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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Donald B. Strobe
... of the cross! American Fanny Crosby almost equaled Charles Wesley’s productivity. She wrote only 6000 hymns. What most people do not realize is that she was blind almost all of her life. At the age of 6 she was blinded by an illness; but she never became bitter, One time a sympathetic minister remarked to her, “I think it is a great pity that The Master did not give you sight when he showered so many other gifts on you.” She quickly replied, “Do you know that if I had been able to make one petition ...
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Eric Ritz
... experience in a new way how the Book of Philippians has sustained many in the Christian faith--and how it can sustain not only Erma Bombeck but us as well. Yes, when the winds of adversity fell upon Paul in the prison cell, he did not get bitter, but better and taller, and God gave His strength to transform the irritant of adversity into the pearl of joy. May God mold the three worldly pressures of fear, stress, and despair that try to steal and paralyze our lives into the diamonds of a bold and confident ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... and pray. In the direst hour of his need, he needed those who were closest to him to be with him. But they slept. Do you feel the sad disappointment in Jesus’ voice: “Could you not watch for just one hour?” The bitter cup that Jesus was going to have to drink was made even more bitter by those whom he loved being unable to share his anguish. Now it’s not hard to understand the disciples’ predicament. If we give them the benefit of the doubt, we know that there come those times in our life when we ...
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David J. Kalas
... of town. You arrive at the field and discover that the snow is up to your knees, except in the spots where it has drifted even higher. The night air is frigid. And the wide open space of the field encourages a strong, cold wind. It is a bitterly cold time and place. Everyone there is dressed for the occasion. You could be standing next to your best friend and not even know it, for every inch of every person is covered. Heavy coats and long underwear, mittens, mufflers, boots, and snowsuits are everywhere on ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... early desert monks categorized anger as one of the seven deadly sins. Frederick Buechner says this: "Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back; in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself ...
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Arley K. Fadness
... of the Hebrew and the tears of all sufferers of oppression and slavery. Before them was the shank of a lamb. They tasted the sweet mutton and then they ate the bitter herbs. Bitter herbs according to the Mishnah consisted of lettuce, chicory, pepperwort, snakeroot, and dandelion. In this Seder replica, horseradish was substituted for the bitter herbs. Four questions were asked, a seat was left vacant for Elijah, and the door left open for his coming. The learning journey from the Seder to the Lord's supper ...
132. A Hope for Peace
Romans 15:4-13
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James L. Killen
... of God's "plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth" (Ephesians 1:10). Paul was especially concerned about the hostility that existed between Jews and Greeks in his society. It was a bitter division that could turn violent. It was probably that hostility that eventually caused Paul's death. But Paul found that conflict very painful because he loved both his own people, the Jews, and the people to whom he was a missionary, the Gentiles. He yearned ...
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Matthew Powell
... , and that was the idea of food. He felt a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach. For a moment, he felt that bitter hatred of wealth, of ease, of everything that is well fed and well housed that is common to starving men. Will: At any rate ... how much you pardon? Mother: Oh, my poor Willie, much or little, what does it matter? Have you wandered so far and paid such a bitter price for knowledge and not yet learned that love has nothing to do with pardon or forgiveness, that it only loves, and loves - and loves? ...
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James W. Moore
... ’t set well with the Elder Brother. - He was angry. - He refused to go in. The father came out to explain and to encourage him to come and join the party. But, the Elder Brother felt rejected and slighted… and out of his hurt and resentment, he replied bitterly: “Lo, these many years I have served you and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never even gave me a kid that I might make merry with my friends. But when this ‘son of yours’ – (sounds almost like a curse, doesn’t it?)… when this ...
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James Merritt
... galls it murder. The sainted apostle John said in I Jn. 3:15, "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." If your heart is headquarters for hate; if your soul is a harbor for bitterness, the Bible says you are a murderer, and you need to get right with God. III. The Savior That Gives Life Victory Remember that every negative has a positive. This commandment says negatively "You shall not end human life," but positively this commandment says, "You ...
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James Merritt
... , it's much worse than that. At the garden of Eden man declared war on God, and until we wave the white flag of surrender and receive his forgiveness, we can never be right with Him. II. The Sympathy That Is Expressed If anyone ever had a right to be bitter it was Jesus. He was crucified for something he did not do (sin) by the very ones who did it (sinners). Do you ever feel unappreciated? Do you ever feel like nobody cares about what you do for them? Well, think of this: The Lord Jesus was not only dying ...
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James Merritt
... to carry his burden. Every Jewish boy had marked off one mile from his house and had memorized the exact distance. Whenever a Jewish boy or man was compelled to go that mile, he would walk that mile down to the very foot, put that burden down, and with a bitter look on his face make the point "not one foot more." Now the Pharisees had all of life boiled down to the minimum. They practiced what I call a "minimum morality." They boiled life down to just the minimum of what they had to do. I heard about a ...
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James Merritt
... endure chastening." So the question now is asked: How will you respond to God's discipline? a. You Can Resent It My son "do not despise the chastening of the Lord." (v.5) Now the word "despise" means "to treat lightly" or "to disparage." You see, you can get bitter when God disciplines you. You can get mad at God when He takes you to his woodshed. I heard about a little girl who was disobedient to her mother, and her mother put her in the closet to discipline her. Well, it got very quiet, so the mother went ...
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James Merritt
... to overflow its banks, it can become a raging flood that destroys everything in its path. Just as a river can be controlled, so can your tongue. You can control your temper if you really want to, and I will prove it to you. Have you ever been in a bitter argument in your home, either with your wife or one of your kids? I'm talking about the old-fashioned kind when everybody is yelling at the top of their lungs, going at it tooth and tong. About that time the phone rings, and instantaneously you pick it up ...
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King Duncan
... suggests. But the most important place we will turn is to God. We may pray for God to heal the relationship. We may need to pray to God to heal us if the relationship cannot be healed, to help us to accept the inevitable and to keep us from bitterness and resentment. But even more, we pray that this experience of a broken relationship will draw us even closer to God. For it is from our relationship with God, not with another human being, that we draw our strength and our identity. 1. From a sermon by Rev ...
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King Duncan
... we give ourselves. We need to purge ourselves of our negative feelings toward a co-worker, toward a family member, toward an ex-spouse who has hurt us for our own well-being. Slide 3 FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE. You do not have to carry around feelings of bitterness, resentment, anger. You can choose to forgive. David Augsberger wrote a book a few years ago about anger. He noted that anger is a choice. He said the only thing we don’t have a choice about is the adrenalin which is being pumped into our bodies ...
142. Invitations from the Christ Child
Luke 1:26-38
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King Duncan
... exchange gifts. They sipped hot chocolate and listened to bells toll Christmas joy throughout the town. The peace, love and warmth now seemed far away. Christmas was lonely and cold. She hadn't gone to church in many years because of rebellion as a young woman. The pain and the bitterness of remembering seared her heart. As tears fell, she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. A kindly priest looked down at her. "Father, I'm so miserable," she blurted. She told him the story of her rebellion and ...
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James Merritt
... is more than one prayer I have prayed I thank God that He did say "No" to. If you ever get to feeling angry or bitter, because God didn't answer one of your prayers let me tell you what you ought to do when you get old enough. Go to ... kids, especially when they are spoiled, have a hard time accepting the word "No?" They throw temper tantrums, pout, get upset, get angry and they get bitter. You can do that if you want to, but one of the marks of spiritual maturity is when you begin to realize that God has ...
144. Choose Life
Exodus 20:13
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James Merritt
... I have read a whole lot of obituaries with great joy." I John 3:15 says, "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." (I John 3:15, NASB) If your heart is a headquarters for hate, bitterness, or revenge you do have a murderous heart that needs to get right with God. III. My Life Can Have Victory Because God Can Change It I realize there are still many of you here who are convinced you have never broken this commandment. Let me say one last ...
145. People Skills
Proverbs 12:26
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James Merritt
... room, the money I loaned him wouldn't be a great amount, but to me it was a big amount. I loaned it to him without a second thought and that has been four years ago and I have never heard from him since. I could wake up every day, bitter toward that man, angry with that man, upset with that man, but you see, he is not my problem; he is God's problem. I have finally determined in my heart that I had rather live with the fact that he owes me money, than have to live with the ...
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J. Howard Olds
... Power. It went in part like this: Dear Dr. Schuller, In 1961, my wife and I got married and shortly thereafter, we suffered a financial reversal that made me bitter. We wanted children, but discovered we couldn’t have one. That made me more bitter. Finally, we adopted a little boy, but then we found out he was mentally retarded. I became even more bitter. The bitterest day of my life was when little Joey died. The day we buried him I completely stopped believing in God. The years passed. My wife started ...
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James W. Moore
... are the peacemakers for they are doing a God-like work!” There is nothing in the world more God-like than peace-making. Commenting on this Beatitude, William Barclay points out: “There are people who are always storm-centers of trouble and bitterness and strife. Wherever they are, they are either involved in quarrels themselves or the cause of quarrels between others. They are trouble-makers. There are people like that in almost every society… and such people are doing the devil’s own work. On ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... heart of this man who was so surrendered to God. He surrendered not only the temptations of the world, this I can understand - but also the glory of a particular service to God - and this is what humbles me. Everything was placed upon the altar, and there was no bitterness at all when God decided to keep it. Pascal just kept serving the Lord. God, make me like that man! Surrender doesn’t come easy to me. It has taken me some time to learn that the real test of true faith is not how successful we are, but ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... Elims, for he cannot trust us there. “He gems the earth with them, to teach us that it is not all blasted, and that we are not a cursed race in a cursed world. He sets them before our eyes as witnesses that there are worlds where there is no bitterness in the fountains of life. He causes us to lie down in them, only that we may be better able to tread in the paths of righteousness in which He leads us.” (F. B Meyer, Studies in Exodus, Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1978, p. 186.) It is my ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... in its original form, When the captain of a sailing vessel wanted to keep his ship from being crashed against the rocks in a narrow strait in the midst of a storm, he would drop the anchor of the ship to the wind and run the cables out to the “bitter end”. That is, not to the end of the cable that was secured on the deck, but to the end of the anchor cable that went on down and was secured deep within the hull of the ship. So the ship was secured to the better end and would ride ...
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