: "Is the Lord among us or not?" It may not be a sympathetic question, at all. It may, instead, be a myopic and faithless question, and an offense to the God who has guided and provided every step along ...

498. A Change of Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... Israelites escaped from the pursuing Egyptian army by miraculously crossing the Red Sea. They followed Moses into the wilderness where they would journey to the promised land. However, not everything went well for the people, they complained about being hungry and thirsty. They questioned Moses' authority and motivation. Did he lead them into the wilderness so they could die from starvation? Some suggested returning to Egypt, where life might not have been great living as slaves, but at least they had a ...

499. A Question of Loyalty

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... God," she explains, "I would have to get to know him better." It took most of the day before anyone found her because of where she was. Unfortunately, the rescuers could not reach her. She would have to spend a second night on that ledge. "I was tired, thirsty, very sunburned and spent," she recalled. Before she was rescued by a helicopter the next day, she felt God remind her of the two greatest commandments, love of God and love of neighbor. "I'd loved Jesus since I was eleven," she said, "but I hadn't ...

500. Not All of This Is Me

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... their needs, as manna, or bread, showered down from heaven. Each morning, the people ate their fill of the bread from heaven. When the people grumbled about not having meat to eat, God sent quail for them to feast on. At another point, the people were thirsty and God instructed Moses to strike a rock with his rod. The result was that enough water flowed for all the people and even their livestock to drink. These experiences taught the people to trust God, God would continue to provide for all their needs ...

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