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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Walter Kimbrough
... light of what God had done.” God is always out front, up front and moving forward. Consequently, the only view we could ever possibly have is a rear view. From a cleft in the rock, Moses saw the back of God. The words of the old familiar song speak passionately to our souls, “Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee”… even if I am only able to see your back, not your glory, just your back, let me hide myself in thee. Satisfaction and joy are realized when one is allowed the privilege ...
Eulogy
Joe Barone
... And whether or not the miracles were true, people believed them. But Jesus’ raising of Lazarus was different. It wasn’t a trick, it wasn’t even a miracle. It was the final revelation of the glory of the living God, the final revelation aside from his passion, his crucifixion and his resurrection. “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Jesus told Martha just before he rolled away the stone. The glory of God. They had seen it in the wedding feast at Cana. They ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... charismatics say that the rest of us Christians have been so modernized and sophisticated that we are a bit embarrassed by the Bible and the tradition. It is time to return to these sources of our faith! If you are serious about a revival of passion for the sources of our faith, then you cannot help but notice that, in scripture as well as in the subsequent tradition of the church, God was always doing great natural, visible miracles. Christians inspired by the Holy Spirit spoke "in tongues." God revealed ...
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Mark Ellingsen
... not need to achieve or to compete with our neighbors at their expense. God has set us free and given us the marks of greatness. He has made you and me his people. Referring back to an earlier comment he had made to James, John, and their mother about his passion (the cup he would have to drink all again to the cross. "... whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give ...
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Mark Ellingsen
... writer of this story, John (11:5), writes: "Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus." Jesus loved them. Jesus' love for that family was not just a matter of words, a kind of polite sentiment we sometimes express concerning acquaintances. This was a passionate love. Thus after learning that Lazarus was severely ill, Jesus concluded his business in the region of Perea (Jesus always conducts his business deliberately in John's gospel; also see John 2:4, 24; 12:1) and he went back to Judea to be with ...
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... if the ministry was for him. At this time in his life Hudnut confessed that he never read the Bible any more than the next person. But during the year in Seminary he came in contact with a professor of the Old Testament who gave him a passionate desire to read the Bible. He still remembers a particular chapel service on September 25, 1958, when that professor challenged him by saying: “Go to your Bibles and listen.” Hudnut decided to become a minister, and he has been listening to that Word in the Bible ...
Sermon Aid
Jeffrey A. Nelson
... possibilities, and which seeks to accomplish as two who are united what could never be accomplished by one. Today, you make your commitment to abide in a love that crowns and completes your relationship with a spirit that burns with a steadier flame than any simple romantic passion. And the greatest of this is love, your love, founded in Jesus Christ, which puts the two of you in a place more holy than the interior of any church. So ____ and ____ today as you become one in the presence of this gathering and ...
883. Dust And Ashes
Genesis 18:16-33
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Erskine White
... of the Lenten season, we will feel like we have walked through the valley ar shadow of death itself. Then we will come to Holy Week. We will see the triumph and tension of Palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem and set the stage for His final passion. We will see the trial and tribulation of Maundy Thursday, when Jesus was arrested and condemned to death. We will stare into the unspeakable darkness of Good Friday, when our Lord hung on a Cross to die. And then, finally, we will come to the bright light ...
Sermon
Erskine White
... two thousand years ago, and I am writing a letter to the modern-day Christian church. The letter begins as follows: I. My name is John Mark. I was a witness to the last night Jesus spent on earth, and I represent all children at the events you call the Passion. Yes, it's true. It wasn't just grown-ups who were with Jesus that final night. I was there, too. I am the boy who ran away naked when they arrested our Lord. The events I'll describe began with the Last Supper. Do you remember how when Jesus ...
885. God Forsaken
Mark 15:21-32
Sermon
Erskine White
... that way. In fact, the first RSV translation was printed in 1952. There were great arguments within many congregations between those who wanted to accept the new Bible and those who wanted to keep the old King James Bible. At the height of this controversy, one passionate church member stood up and said, "Keep the old Bible. If the King James English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!" You wonder how such a person could have overlooked the verse we find in our text, because here we have ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... : But these sayings were hid from them. On the third occasion Luke records: But they did not grasp what ha had said. Thus the disciples suffered from a kind of blindness. They were blind as to the nature and person of Jesus. They loved him passionately, but they did not understand him. They were spiritually blind. They had sight, yet they failed to see. They were blind as to the meaning of the events that were happening around them. This blindness effected their behavior. Look what they did. They tried to ...
Drama
Thomas A. Renquist
Reader 1: The year is 1869. A group of Lutheran pastors and laypersons had come together for a convention in Reading, Pennsylvania. A 77-year-old man, his long white hair curling up at the ends, rises to speak to the assembly. He argues passionately for the Lutheran church to resume its missionary work in India. The speaker is John Christian Frederick Heyer, who 27 years earlier had been Americans s first Lutheran foreign missionary. He had been sent twice as a missionary to India, so he definitely knew ...
Drama
Thomas A. Renquist
... in his crusade to abolish Indian slavery, Las Casas proposed instead that the Spanish crown should import black Africans to work as slaves in the Americas. In fact, some historians have called Las Casas “the Father of Negro Slavery in America.” How could he speak so passionately on behalf of the Indians and yet be so blinded in the matter of black slavery? Even at the age of 70, when he returned to America as bishop, he brought along with him four black slaves. It was only later that he came to see the ...
889. Holy Arithmetic!
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... to be mature, responsible adults. Parent God hurts when the kids make a mess of their lives. But even so, Parent God knows that parents must allow the kids the freedom to make mistakes so that they can grow up. The Parent God respects us and believes passionately that we can and will grow up someday. Parent God gets very upset when the kids fight with each other or say mean things to each other, or refuse to share things with each other. Which description fits for you? All of them? None of them? Actually ...
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Johnny Dean
... possible angle, weigh all of our options and come up with a five-year plan of implementation before we go one step further. We are, after all, rational, well-balanced, well-adjusted people, and we’re not willing to change directions impulsively, or make decisions based on passion rather than intellect. You just can’t be too careful, you know? Or can you? I want to share with you this morning a story I came across in the course my sermon research this past week. But before I do that, I have to make a ...
Sermon
Betty Lynn Schwab
... you, "Hosanna! Save us!" Yet we know Jesus is already with us. By His life and death and resurrection Jesus shows us the Way. So we pray help us be faith-filled people of decision and action in our day. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Palm/Passion Sunday Minister: "The Lord spoke to Moses: ... you shall set up the tabernacle ... And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle" (Exodus 40:1, 2, 34). "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel saying: ... lasting seven days, there shall be ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... an audience with him? Jesus knows that the Greeks "Seek Wisdom" and are only interested in debate and dialogue on theological philosophical issues of the day. Even if they are God Fearers they are perhaps noncommittal. Jesus draws a line in the sand now that this is Passion Week and, in effect says, the time for debating is over! Those who would be my disciples must lose their life and hate their life in this world in order to save it. Unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains only ...
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Johnny Dean
... it comes to sharing your faith. Logic alone is not enough when the subject is faith. When Paul bought into the philosophy of the Athenians, he lost something vital to his faith. He knew the territory, but he lost his way because he forgot his passion. Paul gave a good, solid sermon that day in Athens. It was well crafted, politically correct, and well delivered. He probably stayed up late Saturday night working on it. Paul shared his faith, but something was missing. He spoke the language of his listeners a ...
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Johnny Dean
... prayer, a designated prayer at every community function, in the face of the death of my stepfather, I didn’t have any idea what to say. Oh, I stammered out a few sentences, but I couldn’t tell you what I said, only that it was passionate and heartfelt and probably very selfish. How can our prayers, so filled with our selves, match the selfless intercessions for others that characterized the prayers of Jesus? Paul is right. We don’t know to pray. That’s the reason many people give for not calling ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again ...
Sermon
Rolf E. Aaseng
... of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy" (Romans 13:12-13). The letter to Titus says that God's grace trains us "to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:12-13). "Above all," wrote Peter, "maintain ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... . No brothers and sisters. She tried to be brave, but tears streamed down her face. She was abandoned and rejected. Her family brought tears to her eyes - tears of rejection. God's family, Israel, brought tears to Jesus' eyes also. On a day we now call Passion (Palm) Sunday, Jesus came to Jerusalem to offer himself and his gifts to his people, but he was rejected, and his gift was refused. His sorrow was expressed by his words in our text, "And you would not." You would not have me as Savior, says Jesus ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... , "If I ever met a Christian, I'd become one." Nietzsche, the father of the "God is dead" philosophy, once challenged, "Show me first that you are redeemed; then I'll listen to talk about your Redeemer." Really, Jesus does not want our tears of sympathy for his passion; he wants obedience. That is far harder to do than to shed a tear. Not tears but witness is what Jesus wants from us. Our witness to others is extremely important to him, because he died to save all people, not only his own nation but every ...
Sermon
Larry Powell
... of one of your progenitors?" The host answered, "Heck no, that's jest a ole picture of grandpa." Sometimes, the harder we try, the harder we fall. A story is told of Anton Lang, who has played the part of Christ in several productions of the Oberammergau Passion Play. Lang was accidentally discovered in a secluded place by another member of the cast, carrying a heavy beam of wood over his shoulder, walking back and forth in the dark. When asked the meaning of what he was doing, he replied, "I do this so I ...
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Wesley T. Runk
... with specific reference to the scribes. These were among Israel's finest. They were the epitome of a good example, and mothers cherished the hope that their sons would be like them. But Jesus said that men who despise manual labor, who court recognition with a passion, and who always expect the seat of honor at feast and worship while forcing the poor to their knees are a sad lot and filled with pride. These are the ones who pray loud and long. Such pride not only destroys, but also separates. In Dickens ...
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