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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David E. Leininger
... between God and God's people. Obviously, that little Jewish boy had no more concept of faith at the age of eight days than any infant brought to the baptismal font in a mainline Protestant or Catholic church. The faith relationship upon which the covenant is based is found in both cases in the faith of the parents. The covenant includes our children as scripture makes abundantly clear. And quite frankly, if it did not, I doubt that very many of us would be interested in it anyway. Who among us would be ...
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David E. Leininger
... fighting about this issue if you want to, but one day soon, my generation will be in charge, and when we are, we will fix it. 'Nuff said." If it is any consolation, our day and age is not the only one that has experienced faith-based conflict. A century and a half ago, America was embroiled in the bloodiest confrontation this nation has ever experienced. It was over an issue that, viewed through the prism of history, we find incomprehensible — human slavery. This was more than an economic issue; this was ...
678. Show Me Your Credentials
2 Corinthians 6:3-13
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Steven E. Albertin
... . "From dust you came and to dust you shall return." Even this is not "the whole truth and nothing but the truth." There is an even bigger and better truth which ultimately is the church's only reason for being. This is truth on which we can base our credentials and our right to make such outrageous claims about ourselves: that we are righteous, upright, the beloved sons and daughters of God, prince and princess in his kingdom. Look! These are ashes, but these ashes are in the shape of a cross. This is not ...
679. Mugwumpers
1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39
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Stephen P. McCutchan
... all humans experience. To be born of the Spirit is different. To be born of the Spirit is not a given but a choice. We can choose to respond to a force that is beyond the natural universe. Often this Spirit enables us to rise above some of the more base elements of the flesh and choose to not be guided by our fears or our desires. Rather, we are guided by God's purposes that often cause us to resist self-centered desires and not be driven by our fears. The story of Elijah's contest with the prophets of ...
680. On Loan From God
1 Kings 21:1-10 (11-14) 15-21a
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Stephen P. McCutchan
... all, had been very generous in the lease agreement. She would also risk dishonoring the friend­ship of her grandparents with the owner. Even if no one ever found out, the profit that she would make on the deal would be based on deceit. And, once she had made the deal, since it was based on violating the trust of the owner, she would have little control over whether the neighbor respected the property or not. Like Naboth, we as a nation and as individuals have to decide whether what we have is a trust or ...
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R. Kevin Mohr
... 's Spirit ushers in a radical new stage in their life to­gether; a stage that is far more inclusive and expansive. The Spirit will be poured out on "all flesh" — not just a few spiritual leaders as in the past — and there will be no barriers based on age, sex, or social status. The renewal of the land was one sign of God's pres­ence; now the outpouring of the Spirit is an even stronger indica­tion of God's life-giving and restorative presence. Whereas the people before were dependent upon political ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... in-valids seeking its curative powers. John’s text paints a painful picture as it portrays the “blind, lame, and paralyzed” packing the five porticos as they awaited healing. Ironically, one of the most remembered details of this pool’s healing powers is based upon details supplied by vss. 3b-4. These two verses most modern translations consider a later gloss, or addition, to John’s original text. In fact, they are now often excised from the narrative and relegated to a footnote. The stirring up ...
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Leonard Sweet
... equated “debts” with “indebtedness” (Matthew 6:12). Luke’s text conjoins universal human sinfulness with the forgiveness of day-to-day indebtedness — e.g. small-time sins. Disciples are to pray for the forgiveness of their “sins,” but that prayer should be based upon a prior act of forgiveness by disciples of all those who might have become “indebted” to them. “Do not lead us into the time of trial” is an addendum message to a God who is “Father,” provider, forgiver. The further ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . Notice how Jesus illustrates this truth later in this passage. He tells about a father whose son asks for fish and an egg. Will the father give him instead a stone, a serpent, or a scorpion? Of course not. Jesus begins with God because all prayer is based in the nature of God. He is Creator, Sustainer, and Father of all that is. And His nature is Love. We need to see that, if God’s will is done, we will receive everything we need. “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,” said Jesus, “and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Borden. “No reserve, no retreat, no regrets.” Jesus wanted his disciples to be productive. He knew what can be done with those who are ready to take charge those whose lives radiate power. That is the meaning of faith. Faith is not belief based on an intellectual premise. Faith is action based on an eternal promise. That is the message of Hebrews 11. The writer begins with Cain and Abel as he shows how by faith the great men of old received the blessings of God. From Abel to Abraham he shows how God is ...
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King Duncan
... literature. And at this time of the year when we celebrate the birth of that shoot from the stump of David, Jesus of Nazareth Messiah, Savior, King these are words are as precious to our ears as they were to the people of Isaiah’s time. Hope is based on our faith in God. There is no other foundation for hope in this world. Economic systems crumble. Governments rise and fall. Only God’s truth marches on through the ages. In the book, When God Is Taken Captive, James DeLoach puts it this way: “I am not ...
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Leonard Sweet
... earned. And God’s justice is not vindictive or arbitrary. God is a God of love and mercy. Despite the trudging atrocities of his everyday life, the tax collector trusts that God is a God of love and mercy. His connection to the coming Kingdom is based upon his personal confession of fallenness and a plea for forgiveness. God is not in the business of collecting or bestowing favors. And prayer should be a conversation, not a status report. A request, not a list of bullet points. When we enter into prayer ...
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Leonard Sweet
... stationary will never sync. That common communication on a common platform is transformative. Sharing a common meter, a common base line, a common mission transforms all the individual units into a greater entity, into individual’s powered by ... really a physics experiment. It demonstrates the underlying strength and transforming ability of a common frequency, communication and action based upon hearing the same thing. A common frequency can change physical realities and create a new commonality through the ...
689. The New Census
Ephesians 1:1-14
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Leonard Sweet
... , the reason Joseph and Mary traveled to the tiny town of Bethlehem was because of a governmental decree for a new census — an accounting of the population. A new census would enable the Roman rulers of the region to re-calculate their tax base possibilities. A new census would let the government officials both check on and check out just who was living under their authority. Census taking is still an important governmental tool. Collecting new census information every ten years was one of the original ...
690. A Miracle Story
Acts 10:23b-48
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Leonard Sweet
... included. “God shows no particularity.” All who are open to God’s message of love to Christ’s redeeming gift, all are welcome, all are equal, all are embraced by the same patient Spirit that had been offered since creation. The never-ending story is a story based on an event in the past, an experience in the present, and an expectation of the future. Finally, Peter had grasped the fact that Jesus was not only an event in the past—a man he had lived with and whose works he had witnessed. Jesus was ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... “Victrola,” by showing the family dog with its head cocked in curiosity as it listened to a record player. The advertising tag line was, “His Master’s Voice.” The “next best thing” in the past few years has almost always been a voice-based development. We now all routinely talk to our cars. The voice activated personal assistant comes already named, but we can change it. We’re familiar with Siri, which means in Norwegian "beautiful woman who will lead you to victory.” The British have a ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... he heard St. Peter say, “I’m sorry, Teresa, it wasn’t enough.” Friends, if heaven were based on merit, Mother Teresa would be omitted, the Apostle Peter would be omitted, St. Paul would be omitted. Heaven would be a mighty lonely place. As one fellow ... said, “If heaven’s based on merit, the only people who would be there are Jesus and my wife’s first husband.” Everyone who has ever done ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... he was engrossed in a conversation with a man whom he describes as “a walking sports almanac.” Leith told this man about attending this World Series game and added, “It was such a disappointment. I was a Dodger’s fan and the Dodgers never got on base.” The man said, “You were there? You were at the game when Don Larsen pitched the first perfect game in all of World Series history?” “Yeah,” Anderson replied, “but uh, we lost.” He then realized that he had been so caught up in his team ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , Robinson was held to a higher standard than the white players of his time. Yet he maintained his poise in a magnificent way. One day while playing in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he committed an error at second base and the crowd began to ridicule him. He stood at that base, humiliated, while the fans jeered. Then something beautiful happened. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese came over and stood next to Robinson. He put his arm around Jackie and stood with him facing the crowd. Robinson was no longer alone and ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... called “Devoted” (2014), tells of preaching a sermon entitled “Trash or Treasure” where he threw up on the screen images of various objects that they all had and asked them to yell out whether they were “trash” or “treasure,” but not based on monetary value, but based on eternal value (180). There are certain things that we own and operate but we know that from an eternal perspective these “things” are really “trash.” So we surrender them to God and hold on to them with a loose grip ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Adler found tears streaming down his face, and he found himself praying. He knew only one prayer the Lord’s Prayer. He found himself praying it day after day and believing the words of that prayer. He said the leap of faith was, for him, not a “jump to conclusions” based on insufficient evidence. It was a leap from assent to devotion. He had always known there was a God, but now he knew God cared about him. (7) We all want that, don’t we? We all want God. We want to know Him. We want to see Him. But ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... says God, “with just the two of us up here, I figure, why cook?” (4) If getting to heaven were based on merit, maybe Mother Teresa might make it and a few others. But you and I? We would be on the outside looking in. Our admittance to the select company will ... not be based on merit, but on God’s unconditional love for us, God’s amazing grace. You may think sometimes that we talk about grace too ...
698. Last Impressions
Matthew 22:34-40
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Leonard Sweet
... lists of legal do’s and don’ts. Jesus said no, plain and simple. The way to God is a really a short cut. The way to serve God and be in most intimate contact with the divine is through love. That was Jesus’ final Temple based message to the religious authorities. Jesus’ final word would always be love. At his arrest. At his trial. At his crucifixion. At his resurrection. At his ascension. His final words were always about loving God and extending God’s love to embrace others, especially those hard ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... . The Pharisees were learned religious leaders who particularly focused on scrupulous adherence to Torah laws and to making that adherence an integral part of every observant Jew’s everyday life. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE it was this “home-based” devotion to the Torah that enabled Judaism to survive. Even though the “center” of their faith, the Temple, was destroyed, the local “satellites” of faith — synagogues and especially homes — made it possible for a living Torah ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Remember that information I shared with you a while ago about how rich we really are? Remember I told you how much we each made per hour based on our salary? There is a reason I did that. If you donated just one hour’s salary this is what you could do: $8.00 ... Angolan village. Just so you will know I meant what I said I am going to ask you to take an hour’s wage, based on your salary and give it to somebody else – not to our church, but somewhere else. The only cure for covetousness, the only solution ...
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