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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76. The Crisis of Commitment
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
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Louis H. Valbracht
... of her past and the futility of her present. He saved Mary Magdalene from a life that had been a Chamber of Horrors. He saved Matthew, the collaborationist; Peter, the swearing, swaggering fisherman; John, the turbulent bigot; Zacchaeus, the most cordially disliked man in the city, the exploiter of his neighbors. He saved the blind men whose sight He restored; the deaf men whose hearing He recalled; the demoniacs whom He reclothed again in a rightful mind and restored them to respectable society ...
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William McKee Aber
... fond of someone else. It’s what we do that counts. Anyone can say, "I’ll do good to my neighbor because, as a matter of emotion, I like him." It takes a Christian who is aware of the grace of God to say, "As a matter of emotion I dislike that man, but I will do good to him because as a matter of Christian principle, I love him." It’s great to feel a warmth toward people, and if we took Christ seriously, we would probably feel warmth a great deal more than we do. The Christian faith isn ...
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John W. Rilling
... out of drink rather than to accept the 20th century and his place in it. We can accept ourselves and "take it out" on someone else, making them feel miserable. There is a wise observation that when you point one finger at someone else whom you dislike and want to accuse, observe that three fingers of your hand point back at yourself! Or we can learn to accept ourselves and our circumstances as the resourceful woman in our gospel did. To the seemingly unkind cut about it not being right "to take the children ...
79. The Flow of Life
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
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Gregory J. Johanson
... hitting ourselves over the head, as for example, if we think we should have a perfect marriage where there are never any fights or difficulties; or be the ideal parent who always sacrifices and does just what is right for his or her children and never dislikes them; or be the perfectly mature person who never gets upset. We have our ideals and they can be extremely important. We need to have expectations that pull us to realize our potential more fully. The problem can come, though, when the gap between our ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... ? Is it because we punish and kill our truth tellers and reward our liars with accolades and praise? Why are people afraid to love one another as Christ has loved them? Why have so many of us been cast under the spell of untruthfulness and disdain or dislike for another because he or she is different? One of the great tragedies of the modern church is the manner in which the gospel of truth has been compromised and neutralized by the messengers of Christ. People are afraid of the truth. They are afraid to ...
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James W. Moore
... indeed, more so perhaps than we even realize. A few years ago in Sweden, a nurse working in a government hospital was assigned to an elderly woman patient. This patient was a tough case. She had not spoken a word in three years. The other nurses disliked her and tried to avoid her as much as they could. Basically, they ignored her. But the new nurse decided to try “unconditional love.” The elderly woman patient rocked all day in a rocking chair. So one day the nurse pulled up a rocking chair beside ...
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Brett Blair
... . The point to the story has a bit more bite to it. Jesus is asking the expert in the Law to treat not just his friends, not just the people in his town, and folks stranded on the road as neighbors, but to treat the very people he despises, or dislikes, or makes fun of, or even hates as neighbors. In a word: Love your enemies. The story of the Good Samaritan is a lesson on how the Law of Moses is to be understood and lived out in the most difficult of relationships. I am convinced that apathy is just ...
83. Real Gratitude
Luke 19:1-10
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James W. Moore
... and His disciples are heading toward the show-down in Jerusalem. As they pass through Jericho, a great crowd gathered to see Jesus. Zaccheus was in the crowd. The scriptures tell us that Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector and rich… and that he was disliked and despised by his fellow townspeople. They resented paying taxes to Rome and they felt that Zacchaeus, a fellow Jew, had betrayed them, has sold out to Rome, and had gotten rich at their expense. So, they rejected him, shunned him, detested him. If ...
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David E. Leininger
... of testimony - $44-million worth. Lies have been told, some under oath, some not. The impeachment hearings are focusing on whether or not the President perjured himself about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Did he lie under oath? That is the issue. No question, we dislike perjury. People who swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth but then lie give us a queasy feeling. We might want to say that it depends upon what one is lying about as to the seriousness of the offense ...
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David E. Leininger
... there are still some churches which will not use any music except that which is derived from the psalms. Admittedly, we do what we do (however we do it) with varying levels of skill. C. S. Lewis recounts that when he first started going to church he disliked the hymns, which he considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as he continued, he said, "I realized that the hymns were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and benefit by an old saint in elastic-side boots in the opposite pew ...
86. God Is Greater
John 10:22-42
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King Duncan
... Daddy," Kevin said, "Can Drake come back to see me?" "What?" Kenneth said with some frustration. "After what he did to you? No, he can't come back to see you!" What's the matter with this kid? Kenneth wondered. Can't he get up an old-fashioned dislike for someone? He glanced down at Kevin to see big tears welling up in his eyes. "Son, what is the matter with you, now?" Kenneth asked. "Daddy, you don't understand," Kevin said. "Drake is my very best friend!" Startled, Kenneth stopped to analyze Kevin's words ...
87. After The Beep
Isaiah 66:1-24
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King Duncan
... !" Do you ever feel that your prayers are not so much speaking directly to God as they are leaving a message for God "after the beep" and hoping that He will get back with you? I confessed at the beginning of this message that I dislike talking into answering machines; they make me nervous, disoriented, uncomfortable. I wonder if that's why our prayers are so often nervous, disoriented, and uncomfortable. Could it be our perception that we are not really speaking with God that we are merely talking into the ...
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King Duncan
... to be flawless, Jesus would never have needed to go to the cross! It is heresy to expect such perfection in this world. Jesus doubtless meant that we are to be perfect in our love even as God’s very nature is love. Some of us may dislike bumper stickers with cute religious expressions, but the one that says "Christians are not perfect, only forgiven," is right on target. Christians are not perfect ”even the best of us. But we can be forgiven. That is why the Christ child came into the world. Christmas ...
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King Duncan
... rhyming was eventually added, which delighted readers. Some examples of these innovative signs are: "The bearded lady Tried a jar She's now A famous Movie star BurmaShave." "Fisherman! For a lucky strike Show the pike A face They'll like BurmaShave." "If you dislike Big traffic fines Slow down Till you Can read these signs BurmaShave." (1) Now you know the origin of the quaint Burma Shave signs that once graced our nation's highways. And they were the result of one man's kindness at Christmastime. Christmas ...
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King Duncan
... They lie. There is no such thing as an uncontrollable temper. We all maintain some control over our anger or there would be dead bodies everywhere. There is a good story about Rudolf Bing, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera for many years. Bing disliked having to negotiate with trade unions. He knew that it was a time for much hysteria. One attorney's behavior was particularly outrageous. After one colorful tirade Bing leaned across the table toward the union's lawyer and said, "I'm awfully sorry, I ...
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King Duncan
... what was told to me in confidence? Can I be trusted? Am I a slave to dress, friends, work or habits? Do I disobey God in anything? Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy? Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward, or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it? Do I grumble or complain constantly? Is Christ real to me? Each week the believers would ask these questions of each other. Obviously, some found this rigorous system of inquiry ...
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King Duncan
... healing streams that lie within the human body which may be activated by the power of love. In Sweden a nurse working in a government convalescent home, was assigned to an elderly woman patient. This patient had not spoken a word in three years. The other nurses disliked her and tried to have nothing to do with her. The new nurse decided to try unlimited love. The elderly woman rocked all day in a rocking chair. So one day the nurse pulled up a rocking chair beside the lady and just rocked along with her ...
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King Duncan
... of being human. The awful agony of rejection. Is there any hurt more devastating than that one? Some of us find ourselves crippled for a lifetime by our inability to accept ourselves as we really are. We go to extremes to avoid having persons dislike us. Any small word of criticsm is taken as a personal affront. We isolate and insulate ourselves emotionally from others. We dare not let anyone penetrate the facade that we have constructed. They might discover that we are, in fact, human. Tom Hopkins in ...
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King Duncan
... gas station attendant." I know there are many wives out there breathing a hearty, "Amen." Jesus warned us time and time again not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think. The overall impression we get from the Gospels is of a man who disliked "stuffiness." How else do you explain prostitutes going into the Kingdom before Pharisees the best people in the community? How else do you explain, "I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink...I was ...
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King Duncan
... back on the history of this country, some of our great leaders would not have been perhaps great television personalities, but they were great Presidents for what they stood for...The most important thing about a public man is not whether he ™s loved or disliked but whether he ™s respected. And I hope to restore respect to the presidency at all levels by my conduct." If only Richard Nixon had maintained that high standard. He opened the door to China. He was reelected by an enormous majority. He might ...
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King Duncan
... evangelist Dwight L. Moody with which many of us can identify. A gentleman had been called upon to pray and somehow couldn’t find a quitting place. That sometimes happens in extemporaneous prayer. The fellow just went on and on and on. Moody disliked long prayers in the first place, but even more importantly, he saw that this prayer was an impediment to the worship service. Finally Moody interrupted the prayer to suggest that the congregation go ahead and sing another hymn while the dear brother finished ...
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King Duncan
... . The late Ruth Bell Graham, Mrs. Billy Graham, told of a young man who was a lot like Thomas. He was part of a demonstration at one of her husband's crusades a number of years ago. The young man told everyone he talked to how much he disliked Billy Graham. When he was a young boy his parents forced him to watch Billy Graham on television. This young man had heard Dr. Graham's invitation many times before: "hundreds of you will be coming forward to make your commitment to Christ." But the young man thought ...
98. Family Resemblance
1 John 2:28--3:10
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King Duncan
... forty years until his death, Charles Darwin was desperately ill and fatigued, yet some modern observers believe that his illness was psychosomatic, a reaction to returning to England and his father and dry, academic work. Others even go so far as to say that Darwin's dislike and fear of his father showed in his constant rejection of God or a spiritual element to life. It is interesting to speculate that the man who contributed so much to the cause of atheism may have just been reacting to a lack of love and ...
99. Offer Them Christ
Romans 9:30--10:21
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King Duncan
... . He confessed that he had not always had control of himself. In fact, he reported that once he was very hard to get along with. He had been a draftsman. He loved his work. It meant everything to him. But he had trouble getting along with his fellow workers. His dislike of others was so intense that Bob claimed that it caused a tumor to grow in his brain, and he lost much of the use of his right hand. While he was in the hospital facing brain surgery, he was very scared. The telephone rang, he picked it up ...
100. Busybodies
Luke 13:10-17
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King Duncan
... are becoming busybodies. Critics are everywhere. Anybody who tries to do anything significant in the world is going to have someone there telling him that he should have done it differently. As Yogi Berra once said: "Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked." Jesus healed a woman with a bad back. She had been bent over for eighteen years, unable to straighten herself up. Jesus saw her, had compassion on her, and healed her. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DOES. He heals people. He heals them spiritually, he ...
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