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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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1376. “If I Were Hungry I Would Not Tell You, for the World Is Mine, and All That Is in It”

Psalm 50:1-23

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... of the classical prophetic strain, and it even distances itself from a general condemnation (50:8). Verse 23, in fact, commends sacrifice (“thank offerings”) as a way of honoring God. Despite that, however, God has no need of Israel’s sacrifices to satisfy his hunger, if indeed he ever feels famished, because he owns all the animals of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills (50:9–13). The people can conduct their sacrifices, pay their vows, and pray to God, and, says God, “I will deliver ...

1377. “Be Exalted, O God, above the Heavens; Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth”

Psalm 57:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... wings” until the disaster has passed (57:1), barely escaping it. Phillips comments on Paul’s well-known statement in Romans 8:37: “We often think that eventually all will be well (and so it will), but Paul’s point is that in the midst of cold and hunger, of danger to life and limb, we are more than conquerors.”15 In 57:2, the ESV has “to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” The psalm may represent an early version of the theological notion of Israel as a “light to the Gentiles” (see also ...

1378. “In Your Heart You Devise Injustice”

Psalm 58:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... . Illustrating the Text A long view of history History: A long view of history provides a catalogue of tragic events that illustrate the reality of humanity’s evil nature. Consider the following examples: The “Holodomor” is the Ukranian word for “killing by hunger” and is used to describe Josef Stalin’s genocide against the Ukraine by forced starvation (1932–33). Scholars believe that 4 to 5 million Ukrainians were killed.19 The Khmer Rouge were members of the Communist Party who from 1975 to ...

1379. “You Laugh at Them, Lord; You Scoff at All Those Nations”

Psalm 59:1-17

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C. Hassell Bullock

... s actions (59:10b–c) 2. The dynamics of defeat (59:11–17) a. Prayer that their defeat will be a witness of God’s rule (59:11–13) b. Negative refrain: They return at evening, snarling like dogs (59:14) c. Enemies humiliated by defeat and hunger (59:15) d. Psalmist’s song of triumph (59:16–17) i. The song of victory (59:16) ii. Affirmative refrain: You are my strength (59:17) Historical and Cultural Background The historical reference in the title refers to the incident mentioned in 1 Samuel 19:11 ...

1380. The Power of Persistence

Luke 11:1-13, Luke 18:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... neighbor bread from unworthy motives, how much more may we depend upon the God who is the Father of all? If a judge will vindicate a woman just to get rid of her, how much more may we expect justice from God? If we can never quite escape our hunger for righteousness, what does that say about our Creator? All of these experiences, says our Lord, bear testimony to the greatness and goodness of God. Rejoice and be glad that through all the changing scenes of our earthly life, we can be sure of God and His care ...

1381. Good for Nothing

Luke 13:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... America. More interest is being expressed in religion than there has been in a hundred years. The secular media, seemingly surprised, asks questions about religion. Television and newspapers report what the churches are doing, because people want to know. The hunger for spiritual sustenance is everywhere. People pore over the Scriptures. The spiritual vacuum in the land is demanding to be filled. Sin-sick souls, suffering souls, struggling souls are crying out for help. But our church is not responding as ...

1382. Jacob and Esau

Gen 32:1-32

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... ?” (32:27). “Jacob,” he answers. “Jacob” is not only who he is, but what he is. Here is an explicit case where a name is descriptive of one’s nature. Who am I? Trickster. Supplanter. Heel-grabber. A second commendable virtue is Jacob’s consuming hunger for God. “I will not let you go unless you bless me” (32:26). One result of this meeting with God is that Jacob’s name is changed to Israel, which in the explanation given is connected with a Hebrew verb meaning “to contend with, strive ...

1383. Miscellaneous Laws

Deut 23:15–25:19

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... stand in the same relationship to the people of God. Moreover, one is not obligated to make vows, but once they have been made voluntarily, they must be kept (23:21–23). As evidence of Near Eastern hospitality to passersby, travelers can slake their hunger as they journey along by helping themselves to the fruit or grain that grows along the roadway, but they are not to gather additional amounts to put into a basket (23:24–25); the same principle applied to Jesus’s disciples as they journeyed along ...

1384. Agur’s Message: Relying on God’s Word, Learning from His Work

Proverbs 30:1-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... earnest prayer (and the only one expressed in the book), invoking divine aid in avoiding empty and deceitful speech and in procuring only sufficient material resources (cf. Matt. 6:11) to avoid the opposite temptations of impious self-sufficiency and hunger-induced theft. In the remainder of the chapter (30:10–33), the numerical saying becomes the dominant form. In these often riddlelike proverbs, which draw striking examples from nature, the final item is emphasized. These verses also can be attributed ...

1385. Jesus’s Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... themes as well, since Israel’s king—and subsequently Israel’s anticipated Messiah—would have been the representative of Israel par excellence (2 Sam. 7:12–16; see “Theological Themes” in the introduction). The first temptation centers on Jesus’s hunger after fasting for forty days, with the devil tempting Jesus to turn stones into bread. Jesus answers, as he does in each case, with a scriptural text from Deuteronomy. The affirmation from Deuteronomy 8:3 prioritizes the sustenance of God ...

1386. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Mark 6:30-44

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... ’s sadistic banquet, Mark reports on a banquet of Jesus (6:31–44). The banquet of Herod was in a palace; Jesus’s is in the open. Herod invited important people; Jesus receives all people. Herod bolstered his own reputation; Jesus ministers to peoples’ hunger and needs. So memorable is Jesus’s banquet that it is the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels. After the return of the Twelve, and in fulfillment of the first prerequisite of apostleship (3:14), Jesus summons the Twelve away from the ...

1387. Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6:25-59

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... innocent inquiries (e.g., 7:28, 34–36). So too the question of 6:25 about Jesus’s mysterious appearance in Capernaum goes unanswered, because now a theological response is at hand. Jesus is the bread of life that has mysteriously descended (6:35, 38). The twin themes of hunger and thirst (cf. chaps. 4, 6) are now satisfied. Belief is still the key (6:36; cf. 6:29); however, now a new note is struck. God is sovereign over the ministry of Jesus (6:38) as well as its results (6:37, 39, 44). Those whom God ...

1388. An Appeal for Complete Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 6:3-13, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... trials that Paul associated with his apostleship (Harris 1976, 357). Under the first heading come “troubles, hardships and distresses” (6:4); under the second, “beatings, imprisonments and riots” (6:5a); and under the third, “hard work, sleepless nights and hunger” (6:5b). Next comes a corresponding list of Christian virtues that have marked Paul’s apostolic ministry (6:6–7). These include “purity” (the moral uprightness that gave credence to the witness of Paul’s life and mis-sion ...

1389. An Appeal for Complete Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1, 2 Corinthians 6:3-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

1390. Paul Boasts About His Sufferings

2 Corinthians 11:16-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to expose himself to the physical dangers associated with travel on land and sea, and to the emotional stress of recurrent conflicts with “false brothers” (11:24–26). He has uncomplainingly endured countless personal deprivations, including nights “without sleep,” hunger and thirst, exposure to the cold without clothing, and the kind of hard labor and toil that might more naturally have been done by persons below his station in life. Finally, he has daily faced the inner “pressure of concern ...

1391. The Time Is Now!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... the people you can for Jesus who loved us all the way to calvary and loves us still. Don't stand around looking up, do something! You will soon discover that the place where you have been planted is the place where your deep gladness and this world's deep hunger come together. There is a time when heaven and earth come together. That time is now! 1. "He Lives," Alfred H. Ackley, 1934.

1392. Dead Hearts and New Beginnings

John 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the life-changing power of Jesus Christ in one person’s life. I understand. You are not on death row. You’re a pretty good person. My, you’re even in church this morning. I respect that. But, could it be that deep in your heart there is a hunger for something more to life? Is it time for you to make a new beginning? It is possible for that to happen, thanks to the love which Christ poured out on the cross of Calvary. And some kind of new beginning is even necessary if you are to ever be ...

1393. Something Different

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... leadership is needed rather than for the sake of their own need to be on top. Certainly those people must be the more effective leaders and also happier persons. Think of the truly effective leaders you have known. Is it not so? "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness" (Matthew 5:6). We are all good at wanting things and then organizing our lives around getting the things that we want. An awful lot of us have organized our lives around wanting and collecting junk. So many of the prizes ...

1394. When All Is Said and Done

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... else would have enabled him to write and, most of all, live out these words: ... As servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hard- ships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute ...

1395. More Beyond

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . Paul confirms this in 2 Corinthians when he gives a litany of trials and tribulations that he and others of the faith had to endure. Take a look at the list: “afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, and hunger” (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). After reading this litany you must conclude that if Paul were alive today he would be nauseated by those who tout a prosperity gospel. Paul knew that he would face opposition. However, what is important to remember ...

1396. I Wonder about The End of the World

Mark 13:32-37

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Charley Reeb

... injustice will end, and the peaceful world he has intended will begin. This is what we mean when we sing the old hymn, “Marching to Zion.” “We are marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion. We are marching to Zion, the beautiful city of God.” This hunger and eagerness for this world to end and God’s world to begin is expressed powerfully in Romans 8:19-25: For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its ...

1397. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

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King Duncan

... danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.” (II Corinthians 11: 24-27) Yet, in all that, St. Paul heard the Lord’s voice saying, “My grace is sufficient for you . . . .” (12:9) For many of us the injustice of this ...

1398. The Joy of Christmas

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

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Charley Reeb

... Until we commit to the Christ in Christmas, life is just an endless and boring series of experiences and obligations. We will not see. We will not hear. We will not find joy until we decide to commit. We will not have the joy, hope, peace, and love that we hunger for until we commit. Ann Weems said it best: “If Christmas is not now, if Christ is not born into the everyday present, then what is all the noise about?” Indeed, if there is no commitment in us, what is all the noise about? There is an ancient ...

1399. Defeating Discouragement

Mark 1:21-28

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Charley Reeb

... with them, and he’s as happy as can be. Human beings can be strange sometimes. Satan once had a yard sale. He thought he’d get rid of some of his old tools that were cluttering up his house. There was gossip, slander, adultery, lying, greed, power-hunger, and lust laid out on the tables. Interested buyers were perusing the tables looking for a good buy. One customer, however, strolled way back in the garage and found on a shelf a very shiny tool. It looked well cared for. He brought it out to Satan and ...

1400. The Temptation of Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... At the end of the forty days, Jesus was hungry. The devil approached with the subtle suggestion that if in fact Jesus were the Son of God, why not use his power to turn the stones that lay scattered about into bread in order to satisfy legitimate hunger? Had not God provided manna from heaven for the grumbling Israelites (Exod. 16)? Certainly he will provide for his own Son. Besides, what good is there in having supernatural power if one doesn’t use it? Perhaps the most insidious enticement of all was his ...

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