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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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1401. Sleepers, Wake!

Matthew 25:1-13

Eulogy

Barbara G. Schmitz

... death both remind us: The time has come, O maidens wise!Rise up and give us light; the Bridegroom is in sight, Alleluia!Your lamps shine and hasten there, that you the wedding feast may share. (The Hymnal 1982, 61)1 Sleepers, wake! The wise maidens who have longed for Christ's coming and who prepared for it will join the great throng in singing, as harps and cymbals swell the sound. Twelve great pearls, the city's portals: through them we stream to join the immortals as we with joy God's throne surround. No ...

1402. Father's Day

Luke 11:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . "What do you suppose this is?" (response) "Who wears something like this? Do we put it on the dog to wear? Do mommies wear them? Who wears them?" (response) "That's right, daddies wear ties like this. And look how long it is. That's because daddies most of the time are taller than us, and so a tie has to be long for him. Another reason God created dads is because they are taller than us and they’re someone we can look up to." Next, hold up the TV remote. "What is this?" (response) "That's right, it's a ...

1403. Proper 5

Luke 7:11-17, 1 Kings 17:7-24, Psalm 146:1-10, Galatians 1:11-24

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... in Christ you smile upon us we are clothed with joy. We strip off the sackcloth of despair and put on baptismal robes of holiness and everlasting life by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Let us give you our life, day by day, as long as we live, timeless God, until in death you take us to higher service. Then perfect us in that service to which we are now apprenticed in Jesus Christ. Amen. PSALM 146:1-10 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! I will praise the LORD as ...

1404. Proper 7

Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:26--4:7, Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 42:1-11, 1 Kings 19:1-8

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... this sanctuary be not only a place of peace and sanctuary, but also a place of risk-taking and self-giving. May our offerings be an honest expression of our priorities and discipleship in the service of Jesus Christ. Amen. PSALMS 42 & 43 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me continually, "Where is your God?" These things I ...

1405. As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Steve Burt

... So how many times must we forgive? Peter asks Jesus, "So how about seven?" That seems to be a meaningful number. But Jesus responds by saying, "Seven? How about seventy times seven?" Just the tone of his voice must have implied that a limit was ridiculous. So long as we are living, we must keep on forgiving, because we keep offending. That's not to say there's no limit or that we have to be naive about offering forgiveness. There are abusive, dead-end situations where one hurt follows right on the heels of ...

1406. Jesus' Countercultural Sermon

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Mark Radecke

Sometimes age and experience force us to reevaluate long held beliefs about the world and the way life works. As idealistic youths in Sunday school and Luther League, for ... no better than toddlers' clothes would fit us now. "Older and wiser" is the phrase that comes to mind. But sometimes, age and experience reinforce long held views. I have, for example, long believed that the Christian faith is by definition countercultural. What I mean is this: Many of the central tenets and themes of the Christian faith ...

1407. Light From And For The East

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... religion, follow a star in the belief that it will lead them to the birthplace of an important ruler. They follow that star all the way from their homeland -- possibly Persia, modern-day Iran -- to Jerusalem. That is, their native faith and instinct bring them a long way in the right direction. But then they must do that thing that males -- ancient as well as modern, I think -- hate the most: They must stop to ask directions! "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?" Herod summons the chief ...

1408. Praying To The Congregation

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Thomas Long

... the crowd"? This is a clear-cut case of praying to the congregation. But before we pull Jesus over and ticket him for a liturgical infraction, we need to make two key observations. First, when Jesus prays to the congregation, he is following in a long biblical tradition. Many of the psalms, for example, move fluidly back and forth between pleas to God and appeals to fellow worshippers. Moses, when he prayed his great prayer to the heavens (Deuteronomy 32-33), could not seem to keep it quite straight whether ...

1409. Loving Jesus, Hating The Church

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Thomas Long

... was his hometown, his neighborhood congregation, his place of worship since he was a child; his unconventional religious experience rendered him persona non grata, and out he went. We seem to have, then, a textbook case of the repressive religious institution at work. As long as people are "blind," the welcome mat is out, but let them start to see a little light, let them begin to think for themselves, let them start tapping their feet to the Spirit's tune instead of the official march, and the religious ...

1410. Bad Timing

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... reality. The doctor rose from his bedside, saying that he needed to attend to other patients. He promised to return that evening to tell the man a story, a story about a person who took revenge. When he returned that evening, the doctor began his story. Long ago, he recounted, the British government had sent a man to serve as envoy to Afghanistan, but as he traveled to his new post, he was attacked on the road by a hostile tribe, accused of espionage, and thrown into a shabby makeshift prison. There was ...

1411. The Man From Galilee VII: The Triumph Of His Defeat

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... my work. I want immortality through not dying."1 I read that book with great interest. Then I learned that Bishop Underwood died not long after I had read his book, and I went back and read that last chapter again. It is a great affirmation of our faith ... up at the road on the other side. Remembering that now I think of the words Jacob spoke to his brother after being gone away for a long time, "To see your face is like seeing the face of God." Someday we will see the face of God and the faces of all those ...

1412. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... he meant was that the love, or the consuming desire for money creates evil people. Why? Paul may have been reflecting on Jesus' comment that you can't serve money and God. In his letter to Timothy, Paul said that those who wanted more and more money didn't stay long in the church. In Paul's experience, he saw that the love for money created people who would do almost anything to have more and more, and let no one stand in their way, not friends, not family, not even God. Of course, the craving for money is ...

1413. It's Your Funeral

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... about two sons. Jesus only tells two parables about a father who has two sons. The other is the parable of the prodigal son. He tells several parables about a vineyard. We heard one last week about the workers who were all paid the same regardless of how long they worked. The very next passage is another parable about servants in a vineyard. This, however, is not a parable about workers or servants, but about a parent and his children. If you hired someone to do a certain job and he said he would do it and ...

1414. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

... will be all right." But will it? Hasn't it been your experience that when you get a new car, a new house, a new job it's enjoyable for a while, but it doesn't really satisfy you? It doesn't satisfy your hunger. You still find yourself longing for something else, thinking that will satisfy your hunger. Saint Augustine spoke to this hunger, saying, "Our souls are not satisfied until they find rest in God." Is it too much to suggest that we trust our lives to God, that God will provide and satisfy our deepest ...

1415. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... on. "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night." Easier said than done! He had to search long and hard for the stuff in the water to clump together to make the sun and the stars. By the time He got to making the ... the chaos from breaking out all over. That was something He couldn't entirely pass on to His creation. That was going to take a very long time! But it was time to rest. In fact, take the day off. "The body needs a rest and the mind needs some time to think ...

1416. Easter 3

1 Peter 1:13-2:3, Acts 2:42-47, Luke 24:13-35

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the common bond pattern. Every so often a brick (called a header) is laid crossways to the other bricks, so that brick ties together two other bricks. This process creates a bonding that is hard to break. A house or a wall so constructed will long endure. Bonding is a fact of nature. All things, including the human body, are held together by chemical bonds. For instance, our body is made largely of water and water contains two hydrogen atoms bonded with one oxygen atom. The science of chemistry consists of ...

1417. I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... remember it, of course, but my mother told me that she took me to a Roman Catholic church in Chicago one Sunday afternoon shortly after I was born. There I was baptized and began the Christian life. I was "baptized into Christ" as Paul says. It was like starting a long journey. It was not until 18 years later, after I had wandered away from the Way, that I saw the Way clearly and said, "I know that's the Way I am supposed to go." My commitment to walk that Way was an important step in the journey. As Christ ...

1418. In The Beginning

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... He looked out overeverything that evening as the sun was setting and the moonwas rising. Now if He could only figure out a way to prevent thechaos from breaking out all over. That was something Hecouldn't entirely pass on to His creation. That was going totake a very long time! But it was time to rest. In fact, take the day off."The body needs a rest and the mind needs some time to thinkabout things," God said. So on Saturday, God laid around. If God can do that, maybe we can take off a day a weekourselves ...

1419. Moses' New Job

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... you two tricks. They may impress people.Maybe they won't. But don't count on them. People willfigure it's magic." To make a long story short, He took none of my excuses.God promised to send Aaron, my older brother, to work withme. And Aaron's here with me. ... done well WITH you, too. But we weren't giventhat chance. Forgive the tone of my questions in these past letters.I know your longing for using all your skills. I know yourenergy and what it can bring about. But I had to slow youdown so that you could ...

1420. Grampa Noah And When The Flood Came

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... three variations onthe story, you will be able to relax with how Old GrampaNoah responds to the children when they have a chance totalk to him. If you are uncomfortable with this approach,take out your Bibles and read the four chapters foryourself. We won't take long. (Noah and the three children/young adults come forwardand sit where they can be seen by all. It may mean movingthe pulpit to one side.) Josh: Grampa Noah, how come you built the ark in thefirst place? You did it out of faith, right? Peter: You ...

1421. The Babel Disaster -- You Are There

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... same company after the strike as we didbefore the strike. For another, they changed the bookkeeping systemhalfway through. As I figure it, someone skimmed off abouttwo hundred thousand. When the temple collapsed, I almost wish I'd beenthere. I should have said something a long time ago. But Iwas afraid of losing my job. What would you have done? FA: Do you have any further observation you would liketo make? Accountant: The pride, the greed, the egos. They allhave to change. We need a whole new spirit around ...

1422. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... to be alone. I really miss ... Sometimes I invite people over for a meal so I can have some adult company. It was so funny. One time, I had the retired Rabbi over. He never married and had not been around children, very small children, for a very long, long time. As we were eating, Birdie's little face turned quite a bright red-purple color for a few moments, smiled, and then had that "who, me?" look on her face. I was downwind. As I grabbed my innocent-looking child and left the table for a minute with ...

1423. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

... , their consolation ebbed. Suddenly they saw the reality of their situation. Regardless of the words of the preacher and the teachings of Jesus, they were society's outcasts. The blessings about which they were just taught merged with the cry, "How long, merciful Father? How long?" They were facing the collision between what is and the promise of what is to come. Those listening may not have felt very blessed. The lives of those listening provided little evidence of what anyone would call good fortune. But ...

1424. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

... always had order. It was he who had failed to see God. Phil concluded this section of his book with a paraphrase of Jesus' response to the request of the disciple Philip, who said, "Lord, show us the Father and we shall be satisfied." "O Philip, have you been so long a time with me and yet you do not know me! No one sees the Father, yet each act and word that expresses His will makes God known. Philip, can't you understand you have been seeing the Father all along as you lived with me? When you understand ...

1425. Evergreen Wreath And Faded Leaf

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Isaiah's guidance hoped that the Exodus-Sinai events in her memory would be reenacted so life could begin again as it began in the days of Moses, so do we focus on the evergreen wreath hoping that our collective memories of the coming of Christ to the world so long ago will be reenacted in our midst so life can begin again for us. The faded leaf is but one side of the paradox of Advent. To refuse to embrace the dying of the physical, the social, and even the religious, is to ignore the real ministry of the ...

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