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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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176. Living on Full Alert

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17. 20-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... The Spirit and the bride say ‘come.’ And let everyone who hears say ‘come’ and let everyone who is thirsty come, let any one who wishes, take the water of life as a gift.” Thirst is our most primal human longing. It is more urgent than hunger. It is rivaled only in our need to breathe. We thirst. Thirst signals the absence of something vital to our lives. So these spiritual writers from the desert often used the analogy of thirst to describe our spiritual need for God. Psalm 63:1, “O God, you ...

177. Come and See

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... it is clear to you, you have found your way to church because you are spiritually needy. Some of you know that. Some of you are surprised by that. You who doubt that need to hear it the most. Right at the core of our being there is a hunger for something that is hard to define, almost embarrassing to confess, but which still remains when the world has given us its finest things and every tangible fear has been driven away. There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every human being. The least likely of ...

178. Show Me What’s Real

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... turning dogs and fire hoses on Civil Rights protestors. Eleanor knew that this was her moment of truth. She began supporting the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as riots burned parts of her hometown of Detroit in 1967. She quickly learned that hunger was merely a symptom of a much larger problem. "You end racism," she claimed, "by making sure people enter the economic mainstream and ensuring that they can support their own families." "Focus: HOPE" was founded the following year as a food program serving ...

179. The Fullness of Time

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... in the womb of Judaism until it was birthed. For in 90, the Jews kicked the Christians out of the synagogues and Rome recognized them as a separate religion. However, by then, Christianity could not be contained. Because of the unity of language, the hunger for new teaching, the peace of Rome, the road system, the homogeneity — Christianity spread like wildfire. Why did it spread so quickly? Remember who Paul first went to in his missionary journeys? To the Jews and synagogues. Why were there so many Jews ...

180. The 4 Spiritual Flaws

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in the sky" is about all you have to eat . . Physical life is not a be-all and end-all. But neither is it inconsequential. Jesus did become "incarnate." Jesus did take on material form. Jesus did assume a human body. Jesus felt human hunger, thirst, exhaustion, injury, aging. Every church youth group should be reminded that Jesus went through adolescence, successfully! One of the "spiritual flaws" exhibited in today's text is the belief that faith I about the spiritual, and that we can wait for things to ...

181. Enemies of the Cross

Philippians 3:17 - 4:1

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... us ... and our salvation. When we gather here to eat and drink, to be washed and "born again," to receive the words of peace and consolation, it is under the cross. For it is here at the foot of the cross that we are given the status we crave. The hunger in our "bellies" is satisfied. Here God welcomes us home with the hug we thought we could find elsewhere. Here God dresses us in the finest clothes, kills for us the fatted calf for the feast in our honor, puts a ring on our finger, and declares to the ...

182. When God Calls

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do and (b) that the world most needs to have done.... The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.[1] Earlier today, I shared this quote with a couple who are members of the congregation I serve. In the thirteen years that I have been with this congregation, I have been blessed with the privilege of walking with them through good times and at least one very sorrowful ...

183. The Healing Fountain of Tears

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the flawed yet faithful, “are before the thrown of God.” As John continues to describe the transformation that has been experienced by these worshipers, he borrows from familiar words and highlights familiar human needs. Revelation 7:16-17 echoes Isaiah 49:10. Hunger, thirst, scorching sun — the trials of simple day-day-day human existence in the middle east will be “no more.” No more scrabbling for food. No more hoarding water. No more hiding from the mid-day baking heat that could kill. Instead ...

184. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Games is the last one standing as the contestants are forced to kill each other to stay alive. When the authorities come to choose the contestants one boy and one girl from District 12 for the 74th annual Hunger Games, the name of Primrose (or Prim) Everdeen is plucked from a large bowl containing all the children’s name. As the authorities lead Primrose away, her older sister Katniss suddenly intervenes and shouts Prim’s name. The guards stop Katniss from approaching Prim, but Katniss shouts, “No ...

185. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... He doesn’t use titles he uses metaphors. In seven different ways Jesus is telling us that everyone on this planet has God shaped needs that only He can meet. Last week we learned that Jesus is the bread that can satisfy our deepest hungers. People hunger for three basic things: security, significance and satisfaction. They want to know they are safe. They want to know they matter and they want to find peace and fulfillment in life. Jesus boldly said, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall ...

186. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... women, particularly married women. Several years ago the great Aretha Franklin sang the Otis Redding song, “Respect.” “All I’m askin’ is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit).” I suspect all of us hunger for respect. We hunger for people to listen to us. We hunger for people to take our ideas seriously . . . or to care how we feel. When we are disrespected, we lose our sense of self-esteem or worth and feel dishonored as a person. Some of us are granted that respect. Others ...

187. Second Chances

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... think you just preached a sermon on judgment. God loves us so much God will not put up with the foolishness in our lives. We have foolishly hungered for success and power and status, and God says through Jesus, ‘That’s foolish. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness and justice. That’s what makes life free and good . . . Jesus says that’s foolish [to hunger for success and power and status]. I love you so much I’m not going to put up with that.’” (5) To say that God gives us ...

188. Jesus or Niccolo?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches -- comes not from the Father but from the world" (1 John 2:16). Think about this: "The desire of the flesh" is an ungodly inward call to satisfy the things of the body. For Jesus this was hunger. For us it may be either that or something else that is fleshly such as immorality. "The desire of the eyes" can be anything material that runs counter to God's will for us. Finally, he throws at us that fiery dart of "pride in riches." This is the ...

189. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... :1–6). Now it is “the raven” that is in need—its young cry out to God in desperation because of their lack of food. Humans demonstrate little concern for the plight of such birds and do even less to relieve their hunger. The Mountain Goats and Birthing Deer 39:1–4 Do you know . . . ? The interrogation continues, stressing human ignorance of the animal world over which God exercises providential and protective care. Notoriously isolated animals, the mountain goats hide away in inaccessible hideouts ...

190. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... will reciprocate when preparing their guest lists. Many a table is filled with little more than the self-interest of the host. But what do you do when the invitation you crave the most, an invitation to the table where food is given that could fill your deepest hungers, is an invitation that you could never repay because it is an invitation to a table where God is the host? Who can repay God? Only the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind sit at that table because only they know for sure that nothing ...

191. The Rules

Luke 6:17-26

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... THE RULES! TEACHER: Repeat the rules! ALL STUDENTS: The rules: Rule #1 -- In poverty there is happiness. Rule #2 -- In hunger there is happiness. Rule #3 -- In sadness there is happiness. Rule #4 -- In persecution there is happiness. TEACHER: Good. Good. ... t you hungry? STUDENT 1: Why, is it lunch time already? STUDENT 3: No, I mean, the rule to be hungry. STUDENT 2: Rule #2 -- In hunger there is happiness. I fast six days a week. STUDENT 1: Well, I started fasting and I was happy for a couple of very long ...

192. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... transform a world known for its exclusion. One "saint" who comes to mind is congressman Mickey Leland. He died in a plane crash on August 7, 1989, while he was on a famine-relief mission in Africa. As chairperson of the House Select Committee on Hunger he visited Ethiopia and Sudan at least six times in six years. His access to the so-called Third World continued and even Marxist leaders allowed him to help free political prisoners in Cuba, a jailed American aviator in Angola, and children who wanted to ...

193. Flatliners

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... you, Dick, and the rest of you. You've already got all you're going to get." The question is: "Is just getting things all you really want?" "Woe to you who are full. You're going to be hungry later." The point is: our hunger is only fixed when we have paid attention to the hunger of the spirit and fed that. "Woe to you who are laughing. You're going to cry." Only those who think of others as much as themselves really know how to laugh. When life is over, God will have the last word. It will all ...

194. How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... sets in. And according to 1 Corinthians 7:5, Satan will try to provide for it with an affair. This is what you have in the text. David is estranged from Michal, while Bathsheba's husband is absent, away at war. Both had pent up hunger. They were sending out signals of their lonely dissatisfaction. And they encountered one another. Empathy Estrangement. Encounter. An affair is so easy. Next comes empathy. Look at the action verbs in 2 Samuel 11:1-5. David saw. David sent. David inquired. It used to be women ...

195. The Waiting Place

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

William L. Self

... of deprivation and humiliation. But in that waiting place strength and focus, vision and determination were forged so that when the apartheid system fell, he emerged to preside over a free nation. "It was during those long and hungry years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. When I walked out of prison, I knew my mission to liberate ...

196. No Shortcut To Glory

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

William L. Self

... Jesus. They disappear, saying that the old is ended and the new has come. We note also that Jesus does not speak. Just as at the baptism, God acts and speaks concerning Jesus. We hunger for the wonder of a transfiguration experience, but are we ready to experience the journey to Jerusalem and the cross? This hunger for wonder is in the soul of our churches. The truth is that we have developed all types of substitutes for authentic spiritual experience. We rally around political causes or divide into liberal ...

197. No Apology

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... this psalm. He's the stone. You crucified him, but God raised him from the dead. He healed this man's legs and only he can heal you spiritually." Someone has written about Jesus: "He who is the Bread of Life began his ministry hungering. He who is the Water of Life ended his ministry thirsting. Christ hungered as man, yet fed the hungry as God. He was weary, yet he is our rest. He paid tribute, yet he is the King. He was called a devil, but he cast out demons. He prayed, yet he hears our prayer. He wept ...

198. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17, 1 John 4:7-21, Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... impulses and desires with an alternative and positive impulse or desire. Abiding in Christ may give hope instead of despair. Trying to work for the welfare of others because of Christ's love for them may turn hate into love. Hungering for the approval of Christ and for righteousness may replace hunger for those calories. Psychologists tell us that feelings are likely to follow our actions. So if we act as Christ would act even when we don't feel like it, and thus abide in him, our feelings toward others and ...

199. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... The Hebrews in exile needed the reassurance that God was there for them. The prophet says, God will release the prisoners; hunger and thirst will be dispelled. A road will be cut through the mountains; all highways will be made level. It ... the Lord. After we have shown God our love, then we need to pass along that same love to others. We are asked to wipe out the hunger and thirst that others have for God by our attention to them. We are asked to cut through mountains and make highways level. We are asked to ...

200. Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... the head was a way of mourning and grieving in Amos' day. No comic relief even there! The passage also speaks of "... a famine ... not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord" (Amos 8:11). Not a hunger for food but a hunger for God that goes unsatisfied. A famine of the spirit. Amos doesn't say that God quits speaking, but that we quit hearing after a while. That "amid all the changing words of our generation," we may not hear God's eternal word that does not change ...

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