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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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676. Soul Hunger

John 6:24-35

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Lori Wagner

... , we see the endless patience that Jesus has with us as aimless human beings. His time in human form has given him insight into the “hungers” that plague our hurting hearts. He too remembers his own time of temptation when he spent 40 days in the wilderness yearning for an easy way out. Yet he prevailed. Now he is trying to teach that lesson to those around him. The lesson? Seek the sustenance for your spirit that only God can provide. Then, you will find you have need for nothing else. Does he mean, we ...

677. Famine of the Heart

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

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Lori Wagner

... our baser instincts in the name of the greater good.[1] We are not merely physical and territorial beings. Humans are complex creatures. While we may compete for basic needs, power, and status, at the same time, we harbor a deep spiritual hunger and yearn to find meaning and purpose in our lives, build relationships and community, and find fulfillment and peace within our hearts and souls. If we are Jewish or Christian, we turn to find solace and guidance in God’s direction for our lives, especially when ...

678. God Is Like...Bread

Joel 2:23-30 · John 6:25-35

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Kenneth L. Gibble

... is the answer to the hunger of our hearts. You and I hunger for so many things ― for inner peace, for meaning, for faith, for love. The hunger lies so deep in us we often can’t even give it a name. We feel it mostly as a longing, a yearning for something we once had but have no longer have, or maybe we never had it. Many times we’re hardly aware of the hunger, but at other times it is so intense, so sharp, that we feel it as physical pain. What does Jesus mean when he says he ...

679. A Place at the Table

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Jill J. Duffield

... is invited to eat. Little kids wander around, various adults tend to them, there is no head table and going back for seconds is encouraged. This sounds heavenly to me, especially right now in this pandemic time when we cannot be together. Don’t you yearn for those slightly chaotic, random casserole, so-much-food, church suppers? Don’t you miss being in the sanctuary, seated beside each other, passing the silver trays of tiny cubes of bread and juggling the bulky ones with the little cups of juice? Don ...

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