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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Sermon
King Duncan
... rain had fallen, Walt retraced his route through the desert. But now it was different. "I saw a contrast that was nothing less than miraculous," he says. By mid-August the desert is usually green from summer rains, but this year it was positively luxuriant. Countless patches of brightly colored wild flowers dotted the roadside. The extremes were notable even to those most familiar with the rebirth that rain brings to the desert. (4) That’s what happens when a life-bringing wind blows across a desert. That ...
252. Keeping Alert For Christmas
Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31
Sermon
King Duncan
... tons of cinders, ashes and stone. Archaeologists in uncovering the city found the remains of many bodies preserved in hardened ash. Some of the bodies were in deep vaults as if trying to escape the volcano's destruction. The magazine pictured other bodies in luxurious chambers. What is most interesting, however, is that a guard, a sentinel, a watchman who stood at the gate of the city was found at his post. His hands were still clutching his weapon. He had been commanded by his captain to continue his ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket ” safe, dark, motionless, airless ” it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. . . The only place outside Heaven ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to the needs of people. Peter suggests they build three booths and stay on the mountain, but he doesn't know what he is saying. Followers of Jesus who believe there is a spiritual realm and who believe that death has been defeated, are not given the luxury of twiddling their thumbs and idly reveling in those great truths. We are called to seek out the least and the lowest and minister to them in Jesus' name. Jay Adams tells about a friend who went as a missionary to New Guinea. After some years of ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... ?" She shouted out, "You are not the real Christ." He said, "You are absolutely right, I am not. I'm the Christ everyone sees in you." Unless we forgive 70 times 7 the real Christ will never live inside of us. It is a lifestyle ” not a luxury. The Christian way is a way of love and forgiveness. Real love can only be born because you have experienced God's forgiveness in Jesus Christ. Remember his forgiveness is both real and liberating. It will set you "free" to forgive others and ” the hardest task of ...
256. Annie's Gift
Mark 12:41-44
Sermon
King Duncan
... level of giving was so low. They thought nothing of buying a new car or a camper, but the amount they gave to the church was a pittance. It's funny. The Bible talks about a narrow road to Heaven, but many of these new families were buying large, luxurious campers. If there really were a narrow road to Heaven, Pastor Ed thought to himself with a chuckle, half these people would get stuck and have to walk. Then he felt ashamed of himself. He tried not to judge. At least they were excited right now. Were they ...
257. Entitlements
Luke 16:19-31
Sermon
King Duncan
... workers, we deserve better fringe benefits; if we own Chrysler, we deserve a bailout; if we are a special interest, we deserve a special hearing." (2) Entitlement. "There was a certain rich man," Jesus said, "who was splendidly clothed and lived each day in mirth and luxury." One day Lazarus, a diseased beggar, was laid at the rich man's door. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man's table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores. Finally Lazarus died and was carried by the angels to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , when he resigned in the early part of last season so he could spend more time with his family. "Anybody can coach basketball," he said, "but my wife only has one husband and my children only have one Dad." Most of us do not have the luxury of resigning our jobs to devote ourselves to parenting, but many fathers as well as mothers put their families first, ahead of their own needs. Still, it is difficult not to associate sacrificial love with motherhood. It is politically incorrect to speak of a maternal ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... can't tell how thankful people are by looking at their outward appearance. In fact, I will make a generalization: I suspect that on this Thanksgiving Day, 2001, there is more genuine Thanksgiving in the more modest homes in our city than in the most luxurious ones. I could be wrong, of course, and even if I am right, it won't be true in every home. It is a generalization. As the graffiti artist says: “Be suspicious of all generalizations, including this one." But it happens often enough to be troubling ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... early teens, Maria began experimenting with drugs. She took up the party lifestyle, staying out all night at clubs. She tried anything that would give her a high. She moved in with a wealthy young man named Michael. Michael's money allowed them to live in luxury. While on a vacation in Mexico, however, Maria finally began to question her lifestyle. She had fine clothes and jewelry. Her life was a constant party. Why did she feel so empty? Why didn't the money and the things and the parties satisfy her? What ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . Welch is the much-celebrated former chairman of General Electric. Welch went through a well-publicized and very acrimonious divorce proceeding sometime back. As a consequence his retirement package from GE became public. What was revealed was a remarkable assortment of luxurious lifestyle "perks" that made headlines. You might not know that years ago, Welch had a brush with death. Recently he was asked what he learned from this experience of coming face-to-face with his mortality. Had he had an epiphany ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... in a small town in West Virginia. When he left home, he vowed that he would become successful. But the first few years on his own were difficult. One year, Bryan went home for Christmas. He bought a fancy cashmere coat at a thrift store and rented a luxury car. He was determined to play the "big shot" for his family. But Bryan soon discovered that his family wasn't interested in his fancy clothes or his shiny car. They were just happy to see him. (3) God doesn't always come in the way we might expect ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to leave her estate to someone who would use it for a good cause. So she went to see a popular televangelist whose show she enjoyed. But the old woman's eyes virtually popped out of her head when she approached the televangelist's house. It was more luxurious than anything she had ever imagined. After a few minutes of chatting with the televangelist, the old woman finally spoke up. "I was going to will my property to you when I die, but now I'm not so sure. After seeing your house, I think you're spending ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , none of us like paying taxes. Back in 1981 Northwest Airlines ran a promotional contest. The grand, and only, prize was the use of an entire Boeing 727 jet for a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airline transportation home, and three nights in a luxury hotel for ninety-three people. The airline trumpeted the contest in full-page ads in Midwest newspapers that said, "Win a jet to Florida and take 92 friends along . . . Take your relatives. Take your co-workers. Take your church group, lodge or neighbors ...
265. Good Neighbors
Luke 10:25-37
Sermon
King Duncan
... that the man wore no shoes or socks. He thought he should stop and help the man but he wasn't quite sure what to do. As the traffic light turned green, it seemed life was demanding that he move along. So, that's what he did. Back in the luxurious environment of his hotel, he promptly forgot about the man on the street. Several days later, prior to the morning taping, he was having coffee and Danish in the green room at the station. All of the "important" people had left the room and only he and the janitor ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , then we have trouble envisioning our circumstances improving in the coming years. And if our current prosperity doesn't satisfy us, then what will? Another reason we are discontented is what Easterbrook calls "cataloginduced anxiety." We have access to images of luxury goods we can never own, and so our own sense of satisfaction is diminished. Another theory Easterbrook sets forth is "abundance denial," which is our natural tendency to be blind to our own prosperity. We always think that the wealthy are ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... of his orchestra played badly, he would pick up anything in sight and hurl it to the floor. During one rehearsal a flat note caused the genius to grab his valuable watch and smash it. Shortly afterward, his devoted musicians gave him a luxurious, velvet-line box containing two watches, one a beautiful gold timepiece, the other a cheap one with the inscription, "For rehearsals only." (3) We all know people with tempers like Toscanini. Some of them are very successful in their chose professions. Indeed, if ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... is a story of a young man who believed that buying his first car would be the epitome of all his dreams. He worked hard and saved his money and finally the day arrived when he was able to purchase his dream machine. It was a van--beautiful, loaded, and luxurious--as good as they come. It was the result of perfect engineering and design. The young man had every right to expect a great deal from this mechanical marvel, and he drove it off the lot with pride and the aura of a man who knows that destiny and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to Kevin’s team in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, Ann was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Kevin’s team throughly defeated the inner city team. They took every weight class. Mike shook his head and said to Ann, “I wish just one of them could have won. They have a lot of potential, but ...
270. Maturity in Stewardship
2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
Sermon
Edward Inabinet
... he says, and a cheerful giver loves God and his fellow men more and more. "Our giving and our lifestyle ought to reflect," says Dr. Rhea, "that Christ is Lord." Our lifestyle should reflect that we can tell the difference between necessities and luxuries. A Christian steward’s lifestyle and giving will reflect the responsibility he feels for the blessings God has bestowed upon him. And his lifestyle will show that he seeks contentment in doing God’s will and fulfilling His purpose for the world. Whitney ...
Drama
Angela Akers
... !  The Lord as a little baby?  Next you''re going to tell me that you actually saw this divine child."  Simeon: "Yes, yes, we did!"  Nathan: "Could you look upon him?  Was his majesty blinding? Where did you find him?  Was he in a palace of luxury greater than any you had ever seen?"  Simeon: (a little awkward) "Um, no, not exactly."  Nathan: "Well, where was he?"  Simeon: "In a stable."  Nathan: "A stable!  You are mad, struck by the moon and the flow of new wine.  No one could possibly believe ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... may come between us and the sun, but the sun still shines. We may not always see the work of Christ going on in the world, but it is there, often in silent, unobserved ways. Geologists tell us that in the Arctic region there are evidences of luxurious growth which once flourished in that area of the earth’s surface, but are now frozen over. What happened? How did an area in which plant life once flourished become ice-bound and barren? They speculate that at some point in the earth’s history there must ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... not like it one bit. He objected that her lavish display was too extravagant. The perfume could have been sold and the money given to the poor. As I said, his objection sound eminently reasonable. Jesus certainly had sympathy for the poor, and often condemned wasteful luxury. Indeed, if there is one primary difference between our Lord and most of the rest of us it is that He cared passionately for the poor. Indeed, the whole Bible seems to be prejudiced in favor of the poor. Most of us say, “Why don’t ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... during the reign of Caesar Augustus. Despite Socrates and Plato and the fabled Pax Romana, it was a world where nine-tenths of the people grubbed and fought and lived in abject poverty in order that the remaining one-tenth might live in luxurious indulgence. Human life was cheap, and slavery was universally practiced. The historian Gibbon writes of one mansion in Rome that required 400 slaves. Another Roman owned 20,000 slaves. At the Palace of Caesar Augustus, a slave was caught in the pantry eating ...
275. Losers Keepers
Mark 8:31--9:1
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
The Texas millionaire stipulated in his will that he be buried in his favorite possession: his $90,000 Rolls-Royce. When the time came, two laborers were shoveling the last bit of dirt onto the now-buried luxury car. One finally turned to the other and said, “Boy! That’s living!” Not really. Not according to Jesus. Death comes to everyone, from the richest to the poorest, and the finest car in the world won’t make a difference on the other side of eternity. “For what shall ...
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