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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701. Help!
Romans 7:7-25
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
Exegetical Aim: Jesus Christ rescues us from our sinful selves. Props: Some candy, a soda, a piece of cake, a tray, and two adult volunteers. Lesson: I’m glad to see you. Today I want to talk to you about . . . Have one of the volunteers come inside the church at precisely this point carrying a tray with the items on it. Stare at the person as he/she places the tray down and says, “Would you all please watch this for me. I have to go over there.” Sure, I’ll watch ...
702. The Love of a Father - Sermon Starter
Mt10:29-31
Illustration
King Duncan
... relationship with God. Still, I have to believe that Joseph, though barely mentioned in the Gospel narrative, was probably an influential role model for Jesus. Why else would Jesus have chosen the imagery of "Father" to portray God? In Matthew 10: 29-31 we have one of the most important Scriptural reminders of the love of our Heavenly Father for His children. "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?" Jesus asks, "And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. But even the hairs ...
Children's Sermon
Marti Kramer Suddarth
... look at pictures to figure out who belongs to God? But we don’t have any pictures of God. No one really knows what he looks like, and since God can do anything that he wants to do, he can make himself look however he wants. God probably doesn’t have one set face the way you and I do. Since we don’t know what God looks like, we can’t say, “I belong to God because I have his chin or his freckles.” But just the same, if you belong to God, I know what you’ll look like. Your ...
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... by reminding his readers that when Abraham received the promise of the land it was only because of the “righteousness” that his faith had gifted from God. In fact, as Paul continues he finds that “faith” and “law” are mutually exclusive. If you have one, you do not have the other. Paul insists that if it is only by adherence to and practice of the law that one becomes an “heir” to the blessings of God’s promise, then faith itself is “emptied out” or made “null” (“kekenotai ...
705. The Pastoral Search Report
John 10:11-18
Illustration
James Kegel
A pastoral report: "We have been unable to find a suitable candidate for this congregation though we have one promising prospect. We have followed up the recommendations from church members with interviews or calling at least three references. This is a confidential report on the prospective candidates: ADAM: Good man but has had problems with his wife and children. He and his wife have been known to walk around ...
706. Gideon's Ephod
Judges 8:22-27
Understanding Series
Cheryl A. Brown
... all monarchy, only against illegitimate monarchy, evaluated in terms of covenant fidelity or infidelity. 8:24–27 Gideon answered commendably. But almost in his next breath, he set things up for Israel to step onto the slippery path to idolatry: I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder. This picks up on what was foreshadowed in the words of 8:21, the seemingly superfluous detail that “Gideon . . . took the ornaments off [the Midianites’] camels’ necks ...
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... of the children, if possible) and a weight of some kind. Good morning, boys and girls. One of the most persistent problems every human being faces is temptation. I have a candy bar for each of you this morning. I hope your parents don't mind if you have one. Some parents do mind. Too much sugar is not healthy for us. Some people have a difficult time resisting a candy bar, though. Why is that? That's right, most of us think they taste good. The sugar tastes good. Some of us are wild about chocolate. Candy ...
Teach the Text
C. Marvin Pate
... , we can neither see nor feel it. Theoretical physicist David Gross says that scientific “string theory” can explain all the particles and forces that we see as vibrations of the same object. “So, instead of having dozens of particles,” he says, “you have one string. We don’t know whether it really works yet. But it has this wonderful feature of unifying everything.”5 Science can demonstrate for us the beauty and joy that come from explaining what was once unexplainable, as well as the way new ...
709. God Soaked
Luke 13:1-9
Sermon
Lori Wagner
I have here a ruler. It’s the way we measure nearly everything in life. If you are old enough, you remember having one of these in your desk at school, so that you could use it during math class. These wooden rulers now are nearly obsolete. At least in the form we see here. But they haven’t been vanquished from our minds and the way we think about measurement, behavior, and life. ...
Children's Sermon
Shirley Jennings
... on a birthday cake, they tell how old we are. How many candles are on your birthday cake when you become four years old? One of the candles on our Advent wreath is burning today, but not because this is someone’s birthday. Why do we have one of the candles burning on the Advent wreath? Because Jesus’ birthday is coming. What is Jesus’ birthday called? This Sunday we have lit one candle. Next Sunday we’ll light two candles. The next Sunday we’ll light three and then the Sunday before Christmas we ...
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Achtemeier
... (2:4–5). But what is the goal of this history of some two hundred years? Its goal is Yahweh’s salvation of his chosen people. Yahweh’s intervention, his judgment on the northern and southern kingdoms, his dispossession of the oppressing Jerusalem leaders—all have one purpose: to make a new covenant people. That is what is announced in this oracle of salvation in 2:12–13, and the announcement is couched in the terms of some of Israel’s oldest traditions. 2:12–13 After the exiles of 721, 597 ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
Ever have one of those days? The mortgage payment is due. The car is making an ominous, expensive-sounding noise. The kids are suddenly having trouble in school, with friends, and with faith. Deadlines from work are stacking up and toppling over. Your spouse needs some extra care and attention. Then you know ...
713. A Theological Curveball
Luke 20:27-38 
Illustration
Larry R. Kalajainen
... girl from India was astounded at the thought that she and others had this scary-looking skeleton inside them, and so she pressed the issue a bit farther. "Even you got one of these inside you, Mrs. K?" The teacher replied, "Yes, I have one, too." The next question was the theological one. "Even God got one inside him?" Now in a class made up of children from many different countries, cultures, and religious backgrounds (most of them not Christians), you can imagine that this question had the potential ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... all of us. (Bring out the flag.) This is our flag. It isn't your flag or my flag, but it's our flag and we love it because it belongs to all of us. I want to tell you about someone who belongs to all of us. We all have one Father. Our Father is not someone whom you can see or touch, but He is the same for all of us. Our Father is in heaven and we call Him Our Father God. Each of us has a father, a different father, who lives with us and our mother. But ...
715. Proper 12
2 Samuel 12:1-31, Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:1-15
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... , and that the chief victim is usually the sinner. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen Second Lesson: Ephesians 3:14-21 Theme: Faith and fullness in Christ Exegetical Note The prayer (verses 14-19) and doxology (verses 20-21) contained here have one principal purpose: to underscore the enormous and utterly incomprehensible dimensions of Christ’s love and the power of that love to fill and strengthen the faithful through the inner workings of God’s Spirit. Call to Worship Leader: Let us bow our knees ...
716. At Least One Dollar
Matthew 14:13-21
Illustration
John Bedingfield
... us off the ground?" Fuller leaned toward the man and in a very low and serious voice told him, "It would be wholly irresponsible, completely negligent, totally feather-brained if you started an affiliate without at least one dollar. But you have to have one dollar. Don't dare make a move without it!" King Oehmig says that that day, the Cartersville group learned, "as the disciples discovered with Jesus that evening, when He told them to feed the masses themselves – that faced with the Gospel imperative ...
Bulletin Aid
RobertT D. Ingram
... His Love" "This Is a Day of New Beginnings" *"This Is the Spirit's Entry Now" "To God Be the Glory" "We Know That Christ Is Raised" "What Wondrous Love Is This" *"Wide Open Are Your Hands" Reading the Scripture Recruit three readers for this lesson. Have one read the narration, the second read Jesus' words and the third read the words of Nicodemus. Recruit a soloist and accompianist to sing and play the hymn "This Is a Day of New Beginnings." Have the soloist sing the first two verses of this Brian Wren ...
Children's Sermon
... written down and ready like that? (If they are not ready to challenge your last entry, they are, all asleep.) What do you mean, I can't plan on all those things? Why not? People have babies all the time. And I like boys, so I want to plan to have one. What's wrong with that? What's that? You say, I can't be sure? Well ... I guess maybe that's right. You can't exactly be sure, can you? In fact, I might not even have a baby next year. What does it depend on? (Let them offer solutions ...
Children's Sermon
Kenneth Mortonson
... some other kind of flower.) But it is not a real flower, for it is made out of cloth and wire. It reminds me of a rose, but I cannot say that it is a rose for only God can create a real flower. (Show a real flower, if you have one.) Imitations help us to remember what something is like, but we must be careful not to think that the imitation is the real thing. Here is a picture of Jesus, but that is not Jesus. Its only purpose is to remind us of him. One of our goals in life ...
Sermon
John G. Lynch
... so afraid of other people that he would not ask for anything. He would not even go to the rich man's table where he could get something to eat. His friends had to bring him there. He was afraid to go by himself. The poor man did have one thing going for him, however. The poor man had desires. Great desires. The same longings and desires the prodigal son felt. When he watched the swine he was feeding stuff themselves with corn husks, he desired to feed on them as well. This the poor man desired -- to feed ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... catch us and he isn't going to eat us. But the Holy Spirit is going to lead us to God. That's why we are so happy that he is always around and always waiting to help us. The next time that you see someone going fishing and they have one of those beautiful trout flies, I hope that it will make you think about the Holy Spirit who leads us to God in the same way that the trout fly leads the fish to the fisher.
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... this look like boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Does it look like a fire to you? (Let them answer.) It is supposed to be a fire because the Bible talks about a kind of fire on Pentecost Day. As a matter of fact, I want each of you to have one part of this fire. (Hand out the different tongues.) The Bible tells us that on the first Pentecost Day in the Christian church there were tongues of fire that danced on the heads of all of the believers. Take your flame and put it on top of your head and ...
723. Priorities
Matthew 16:21-28
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... that? (response) Alright, here’s the next thing I have. The Money: What is this? (response) What is it worth? (response) The Cell Phone: Now what is this? (response) Is it a toy phone or a real phone? (response) How much is this worth? (response) The Person: I have one more to show you. Your spouse should come from the pews and climb over the children and sit down in the middle. They should remain quiet. What is this? (response) Is it made of silver? (no) Is it made of Gold? (no) Is it made of money? (no ...
724. Parable of Raising Kittens
Matthew 25:31-46
Illustration
"We have four new kittens at our house and all different colors. Would you like to have one?" asked Jennie. "Yes, I would," said Mary, "but I will have to ask my mother and she doesn't like cats." "I would like to keep one myself," said Jennie, "but Dad says, if I don't give them away, he will drown them. He doesn't want any more ...
725. Scapegoat
John 18:28-40
Children's Sermon
Carl E. Zahrte
Object: None Hello. We’ve got quite a group here. How many of you have been here last Wednesday and the week before? Okay. Not all of you were here all the time, but we’re glad you’re with us now. If anybody does not have one of these little banners, we still have some extras to give away tonight after the service. You see, we’ve got another creature of God up on the big banner. The first week we had that serpent, reminding us of Satan, and last week we had that rooster that crowed ...
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