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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Maxie Dunnam
... to this far more dramatically than I. Transferred from what Dr. Mulholland calls himself “A self referenced” existence a life of selfness, self-centeredness, self-indulgence – transferred from that never-satisfied state into a life of service – care and passion for others. Delivered from drugs, sexual addiction or some other addiction Set free from bondage to material security Freed from the shame and guilt of alcohol or the ravages of some other destructive habit Transferred from that kingdom where ...
1277. Called To Be Free
Galatians 5:1-15
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H. Burnham Kirkland
... Jesus Christ, you have set us free. Give us this day a clear understanding that we were not set free for self-indulgence but for service. Take from our minds all thoughts of using our freedom to become masters through power, and instill in us a passion to use our freedom to become your faithful servants through love. In Jesus' name. Amen.\ Prayer Of Confession Merciful God, we confess that we have not always been your faithful servants. Sometimes we find it difficult to love as Jesus taught us, and we draw ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... same cross you display?” Don’t impress me with the car you drive or the clothes you wear or who you know or where you’ve been; impress me with a record of tithes and offerings, with a life full of the gifts and fruits of the Spirit, passion for Christ, and willingness to sacrifice not to lose your desire for more of him. I’m not concerned about the few zealots who, as their critics say, are in danger of going off the deep end; I am greatly concerned about the masses of Methodist Christians who never ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... my Lord, says Jesus, you will not be of much use in the deep dramas of history. You will be a prop instead of a participant. First things first, and second things not far behind. Those who meet the God of Jesus are first emptied, then filled with holy passion, good works, and the kind of convictions about right and righteousness that cannot be moved. This is what discipleship to Jesus looks life. And if you have never taken a hit for your faith, I ask: What you doing hiding so far from the front lines? The ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... and ceremonial regulations are not to be imitated, but its moral commandments and its vision of who this holy God of love is are absolutely binding upon us as Christians. Read the Book of Proverbs and gain wisdom; read the Song of Solomon and learn about passionate love; read the Psalms and learn how to pray through the full range of your emotions; read the prophets and learn about social justice; read the historical books to see how God dealt with the sins of his own people; read the book of Genesis to ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you."10 Long ago a wise one of Israel wrote in the Book of Proverbs, "A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot."11 Anger makes people sick of soul and sick in body. So if you are chronically angry, if you have a short fuse, know that you are not only scalding those close to you with a boiling temper, you are also cannibalizing your own body and ...
1282. Playing to the Right Audience
Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4
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Phil Thrailkill
... only God who sees the heart knows it fully. We know in part, but we are already fully known to the eye of our heavenly Father with whom there are no secrets and therefore no privacy.3 What we think and feel, what we hope for, our besetting sins, the passions that drive us, our fears, and what we dream about at night. Each of us is an irreducible mystery of layer upon layer, which is at least part of what it means to be made in the image and likeness of a God who can never be exhausted. You are ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... our worries can thoroughly block our vision of the light of God's promises, but the fact is, they have little substance to them.”13 Seeking first the kingdom of the Father that is in the Son and by the Spirit will make you a person of passion and purpose. You will stand out, not because of self-promotion but because you are following the only one worth your all. People will notice. Some will try to douse your flame; others will come to the warmth and light of it. Dorothy Sayers, the great English writer ...
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H. Burnham Kirkland
... Merciful Father, we pray for the Church founded by your Son, Jesus Christ. In the midst of the world's turmoil and secularism the Church stands in need of unity and renewal. Through the power of your Holy Spirit, renew in the whole Church, we pray, a passionate desire for the coming of your kingdom, which will unite all Christians in one mission to the world. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we confess that we have sinned against you. We have failed to do your will, and we have failed to work in the spirit ...
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King Duncan
... to bathe it. One by one, one grimy foot after another, Jesus works his way down the row. “I looked for a Bible translation that reads, ‘Jesus washed all the disciples’ feet except the feet of Judas,’ but I couldn’t find one. “What a passionate moment when Jesus silently lifts the feet of his betrayer and washes them in the basin! Within hours the feet of Judas, cleansed by the kindness of the one he will betray, will stand in Caiaphas’s court. “Behold the gift Jesus gives his followers! By ...
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Michael Milton
... that they could sing about climbing higher and higher while they lived under bondage. They were, to me, like caged songbirds singing for the love of the Lord. Christianity is a religion of singing. For though we have been slaves of sin, slaves of our own passions; yet, there is, through faith in Jesus, a dramatic snapping of the chain, an unshackling of the manacles, and in Jesus we see our freedom, our future, our righteousness. The Word Brings Help in Our Time of Need Let your hand be ready to help me ...
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Michael Milton
... to Jesus’ disclosure. Peter, who soared with his confession, crashes like a dodo bird. Peter condescendingly takes Jesus aside to straighten him out. “Look. This is not the Messiah we need. You will not suffer. You will not die. We want power not passion! We want service but not suffering!” And Peter rebuked Jesus. The scene is reminiscent of Jesus withstanding the temptation of Satan the wilderness. If Peter indeed gave this gospel to Mark, I think he must have cried when he told Mark this story ...
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Mark Trotter
... Moses' goal in life. Sound familiar? He just wanted an ordinary life. His mistake was he got out there all by himself, where he could think, where he could reflect on his life, and that is where God got him. Into this ordinary life, came fire, passion, dedication, commitment and compassion for other people. But I also want you to see that Moses resisted this. Moses was a reluctant prophet. That is the best kind. Beware of a prophet who enjoys his work. There isn't a prophet in the whole Bible who "whistles ...
1289. Freedom
Galatians 5:1-15
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King Duncan
... lived in the Spirit of Christ. He writes, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self‑control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Paul is inviting his readers to a new way of living. He is inviting them--and us--to experience a newness of life that the world cannot know ...
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King Duncan
... incident that occurred to his wife, Andrea. She was talking with Ken Vanderjack, a campus pastor in New Jersey. She asked him what he was doing for students for Easter. Ken answered that they were hosting a free showing of Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. Since Gibson’s portrayal of the crucifixion has been criticized for its brutality, Andrea inquired if he was showing the original version or the less-violent edited version, which cut out most of the beatings and blood. “No, we’re showing ...
1291. Death: A Way of Life
Isaiah 52:13—53:12
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Bill Mosley
... high on the throne of our hearts. Jesus lived to demonstrate that sinking to the depths for sin was the way to God, because God had gone that way before, and did it without sinning, giving his all for the love that is God. By that sinking, by his Passion, his suffering, death, and resurrection, won for us the victory that would show us the way, the truth, and the life. The servant of God is one who, sent by God, suffers, not as a punishment, but as an offering for others. He died, and in this death, death ...
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Arley K. Fadness
... purpose of God is to create human creatures in God's own image. We are created for relationships and for stewardship. Our role is to discover who we are and what purpose God has in store for us. We are gifted with spiritual gifts, talents, abilities, passions, dreams, aspirations, and needs. Yet, as Oliver Wendell Holmes sadly observed, "Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us." The third purpose of God is to find the lost. Jesus' parables of the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the ...
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Arley K. Fadness
... , inadequate, small, or fractured, we need to listen to Paul again, "Consider your call...." God calls and gifts us. How we are wired is the clue to God's call for our lives. Vocatio is found in our gifts, our temperament, our personality, our passion, our bliss, our talents, our work, and our leisure. There is a Hasidic tale that reveals, with amazing brevity, both the universal tendency to want to be someone else and the ultimate importance of becoming one's self: Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old ...
1294. He Bends Down
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
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Frank Ramirez
Call To Worship "Let us imitate the Lord, who at the very time of His Passion was not more proud but more humble." -Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage Collect Lord God, this day we are gathered to share fellowship, service, and suffering. Let us be true to you, kneeling as you knelt, girding ourselves with a towel, washing each other's feet, and gathering around your table. ...
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Frank Ramirez
Call To Worship One: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, All: training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, One: while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. All: He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem ...
1296. A Christian's Resumé
2 Corinthians 6:3-13
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Richard W. Ferris
... of death. The result of her pleading was that Lincoln issued a pardon. After leaving him, as she passed through a corridor, she exclaimed to the man who accompanied her, "I knew it was a lie!" The man then asked her, "What do you refer to?" She replied with passion in her voice, "Why, they told me he was an ugly-looking man, but he is the handsomest man I ever saw in my life." From what point of view do we approach God? As scared little creatures about to stand before a harsh judge who will punish us ...
1297. Complete Joy
Philippians 2:1-11
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Jeff Wedge
... had personally witnessed such flare ups both in the congregations with which he had been associated and, quite likely, in the synagogues he had known as he was growing up. It is easy for people who care deeply about the church to become quite passionate about what happens in the church and about things the church does. This should probably not surprise us. In every other part of our lives, wherever there are people working with each other, there are some frictions and small disagreements and mild arguments ...
1298. The Cloak
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
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Rick Brand
... in us that wants more and more, that encourages us to super-size my meals when we do not need all the calories in the regular serving. But we get more with the super-size. All of this desire for more, this hunger of the human heart for more, this passion for accumulation never seems to be satisfied. The restless gnawing at the human for that which we do not have is always for more. It is as if we all had hollow legs into which we keep pouring more and more stuff and it is never full. Not long ago ...
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Mark Trotter
... The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and be killed, and will rise again." The journey to Jerusalem takes up three chapters in the Gospel of Mark. It is a major part of the story. Throughout these three chapters there are predictions of the passion, and this is one of them. "The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and be killed, and will rise again." Mark says of the disciples, "They did not understand what he was saying, and they were afraid to ask." That evening they came ...
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Mark Trotter
... of my own heart, `Hear my prayer O Lord, and give ear to my cry. Hold not thy peace at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as my fathers before me.’” Then he turned to the New Testament and read of the passion of our Lord, “My God, why hast thou forsaken me.” He wrote, “I knew with certainty this is someone who understands me. I began to understand Christ because I realized Christ understood me. And I began to summon up the courage to go on living.” The second incident ...
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