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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King Duncan
... , despoiled. But still God loves us and invites us into His eternal house. In April 1995, Edye Smith lost her two small sons, Chase and Colton, in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, two men with a deep hatred for the American government, set off a truck bomb that destroyed the front half of the federal building, including a day care center, and killed 169 people. Edye and her mother, Cathy Wilburn, were devastated by the loss of Chase and Colton. But ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... time when she should have been dating and marrying, and perhaps having children, the energy of the family was someplace else and she felt victimized by it. Now, 40 years later, she was dying of bitterness and hatred, even though her parents had been dead for 20 years. She had to bury that bitterness and hatred. She had to allow the memory of that whole life situation to be healed. So, there on that log beside that lake, we had a funeral. She allowed that part of her to die, and we danced at a resurrection ...
53. Good Neighbors
Luke 10:25-37
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King Duncan
... affected his motor skills and his ability to speak. The boy could only communicate through typing on his computer. In addition to his physical disabilities, the boy suffered emotional problems after some of his care givers callously abused him. Overwhelmed with self-hatred, the boy often hit himself. Using his computer, he wrote to his mother that he wished he could die. There was one thing that seemed to bring the boy comfort: watching “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.” The kindly, mild-mannered Mr. Rogers ...
54. Proper 8
Genesis 22:1-19, 2 Kings 4:8-37, Romans 6:1-14, Romans 6:15-23, Matthew 10:1-42
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John R. Brokhoff
... peace when truth and justice triumph. Jesus will have no part in the violence of our day because it is the product of hatred. The controversy and conflict result when truth challenges falsehood, right faces wrong, and love opposes hatred. Outline: Jesus brings a sword of conflict into our world. a. When truth confronts error. b. When right opposes wrong. c. When love challenges hatred. 3. Family: First? 10:35-37 Need: Who should come first - family or Christ? Apparently, this is a valid problem or Jesus ...
55. Tiny Pencils
John 15:1-17
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Leonard Sweet
... about being the true vine, the torturers latched onto John 15:6: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they're burned." How bitterly ironic that the twisted hatreds harbored in human hearts warped Jesus' true vine image as fodder to stoke their own evil fires. Jesus used this agricultural image not to speak of bonfires, but to focus on the fruit of that true vine. How can the vine and branches be woven into the filthy ...
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King Duncan
... right along with his buddies. Why? He couldn’t forgive. Lewis Smedes in his book Forgive and Forget? portrays a self‑righteous man named Fouke, who is betrayed by his wife. Superficially he forgives her, but secretly he hates her. Every time his secret hatred boils to the surface, an angel pops a stone in his heart, until the man is stooped and bent with their weight. When we carry anger and resentment toward someone else, the person we really hurt is ourselves. Philip Yancey writes: “Not to forgive ...
57. Proper 10
2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:14-29
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... . He dared to condemn the sin of Herod and Herodias. Right was right and wrong was wrong. In John's conviction it was wrong to divorce and marry another man's former wife. It didn't matter whether it was a king and queen or lowly peasants. His preaching aroused hatred so intense that it led to his murder. Outline: Truth that gets you into trouble – a. Expose sin v. 18. b. Condemn sin v. 18. c. Arouse opposition v. 19. Old Testament: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 1. Putting God in his place (6:1-5). Need: From ...
58. A Lie
John 13:34-35
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Philip Gulley
... can't help ourselves. We're human. We have no choice but to hate. That is a lie. Unfortunately, it is a lie many people believe. They believe this lie in order to excuse their hatred. After all, if we can't help but hate, if hate is a feeling we simply cannot help, then hatred is never our fault, is it? But we can help it. Hatred is a choice. We choose to hate, just as we choose to love. Oh, I know, there are people out there who believe love isn't a choice, that love is primarily an emotion, a ...
59. To Live in Joy
Revelation 1:1-3
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Maxie Dunnam
... . At those times when she should have been dating and marrying, and perhaps having children, the energy of the family was someplace else and she felt victimized by it. Now, 40 years later, she was dying of bitterness and hatred, even though her parents had been dead for 20 years She had to bury that bitterness and hatred. She had to allow the memory of that whole life situation to be healed. So, there on that log beside that lake, we had a funeral. She allowed that part of her to die, and we danced at a ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... feelings and forces I can’t explain. I am sustained in a struggle or guided in a decision in a way that is beyond my understanding. I feel a power of spiritual forces around me. Likewise, we never know what evil forces have been released by wrong choices, relished hatreds and indulged selfishness. I know that as well…and so do you. Remember Paul said: “The good that I would do, I do not.” Do you hear what I m saying? There is a spirit-world of good and evil, a spirit-network of love and mercy, hope ...
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David J. Kalas
... the Hebrew women: namely, that they were "not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them." It was not true, but it was plausible, you see, to the prejudiced. For in the fearful component of our hatreds, we are willing to believe extraordinary things about "them," whoever they may be. We recognize that this is one of the calling cards of racist propaganda. "We" are warned about what "they" are like; what "they" can do; and what "they" could become. Their ...
62. Make a 119 Call
Romans 14:1--15:13
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Leonard Sweet
... of the old demons. But every day is also a day where weakness or despair might lead to a slip up, a stumble, a bad choice. Since 9-11 we have all been on a “day-by-day” journey of recovery. Recovery from horror. Recovery from hatred — both the hatred of our enemies and of our own crop of bile. Recovery from the realization that the world does not love us. Recovery from a fear of the future. Recovery from vengeance. Recovery from grief and despair. In 1971 a Stephen Schwartz musical opened on Broadway ...
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King Duncan
... inner view, of the face of Jesus Christ, coming out of his boyhood to him. It drove him to reading the Scriptures. He read Psalm 23 over and over again. He said that ever since that time on the balcony, he had never had that feeling of hatred again. He has looked for it, and expected it, but instead, there has been a feeling of love for everyone he meets. (3) Again, what a transformation! Even though we could never mention Eldridge Cleaver’s name in the same company spiritually with St. Paul, nevertheless ...
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Leonard Sweet
... Christian call to love. Our call to pull together as a community of faith. A call to reach out in compassion to parents who have had their children ripped away from them. But even more, a call to proclaim the love of Christ over the forces of hatred and evil. And it is a time to look inward, to look closer to home. Acceptance and love starts next door, not in the next time zone. Acceptance of different opinions starts with those you pass the communion plate to in your pew, not in some government sponsored ...
Understanding Series
Roland E. Murphy
... given by the words of the righteous. Fountain of life is a frequent phrase for wisdom (cf. 13:14; 14:27; 16:22; see the comment on 3:4). Note that speech is a frequent topic in chapter 10; see verses 13–14, 19–21, 31–32. 10:12 Antithetic. Hatred refuses to forgive, and so prolongs quarrels, but love shows forgiveness for the faults of others. For verse 12b, compare 17:9a. In James 5:20 the concealment refers to God’s forgiveness of sins (cf. also 1 Pet. 4:8). 10:13 Verse 13a is similar in meaning to ...
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Achtemeier
... is a watcher with my God; that is, his message comes from the presence of God with him. But the Israelites respond to his care with hatred, laying fowler’s snares in all his paths, as if he were some wild animal to be caught, and showing him nothing but hostility. The phrase, ... 36) is Hosea’s assent. Israel, in order to be raised to new life, must undergo crucifixion. God’s Love Turns to Hatred (9:15-17): 9:15–17 This oracle is closely connected with 9:10–14. The pronouns in verse 15 presuppose the ...
67. Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-26
Understanding Series
John E. Hartley
... he despised, Cain was despondent, filled with contempt for Abel. This setback, instead of leading him to contrition, embittered him toward his brother. His jealousy had to be dealt with before it led him to do something terribly wrong. Because Cain harbored such hatred, Yahweh mercifully spoke to him, putting to Cain a double question: why was he angry and why was his face downcast? Yahweh alerted Cain that his reaction was too negative. Yahweh did not condemn Cain for his offering. While Cain had erected a ...
Teach the Text
Grant R. Osborne
... . 15:31  the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him. The second taunt, by the officials, builds upon the first one. It is remarkable that they would come here just a few hours before Passover is to begin, but this shows the depth of their hatred toward Jesus. They have plotted against him for at least a couple of years (see 3:6), so it makes sense that they would want to be there for the final “victory.” He saved others . . . but he can’t save himself. This probably refers to Jesus’s ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
... part, fits the psalm into a Davidic frame. David’s enemies preoccupy his thoughts in many psalms. The enemies of Psalm 25 (25:2, 19) have not yet gotten the upper hand in the psalmist’s life, and David prays that their increased numbers and augmented hatred would not triumph, nor give any semblance that he has been rejected. Interpretive Insights 25:1  I put my trust. This expression (lit., “I lift up my soul”) suggests hope or desire (Pss. 86:4; 143:8).[3] The physical gesture of lifting up the ...
70. Amnon and Tamar
2 Samuel 13:1-22
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... been accomplished (13:15–22). Shamed and rejected, Tamar leaves in mourning, throwing ashes on her head and tearing her beautiful ornamental robe that signifies her status as a virgin daughter of the king. Amnon’s hatred for Tamar and Absalom is more than equaled by Absalom’s hatred for Amnon once Absalom finds out about the violation, with all its implications for himself. Like Dinah’s brothers in Genesis, Absalom responds against the guilty party with vengeance. David is also deeply upset over ...
71. The Coors Triumph
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Editor James S. Hewett
... to life for the slaying. Then in 1975 Ad Coors became a Christian. While he divested himself of his interest in the family beer business, he could not divest himself of the hatred that consumed him. Resentment seethed within him and blighted his growth in faith. He prayed to God for help because he realized how his hatred for Corbett was alienating him from God and other persons. The day came, however, when claiming the Spirit's presence, Ad Coors visited the maximum security unit of Colorado's Canon City ...
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sermon
King Duncan
... ve done, he accepts them. And if they will trust him, really trust him, He is willing to deliver them, heal them, quiet their spirit and make them whole once again. How about you? Are you troubled by such worrisome, but every day demons like worry, hatred, envy, resentment, guilt or un-forgiveness? You have a friend who loves to cast out demons. He wants to help, if you will let him. 1. Gregory Baer, Life: The Odds (New York: Gotham Books, 2003). 2. Ibid. 3. Brian Stoffregen, http://www.crossmarks.com/brian ...
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Mary Austin
... he was even talking to her. Jesus himself told a Samaritan woman, who asked for her daughter to be healed, that it was not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs. There’s a lot of history — and a lot of hatred — in that. Now these people have come to faith in Jesus. Peter and John headed out to check it out. Maybe they’re amazed…or thrilled…or suspicious. The story doesn’t say. Whatever they talked about, whatever worries they had as they traveled, whatever they thought ...
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King Duncan
... ?” The first question we should ask ourselves from today’s scripture lesson would be this, “What kind of God do you believe God is?” Do you see how messed up Saul’s mission had become? His primary motivation for persecuting Christians wasn’t hatred and destruction. His primary motivation for hunting down and arresting the followers of Jesus was his desire to serve God. Scary, isn’t it? Serving God whose very nature is love but doing it by killing innocent people. On the road to Damascus, Saul ...
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