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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301. Forgive One Another
Ephesians 4:26, 32
Children's Sermon
... sun go down on your anger ... forgive one another. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you can tell time? (Response) Can anyone tell me what time it is on this clock? (Response) It's about (time), which for some of you could be the time you go to bed at night. I brought this clock with me because it reminds me of this morning's lesson. The lesson tells us to not let the sun go down if we are angry with someone. It also tells us to forgive one another. I want to tell you a story about ...
302. If I Live To Be A Hundred
Psalm 30:4-5
Illustration
John E. Sumwalt
... the semi-darkness of his nursing home room performing the only two activities of which he still considered himself capable: watching and waiting. Although his eyesight was dim, he could still make out the steady brightening of the light of dawn through the window next to his bed. And although his hearing was too far gone to catch the rumble of the medicine cart, as it worked its way up the hall toward his room, he could sense that the time for his morning pills was near. He waited for the nurse to push open ...
Sermon
Lee Griess
... the team's curfew. Over the years he'd gotten it all down to a science. He'd pile certain things up under the blankets of the bed to make it appear that he was asleep when the coach checked curfew. And it worked fairly well until one evening when he was in a hurry ... from him. Paul eventually pulled through the crisis, but, while he was still sick, one morning the family found Sammy asleep in bed with Paul, the two of them breathing into each other's faces. And sure enough, Sammy caught the disease. The fever ...
Sermon
Larry R. Kalajainen
... four years old, his parents were away and he was sleeping at Great-grandma's house. He remembers waking up frightened in the middle of the night because it was dark and he could hear voices. But he discovered it was Gram, down on her knees beside the bed praying fervently for some missionary that her church supported. In the morning, she told him that God had awakened her from sleep and told her to pray for such and such a missionary. And she said that this happened very often. When he asked how God spoke ...
Eulogy
Anna M. Ritter
... into a boat, Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." And behold, some ... may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins," -- and he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority ...
306. Where You Do Not Wish To Go
John 21:18
Illustration
John E. Sumwalt
... the beginning of their special friendship. From then on Kevin sat beside her every Sunday that she was able to go to church. Wilma lived just three years from the time her AIDS was diagnosed -- and much of the last few months of her life she was in bed at home or in the hospital, too weak to move around on her own. During that time her family members and several volunteers, organized by Kevin, took care of all of her bodily needs. They bathed and fed her and helped her with her toilet, changing her diapers ...
307. The Lost Dog
Luke 15:1-32
Illustration
John E. Sumwalt
... . They were constant companions, going everywhere and doing everything together. Every night the dog slept at the foot of the old man's bed. Then one day the dog disappeared. He was playing in the yard one moment, and the next thing the old man knew he ... they said: hit by a car, no doubt, and crawled off by himself to die. Still the old man would not give up hope. Every night, before bed, he went out on the porch and called out the dog's name at the top of his voice. This went on for several months. The ...
308. But God Can
Luke 7:11-17
Sermon
Larry Powell
... about how devastated she was when, following a routine physical examination, she was informed that she had tuberculosis. She was not mentally prepared for that. No one ever is. She was ordered to bed 24 hours a day indefinitely. Fifteen months later, she had gained 15 pounds. After a year and a half in bed, there was no noticeable progress. It was at this point that tormenting thoughts began innundating her mind. Had she committed some unforgivable sin at sometime in her life? Had she wronged someone and ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... a campfire? (Let them answer.) Having a campfire is a beautiful way to end the day. Everyone who is camping has finished playing and doing the chores and is just getting ready to rest before going to bed. The stars are out and the woods are filled with the noises of animals and birds and insects that are getting ready to go to bed. Pretend with me that we are getting all ready to have a campfire. I have the wood all stacked and some paper and matches to get it started. How many of you are ready to watch the ...
310. For The Love Of What?
Psalm 137:1-9, John 2:12-25
Sermon
Erskine White
... girls, but there in Seventeen was a full-page ad showing two young people, a boy and a girl lying in bed, dressed only in the scantiest underwear and they were selling wristwatches, of all things! Then you can turn on the television ... women, or "Bosom Buddies," where men dress up as women. Then you can watch "Who's the Boss" and see an unmarried couple jump into bed together. And later on in the evening, you can watch "Dallas" or "Dynasty" or any of the other soap operas, where greed and adultery are ...
311. Forgive One Another
Ephesians 4:26, 27
Children's Sermon
... ) ... forgive one another (v. 32) Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you can tell time? (Let them answer.) Can anyone tell me what time it is on this clock? (Let them answer.) It's about (time), which for some of you could be the time you go to bed at night. I brought this clock with me because it reminds me of this morning's lesson. The lesson tells us to not let the sun go down if we are angry with someone. It also tells us to forgive one another. I want to tell you a story about ...
Children's Sermon
Object: a bed pillow Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you went somewhere over the Christmas holidays overnight, or are visiting someone's house ... stable in Bethelehem. What kind of different things were in that stable? (Let them name as many things that were different. Some of them might be in the following conversation.) There were no beds, the smell of the animals, the hay and a new baby. I know that I would be really glad to get home after such a busy Christmas vacation. Our verse says that after ...
Sermon
John M. Braaten
... tell you the story of the chair. Years ago I told a friend that when I prayed at night I frequently fell asleep right in the middle, or I just couldn't concentrate on what I was praying about. So this friend suggested that I put a chair by my bed and imagine that Jesus was sitting there because, you know, he's promised to be with us. So, I started doing that and, you know, it made a big difference. Sometimes I even think I see him sitting there." After having communion with the man, the pastor left. Later ...
Sermon
John M. Braaten
... that radium stuff had just burned him to pieces. They put in a tube so he could breathe but he couldn’t speak. I looked around the room. In the windows, on the tables, flowers - cut flowers and potted plants - even that table that they swing out over your bed to put food on had flowers on it. He couldn’t eat. I looked at the little cards sprinkled in all the flowers and almost every one of them - men’s group, women’s fellowship, pastor, others at church, nearly every one of them, the flowers and the ...
Sermon
Keith Hammer
... ’s alarm clock is screaming its high-pitched, pulsating sounds across the room. Terry, barely opening his eyes, checks his clock. That’s it, 6:15. Terry would like to sleep another half hour, but he knows he has a busy day ahead of him. He tears himself out of bed and lunges across the room to turn off the alarm. What day is it? It’s Tuesday. And today? Today is the day Terry has been “unliving” his life for for the past two years. His stomach turns over and begins to churn. Terry heads back for ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... an empty dish....Then if their tombstone, when they die,(Doesn't) flatter and lie,There's nothing better will be saidThan that "They've eat up all their bread,Drunk up their drink, and gone to bed." As I say, it's a haunting poem. We can indeed release all our energy eating our bread, drinking our drink, and going to bed. It's indeed possible to spend the energy of our lives loving only what we can use, worshipping only what we have bought, and believing only what we can see. And frankly, that's a waste, a ...
Sermon
Robert Beringer
... their little son. In a moment of inspiration she said, "Well, the Bible says we are all made from dust ... dust thou art unto dust returneth." The little boy seemed satisfied until he went up to his room and looked under his bed. "Mommy, come quick," he shouted. "There are lots of babies under my bed and I can't tell if they are coming or going!" Not all new understanding in the form of light is easy to grasp, but in the coming of Jesus Christ, the world was given a whole new understanding of the love ...
Eulogy
William Luoma
... Your room is ready, and as soon as you wash up, come on down and have something to eat; supper is just about ready." Those things make me think of Jesus' words, "I go to prepare a place for you." Someone said that K_ recently planted flowers in the bed by the house. This summer, when you see those flowers, it will be a symbol of something beautiful that she has left with you. When Jesus talks about preparing a place, he is talking about heaven. He is saying that this place on earth is not ours forever. We ...
Drama
J. B. Quisenberry
... tired, and in desperate need of a place to stay. The streets were clogged with people. Vainly, they went from inn to inn in search of a bed and a meal. Mary kept up a good front, but Joseph could see the strain in her eyes. She was due to have the baby any day ... place to stay. I wonder if Caesar knew what a big favor he did for us inn keepers. We had people sleeping three and four to a bed! All of them paid full price, too! I don't know if I saw Mary and Joseph from Nazareth or not. There were so many people ...
320. Reality Check
Matthew 17:1-13
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... elderly woman who has just given her life to the church, is in the hospital. She’s so weak she can’t even get up out of bed, and the doctors don’t hold much hope for her recovery. Would he go up and visit? Well, of course he will and he does. All ... the end of the prayer, the woman says, "You know, I think it worked! I think I’m healed!" And she gets out of the bed and begins to run up and down the hallway of the hospital, shouting, "Praise God! I’m healed! Praise God! I’m healed!" Meanwhile, the ...
Sermon
Wallace H. Kirby
... or Don Lee or some other camping spot. The sound of water is a very distinctive sound. Have you ever settled in a warm bed, and just as you were about to drift off to sleep, heard the unmistakable sound of water dripping from a faucet? The more you try to ignore ... it, the louder it becomes. There is only one thing to do: get out of the warm bed and give the tap a hard twist. If you are riding along in your automobile with the radio on, you are aware that sound effects are ...
Sermon
John R. Brokhoff
... himself ..." For him to be king, he must come first in your life. The self can come into Jesus' way that we do not see him. A mother and small daughter spent the night at a friend's home. Over the bed was a head of Christ and on the opposite wall was a mirror. When she was in bed, the child could see the picture of Christ through the mirror. This aroused her curiosity. She got up to get a better look in the mirror, but she saw only herself. She said, "Look, Mommy! When I see myself, I can't ...
323. The Household Leader
Deuteronomy 6:1-25
Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... The dying man simply replied, "Go look in the wagon." When the friend looked in the wagon, he saw a little boy and girl asleep on a bed of straw. No one would ever say that the sacrifice he made was too great. I'll bet there is not a father here today who ... books to read to you;... what TV programs you may watch, or games you may play;... what time you should go to bed. Parents usually give some instructions to the babysitter because there are certain important things they want to be sure are done for you. ...
324. Rest
Matthew 11:25-30
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... down. Let them rest for a few seconds. Ring, ring, ring. Look at your watch. Well, good morning it’s 7:00 and time to get up. Ok, everyone get up. Imitate the motions for them. Let’s Stretch. Everybody stretch. (stretching motion) Make your bed. Everybody make your bed. (response) 7:20 Pick up the room. (response) 7:30 time to eat breakfast. (response) 7:40 time to get dressed. Put on your shirt, pants, socks, shoes. Tie you shoes. (response) We’re going to be late. Gotta’ run and catch the bus. Let ...
325. What Time is It?
1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... in the morning? (response) What time do we eat lunch? (response) A joke about the length of the sermon would be appropriate to evoke laughter from the congregation. Let’s see, what time do we eat supper? (response) Well, what time do we go to bed? (response) Now here’s the big question. Jesus told His disciples that one day He would come again and bring His kingdom to earth. The question is . . . what time will Jesus come again? (Let the children think for a moment and let them respond) Application: The ...
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