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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Sermon
James Merritt
... may have eternal life. -To teach us to follow God and find His purpose for our earthly life. Life is like a contract. What God wants you to do is to turn your life into a contract that you leave blank that you sign at the bottom and then allow ... straight." (Proverbs 3:6, NASB) The words "make straight" means that He will give us direction and that is all what we want for our lives. We want direction. We want guidance. Let's face it. When it comes to the future we are all blind. When it comes to tomorrow, we ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... continues Bishop Wright, “that . . . God’s kingdom is a kingdom in which love and justice and truth and mercy and holiness reign unhindered. They are the clothes you need to wear for the wedding. And if you refuse to put them on, you are saying you don’t want to stay at the party . . . .” (5). You may think those are hard words, but they are very much a part of the Gospel. God loves us as we are, but God expects us to clothe ourselves with the character of Jesus Christ. That’s one reason we come ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... which is truly life.” (I Timothy 6:19, ESV) Isn’t that amazing? It all comes back to treasure. I can die rich in what really matters if I live right. I live right when I invest my treasure for God’s pleasure. Ask yourself this question, “Why do you want to make money? Just so you can spend money on stuff you will eventually lose that won’t satisfy you and dishonors God?” I would like to give us all some advice. I am going to challenge you to do the total opposite of what you’ve been doing all ...
204. The Reject
Luke 19:1-10
Sermon
James Merritt
... paid a salary. They made money by adding a surcharge or a user’s fee if you will. That surcharge could be as high as they wanted it to be and you had to pay it. Zacchaeus wasn’t just a tax collector. He was the chief tax collector. In other words, he ... repentance and the Lord brought this girl to my heart. I knew what I needed to do. First, I called Teresa and told her what I wanted to do and got her permission. Then, I was able to find the name of this lady who was now teaching in an elementary school. I ...
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George Johnson
... wrong, a dead end. Something is missing. Be obedient to that call. Answer Yes. Say it out loud. Say it clearly, decisively. Tell God, "I want to accept your invitation. Just as I am, I come." It might help to go home, get on your knees, or go for a walk ... . This is where the church can be of help to you. You don't have to tell the world, but tell someone. 5. If you want to follow Jesus, then follow him; not just believe, but follow. You learn what that means in the book called the Bible. The invitation to ...
Drama
William Grimbol
... say. DEAN: It won't change. Nothing will change. MEGHAN: Well, I will, and that is what I want. I want a faith that makes me want to live. DEAN: I want to live. MEGHAN: No. You want to look like you're alive, but you've cut off everything that makes you one bit alive ... 't make me reflect upon my covenant. All it makes me do is think about getting done with it. So I can do something I want to do. JOLIE: Jesus sure is taking a big risk in attacking all that stuff. To a lot of people that is like attacking God ...
207. Let's Get Serious
Matthew 21:28-32
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... letter" to Corinth. Two chapters are more than modern Methodists can take, so we only got a little bit of the ninth chapter read to us this morning. But you have to hear a little bit of the eighth chapter as well. He begins with these words. "We want you to know about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia." What that means is that the churches in Macedonia have already given to this offering, and given most generously. So what Paul is doing is putting the heat on the Corinthians ...
208. The Big Picture
Romans 11:36, Ephesians 1:5, Colossians 3:18-21
Sermon
James Merritt
... and God's glory shines through in a picture perfect way. As you think about this passage of scripture and as we begin this series, I want you to think about how God looks at your family and my family. I. God Has A Passion For Your Family You go all the ... take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child and that is why every broke home is a tragedy. I want you to understand that there are many of you here today in broken homes through no fault of your own. There are single parents here today ...
209. The Climb
Joshua 14:6-15
Sermon
James Merritt
... may take me, whatever You say, I'll do it. Whoever You say, I'll be. Whatever changes I have to make, whatever comforts I have to give up, whatever habits I have to break or whatever habits I need to start, I'll do it to be what you want me to be. That is what Caleb had said to God. Whoever, wherever, whatever, whenever, it makes no difference, I am going to totally, wholeheartedly, follow the Lord my God. The number one problem with the average Christian is not that they aren't following God, but they are ...
210. Blind Ambition
Mark 10:35-45
Sermon
King Duncan
... Fulton J. Sheen once put it. “Our Lord was not a superstar,” said Sheen, “He was a Super-scar.” He showed his disciples his feet and his riven side and he said to them: “As my Father sent me, so also I send you.” Jesus wants us to be number one. He wants us to serve our community and our world like no church or any community service organization has ever served. Then we will look over our lives with no regrets, but only satisfaction. Someone once put it like this: “Life is a lot like the game ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... and studying the Bible. If you haven’t already done this, go online and get a daily Bible reading plan set up. There are sites that will email you the Bible reading plan each day. If you have a smart phone, guess what? There’s an app for that. I want to close with a quote by one of the most popular authors and Bible teachers of the 20th century, one of my personal favorites, Chuck Swindoll. He was in effect, Max Lucado, before Max Lucado. He made a statement that says it all. I have put it on the screen ...
212. In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Isaiah 55:1-3, Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... served for so many years, and had gone back to work in the mission hospital. People tried to reason with her, but she replied, “This is home for me. Over twenty years ago God sent me to this place, and these are my people. And this is the place God wants me to be and I am staying.” Someone asked her, “Aren’t you frightened?” She replied, “Nothing can happen to me in the future more dreadful than what has already happened to me in the past. And I’m alive. And I can do my work. And by the grace ...
Sermon
James L. Killen
... idea how costly it is to be a Christian in the Middle East right now. The way into the realization of the good possibility that God wants to give to each of us and to our world involves taking up the cross and following Jesus. Now, it is important for us to ... look like suffering as if suffering were a valuable thing in itself. On the contrary, one who enters into the new possibility that God wants to give to us will live in a daily, joyful celebration of the goodness of the life God gives to us. That is true ...
Sermon
Russell Conwell
... s earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money. Money is power: money has powers; and for a man to say, "I do not want money," is to say, "I do not wish to do any good to my fellowmen." It is absurd thus to talk. It is absurd to ... Capital, capital to begin on! What! young man! Living in Philadelphia and looking at this wealthy generation, all of whom began as poor boys, and you want capital to begin on? It is fortunate for you that you have no capital. I am glad you have no money. I pity a rich man ...
Sermon
William G. Carter
... on your left. But keep it quiet. Don't make it too obvious. Others may become offended that we asked first." By telling us this story, Mark knows what you and I know: we are prone to the same desire for privilege and protected status. We want a Jesus who will give us what we want, a Lord who can shower a little power on us, a Savior who can make us better than we are. A number of years ago, a small book appeared for ministers. Titled The Penguin Principles, it attempted to help naive clergy get a handle on ...
216. The Emperor’s Son-in-law
Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48
Sermon
Carveth Mitchell
... required. There’s nothing wrong with talking to God about better beans or bigger cabbages in whatever peasant gardens we happen to till. There’s nothing wrong with talking to God about a pay raise or a healthy body or a happy home life. But if that’s all we want, if that’s the only boon we seek - "Bless me in my rut, make it comfortable, and by all means make it profitable, but don’t push me out of it and ask me to do things that are inconvenient for me." - we had better read our Bibles again. God ...
Sermon
... required. There’s nothing wrong with talking to God about better beans or bigger cabbages in whatever peasant gardens we happen to till. There’s nothing wrong with talking to God about a pay raise or a healthy body or a happy home life. But if that’s all we want, if that’s the only boon we seek - "Bless me in my rut, make it comfortable, and by all means make it profitable, but don’t push me out of it and ask me to do things that are inconvenient for me." - we had better read our Bibles again. God ...
218. Chapter II
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... . Out came an arm. No, that was too long! He pushed it back, and tried again. He pulled it - now - that was about it. There came the torso, and then the legs, and the shaping was all done. Finally, there in the hand of God was the man he had wanted, with his finger-prints all over him. As God looked down at what he had made, his heart must have welled-up inside of him. He tenderly took that man, lifted him gently up to his divine lips, and pressed the man’s nostrils against his mouth. Gently God breathed ...
Sermon
Phil Thrailkill
... before going to bed. "No, Daddy, could you stay here with me? Daddy, I'm afraid. They told all these stories about demons." And I wanted to say, "They're not real." "Daddy, Daddy, would you pray for me that I would be safe?" I could feel it. I could feel ... t it?” they nod in relief. So we go into the parlor and sit down. “What a nice room,” they often say. “Yes it is. We want you to feel welcome here, and safe. But before we start, let’s ask the light of Christ to shine upon us both.” I pray for ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... heart of Abner. He had come to realize that David was God's choice, David was God's anointed, and David was the one that God wanted to lead the nation. It is so obvious to see the change that came in his life by what he says to David, "Then Abner said ... a traitor. David's own son trying to topple his father from the throne. But to the king, Absalom was just that—his son. He wanted Absalom to be dealt with in a very gentle fashion. But we read in v.9, "Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Edith, it's Good Friday." Edith said, "Oh, no, for you every day is Easter. Happy Easter Phyllis!" Well, two days later, on Easter Sunday, Phyllis Cross came into work, did some of her duties and then went down to the flower shop and got some Easter lilies, because she wanted to go up to Room 824 to see Edith and give her some Easter lilies and wish her a Happy Easter. When she walked into Edith's room, Edith was in bed. That big black Bible was on her lap. Her hands were in that Bible. There was a sweet ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... again. You will never know the will of God until you are first willing to do the will of God. John 7: 17 says, "Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own." (John 7:17, NLT) Think about this ... what is best, God knows when it is best. Sometimes God's answer may be different. How true it is that what we often think we want is not necessarily the same as what God knows that we need. Then sometimes God's answer is denial. Yes, there are times that God ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... . We don't all have the same gifts, but we all have certain gifts that God has given us so we can do what He wants us to do for other people. God never wastes anything. Every spiritual gift and natural ability that you have, God gave it to you to be ... doing, but there isn't. There is no work too small that God doesn't notice it and God doesn't reward it. Today, we want to help you get ready to serve God understanding that member means minister. "And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... I can't take your attention. I can't force you to pay attention to me. You must give your attention to me. That is the first part of worship – directing your attention to God. Worship takes focus. That takes energy and that takes attention. Do you know why God wants your focus? Because - He is focused on you. The Bible says in Psalm 139:1-3, "You have looked deep into my heart, Lord, and you know all about me. You know when I am resting or when I am working. You notice everything I do and everywhere I go ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... AND SERVE HIM ONLY.' Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him. (Matthew 4:1-11, NASB) I want you to notice several things about Jesus, before we move any further. He was the Son of God. He was being lead by the ... and worship him, Jesus could win the world with no pain, no blood, no dying, no humiliation, and no cross. In other words, Satan wanted Jesus to be the shortcut Savior, because Satan is the master of shortcuts. The bottom line of this temptation was this and this ...
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