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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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601. Join in the Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. “In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked ...

602. Is There Any Hope?

1 Cor 15:14

Illustration

Staff

... that marked the beginning and end of a measured nautical mile. Meanwhile, on the surface, the Coast Guard destroyer USCGC PAULDING (CG-17) was headed southeast, making 18 knots as she searched for rumrunners carrying their illegal product across the bay to thirsty buyers in Boston. At 3:37 in the afternoon, as S-4 began to surface, the officer of the deck aboard PAULDING, scanning the surrounding seas through his binoculars, spotted the telltale wake of a periscope close aboard on the port bow. “Hard ...

603. A Soldier Gives His Wine

Matthew 27:45-56

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

... ? Why do you suppose the soldier gave wine vinegar to Jesus? (Let several children answer.) I don't think the soldier was being mean by giving Jesus the wine vinegar. I think that even though he helped crucify Jesus, he was trying to be kind. Jesus had said, "I am thirsty." That's what the soldier had with him to drink, so that's what he gave Jesus. Why do you suppose Jesus drank the wine vinegar? (Answers will vary.) I wonder if he drank it to show how bitter our sins were that he was dying for. Maybe he ...

604. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the people in groups of about 50 in order that they may be fed. Eating of God’s bounty is a communal affair. It is the “New Exodus” with all of the sacramental and ritual that this may entail. Sitting within a wilderness place, hungry and thirsty for God’s rescue and salvation, Jesus, the Messiah, provides. Afterward, we learn from John, the people truly believed! So much that they wanted to make Jesus king. Like sheep that Jesus feeds in the flock, we may trust the Saviour, but sometimes, even then ...

605. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... says that all of these are our brothers and sisters. The rich man and Lazarus are in fact in relationship in death as in life –but their roles are reversed. In the afterlife depicted by Jesus, Lazarus feasts at Abraham’s bosom, while the “certain rich man” burns thirsty in the bowels of Hades. As the rich man realizes what he’s done wrong, he begs Abraham to send the dead to warn his five brothers, who are also doing as he was. But Abraham refuses, saying if they didn’t listen to Moses and the ...

606. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The Sovereignty of the Lord’s Son Psalm 16: The Path of Life Psalm 19: The Witness of the Universe to God’s Sovereignty and Glory Isaiah’s Song of Praise and Resurrection (Isaiah 26) The Lord’s Redemption (Isaiah 49) The Invitation to All Who Are Thirsty (Isaiah 55) Ezekiel and the Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37) In the End Times, Those From the Dust Will Awaken (Daniel 2) The Lord’s Anger and Promise of Resurrection (Hosea 6 and 13) Jesus’ Prophecy of the Holy Spirit (John 15:26-27) Cornelius ...

607. Song of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... listen to each other, while singing your heart out to the Lord of All Creation! And that music, that GodSong, just starts moving and vibrating in our hearts and minds, until everyone is focused on praise and joy! Praise for humans is like water to a thirsty soul. We need to do it, as much as God wants to hear it. And something extraordinary happens when everyone is praising and singing GodSongs –lo and behold, all kinds of other signs of God’s presence suddenly become more and more evident in your lives ...

608. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... know” God, God confirms that “knowing” with “conceptions” in our life of healing, balming, binding grace. Can you feel the rain? If you want to drink the water, you can’t stay in your house, and hide away in your room, listening to the rain outside. If you are thirsty, and you want to drink from the fresh, clean rain that falls, you need to step into the rain, and allow it to soak into you, refresh you, quench you, nourish you to health and new life. This is what it means to keep our end of the ...

609. Elisha's Bones

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Cause God has raising power! That holy, mysterious, supra-rational, super-natural, promise-filled, healing and raising power that resurrects dead churches, instills life into dead communities, gives hope to the dying, gives water to parched souls. Are you feeling burned out? Tired? Thirsty? Lifeless in your soul? God loves you. God will take what is dry in you, what is fearful and unsure in your life, and will infuse into you the breath of life –new breath that can renew you, refresh you, and reassure you ...

610. Holy Quail!

Exodus 16:1-36, Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... one could say, they wanted more explanation (and this is a usual Jewish interpretation). They weren’t satisfied with God’s flimsy directions through Moses through the desert without clue when they would arrive in the elusive promised land. They were hungry and thirsty, and in any group, there are always those who will revolt, who will stand up and protest. And they did. Quail in biblical times were something like a cross between pheasant and partridge. They were perhaps a little like eating pigeon for ...

611. Run Away Bride

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 22:1-14, Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Corin. 10:31) The blood covenant has always been caught up in the idea of “holy eating.” Bread and wine. Body and blood. Altar and sacrifice. “For He has satisfied the thirsty soul. And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.” (Psalm 107). When Jesus likewise distributes bread and fish, and later bread and wine, He is serving as the holy Bridegroom of God –combining covenant, marriage, feasting, and passion into a metaphor of ...

612. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to follow a moral code and to critique those who couldn’t abide by it. That’s phariseeism. That’s not Jesus. Jesus was above all a healer. HE healed unhealthy spirits. And this story, as well as the hoarding story –these are stories about thirsty and hungry spirits who have an “identity” problem. As Jesus might say, they are not seeking their “bread” in their relationship with God. They lost their way and have detached somehow with God in a way that has caused their identity to suffer. As a ...

613. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Sovereignty of the Lord’s Son Psalm 16: Our Path to Life Psalm 19: The Witness of the Universe to God’s Sovereignty and Glory Isaiah’s Song of Praise and Resurrection (Isaiah 26) The Lord’s Redemption (Isaiah 49) The Invitation to All Who Are Thirsty (Isaiah 55) In the End Times, Those from the Dust Will Awaken (Daniel 2) The Lord’s Anger and Promise of Resurrection (Hosea 6 and 13) Jesus’ Prophecy of the Holy Spirit (John 15:26-27) Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Appearance to His Disciples (24 ...

614. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. Image Exegesis: Tree of Life and Poisonous Plants Trees are a vital part of our world from the beginning of time. In scripture, trees have important meaning for our core story ...

615. Holy House

Eph 2:11-22, Rev 3:1-22, Heb 9:1-28, Jn 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... replenish our souls and feed our strength. All we need to do is dwell deeply in his Presence. Today, we come forward to celebrate Holy Communion, to tabernacle with Him and He with us. So let us repeat again….for all those who are hungry…all those who are thirsty….for the salvation of the Lord! Let’s repeat after me, as we come to that altar: Let us Feel God’s presence. [Let us Feel God’s presence.] Let us Embrace God’s spirit. [Let us Embrace God’s spirit.] Let us Dwell with Him and He with ...

616. Rock of Salvation

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... death of Jesus, reminds us that God is always with us. And when we rely on God’s power and might, authority and salvific gift of grace, we will be fed and quenched with the Living Waters of His salvation forever and ever. May this time of Lent quench your thirsty spirit, and may you acknowledge the Source of all power, glory, and love. Jesus Christ our Lord. [1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-07/water-diviner-wombats-bring-animals-to-water-hole/11937990

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.

Anton Chekhov

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Aristotle

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Bible

Eat when you're hungry. Drink when you're thirsty. Sleep when you're tired.

Buddhist Proverb

I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in.

Matthew

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

Paramahansa Yogananda

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

624. Words Are Not Enough

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Roy Howard

... the Mount that began with the Beatitudes followed by a description for practical living after the manner of Jesus. The scariest example may be the parable of the sheep and goats, where those who failed to recognize Jesus in the broken, battered, hungry, thirsty, and downtrodden and act with mercy, would be banished to outer darkness. Not a pretty picture especially for those who expect a gospel that is only about spiritual uplift or personal self-improvement. Not a pretty picture to have no claims that will ...

625. Half Full or Half Empty?

Humor

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The pragmatist, being thirsty, drinks the water.

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 601 to 625 of 643 results

601. Join in the Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

602. Is There Any Hope?

1 Cor 15:14

Illustration

Staff

603. A Soldier Gives His Wine

Matthew 27:45-56

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

604. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

605. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

606. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

607. Song of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

608. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

609. Elisha's Bones

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

610. Holy Quail!

Exodus 16:1-36, Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

611. Run Away Bride

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 22:1-14, Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

Lori Wagner

612. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

613. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

614. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

615. Holy House

Eph 2:11-22, Rev 3:1-22, Heb 9:1-28, Jn 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

616. Rock of Salvation

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.

Anton Chekhov

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Aristotle

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Bible

Eat when you're hungry. Drink when you're thirsty. Sleep when you're tired.

Buddhist Proverb

I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in.

Matthew

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

Paramahansa Yogananda

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

624. Words Are Not Enough

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Roy Howard

625. Half Full or Half Empty?

Humor

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The pragmatist, being thirsty, drinks the water.

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