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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John R. Brokhoff
... kingdom of heaven is also a condition of love. According to Paul, Christian love is the greatest thing in the world, the summum bonum. Here is the pearl of great value. Without love nothing else really counts or matters. A million dollar mansion without love is worth less than a lean-to. Nothing can match the value of having one say to you, "I could not live without you" or "I’d die for you." Do you have any one who says that to you? If you do, you have a taste of the kingdom of heaven. It is a kingdom ...
Drama
Jon Joyce
... PILATE: [Wary, but interested] I told you I’m not interested in your religious problems. They bore me. I don’t care if this carpenter thinks he’s all the gods, Caiaphas. Besides, I cannot sentence a man to death for thinking he’s a god. CAIAPHAS: [Leans toward PILATE, as ANTONIUS pours more wine in both goblets. ANTONIUS refills the goblets at any time the men have drunk from them, throughout the scene] It is true that he will lead a rebellion, in order to become the king of Israel. In our religion ...
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Louis H. Valbracht
... mental giant of the law of the State of Georgia to whom that question was addressed was asked whether he didn’t think that executing a child of fourteen was cutting off what might be a useful and good and productive life. That genius of jurisprudence leaned back in his easy chair and sneered: "Any young man who has committed a dastardly crime has no useful or productive life ahead of him." That’s intelligent, isn’t it? I wonder if that Georgia prosecutor lived such a pure, sinless, and spotless life ...
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Leonard Mann
... " (Psalm 57:4). Most of us know this, and we know it well. We know something of what is meant in Amos 5:19 where it is said that it is "as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him." Wilder was right; we do indeed walk on a thin edge of danger. This fact is most apparent to most of us; sooner or later we can assemble many personal illustrations of the truth of it. Job, in the midst ...
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Bill Bouknight
... get old? Is it humiliating? Should we look forward to it or dread it? Should we apologize for it or brag about it? Do wrinkles hurt? We live in a culture which glorifies youth. Notice the people in the TV commercials---those long, lean, tanned California girls and those rock-hard professional athletes. Seldom do you see an older person unless the advertisement is about dentures or regularity. Senior citizens are rarely contestants on game shows. They are not hired as news broadcasters. Because of negative ...
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Brett Blair
... is to steal and rob. The sheep don’t help the situation much, either. I have heard that if two sheep are grazing together and a wolf comes up beside them and kills the one eating it right there, the other sheep will continue grazing, lean over and say “Pretty good grazing ‘round here.” Not only do they need protection from predators, they need protection from themselves. You have no doubt heard that sheep are some of the dumbest animals in all the animal kingdom. They are creatures of habit: They ...
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Bill Bouknight
... deficient. The pastor asked him to tell a little about himself. His third or fourth sentence began this way: My dad died when I was 10." The pastor stopped him and said, "Tell me about that. What was it like to lose a father at that age?" The young man leaned forward and his eyes filled with tears. He said, "It was devastating. It seemed that every other kid had a dad at the ball field but me. It seemed so unfair." The pastor asked, "Have you ever talked to God about how you felt? Have you ever told God how ...
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James Bjorge
... to redeem the world. God’s heart ached but all he could do was stand by. And he did. Christmas tells me that Jesus came to stand by me all my life ... to steady me and comfort me when my legs begin to buckle and I need a friend to lean on. He said, "Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Matthew 28:20). Christmas also reveals that God not only cares and stands by, but he also identifies with us. Jesus took on human form to be our substitute. Thus he could take my sin ...
Drama
Sarah Walton Miller
... brother has been made an older sister to show the story’s adaptability. Simple staging: four stools or chairs, so arranged that there is the illusion of isolation, each from the others. Always use any available levels. Actors, use your stools: stand by, sit or lean on them at will. Avoid eye contact with the other players. Freeze when not speaking. Characters are the FATHER, MOTHER, daughter ELIZABETH in her early thirties, and RONNIE the nearly 19-year-old son. You may wish to age-cast this skit. By all ...
Drama
Jerome W. Nilssen
... we had recently about a new metropolitan airport for your state? I thought you might be interested in knowing that there’s quite a bit of land available in Airdale County. Three and a quarter an acre. You might have some friends who’d like to speculate. (JAREL leans over, tries to listen) I’ll give you a ring tomorrow night. It could be a real public service, you know, if the right people were advised. Anyway, I’ll let you take it from there. (He starts to hang up, but JAREL takes the phone from him ...
336. Chapter III
Exodus 20:1-21
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Frank H. Seilhamer
... while I was studying for the ministry. I had gone out to preach in a suburban congregation during Lent, and in keeping with the season was preaching on the crucifixion of Jesus. At one point I got carried away by my own rhetoric, and in trying to make my point, leaned out of the pulpit and fairly shouted, "And Jesus Christ died for you!" As I said that a little girl, sitting up in one of the front pews, sat bolt upright, shot her hand up to her mouth, gasped, and turned and looked up at her mother. From the ...
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Brett Blair
... meeting with a bunch of prostitutes in a diner in Honolulu at 3:30 in the morning. But I prayed. I prayed for Agnes. I prayed for her salvation. I prayed that her life would be changed, and that God would be good to her. And when I finished, Harry leaned over, and with a trace of hostility in his voice he said, "Hey, you never told me you were a preacher. What kind of preacher are you anyway? What church do you belong to?" In one of those moments when just the right words came, I answered him quietly, "I ...
Bulletin Aid
James Wilson
... are, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have experienced the hard times in life and complained rather than sought what You would have us to learn through them. Too often we have been quick to protest and give up hope instead of leaning on our faith and turning to Your leadership. Forgive us, Lord, and give us the courage to proclaim Your Lordship and trust You always. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "My Hope Is Built" "O How I Love Jesus" "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross"
339. Security for Believers
Romans 8:28-39, Romans 8:18-27
Bulletin Aid
James Wilson
... victory. Help us to know that in Your Almighty Hand we are secure for all eternity. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O Lord, often when life becomes so stressed we can hardly stand it, we tend to forget that You are God and we need only to lean on our faith and trust You. Forgive us, Lord, for You have given us Your word that if we will only have faith You will turn whatever comes ultimately into good. Help us to have faith, God, and help our unbelief. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "All Hail ...
340. Fear
Matthew 14:22-36
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Brett Blair
... is with us. That is our great salvation and hope. I want you to know that God cares if you are immobilized by some fear in your life. But there comes a time when, like everything else, you must place your fear at the Foot of the cross and then lean back into the arms of an ever loving and gracious God. Then we too can echo the words of the old hymn: God will take care of you; he will take care of you.
341. Forgiveness
Luke 23:26-43
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Burton F. Blair
... in the book is a priest by the name of Father Zossima. On an occasion, a peasant woman comes to Father Zossima greatly burdened. On her knees, bowed before the priest, she pours out her heart. "I have sinned, Father," she says. "I am afraid of my sin." Leaning close to the priest, she tells the rest of her story. She relates the nature of her sin. She was now a widow of three years. She had been married to an older man, who had been very cruel to her. In her confession to Father Zossima, she laments ...
342. Reconciliation
Luke 23:26-43
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Burton F. Blair
... the penance. This young man made his way into the chapel, stood before the crucifix, looked up into the face of Christ and began, "All this you did for me and I ... I ... I don’t ... I don’t give a ...." At this point in the story, the archbishop leaned over the pulpit and said, "That young man was this man who stands before you to preach." That’s the miracle of the cross. When we begin to understand the love on the cross, we want to change our relationship with God. We cannot remain the same, anymore ...
343. Great Is Your Faith
Matthew 15:21-28
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Brett Blair
... the words of his great hymn: O for a faith that will not shrink tho pressed by many a foe, that will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe that will not murmur nor complain beneath the chastening rod but in the hour of grief or pain will lean upon its God. Amen.
Sermon
Donald Macleod
... his message was for the "noble and good." His theory of the ideal State was good, but in his opinion it could be created only by cultured, refined, well-bred people. He had little use for the poor, the ignorant and the sinful. Indeed Judaism, too, leaned in a similar direction. It worked well with the morally righteous but not with the broken, outcast, publicans and sinners. It is interesting to note that Isaiah, in discussing the mission of the servant, said it was directed to the "weary" (v. 4). And isn ...
345. In The Beginning
Genesis 1:1-2:3
Sermon
Robert Allen
... forest’s ferny floor; And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the traveler’s head: And he smote upon the door again a second time; "Is anybody there?" he said. But no one descended to the traveler, No head from the leaf-fringed sill Leaned over and looked into his gray eyes, Where he stood perplexed and still. Is anybody there? This is one of the long, agonizing questions of the ages when people have looked to the heavens and wondered about God. Thousands and thousands of people have stood in the ...
346. Rules For Living
Exodus 20:1-21
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Robert Allen
... into a beautiful fairy princess right before the little girl. "For your kindness," the fairy told the little girl, "I will grant you your fondest wish." The little girl thought for a moment and replied, "I want to be happy." The fairy princess smiled and leaned over and whispered something into the girl’s ear. Then, the fairy princess vanished into thin air. But, as the girl grew older, there was no one in the kingdom who was happier than she. Whenever anyone asked her for the secret of her happiness ...
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Robert Allen
... and had the appearance of one who felt worthless and hopeless. Then, someone called his name and he stopped and turned toward the sound. The one who called his name was a nurse’s aide and she was pushing a cart with crushed ice and water. He leaned against the wall and waited until she caught up with him. When she was standing beside him, a mumbled conversation took place. Disbelief registered on the old man’s face, then joy flashed as he smiled. Then he registered a look of determination as he set out ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... ’ two small children, Jim and Scout. They have sneaked into the courtroom. Finally, Atticus Finch is ready to leave the courtroom. As he pushes open the swinging gate, every person in the balcony quietly stands - except for his youngest child. The old black preacher leans over and says, "Stand up, Scout. Your father’s passin’." Atticus Finch had failed! Atticus Finch had come up short in his efforts to win the freedom of an innocent man. But, every person in that balcony had a deep respect for Atticus ...
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Robert Allen
... best of us. We all have those moments when we feel like we are facing the central tests of life. A few years ago, I was in New York City on Sunday and went to Riverside Church to hear William Sloan Coffin preach. When he walked into that pulpit, he leaned over it and said, "Here we are again to talk about what is really going on in your soul and mine." Well, we are talking about what is going on in your soul and mine. We all face tests in life, and we all have a deep desire to be ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... that way? Have you ever been miserable about the burden of your sinful weakness and said with me, "Who will deliver me?" Then let me share some good news with you. The more that I became aware of my sins and failures, the more I realized that I had to lean completely on God’s grace in Jesus Christ. His Word assured me that he had died for my sins. But to help me even more, the Lord Jesus had another way of reaching me with his grace. It’s there for you, too. It’s in that blessed meal, that ...
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