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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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1001. Proper 18

Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20, Ezekiel 33:1-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... Promised Land. Life has not changed. The world has not changed because we also live in times of trouble, poverty, and slavery to the ways of the world. We need a passover. Our passover is Christ. Outline: Because of Christ our Passover – a. We pass over hunger to plenty - vv. 8-11. b. We pass over bondage to liberty - v. 11. c. We pass over death to life - vv. 12-13. 2. The Christian Passover (12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7b). Need: The Passover is a Jewish festival faithfully observed every year. Christians ...

1002. Proper 15

John 6:25-59, 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, Deuteronomy 8:1-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... five loaves and two fishes. Jesus tells the people who come to him on the other side of the lake that they came not for spiritual but for more physical food. He identifies himself as the Bread of Life. If they will come to him, they will never hunger nor thirst. The religious leaders objected to his claim, for his statement implied that he was more than a human. Jesus defends his claim by saying that he is the living bread from heaven and whoever eats his flesh and drinks his blood has eternal life. By such ...

1003. Disappointed in Jesus

Matthew 11:2-11

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Susan R. Andrews

... , and then make a list of what you want. When you are finished, come back here, and we'll see what we can do for you." So, the woman did just that. And what she saw thrilled her. There was peace on earth, no more war, no hunger or poverty, peace in families, no more drugs, harmony, clean air. She wrote furiously and finally approached the counter, handing a long list to Jesus. He skimmed the paper, and then smiling at her said, "No problem." Reaching under the counter, he grabbed some packets and laid them ...

1004. Rejoicing in Reality

Matthew 5:1-12

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Susan R. Andrews

... blessedness of our deep, deep sadness, for it is in that sadness that God can touch and fill and comfort us. O the blessedness of our finite earthiness, for it is in humility that we find abundance. O the blessedness of our yearning for the good, for that hunger can be fed by God's grace. O the blessedness of our generosity, for generosity is the sweetness of God's love. O the blessedness of whatever justice and harmony we can create, for peace is the reflection of God's face. O the blessedness of suffering ...

1005. Worry and Wonder

Matthew 6:24-34

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Susan R. Andrews

... spends years hiding out in the shadows of Warsaw. Since childhood, this man has been gifted as an expressive pianist. And so he has a purpose that transcends his own life and feeds the soul of a whole people. Through horrifying scenes of torture, hunger, loneliness, and spiritual abandonment, we watch this wraithlike refugee survive. Why? Because his love of life is stronger than his anxiety about death. And through it all are the scores in his head, the melodies in his soul, the silent music in his fingers ...

1006. Building Our Foundation on God

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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Richard Gribble

... a daily basis, than to fast? Can we consider using the money that we save from not eating to assist the poor and marginalized in our society? Can we use the time that would be spent eating in prayer, lifting to God those whose daily lot is hunger and thirst? In today's gospel, Jesus says we should not store up treasures on earth, for these are transitory; they do not last. They will waste away, be stolen by thieves, or spent over time. But the things of heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, nor ...

1007. God, Or the World?

Matthew 4:1-11

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Richard Gribble

... but Jesus is stronger and wins the confrontation. The first great temptation is to gain power. After his forty-day fast in the desert, Matthew tells us that Jesus was hungry. Thus, Satan appeals to the physical dimension of Jesus' character to satisfy his hunger: "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread." The devil's challenge seems reasonable under the circumstances, but Jesus turns the tables on Satan and responds, citing the scriptures, "One does not live by bread alone, but by ...

1008. God Never Gives Up on Anyone

John 14:15-21

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Richard Gribble

... in you they would not have been at all. You called, you shouted and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me and I burned for your peace. A more contemporary example of God's pursuit of our soul's is found in the life of the famous British poet Francis Thompson. Thompson was a drug addict on the streets of London, but a ...

1009. What Is Success?

Matthew 7:24-29

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Stephen M. Crotts

... of the man who spoke at my high school commencement, but I remember what he said. He told us the future of the world rested on our shoulders and he charged us with finding our destiny and fulfilling it. He went on to say we alone must cure disease, hunger and poverty throughout the world, and above all, we must find success. "I glanced over at Jack, the class deficient who couldn't even find his parents after they parked the car, and I got an uneasy feeling. Not only that, but for those of us who planned to ...

1010. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

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Stephen M. Crotts

... , the Bible says, perceived "power went forth from him." The largest organ in the human body is the skin. Many sick persons are so seldom touched except to administer a shot or to roll over in bed. They develop what scientists now call "skin hunger." A combination of depression, lack of stimulation, and longing for bonding. Only the kindness of touching can bring relief. Oil, elders, touching - this is the focus of an elder's healing ministry. Now, one thing more - prayer. "Let them pray over him," the text ...

1011. In Our Pastor's Success, So Is Our Own!

Matthew 10:40-42

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Stephen M. Crotts

... that, a famine of the word of God. There is an old legend about Satan one day having a yard sale. He thought he'd get rid of some of his old tools that were cluttering up the place. So there was gossip, slander, adultery, lying, greed, power-hunger, and more laid out on the tables. Interested buyers were crowding the tables, curious, handling the goods. One customer, however, strolled way back in the garage and found on a shelf a well-oiled and cared-for tool. He brought it out to Satan and inquired if it ...

1012. The Process of Love

Luke 19:1-10

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Stephen M. Crotts

... home. As I shut the door, she was saying to the driver, "Do you think it will rain today?" And I caught myself praying, "Please, God! Let him listen to her." Affirmation After Jesus gathered information about Zacchaeus as a rich, lonely, unpopular taxman with enough spiritual hunger to cause him to climb a tree to see what was going on, Jesus moved to the second step in expressing love. He affirmed the man. Once a person opens up to you, gives you a glimpse of himself, he can be insecure. "Does he like me ...

1013. A Talent for Life

Romans 8:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

... . For Paul, flesh is skin and bones. But flesh is also the incarnated, encapsulated human soul that experiences life and death, enabling and disability, through the vessel of an organism and the boundaries of human existence. Flesh isn't just emotions, hungers, longings, urges, and failures. Flesh is the most basic limitation that comes with incarnation, the power of particularity. Every self is a "word-made-flesh." We experience life as a fleshly "self," as a self-preserving, self-absorbed, self-obsessed ...

1014. The Difference between Happiness and Joy

1 Peter 1:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... child, perhaps as a Sunday School prize or as a reward for scriptural achievement. The mug is cylindrical, small and has a pretty luster trim, with a black-printed verse beneath (which befits its serious message). Here's the message printed on the Sunday School cup. Could the hunger for this go-for-the-true-gold message be why the bidding on this gold trimmed cup went to $252.50? Let others worship glittering dust And boast of earthly toys Christ is my rock, my hope my trust And spring of all my joys! Isn't ...

1015. Celebrity Culture

Psalm 95:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... century Girl Scouts organization recognizes that being able to cast oneself as a celebrity is a necessary skill youngsters must develop in order to grow into responsible citizens of the future. Does anyone doubt we're living in a celebrity-obsessed culture? We hunger after the images, the words, and the stories about anyone who has even fleetingly gained celebrity status. Fan clubs, fan magazines, fan web-sites, fan look-a-likes drench our culture with a deluge of celebrity gossip and trivia. To be sure ...

1016. Yellow Lights

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... ourselves on appetizers, leaving little room for the real deal, the real meal: Jesus the Christ. Is it any wonder that so many are bloated and big, while starving inside for the only food that satisfies. Only the Living Bread, only the Living Water can quench our hunger and thirst (John 6:35). Let me offer you this morning a little tip on how you can resist the seductions and deceit of the lawless one in your own life. Educators have often observed that children with hearing loss in the right ear have more ...

1017. Humans, Inc.

Luke 19:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... to abduct and recruit into martyrdom 10,000 Iranian children, who in the 1980s were thrown across minefields into the line of Iraqi fire, with a little key to paradise round their necks. Nature is red in tooth and claw. But its redness is related to hunger and survival, not hatred and racism. The great killers of nature - lions of the air (falcons, owls), lions of the land (lions, tigers, grizzly bears), and lions of the sea (great white sharks) - don't go on thrill-killing rampages just for the fun of it ...

1018. Soul Deep Not Skin Deep

Luke 16:1-15

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Leonard Sweet

... you get under your skin; Let a thirst for justice get under your skin; Let the needs of your children, your spouse, your parents, your church, your community, get under your skin; Let a desire for God's grace and goodness get under your skin; Let a hunger for things of the Spirit get under your skin. Our skin-deep society costs a lot of cash. It's not just the plastic surgeons who are getting rich on $10,000 face-lifts or $3000 liposuctions. There are also the cosmetic companies, the clothing industries ...

1019. More!!!

Isaiah 11:1-16

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Leonard Sweet

... burst, we managed to escape these toy-zones without making any purchases. But that knowledge didn't keep the kids from asking, asking, asking! At first we were horrified at their blatant greediness. Whose kids were these, anyway? From whence came their apparently insatiable hunger for more stuff? (Their mother's side of the family? Their father's side?) But as we've thought about it and talked about it this past week, their behavior took on a different kind of interpretation. First of all, although the kids ...

1020. Inside-out Living

Mark 7:1-23

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Leonard Sweet

... the Bible means when it talks about original sin. We all have this blight in our being that rots us from the inside out. So even if we look great on the outside, and even if we tithe our lottery earnings and put lots of people to work, our hidden hungers and deep desires within are our true selves. Paul the Apostle said "the good that I would I do not, and the evil that I would not I do." We all stand as lepers, ritually unclean, standing in the need of grace and prayer. Do you remember your first trip ...

1021. Out of Order

Mark 6:30-44

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Leonard Sweet

... . Instead of mouthing platitudes or miraculously producing platters of food for a party, Jesus' first response was to give of himself, to teach them many things, filling their needs with his words and wisdom. Only when he had personally addressed the spiritual hungers of these peripatetic crowds did he turn the people and their hungry stomachs over to his disciples. Is your soul wrung with anxiety, grief, and pain this morning? Are you stressed, depressed, self-obsessed? Are you Out of Order in more ways ...

1022. The Smell of Fear

Mark 4:35-41

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Leonard Sweet

... of God and prayer and of the life of faith. The Christians on the phone were angry and defensive. Do we really expect Hollywood to get it right? Couldn't we use the movie as an opportunity to talk to people about God, especially the hunger for transcendence that brought them in droves to see it? Amy Carmichael (1868-1951) was the founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship in India, which rescued babies and children (especially unwanted females) from poverty and the smell and spell of death. She spent the last ...

1023. Conviction with Compassion

John 8:1-11

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James McCormick

... live in constant fear; the stubborn scourge of racism; the growing curse of terrorism; pervasive lying, calling the light darkness and the darkness light; the placing of pleasure and possessions at the top of our list of values; an affluent culture tolerating hunger, homelessness, illiteracy and sub-standard health care; the world increasingly divided into the haves and the have-nots; where would the list stop? I could go on and on, but you get the point. When you take a panoramic view of contemporary ...

1024. If We Had Known It Was You

Matthew 25:31-46

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James McCormick

... depends upon who you are. Doesn’t that sound like a projection into the 21st century of the idea, “If we had known it was you, Jesus, we wouldn’t have treated you so shabbily?” Think about all the people in the world suffering from hunger, disease, illiteracy, abuse of all kinds. We don’t like to think about such things. We’d rather close our eyes and hope such conditions will simply go away. But, of course, our reluctance to acknowledge and deal with such problems is symptomatic of their cause ...

1025. Be Kind

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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James McCormick

... kindness. We admire people who are smart and competent, but we love those who are kind! We see that at work in Jesus’ life. He modeled kindness for all of us who follow him. When he fed crowds of people, it was because he was concerned about their hunger. He was motivated by kindness. When he healed the sick, it was not to show His power. In fact, he often asked people not to tell anyone. He was just moved to compassion because of his basic kindness. In that first century world, women and children didn ...

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