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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Chrysanne Timm
... made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back. Then I said, "These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the law of their God. Let me go to the rich and speak to them; surely they know the ... had Joseph not attained a position of authority in Egypt and resettled them there. When there is nothing left but to grieve, what do we do? We love those who are suffering; we keep vigil with them. And we pray for their complete healing. It is a healing that ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
... appears to repeat the idea that God will take the suppliant from death, that is, spare his life. Psalm 49, like Psalm 73, thus rises above the temporal solution offered by Psalm 37 and identifies the ultimate solution as a unique relationship with God. If Psalms 49 and 73 do not teach the doctrine of the life to come, they lay out a grid on which the doctrine can and would be laid. Teaching the Text As we begin to shape our lesson/sermon on Psalm 37, we should make the point that this psalm is about the age ...
Sermon
... happen, though, as often as we try to live within this law. Like any other law, it soon begins to take possession of us and to do unhealthy things to us. Love comes to us as God’s great gift. The Greek word, as it appears in the New Testament, is "agape." That ... for the sake of the person whom we love. It will become loving for the joy of it. If I must hold you to account for what I do for you, I have a burden on my neck. I’ll need to keep track of the IOUs I’ve tallied against you. I’ll have to hope ...
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King Duncan
... asked, if you were given a dollar for every kind word or deed which you said or did, and then had to give back fifty cents for every unkind word or deed, would you be rich or poor? Think about it. We are to love kindness. We are also to do justice. Justice is a much larger and more complicated concept than kindness. Kindness is an individual act. I see a person in need and, like the Good Samaritan, I try to help. That is kindness. Justice, on the other hand, is the passion that followers of Jesus have for ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... morning was Jesus, what would you say to him? If all the people you meet today wherever you go, and all of the people you meet tomorrow as you return to work were Jesus, how would you act toward them? Well, friends, those people are Jesus, and what you do to them, you do to Him. “...truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” (Mark 14:9) YES, BUT WE DON’T EVEN KNOW HER NAME! She belongs to the ranks of the anonymous saints ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... ours are ours because of grace. III. Now a final word. Not only our salvation, but the Christian life -- the whole of the Christian life -- is grace. That's what Jesus was telling Nicodemus. You must be born again, and that birth is from above. It's not something you do; it's something God does, and He does it through the Spirit. The wind blows where it wills; you see the sign of it and you feel it, but you don't know from where it comes or where it goes. Will Willimon spoke a challenging word. He said, "We ...
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Mark Trotter
... was all. Back then, I think we were looking toward another event, the millennium, which we thought would be the event in the century. In 1989, the millennium was just eleven years away at that time. The 21st century, that is what everybody has been focused on. How many times do you see a millennium, or a new century, for that matter. I plan only to see one. Of course, my children are convinced that I have seen several. A new age began in 1989, and you may have missed it. But that's the way it goes. As Amos ...
58. The Power to Do Good
Acts 10:34-38, 44-48
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J. Howard Olds
... a law of gravity, there is a law of goodness. The world is united in the nature of goodness. Tell the truth. Do not kill. Do not steal. Honor your parents. Whether or not we post these principles on public buildings, we would be wise to inscribe them ... Fred Craddock may be the finest preacher alive today. His mother was a pillar of the church, but his father wanted nothing to do with organized religion. He stayed home on Sunday and complained of all the hypocrites who went to church. When a new preacher would ...
59. Doing Your Own Thing
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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King Duncan
... honor God with your bodies.” Here is the crux of the matter, our bodies are not our own and we dishonor God when we do anything with our body that harms it or that could bring us shame. Some of you who are basketball fans may know the name A ... can argue with A. C. Green about that. “When you have a vision, a purpose, and understand your calling,” says Green, “you can do extraordinary things for God, even in the midst of a peculiar situation. Living in the NBA for twenty years was very peculiar. But ...
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Leonard Sweet
... net for “terms of Dis-service.” The concern and concentration is not on how the consumer can be provided for, but on how the business can be protected. These “terms of dis-service” offer an extensive list of what does NOT apply, what they WON’T do, and what actions you CANNOT take. Any personal information you need to provide is now “theirs” and you no longer have any control over it. That is their “service.” One wit has recently argued that one you are agreeing to when you click the “I ...
Children's Sermon
Teresa L. Major
... God has for you, then don't let anyone or anything keep you from being the best teacher you can be. God might want others of you to be factory workers, missionaries, librarians, homemakers, preachers, doctors, salesmen, or who knows what, but whatever God has in store for you, you do it, and don't let anything stop you. Remember this marker? (Hold up marker for children to see.) We don't want to be like this. As long as this marker lets the tape keep it from ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... doubts in her mind about me." Finally she said to him, "The adjoining recitation room needs cleaning. Take the broom and do it." A lesser person might have been insulted by being assigned menial work. But Washington recognized immediately that this was his ... always added this heartfelt plea: "I commit my family to you, O Lord; use it for your glory." Just imagine what God could do in our political endeavors if we committed each candidate to him and asked simply that the political process bring glory to God. If ...
Drama
Sarah Walton Miller
... denting some guy’s fender and running away? MALE 1: You’re making us all guilty of something. FEMALE 2: If we’re guilty of something, we did it to ourselves. VOICE: You must not lie. MALE 2: NEVER lie? That’ll be the day! Some girl will ask me, "Do I look all right?" And then I tell her the truth? Nosirreee! Not me. MALE 1: You have to lie sometimes. FEMALE 1: Can’t you EVADE the question? MALE 3: Yeah! Take the Fifth Amendment! FEMALE 3: Now you’re being silly. FEMALE 4: What is a lie anyway ...
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Brett Blair
... that you have, give it to the poor, and come follow me.” I must admit that this is a little confusing because Jesus is trying to teach this young man that it is not outward acts that bring life but inward obedience. So why does he tell him to DO. If you look closely Jesus is conveying the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Here, in this text, is another teaching of the great commandment: Love God and love your neighbor. Sell what you have to help the poor and come follow ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... speak to us where we are, and provide wisdom and practical direction for our daily living. Could we be more practical than asking the question: "What do you want to be like when you are 65?" I know that some of you are already 65 and maybe more -- You may think the ... my life in the role of any person I desired, I would want to be the man George Bernard Shaw could have been, but wasn't." Do you get it? We can be the sort of person we want to be if we make that decision now, and begin to practice habits ...
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King Duncan
... hope we have. God is faithful. The writer of 1 John 1:9, puts it this way, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (KJV) That is our hope. God cannot disown himself. God can do none other than love us and forgive us. God is faithful, no matter who we are or what we’ve done. We’ve seen that kind of love on a human basis and it always inspires us. Maybe you saw the recent movie about singer Ray Charles. Ray Charles never ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... demand miracles. When you demand a miracle and you say to God," I won't believe what you say until you show me what you can do," you dishonor God. Jesus was a lot more interested in this father's faith than he was in his son's sickness. God is more ... If you can have that kind of faith in a doctor and a druggist how much more should you have faith in the God who can do anything? III. When Grace Surfaces - Just Trust Now as great as this story is, we haven't even reached the climax yet. Then he inquired ...
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Gary L. Carver
... for the "in" crowd. It is not just for those who think and have all the answers. It is not just for the religious elite. It is for everybody! Gentile and Jews! Men and women! Boys and girls! Black and white! It does not matter! It is for everyone. Why do you think Matthew ends his gospel by saying, "Go ye therefore into all the world and all nations carrying this gospel"? It is for everybody. The great irony in our story is that those on the inside are on the outside because they don't get it. Those on the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... into the room just as all of this took place. The mother said, “Honey, that was surely not very nice. I think the devil made you do that.” The girl replied, “The devil may have made me push him down, and the devil may have made me call him names, but I ... need to make a decision for Christ, that we forget that in Christ, God has once and for all made a decision for us! We can do little to add or to improve upon God’s acceptance of us in Christ, except to say ‘Yes!’ to it and enjoy it.” We can ...
70. Do you need a Pharisectomy?
Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... in the sanctuary. [Or, if this is nothing unusual for your church, talk about how many churches have ushers that are more aggressive in keeping food and liquids out of the sanctuary than they are welcoming people to church.] It’s something we just don’t do, do we? Eat in the sanctuary? Well, why not? Does the church exist to keep our carpet clean? Or does the carpet exist to keep the church in ministry? Is our carpet in ministry and mission or isn’t it? Aren’t our fellowships, our relationships, our ...
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John B. Jamison
... to know a bit about that person, what has brought them to this point, what is most important to them, and what they care about the most. What matters right now? How can I care for them in a way that will mean something in their life? For example, how do you help the fishermen? Help them catch fish. If that person lost their job, is afraid of losing their home, or is worried about their children, does it show God’s care for them if we say we will pray for them, suggest they be patient, or assure them that ...
Sermon Aid
Clement E. Lewis
... with who I am?" It is equally important that we establish the quest for what we ought to become. Life offers many opportunities. The longer we live, the more we discover how we fit into its challenges, and we need to ask, "What can I do now with who I am?" Mary Beth Fulton told this story. A little boy was bitterly disappointed because he could neither play nor sing. One day he told Amati, a violin maker, about his disappointment. Amati said, "Come into the house and you shall try. The song in the heart ...
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King Duncan
... fellow believer who is involved in a sin of any kind can be the most loving thing, the most Christ-like thing, we can do. In this passage Christ is calling us as a community to hold one another accountable for our behavior. Christ is not calling us to ... Then he told his children to try and break the sticks. One by one they all tried to break the bundle of sticks but could not do it. The father responded by saying, “I just want you to know if you stick together it will be harder to break you.” (4) What is ...
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King Duncan
... a few minutes to explain what wasn't working in his life. On the second round, they would discuss what they were going to do to change it. The middle-aged man listened patiently as each of the other members spoke. When it came time for him to unburden ... writes, "He entrusted himself to him who judges justly." If you and I are going to walk in Jesus' steps, here is what we must do: We must trust God. An unknown author has made a list which he or she called, "Our Thinking vs. God's Promises." Let me share ...
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King Duncan
... , reviling me and defaming me. That's why sometimes it's helpful to turn to the Psalms. The Psalmist writes: "Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight ... , teachers, and policemen; they're all against him. When he gets into real trouble, make up excuses for yourself by saying, I never could do anything with him; he's just a bad seed. Prepare for a life of grief." (5) You see, the Christian life is a package ...
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