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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William B. Kincaid, III
... going to be sacrificed." This Lamb of God imagery says something very different from "light of the world" or "bread of life" imagery. Jesus as the light of the world illumines and brings warmth. Jesus as the bread of life satisfies our deepest spiritual and physical hunger. Jesus as the Lamb of God speaks of one who was on his way to the cross. Leslie Weatherhead disagreed with those who believe Jesus was destined to die on the cross from the beginning, saying that God's plan was for people to follow Jesus ...
527. Advent 2
Matthew 3:1-12, Isaiah 11:1-16, Romans 14:1--15:13
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Russell F. Anderson
... any living church. Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12 The desert experience. The gospel writer pegs John's ministry in the Judean wilderness; the significance is more than geographical. In semitic thought, the wilderness is a hostile and ominous place. It is the haunt of hunger, thirst, death, outlaws, and demons. It is home for dangerous creatures scorpions and snakes. The wilderness was considered an area of primal chaos or as cursed by God. John the Baptist went into this dark region to do battle with the force of ...
528. Salvaging Our Lives
Genesis 29:15-30
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... ministry, Paul suffered imprisonment and countless beatings and often was brought near to death. He received 39 lashes on five occasions, three times he was beaten with rods, on one occasion he was stoned, he was shipwrecked three times, and he had to endure hunger, hardship, toil, and fear from every corner (2 Corinthians 11:23-28). And yet Paul can proclaim, "We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). As Jacob experienced ...
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... Moses is so paralyzed by the skepticism of the people. There is something sorely missing in the Sinai Desert: it's trust. Look in the dictionary for the word "faith." The primary definition for faith is reliance or trust. Insecurity cannot breed faith anymore than hunger can breed happiness. We find then that God brings water out of the rock, not merely to satisfy a thirsty people, but to build trust in a community that had forgotten how to rely on anyone except slave masters. They needed to live free and ...
530. Maundy Thursday
Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116
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Russell F. Anderson
... ); Psalm 116:10-17 "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his servants" (v. 13). Prayer Of The Day: Bounteous God, as you have freely showered your blessings upon us, so also fill us with the Bread of Heaven, that we might hunger no more, and the cup of salvation, to quench our thirsty souls. In Jesus' name. Amen. Theme: Victory Feast. The Passover and the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist, are feasts celebrating the Lord's victory over oppression and sin. They are occasions for remembering whose we ...
531. Transfiguration
2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13
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Russell F. Anderson
... Caesarea-Philippi, but on the mountain of transfiguration, he and the others were bowled over by it. The western world has come to so worship human reason that we are largely unaware of the transcendent dimension of the Spirit. Yet, at the same time, we hunger to experience the domain of the Spirit. The Spirit of God is never far from the surface of our lives but are we looking and listening for such breakthroughs? Outline: 1. The Christ event is a breakthrough of transcendence 2. The transfiguration was a ...
532. Christmas 1
Galatians 3:26--4:7, Galatians 3:15-25, Colossians 3:1-17, Hebrews 2:5-18, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18
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Russell F. Anderson
... . The woman is in severe depression caused by the loss of her baby and a troubled marriage. The short of it is that Clara becomes their live-in maid and the confidant of their son, about ten years old, who at first bitterly resents her intrusion. He hungers for intimacy and warmth from his parents. The problem is that the mother is so caught up in her own grief and the father with his toys that the boy's feelings are totally discounted. For both of them, individual happiness is paramount. The needs of their ...
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John A. Terry
... a horrible distortion. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. This is a wonderful promise, but it may also seem like the least accessible one of the beatitudes. We can be poor in spirit without wanting to be. We often mourn and feel meek. We can hunger and thirst for things to be right. We can act mercifully. But how do we go about being pure in heart? One pastor said that his reaction to this beatitude was not very positive. He said, "To tell me to be pure in heart seems about as helpful as ...
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Harold Warlick
... God's people. We live on an earth where, with all its abundance, over 20 million people die of starvation each year. Over twelve million of those are children under the age of five. In addition to the 30,000 children who starve to death each day are those whom hunger does not kill. Since the brain accomplishes eighty percent of its growth in the first three years of a child's life, no amount of food later in life can repair the damage. What if you were God and your spouse (our world) was doing that to your ...
535. Double Image
Matthew 5:1-12
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William G. Carter
... of the day when every tear shall be dried and suffering shall be no more. Regardless of whatever distress we experience today, the beatitudes announce that someday God will set things right. After all, Jesus says those who mourn will be comforted. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied. The beatitudes give us hope for the future. They keep us going in the present by pointing to what lies ahead. On the morning before Bill Clinton took the presidential oath of office, he went to a ...
536. Learning to Live Without Jesus
John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4
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William G. Carter
... resources. We live in a world that ignores both its Creator and its creatures, a world that peddles sound bytes as treatises of fact, a world that deceitfully tells us that we can make ourselves righteous if only we keep trying harder. In short, our world hungers to know the grace and truth of Jesus Christ. Meanwhile the church is preoccupied with paper clips on its own bureaucratic floor. We struggle in the church to wait for the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit, to live by the Spirit who has many things ...
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John A. Stroman
... Wink reminds us in his powerful book, Engaging the Powers, "Jesus identifies today with every victim of torture, incest, or rape; with every peasant caught in the crossfire of an enemy patrol; with every single one of the forty thousand children who die each day of hunger ... with the Alzheimer's patient who is slowly losing the capacity of recognition and the AIDS patient who is barely holding on to life" (p. 142). The good news is that in Jesus God became flesh and knows life exactly as we know it, every ...
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John A. Stroman
... aspect of human life. We cannot do that if we stand aloof, unrelated to the world. In our baptism, we identify with others as Christ has identified with us. We willingly become the hands of Christ to do the work of love and reconciliation. 1. Howard Thurman, Deep Is The Hunger (Harper and Row, 1973), p.72.
539. Hate Evil
John 3:1-21
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Harry N. Huxhold
... with the hard fact that at the end of this twentieth century nations still go to war. We know that we have to spend enormous sums to maintain a defense posture. Yet we have not found ways to make it just as emergent to fight the enemies of hunger, famine, and injustice the world over. The crises we face in the world are signs of how the world perishes. The world sows the seeds of its own destruction. Evil and demonic leadership highlight for us how people prefer to live in the bondage to their own desires ...
540. Joseph's Pit
Genesis 37:1-11
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Jerry Eckert
... stomach. "How could you be so ungrateful," he cried. "I'll take the guilty one and make him my slave!" The brothers dissolved in frustration and anger. Their youngest brother, Ben, hadn't been released by Jacob, their father, except for dire concern: hunger. Judah, speaking for the brothers, offered himself in place of Benjamin. He told of how the death of another brother, Joseph, long ago had nearly killed their father. This would surely do it, if Benjamin were imprisoned in Egypt. As Judah spoke, Joseph ...
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John A. Terry
... a horrible distortion. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. This is a wonderful promise, but it may also seem like the least accessible one of the beatitudes. We can be poor in spirit without wanting to be. We often mourn and feel meek. We can hunger and thirst for things to be right. We can act mercifully. But how do we go about being pure in heart? One pastor said that his reaction to this beatitude was not very positive. He said, "To tell me to be pure in heart seems about as helpful as ...
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Richard A. Jensen
... that Christ is a Shepherd who feeds us body and spirit. The physicality of the bread in the supper needs to be linked with our need for physical bread. The bread and wine of the supper are symbols of our Shepherd's care for our many hungers. This way of telling these stories puts the emphasis on the initiative of God in reaching out to feed hungry people. That is a good gospel-centered reality to fix at the center of your sermon. Readers of these pages will represent many denominations. Having told these ...
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Richard A. Jensen
... that Jesus fed the multitudes twice. (See chapter 6:30-44 and 8:1-10.) Each time there are a lot of leftovers. Twelve baskets of leftovers in chapter 6, seven baskets of leftovers in chapter 8. And then we hear the disciples being afraid for their hunger because they only have one loaf! When the stories of the feedings and the disciples' fear that they have only one loaf are told together, they strike us with comic effect! Jesus' words to the disciples in this boat story are mind-boggling. To his disciples ...
544. August 7-13
John 6:25-59
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RobertT D. Ingram
... Father who has drawn you here today; because all those drawn to Christ will be raised up on the last day.(The worshipers respond by singing the hymn "I Know Whom I Have Believed.") Prayer God of salvation and life, the Israelites murmured against Moses because of hunger. You gave them manna from heaven to eat, and they complained because they had no meat. In the same way, the Jews murmured against Jesus' claim to be from heaven. "We know his father and mother," they said. "How can he be the bread that came ...
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RobertT D. Ingram
... there are already so many wars between the nations! Congregation: "Do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come." Leader 1: But what about the earthquakes? There seem to be more than usual! Leader 2: And there are people dying of hunger! Famines are one of the signs of the end! Congregation: This is but the beginning of the birthpangs. Prayer God of power and might, help us not to put our trust in human works. The disciples were impressed with the temple's massive stones, but only ...
546. Christmas 2
Matthew 25:31-46
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RobertT D. Ingram
... his understanding and his answers. Cng: We too are amazed at the simplicity and the depth of your words, O Lord. Teach us again, Rabbi of the heart, and bless us with your wisdom and favor. Prayer Like Jesus, we must be in your house, heavenly Father. We hunger for the discussions of your Word. We ache with the desire to please you with righteousness. We long for communion with you, and we only live when we lift up your praise.Accept us into your house today, Father of grace and love, and let our souls be ...
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Leonard H. Budd
... of "undermining the military power" and sentenced to death. New attempts were made to save his life. His wife and the young priest who had replaced his exiled pastor journeyed to Berlin to see him. As they talked with him, they could see traces of the hunger and abuse he was undergoing. They talked of "duty," of "only following orders," of the state's "authority," of the fact that his solitary actions would ultimately mean nothing. He replied that he did not wish to be guilty of any injustice, he could not ...
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Charles R. Leary
... to in Shaw’s play. And the Gospel makes it clear what that “something else” is: the Bread of Life is not an idea, not an ideal, not a principle, not an abstraction. The Bread of Life is a Person. I cannot live on bread alone. My deepest hunger is to be in union with persons, persons who listen, who understand, who care, who love, who give. Jesus Christ is the Person who does that more completely than any one I know. 1. George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Brentano’s, New York, 1921, pp. 37-38 ...
549. I Saw a New Heaven
Revelation 21:1-27
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John R. Brokhoff
... from all the friends he loved by being exiled on that lonely island of Patmos. How he must have longed for the life to come, in which there will be no more separations! Every time a loved one in Christ is taken away from us by death, we can hunger even more in our heart for Heaven’s eternal togetherness in Christ. One more aspect of life in Heaven is promised in today’s lesson from Revelation. “And the sea was no more,” we read. Although this might appear to refer to the sea as separating us from ...
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Robert Salzgeber
... to be dissatisfied. Later on the whole Israelite community complained to Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses struck a rock and water came out of it for people to drink. But the whole Israelite community continued not to be satisfied. They continued to hunger and thirst after righteousness. "I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never be thirsty." Jesus is once again making reference to a common everyday thing in order to ...
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