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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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1026. Through the Wilderness

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... 3:12), as the promise land lay out ahead of Israel. But as we journey on this pilgrimage of ours toward our final salvation, surely we, like Israel, find ourselves in a desolate and forbidding wilderness. Israel was threatened by heat and thirst, hunger and scorpions and jackals. We, in our comfortable lifestyle, know none of those things. But we do know fear of illness and death, don’t we — fear of disrupted loves and disappointments in relationships; fear of violence and terrorists, of crime and ...

1027. Take On Something for Lent

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ? Let me try again. The ultimate temptations in life are NOT those that push you to “do” things you aren’t supposed to “do,” but to “be” a person who you weren’t made to be. The devil wasn’t tempting Jesus to take the edge off his hunger by turning stones into bread. He was tempting the “Son of God” to replace his table relationship to God with fast food. The devil wasn’t tempting Jesus to jump off the temple roof. He was tempting the Son of God to demand God take action based on the ...

1028. Turning Jesus Down

John 4:5-42

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John N. Brittain

... with timely issues like money management and enhancing self-esteem. What they do not want are worship services where they are asked to participate or sing hymns; and they do not want sermons dealing with topics like sin, personal ethics, world hunger, or self-sacrifice. In response to such trends, a few years ago one of the larger churches in Evansville discontinued serving communion or baptizing people during regular worship services. They discovered that people didn't want religious rituals that talk ...

1029. Free! Free! Free!

John 20:1-18

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Gerald Whetstone

... -- a tomorrow which is not fully here but is real, visible, already broken onto our horizon. Now we venture into the life we most profoundly longed for, not the life we've settled for. Not the keeping on that passes for life, but rather the life for which we have hungered and hoped, the life God intended for us.

1030. Don't Look Back, Remember Lot's Wife

Genesis 19:24-26

Sermon

James W. Moore

... are those in any field who are striving, stretching, struggling, working, dreaming, reaching, sacrificing… willing to pay the price. As I thought of this, my mind darted back to one of the Beatitudes of Jesus. “Blessed are those who keep on hungering and thirsting after righteousness.” And, also back to Paul’s words to the Philippians: “Forgetting what lies behind, I press on…” The point is clear: As individual Christians… and as a church, we have to constantly guard against the temptation ...

1031. Building a Successful Life

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... my life that I should follow and trust and obey unconditionally. “So I went home that day broken over my selfish ways, and I prayed that Christ would be both Lord and Savior of my life. I surrendered the control of my life over to Him. I developed a great hunger for the Word of God and started reading the Bible in earnest. Soon I came across a passage that said, ‘Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God’ (1 Corinthians 10:31). “I realized there were only two things I knew how to do: fly fish ...

1032. Never Underestimate the Power of a Cold Cup of Water - Sermon Starter

Matt 10:40-42

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Brett Blair

... (what we now call Iran.) Matthew was first stoned and then beheaded. What sacrifices! And I ask you why? Why did they choose to die this way? Why desert your father and mother, your wife and child, and your home? Why put up with the constant humiliation, and hunger, and persecution, and defeat town after town after town? I'll tell you why, because, in the words of Apostle Paul, they were held captive by the words and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is Paul's way of saying they were slaves to Christ. It is ...

1033. The Tool of Discouragement

Matthew 10:1-42

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Brett Blair

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. Not sure what it was, he brought it out to Satan and ...

1034. A Choice for Righteousness and Not Evil

Matthew 10:40-42; John 15:12-13

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Wayne Peterson

... despair and desperation to hope and compassion. When Christmas of 1943 arrived, Dr. Gordon said, 2000 prisoners assembled for worship. They sang carols and someone read the story of the birth of Jesus from a Gospel account. Much more was different. In spite of their hunger, prisoners who were well shared food with the sick to help them gain strength faster. They cared for one another. They agreed that the difference came about because of faith in Christ and people who lived his love in the midst of unloving ...

1035. Fertile Soil

Matthew 13:1-23

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Brett Blair

... those dark years rose from 1 million to 3 million and the number of Protestants rose from 600,000 to 3 million. The church in a time of persecution and hardship, had grown 53% in a twenty year period. How do you explain it? Fertile soil! There was obviously a hunger for the gospel.

1036. Is Sunday Just a Fun Day?

Exodus 20:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... bleeding heart liberal says, "That's mean-spirited." I beg to differ, it's being wise-hearted. For the Bible also says in Pr. 16:26, "The person who labors, labors for himself, for his hungry mouth drives him on." The Living Bible makes this even more clear: "Hunger is good if it makes you work to satisfy it." There is nothing wrong with a man getting hungry if it will force him to go to work to feed himself. Let me just make a quick parenthetical observation. You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by ...

1037. The Danger of American Express

Exodus 20:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... out." What did he find? "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Solomon came to this conclusion: "Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." (Eccl. 12:13) He discovered that only God can slake your deepest thirst, and satisfy your deepest hunger. 2. The Sad Reality Of Covetousness I have come to the conclusion that there is no other sin quite like the sin of covetousness. a. It Is A Deceptive Sin In I Thess. 2:5, Paul said, "We did not use a cloak for covetousness." Covetousness is ...

1038. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... Holy Spirit lives in you, here's the measurement—How much do you really love God? Incidentally, I can tell you what will happen to you when you really really love God the way you ought to. When you love God the way you ought to, you will have a hunger for the word of God, you will have a desire for the house of God, and you will have a passion for the people of God. II. There Is an Outward Love That Will Be Exercised Now Jesus goes on to say, "You shall love your neighbor." (v.39) If ...

1039. Friends

Proverbs 27:6, 9, 17

Sermon

James Merritt

... saying, "Give me all of your valuables!" In the next scene the victim begins stuffing into the sack all of his friends. I don't believe there is hardly anything in life, outside of salvation, that is more valuable than a true friend. With few exceptions, people every-where hunger to have friends; I mean real friends, true friends. You'll learn in life that you may think you count many friends, but there aren't many friends that you can count on. In fact, if you think you've got a lot of friends, I've got ...

1040. Whatever It Takes

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... of this man, and he gave his life to Jesus Christ. He left and begged Livingston to come with him, but Livingston refused. He plunged deeper into Africa. Finally he came to the place where he had taken up three notches in his belt to ease the pangs of hunger. For months he had nothing to eat but maize. Eventually all of his teeth loosened and fell out. He now had boils and lacerations all over his feet. He could no longer even walk. In his last days he was carried by stretcher from village to village where ...

1041. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... for You," "Close to You," "One Less Bell to Answer," and the Academy Award-winning "Rain-drops Keep Fallin' on My Head." But they wrote one song that captured the heart of America perhaps more than any other because it perfectly illustrated our loneliness and hunger for real love: What the world needs now is love,sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone; Lord, we don't need another mountain, There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb, There are oceans and rivers enough to cross... Enough to ...

1042. Easter and a Lost World

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Athens during this time was about 10,000, but there were 30,000 statues of some god. Like the world we live in today these people were drinking from wells that would never slake their thirst; they were eating bread that would never satisfy their hunger; the temples were filled but the people were empty. Now in verse 23 Paul refers to "the One whom you worship without knowing", but in the Greek language it really says, "what you worship." Paul really referred to what they worshiped, not who they worshiped ...

1043. Your Word is Your Bond

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... The farmer said, "I buried them." The sheriff said, "Were they all dead?" The farmer said, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how politicians lie." Now the story is humorous, and yet we are living in a society that is hungering for honesty in their leadership. James Patterson and Peter Kim wrote a fascinating book called, The Second American Revolution. They interviewed over 1,000 Americans and asked this question: "What do you want in a President?" They gave each person a detailed list of ...

1044. He's Everything I Need

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... danger, and he gives sheep their food. In other words, he meets all of their needs. That is why David goes on to say, “I shall not want.” Now the Hebrew word for “want” literally means “lack.” Ps. 34:10 says, “The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.” Ps. 37:25 says, “I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.” One little girl came to her mother and finally ...

1045. His Way is the Right Way

Psalm 23:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... lost sheep. Oftentimes sheep will begin to nibble on grain and grass, and they don’t look up and watch where they’re going; they just walk and eat. It doesn’t take a lot of nibbles until a sheep will wander off into a field trying to satisfy his hunger. They only have one thing on their mind and that’s the next blade of grass. Before you know it, that sheep is lost. But what’s even worse, he can’t find his way home! Dogs and pigeons and horses have a homing instinct; they can find their way ...

1046. Imperceptible Things Have Real Influence

Matthew 13:31-35

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Brett Blair

... it is grown it becomes a tree so large that birds nest in it. We live in a society that is enamored with bigness. We have gone beyond big churches to mega-churches. We are over whelmed with and bedazzled by huge social problems such as world hunger and children in crises. As a result, we sometimes overlook the tiny seed problems that are at the root of so many of these difficult situations. In 1989 there was a routine United Airlines flight to Chicago that turned out to be anything but routine. In flight ...

1047. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of people, “had compassion on them . . .” But we expect that. Jesus came with one purpose and desire to seek and to save the lost. When he gazed out over Jerusalem, he wept with compassion (Luke 19:41). He knew the heartaches, the headaches, and the hungers that go with being human. And he still has compassion. He still weeps over the plight of his people. He has compassion because he has been where we are doubted, denied, betrayed and broken in body. So when we hurt, he understands, for he has been ...

1048. Taking Care of the Crowd

Matthew 14:13-21

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Johnny Dean

... games on the computer, we listen to a friend tell us about her problems, even though we're tired and have problems of our own to deal with. These are the moments in which the grace of God can work through us to help another human being, to feed the hunger of the heart and spirit. They may not be spectacular miracles, but these are the things we can do to bring meaning and significance to our lives.

1049. A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

Ps 100, Col 2:1-7

Sermon

... . Even if I never see you again, thank you for making God and the church a possibility for my life." Except it wasn't me, don't you see. I was just the one at the microphone when everything in her came bubbling to the surface….need….hurt….hunger….loss….and (yes) gratitude. Everything that could have hardened her, humbled her. And ripened her. To the point of splitting her open….which is when a lot of things can work their way out….but which is also when a lot of other things can work their way ...

1050. I Am the Keeper of the Zoo

Isaiah 11:1-9

Sermon

... herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis. And this: There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . .dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blond and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I ...

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