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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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1101. Matthew 14:13-21

Matthew 14:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... of power as demonstrated by Herod's beheading of John the Baptist. Jesus' genuine compassion for the crowd's welfare stirs him to heal their sick. For the disciples to doubt that Jesus' concern would extend to meeting their other basic physical needs like hunger shows they do not yet completely trust Jesus' leadership. Ironically, in the story of the Baptist's death, Matthew notes that it was "out of regard for his oaths and for the guests" (v.9) that Herod orders John's beheading. Oddly enough, Herod ...

1102. Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-46

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Leonard Sweet

... variously identified. The most all-encompassing interpretation of this text maintains that just as ethne should be read as "all nations," so these "least" ones should be understood as any and all who suffer the hardships listed here by the text: hunger, thirst, nakedness, sickness, homelessness, imprisonment. In Matthew 10:42 and 18:6,10, there are additional references to offering aid and comfort to the "little ones." In this wide interpretation, the woes suffered by these "least ones" and these "little ...

1103. Mark 6:30-44

Mark 6:30-44

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Leonard Sweet

... alleviate this ennui that he begins teaching the multitude. In fact he is so caught up in ministering to the hearts and minds of the crowd that Jesus forgets the demands of the body. It is not until the disciples (whose exhaustion had given way to hunger) remind him that it's high time they eat, that Jesus even considers this detail. The focus of this story now shifts from Jesus, the good shepherd, to the disciples, the bad sports. They are tired, hungry, cranky, and their quiet time with their teacher has ...

1104. John 6:24-35

John 6:24-35

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Leonard Sweet

... eager to be separated from the one who had miraculously provided them with free and plenteous food. The throng is not looking for the word of God. They are looking for their next meal. Jesus attempts to turn their appetite for bread into a hunger for the imperishable food of eternal life. Since this whole dialogue sets up a discussion of the Eucharist (6:51-58), the imagery of eating remains essential. But Jesus' first efforts to get this stubborn crowd to think with their heads instead of their stomachs ...

1105. 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

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Leonard Sweet

... admonition to keep preaching whether the circumstances are "favorable or unfavorable" is made clear in verse 3. Here Paul reveals that a tide of theological trendiness is waiting to rush in on the fragile, newly-turned soil of Christian faith. The hunger for something new, something novel, which Paul aptly refers to as "itching ears," will succeed in luring away many from the true faith to meaningless "myth." In contrast to the enthrallment with the meaningless and momentary, Paul counsels Timothy to be ...

1106. Luke 4:1-13

Luke 4:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... simplistic depictions of Jesus as some mere miracle worker. In the first temptation to turn a stone into a loaf of bread the Devil is asking Jesus to use his unique Son of God status to meet purely personal needs (in this case, Jesus' extreme hunger). Note that the test involves making only one loaf obviously for Jesus' own personal consumption. In refusing, Jesus cites the first of the three Scripture texts he will use to foil the Devil's temptation schemes. Indeed this pericope is unusual in that all of ...

1107. Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

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Leonard Sweet

1108. Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... finally fell to the Babylonians (38:13, 28; 39:14). This "court of the guard" was probably a kind of stockade within the palace itself, a "minimum security" area where prisoners could receive communications and even visits from friends and family members. Despite the hunger and hardships placed on everyone by the siege, Jeremiah's status still entitled him to a steady ration of food (37:21) even though he was technically a prisoner. Now we can return to chapter 32. It would appear that the event described ...

1109. Acts 2:42-47

Acts 2:42-47

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Leonard Sweet

... : One of the primary ways these new believers continue to practice community-mindedness is at table - breaking bread together. Since humanity's earliest tribal days, eating together has functioned as far more than simply a collective effort to get rid of hunger pangs. Throughout history, the pangs of solitude, insecurity and loneliness have also found their ease at the common table. A person was never more vulnerable than when at table. Before gathering around a table, weapons had to be taken off and ...

1110. John 6:24-35

John 6:24-35

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Leonard Sweet

... does for humanity. Jesus declares himself the "bread of life," a slightly different title than the "bread of heaven" discussed in verse 33, and a title that recalls more of the qualities of the "food that endures for eternal life" (v.27). Finally, Jesus now itemizes hunger and thirst, those common weaknesses, the shared frailty of all humanity, as that which will be filled and overcome by the presence of Jesus, the true bread. As the bread of life, Jesus offers the gift of complete and eternal fulfillment.

1111. John 6:35, 41-51

John 6:35, 41-51

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Leonard Sweet

... advantage of the Jewish identity of the "complaining" crowd and recalls their own unique history. Those listening to Jesus begin to "murmur" against Jesus and his gifts of heavenly bread even as the ancient Israelites began to "murmur" or "complain" against Moses first out of hunger (Exodus 16:2,7,12), then against the monotony of the manna diet (Numbers 11:4-6). It is important to note here that John's identification of this crowd as "the Jews" is a far more specific term than it seems. These "Jews" are ...

1112. How Do You Know You Are Called?

Mark 1:14-20

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Staff

... if most of the time we are bored and depressed by doctoring, the chances are we have not only bypassed A, we probably aren't helping our patients much, either. Buechner concludes: "The place God calls us to, is the place where our deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

1113. A Very Different Top 10 List

Mark 1:21-28

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Leonard Sweet

... . Not true. I don’t resent the fact that I don’t have the income of Warren Buffett, or Kurt Warner. Poverty and Inequality are not the same thing. The scandal is not the wealth of some; the scandal is that some are dying of hunger, disease, dirty water, homelessness. To end poverty means to lift people out of the trap of not being able to improve themselves. 2) Make Waste Extinct Poverty & Waste Go Together. Every year, US Americans waste billions of pounds of food, which translates into billions of ...

1114. Eight Days until Eternity

Mark 11:1-11

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King Duncan

... the place of execution. There the person was either nailed or lashed to the crossbeam. Nailing was not universal; people could be lashed to the cross by their hands and feet, which extended the period of their slow death, partly caused by thirst, dehydration and hunger. Jesus, of course, was nailed to the cross, both his hands and his feet. Afterwards he showed the prints to the disciple Thomas. (3) It was certainly not death that Christ dreaded as he knelt in the garden and prayed that the cup might pass ...

1115. Jesus' Good News of a New World · Part 3

Matthew 5:1-12

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Mike Ripski

... ” are God’s top priority. Jesus tells them, “You are the ones God is going to use to show the old world what the new one is like.” Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for God’s right order. Blessed are the merciful. Blessed are the pure in heart. Today we hear Jesus bless two more of the “curseds.” Blessed are the peacemakers, those who seek to live by the rule of the new world in the old world. Blessed ...

1116. The Father’s Blessing

Genesis 27:1-40

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... unworthy to be loved. In ancient times, the father had one blessing to give to his children. It went to the eldest son. It entitled that son to the largest share of the inheritance. When they were younger, Jacob had taken advantage of his older twin’s hunger after a hunting trip. He talked Esau into trading his birthright as the eldest son for a bowl of soup. Then when their father was nearing death, Jacob took advantage of his father’s blindness to gain the blessing that belonged to Esau. When Esau and ...

1117. Why We Do What We Do

Matthew 6:1-4

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Mike Ripski

... up prayer. He tells us to pray to God and not to people. God is your audience. God already knows what you need before you ask. Then Jesus takes up fasting, ascetical practices of self-denial. He says that fasting is our offering to God. God knows our hunger, our emptiness, the cost of our sacrifice. Don’t act like you’re suffering in order to gain the sympathy of others. They may be impressed with your martyr complex. God isn’t. Why do we do what we do? Tuesday is Veterans Day. Many of you served ...

1118. Just a Housewife Who Wanted To Know God

Mark 9:2-9

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Candice Hannigan

... seen before," said Copeland." It was as though old things passed away and all things became new. I didn't want that time to be over, but when it was, I was left with this joyous ecstasy." The experience gave her motivation for living and a hunger to know the Scriptures - "I couldn't read the Bible fast enough." She invited friends to study with her and after several years began to focus on prayer. "Prayer struggles are common among Christians," she said. "Sometimes it's a simple thing of how do I start ...

1119. Commitment

Mark 8:31-38

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... make demands upon their followers. When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister he told the British people that he had nothing to offer them but "blood, toil, tears, and sweat." The Italian freedom fighter Gerabaldi told his followers that he offered them only hunger and death. These were demanding leaders, but Jesus was a thousand times more demanding then they were. Jesus said, "So, therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple." Possession cannot stand between you and ...

1120. Advent 1

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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John R. Brokhoff

... stickers say, "In case of rapture, this car will be unmanned." The mainline churches need to say something on this subject. 2. Desperation over the world's condition. There are insurmountable problems: ozone depletion, energy pollution, nuclear waste, widespread hunger and poverty, Alexander Solzhenitsyn expressed it: "The situation in the world is not just dangerous, not just threatening; it is catastrophic." 3. The doctrine of the parousia needs to be presented. It is an important and essential doctrine ...

1121. All Saints' Sunday

Revelation 21:1-27, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37

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John R. Brokhoff

... v. 9. 2. When the end comes (25:6-9). Need: We all need to know what to expect after physical death. Without this knowledge we are scared to die. Our text assures us of God's activity on our behalf. Outline: God with us at the end means – a. Hunger is no more v. 6. b. Death is no more v. 7. c. Tears are no more vv. 8, 9. Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6a 1. The new world for Christians (21:1-6a). Need: This sermon is needed to give faithful Christians comfort and assurance of the future. Most ...

1122. Proper 13

2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a, John 6:25-59, Ephesians 4:1-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... the wilderness. Jesus assures them that God sent the bread from heaven, the bread that gives life to the world. Then they ask him to give this kind of bread. He reveals that he is the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to him and believes in him will never hunger nor thirst. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: John 6:24-35 1. Seek (vv. 24, 26). The people sought Jesus. They took a lot of time and traveled, for that day, a long distance to find him. To seek Jesus is praiseworthy, but is he sought for the right reason ...

1123. What Would Jesus Do? - or - How Would Jesus Do It?

John 17:6-19

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Leonard Sweet

... free from any hint of self-importance or arrogance? *Would you like to be remembered as a person who always delighted in sharing whatever you had and was never condescending? *Would you like to be remembered as someone who knew what it was to hunger and thirst after righteousness, a person who worked on behalf of the oppressed and the marginalized? *Would you like it to be said of you that ‘love possessed, inspired, and permeated every thought and every action?’” If your answer is ‘yes’ to all of ...

1124. The Mystery and the Glory of the Kingdom of God

Mark 4:26-34

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Scott Hoezee

... . In the Middle East but in so many other places, too, there are seemingly intractable hatreds and prejudices between and among various ethnic groups. There are diseases like viruses galloping through continents, threatening to wipe out the tens-of-thousands if not hundreds. Hunger and poverty loom up like a whole mountain range of daunting problems whose heights we don't know how to scale. Yet in the midst of all these threats from within and from without, in the face of great sin and evil, faced with ...

1125. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22, Job 42:7-17, Hebrews 7:11-28

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B. David Hostetter

... O God, so we come to you rejoicing and singing aloud for joy. Receive our praise and adoration with all our prayers, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION Observant Parent, you know how we are. We can be moved by the sight of hunger without stopping our waste of food. We see the limitations of some of our energy sources but are slow to change our ways of using more than we need. We observe hazards and hurts in confrontation and conflict but are unwilling to learn the arts of conciliation ...

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