Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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251. Proper 9
2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30:1-12; 66:1-20, Isaiah 60:10-14, Luke 10:1-24, Galatians 6:1-16
Bulletin Aid
Julia Ross Strope
... conversation with the Holy One. Community Confession (Unison) Loving God — we long for your kingdom to be present in our time! When we look around, we see a society that markets things to fill our homes and to decorate our bodies and to keep up with our neighbors. But our souls are not satisfied. We are easily seduced by lithe youthfulness and savvy technology. We give up companionship and community for solitary tasks and before we know it we feel alone in the world. Free us from these temptations ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... the first temple. The editor expands the latter theme in verse 46, with the same pride in religious origins that traced Zechariah’s origins back to Asaph in verse 35 (compare 7:44). Members of each generation were stewards responsible for keeping up this spiritual heritage. The survival of temple worship in the editor’s day was taken as evidence that the postexilic generations—stretching from the governorship of Zerubbabel (7:7), when the temple was rebuilt, to that of Nehemiah—honored this heritage ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... the first temple. The editor expands the latter theme in verse 46, with the same pride in religious origins that traced Zechariah’s origins back to Asaph in verse 35 (compare 7:44). Members of each generation were stewards responsible for keeping up this spiritual heritage. The survival of temple worship in the editor’s day was taken as evidence that the postexilic generations—stretching from the governorship of Zerubbabel (7:7), when the temple was rebuilt, to that of Nehemiah—honored this heritage ...
254. Ten Commandments for Parents
Illustration
Kevin Leman
1. My hands are small; please don't expect perfection whenever I make a bed, draw a picture, or throw a ball. My legs are short; slow down so that I can keep up with you. 2. My eyes have not seen the world as yours have; let me explore it safely; don't restrict me unnecessarily. 3. Housework will always be there; I'm little only for a short time. Take time to explain things to me about this wonderful world, and do ...
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Sermon Aid
Jeffrey K. Kimpel
It seems like everyone enjoys a good mystery. In bookstores and libraries, whole sections are devoted to mystery books. Authors like Ed McBain and Robert Ludlum can hardly keep up with readers’ demands. On television, the most popular shows are mysteries like Hardcastle and McCormick, Cagney and Lacy, and Crazy Like a Fox. This evening, as we celebrate the love that ____ and ____ have found with one another, we come to share in a mystery. The writer of the ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... he believed. He preached about Jesus and how Jesus did everything that the prophets had said that the Son of God would do when He was born into the world. It was a wonderful sermon. Agrippa was overwhelmed. He knew that Paul expected him to believe. He could hardly keep up with Paul's enthusiasm. Finally he broke in and told Paul to stop. Agrippa said, "You want to make me a Christian in a few moments." Paul told him that he wished that everyone could be as happy as he was except for the chains and being a ...
Sermon
... are cracked. They just don’t work right. The voice which assures us of one thing today, too often has to change its forecast tomorrow. Banks have devised something like a hymn board, on which you can change the numbers each week, to keep up with fluctuating interest rates. It is always risky to predict or to try to guarantee anything in the future, except perhaps those sobering reports issued by the highway department before each holiday weekend. The art of prediction has always been associated with the ...
259. Growing in Faith
Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... Is First Presbyterian GENUINELY friendly? Do newcomers really feel welcome? Truth be known, this congregation has had the reputation of being a COLD church, but that is changing FAST! Congratulations! You are a very FRIENDLY bunch, and more and more people are finding that out. Keep up the good work. 5. Members personally experience the care and concern of other members. Is that the case here? If a member of this church finds his or her life tumbling in, can that one count on you and you and you and you for ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... would have been perfectly happy if they had not played the comparison game. They compared what they were paid with what the others were paid, and then they were dissatisfied. And that is true of many of us. We have a phrase for it, don't we? Keeping up with the Jones. There are many faulty misconceptions that people who play this game are under, of course. Time will permit us to mention only a couple. THE FIRST MISCONCEPTION IS THAT HAPPINESS ON ANY SCALE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ACQUIRE. If I could just have a ...
261. Amen!
Matthew 6:24-34
Bulletin Aid
Frank Ramirez
... of these. (based on Matthew 6:28-29) Collect Lord Jesus, we desire now not only to listen to your words, but to learn from your wisdom - and live! Amen. Prayer Of Confession Not in the frantic gathering of the world's illusions, nor in the hectic race to keep up with fad and fashion, but only in this, Real God, Real Lord, will we find rest and repose - in our close consideration of the birds and the lilies and the care you give to all your children. If we cannot serve two masters, then we must choose you to ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... of faithful, creative, Spirit-fired incarnations of God's kabod. The Spirit of God is on the move. It is leaving behind our old standing committees in favor of moving teams. A wired world brings down every bureaucracy, every hierarchy. Only ministry teams can keep up with today's micro-processor pace. Is your church team-oriented? Are we willing to scale down in order to get a move on? Alternative Sermon The Dream Team There are two chief characteristics to every "dream team." First, every member of the ...
263. Human Knowledge
John 6:25-59
Illustration
Brett Blair
Listen to this statistic: Knowledge is exploding at such a rate more than 2000 pages a minute that even Einstein couldn't keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished (Campus Life) An amazing statistic. Now tell me when do you suppose this information was compiled? It will ...
264. We Want to Be in Charge
Luke 9:57-62
Illustration
Maurice A. Fetty
... I shall never become a Barthian. May God spare me from Barthianism!" Barth didn't want to be hemmed in or trapped by the smallest of his own followers who wanted to package him, market him, and profit from him as a safe product. Unable to keep up with the living Barth, they preferred the static Barth of printed pages. That way they could possess Barth, hold him in their hands, control him, use him to buttress their own biases. Many contemporary disciples use Jesus in a similar way. They like the Jesus of ...
265. Affluenza
Luke 12:32-40
Illustration
Mickey Anders
... the sickness that so often comes from material abundance - affluenza. We have all heard of influenza, but have you heard of affluenza? The definitions of "affluenza" include these: 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by the dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. We usually try to water down Jesus' radical commands about money. We ...
266. Finding Financial Freedom
Luke 16:1-15
Illustration
Brett Blair
... tale about a family living above its means. The mother is considered by friends and neighbors to be the perfect mother, in spite of the fact that deep down she knows she has difficulty loving her three children. It's important to the husband to keep up the pretense of success the large house, staffed with servants but they are living on the edge, just like many families today. Listen as D. H. Lawrence describes this family's life situation: “And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase ...
267. The Three-Legged Chicken
Humor Illustration
... great product that will bring them instant success. Usually, though, there is a glitch: A man was driving along when he happened to look out his window. An astonishing sight met his eyes! Running alongside his speeding car was a chicken! The fact that the chicken could keep up with his car was surprising, but that wasn't the kicker. The thing that took the man's breath away was that the chicken had three legs! The man pulled off at a local farmhouse to ask them about the amazing sight he had just seen. When ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... takes place in battle. When no other alternative remains, Abner strikes Asahel with the butt of his spear, perhaps to stop but not kill him. The blow is a powerful one, however, and Asahel dies immediately. After the death of their brother, Joab and Abishai keep up the chase until sunset, when Israel’s resistance stiffens (2:24–32). Abner calls for a truce, because the terrible results of civil war are already becoming clear to him. In light of the number of fatalities, Joab agrees to the truce, and the ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... of the Lord’s kingship). During this guided tour of the temple furnishings it seems as if the reader is given the king’s perspective of these magnificent works. We trust that all is done with genuine piety and not with a desire to keep up with the other nations. Huram’s consultancy draws to a close with an inventory (7:41–51) of his aesthetically pleasing designs, along with a dedication of the objects collected during David’s (many) battles, suggesting that the treasuries are well stocked and the ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
... ) assessment, but it is typical of wisdom pedagogy to generalize and universalize in order to make a point. (There is no indication that Qoheleth’s efforts, as recounted in chap. 2, had a similar motivation.) Without explaining why, he notes that seeking to keep up with the Joneses is futile. Lest one think he is thereby questioning the value of diligent efforts, he counters with a proverb and a better-than saying (4:5–6). These verses are linked by three references to “hands.” Only fools avoid work ...
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.
Andrew Bernstein
No one keeps up his enthusiasm automatically. Enthusiasm must be nourished with new actions, new aspirations, new efforts, new vision. Compete with yourself; set your teeth and dive into the job of breaking your own record. It is one's own fault if his enthusiasm is gone; he has failed to feed it.
Anonymous
I realize I don't do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.
Bob Dylan
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
Enid Bagnold
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