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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776. The Rebirth
John 3:1-21
Sermon
Ron Lavin
... gospel of Jesus Christ and his cross. Only what God gives, his love for us in the cross of Jesus, lasts. Don't you want to invest your time and money and witness in something that will last to the end of time? The creating and recreating, redeeming and ... a damn." He went back to the priest and said, "I have done it. Now, good-bye." "Do it again," said the priest. "I don't want to do it again," said the smart aleck. "Afraid?" inquired the wise priest. "No," said the boy. Slowly he went down the center aisle of ...
Sermon
Richard Patt
... how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Yes, even a human father doesn't usually treat his children cruelly. If that's true, think of how much more the heavenly Father desires to bless us all. In other words, Jesus wants us to be convinced that God is unquestionably on our side. From the beginning of our prayer, God is ready to listen for the sake of bringing us the best possible blessing. What a promise! Even before we get set to pray, haven't you and I previously ...
778. A Tale Of Two Cities
Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17
Sermon
Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... out of loyalty to their rulers. Amaziah appeared to be a priest who would do anything to preserve his power, even if it meant lying to the prophet. Amos, on the other hand, was more concerned with serving God than the people of the kingdom of Israel. Amos wanted to do God's will and bidding by exhorting the people back to God and by warning them of the coming scourge. God probably chose someone as plain and naive as Amos to prophesy to the people because Amos had lost respect for temple ministrations. The ...
Sermon
James McLemore
... :14: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Youth, we don't want to seek salvation in our youth, do we? Because in our youth we are busy being preteens, and then we are busy being teenagers. It ... the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, 'I find no pleasure in them.' " Mature adults, we don't want to seek salvation in our maturity, do we? Young adults think they are too young, and older adults think they are too old. And ...
780. Bubbles
2 Timothy 2:5 · Prov 17:17; 18:24
Children's Sermon
Kenneth Mortonson
... the right glasses. Part of growing up means learning to make the right choices. When you play a game with other people, you have to play according to the rules. If you do not, the other people will not want to play with you. One of the reasons we study the Bible is so that we can learn the rules about how God wants us to live. Since God created us, he knows what is the best way to live. When we do what God tells us to do, we get the best results out of living. I hope you will remember ...
781. Proper 12
Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b
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William E. Keeney
... quit his $14,000-a-year job. He married his high school sweetheart and built a house on eight acres of land he bought. But friends and strangers hassled him for money. He tried to sell his house, but when people found out he was a lottery winner they wanted him to take a lower price for it. Finally he snapped on January 23, 1994. He set his house on fire after calling the Medina County emergency dispatcher. He was arrested by two officers as he sat watching his house burn. On July 12, 1994, he was convicted ...
Sermon
Thomas A. Pilgrim
... of us know that there is something wrong, something which must be set right at some point along the way. And we want someone to set things right. Yet, many times we have the feeling that we cannot break through, cannot make the connection, cannot ... way and will instead of God's. We tend to put ourselves in God's place, thinking the world revolves around us and our own little wants and wishes. In our attempts to find a heaven, we wind up creating a hell. And we know we need a forgiving God. One afternoon when ...
Sermon
Roger G. Talbott
... herself as confined to those two roles anymore. Maybe she is going to get a job or go back to school or become an artist. She wants to find out who she is by letting go of thinking of herself as only a wife and a mother. Her family starts to argue with ... strange thing that we discover is that the more we let go of yesterday, and of who we think we are and what we think we want, the more consistent we become. There really is a self down there inside of each of us -- a self that has been there from the time ...
784. Let It Go!
Mark 8:31-38
Sermon
Elaine M. Ward
... ones whom I love. We live without the assurance of the power of God but in the promise of the presence of God. "If you want to be my follower," Jesus said, "you must deny yourself." There are many things we have to "let go." One of them is the demand ... I do not know who suffers in those accidents outside my window, my prayer is "Thy will be done," for I believe that God wants the best for us, wants harmony and well-being for all of us. I believe in the love God pours into us through the Holy Spirit, for God ...
Bulletin Aid
Rolland R. Reece
... a mile away, and we weren't fooled by a camouflage of adult words. Wrong was wrong and right was right. Now we are adults and we no longer see things so clearly. Or is it that we can see the difference between right and wrong, but we don't want to acknowledge what we see? Certainly our society has become more complicated. Having spotted some enemy, we turn to pick up our swords to lead the charge, but when we turn back, the enemy has changed or is nowhere to be seen. Sometimes our enemies turn out to be our ...
Sermon
Timothy J. Smith
... speak with David that day. It was common practice for the king to listen to cases as a judge. No doubt Nathan had spoken with David on previous occasions about other current issues in the kingdom. When David went to see Nathan he had no idea what he wanted to talk to him about. Nathan had a parable to tell David. I wonder if David saw Nathan's hands trembling as he began. Once there were two men, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had everything he desired including large flocks. In contrast, the ...
Sermon
William B. Kincaid, III
... awarded. We may not be able to find a telephone number to call if we have a problem with a health insurance claim, but when a proposal is on the table to revamp the healthcare system we can bet the insurance companies will be calling us for our support. Everyone wants more facilities to treat troubled children, but when one comes to our neighborhood and threatens to lower our property taxes, we may not favor the facility as much as we once thought we did. It is hard to stomach the fact that not everybody ...
Drama
Jerry Eckert
... ? Jesus: The rabbi said so. Joseph: Does that make it true? Jesus: What do you mean? Joseph: The rabbi talked about a man being worth his hire. Maybe the man needs to ask for a raise. Jesus: But, Dad, it's still true that God doesn't want greed and He does want people to be treated fairly. Remember when Aunt Martha asked you to fix her door? Joseph: Do I? That was a hard situation. She is such a sweet person and I could hardly say no. But she expected me to do it for nothing because she is my aunt. Jesus ...
Sermon
Thomas Peterson
... the marvelous words, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” Today this story tells me that Bartimaeus was given the chance, in confrontation with Jesus, to see himself as a man of faith. He asked for mercy, but Jesus did not just give him what he wanted. Jesus insisted on an investment by Bartimaeus. He did not take over his life and will to make him see. Bartimaeus cried for mercy, but Jesus enabled him to look into himself and see himself as Jesus saw him. Jesus helped him to see the place of a ...
Sermon
Thomas Peterson
... little of the truth of self. Yes, he was free, for every time he was pushed into a corner, he slipped out; because, if he really wanted to, he could face the problem and solve it. He did not know human truth. Yes, we could say he was free, but I’m convinced ... just a lot of words, would be to be very much a loser. Winners are all around us, too. Years ago I overheard a man say, “I want God to be in my life.” Time went by, and we became very close. I noticed how, in the worst of times, he managed to keep ...
Sermon
Robert Noblett
... holding that its lowest common denominator is infinitely more preferential than spirited debate and the growth that can ensue from it? Shall we bring before the Lord our fawning and falderol and not, instead, our honest humanity, pimples and all? No House for God God doesn’t want to live in a house; that God makes clear to David through Nathan. “From the time I rescued the people of Israel from Egypt until now, I have never lived in a temple; I have traveled around living in a tent.” (2 Samuel 7:6 TEV ...
Sermon
Larry Powell
... around long enough, you will eventually find what you are looking for. Having been made to feel stupid so many times for doing that very thing, I reasoned after 10 or 15 minutes to stop the car and ask the first person who gave the appearance of knowing where we wanted to go. A man and woman were walking briskly along the sidewalk. "Pardon me," I said, "could you tell us how to get to the Old Mill?" He pointed to his right. "See that sign right there that says Old Mill?" he asked. The sign was in clear view ...
Sermon
Barbara Brokhoff
... , providing mother had enough money, she would turn the card upside-down, showing a 50 pounds sign, so that we'd have enough ice to last until Monday. And on a really special day, when the children were all home, she might turn the card over and indicate we wanted a 100-pound chunk of ice! Wow! I always thought how impressed the neighbors must be as they saw how much ice we were ordering that day! That meant that 50 pounds would be placed in the ice box and the other 50 pounds would be wrapped in newsprint ...
794. Lent 5
John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57
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John R. Brokhoff
... v. 32 3. Wept to express her love - v. 33 4. Your Part in God's Miracles (11:38-44). Jesus did not perform the miracle of raising Lazarus by himself. He called upon friends who were at the cemetery. Of course, Christ could have done it all, but he wanted people to get involved by removing the stone and unbinding the mummified Lazarus. Indeed, God does 99 percent of it, but the one percent is also important and needed. You can have a part in a miracle - A. By praying as Jesus did - v. 42 B. By obeying God's ...
795. Sing A New Song
Acts 10:23b-48
Sermon
Erskine White
... away; behold, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). In our text from Acts, it is Peter's turn to learn that God wants a new song - not just from individuals, but from His church as a whole. Specifically, Peter had a vision from God which told him ... , we've never sung it that way before," and go about our business? Or, will we say, "Yes, Lord, a new song. What key do you want us to sing it in?" Amen Pastoral Prayer: Almighty God, whose will is steadfast but ever-new in our lives, help us to respond to the ...
Children's Sermon
... 's pretty easy to love them. But if it's your brother or sister, it can be pretty hard. That's because your friend will go home after a visit, but your brother or sister is always there and you're sort of "stuck" with them. We know that God wants us to be good to everyone we meet. We also know that sometimes that's pretty hard to do. And we also know that, without even thinking about your brothers or sisters, there are people you have to be around sometimes who are just plain unpleasant. They may have bad ...
797. Proper 26
Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10
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George Bass
... for his creatures becomes very evident to those who hear the story, and one begins to realize why Jesus had to die on a cross to complete his mission here on the earth. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Luke 19:1-10 - "A Tree And A House." Zaccheus knew enough about Jesus to want desperately to see him for himself. That's why he ran ahead of the crowd at Jericho; he couldn't see over the heads of people because he was so short. He climbed up into the branches of a sycamore tree, perched there where he could look down and ...
Sermon
William J. Carl
... can’t hear us sometimes when we know that they hear a lot more than we think. Truth be known, we all hear what we want to hear, and sometimes it seems like God doesn’t hear us at all, which is not true. God does hear. But God doesn’t ... away. She is very much like the woman who caught a local pastor in the parking lot just before a wedding one Saturday night. She wanted milk for her child. Nothing was open except the chapel. At first the pastor ignored her the way Jesus did. He tried to walk past ...
Sermon
George Johnson
... this to Jesus were people who had believed in him. They weren't outsiders who needed to be converted. They had taken step one. Jesus wants them to understand step 2 and step 3, as though to say, you're off to a good start but this is what discipleship is ... may not always agree or you may agree with some but not all. That's okay. We can disagree and still love one another. Second, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am deeply grateful to the Lutheran Church. I am first of all a Christian, but I am also a ...
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Mark Ellingsen
... what Jesus prayed: "Holy Father [he prayed], keep them [my followers] in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one (John 17:11b)." Make my followers one, as we are one. A whole cluster of themes jump out at us. Jesus wants his followers to be one, like he and the Father are one. This notion of the Father and Son being one, especially at this time in the church year when we celebrate the ascension, is bound to lead us to consider God in all his glory and majesty (the Triune ...
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