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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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551. The Banquet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... the priests were allowed to eat. (1 Samuel 21) Certain priests were consecrated and therefore held an exclusive right and holy privilege to eat the holy bread that was set apart for the temple sacrifice. Through this consuming of a very select few priests, God's hunger was believed to be satisfied. Thus, the people listening to Jesus believed him to be showing contempt and a lack of reverence for God when he invited the people to eat his flesh; when he said that his flesh was the bread of life. Last week ...

552. Esther: Wise Woman Of Strength

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... faith. Dorothy Day spent her life on the side of the downcast. "It is a strange vocation," she recalled in her memoirs, The Long Loneliness, "to love the destitute and dissolute, those people sleeping in doorways, foul with filth in the gutter, dying of hunger or drunkenness, fever and cold." At Saint Joseph's House, hospitality is offered to anyone in need, proving that the works of solace and mercy still comprise the most esteemed of all vocations. Those who arrive are treated with dignity, given a hot ...

553. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... patterns of sunup to sundown that he didn't understand. "Jesus, look at the size of me? How can I be born again?" You can see Jesus shake his head in disbelief. God has created us to be more than creatures of earth. God has breathed into us spirits that hunger to be part of the spirit world. It is mystery, like the wind that blows through the trees. We don't understand the wind, where it comes from, where it goes, but we know it is present! It is mystery, this spirit world in which we may be born. Nicodemus ...

554. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... contact. Touch is spiritual as well as physical contact. Think about how touching relates to the leper or to a person living with AIDS. Consider that person, no matter what the circumstance, as holy, that is, touchable. When one is thought untouchable, consider the hungering for human contact -- a hug, a pat on the arm, a meeting of the eyes that shows no disgust. What about the phrases "rubbing shoulders with" or "shying away from" someone? What about not wanting to have anything to do with someone who is ...

555. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... summed up by 5:1-2, "Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us...." Gospel: John 6:35-51 Jesus declares that he is the bread of life, that any one who comes to him will never hunger of thirst again (spiritually). Those who ate of the manna were hungry again but not so those who eat of the Bread of Heaven. Some of the people take offense at this claim; they see him only as the son of Mary and Joseph. Jesus makes the sublimest of claims ...

556. Proper 15

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 1 Kings 3:1-15, 1 Kings 2:1-12, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... fellow human beings. The book Alive tells the fascinating and inspiring story of a planeload of Argentine passengers who became marooned high in the Andes Mountains after a plane crash. After several days, their meager rations of food were exhausted. Gnawing, persistent hunger forced them to break an ancient taboo against eating human flesh. After a discussion of the possibility of eating their dead comrades, four men got up and went outside. They removed the snow from one of the bodies. One of the men ...

557. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... defers to the elder who asked him. He responds that these are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation and have been purified by the sacrifice of Christ. As in the previous two passages, God's living presence comforts and shelters the elect: They will hunger and thirst no more (v. 16). Gospel: John 11:32-44 Jesus arrives at the home of Mary and Martha, four days after his friend Lazarus died. Mary greets Jesus with the words: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." The words ...

558. Corpus Christi

Mk 4:12-16, 22-26 · Heb 9:11-15 · Ex 24:3-8 · Ps 126

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

559. The Day Of Thanksgiving

Mt 6:25-33 · 1 Tim 2:1-7 · Joel 2:21-27 · Ps 126

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... a time in order to wake them up, his ultimate will is to do good to his own. God will more than compensate for that which he permits to be taken away. You shall be satisfied (v. 26). This passage refers to the satisfaction of our physical hunger, but I think that it implies more. There is more to being truly satisfied than having our stomachs full. Being satisfied has a strong spiritual component to it. Being satisfied goes beyond the idea that God wills to prosper his people with an increasing abundance of ...

560. The Bread Of Life

John 6:35

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... , because I knew I would be going home in an hour and I could have anything I wanted to eat out of our family's well-stocked pantry. I stood there looking on, envious of their fellowship as I wallowed in my suburban yuppie angst. Bill must have sensed my hunger, because just then he looked up and asked if I would like to have a piece of pie. I eagerly said yes, and quickly joined him and the others at the table. It felt very good to be included in their group. As I ate my pie and joined in ...

561. The Name Of Names

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... with his situation. Charles Dickens begins his celebrated A Tale of Two Cities with this sentence: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." There will always be those "worst of times" as we face hardships, unemployment, war, poverty, injustice, hunger, sin and guilt, heartache, disappointments, setbacks, and death. But for Christians it is at the same time "the best of times," as we name the name of Jesus and by the power of his love are lifted up with courage and hope, strength and patience ...

562. The Righteousness Of God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

"Hardships ... beatings ... imprisonment ... sleepless nights ... hunger ... in dishonor ... in ill repute ... unknown ... sorrowful ... poor." It sounds like a street person being described. Wrong! These are word snapshots of the life of the apostle Paul that picture what a follower of Christ must be ready to bear. Paul was a "street person" of sorts, pounding the pavement ...

563. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... is coming to be filled. Congratulations you who weep now, for your time of laughter and joy is coming. But woe to you who are rich; you've already gotten all you're ever going to get. Woe to you who are full now, for your own day of hunger is coming. Woe to you who are laughing now, for sorrow and pain is just around the corner." Who can deny the shocking impact of those words? Who could deny their political implications? Imagine yourself in the audience who heard Jesus say those things. How would you hear ...

564. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... unheralded and unknown, except to those whose lives they personally touched and to whom they gave hope. They are those quiet saints who have visibly manifested the qualities Jesus pronounced blessed in the Beatitudes --poverty of spirit, humility, purity of heart, mercy, hunger for justice, and peacemakers. Today is a day for remembering the faithful witnesses in our own spiritual family tree. A friend told me of the influence of his great-grandmother, whom he doubted he would find it very easy to really ...

565. Playing In The Streets

Zechariah 8:1-23

Eulogy

James W. Weis

... as they may, could not escape the ghosts and their terrifying voices. A terrible situation indeed! But God always has the last Word, and he spoke that Word through the mouth of Zechariah. Yes, the people of Jerusalem were facing many difficulties -- loneliness and desolation, hunger and poverty, sickness and death. And, yes, these things were the result of the people's sin. But God was bringing a new order of things! The Lord said: "I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem." And the ...

566. Welcome To The Banquet

Isaiah 25:1-12

Eulogy

Barbara G. Schmitz

... , a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. -- Isaiah 25:6-9 And Jesus will take bread and wine, and bless it, and sit down to feast with us in the kingdom ... as it says in Revelation, They will hunger no more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat, and he will guide them to springs of life ... On this night, Jesus washed feet, he gave a new commandment to love one another, he fed them with his own body and blood. We ...

567. Lent 4

Luke 15:11-32

Bulletin Aid

Craig M. Sweet

... pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, People: 'How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands."' Reader 1: "So the young man set off ...

568. Lent 2

Luke 13:31-35

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... Communion L: Let us affirm our faith. P: We believe that the eyes of faith see miracles where doubt sees only broken crumbs. The song of faith rises triumphantly over the feelings of being lost in a familiar world. We believe that to end physical and spiritual hunger in the world we must completely offer to God what we have and who we are. PRAYERS FOR BREAD AND CUP THE DISTRIBUTION Dismissal L: It is difficult to be obedient to God and self-centered at the same time. May we fully enter the new life granted ...

569. What Is That In Your Hand?

Exodus 4:1-17

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... use, and insight to make our ideas work for the service of your kingdom on earth. As it was in the days of Moses, people still cry out for freedom, not only from slavery, but from ignorance and misinformation, from the pain of man's inhumanity to man, and from hunger and disease. If necessary, O Lord, put sticks in our hands with which to remind people that God is able to do all and more than we ask. When we sing, "He's got the whole world in his hands," let us not forget that you expect us to make ...

570. The Beauty Of Holiness

Psalm 96:1-13, Psalm 29:1-11

Illustration

Clement E. Lewis

... meditation and contemplation, which nurtures us. But worship can also take place in foxholes of distress, danger, and despair. God's messages and our responses do not always come in pretty packages with liturgical decorations. Sometimes they come in moments of destitution, hunger, inner distress, pain, and loneliness. What we make of what we learn at such times turns the place of discovery into a temple, and we worship in the beauty of holiness because we have found a relationship that truly enriches life ...

571. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP Rejoice and sing aloud for joy. The Lord has done great things for us. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Observant Parent, you know who we are. We can be moved by the sight of hunger without stopping our waste of food. We see the limitations of some of our energy sources but are slow to change our ways of using more than we need. We observe hazards and hurts in confrontation and conflict but are unwilling to learn the arts of conciliation. For our intransigence ...

572. So Close ... But Yet So Far

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... need of healing. Now, the sun was low in the sky and it was time to think of physical provisions. The disciples are to be commended for approaching Jesus on behalf of the faithful who had stayed for the duration, rather than referring to their own fatigue and hunger, "And the 12 came and said to him, 'Send the crowd away, to go into the villages and country round about, to lodge and get provision, for we are here in a lonely place.' " They were considerate. We will give them that. But as the conversation ...

573. Happy Meal or Holy Meal

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... : This is a Happy Meal and this is a Holy Meal. This one comes from the earth but this one comes from Heaven. This is the food that God gives us. Without it we would all die. Let’s Pray: Father, you have sent us Bread from heaven. Help us hunger not after Happy Meals but after your meal which is holy. Amen.

574. Obedience Is An Ugly Word!

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... a life of zeal and fervor, died, saying, "Best of all, God is with us." My own mother's Christian journey was an example of all I've said here. She was poor most of her life, she brought 10 children into the world, she knew cold, hunger, poverty, exhaustion, and finally, after suffering a long time, succumbed to cancer. But she lived one of the most victorious, vibrant, Christian examples I have known. In spite of all the pain and struggle she had a joy that could not be extinguished by outer circumstances ...

575. Fresh Bread And New Wine

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... for the world, but only if he is requested. Christ died for all, but he does not force himself on any. His life is not automatically given. We must in repentance and faith ask for it, beseeching the Father, "O give us of that Living Bread that we hunger no more!" New Wine The Old Testament sets forth an old covenant, the covenant of the law. It was sealed in the blood of slain animals, usually a lamb. But this covenant had failed. Mankind kept breaking the law of God. What humanity needed was not a new ...

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