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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. Jesus And The Woman Of Samaria

John 4:39-42, John 4:27-38, John 4:1-26

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... sons and his flocks drank from it?" 1: Jesus said to her, 3: "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." 1: ... The woman said to him, 4: "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." 1: Jesus said to her, 3: "Go, call your husband, and come back." ...

52. Eight Glasses of Water

John 4:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... stay alive, but having Jesus is enough to keep you alive forever. We need water every day to live here on earth, but we only need Jesus in order to live forever after we die. Drinking one cup of water doesn't mean that we will never be thirsty again. You will be thirsty in a couple of hours. But when you know Jesus, then you know the person who is far greater than anyone else and you will never need anyone else. Jesus is the answer to all of our problems and to all of our happiness. We may need eight ...

53. The Shepherd King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Sims Robert

... enter into the kingdom that has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. I was hungry and you fed me. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me ... . I was in prison and you came to me. And the righteous asked the Lord, ‘When did we see you hungry or thirsty or sick or in prison?’ And he answered, ‘As you have done it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you have done it ...

54. Pure Hearts

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... are to live holy lives and love one another. Props: A cup of water with two or three tiny pieces of clean rocks or debris that can be filtered out, a coffee filter, an empty cup. Lesson: How many of you ever get thirsty? (response) What do you like to drink when you get thirsty? (response) Well, when I get thirsty, I like to just drink a cup of water. But I've got a problem today. I wanted to show you a good cup of water that I could drink, but when I brought it into the church, I noticed that it ...

55. He Can Quench All Your Thirsts

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

... divides the Red Sea for Moses, crumbles the Jericho walls for Joshua, and gives Solomon wealth beyond his dreams. In today's First Lesson, the Israelites have just had their hunger assuaged by manna from heaven and flocks of tasty quail. Now they complain they're thirsty. So Moses strikes a rock and out spurts a fountain to quench the thirst of all. When God told his covenant people he would watch over them he meant it in a practical, physical way. This Old Testament God is not above getting his hands dirty ...

56. Communion Is Refreshment

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

... and feet. The Lord suffered that for us. Have you ever accidentally sliced your finger with a knife and cried because of the pain? Well imagine how it was for Jesus when that whip lacerated his back. The Lord suffered that pain for us! Have you ever been thirsty? Can you imagine what it would be like to go for hours without drinking anything and then hang on a cross in the blazing sun with the desert wind parching your skin? Jesus endured that for us. We must never forget all that the Lord went through to ...

57. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

... ones.) Do you feel a lot better now that you have had something to eat and drink? (Let them answer.) That's good because we would never want anyone to leave church feeling hungry or thirsty. It takes food to keep us alive and healthy, doesn't it? (Let them answer.) All of us need to eat and drink if we want to be able to walk, think, or do almost anything. If we don't eat or drink then we will die. There is another ...

58. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... we really don’t know ourselves. He wants to help us know the truth about ourselves and about life. At the judgment those who had not cared were surprised at their own blindness, and they cried out to Jesus, "When saw we thee hungered and fed thee not, thirsty and gave thee no drink, lonely and took thee not in, sick and ministered not to thee? We have never really seen you and passed you by." The other group who had cared by nature, or by grace, were equally surprised, and they said to Jesus, "When saw ...

59. Learning to Be Patient

Matthew 15:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... she wanted him to do. But she had to wait until Jesus was ready. Sometimes we could get discouraged in our prayers that we say everyday if we didn’t remember this lesson. Sometimes we have to wait. Let me ask you a question. How many of your are thirsty now? Real thirsty? Are your throats dry and your mouths parched? I thought so. Would you like to have a drink? How many of you could take an ice cube back to your seat and wait until it has completely melted before you drink it? You may have to wait for ...

60. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... , earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He always keeps his promises; he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry" (Psalm 146:6). St. Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome: "... If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink ... conquer evil with good" (12:20, 21). Jesus told a parable about judgment and said that "... whenever you did this for one of the least important of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me" (Matthew 25:40)! So, the Bible tells ...

61. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... than Jacob because he is able to give "living water," so in Jesus' words "those who drink of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty." Naturally the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for some "living water," so that, in her own words, "I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." In her way of thinking not only would she never be thirsty again, but she would never have to face the humiliation or scorn from the other women because she would no longer have to go to the well. She ...

62. When Did We See You?

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... once termed them. Now I am not a negative preacher, as you know. But there are hungry persons in this world. There are thirsty persons in this world. There are sick, naked, imprisoned persons in this world. And we need to be reminded. For the teaching of ... not on hunger, per se, but on sensitivity. Are we aware that all about us persons who are in need? "When did we see you hungry, or thirsty or naked or sick or in prison or lonely or afraid?" When did we see you depressed or on drugs or at your wit's end? ...

63. Why Cheerful Givers are Cheerful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... before we can reap, we must sow. Before we can enjoy God''s promises we must perform faithful obedience. Before we can experience a blessing, we must be willing to bless others. It is like a story that comes to us out of the old west. An old prospector was thirsty for a drink, but couldn''t find water, until he came to an abandoned well. There he found a pump and proceeded to pump with all the strength he had remaining. No water came forth. Then he saw a small jug with a cork at the top and a penciled ...

64. Confession And Supplication

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a week, maybe on Saturday night or Sunday morning as you prepare for corporate worship. Rehearse Jesus’ words. “I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. In prison and you came to me.” Now we ... also need to examine ourselves in a more encompassing way. Cries come to us from persons who are hungry and thirsty for spiritual food and moral support. There are persons who are well-fed and sheltered, but need to be ...

65. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... can no longer touch bottom, where there is no longer any trusting God and keeping your powder dry, but where one must now trust God and take what comes a day at a time. (Steere, pp. 8-9) All the saints acknowledged this. They were thirsty for holiness and sought to conform their lives wholly to Christ. The end toward which we move in our thirst for holiness is purity of heart. The Puritan divines labeled this heart-work. John Flavel, a seventeenth-century English Puritan, put it in this perspective: the ...

66. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Esau, he sent gifts in advance and then his servants, wives, and children. He remained at the end of the procession. Jacob spent the night in prayer as he wrestled with a man until he received a blessing. Lesson 1: Isaiah 55:1-3 (RC) God calls the hungry and thirsty to come to him for spiritual food and drink. Lesson 1: Nehemiah 9:16-20 (E) Upon hearing the Law, the people confess their sins. Lesson 2: Romans 9:1-5 (C) Paul has great concern that the Jews have not accepted Christ. Lesson 2: Romans 8:35, 37 ...

67. Changed Lives - The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... would say, “I thank God that I am not a woman, Gentile or Samaritan,” and would pray that the Samaritans not be included in the resurrection. This is the background of this story. Jesus and his disciples have been traveling for some distance and he is tired and thirsty. His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. He sits down by a well known as Jacob’s well. A Samaritan woman comes to the well to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Will you give me a drink?” Here we go again. There were not ...

68. Filtered Lives

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: Christians are to live holy lives and to love one another. Props: A cup of water with several small clean pebbles, a coffee filter, and an empty cup. Lesson: How many of you get thirsty? (response) What do you like to drink when you get thirsty? (response) When I get thirsty, I like to drink a cup of water, but I've got a problem. My is dirty. Show the dirty water. I guess I can't drink it, can I? (response) Do you want to drink it? (response) No? Maybe there is something I can do to make ...

69. The Love of the Harvest

John 4:34-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... failed to seize every opportunity to be a part of the harvest. In Jn. 4 Jesus met a woman at a well, and seized the opportunity to bring that woman into the kingdom of God. He did it to teach us that there are men and women at wells everywhere, thirsty for a living water, and just waiting for someone to take that opportunity to give them that living water and to satisfy their thirst for all eternity. Now the only way you will ever get excited about the harvest is if two things happen: 1) You've got to see ...

70. Digging Deeper

Philippians 3:12-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a simple Salty Pretzel will help you remember that Jesus said: You are the salt of the earth. You can eat it now, but you might want to save it for later, because the salt will make you thirsty. One of the things that salt does, it make you thirsty. You and I are called to live the Spiritual Basics so we make others thirsty. Then we're called to show them where to get Living Water. We're not called to force them to drink, we're simply called to Dig Deeper so we can show the way more effectively. 1. The ...

71. Revelation 21:1-6

Revelation 22:1-6

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... given, life sustaining water recalls the words of Isaiah 55:1. Water is a frequent Old Testament image associated with the messianic age (see Isaiah 12:3; 41:17-18; Ezekiel 47; Zechariah 13:1; 14:8). Jesus himself embodied that image when he declared "If anyone is thirsty let him come to me" (John 7:37; 4:10-14). Living water, the "water of life," is the gift of redemption Jesus made possible. It is this water that now flows freely from its wellspring in the new heaven and new earth. It is this water that ...

72. Time to Get Wet

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , living in it and breathing it for our first nine months of life. Maybe it is because almost none of us get the recommended daily 60-70 ounces of water we need to be optimally hydrated, so that whether we recognize it or not, our bodies are constantly thirsty. Water is life. Disney's Earth Day release of "Oceans," a 103 minute special breathtaking in every way, reminded us that we live on the only blue planet in the galaxy and it is that azure which animates us. Is it any wonder then that, in this week ...

73. Doing What Disciples Do

John 15:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... intimate things of life as they cut across the culture of the day. Then Jesus said something to her that changed her life, “You drink of this water from this well and you will be thirsty again. But I want to give you water that is living water. It will be a well of water springing up from inside of you and you will never ever be thirsty again.” That is what worship does for us. It gives us a spring of living water welling up inside our souls. Jesus says come to the water, stand by my side I know you ...

74. Watch!

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to be there. Open your eyes so you can see Him. The third parable Jesus tells following this teaching is the parable of the sheep and goats. You remember it well. It is another of those kingdom parables. “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me. And the righteous will answer, “Lord, when? I don ...

75. You Never Noticed

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... down-trodden? “For I was hungry,” the Son of Man will say on the Last Day, “and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe ... me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me. “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you ...

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