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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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526. God’s Timing Is Perfect

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Dwight Gunter

Christopher Columbus, discouraged one day, walked by a monastery. He was thirsty, so he went in for a drink of water. An old monk sat with him and listened to how he wanted to go on an expedition to find another land. When the story was over, Christopher Columbus went on, but the old monk was a personal friend of Queen Isabella, ...

527. When the Service was Interrupted

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Yet, I say to you and I beg you to believe me multiply these tiny triumphs by a million, add them all together, and they are nothing less than nothing, a positive impediment measured against one drink of that living water Christ offers to the spiritually thirsty, irrespective of who or what they are.” (3) That’s authority. Jesus was a wonderful teacher, but no mere teacher has the authority to raise the dead. Jesus was a leader, a prophet, a moral visionary but none of these explain his impact on ...

528. When Others Serve Your Head on a Platter

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... was most frequently “pruned” by fortuitous “accidents” and by flat-out murders. Every famous story of betrayal — from Brutus and the Borgias to the Corlions and the Sopranos were still trying to keep up with the Herodians. Being brutal and blood-thirsty appears to be a trait that surfaced early and often among Herod’s offspring. In today’s gospel text the one named Salome by historian Josephus, the teen-aged daughter of Herodias, creatively expands on her mother’s demand for “the head ...

529. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... us are gifted in some way and it is when we offer our gifts to be used of God that God’s kingdom is brought nearer. Some of our boys and girls may know Aesop’s fable about an old crow who was out in the wilderness and was very thirsty. He had not had anything to drink in a long time. He came to a jug that had a little water in the bottom of it. The old crow reached his beak into the jug to get some of that water, but his beak wouldn’t quite reach. So what ...

530. The Coat Off Your Back

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... hope and plenty, we must give hope as well as share from our abundance. Advent: a time of blessing. Come, you that are blessed by 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 something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me ... Truly I tell you, just as you did it to ...

531. Not Just Being Polite

John 6:25-35

Sermon

Scott Bryte

... is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." — John 6:25-35 It's every year. Every year the parades, every year the football games, every year the big family get-togethers. Every year the kids are home from school, and banks and stores and businesses of all kinds take the day off. Every year there ...

532. The Fig Tree

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... trees who do not produce as we ought. Are you a fig tree in need of a bit more time to bear fruit? Perhaps a bit more nourishment to get the juices flowing? Then listen again to those wonderfully inviting words of the prophet Isaiah: "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost" (55:1). You who struggle at home, you whose jobs bore you or oppress you, you teens who are anxious to make sense of life ...

533. Getting Directions

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and sisters; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches." — 2 Corinthians 11:24-28 (NRSV) But Paul had something to get him through, something that every Christian has ...

534. Easter 5

Psalm 148:1-14, John 13:31-35, Acts 11:1-18, Revelation 21:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... is a dream of a first-century man exiled from his friends and livelihood. His dream “makes up” his reality. Yet the promises are ones twenty-first-century faithful Christians want to hear, too: God’s home is with humankind; I am the first and the last; for the thirsty there is free cool spring water.... How do we let God live in and through us in a culture that overfills time so that companionship and community are hard to come by? Do we honor God by what we eat or by how much of the Bible we have ...

535. Lent 3

Psalm 63:1-8, Isaiah 55:1-9, Luke 13:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... you long to be “at home.” This is the place to praise the living God! People: Thank God for this faith family and for this place of safety and inspiration. Leader: Thank God for the scriptures that encourage our journey together: Come, everyone who is thirsty — here is water! People: We are here to honor the Creator of the universe and to listen again for guidance for our days and nights. Leader: Come, all of you who search for satisfaction in life. People: We turn to God, knowing that divine thoughts ...

536. Proper 22

Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... and silence, with thanksgiving and anticipation we celebrate the Holy Presence here and with God’s people throughout the global village. Leader: There is enough Spirit, enough inspiration, enough goodness, enough bread and wine for everyone who is hungry and thirsty! Prayer Of Thanksgiving Living God — thank you for all Creation — for the circle of the earth and its beauty. We admire the varieties of cultures, languages, and colors of humankind and animal kind. We appreciate the abundance of plants ...

537. Coffee Shop Christmas Eve

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Julia Ross Strope

... tell the story of God and love and birth, of angels and shepherds, and important messages. (Inside a coffee shop, loud music is playing — “Chestnuts roasting....” One family is already seated: Rebecca, Lucy, Sarah, Gail, Jeff, and Grandma. Another family approaches.) Rebecca: I’m thirsty. I want a “splash.” Sarah: Me, too. Lucy: Me, three. Gail: I’d like a cup of coffee. Jeff: It’s 5:00. (They seat themselves at a table.) Jeff: We could have a snack now and drop by church for the Christmas ...

538. The Green Thing

Illustration

... mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got ...

539. The Blood of The Lamb and The Voice of The Shepherd

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... shepherds bringing their flocks home from the various pastures they have grazed during the day. Often those flocks will end up at the same watering hole around dusk, so that they get all mixed up together — eight or nine small flocks turning into a convention of thirsty sheep. But the shepherds do not worry about the mix-up. When it is time to go home, each one uses his or her own distinctive call — a special trill or whistle or a particular tune on reed pipe, and that shepherd's sheep withdraw from ...

540. All in God’s Time

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... as you come to this table. Here you receive a foretaste of the feast to come ... now. Now God makes you his beloved sons and daughters. Now he says, The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let everyone who hears say, "Come." And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.... The one who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! — Revelation 22:17, 20-21 Trusting that promise, you can move mountains, thumb your nose at ...

541. For All the Saints

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... in doing good works, in growing in your knowledge, in being strengthened by your power, and giving thanks. For those living in dire physical circumstances, we ask for your special care. By your mercy, grant food to those who are hungry, clean water to those who are thirsty, relief to those who are oppressed or suffering in any way. Even as we pray for others this morning, we know that our prayers also challenge us. So we ask that you would also lead us in good works, in a deeper knowledge of you, in drawing ...

542. Killing What Is Already Dead

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... comes before the "so." Before the "so," Colossians writes of the creation of the universe. We have read the creation stories in Genesis, of course. In the first story, God creates with just a word (Genesis 1:1-5). In the second, God brings water to thirsty ground (Genesis 2:5-6). The book of Proverbs adds the idea of God using Wisdom as an instrument to create the world. With Wisdom itself speaking in first person, Proverbs teaches, "The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts ...

543. The Place of Prayer

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... God. Rather, I wanted them to discover that they were known and loved by a God who would meet them any place and every place. Whether it was by the riverside with Lydia or in the dungeon with Silas. Whether it was in the Judean wilderness — "a dry and thirsty land" — with David or in the middle of a storm at sea with Peter. Whether it was in the middle of nowhere, where Jacob slept outside with his head on a rock, running away from home to leave his troubles behind him; or at the River Jabbok, where ...

544. Making Ourselves At Home

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... assigned to do rural evangelism work among the Bara people of southern Madagascar. After a fourteen-hour trip on a terrible road we arrived at our destination, Betroka, a dusty town that looked almost like something out of a Hollywood western. Tired, thirsty, exhausted, and nervous, we stepped out of the Land Rover only to find that the local church women were not expecting us yet and so had not cleaned up the old missionary residence that had been vacant for five years. Debbie almost immediately ...

545. Your Life as a Provenance of the Jesus Story

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... want that all you have to do is tune into all that fluffer-nutter “Hallmark Channel” that is on 24-7 this month. Luke offers something much more substantial. The “water” Luke’s text offers to those on a Bethlehem pilgrimage offers thirsty travelers a deep draft of real history. First, he reminds his readers of just how politically polluted the environment was in first century Palestine. Tiberius was Emperor. At the end of his reign he went mad, terrorized the entire populace, and was responsible ...

546. Blessed Are Those Who Believe

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you trust God.”(3) God has His reasons for not revealing Himself more clearly to us. Probably it is because it is essential to our spiritual growth to question and to ponder and to seek God as a thirsty person seeks for water. Besides, most of us have certainty enough. Jesus said that all we need is faith the size of a mustard seed and we will be able to move mountains (Matthew 17:20). It’s not how much faith we have that makes the crucial difference ...

547. The Healing Fountain of Tears

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... our eyes, it is our job, our joy, to dab the eyes of those who are watering the soil with their tears, especially those who cannot wipe the tears away for themselves. And it is our job, our joy, to help cry those who too hungry, too thirsty, too dehydrated for tears to form in their eyes. There is an old Jewish saying: “In the desert of the heart, let the healing fountain start.” Whatever the desert of your heart this morning, let the healing fountain start. Give God your tears this morning. Your tears ...

548. Just Checking

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a dark night. Just as the stars shine down upon the whole world, so the appearance of Jesus, the “bright morning star,” is a transforming illumination offered for all people. The universal nature of the invitation in v.17 is clear: “And let everyone who is thirsty come, Let anyone who wishes to take the water of life as a gift.” The Lord invited Adam and Eve to “eat” of all that was offered in Eden. The Ascended Christ now affirms that all are invited to drink at the fountain of redemption so ...

549. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... :19-20a). That is our primary purpose. It is not our only purpose to be sure. We are to be a charitable organization. We are to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves, remembering how Jesus said, “I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me” (Matthew 25:42-43). We are also to be responsible ...

550. Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:19-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... by angelic beings to the “bosom of Abraham” — that is, to a position of heavenly security, nurture, and love. The rich man dies and is “buried” (he obviously had the funds for a great funeral), but he finds himself in Hades. Flame-broiled and thirsty, the rich man still doesn’t “get it.” He calls upon Abraham to “send Lazarus” to serve him, to bring him water, as though his elevated status in this world still brought him some privileges in his new fiery residence. Abraham gives the rich ...

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