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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Maxie Dunnam
... runway and lifted off. Higher and higher the pilot climbed -- through what seemed to be an endless fog. Finally the plane broke through the top of the cloud -- the fog-bank -- into the bright, clear sunshine. A man sitting next to the one telling the story leaned over and said quietly, "I suppose we can see clearly on any day that we gain enough altitude." (Brian K. Bauknight, "The Power In a Proper Perspective", April 12, 1987) Though it's mixing figures of speech, it says the same thing -- when we trust ...
527. Loving Close-up
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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Maxie Dunnam
... more Bev was convinced that he had some business with him. The little boy came on and it was obvious that Bev had to do something. Bev is a master preacher – and always in control of every situation in which I've seen him. So, very casually, he leaned over to the little fellow and said, "Son, what's going on?". In a stage whisper that could be heard at least for the first five rows of the tabernacle, the little boy said, "Are you about finished?" I'm not nearly finished with I Corinthians 13. We preached ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... at all. We got right in: "You said we couldn't understand the Pope but he spoke to each of us personally, and in English." "Well, interrupted the barber, "What did the Pope say to you?" "Well, he placed his hand on my head and blessed me. And then he leaned close to my ear and said, in perfect English, you've got a lousy haircut." There are many people who are like that barber. They don't see the world as it really is. They are in a rut. They are blind to what they have become -- hemmed in -- taking ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... to trust God despite all the unfairness of life. Isn't that really the main point of Job?" Suddenly, Douglas glanced down at his watch and realized he was already late for another appointment. He put on his coat hurriedly and stood up to leave, and then leaned forward with one final thought for Yancey. "I challenge you to go home and read again the story of Jesus. Was life fair to him? For me, the Cross demolished for all time the basic assumption that life will be fair." Do you see the difference -- it ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... day something happened. He tells Maud about it in these words. "When I got home from school, my mother was giving a party as she so often did. I crept up the back stairs to my room. There was a ring at the front door. It was the police. I leaned over the banister and heard the police tell my mother that I had died in an accident at school. I couldn't see her face, but she looked at the people around her, and began to stagger." Speaking very slowly and softly, Harold continued to tell Maud, tears welling in ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... was true. This beautiful man had led me into the depths of experience and knowledge I had never before touched. He had taught me the faith. He blushed a bit when I told him what he meant to me, and then pulling himself up tall, he said, "Michael, don't lean on a broken reed," and walked away. He had a far greater sense of his unworthiness than I did of mine. But he also had a far greater sense of his own dignity and grandeur as a human being. He had experienced more of himself than I ever shall unless ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... was true. This beautiful man had led me into the depths of experience and knowledge I had never before touched. He had taught me the faith. He blushed a bit when I told him what he meant to me, and then pulling himself up tall, he said, "Michael, don't lean on a broken reed," and walked away. He had a far greater sense of his unworthiness than I did of mine. But he also had a far greater sense of his own dignity and grandeur as a human being. He had experienced more of himself than I ever shall unless ...
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Maxie Dunnam
An older couple was driving down the road on Sunday afternoon. She was leaning against the door on her side -- some would say polishing the chrome -- and he was driving. They were eager to get where they were going, but were slowed down dramatically by a young couple, who were cuddling in the car before them -- the young woman was almost sitting in his ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... 's name. But not so. I discovered, though, that the song is worth more than the inspiration for a dog's name. I thought of it as I worked on this idea of trusting the instructor. Part of the song goes like this: We didn't know the times were lean Around our house the grass was green. It didn't seem that things were all that bad. I bet we walked a hundred miles, chopping cotton and pushing plows, and learning how to give all we had. As life went on and years went by. I saw the light in ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... a diner in Honolulu at 3:30 in the morning. But then it just felt like the right thing to do. He prayed for Agnes. I prayed for her salvation. He prayed that her life would be changed and that God would be good to her. When he finished, Harry leaned over the counter and with a trace of hostility in his voice, he said "Hey! You never told me you were a preacher. What kind of church do you belong to?" In one of those moments when just the right words came, Tony answered, "I belong to a church that ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... is actualized. Let me say that again. Often we have to act in faith before the work of faith is actualized. I read recently about a crowd that stood around a 100-foot diving tower at the fairgrounds waiting for the featured performer. Finally, a feeble old man walked out, leaning on a cane. "Good evening," he said into the microphone. "I am 99 years old, and I am going to amaze you. I'll climb to the top of that tower and dive into this teeny, tiny tub of water. Are you ready?" "Oh, no don't do it!" gasped ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... . We could talk about this from the recovery perspective. Persons here who are in recovery --and those who can not yet say they are in recovery, will tell you the destructive power of instant gratification. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Our Proverb says. Our own selfish, distorted understanding tells us to get it now. The beer ad is an expression of our own understanding, "Capture the gusto -- all you can -- now. Dr. Robert Schuller tells a wonderful story on ...
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King Duncan
... Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor. "It is essential," said the instructor, "that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other." He addressed Tom, "Can you describe your wife’s favorite flower?" Tom leaned over, touched his wife’s arm gently and whispered, "It’s Pillsbury, isn’t it?" The rest of the story gets rather ugly, so I’ll stop right here. There are many couples who, if they were honest about it, would confess that ...
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King Duncan
... his or her ex. The widow or widower who will not let go of the grief following the loss of their beloved husband or wife. Parents who cannot cope with a debilitating or deadly disease of one of their children, who take it out on each other rather than leaning on each other for emotional support. We can sympathize. We know that we cannot feel the pain that they feel since we have never gone through it ourselves. Still, there comes a time when we, for our own well-being and the well-being of those around us ...
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King Duncan
Two-year-old son Jack leans on his father’s knee. His rumpled baseball jersey bears a fresh spaghetti sauce stain from that night’s dinner. "Daddy, tell me a bunny story." Rob tears his gaze away from the computer screen. "What was that, son?" asks Rob. "Tell me a bunny story," says Jack. "One with ...
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King Duncan
... his hand on his shoulder. After landing, Stanley picked him up and walked toward the medical tent. As they crossed the field, Stanley felt the tenseness leave the young man’s body and his tight grasp loosen. His eyes softened, and his head leaned against Stanley’s chest. The fear and resistance were gone--he had finally surrendered. (5) Would that every war story had that kind of ending. The Advent/Christmas story is an affirmation of our unity with all humanity. Ultimately every person on this planet ...
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King Duncan
... to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between me and the door. "Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Erik," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to shield Erik, but Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby’s "pick-me-up" position. Before I could stop him, Erik had propelled himself from my arms to the man’s. Suddenly a very old smelly man and a very young baby met in a beautiful relationship. Erik, in an ...
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King Duncan
... walk toward the front of the hall. As he walks down the aisle he is met with derisive and bigoted comments. One of the committee members yells out a crude and cutting remark. It hurts, but Carver ignores the remark and continues down the aisle. Another committee member leans back in his chair, places his feet up on the table and puts his hat over his face as if to go to sleep. When the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee instructs the member to take off his hat, he responds with a loud, ugly racial ...
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Frank G. Honeycutt
... by terrible bouts of acne. Her face became so ravaged that at times she could not bring herself to leave the house. She was in such anguish. One day her father led her to the bathroom and asked her if he could teach her a new way to wash. He leaned over the sink and splashed water over his face, telling her, "On the first splash, say, 'In the name of the Father'; on the second, 'in the name of the Son'; and on the third, 'in the name of the Holy Spirit.' Then look up into the mirror and remember ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... be known by your own mother. During that visit, I was seated beside her on the sofa and I asked her if she would like for me to read her favorite psalm. She didn’t respond. I was not sure she understood. But you know, I read it anyway. I leaned over close to her and began, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof -- the world and they that dwell therein.” When I got to the question, “Who shall ascend to His holy place?” in a raspy whisper I heard her say, “Clean hands -- pure heart ...
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King Duncan
... morning to remove more of the fat. I don’t know if rinsing your cottage cheese makes that much difference or not, but evidently Dave Scott believes it does. Scott burns at least twice as many calories as the average person does each day. He is a lean, mean running machine. Yet he still balances his diet so carefully that he rinses off his cottage cheese to make sure that he reduces its fat content. (4) Now, I don’t know about you, but I would be a little uncomfortable being around someone who rinses ...
547. Friendship With God
2 Corinthians 6:3-13
Bulletin Aid
H. Burnham Kirkland
... , which is your Body here on earth. We are part of that Body, and so we bring these gifts to make it possible to continue your work or reconciliation here on earth. Bless them, we pray, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymns "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" "Jesus, Priceless Treasure"
Bulletin Aid
H. Burnham Kirkland
... , and has shown us the true path to your kingdom, even Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen. Offertory Prayer With these gifts, Lord, we rededicate ourselves to you and pledge to keep our eyes only on you as we run the race of life. Amen. Hymns "He Leadeth Me" "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" "If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee"
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Phil Thrailkill
... , the point is the same. In the details of Jesus’ life we trace the activity of God among us. And that, my friends, is the deepest conviction of the Christian church. Jesus is the human face of God and the second person of the Holy Trinity standing sweaty and lean in front of us, asking for us to pay attention. Where Jesus went and what he did was no accident and not the randomness of free choice. Jesus was not freelance. He did not wander as a vagabond; there was divine direction to his steps, as we note ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... disciples in tow), teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and infirmity among the people.” You had to be in shape to follow this guy around; maybe it’s why he chose lean fishermen to start with instead of plump scholars sitting well fed in front of manuscripts of Torah! His was a three part, mutually reinforcing agenda. Announcement: preaching the kingdom. Interpretation: teaching the kingdom. Demonstration of the kingdom: healings and exorcisms ...
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