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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Robert Noblett
... it completely, then we bring discredit upon God. It is our contention, isn’t it, that God in Christ has commissioned us to be his Church? And even more than that, people look to the church in the expectation that she will fulfill her charge. In short, ... it strong and clear if he has not: That once there was a fleeting wisp of glory Called Camelot. Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot ... Maintenance means mutual encouragement. Heaven ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... God, don’t get mad, but let’s do it just one more time - only this time the other way around - in the morning let the fleece be dry and the floor wet all around it." And God did that for him too. Gideon’s lack of faith in God has become a popular ... his master’s dinner pail which he had been told to watch. With tears raining down his face, the old black man said, "I always had to be so careful what I told him to do, ‘cause I knowed he’d do it." Wouldn’t it do something fine to the great heart of ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace" (Romans 8:6). Law Man needs to be delivered not only from bondage to sin and the flesh but also from the yoke of the law. The law is the Torah, interpreted not only ... only that "a man is not justified by the works of the law" but that according to God’s plan of salvation no one is to be or shall be justified by the works of the law but only by faith in Christ (Galatians 2:16). As Paul Althaus expressed it, it is God’s ...
2854. Hindering Riches
Matthew 19:16-30
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Herchel H. Sheets
... secure and independent. He said to his soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry." No sense of dependence was indicated. He thought he was adequate in himself. But the time came when he had to die, ... negotiation of a contract, he would say, "I have taken the trouble to earn a lot of money, one advantage of which is that, if need be, if I want to, I can tell people to go to hell."2 One is not so dependent upon people - within limits, of course - if he ...
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Bill Bouknight
... in the vile slave trade. But when he was converted, everything changed. Shortly before his death he declared, "My memory is nearly gone. But I remember two things--I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior!" That's all one has to know in order to be saved and to be ready for Christ's return. Are you ready for Christ's return? If you are less than sure, don't let this day pass without whispering this prayer to our gracious God. "Lord, here I am, your child, a sinner in need of a Savior. I believe that ...
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Louis H. Valbracht
... replied: "Eggs and bacon for breakfast." Well, obviously, the hen was INVOLVED, but the pig was COMMITTED! And so we need to be committed to find the calling in Christ, instead of sitting around thinking about how others may hurt you. And, oh, how good ... can’t have - until it has meaning to someone else. That’s the strange thing about these lives of ours - they have to be lived for others to be lived at all. No man can live unto himself and live. As Socrates said when he was speaking of the role of ...
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Bill Bouknight
... friend who is retired Air Force, a World War II pilot. If you ask how he is doing, he always replies, "I'm clear- headed, blue-eyed and unafraid." I received a note from him recently. Let me read you part of it: "Next Easter Sunday will be my 5th anniversary of being a born again Christian. I'll never forget the great feeling and peace of mind. The sermon of that day put God's arrow through my heart." But you see, that sermon did not cause his new birth. Nor was it caused by his repentance and belief in ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... close watch on me. They liked to taunt me, too. "Hey, Barabbas," they used to say, "Son of the Father! How does it feel to be trapped like a rat?" "Son of the Father!" Did you know that’s what Barabbas means? It may sound like a joke - me, a ... while. Yet, something was working in my favor. When I heard the crowd chanting, "We want Barabbas, we want Barabbas," I was mighty glad to be considered the people’s choice. But later I wondered, had it been a chance of providence? What do you think? I knew how the ...
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Brett Blair
... . In other words, much of the Ten Commandments call upon us to refrain from doing bad. But the call of the Christian life is to do good. So let’s just get it out on the table at the outset of this sermon, the Ten Commandments are not meant to be an end in themselves. Still, having said that, we must also concede that the Commandments are so basic to life that if we disregard them, we court disaster. Look at it this way. Jesus called upon us to go the second mile. But to go the second mile you must ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... well). While Reuben was off, tending to some duties with the sheep, a band of merchants came along, on their way to Egypt. Another of the brothers, Judah, said, "Look, we might as well profit from this. Why don’t we sell him? Then his blood won’t be on our hands." So Joseph was sold to the caravan. Picture Joseph, trudging under a heavy load, on the long trip down into Egypt. There he was sold from the slave block, auctioned off to the highest bidder. His new master was a man named Potiphar, a captain ...
2861. A Streak of Common Sense
Deuteronomy 18:14-22
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Thomas D. Peterson
... he tells us what a true prophet is not, "... when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you need not be afraid of him" (v. 22). Moses confronted the people at a delicate juncture in the life of the tribe. They were between slavery and what was required of them if they were to inherit the promised land. The outrage of slavery had softened in the passage of time, and the ...
Drama
Charles L. Koester
... wrestled with the problem in a dream-like state. Put her away, give her up, have her stoned to death! At that moment a voice began to call my name as through a long, dark tunnel, getting closer and closer. "Joseph ... Joseph, Son of David ... it is all right Joseph ... be calm." And then suddenly, out of the darkness, he emerged ... an angel! And the voice said to me, "I am a messenger sent from God. I am sent to tell you that you must not fear to take Mary for your wife, for that which is conceived in her ...
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George Bass
... wasn’t, was he? You and I know now, from our perspective, what he was doing; but how much of a dent has it made on our thinking? Aren’t there times - particularly during Lent - when we’d like to go back to a system of laws to be obeyed, merit to be gained by making the proper sacrifices to God, rather than to have to depend simply on one Man and what happened to him after he had cleaned out the merchants and the money-changers from the Temple? Then, somehow, we could keep score - and we’d know with ...
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Richard L. Eslinger
... , self-justification always just makes matters worse. The only thing to do, Isaiah insists, is to hand ourselves over to God’s mercy. Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father, we are the clay and thou art our potter. We sinners deserve no more from this potter than to be returned to the earth. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust - and to mud. But listen! What if we gave our misshapened clay back to our potter God? No strings, no conditions, just trusting in the mercy of our Father. The clay of our lives and the clay of ...
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Richard L. Eslinger
... mighty men of battle to accompany him to victory, only twelve disciples who will desert and betray. We hear the promise and expect someone who will "lord it over us." But this one growing in Mary’s womb will say to us that he came to serve and not be served. We hear the promise and expect a patriarch and patriarchy. But the privilege is given to Mary and Mary Magdalene to hear the words, "He is risen." The promise is given, but not as we expected. And, in spite of the signs of the times, the promise still ...
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Richard L. Eslinger
... give. Why is that? Why a new name? Because a biblical people know that when something, or someone, is really changed, you have to change the name as well. What Isaiah is really saying is that in the fullness of time, God’s covenant people will be made new ... and will have to be given a new name. It happens all the time, right in front of our eyes, but we may not see the prophetic nature of the change. The multi-colored wings flex and open and soon it alights like a flying flower. And we don’t exclaim ...
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Richard Patt
... Or maybe as you look out on our weary world and society today, you are prompted to ask, "Who is going to accomplish all the things that seem so impossible in our world today?" In such times Jesus Christ is asking you and me to join with him in being partners in the impossible. To his friend and follower, Philip, Jesus says, "Where can we buy enough food to feed all these people?" An impossible task, indeed! But as we look at this question of Jesus in the Bible this morning, let’s try and take hold of the ...
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... let’s get back to the point I’m making." Mary caught on. The real point is not to deal with the question "How can this be true?" That is an important question, I am sure, but it is not the question with which the Bible is preoccupied in our text. As it ... big risk, is it not? Some people have hurt us deeply. If we let that hurt slip away in an act of forgiveness, won’t that be a sign of weakness that invites people to run over us again and again? It isn’t right to let people off the hook by forgiving ...
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Daniel G. Mueller
... lived up to what God expected. Ultimately, that’s all we have to live up to. What God expected from Jesus was that he would be the Savior of the world. God expected Jesus to do nothing for his own sake but to give up his whole life as a ransom ... " (Matthew 3:15). Let’s do it this way, Jesus said, so that I can accomplish all that you can’t do for God to be pleased with you. And John baptized him. Then the heavens were opened, Mark tells us, the Holy Spirit appeared, and God said, "This is my ...
2870. Enduring
Mark 13:1-31
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Warren Thomas Smith
... Church: "We’ve never done it that way before." My Part What can I do? I look at the world for what it is, see the potential threat to the human race; but then what? Here are some suggestions: I can become informed; I do not need to be a simpleton. I can be responsible, as a voting citizen, as a member of my community. I can express my concern, my views. I can work through my church, for peace and justice. I can join with others of good will to register my commitment to sanity in the affairs of nations. I ...
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Gregory J. Johanson
... the loneliness. Other people have used other symbols to describe similar feelings. One person feels as though he lives in a kind of cave. He comes out occasionally, but when other people approach him, he retreats to the safety of darkness in his cave. His struggle is to be able to leave the cave and live in the world of people. Another person feels that he is always wearing a suit of armor, and only when he is thus protected does he dare to walk among people. He mingles with them, but he is not really with ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
... a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in your hand And Eternity in a hour. Or it can be delightfully expressed as in the Children's Letters To God, this one by Eugene. He says: "Dear God: I didn't think orange went with ... said of this night long ago. King Herod was more anxious and killed all the Judean boys under two just to make sure nothing new would be going on. Even now with hundreds of births occurring every hour we are tempted to say not much is going on, except when it is our own ...
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William G. Carter
... wife is a marriage and family therapist. She thought for a minute and said, “I recommend the sports car. In the long run, it will be cheaper.” So he bought the car. Sometimes we can make changes that help us cope with the turmoil in our lives. We can buy something ... and sharp enough to speak the hurt that belongs to our weary world. It asks if we are ready and open enough for a newness to be given. It asks if we know the name of the Father to whom we belong, of the Lord whom we confess, of the coming one ...
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Robert Leslie Holmes
... he was cheering God and crying out, “Thank you, Lord, for not answering every prayer the way I asked it.” He had recovered from his depression and found a new mission from God in Bethel, Jericho, and the Jordan. Are you waiting for God to answer your prayer? Could it be that God has already sent his answer in a way you have not yet recognized? Don’t sit around waiting. If God wants to tap us for special service, he is more likely to call on us if we’re busy at our daily task than if we’re waiting ...
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David E. Leininger
... Maybe she had had time to wrap a sheet around her as she was led out of the house...maybe not. Paraded down the street, at least partially naked and then finally stopped in front of this wandering preacher. Now, they were asking about whether or not she should be stoned to death. Why she did not faint from the terror of it all, we will never know. Maybe it was the gentleness in the attitude of the preacher as compared to the fierceness of her captors. Maybe it was the fact that he did not want to embarrass ...
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