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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Mark Ellingsen
... and God and doctrine, and go gaping after that.14 Those with a foundation in Christ, those caught up in his overwhelming love, are tempted to follow the crowd, to chase after what is novel and sensational. Those with Christ as their foundation do have to struggle, may sway in the wind. But the good news of our gospel lesson for today is that our firm foundation, Christ, will not give way. Take heart, friends, and rejoice. You and I are reminded today of his authority (Matthew 7:29), an authority that will ...
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Mark Ellingsen
... of the faith today also tend to perpetuate this understanding. Best-selling author and megachurch pastor, Rick Warren, sees mission mostly in this way.3 Though to his credit of late, he has begun to immerse himself in a mission to help in the struggle against the AIDS Crisis in Africa, in his best-selling book on purpose-driven living. Warren never expressly talks about mission to the poor, sick, and oppressed that Jesus urges here.4 That is a very problematic omission given the great impact his book ...
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Wayne Brouwer
... and catching his reflection in the mirror with his right eye. Later the blindness spread, and eventually John's sight was gone entirely. Hull writes that for a while he energetically tried to remember what he looked like. He thought about old photographs of himself and struggled to recall the face that peered back at him from the bathroom mirror when he shaved. After a while, though, his memory banks gave out and he couldn't remember his own face anymore. "Who am I?" he thought, with a wash of panic. "If I ...
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Wayne Brouwer
... . Chapters 12-25 spoke of Abraham and the way that God selected him to head the team which would become the advance troops in taking back God's world from the evil intruders. Chapters 26-36 are a character study of how Jacob became "Israel" (one who struggles with God) and thus bequeathed the nation with a name and an identity. Finally, Genesis 37-50 focused on Joseph, and described how the nation eventually wound up in Egypt, from which it had so recently emerged. The result was a new and winning team that ...
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Chris Ewing
... . Chapters 12-25 spoke of Abraham and the way that God selected him to head the team which would become the advance troops in taking back God's world from the evil intruders. Chapters 26-36 are a character study of how Jacob became "Israel" (one who struggles with God) and thus bequeathed the nation with a name and an identity. Finally, Genesis 37-50 focused on Joseph, and described how the nation eventually wound up in Egypt, from which it had so recently emerged. The result was a new and winning team that ...
2781. In Whose Likeness?
Matthew 22:15-22
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Chris Ewing
... is a familiar one. There are times when deeply held values and nonnegotiable realities seem to pull us in opposite directions: times when we feel as if, no matter what we decide, we will be wrong, and/or in deep trouble. Who among us hasn't struggled with how to respond to some situation in the wider world, or to a personal moral quandary? For instance, a central question that all of us face in this society — our central question of allegiance as Christians living in a consumer society, and especially in ...
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Chris Ewing
... with the strength to plough and plant and harvest ... I know I am not a self-made man."3 I know that I have received benefits I could not have provided for myself. I also know that I do not have to carry the world upon my shoulders, or to struggle alone through the trials of life. I know that I can trust in one who is greater than I to provide what is needed; and I know that most days I am surrounded by so much more than I could ask or imagine, such an embarrassment of riches, that if ...
2783. Being a Blessing
Genesis 12:1-4a
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Schuyler Rhodes
... to lay hands on sisters and brothers who are about to take leave of the community. Sometimes they are leaving on mission trips. Sometimes they may be moving away to a new job or opportunity. Other times they may just need a blessing as they encounter struggles on their journey. Sometimes, of course, blessing happens in different ways. My father-in-law, who was quite ill when my wife and I were engaged, gave his blessing to our marriage. Some years back, when I left on a lengthy trip to Central America, my ...
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Schuyler Rhodes
... so much. Within that reality is the other hard truth — we don't share well with others. Hear me on this, sisters and brothers. I live in the same world as the rest of you, and though I think sharing is great, I work hard, saving for my retirement. I struggle to put money aside to pay for my children's college. I take my paycheck home each week to pay for food for my family and to buy clothing, school supplies, and whatnot for me and mine. And I'll be honest, it would not be easy for me to ...
2785. To Say Elohim
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
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Stan Purdum
... sixth day, when God speaks human beings into existence. This story must have been a revolutionary concept to those who first heard it. Those who believed in other gods had creation stories, too, but in theirs, the world only came into being after a huge struggle on the part of the gods involved. Marduk, the god of Babylon, for example, only succeeded in bringing the world into being after a mighty battle with the goddess, Tiamat, the primal sea. After Marduk finally defeated her, he split her carcass in two ...
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Stan Purdum
... during the Hundred Years War. That Joan led an army into battle, successfully forcing the British to retreat from Orleans. Later, captured by the British, she was tried for heresy and burned at the stake. The Joan of the television show is a modern girl, struggling not only with the usual issues of being a teenager, but also with the problems of being new in town and having a brother who recently became a paraplegic as the result of an auto accident. Then her life is suddenly further complicated when God ...
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Stan Purdum
... that certain old ideas were no longer helpful. Eventually, former understandings broke down and new ones broke through. The church is going through a similar experience today as homosexual people are asking to be fully integrated into the life of the church, and the church is struggling with that issue. While we cannot predict where it will all come out, we can recognize that we have a lot of new information that we need to process while we listen for God's word today. It's not a matter that at one point ...
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Timothy J. Smith
... of circumstances that carries us to that place. A church near campus has a chapel for university students to meditate and pray. Students have the opportunity to reflect and share their thoughts in a notebook. The entries sometimes reveal an inner struggle. One young woman candidly shared, "My thoughts, ideas, beliefs, preconceptions; my ways and feelings of what is right or wrong are being challenged." We can probably all identify with her at some point in our lives. Other people sometimes challenge what ...
2789. Living on the Edge
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
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Timothy J. Smith
... been physically as well as emotionally exhausting. It had not always been pleasant living like nomads for so long. As Moses climbed the mountain for what would be the last time, he must have felt a clear sense that his life was not lived in vain. All of his struggles had been worth it as he sought to communicate once again with God on the mountain. He could look back over his long life and realize that God had a plan for him and more importantly, that God was with him every step of the way. What was going ...
2790. Hearts on Fire
Jeremiah 31:31-34
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Timothy J. Smith
Writer, Anne Lamott, tells of her struggle in getting her teenage son, Sam, to go to church with her. "Why do I make him go?" she reflects and then writes, "We live in bewildering, drastic times, and a little spiritual guidance never killed anyone. I think it's a fair compromise that every other week he has ...
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John N. Brittain
... of the South Indiana Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, I never dealt with a gay person seeking ordination. I cannot even count, however, the people with whom I have worked who have been affected by sexual abuse and exploitation of all kinds, struggles with their own sexual orientation and self-image and what that meant, and the explosion of pornography. All too often these issues have flown beneath our radar because we have already defined the really important "sexual" issue. This is the real problem ...
2792. For Example
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
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David O. Bales
... the promise that the risen Christ would never leave him or forsake him. He trusted the risen Jesus who promised that he was with his followers always, to the end of the world. Livingstone is an example of Christian faith. We see him walking across Africa, struggling over the years and through hardships and tragedies, yet he trusted God's promise. David Livingstone is a modern version of Abraham, living 4,000 years ago, whom Paul, writing a mere 2,000 years ago, holds up as the supreme example of faith. In ...
2793. Lighting up Lent
Ephesians 5:8-14
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David O. Bales
... time controlling their bad language or restraining their vicious tongues in gossip. Some Christians experience difficulty as they begin to raise the percentage of their financial giving toward a tenth and then to giving more. Some have difficulty reining in their anger. Others struggle against sexual lust. For many Christians it's a hard step in faith to look beyond their nation's interests and their group's prejudices and to embrace the entire world as God's good creation rather than to fear it. God is ...
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David O. Bales
... more and more of God into more and more of our lives, we worship and obey God as Jesus did. In prayer we practice setting our mind upon this new reality in which we live, and the Spirit retrains us with instincts toward faith and habits for service. We struggle for justice for the oppressed and care for the needy. That's setting our mind on the Spirit. If it helps you in your following Jesus to think of seeing your breath as you speak to God, picture air leaving you as you speak to God in prayer. In ...
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David O. Bales
... Jesus' resurrection is the absolute center of our faith. Jesus' birth receives only four chapters of attention in two gospels. The story of Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection fills a third of each of the four gospels. In order for our minds to struggle past the marketing propaganda of our culture that hijacks the Christian faith, repeat after me, "If it hadn't been for Easter...." Again, repeat. "If it hadn't been for Easter...." Now, repeat, "We wouldn't know about Christmas...." Okay, speak the ...
2796. Power Sharing
Ephesians 1:15-23
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David O. Bales
... , and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe...." The immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe: Jesus gives us his power, whether to bring people to faith or nurture them in faith, whether to feed the hungry or struggle for peace, whether to confront evil or reconcile enemies. Paul writes first about faith and love and then he jabs us with hope right at the moment when he tells of Christ's gift of power to us. A few frenetic individuals, simply because they possess ...
2797. Pentecost ... Again!
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
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Steven E. Albertin
... these divisions and conflicts. Life in the Corinthian congregation truly was anything but orderly, gracious, or polite. It was "life in a messy church." It always has been that way in Christian congregations. Every congregation that I have ever seen or belonged to struggles with this issue. For example, I have never met a congregation that does not describe itself as a "warm and caring family." But it seems that in every congregation there always seems to be those who are more part of the "warm and ...
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Steven E. Albertin
... I suspect many of you have seen is the Oscar-winning film, Crash. It begins with a car crash but then moves on to give us a graphic portrayal of the fallenness of the human condition. Over the course of two hours we see everyone in that film struggle with their racism and prejudice. Regardless of how hard they try to overcome such attitudes, they can't. That is what all good art does. Whether it is literature or film or theater or even music, at their best they do more than entertain. They reveal the human ...
2799. God’s Doing
Philippians 1:21-30
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Larry Lange
Don had not worked like a dog for nothing. He had struggled up the corporate ladder to one rung below the vice-presidents —who were all brothers. So Don knew he wasn't going any higher on the ladder. That was okay with him. They had treated him like family. He had earned a six-figure salary and eight weeks of vacation ...
2800. A Winning Life
Hebrews 13:1-25
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King Duncan
... his busy schedule to be involved in ministries to the homeless. He never judged them, never looked down on them. He only wanted to help them turn their lives around. Jack also took time to mentor young people not only in his industry, but also those who were struggling to get started in other areas of life. He was a positive, cheerful man who never said a mean word about anyone. He was a leader in the large Episcopal Church in his community, and when he died a couple of years ago, in his late seventies, his ...
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