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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Sermon
Louis H. Valbracht
... ’s growing on the end of your leg, so it must be your foot!" These - if you haven’t already guessed - are Exedrin Headaches No. 39 and No. 45. There are thousands of them. They all end up with somebody taking a couple of tablets. But, no matter how many extra ingredients Exedrin has, they never solve the problem. In the face of all this, do we ever stop to ask the real reason for the race? The goal? The price? Or if there is one at all? Most of us just keep racing. We ask no questions. We are the ...
402. Chapter VII
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... "covenant of fidelity." In some school systems classes in sex education are taught as though sexual relations had no more moral value attached to them than the putting together of two pieces of steak. And here and there, parents are beginning to feel that pre-marital, or extra-marital, sex is not wrong in itself. It is getting pregnant that is the sin. An experience I had this past year made the point clear to me. It took place in the social room of a large church in which I was serving as a guest preacher ...
403. Chapter IX
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... imputing to them bad motives behind what they do or say. To do that is a tough thing these days, for we are living in a cynical age which says that everyone has an angle. If a fellow shows interest in the firm where he works and invests a little extra effort, then we know that all he is doing is polishing the manager’s apple. If a person is overly active in community affairs, then surely he is bucking for an office, or is out for praise. If a person gives a large financial gift to a college or church ...
404. A Reason to Hope
Lamentations 3:1-66
Sermon
Michael J. Anton
... child. His hometown had been levelled to its very foundations. Jerusalem the golden had become Jerusalem the destroyed. The year was 586 B.C. and the enemy was Babylon, and the result was the total wipeout of the city of God. The poet needed little extra incentive to pen his lines of hopelessness. All around him rose the stench of death. The ashes of the city smoldered before his eyes. His own people were herded together for the long trek to political captivity. Darkness was all he could see. He strained ...
405. CENSUS TAKER
Exodus 30:12; Numbers 1:1
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... could be recognized as being very important in determining living standards, educational backgrounds, and many other facts about American citizens which the government needs to know to enable us to live "the good life." At the lime, we also heard much about the extra time that was being put in by census takers and other employees of the Bureau of Statistics, and, cynics that most of us are, perhaps we said, with a shrug, "Well, that’s tough. So they’re collecting overtime, aren’t they!" But ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... of our surplus in kingdom commodities. Our founder John Wesley heeded this admonition. When he was a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, he received an annual salary of 30 pounds. He figured he could live on 28 pounds, including a tithe of 2.8 pounds. Therefore, he had an extra two pounds to invest for the Kingdom. The next year he earned 60 pounds. But he still lived on 28 and gave away 42. The next year he earned 120 pounds. He still lived on 28 and gave away 92. If Christians of America were to live by ...
407. No Retaliation
Matthew 5:38-42
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... his baggage, but not for not more than one mile. It was this principle which allowed the Romans to force Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross of Jesus. The Jews hated that law with a passion. Jesus had the unmitigated gall to ask them to go an extra mile with those hated Romans. Can you imagine the groans that were heard when Jesus first offered this guidance? The principle is this: When you respond to an onerous duty with cheerfulness rather than resentment, you may win over the one who gave you the duty. If ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... student at the University of Memphis? What if I entered into a tutoring relationship with a child in a public school? What if we donated one precious Saturday per month to the church's housing ministry or to the Salvation Army? What if I gave an extra hour on Sundays to expressing hospitality by working in the church's parking lots? What if I worked in the kitchen during an Emmaus weekend? What if I gave one evening per week telephoning a few shut-ins? What if I took this humble servanthood seriously ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... the final examination in a college calculus course. Now, I know that would not panic many of you. But I have only four math circuits in my brain, and they are neatly labeled addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. I don't have an extra circuit for calculus. Therefore, when confronted by calculus, my mental computer starts flashing red lights and an inner voice says, "Run for your life; you're in deep trouble." Excessive fear is caused when our source of security is not strong enough to sustain ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... that warning label on cigarette packages; it won't happen to you." The Evil One whispers, "Some people are dumb enough to pay all taxes due, but you are way too smart for that, and no one will ever find out." "Some people get caught having a little extra-marital fling, but if one is really shrewd, no one will ever know." The devil is an ingenious salesman. Just as he once enticed Adam and Eve with forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, he still entices us. Seldom does the devil challenge us to openly defy ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... sounded an alarm.” When prosperous people like us show callous disregard for the poverty stricken, violence-plagued children of the Memphis housing projects, God’s wrath will be experienced. When a parent neglects a child in his growing years, rationalizing that the extra time on the job buys the family lots of goodies, that parent will experience God’s wrath later. When a person postpones a decision to receive Christ as Savior and Lord, then tries to fill the spiritual vacuum with alcohol or drugs ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... of our Methodist founder, John Wesley. It was a bitterly cold day but she was wearing just a thin linen gown. She was shivering and her teeth were chattering. Wesley gave her what little money he had. Later he looked around his room and saw his extra clothes and fashionable wig. He cried out, "0 Lord, have these been bought with the blood of the poor?" If we die with lots of money in investments, leaving huge amounts to children who don't really need it, while people in Memphis are homeless, hungry, and ...
413. Great Is Your Faith
Matthew 15:21-28
Sermon
Brett Blair
... mercy, in no position to make demands, we go to God in faith. The woman said to Jesus: Sir, even the dogs eat the scraps from the master's table. She was saying in effect: Sir, I admit that I have no claim upon you, but there must be some extra grace that you have that I would be deserving of. Jesus replied to her: Woman, what great faith you have. Be it as you wish. From that moment her daughter was restored to health. The greatness of this woman's faith consists in: 1. Her willingness to cross the barrier ...
Drama
Denny C. Wise
... goblet. This is called the Goblet of Elijah. Jewish tradition held that the Prophet Elijah would return to foretell the Messiah’s appearing. Until that time, it was not to be touched. Even to this day, in Jewish households, the door is left ajar and an extra place at the table set just in case the chosen one might appear among them during the Passover. So the people chant, "We await the coming of the Prophet Elijah. May he appear bringing the Messiah with him!" Choir: "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" (1st ...
415. The Upper Room
John 13:1-17, John 13:18-30
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... with his disciples and told them that he had made a reservation for them to celebrate the Passover meal at a guest house in Jerusalem. A guest house was usually an upstairs room that people kept for special friends. Many homes still have a guest room that is kept extra nice for friends who visit from out of town. We don’t know who invited Jesus to use their home on this special occasion, but we do know that Jesus must have really appreciated it. The picture that you are looking at is not the same one that ...
416. Forgive Us Our Debts - Sermon Starter
Matthew 18:21-35
Illustration
Brett Blair
... and his wife and children sold into slavery. In response to the man's pathetic pleadings, however, he forgave him the entire debt. Whereupon that forgiven servant went to 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 ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... his wife and children sold into slavery. In response to the man’s pathetic pleadings, however, he forgave him the entire debt. Whereupon that forgiven servant went to 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 ...
418. Tearing the Roof Off
Mark 2:1-12
Illustration
Larry Powell
... from the house when they saw such a crowd, thinking "we’ll come again later." But no, they pushed their way through the crowd with the paralytic, climbed to the roof and made up their minds to get inside. They loved their friend enough to go to some extra effort, and they had absolute faith that the man inside could heal him. I hope I have a few friends like that. The paralytic owed a great deal of his recovery to his friends. What a combination: loving friends, persistent faith, and the touch of Christ!
Sermon
Robert Allen
... , she raised her two children and sent them to college. She died a couple of years ago at 94 years of age. About thirty minutes after her last piano lesson of the day, a sudden heart attack claimed her life. She was an ordinary lady, who made an extra-ordinary discovery. She discovered a comfort, she discovered a peace, she discovered a strength, when she cried out to God from the darkness of her soul. III. Prayer affirms that we are not alone. Prayer affirms the fact that even when we are alone, we are not ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... sleep through its buzzing. One morning during the Christmas holidays, a blue northerner moved through. The wind was blowing and there was a cold drizzle. Do you know how cold and wet and miserable one can get riding on a bicycle? Even though I was bundled up with extra layers of clothes, I can still remember being so cold that my teeth were chattering. Once I got the papers folded and loaded on my bicycle, my father pulled up in our ‘57 Chevrolet. He said, "Son, it is too cold and wet for you to ride your ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... 10,000 people gathered on the hillside to watch the dramatic re-enactment of the last week in the life of Jesus. When they came to that part of the play where Jesus was led away to be crucified, one little man who was simply filling in as an extra as a part of the crowd, became caught up in the emotion of the part, he joined in on the shouts of "Crucify!" ... "Crucify!" ... "Crucify!" As Jesus was being led away toward Calvary, carrying the Cross on his back, he walked past this little man in the crowd, who ...
Sermon
Erskine White
... ’s face when her labor was done. He was recalling with a warm smile the beautiful star and the simple faith of those who saw the baby that night. The choir of angels which sang to the shepherds in the field had never sounded better. ("Those extra rehearsals really paid off," Gabriel thought to himself.) God was in His heaven, Jesus Christ was born, Gabriel’s suitcase was unpacked after his journey to earth, and all seemed right with the world. Along came Hector. "Can we talk?" he asked. Gabriel wasn’t ...
Sermon
Erskine White
... that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born among us, but also that our lives are profoundly changed because of His birth. Think of how the birth of our own children changes our lives. For example, you give up forever the idea of having any extra money to save or spend. Phrases like "getting a good night’s sleep" are permanently stricken from your vocabulary. Your formerly tidy house becomes a two-story toy box, and your formerly healthy body becomes a depository for every flu and virus that runs through ...
424. Break Through
2 Samuel 7:1-17
Sermon
Frederick C. Edwards
... trusting and willing servants, a young woman whose name is Mary. She is bethrothed to a man named Joseph, who just happened to be part of the family descended from that now ancient king, David. It was probably an arranged marriage, as was the custom. Extra-biblical tradition holds that Joseph was considerably older than Mary. That often happened, too. A bride price was surely paid, and Mary may or may not have even seen this man, Joseph, whom she would marry. As she was nervously awaiting her marriage this ...
425. Judas
Luke 22:1-6
Sermon
Carl E. Zahrte
... temptation to take some of that money for myself. I can’t even remember the first time that it happened. At first I took just a few coins, fully intending to return them. It was such a small amount, hardly worth bothering about. Besides, I did have the extra work and responsibility as treasurer for the group and I had given up a lot to follow Jesus. As I think about it now, I suppose that’s exactly what the devil wanted me to think. The evangelists, Luke and John, both tell you that the devil entered ...
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