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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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51. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... around him. Even more importantly, he had let his heart damage his relationship with God. And so he prays for a new heart. Friends, that is what some of us need. We need a new heart. We have hearts that are filled with anger, jealousy, resentment, guilt, lust and a host of other negative emotions. And they’ve taken their toll on us. We no longer feel the joy of our salvation. All we feel instead is a deep emptiness within. Perhaps we’ve committed no grievous sin, but the damage of negative thoughts and ...

52. Sex and the City

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." (Matthew 5:27-28, NASB) Men, understand there is nothing wrong ... have two last things I want to say to you. V. Be Converted To The Lordship Of Christ If you want to avoid the whirlpool of sexual lust and sin that can suck you down its drain and ruin your life - step number one is you must come to know Jesus Christ as your Savior ...

53. Like a Good Neighbor – Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... ; then you show up and drink my poison." You see, there's an attitude that says, "I do what I want to do no matter how it affects other people," and they look at others and say, ‘What is yours is mine—I will take it." They are controlled by lust. II. Legalism: What Is Mine Is Mine—I will Keep It Now Jesus moves on to the second major players in this act. "Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he ...

54. Satan’s Talking Points

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... into sinful behavior. And all eight of these were attitudes about the future. In more contemporary language, you might call these eight evil thoughts “Satan’s Talking Points.”* Satan’s Eight Talking Points Evagrius identified were gluttony fornication/lust avarice sorrow (tristiti) discouragement (acedia) anger vainglory pride This list was famously called the “logismoi,” or the “words/talking points” that, when you gave in to them and followed their train of thought, would lead you down the ...

55. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... . Achan sees, covets, then takes something that he knows is not his. It would have been better for Achan if he had been born without sight. How many people who have walked with the Lord have ended up in deep sin because they allowed themselves to look and lust? How many go to places where conscience or a good friend urges them not to go, yet they go anyway under the guise of going "just to see what it is like there." Those books and magazines placed cleverly on many a store checkout stand are temptations to ...

56. Woe to Nineveh

Nahum 3:1-19

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... how that involvement in conflict links with the further image for the city’s activity that follows (v. 4). The terms lust and harlot are related (the phrase is zenune zonah), and the NIV’s translation exposes a problem, because prostitutes are not ... make a living, and they do not usually have any sexual feelings for their clients. But the Hebrew words translated “lust” and “harlot” do not refer specifically to prostitutes but more generally to women who indulge in sexual activity that ignores ...

57. Signs, Sayings, and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 12:1-28, Ezekiel 13:1-23, Ezekiel 14:1-11, Ezekiel 14:12-23

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... repeat the idea Ezekiel expressed in vv. 21–25. This repetition, together with the uncommon shortness of the oracle, suggests to some interpreters that the second saying may be a later elaboration of the first. Johan Lust further observes that these 3 verses are missing from Papyrus 967, an old and generally reliable witness to the best Gk. text of Ezek. Lust therefore proposes that vv. 26–28 were not present in the version of Ezek. on which the oldest Gk. translation was based, but were added later ...

58. Warnings from Israel's History

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... . Paul’s contention that God was not pleased with most of them had at least as much to do with the Corinthians as it did with the Israelites. 10:6 The phrase rendered setting our hearts on evil is much stronger in Gk. Paul writes of “lusting after evils” (Gk. epithymētas kakōn), using language that implies strong compulsive behavior under the influence of the power of evil. Moreover, the NIV rendering of the final words of the verse, as they did, is unjustifiably flat, for Paul repeats the verb ...

59. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... the consequences, can be used for good when the task in hand is fighting for God’s honor or keeping his band of outcasts safe from Saul’s obsessive revenge. But his passionate nature can equally be used for ill when the only motive is satisfying his own lust. Second, the account shows that David acted like any other oriental despot. He behaved as if he was above the law. The account makes it clear that both king and people must realize that it is unacceptable to God for power to be abused in this way ...

60. Adultery

Matthew 5:27-30

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... “the well-developed distinction of the scribes between intention and action” (Stendahl, p. 776). Though the act of adultery may have far more serious social consequences (the penalty according to Lev. 20:10 is death for both parties), the intentional desire to awaken lust is equally sinful in God’s sight. There is no well-marked boundary between the desire and the deed. The woman in question is probably to be taken as a married woman (“your neighbor’s wife,” Exod. 20:17). So important is inward ...

61. The Art of Impersonation

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... been shaken up. The gases formed a toxic cloud when it reached the surface, instantly killing 1,800 villagers. (5) Some of you may be thinking right now, “Whoa, Pastor! That turned dark really quickly.” But the power of sin, the power of hate and anger and lust and pride and greed and selfishness are deadly. They are the toxic gas that builds up at the bottom of our hearts and minds and then explodes into tragic action one day. The same anger that causes us to stop speaking to a neighbor is the seed of ...

62. Rule Breakers

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... most fundamental level, sinful actions are rooted in our inability to appreciate the sacred worth of those around us. Read Matthew 5: 21-37 through the lens of upholding the sacred worth of human beings. This passage becomes a shocking picture of how our anger, contempt, lust, self-centeredness, and sin hurt those who are made in the image of God. I read a great quote from Pastor Bill Coffin on God’s love for humanity. He preached, “God’s love does not seek value; it creates it. Our value is a gift ...

63. Moksha

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... is often measured as little or big, such as a “little white lie,” which usually means a harmless lie; but is it possible for a sin to be harmless, measured on any scale? When we engage in the acts of pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust, and fame it demonstrates a disregard for God and a disdain for others. I do not promote Hinduism, but it has an insightful understanding of living a life of passion versus a life of virtue. The religion of Hinduism understands the entrapment of living a self ...

64. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , judgments and the problems which exist as a consequence. The two elders of Israel, as described by the author of the Book of Daniel, are guilty on two fronts. They have lusted after Susanna, and then when their efforts are not satisfied they have falsely accused her of inappropriate behavior. The two men are frustrated in their lust and thus out of vengeance make the accusations. In the end their plot is discovered through the wisdom of Daniel. The Law of Moses contained no mercy; rather the elders have ...

65. Deadly Sins - A Matter Of Sutton's Law

Romans 7:14-25

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... focus on sin in church is because that's where the payoff is; that's where the wounds and pain are, and that, then, which is our real focus, is where healing can take place.5 Have you ever been to battle with pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, or lust? Of course you have, we all have. We battle with them, if not every day, then at least every week. But we want to deny these sins and say we have never really been attracted to them or even spent time with them. They're so unpleasant, frightening, and ...

66. Selling One’s Soul

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Allen

... can no longer be master of our desires. This is the whole human problem in a nutshell -- giving in and allowing our desires to run uncontrolled through our lives. The desires which rampage through our lives come in a variety of packages. For some of us it may be sexual lust. For some it may be a craving for power. For some it may be a greed for money. For some it may be an addiction to drugs or alcohol. I saw a cartoon in a magazine once with two zany characters named Frank and Ernest. In the cartoon, they ...

67. The Road To The Cross

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it was the sin that permeated the social structures of Jesus' day that finally brought him to the cross. Matthew seems to be using the story of Jesus' condemnation as a way of condemning social sin. Let us consider the story in more detail. Social sin; the lust for power; the determination to maintain control and to remain in power, no matter what compromises we need to make; apathy - the kind of apathy that leads us to go along with the crowd and with our leaders, even if they are not doing the right thing ...

68. Is Christianity Practical?

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of our stupid moralisms look just as ineffectual as they are. He cut to the root of adultery where nobody else had ever cut. He pointed out the fact that adultery wasn't the matter of breaking some kind of legal law. Adultery began with the lustful glance or the lustful attitude. He cut to the root of false swearing by abolishing all swearing. He cut to the root of war by forbidding revenge or the hatred of our enemies. He cut to the root of hypocricy by cutting at publicized giving and praying. He cut to ...

69. The Great Banquet Feast

Luke 14:15-24

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... 't get organized that fast. Solo 4: I've got so much to do. Narrator: They all began making excuses. Solo 1: I ... er ... ah ... I lust bought a field and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused. Solo 2: Likely story ... you must go to inspect ... a field and wanted to go to see it. Another said he bought some oxen and wanted to try them out. And another said he lust got married and had to stay home ... they all asked to be excused. Narrator: Then the master was very angry and said, Master: [To his ...

70. The Bells Of Christmas Eve

Drama

... Mary, Mother of God! FRANCO: I can listen to no more of this. HANS: Maria Fruzzetti was a handsome, full-breasted woman, was she not? FRANCO: Yes, Oh, yes! HANS: But there were men - husbands - in your parish who lusted after her. FRANCO: Go on. HANS: But she resisted their lust; so they conspired to accuse her of having bewitched them. And, of course, the wives of these men - in their jealousy - were only too happy to perjure themselves by testifying against the poor woman. FRANCO: You have said enough ...

71. Epiphany 6

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon Aid

... (anger and hatred are just as evil as the killing of people, because they are a type of bloodless destruction); to adultery (lust is an inward form of adultery); to marriage and divorce (divorce forces people into a type of adultery); and to lying and ... say to you...." brings a new and more demanding interpretation of the commands of God. Jesus shows how evil thoughts, hatred, lust, and taking God's name in vain are spiritually destructive. Sin always destroys our relationship with God and other human beings ...

72. General William Booth

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... , he became for the Wesleyan movement a big fish who slipped the hook and got away. Some would see Booth’s exit as an arbitrary action of a head-strong man unwilling to submit to a particular discipline. I would see his departure, however, as evidence that lust as God had a whole new ministry for Martin Luther, John Calvin, George Fox, John Wesley and all of the other reformers he raised up, so too did he have a new ministry for William Booth. Just as the existing church structures were inadequate for the ...

73. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... you will pattern your life after them, you will be surprised at how fortunate and how full life will be for you. I don’t mean lust some future life in the bliss of heaven, but this life you are living right here and now." He merely listed the eight standards. He ... twentieth century measurements of a man, aggressiveness is a sign of success. Well, here’s Jesus, telling us lust the opposite! How do you define meekness? Are such words as weakness, softness, docility, passiveness, tameness, true synonyms? ...

74. Will My Ship Sink or Float?

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... divine reason for all things working together The love of God keeps us in obedience to God, so that our character is no longer shaped by things that we cherished in the days of our uncommitment. St. Augustine tells of a friend who was addicted to the lust and violence of the Roman games. With great effort he had broken the addiction. But some of his former friends subtly tricked him into going. While there he was so violently tempted that he ventured to open just one eye, and he was hooked again. For things ...

75. GOOD SEX

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John H. Krahn

... overcome our problem, we must first admit we can’t handle our weak flesh alone. Then we should come to God and honestly say, "Help me, Lord." And he will, because he loves us. Jesus will help us see people as love-objects rather than as lust-objects. In Christ the goal of dating becomes a relationship of giving, not taking. The Lord helps us restrict sexual intercourse to marriage because it is his intention that we become "one flesh" in a total union which includes mind, spirit, will, and body. Save sex ...

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