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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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76. “Your Love Is Better Than Life”

Psalm 63:1-11

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... minimal, and thus some regions so arid, especially in the eastern part, that the area is called “desert,”5but not “desert” in the sense of sand and sand dunes. “Wilderness” is probably a good compromise. 63:1 earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you.The word for “seek” (shhr) is different from the one used in a worship setting (bqsh). A. A. Anderson says the verb shhr belongs to wisdom language (Job 7:21; 8:5; 24:5; Prov. 1:28; 7:15; 8:17).6Whether or not it is ...

77. Living Forever

John 6:51

Children's Sermon

... can never be seven again. None of these things then last forever. A ruler is not forever long and neither is the string. You are not your age forever, and neither is this calendar. All of them end. But God says that all of his followers are going to ... further than we can see. It is longer than any street or, if you put all of the string together in the world, it would not be as long as forever. It is older than all of the years that anyone can live on earth, or if you added up all of the ages of all of ...

78. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

Sermon

Michael Milton

... will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me. I have ... we would get home to Momma, and I ate it, too. Now cat-head biscuits are important to me because when I was about to take a long trip, my Aunt Eva would take these big biscuits and wrap them up in aluminum foil and I would put them in my jacket to be ...

79. This Is the Day

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... fly down to Rome." "Oh, Rome is worst of all. The food is terrible. Whatever you do, don't visit the Vatican. The lines are too long. And don't think you are going to see the Pope either, because the Pope is not accessible. And even if you do, you won' ... Los Angeles, or someplace like that. Then pretty soon you would have enough money to be a wealthy man." The Mexican asked, "How long will this take?" He said, "Maybe fifteen or twenty years." The Mexican asked, "Then what?" He said, "Then you can retire, move ...

80. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... Job knows that he has been blameless before God. God’s perfect knowledge will also enable God to reach a verdict that truly fits the facts of the case. Because God knows us thoroughly, we can be confident that he will always do what is right for us. Job longs for justice from God. He is well aware of the many ways in which humans sin both publicly and privately in their actions and attitudes. As Job examines his own life for sin, he cannot discern how he may have missed God’s mark. Like Job, we need to ...

81. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... man die, shall he live again?" Or of our Lord's response (John 14:19), "Because I live, you also shall live"? Of course, as long as death seems far away, we are quite unconcerned. While we are young and/or in good health, death holds no personal reality for us unless ... Jonah was doomed to be disappointed in God, and so are we if we insist that God must arrange everything to suit us as long as we have done our part by obeying God's commands. Oh, we may not throw a tantrum when a favorite ball game is cancelled ...

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

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we know all that can be done, and just because we desperately want to do it, does not necessarily mean that we have to do it. Sometimes doing what we see needs to be done may transcend our human capacity – particularly when other human beings are involved. That’s a long way around to getting to where I really want to be in my sharing with you. Often the Holy Spirit speaks to us in some very personal way to lift us out of discouragement – but not only so, calls us to make an on-course adjustment in our ...

83. Habakkuk: The Problem of Evil

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... go and bear fruit. If we bear no fruit where we are, why do we think we can bear fruit if promoted to another place? Of course, he is right. There are so many Methodist churches that have not received a single person on profession of faith in so long that no one would know how to respond if somebody did. I believe in bearing fruit for the kingdom of God. Even more basic than fruitfulness is faithfulness. I believe one of the finest affirmations of faith in the Bible is here in Habakkuk when the prophet says ...

84. I’ve Got a Home in that Kingdom

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... our motives and our actions — are important in our lives and in the lives of others. Our lives matter, not just in eternal terms, but also in routine, everyday terms. He lifts up the importance of our lives because he wants to turn to the second part of answering our longing for home in an authentic way. The first step is in learning that we belong to God, that Jesus Christ has lived and died has risen for us, for each of us, so that we may know who we are: a child of God. The second point is like unto ...

85. The Problem With A Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... sign. It read: "We promise friendly and courteous service at reasonable prices. If for any reason we fail to live up to this promise - please don't tell anyone!" But God lives up to his promises. He does not break them. But he does sometimes delay. To wait a very long time is a strong theme in this text. Abraham has no heir, and in spite of having a promise, he must wait still longer. We are not accustomed to waiting. We don't like to wait on the phone, we resent being put on "hold," we'd rather not wait ...

86. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... commanded Joshua, "Command seven priests with seven trumpets of ram's horns to walk before the ark. For six days circle the city once. On the seventh day, tell the priests to march around the city seven times blowing their trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the people give a loud shout, then the wall of the city will collapse and every man shall go straight in." So Joshua did as he was commanded by the Lord and called all the people together, giving them instructions on ...

87. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... Casper likes power, too, but he is interested in the power of the stars. Father was interested in the power of men - men against other men, in plots and in schemes. It was fine while he was playing on the winning side. My father's side won well for a long time - certainly through my childhood and my growing up. But sooner or later, the pendulum swings, and in my father's case, the pendulum became a sword, a sword that took off his head and ravaged our home. It all happened so fast not one of us children got ...

88. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... more than we know. Sometimes people say Church is a waste of time. Are they describing the Church or themselves? We are inclined from time to time to think that we have "plenty of time" to put our spiritual lives in order. Are we sure? The writer of Ecclesiastes remarked long ago, "Again I saw under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the man of skill; but TIME and chance happen to them all." (9:11-12) The ...

89. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... usually thinking while they are doing. A ship was once rapidly taking on water. The good chaplain wanted everybody to gather in the middle of the deck and pray that God would save them. A man rushed by the chaplain with a bucket in his hand, but paused long enough to say, "Reverend, you can kneel down here and pray if you want to, but the rest of us will pray while we are bailing water." I have little use for the armchair Christian, who is able to do, and does nothing but chronically interrupts someone who ...

90. Navigating the Stages of Life

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... go; * When you sit in a rocking chair and can’t get it going; * When your knees buckle and your belt won’t; * When dialing long distance wears you out; * When a fortune teller offers to read your face; * When your pacemaker makes the garage door go up when you see ... with me about marriage and how we relate to it. Some come to marriage in a childish way. They say: “I’ll stay married to you as long as you make me happy. If you do what I want you to do, if you please me, if you act like I want you to act ...

91. Prologue to the Law of the Temple: The Lord Comes Home

Ezekiel 40:1--43:12

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... , shown with the face of a man toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other (v. 19). The faces of the ox and the eagle must then be on the back, unrepresented, side. Once more, Ezekiel enters the long room of the temple. This time, he notes the double doors leading into the main room and closing off the Most Holy Place. Both are carved like the paneling with reliefs of cherubim and palm trees (vv. 24–25). 1 Kings 6:31–32 states that Solomon’s temple also ...

92. The Wisdom In Waiting

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... fact that sometimes it is necessary does not diminish our regard for it as an evil, or at least, undesirable. To wait in a long checkout line at the grocery store is irritating. To be stopped on the way home by a changing traffic light and then forced to ... been overwhelmed by that kind of frustration we know that the power to change ourselves does not lie at our disposal. We can only long for the day of deliverance and the joy that cometh in the morning. Until then we have Christ's promise, "It is the Father ...

93. Hang Time: A Good Friday Sermon

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... will give us a clue to how we are able to hang through the tough times of our lives. Our theme this morning is "Hang Time": How long can you hang for the things that are of and for Christ? If he hung for us that we might have a better life, how are we ... come to Hope church, and we appreciate his hanging in there to make our lives better through his music ministry. In the end he hung on as long as he could. He hung for the things of God by trying to do the right thing. Charles was a good man. His hang time was ...

94. Sinner to Saint

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... , but still did not know him. Philip said, "Show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus replied, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?" So often we think of Jesus as being 2,000 years away from us as a figure ... or to make a living. You are out there day after day glorifying God through his service. Changed by Christ You and I have a long way to go from sinner to saint. The journey is not complete until we go another mile in our spiritual pilgrimage. We see this final ...

95. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... . As someone has said, "I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future." I know to whom time belongs in the long run; who holds the future - at the last. So the gift I would give you for tomorrow is not a foresight to determine what will happen when ... for every good and beautiful thing is on the way up and on, and every evil and ugly thing is on the way down and out. How long the way we do not know; but we don’t have to know. It is not an empty phrase when Jesus says, "I am the way, the ...

96. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... to build homes or cabinets or boxes were given the wood they needed. (2) The keeper of the forest wanted to encourage long-term thinking. He knew that many people continually focus on the immediate ” building a fire to keep warm ” and neglecting the far- ... cut it off or plucked it out? Jesus wants us to know the joy of living in the Kingdom here and now. He wants us to think long term. He wants us to rid ourselves of those little things that drag us down and keep us from being all we were created to be. ...

97. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... one in their last hours, or lying in a hospital bed with tubes sticking in you, or going over your checkbook in the wee hours of the morning wondering how you will ever make ends meet, or watching helplessly as your teenager fouls up her life, or whatever your long night might be--it's hard at such times to hold on to the promises of God. The disciples were in that dark night. They had left everything they had and placed all their hopes in Jesus. Now Jesus tells them that he must be crucified. It is then ...

98. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’s coming. We need to seek new visions and dream fresh dreams. Anticipation is not enough; we cannot merely wait and watch. The coming of the Kingdom – the new land – is God’s doing, but it is persons of faith who are His instruments. We give shape to our longing for a new land. II “I didn’t know where I was going, but I knew what I needed. I needed a new land, a new race…” I doubt if Nicholas knew it, but he was expressing the heartbeat of the Apostle Paul. Do you remember. . . A furor was ...

99. Standing In the Gap: The Work of Intercession

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... together. I saw the work of intercession, standing in the gap, working dynamically in the life of a young woman in our church in Memphis. The demonic power of shame and guilt and resentment had been working in this young woman’s life for a long, long time. I saw the powerful deliverance that came when a community of significant others who loved and cared in an unconditional way believed and prayed. This young woman had been sexually abused as a child by her father. She broke from that cycle of violence ...

100. A Career in The Kingdom

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... living, I would die." But live she did. It took countless operations to put Joni back together. She emerged from the hospital two inches shorter, and so hunch-backed that when she first saw herself in a mirror she didn't recognize the image. It was during her long years of therapy that the idea of competing in the Ironman Triathlon began. Still, it took Joni a decade to work up the courage and stamina to enter. That is the first thing that makes Joni's win in 1985 so surprising — moving from near death to ...

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