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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1001. One Bad Apple
Matthew 26:47-56
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... betray Christ all over again. Judas was not a monster. He was a person very much like us. As the Irish poet Oscar Wilde said in “The Ballad of Reading Gaol:” “...all men kill the thing they love,/By all let this be heard,/Some do it with a bitter look,/Some do it with a flattering word,/The coward does it with a kiss,/The brave man with a sword!” But Judas was not always a traitor. Jesus chose him for something better than that. Luke says that he became a traitor. John says that at the Last Supper ...
1002. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman
Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... know that life would be intolerable without the kindness, the unselfishness, the generosity, the forgiveness, the patience that it inspires in men and women who have caught the infection of Jesus.... The Galilean accent sounds in the one who seeks reconciliation rather than bitterness and estrangement, in one who gives without asking ‘what’s in it for me,’ in one who risks unpopularity by taking the side of the despised and betrayed.” And he ends his sermon with a little prayer he heard sung when he ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... the world out there is dying for some message of hope. You see, Easter is nothing if we keep quiet about it. J.B. Priestley’s novel, DAYLIGHT ON SATURDAY portrays life in an armament factory in England during the Second World War. There is bitter conflict between the workers, and a superintendent and a workman are talking it over. “My feeling is,” said the workman, “...that people ‘aven’t much to get ‘old of. They feel a bit empty inside. They don’t know where they’re going’ or what ...
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Eric Ritz
... and the earth; too much of stale routines and quarrels, unpaid bills and dead ends; too much of words lobbed in to explode and leaving shredded hearts and lacerated souls; too much of turned-away backs and yellow silence, red rage and the bitter taste of ashes in my mouth; Sometimes the very air seems scorched by threats and rejections and decay until there is nothing but to inhale pain and exhale confusion. Too much darkness, Lord, too much of cruelty and selfishness and indifference... Too much, Lord ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... is more vivid or beautiful than the episode that takes place on the Road to Emmaus. S. MacLean Gilmore describes it "as a story of singular grace and charm." As our Gospel Lesson begins we see that Cleopas and another unnamed disciple are leaving behind the bitter memories of Jerusalem and are walking to the Village of Emmaus. As Frederick Buechner notes, they are headed in the wrong direction. In Buechner’s words, "Emmaus was not so much a place--as a state of mind. They could have gone any place--just ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... shared by the Gospel writer Luke of the episode that takes place on the Road to Emmaus. S. MacLean Gilmore describes it "as a story of singular grace and charm." As our Gospel lesson begins we see that Cleopas and an unnamed disciple are leaving behind the bitter memories of Jerusalem and are walking to the Village of Emmaus. As they walk they begin to review the series of events that had taken place on that day we now call Good Friday--but it was hardly "good" for them. Their religious leader and traveling ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... me more aware of what the Incarnation signifies for us and requires of us." (1) Here in a Roman jail cell the joy of knowing and serving Jesus Christ shines radiantly through Paul despite the environment in which he presently finds himself. There is no hurt or bitterness or resignation in Paul''s words here, only the fragrance of a man who has a source of joy that is greater than any source of despair. His being a servant was the result of his orientation to life, not the operating emotion of the day. Last ...
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Eric Ritz
... is." (1) We know from our study in Paul''s letter to the Philippians and in other portions of sacred scripture that prayer was an instrumental part of the life of this great servant of God. Paul could have wasted his time in prison pouting and being bitter at God for his circumstances in life. He shifts the challenging burden of his imprisonment from his hands to the High and Holy hands of God. He knew that if he immersed himself in the presence of God rather than the present circumstances immersing him he ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
They had every reason to be bitter. The circumstances of life had dealt a tough hand for them to play and handle. On Palm Sunday, 1994, the congregation of the Goshen United Methodist Church was preparing for festive worship services that day. However, seemingly out of nowhere, a tornado came upon the town of Piedmont, Alabama. It ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it--but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." Do not allow the poison of bitterness or despair to prevent you from keeping on-keeping on in the storms of life. Fifth, God is faithful to provide resources in the midst of the storm. Dr. Charles Spurgeon once told how he vacationed on a certain remote island because of his fondness for nightingales ...
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Eric Ritz
... not have his eyes on the lion, his eyes are focused in on Jesus Christ." Paul knew his eyes in that prison cell should not be focused in on the cell wall but on Jesus Christ. Yes, when life''s direction seems to be wrong, remember: 1) Do not become bitter, but do get better! 2) Be a victor, not a victim! 3) Don''t let your dreams fade, keep them alive. 4) Don''t quit, you keep on-keeping on, run the good race. 5) Keep your eyes focused and fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen and Amen. 1 ...
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Eric Ritz
... ." I would agree with that. I would further add "to give of ourselves prevents us from spiritual and physical death." My good friend Dr. Thomas Lane Butts tells the story in a poem format of six people who froze to death around a campfire on a bitterly cold night. Each had a stick of wood they may have contributed to the fire, but for reasons satisfactory to themselves each person refused to give what they had. And, the fire died as each person withheld his piece of fuel for reasons justifiable to himself ...
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Paul E. Flesner
... a mess to take place. My point is that the promises of God most often unfold in life as trials and problems, not as glowing halos and singing angels. You see, if we are expecting those "halos and angels" in our lives, we can easily become disappointed and bitter towards God for not fulfilling God's promises to us. But what is worse, if we are expecting those promises to come to us with "halos and angels," I suspect we will completely miss those situations in which God is fulfilling a promise to us! I think ...
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Paul E. Flesner
... sure, we will always experience the power of sin in our daily lives. We may even go as far as renouncing the Christ who brought us to faith. Peter knew about that, for he was the one who denied he ever knew Jesus. But later he went out and wept bitterly. The change was there. He couldn't turn back. He was changed by the power of a gospel that left an indelible mark upon his soul. Being a disciple is a real blessing, despite the gospel's two edges. We know that God has promised to be with us always ...
Sermon
Robert Noblett
... 's love can penetrate the mist -- even from the underside of the soul. We know the outcome of the Story. We do not have to remain entombed in the dark night. We do not have to wrap ourselves in the grave clothes of self-pity, blame, bitterness, cynicism, suspicion, vengeance. We do not have to become like the sea creatures of the deep who make bizarre adaptations to survive severe cold, pressure, and lightlessness. We are the Easter people, called "out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9).4 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Prison” there is a prayer that would be a good for us to pray, regardless of our situation: In me there is darkness, But with Thee there is light. I am lonely, but Thou leavest me not. I am restless; but with Thee there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with Thee there is patience; Thy ways are past understanding, but Thou knowest the way for me. Christ does know the way. He is the way. He is the Great Physician. He is the Great Counselor. He longs to be our Great Friend, helping us in our time of ...
1017. It's Happening!
Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29
Sermon
David G. Rogne
... down to wash the feet of the poor, or stooped to kiss the leper on the cheek. I have never said one single word to him about what he did ... I store it in the treasure-house of my heart ... That small bit of kindness brought me out of the bitterness of lonely exile into harmony with the wounded, broken, and great heart of the world." We plant the littlest of seeds and it helps the Kingdom to grow. The second thing these words of Jesus do is to remind us that while we are called to do something, we are ...
1018. To a Life Beyond
John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... God! In the cowboy film, Hud, hard times have come to the West. Drought, dying cattle, a father's sudden death, and then there is the somber funeral. An old padre tries to comfort the grieving son, saying, "He's gone to a better place." But the son bitterly replies, "Not unless you believe that breathing dirt is better than breathing air!" To the naked eye death is horrid. It is the end of all -- coffins, airless, decay, skeletons. But John gives us a view from the other side! And to the eye of faith that ...
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Cathy A. Ammlung
... and sensitivity, Jesus asks this poor blind beggar, "What do you want me to do for you?" (v. 51). He waits to hear the plea of Bartimaeus. He doesn't assume only one possible response. He allows for the possibility that Bartimaeus might say, "Lord, forgive my bitter envy of those who can see." Or, "Give me a silver coin, that I may not have to beg today." Or something else, something unexpected but welling up from the depth of his need. To Jesus, Bartimaeus was not a problem to be solved, an embarrassment ...
Sermon
Fredrick R. Harm
... Almighty. When he came, full of grace and truth, he got a scant welcome. When he spoke as no other ever spoke, there were few who responded to him. When he went about doing good, ever willing to help and to save, the opposition to him grew more and more bitter until at last they cried out, "Away with him, crucify him." It is a world that has fully earned and brought upon itself the just judgment of God. Martin Luther once said, "If I were almighty God, and the world treated my son as it treated God's Son, I ...
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Fredrick R. Harm
... sings for joy my heart may never share? Who in God's heaven has passed beyond my vision? Who in hell's depths where I may never fare? May none, then, call on me for understanding, May none, then, turn to me for help in pain, And drain alone his bitter cup of sorrow, Or find he knocks upon my heart in vain.2 A final time I ask you, "Who can ask for anything more?" Amen. 1. The Collected Poems of Walter de la Mare (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1920), p. 144. 2. Quoted in Masterpieces of Religious ...
Sermon
Paul E. Robinson
... message to it which should be our daily prayer. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me" (v. 10 RSV). All of us can think of a person whose heart was not formed well, a person whose heart is filthy and bitter, a heart that is unable to respond to another's pain with compassion. Or, and this is the insightful gem in our scripture reading for today from 1 John, there are those who have been brought up to feel guilty about everything, who never know peace. There are those ...
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Paul E. Robinson
... required to do what she does. Recently I ran across the notes from a Pastor's School I attended back in 1977. Listen: A man was badly deformed from birth and was angry and sinful as he was growing up. He hated himself and others and was bitter toward God. Then there came a time when one of his neighbors invited him into a Sunday school class. This was a class that taught and learned, that shared fellowship at other times than just during the church school hour, and which was also involved in service ...
1024. The Highest Bidder
Ephesians 3:14-21
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... everyone who has ever been afflicted or misunderstood, and his grace is freely offered to every person who has ever brought pain to us. Jesus is Lord over the man who betrayed your trust you when you were young, from whom you've been separated by a wall of bitterness. He is Lord over the boss who gave to somebody else the promotion that you deserved. He is Lord over the doctor who made the critical mistake. Jesus Christ is Lord over the people who don't share your faith or your enthusiasm for it. He is Lord ...
1025. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance
Ephesians 4:17--5:21
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... like these. Regardless of how many times you say you are sorry, little wounds are still there." Indeed, verbal wounds can be as bad as physical ones. We Christians cannot hold forth to the world images of noisy impertinence, elbowing self-conceit, bitterness, and anger. We must hold forth the graceful mood of God our creator and properly present that creator to those who labor with us, both within and without. The Biblical narrative clearly tries to close various loopholes that shackle Christians in every ...
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