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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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1. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... does not come with them because she is not welcome. I The woman replies: “I have no husband.” Now listen. She’s honest. She doesn’t try to hide her immoral behavior. She owns up to it and that is the first step in finding living water for a thirsty soul. We must give an honest confession about our lives. Jesus replies: “What you say is true. You do not have a husband. You have five husbands. And the man that you are living with now is not your husband.” Note that Jesus does not shake his finger ...

2. A Drink of Water to a Thirsty Soul

John 5:16-30; Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

James W. Moore

... his wound grew deeper. One day, feeling sad and depressed and in pain, he went for a walk in the forest and came upon a court jester. "Are you all right?" the jester asked. "Is there anything I can do for you? Anything at all?" "Well, I am very thirsty," the Fisher King replied. The jester took an old dilapidated cup from his bag, filled it with water from a nearby stream, and gave it to the Fisher King. As he drank, he suddenly felt his wound healing for the first time. And incredibly, the old cup he was ...

3. Make Them Thirsty

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Bruce Ball

A young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he complained, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink." The manager replied, "Your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make him thirsty." So it is with evangelism. Our lives should be so filled with the passion of Christ that we create a thirst in others for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

4. Invitation to the Thirsty

Isaiah 55:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

An Invitation to Sing: Once again a return to a focus on Ms Jerusalem follows the servant passage, as happened after 49:1–6 and 50:4–11. There were hints there that Ms Jerusalem’s restoration was the correlate of Ms Babylon’s humiliation in chapter 47. Chapter 54 is the systematic exposition of that theme. The prophet takes up five images of Ms Jerusalem which once again resume the themes of the people’s prayers (we are like a childless and abandoned woman, the victim of angry abuse—literally, we are a ...

5. Jesus and the Divorced Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Him. And that’s what “evangelism” is. It is what D.T. Niles once called “One beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” Or, in light of this chapter of the Fourth gospel, we might paraphrase it, “Evangelism is one thirsty person telling another thirsty person where to find water.” It is not necessarily browbeating people over the head with the Gospel, or buttonholing them on street corners passing out tracts. Such actions may actually do more harm than good. It is one person showing ...

6. God Knows Exactly How You Feel

John 19:28

Sermon

James Merritt

... . (Jn. 4:6) He got hungry. (Mt. 4:2) He slept. (Mk. 4:38) He wept. (Jn. 11:35) He got angry. (Mk. 3:5) He got thirsty. (Jn. 19:28) What does all of this tell us? Heb. 2:17 says, "In all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He ... you get; the thirstier you get the more you drink, and the more you drink the more you sink. I wonder if you are thirsty today? Are you thirsty for meaning in life? For purpose? For peace? For joy? For satisfaction? May I offer you some fresh water? The Lord Jesus said, "If ...

7. Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the living water and the gift of God to all of us. He is the path in the wilderness that flows and waters your life and mine: “I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring and My blessing upon your descendants. And they shall spring up among the grass like willows or poplars by the watercourses --Isaiah 43 I invite all of you now to come forward to the altar and ...

8. The Real Thirst Quencher

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God . . .” Jesus knew what it is to thirst. It was his fifth word on the cross. Hanging there with the life ebbing out of him, Jesus cried, “I am thirsty.” However, in spite of his pain, in spite of his thirst, he saw his mission through to the end. Jesus once spoke of water to a Samaritan woman. The story’s found in John 4. We know her as “the woman at the well.” She had come to the community ...

9. Soul Bread!

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... , or soul bread: "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (v. 35 NRSV). What is more, Jesus identified himself as bread. He did not say, "I have the bread of life" but, "I am the ... to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty' " (vv. 33-35). Jesus wants us to know that we are saved and sustained not by a religious system or corporate affiliation, but by ...

10. The Messed Up

John 4:1-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... up past, living in a messed up present, and all she had to look forward to was a messed up future. Because of Jesus, her past had been forgiven, her present had been transformed, and her future was secure all because she was finally willing to admit she had been thirsty all of her life, because she had been drinking the wrong kind of water. One thing that you will always need to clean up a mess is water. That is why Jesus said, “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be ...

11. Suffering

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... was offered not for Jesus to drink, but to moisten his lips. The vinegar in the wine would cool the fever of his lips which were, by now, parched by the struggle to breathe. The lips would be dry and cracked. But Jesus refused to take it. "I am thirsty," said Jesus. This is the only word of the seven words from the cross he spoke for himself. So, why would these words be remembered as words from the cross? There is no note of salvation in them - nothing about forgiveness or heaven in these words. There is ...

12. Nations on Trial

Matthew 25:31-46

Drama

Chris Ewing

... by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was ... t sound like the kind of Christian lobbying that's getting press right now. 3: I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick ...

13. When the Drought Gets Really Bad

Isaiah 55:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.” Those words are echoed in Revelation 22:17, “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.” The resources of God are available to all of us, regardless of who we are or what we’ve done. They are available and they are free. All we have to do is ask ...

14. The Last Day of the Feast

John 7:45--8:11, John 8:12-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... closely with those of the narrator that all three renderings of the passage convey broadly similar meanings. In all three, Jesus invites the thirsty hearer to come and drink from the water he has to give. All three attach to the invitation a promise of living water ... ., 6:35: “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty”; cf. 8:12; 10:9; 11:25–26; 14:6; 15:5, etc.). Verses 37–38 have the appearance of one of these statements in which ...

15. “I Am from Him and He Sent Me”

John 7:25-44

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

16. Crossing the Desert and Finding Sand

Luke 18:18-30

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... to confessions, give advice, counsel ... Travis: Oh, yeah? Give me something that really lasts, will yah? What's with him? (Points to athletic-type person who is very morose and has been sitting at the bar.) Bartender: He just came in before you. Said he's thirsty, too. Travis: Hey, how ya doin'? Chad: Who, me? Travis: Yeah. Been in the desert? Chad: Yep. Just came back from the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Travis: How'd you do? Chad: Won a medal. 200 meter dash. Worked for ten years for that goal. (Brightens ...

17. Water Without Price

Revelation 20:1-7

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... is. Order a cup of water in some fast-food restaurants, and they will charge you for it. They say that it's for the container. Everything in life has a price tag on it, so it is very difficult for us to believe God when he says: "To the thirsty I will give water without price."Churches are guilty of often following the world's way of thinking, even when it come to matters of salvation. Too often the church says: "Do this, do that, accept this and believe this, then God will save you." No, our lesson says it ...

18. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... our store." "And how's that?" Ted asked. "Well, now what is it those travelers really want after driving across that hot prairie? They're thirsty. They want water. Ice cold water! Now we've got plenty of ice and water. Why don't we put up signs on the highway ... you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5). We are very thirsty creatures. Our thirsts are many and varied. We thirst for true friends; we thirst for success; we thirst for meaning and purpose in ...

19. Come

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... every opportunity to drink and "take the water of life as a gift." But we don't. We hold back. Sometimes even when we're thirsty. B. But drinking from the "water of life" is sort of like tuning your guitar. I was sitting there tuning my guitar the other day ... did a sign hanging from one of its limbs. It said, "There is a spring of good water inside the fence. Drink if you are thirsty?" Foss went in and drank. Then he saw another sign on a nearby bench. It said, "Sit down and rest if you are tired?" While ...

20. Water Won't Quench The Fire

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience. The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic. "Will you promise not to do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill. "I make no promise," said the Lion. Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer. "Do you eat girls?" she said. "I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say this as if it were boasting, nor as ...

21. Seven Words to Us - A Good Friday Tenebrae Service

Drama

Douglas W. Orbaker

... : Mark 15:33-39; Psalm 22:1-11 and 19-31 Special Music (Extinguish Fourth set of lights) Part 5 Scripture: John 19:28-29 Dramatic Reading Reader 1: He was thirsty for God. Reader 2: He was thirsty for human souls. Reader 3: He was thirsty for the acceptance of others. Reader 4: No, the sun was hot, he was in pain, he was dying. He was thirsty. Reader 1: Did the soldiers offer wine to mock him? Reader 2: Did the soldiers offer wine to drug him? Reader 3: Did the soldiers offer wine as an act of compassion ...

22. RSVP

Isaiah 55:1-9

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... candor, that they have often spent their labor on things that don't satisfy. Let us go out into the world — into our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our schools, and our stores — and let us ask for a show of hands: How many here are poor? How many are hungry and thirsty? We won't see many hands, but let us ask how many are unsatisfied, and then I suspect we would see a terrible, sad show of hands. Indeed, we don't have to ask for a show of hands: We can already see how unsatisfied so many folks are. We ...

23. Better Than the Real Thing

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... the chalice from behind your back. Here it is! This is the drink that Jesus gives us. Churches who are giving communion and who serve the children will find it helpful to address what the communion service means. And Jesus said if we drink from this we will never be thirsty again as long as we live. Of course he is not talking about this kind of thirst hold on to your throat or point to your throat but this kind of thirst point to your heart. Lift the chalice up before them and say Drink from this all of ...

24. The Ministry of Refreshing

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Various Authors

... vengeful, hate-filled hearts, or with uncaring curiosity, beholding Christ’s agony, here was one person who ran to do some little thing to relieve his thirst. If ever one small, anonymous act of kindness made someone blessed of God, surely that was it. "I was thirsty and you gave me drink." I love the person who that day ran and did that for my dying Lord. The Bible reminds us constantly that God has all along been using spiritual water carriers in the ministry of refreshment, from the rock which gave the ...

25. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Psalm 105:1-45, Matthew 17:1-13, John 3:1-21; 4:5-42, Romans 4:1-25

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... living water. When the disciples returned and wondered what was going on, she dropped her water jar and ran back into town to tell everyone the good news about what had happened to her at the well. It turns out that there were lots of thirsty people in that city, so thirsty that they invited Jesus to stay with them - and he did, for two days, assuaging their thirst with himself and the water of life. The one who cried out, "I thirst," on the cross, always answers the cries of those who are dying of thirst ...

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