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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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1476. Proper 15

1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Psalm 111:1-10, John 6:51-58, Ephesians 5:15-20

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B. David Hostetter

... of thanksgiving and declare our intentions to turn from evil and do good, to seek peace and pursue it. Teach us how to revere your name more fully through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION God of clouds and fire, Christ of passion and peace, Spirit of conflict and resolution, reveal yourself to us in all the circumstances of our lives. Do you play hide and seek with us to distract us from the pursuits of the trivial? Is your mystery intentional or just the taxing of our ...

1477. Proper 20

Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 31:10-31, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18

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B. David Hostetter

... . We can be devious rather than straightforward, hypocritical rather than sincere, unforgiving rather than merciful, cruel rather than kind. Forgive the bitter jealousy that leads to quarreling, the selfish ambition that destroys those who are in the way, the ungoverned passions that lead to disorder and evil of every kind. Temper your justice with mercy for the sake of your obedient Son, Jesus our peacemaker. Amen Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the good news! God comes to those who welcome ...

1478. Second Sunday of Advent

Mark 1:1-8, Psalm 85:1-13, Isaiah 40:1-31, 2 Peter 3:1-18

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B. David Hostetter

... to set us free from harmful habits and addictions. May those who are hooked on drugs and addictions too strong to control be given healing help that they may recover and be free again. Keep us from condemning the addictions of others and overlooking our own ungoverned passions. Enable us to be examples of serenity and self-control to the praise of the name of Jesus Christ. O God, before you the generations rise and pass away. You are the strength of those who labor; you are the rest of the blessed dead. We ...

1479. Proper 27

Psalm 98:1-9; 145:1-5, 17-21, Haggai 1:15b-2:9, Luke 20:27-40, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

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B. David Hostetter

... are forgiven. Exhortation May the Lord direct your hearts toward God’s love and the steadfastness of Christ! PRAYER OF THE DAY God of the burning bush, Lord of the empty tomb, Spirit of life; in living prevent us from being consumed by our passions; in dying save us from despair; and after our death raise us to everlasting life in company with all your people. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of justice, compassion, and love, we are grateful for all judges, legislators, and executives who are devoted to ...

1480. Seventh Sunday of Easter

Revelation 22:7-21, Acts 16:16-40, Psalm 97:1-12, John 17:20-26

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B. David Hostetter

... house nor through the gates of your eternal city may we enter worthily without your forgiveness and the washing symbolized in baptism. We need the ministry of the Spirit to create in us the desire for the finest things that life offers. Forgive our passions for lesser things unworthy of the princes and princesses of your royal house, brothers and sisters of the royal Jesus. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! Jesus prays for us who have believed in him through the word of the ...

1481. Palm Sunday

Psalm 31:1-24; 118:1-29, Isaiah 50:1-11, Luke 19:28-44; 22:14-23:56, Philippians 2:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter—Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (As Palm Sunday) Psalter—Psalm 31:9-16 (As Passion Sunday) First Lesson—The suffering servant shares his experience of resignation and trust in God who will vindicate him at last. Isaiah 50:4-9a Second Lesson—Paul urges humility and cooperation with the divine purpose rather than stubbornness and prideful opposition. Philippians 2:5-11 Gospel—The Messiah who ...

1482. Third Sunday in Lent

1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 63:1-11, Luke 13:1-9

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B. David Hostetter

... Continue to call us back when we go off on a tangent and recall us to the upward way, for we would more nearly follow Jesus Christ. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! God comes to free us from slavery to every passion. People: God is faithful and will not let us be tested beyond our strength. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Repent. God is patient but looks for the fruits of repentance. PRAYER OF THE DAY Save us, God ...

1483. Lent 5

Psalm 130:1-8, Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-45, Romans 8:1-17

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B. David Hostetter

... love. We love you because you first loved us. Hear our prayers in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of our yesterdays, our todays, and our tomorrows, we are too prone to live for the moment, to let our health and our emotions and our passions rule our lives. You offer us the Spirit to bring these things into wholeness under your control, but we resist and often are overtaken by events and sink into despair. From the depths you would raise us, if we cry out to you, but at times it seems ...

1484. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Psalm 118:1-29, Psalm 31:1-24, Matthew 26:14-16, Philippians 2:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter - Psalms 118:1-2, 19-29 (As Palm Sunday) Psalter - Psalms 31:9-16 (As Passion Sunday) First Lesson - Learning to listen patiently to God can develop wisdom in speech and confident patience under persecution. Isaiah 50:4-9a Second Lesson - If the elect offspring of God can accept humble servanthood and suffering, why not those of us who take the name Christian? Philippians 2:5- ...

1485. The Spirit of Cross Pointe

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... spirit. The spirit that I pray will be always the spirit of Cross Pointe is the spirit Paul talks about in the passage we are going to study today. Paul had what I call a W-I-T spirit. He had a "whatever it takes" attitude. You can call it passion, you can call it zeal, you can call it a fire, and you can even call it an obsession to win people to Jesus Christ. Listen to this translation of I Corinthians 9:19 - 23. Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily ...

1486. The Message That WILL Save Your Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Dr. Rimmer said, "Do you know why out of 30,000 Jews that were crucified, you can only call the name of one? Because, Jesus was the only one who died for your sins and was raised from the dead." I don't know how many of you saw The Passion of the Christ, but if you did there is one person you obviously had to think about as you watched that movie and that was Jesus Christ. I want to submit to you that you really didn't understand the meaning of the movie if you did not see the ...

1487. Put Me In Coach!

1 Peter 4:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... 4:10, NIV) To make it more clear, my fourth purpose in life is to serve God by serving others. You were put here to serve God and the way you serve God is by serving other people. We are all different. We all have different interests, different passions, different skills, different gifts and different abilities and there is a reason for that. God made you the way you are so you could do what He wants you to do. We have learned that our first purpose is worship. The second purpose is fellowship. The third ...

1488. The Man in the Mirror

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... to a king. However rather than being music to his ear it was a sour note that struck his most sensitive nerve. We have been studying a man who lived 3000 years ago, who was a great man, who served a great nation, under a great God, with great passion. His name was David. If you have any doubts, that he is one of the major players in scripture, keep in mind that sixty-two chapters of the Old Testament are devoted to him and he has almost sixty references in the New Testament. Even though he was called ...

1489. Until He Comes

2 Timothy 4:7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... , anti-truth, anti-God mentality and i fear the danger of facing this spirit with a lackadaisical heart. We face a world whose heart is becoming increasingly cold that needs to feel the hot fire of evangelism and I fear the danger of seeing this need with at lackluster passion. We face a Devil alive and well who has saved his biggest guns and his heaviest artillery for these last days doing all he can to make us throw up our ands and quit and I fear the danger of a lukewarm spirit. I want to be able to ...

1490. How to Preach a God-Sized Message to a Media Filled World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... mind. b. Preach Compellingly Paul goes on to say in verse 2, "Be ready!" (II Timothy 4:2, NASB) In the original Greek Language that word was used as a solider that was ready to go into battle at a moment's notice. This refers to the urgency and the passion and the zeal that ought to mark our preaching. Jeremiah was right. Preaching ought to be like a fire in your bones. I don't mean to be disrespectful and I don't mean to be offensive, but I know some preachers who either ought to put some fire in ...

1491. Close Up: Husbands - Be a Dream Lover

Colossians 3:19

Sermon

James Merritt

... done this or that." The kind of love that Paul is talking about is a love that says, "I love you regardless of whether you do, did, or have done something for me or not." Listen very carefully. The love that Paul talks about here is not a love of passion that dies out when the physical attraction is over. It is not a love of emotion that fades away over time. It is a love of the will; a love that refuses to die. Someone put it this way, "The love that existed from the start of the marriage is ...

1492. At Your Service Lord

Ephesians 4:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... and either they are not using it, or they're using it in the wrong place. You need to make sure that whatever you do in the church two things are true. Number one: You have the ability and the giftedness for it, and Number two: You've got the passion for it. I had a church member come to me a few weeks ago and asked this question: He said, "Pastor, is it a sin to play golf on Sunday?" I said, "Brother, I've seen you play and I think it is a sin for you to play any ...

1493. Marriage 101

Ephesians 5:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... , as the husband would walk off to work, many times he would run back up the sidewalk just to plant one more kiss on her. Often the wife would follow the husband all the way to the car where once again he would hug her and give her a long passionate kiss. Well this lady next door watched this for several days; called her husband over to the window and said, "I want you to watch what this couple is doing." He watched as this man kissed his wife and hugged her at the door; walked down the sidewalk to his ...

1494. Parenting 101

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... . "I'm kind of busy right now, could you come back later?"3 Parents, understand the way you teach is just as important as what you teach. If you want to be a successful teacher to your children, model what you teach and teach it in a positive passion. Prov. 16:21 says in the NLT: "The wise are known for their understanding and instruction is appreciated if it is well presented." Let me give you an illustration of that. There was a company that had an end-of-the-year banquet. They were going to give their ...

1495. What a Difference a Day Makes

Exodus 20:8-11

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James Merritt

... can give ourselves a check-up. We have a mental gauge, a physical gauge, and a spiritual gauge. Now check yours - Mentally are you absolutely running on empty? Are you mentally exhausted or are you charged up and ready to do what God wants you to do with passion? Physically - are you rested? Are you fit? Are you as healthy as you can be? Spiritually - are you walking with the Lord? My challenge to you is for the next 90 days take one day a week just for the Lord to refresh yourself mentally, physically and ...

1496. Are You In The Know?

John 10:27-29

Sermon

James Merritt

If there is anything this post-modern culture that we live in is sure of it is that you cannot be absolutely sure of anything. You can believe in many things. You can be passionate about a lot of things, but nothing can be known absolutely, especially in the area of spirituality and morality. I discovered this quote by Gandhi that serves to emphasize the almost universal uncertainty that is associated with religious belief of any kind. When he was asked why he tried to ...

1497. Get Real

John 15:1-11, 16

Sermon

James Merritt

... passage of scripture to us and it is found in verse 4, "Abide in Me." (John 15:4, NASB) The word "abide" could be translated "remain" or "continue." It simply means we are to continuously make Jesus Christ the center of our thoughts, the focus of our life and the passion of our hearts. You can't force a branch to bear fruit. You can't command a branch to bear fruit. That is why nowhere do you find Jesus telling us to go out and bear fruit. Here is what He does say to do. "Abide in Me..." (vs. 4 ...

1498. My Mission from God

John 17:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... I am going to take care of your problem." Three days later, he operated on me, removed that disc, and I have never had any back pain since then. From that moment on, whenever I found anyone with back trouble, do you know what I did? I gave a strong, passionate, enthusiastic recommendation of Dr. Barnett, because I knew what Dr. Barnett had done for me. I had a doctor I could now share with people who were hurting, just like I was. There was a time in my life that sin was killing me. My sin had separated me ...

1499. Standard Building Codes

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... Matters", Joe White, Focus On The Family, 3/26/2001. [4] "Divorce:Can We Do Better?", Denyse O'Leary, Faith Today, Nov-Dec. 1998, (Vol. 16), #6, pp. 20-27. [5] "In Other Words", May-June, 1994. [6] MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesen Study, Washington Times, 1/26/00. [7] Elizabeth Elliott, Passion and Purity, (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1983), p.147. [8] Michael Medved, Hollywood Vs. America, New York: Harper Publishers, Inc., 1992, pp. 116-117. [9] David McCullough, John Adams, p. 36.

1500. The Great Divide

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... died without God. These two men were different in so many ways. They were different in their position. One was a prince the other was a pauper. They were different in their possessions. One was a billionaire the other was a beggar. They were different in their passions. One loved gold and the other loved God, and it was that difference that made all the difference in the world. From the womb to the tomb there was a great division between these two men, just like there is a great division between two groups ...

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