Dictionary: Rest
Synonyms: relax, take a rest, ease up/off, let up, slow down, pause, have/take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have/take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have/take a siesta, drowse, sleep, lie, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, centre on, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, base, holder, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure, a standstill, a halt, a stop, remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things, remain, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being
Antonyms: work, motion, movement, struggle, rage, go mad, have a fit, see red, hit the roof, toil, be active, labor, effort, agony, activity, do, blow one's stack, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go ape, go wild, lose it, drive, action, move
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Scott Suskovic
... Time selected you as the person of the year, from their perspective, you should feel very flattered. You beat out all the competition. Time wrote this: ... who actually sits down after a long day at work and says, "I'm not going to watch Lost tonight. I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguana? I'm going to mash up 50 Cent's vocals with Queen's instrumentals? I'm going to blog about my state of mind or the state of the nation or the steak-frites at the new bistro down the ...
227. The Last Compact
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Sermon
Ken Lentz
... matter be stated anymore plainly? There's an old story about a college swimming coach who tossed and turned in his bed on a hot summer's night. He arose and crossed the small campus to the swimming hall. He knew the building well and did not turn on the inside lights. He mounted the diving board and stretched his arms to each side. The moon shone brightly that night and cast his shadow upon the opposite wall. His shadow caught his attention; it reminded him of a cross. The sight gave him pause. He stepped ...
Understanding Series
Cheryl A. Brown
... “seven,” also stands behind the word for “oath,” hence possibly hinting at Samson’s Nazirite vow or oath, although he did not swear an oath. Another wordplay that likely ties this passage together with the story of Samson’s Timnite wife turns on the words mahlpot (“braids”), which closely resembles halipot (“changes of clothing”; 14:12, 13, 19). Also note that the wedding feast lasted seven days. 16:19 Having put him to sleep on her lap: Delilah did not act very differently from ...
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Charles H. Bayer
... those whose world is darkest: the wretched, the suffering, humble shepherds, astronomers looking for a king they could not find in all their travels. Who will be blessed? The poor in spirit, the pure in heart, those who mourn, and who hunger and thirst for what is right. Before you turn on the lights, remember it is still early in Advent, and Advent is a dark time. How dark? Dark enough to see the stars. "
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Shirley Gupton Lynn
... could do. I was talking all this over with my then 22-year-old college son, Billy. Billy was nine when his father died, and he has always been wiser than his years. We talked awhile, and then I went over to the sink to load the dishwasher while he turned on the TV and sat down in the den to watch the news. Suddenly I knew the tears were coming. I tried to stroll casually past Billy and get to my room to cry. But Billy spotted my tears. Without a word, he got up off the couch, met me halfway ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... to help make ends meet, but the situation continued to deteriorate. She became so desperate, that one day, having lost all hope, she took her five-year-old daughter into the bed-room. She carefully chenked the windows with rags and newspapers. Then she turned on the gas heater without lighting it. She put her arm around her little daughter as they laid together across the bed. She could hear the gas escaping, but she also heard another noise. She’d forgotten to turn off the radio. Someone was singing ...
232. The Woman on the Beast
Revelation 17:1-18
Understanding Series
Robert W. Wall
... it sharply: evil destroys evil, so that God can accomplish his purpose. The dualism of Christian apocalypticism is theocentric and ironical. Even as the sisters’ illicit lovers became agents of God’s punishment, so also the great prostitute’s satanic lovers turn on her, performing on God’s behalf what God had promised: the destruction of the evil dominion she represents. But there is a caveat behind John’s use of Ezekiel 23: recall that the two whoring sisters represent apostate Israel, who is ...
233. Rival Radios
Galatians 5:16-26
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... that is what I call relaxing. However, just before I close my eyes and begin to sleep, my friend comes into the room and brings his radio with him. The last thing he is thinking about is relaxing or taking a nap. He wants music that makes him feel alive. [Turn on second radio to some hard rock.] I can hardly hear my music with the other radio playing, so I am going to turn my radio up. Now my friend can't hear, so he turns up his radio. Back and forth, higher and higher and louder and louder. What do ...
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David E. Leininger
... hope of people of faith, the hope of victory over death. Yes, the kingdom of God arrived with Jesus, and God showed it for any who wanted to see on Easter morning. But in another sense, the kingdom has not yet arrived. We know that all too well when we turn on a newscast or pick up a paper or even look in a mirror. The coming of Jesus did not mark the end of disobedience; it did not mark the end of sin; it did not mark the end of physical death; it did not mark the day when justice would ...
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King Duncan
... "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?" There's a used Kleenex stuffed up your shirtsleeve. The first thing you ask when someone walks into your home is, "Do you want something to eat?" You spend your vacation wondering if you left the iron turned on. Your daughter says smugly that she'll never be anything like you. (1) Sound like anyone you know? Our text is very appropriate for today. "I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you." One translator has Jesus say, "I will not leave you ...
236. Growing Faith
Romans 4:1-25
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Paul E. Robinson
... snapped inside, and faith was no longer a possibility for him or her. The early church, struggling not only with the everyday stuff of life and death and relationships that face you and me in our time, also had other issues. Their whole religious life had been turned on its head. They had been taught from birth to follow the law, and things would be cool. Follow the law and God would smile. Follow the law and you could be at peace. Of course, there were two problems with that. Number one, there were just ...
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Mary S. Lautensleger
... day when you arrive at work and find a Sixty Minutes news team waiting in your office. You know it is going to be a bad day when your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. You know it is going to be a bad day when you turn on the evening news and they are showing evacuation routes out of the city. You know it is going to be a bad day when your twin sister forgets your birthday. It's good that we can laugh at some of these silly suggestions, isn't it? It's good, because ...
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David J. Kalas
... don't know personally, therefore, what you feel the next morn­ing. But it's clear from the story that whatever Paul felt, he felt it so strongly that he and his companions changed their itinerary imme­diately in response to that vision. Perhaps this sort of turn-on-a-dime operation is acceptable for a missionary. It's a little hard to imagine in other lines of work, however. Does the salesman staying in Phoenix tell his boss that he decided to change plans and hop on a plane to San Diego in­stead because ...
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Charley Reeb
... did for us in Jesus. God got down on our level and embraced us so that we might get joy back in our lives. You have homework to do. Go out and let yourself be loved. Go hack at a golf ball. Take dance lessons and learn how to dance. Turn on your favorite song and sing like no one is listening. Go watch your favorite comedy and laugh your way to joy! Norman Cousins was a great doctor who found that there was healing power in laughter. In fact, laughter saved his life. He was at death’s door and decided ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... in the kingdom is a reference to Jesus as servant (Matt. 20:28) and that the point of the saying is that Jesus is greater than John (cf. 3:11). The interpretation of verse 12 has been discussed at length. One’s approach turns on whether biazetai is passive (“has suffered violence”) or middle (“has been coming violently”). Because the noun biastai (forceful men) that occurs in the parallel clause is used in a negative sense (the cognate verb biaō means “to defraud, cheat, or overpower”), it is ...
241. Faith
Hebrews 11:1
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... volunteer to knock on the wall. The person working the lights will immediately turn the designated lights off after the third knock, and then back on after a couple of seconds. Application: Did you think that was really going to work? Usually, you have to turn on a light switch to make lights turn on and off. But I knew it would work if you knocked. Do you know how I knew? Because before you got here, I talked to name of the light person and instructed him/her to turn the lights off at just the right moment ...
242. The Waiting Place
Isaiah 63:7--64:12
Sermon
William L. Self
... created an instant culture that is impatient with having to wait for anything or ever being out of control. Each bombardment has made our culture impatient as well as insensitive. Process, wait, incubate are not a part of our lifestyle. We are now, hurry up, and turn on. Those who are thirty years old have been bombarded with a hundred times more images than the 55-year-olds. The over-55 generation favor contact with many of the images they see. The thirty-year-olds have been so bombarded they have lost the ...
Sermon
Erskine White
... of our worldly cares and concerns. Other barriers to God can be of our own making. I mean: we can't constantly be doing evil things or thinking evil thoughts and then suddenly turn to hear God's voice in prayer. Communion with God is not something we can turn on and off like a water faucet. "Blessed are the pure in heart," said Jesus, "for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). Another barrier we face, as the Canaanite woman did, is the fear of rejection. We have to come to God in prayer "not knowing whether we ...
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Ron Lavin
... , "He eats with sinners. He eats with outcasts. He eats with outsiders." And Jesus said, "Yes, that is why I came. I didn't come for the good folk. Not the righteous ones. I came for the outsiders." Jesus touched Matthew - and Peter. Have you ever had a friend turn on you? Have you ever had someone in your family, or some close friend, suddenly take some turn in the road that really hurt you? Jesus had that with Peter. "I'll never leave you," he said. "I'll always follow you. Even if the others don't follow ...
Sermon
... when her husband left her. He did not leave her because of a lack of love, but because he could not stand being unable to provide for her and the children. Before leaving her, he used to spend the entire day out looking for food and all night tossing and turning on his bed. The mental anxiety that he suffered turned his bed into a pile of rocks. Yola had tried to comfort him and to explain that he had no control over what was happening to their family. She had asked him not to leave her, but more than once ...
246. Epiphany 6
Deuteronomy 30:11-20
Sermon Aid
... part of the continent; there he makes contact with a band of primitive natives. Despite his zeal and his genuine concern for these people, he is killed by a native with one of the cross-marked machetes he had given to them. The reason they turned on him was a theological one; he forgot about the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and taught them that Jesus was actually their god, Kisu, not knowing that their god was an evil deity who was responsible for many of the catastrophes, especially great rains and floods ...
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... the flashlight without its batteries. Let’s check and see if everything is working. Turn the switch on. Hmm, nothing happened. I wonder what’s wrong? (response) Let’s check the batteries. Open the flashlight. Yep, it needs batteries! Put the batteries in and turn on the flashlight. Without its batteries the flashlight is dead, isn’t it? (response) Now bring out the radio, but leave it unplugged. Whenever you go camping, it’s good to have a radio. Turn the switch on. What’s going on? There’s no ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... you so joyful? Where does that inner strength come from?" Then you can say over lunch or over a cup of coffee, "My life turned around when Jesus Christ got into it. I still have a long way to go, but Jesus has brought me a long way. He has turned on the lights in my life. And he can do the same for you." And I promise you, if you invite those folks to church, I will invite them to Christ. In a church where I once served we had a wonderful baritone in the choir by the name of Tom ...
249. Time and Timing
Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4
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Paul W. F. Harms
... the innocent? It may happen, but why does God permit it, seemingly doing nothing about it? It is bad enough if some outsider is the villain. It is intolerable when the villain is home-grown. What response is left to us if some of our own turn on us and do so deliberately, premeditatedly, simply because they are in a position to do so? It's like having the firemen start the fires, the policemen rob the banks and murder the citizenry, the government extort money from its subjects, and the armed forces ravage ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... ... to meditate. In the solitude of the desert, he listened for the voice of God - and heard it distinctly. Some of us can’t stand to spend five minutes alone. We enter a room, and instantly the television ... or the radio ... or the stereo ... is turned on. We just cannot endure quietness and solitude. We need to learn to be alone. We need to learn to live by ourselves ("with ourselves" is perhaps a better way to express it). There is great value in solitariness. Great in His Beliefs John had certain ...
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