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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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1426. Not The Same Ones

Humor

The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. "Sure," she replied, "but not the same ones."

1427. Many Parts - One Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A shoe with laces, a toothbrush, and a jacket with a zipper. The other day I was thinking about how quickly all of you are growing up! Why, not too long ago you needed your parents to do just about everything for you. When you were only a baby they had to feed you and help you with your clothes every time you got dressed. When you first started to get teeth, they had to brush them for you to make sure they would be clean. They did almost everything for you! But have you noticed how much more you ...

1428. Being Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Matches, pen, camera. Lesson: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast and the door was shut. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to spend some time and talk about getting ready. We want to be prepared for the time Jesus talks about in the Bible. He says that Christians should always be ready for the new world he is making for us. It may happen tomorrow that Jesus will open his new world and we want to be ready for ...

1429. Christ, the Exalted One

Ephesians 2:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord, the most high exalted of God. People: Christ, crucified and resurrected, is now at the right hand of God: Leader: Jesus, who was nailed to the cross that we might have eternal life; People: Jesus, who was without sin, yet accepted the sins of all time. Leader: Yet in God's wisdom and mercy it is this same Christ who saves us all. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, even though as sinners we were rejecting You, in Christ You had the ...

1430. One Final Meeting

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

Henry Senkiewicz, in his novel of the early days of Christianity, QUO VADIS, relates a poignant meeting. Simon Peter, having faced persecution, and believing he can endure no more, decides to leave Rome and, in so doing, save his life. While on the Appian Way, Peter has a vision wherein he meets the Lord Jesus walking toward him and Rome. Falling on his knees, humbly before the Lord, Simon Peter asks, "Quo vadis, domine?" "Where are you going, Lord?" To which Jesus responds, "If thou desert my people, I am ...

1431. One Lord, False Profits

Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever. (Based on Psalm 111:10) Collect Raise up your true prophet in our midst, that we may magnify your glory throughout the world. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Proclaiming God, Fiery God, we told you at the foot of the mountain, "If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die." Now we ask that you reveal your Son, your ...

1432. The Mighty Have Fallen. Are We Next?

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27, 2 Samuel 1:17-27, Psalm 117:1-2

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: Praise the Lord, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! All: For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! (Based on Psalm 117) Collect Lord, today we pray for all who might seem to be beyond your redeeming love. We know this is not so — you who are all powerful will go to any length to find us, heal us, save us. May we in our worship and in our service become prophets of your peace. May it be so, in your name. Amen ...

1433. Have No Fear

Psalm 22:26-28, Joel 2:21-27

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever! All: All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations. (Based on Psalm 22:26-28) Collect May we eat in plenty and be satisfied, for you, Lord, have dealt bountifully with us. Amen. Prayer Of Confession All your gifts we lift up to you at ...

1434. He Was Not a Ghost

Luke 24:36b-48

Illustration

Keith Grogg

While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" (Luke 24:41). And now he has made the sacramental moment back into a meal. That is so Luke. The Physician. Mr. Everything-is-flesh-and-blood; you're either poor or you're not poor; you're either hungry or you're not hungry; you're either sick or you're not sick; none of the in-between "Well, maybe we're poor in a spiritual sense." For Luke it's always a question of people's physical well-being. ...

1435. Love and Living for Others

John 10:11-18

Illustration

Wiley Stephens

Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, "When a chap is in love, he will go out in all kinds of weather to keep an appointment with his beloved. Love can be demanding; in fact, more demanding than law. It has its own imperatives. Think of a mother sitting by the bedside of a sick child through the night, impelled only by love. Nothing is too much trouble for love." Jesus makes it clear as he draws near the cross that his motivation is love. He is choosing to make this sacrifice. He is choosing to be faithful to ...

1436. Having a Life Purpose

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

In his book, "Man's Search for Meaning," Austrian psychiatrist Dr. Viktor Frankl documents the profound power that a life purpose exerts over an individual under even the worst of circumstances. Frankl, who survived the Nazi concentration camps, described how prisoners who felt they had nothing to live for succumbed, while those who perceived themselves as having a mission to complete, struggled to survive. Deprived of all external supports that might give life meaning, these survivors came to realize that ...

1437. Workaholism

Luke 10:38-42

Illustration

Michael Parker

In the familiar story of Mary and Martha, I think that most of us relate to the hard working Martha. In an article I read this week in the paper, it was reported that Americans work more hours per year than any other major industrial nation. The Germans work an annual average of 1,421 hours per year, the French 1,564, the Japanese 1,784, and Americans 1,804. All of these nations have cut their annual hours by 16 to 20 percent over the last 40 years. The exception is the United States, which has remained ...

1438. Humor: The One Minute Story

John 9: 1-41

Illustration

Steven Molin

These Sundays leading up to Holy Week provide for us some of the longest scripture readings of the entire year. In considering how I might shorten these gospel texts, I was reminded of an internet site called "Book a Minute." Their motto tells you all you need to know, for it says: "When even Cliff Notes are too long." So I looked up a few of the edited books on their website, and this is what I found. Remember Dr. Seuss' story "Green Eggs and Ham"? This is how "Book a Minute" tells it: Some Creature: I ...

1439. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation: Part One

Daniel 2:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

2:1–13 · The king and his astrologers:In Nebuchadnezzar’s second year (2:1; 604 BC), he has a dream that disturbs him greatly. He turns to the traditional wisdom of his time by calling on his sages—“the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers” (2:2)—to tell him what his dream means. They are all too ready to please the king, and ask for the particulars of the dream. Their request is “in Aramaic” (2:4), the official language of the Babylonian Empire. (Here begins the Aramaic section of Daniel, ...

1440. What Might Have Been

Luke 2:1-7

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: None Television news reporter Linda Ellerbee in her book, And So It Goes, (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1986) tells about an experience she had when she was a struggling reporter living by herself in a boarding house and trying hard to make connections and to earn her first big break. Her landlady said to her one day that there was another young lady in the boarding house she would like for her to meet. She felt the two of them had a lot in common. They should get along great. Linda Ellerbee asked ...

1441. We Are One With Christ

John 17:20-26

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Lord, where are You in this world so full of modern technology? People: Lord, where are You in the midst of our personal confusion? Leader: Lord, where are You when the world around us seems to be crumbling? People: Lord, where shall we look to find Your presence in our day? Leader: Christ is truly with us always. Stand sure on your faith in God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty Creator God, You laid the foundations of the Universe itself and yet You desire to ...

1442. We Have Become Dull To Life

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Illustration

"... if a dead man is raised to life, all men spring up in astonishment. Yet every day one that had no being is born, and no man wonders, though it is plain to all, without doubt, that it is a greater thing for that to be created which was without being than for that which had being to be restored. Because the dry rod of Aaron budded, all men were in astonishment; every day a tree is produced from the dry earth, ... and no man wonders .. Five thousand men were filled with five loaves; ... every day the ...

1443. One's Perspective Can Make All The Difference

Acts 9:1-19a

Illustration

Douglas J. Deuel

A little boy was asked what he was thankful for by his Sunday School teacher. It was Thanksgiving and the teacher was encouraging all the children to give personal expression to their feelings of gratitude. The little boy said that he was especially thankful for his glasses. The teacher asked him why he was thankful to have to wear glasses. Very quickly he answered, "Because they keep the boys from hitting me and the girls from kissing me." Perspective can make a huge difference, can't it? Saul began by ...

1444. Love One Another

John 13:31-38

Illustration

Lee Griess

A junior high music teacher had just organized a band in her school. The principal was so proud of the music teacher's efforts that without consulting her he decided that the band should give a concert for the entire school. The music teacher wasn't so sure her young musicians were ready to give a concert, so she tried to talk the principal out of holding the concert, to no avail. Just before the concert was ready to begin, as the music teacher stood on the podium, she leaned forward and whispered to her ...

1445. We Have Become Dull

Luke 24:36-49

Illustration

St. Gregory the Great

"If a dead man is raised to life, all men spring up in astonishment. Yet every day one that had no being is born, and no man wonders, though it is plain to all, without doubt, that it is a greater thing for that to be created which was without being than for that which had being to be restored. Because the dry rod of Aaron budded, all men were in astonishment; every day a tree is produced from the dry earth, ... and no man wonders ... Five thousand men were filled with five loaves; every day the grains of ...

1446. The One Right Choice

Psalm 45:6-7, Romans 7:15-25a

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; you love righteousness and hate wickedness. (Psalm 45:6-7) Collect Lord, in our distress you found us and brought us together as your family in Christ. We praise you for your loving kindness. Great is your faithfulness. Amen. Prayer Of Confession While Isaac waited, a great drama was working out for his benefit. A trusted servant works out your will, Lord, praying the first prayer spoken aloud in your ...

1447. One Out of Ten Ain’t Bad

Luke 17:11-19

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship When we share with others we may be astounded by an outpouring of thanks, or by a stunning silence in the face of blessings. Let us not mistake this for ingratitude. Perhaps that person is thanking God, rather than us, for God is the author of all good things. Let us worship this thanksgiving expecting the unexpected, surprised by blessings, thinking better of others, expecting more of ourselves. Collect Gracious God of all nations hear our prayer. We hold on tightly, but were meant to ...

1448. A Choice to Go

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

Keith Wagner

I may be a fairly good sailor at this point in my life but there were times when, like Peter, I had to be humbled. One time I was sailing a Sunfish in Michigan. I had trouble controlling the wind which was building and the sailboat and I ended up in shallow water. I had to walk the boat back into deep water. About that time an officer spotted me and towed me back to deep water. I was humiliated as my friends watched me be blown off course. It was a most embarrassing moment. Peter was not called because he ...

1449. One Order For Rain

Illustration

A store manager heard his clerk tell a customer, "No, ma'am, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon." Horrified, the manager came running over to the customer and said, "Of course we'll have some soon. We placed an order last week." Then the manager drew the clerk aside. "Never," he snarled, "Never, never, never say we're out of anything; say we've got it on order and it's coming. Now, what was it she wanted?" "Rain," said the clerk.

1450. One Forgetful Day

Illustration

Lewis Timberlake

It was a beautiful summer day and Clarence was enjoying a row in the boat with his lovely girlfriend, anticipating the picnic they would have when they got to the island in the center of the lake. These were days when young men and young ladies wore more than shorts and t-shirts when out in public. Clarence had donned a spiffy suit with a high collar, and his female companion had on a long dress with billowing petticoats underneath. Clarence masculinely pulled on the wooden oars as his date sat coolly ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 1426 to 1450 of 4962 results

1426. Not The Same Ones

Humor

The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. "Sure," she replied, "but not the same ones."

1427. Many Parts - One Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

1428. Being Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

1429. Christ, the Exalted One

Ephesians 2:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

1430. One Final Meeting

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

1431. One Lord, False Profits

Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1432. The Mighty Have Fallen. Are We Next?

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27, 2 Samuel 1:17-27, Psalm 117:1-2

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1433. Have No Fear

Psalm 22:26-28, Joel 2:21-27

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1434. He Was Not a Ghost

Luke 24:36b-48

Illustration

Keith Grogg

1435. Love and Living for Others

John 10:11-18

Illustration

Wiley Stephens

1436. Having a Life Purpose

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

1437. Workaholism

Luke 10:38-42

Illustration

Michael Parker

1438. Humor: The One Minute Story

John 9: 1-41

Illustration

Steven Molin

1439. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation: Part One

Daniel 2:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

1440. What Might Have Been

Luke 2:1-7

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

1441. We Are One With Christ

John 17:20-26

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

1442. We Have Become Dull To Life

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Illustration

1443. One's Perspective Can Make All The Difference

Acts 9:1-19a

Illustration

Douglas J. Deuel

1444. Love One Another

John 13:31-38

Illustration

Lee Griess

1445. We Have Become Dull

Luke 24:36-49

Illustration

St. Gregory the Great

1446. The One Right Choice

Psalm 45:6-7, Romans 7:15-25a

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1447. One Out of Ten Ain’t Bad

Luke 17:11-19

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1448. A Choice to Go

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

Keith Wagner

1449. One Order For Rain

Illustration

1450. One Forgetful Day

Illustration

Lewis Timberlake

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