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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Brett Blair
... a fellow servant who owed him 100 denarii, a very small sum of money, and demanded payment. He pleaded for extra time, an extension, but the man would not hear of it and he had him thrown into jail. This story got back to the king who went into a rage. He called in the forgiven servant and said that because of his conduct, he was now to be thrown into jail. His original debt was reinstated. Now the question is, what was Jesus attempting to say to Simon Peter? Through this parable Jesus says Peter you can be ...
377. Faith and Power
Mark 4:35-41
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Larry Powell
Mark 4:37-41 is one of the many passages in the Bible which has been set to music. "Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o’er shadowed with blackness ..." You recognize it. From childhood, we have sung the words to "Peace Be Still" and have loved to lift the refrain which concludes, "they all shall sweetly obey thy will ..." Two primary elements are underscored in both ...
378. Beyond Ambiguity
Isaiah 42:1-9
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Larry Powell
... ," and in the remarkable economy of God, the wounds and bruises resulted in inclusive wholeness and healing. Unfortunately, there are those who have not embraced the vicarious suffering Christ as relevant for their own cases. Even on Christmas day, combat raged in eastern El Salvador between government troops and leftist rebels. A Roman Catholic priest claims that nearly 7,000 persons died in "blind violence" in the country during the past year. We will not dwell upon world violence and political unrest ...
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Gordon Pratt Baker
... the safety of both at stake, but God’s honor is also; and that the Lord will not besmirch. Nations rising to assault Israel, therefore, are only plotting their own destruction. No threatening tyrant, no pagan power, can hope to match the Lord’s might. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. (Psalm 46:6, 7) A Transforming God God is not bent purely on destroying his foes. Rather, God’s intent is to break ...
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Robert Allen
... of many each year. But, the use of drugs is only the tip of the iceberg. There are so many other sins which have an impact on our world. The industrialization which pollutes our water and destroys the ozone layer of our atmosphere ... the hundred little wars which rage around the world ... the existence of the homeless who live on our streets and exist from day to day, and the litany could go on and on. Whether we read the Bible or not, sin is the most realistic fact in our world. Sin is real, and every ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... even come out of his house. He sent out an intermediary with the prescription for Naaman, which was to dip seven times into the Jordan River. In his anger borne of some arrogance Naaman was, as the saying goes, fit to be tied, and he turned away in a rage. Of all the mighty rivers he could have washed in, why the Jordan? You might wonder that, too, if you have ever seen the Jordan. While in rainy times it may flow a pretty good stream, it is not the "mighty Jordan" that a songwriter imagined, or that Sunday ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... fought for health and life, but inexorably it began to go from him. But not his real life, the profound inner life. Mr. Clapp attended a meeting for the terminally ill, where the participants were encouraged to vent their anger. When his turn came, he offered no rage, only gratitude for his faith that he could face whatever lay ahead in Christ. Only a few nights before his death, his weakness was so great that it made his son Rodney curse the unfairness of it all; but Mr. Clapp appealed, "Now son, don’t ...
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Thomas Long
... for God are so great, there is always the temptation to transform waiting for God into something else, something less. There are some who would change waiting for God into passivity. "It is God for whom we wait," they say, "so nothing can be done until God comes. Nation will rage against nation, and there is nothing we can do about it. We must wait for God to bring us peace. The poor we will always have with us, and it is God who will take care of them. We live in an evil and unjust world, sad, but true ...
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Richard A. Jensen
... . In righteous anger Jesus put an end to the whole commercial enterprise. He cleansed the temple of its commercial practices. "... you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade," he shouted. Needless to say, the Jewish religious authorities went into a rage of their own. "What sign have you to show us for doing this?" they demanded. That is typical. The first century Jews always wanted a sign. Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said ...
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James W. Robinson
Events were chasing each other like chips in the churning rapids of a racing river. Jesus was helpless in the raging "current of events." He could scarcely keep his head above water. He was doomed to perish in cascading falls that crashed a short distance downstream. Or so it seemed to both bitter foe and disillusioned friend. The Last Supper, the agony in Gethsemane, the betrayal and arrest, and the trial ...
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Brett Blair
There's a true story that comes form the sinking of the Titanic. A frightened woman found her place in a lifeboat that was about to be lowered into the raging North Atlantic. She suddenly thought of something she needed, so she asked permission to return to her stateroom before they cast off. She was granted three minutes or they would leave without her. She ran across the deck that was already slanted at a dangerous angle. She raced through the ...
387. I Affirm
Acts 27:13-26
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... Rome which was his right as a citizen. Escorted by heavy guard, he was taken from Palestine, and is on his way toward Rome and his eventual death there. It is aboard the ship that is crossing the Mediterranean Sea in a stormy period of the year that this raging wind comes which is the source of the story. They were tossed day after day by the wild storms. They threw out the cargo. They lightened the ship by throwing out its gear, its sails. They ran before the wind. At last it seemed there was no possible ...
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Charles L. Koester
... are all there. We experience them with frequency. Make no mistake, God’s people. The moment you step into God’s marvelous light in Christ Jesus, you are in for the battle of your life! Why? Because in darkness, you were lost to God. Now, the battle rages because there is One active in this world who would wrestle you away from God and his marvelous light of life. This One, Devil, if you will, hits you below the belt, when and where you least expect him, in your most vulnerable places, amidst your fears ...
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Charles L. Koester
... was turning to a slow burn, and finally erupted into a forest fire. I yelled at him, "Buster, get off your horn and blow your nose, you’ll get more out of it!" More choice language came from him as our groceries were being loaded. The fires were still raging, but the small voice kept telling me, "Love thy neighbor, don’t blow your cool." Then he let me have it again, this time with the Lord’s Name. The love affair with my neighbor was over. I went back to his car, while his groceries were being loaded ...
390. Why Christmas?
Isaiah 8:11-22
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Theodore L. Yewey
... creeps into our very souls. And we must ask, "Is that darkness any different from that described by the prophet Isaiah many centuries past?" Consider this paraphrase of his description: And the people pass through the land pushed, shoved, distressed, unsatisfied, and empty. In a rage we curse and lash out at everyone and everything. But wherever we turn there is to be found only more distress and deep darkness. We live in the gloom of a wasteland inhabited by empty people. (See Isaiah 8:21, 22) It is not ...
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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II
... a new peace and a new joy flowed into his heart and mind. He knew as never before the words of the Lord: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you ..." Our Father, thank you for your peace. We praise you that while the storms of life rage and the winds howl, we can have inward calmness. Help us always to remember that you are always behind the dark clouds. Let us walk not only in courage, but in confidence that with you we are never alone. Give us that peace which passes all human understanding. In ...
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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II
... When I arrived, the air was blue as they condemned God, mocked his church, and bad-mouthed those who believed. They called out every foul name in the book of verbal garbage, and by any human standards I was a fool to stay, an innocent victim of their uncontrollable rage. But God gives patience, and their words affected me no more than raindrops on a wet window. When they had unwound, I calmly said, "I have been in your shoes. I have known what it was to carry an only son for two hours in a hospital room and ...
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Brett Blair
... were Methodist, and some others, we had been sprinkled, but we knew water." You and I know the water. All of God's children know the water. We share by our faith this common symbol, this initiation, this rite, this power of God over the deep and often raging chaos of life. We know water! All over the world Baptism unites us. It also brings us back to the basics. Perhaps in our lifetime the most public statement of repentance was that of President Bill Clinton's. The one he made before a Prayer Breakfast on ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
... 's Baby and The Exorcist which drew record crowds. Jesus took the demonic seriously, as do some present-day psychoanalysts. Rollo May says, "The demonic is any natural function which has the power to take over the whole person. Sex and eros, anger and rage, and the craving for power are examples." Today we sometimes would call demon possession by the word "psychosis." "The demonic," says Dr. May, "becomes evil when it usurps the total self without regard to the integration of that self" (Love and Will, p ...
395. God’s Choice
1 Samuel 16:1-13
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Roger Prescott
... Samuel listened to God speaking to him and followed his strange guidance in selecting a replacement for Saul. Samuel knew that Saul would not agree to giving up his power. In fact, Saul could probably be counted on to throw one of his famous fits and fly into a murderous rage. So the anointing would have to be in secret. And so it was. The symbolic act only marked out the man who was to be king; he did not become king immediately. 1. It’s God’s Choice From start to finish the man who would in due course ...
Drama
Michael L. Sherer
... it. As for me, now that I’ve had some time to think, I have to tell you, there was more to entering the monastery for me than simply being rescued from a lightning bolt. The lightning simply brought it to a head. You see, Karl, there’s a war raging inside of me. I feel as though God doesn’t like me very much. I don’t blame anyone except myself - I know I’m just a stinking bag of worms where he’s concerned. I’m so far from perfection, it’s a wonder he takes time for me ...
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James W. Moore
... it. And yet deep within us, there is an incredible kindred spirit, an amazing alikeness, that comes from being brothers and sisters in God’s family. There has been a lot of talk about economics in this war. “Is it over aggression or is it over oil?” the debate rages. But this morning, let me invite you to think about the economics of it all in another way. Dream with me for a moment. If we in this world could somehow learn how to get along, just think what we could do. If we didn’t have to spend so ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... . At such a time the retina is distorted by an abnormal blood flow. "I’m so mad I can’t see straight" actually makes sense! Within our bodies vital organs sit in judgment upon our moods and tempers. Hate pumps up our blood pressure. Rage is indigestible. I’ve tried it and I know. Brain, heart, blood pressure, digestive system form a jury that quickly condemns our blighting bitterness and our consuming resentments. Even tissue changes take place. For these reasons some doctors say that it is not pills ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... begins, therefore, with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all." Cousins insists that pain is not always an indication of poor health, but that "most frequently, it is the result of tension, stress, worry, idleness, boredom, frustration, suppressed rage," and destructive habits. "If [people] can be programmed to die, they can be programmed to live." Jesus always emphasized the necessity of faith: "O, ye of little faith!" "When the Son of Man comes will he find faith on earth?" "If you ...
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Brett Blair
... fact he insists we follow these admonitions. Here is an abbreviated version: Put off your old self. Put off falsehood. Do not let the sun go down in your anger. He who is stealing must steal no longer. No unwholesome talk. Get rid of bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander, and malice. There should be no hint of sexual immorality, impurity, or greed. No obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse jesting. Now, as a preacher, I have heard it said on many occasions, that the church no longer talks about sin. So let ...
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