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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Children's Sermon
... can't because it is too hard. How do the paint and bread get so hard that you can't use them? By leaving the lid off the paint and the bread out of the bread sack. That's right. St. Paul teaches us that we should never go to bed at night angry. By the time the sun goes down, we must get over our anger. Do you know why? For the same reason that you can't leave the lid off the paint and the bread out of its wrapper. Your anger will get hard and you will get ...
Drama
... go on, and just think, it puts the responsibility right on us. Q1: I was getting to that. Yes, a baby needs love, caring, joy at his or her birth, people to be supportive, but then what? God's Son was born in a stable, with a manger for a bed. His parents were poor. They were in a strange town. How were they going to provide for this baby's future needs? Q2: Is there any more to the story? Congregation sings: "We Three Kings" (verse 1) (Wise men enter with gifts) Scripture reader: Matthew 2:1-2, 9-12 ...
1028. Prayer
Matthew 7:15-23
Bulletin Aid
Who'd build a house on sand? Or in a creek bed? (Or over an old mine? - That's different!!!) I wouldn't want one in a flood plain either But I suppose sometimes there's no choice! Of course I'd build on rock! On a solid foundation! (Rock's easy to find here - Just dig down six inches!) But then, ...
1029. Nervous Hands
Psalm 139:1-24, Matthew 5:13-16
Children's Sermon
Object: Child's night light What is this? Do most of you have one in your home? Why? It is a night light. It helps us see in the dark. In our house we use them when we go to bed so in case we need to get up, the light will help us see in the dark. I like having a light like this. With a light I am not afraid of the dark. Did you know that the Bible says Jesus is a light? He is the Light of ...
1030. Nervous Hands
Psalm 139:1-24
Sermon
... this church to feel that the Lord is with us. When we are sitting with our Bible in our lap and reading; when our minds are set on those heavenly things, it's easy to believe that the Lord is with us. But the Psalmist says, "If I make my bed in the depths, you are there." Your life may seem to you to be nothing but a deep pit. But there is no pit in this world so deep, there is no depression, there is no fear, there is no existence, there is no torment, there is no pain, there ...
1031. Parable of Two Bedrooms
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Two sisters had two identical rooms to which they retired when bedtime arrived. Though the temperature of the rooms and their furnishings were much alike, there was a great difference. One room was cold, but the second was warm, because love was there. One bed was hard, but the second was soft, because love was there. One room was dark with fear, but the other was safe and secure because love was there. One room was lonely, but the other was filled because love was there. What kind of love was it! Parental ...
1032. 9 Steps to Third World Living
Luke 14:1-14
Illustration
First, take out the furniture: leave a few old blankets, a kitchen table, maybe a wooden chair. You've never had a bed, remember? Second, throw out your clothes. Each person in the family may keep the oldest suit or dress, a shirt or blouse. The head of the family has the only pair of shoes. Third, all kitchen appliances have vanished. Keep a box of matches, a small bag of flour, some ...
Sermon
Kendall McCabe
... Christ, we never again have to stand our trial alone. Listen to how the psalmist describes this relentlessly supporting presence: Where can I go then from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I climb up to heaven, you are there; If I make the grave my bed, you are there also. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there your hand will lead me and your right hand hold me fast. (Psalm 139:6-9, BCP) Here, at the beginning of Lent, it is customary to ...
Sermon
Kendall McCabe
... church if she really wants to be of service; she doesn't have to be ordained. So she remains discontentedly content with being an ecclesiastical Cinderella. While few voices are raised with the assurance, "We will not leave you an orphan." And on the hospital bed in the isolation ward is the young man with AIDS. It's hard even to find hospital staff who will agree to empty the wastebasket in the room unless they are dressed for a moonwalk. Now that his business associates and fellow church members learned ...
Sermon
... sins are forgiven." Then, both to address the man's other problem and, as Luke puts it," 'that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins' - he said to the man who was paralyzed - 'I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.' And immediately he rose before them. . ." (Luke 5:24-25) Throughout the Bible, God gave both practical and spiritual help without neglecting one in favor of the other. It's still true today. Some of God's gifts today are tangible and real. A young man ...
1036. I Kid You Not
2 Kings 4:8-37
Sermon
... live and real and true."1 And what does this have to do with Second Kings? The phrase, "I kid you not," that Jack Paar made famous, is one that fits this episode between the Old Testament prophet Elisha and the wealthy woman of Shunem who furnished an original "Bed and Breakfast" for her holy guest. This encounter is one of several events recorded in the fourth chapter of Second Kings. It is there with the amazing jar of oil that did not run out, and the sun-stricken boy who was brought back to life. It is ...
Sermon
... may rest from their labors." (Revelation 14:13) To some, death is a surrender, something you succumb to without a fight. But in the work of Dylan Thomas, it’s different. In the case of Elisha, it’s different. What should a man think about on his death-bed? Should he dwell on regrets for the things he’s missed? Should he feel sorry for himself? Should he curse fate and God for allowing him to reach this point? We know what Elisha was thinking about. He was thinking about the Syrians, the enemies of God ...
Sermon
Dean Lueking
... to the well. Meeting a Deeper Thirst She came without friends, at an hour when most of the other women of the town would not be present at the well. Perhaps she was alone because her reputation was jaded - going through five husbands and taking to her bed now a man not her husband does not suggest a woman of strong moral character. Jesus asked her for a drink of water; she was surprised that he would speak to her at all - relations between Jews and Samaritans being as hostile as they were. Jesus replied ...
Sermon
Dean Lueking
... or nursing home. Shirley Krier is totally paralyzed by a crippling disease. Her husband left her long ago and has remarried. She has no children. Not more than a week ago someone stole the diamond out of her wedding band as she lay helpless in her bed at a nursing home. Such tragic and heartless mistreatment of one human against another lowers our hopes and makes the stone seem all the weightier that buries our aspirations for what life can be. It can happen that way, not only when crisis situations leave ...
1040. Parable of the Two Keys
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Staff
... home and now you are old enough to come and go." "This is wonderful," said the young lady. "I can stay out as long as I please." As usual when she arrived home the door was locked. This time it was later than usual and the parents had gone to bed. She took out her shiny new key. It fit the lock, but it wouldn't turn. She tried and tried. Finally she rang the doorbell, embarrassed at the late hour, but still in need of her parent's help. Little was said as the sleepy father opened the door for ...
1041. Taking Risks
Mt 4:1-11 · Lk 4:1-13 · Mk 1:12-13
Children's Sermon
... to remember when we think of all the things that we want God to change just for us. Remember when you didn't want to go to school and you prayed for snow or the school bus to break down? Or do you remember when you forgot to make your bed so you hoped that your mother wouldn't go upstairs and check? These, according to Jesus, are the ways that we take risks that we shouldn't. Jesus was tempted, too, but he knew what God wanted for him.
1042. PROPER 13
Lk 12:13-21 · Col 3:1-11 · Ecc 1:2; 2:18-26 · 2 Ki 13:14-20a
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
THE LESSONS 2 Kings 13:14-20a A sick and dying Elisha promises victory over Syria to Joash, king of Israel. This, the last appearance of Elisha, concludes the series of Lessons on Elijah and his successor, Elisha. The scene is Elisha on his death-bed. Joash, king of Israel, comes to him for guidance. He and the country are in deep trouble. Syria is oppressing Israel. With the symbol of a bow and arrow, Elisha promises victory over Syria as Joash shoots an arrow from Elisha's window toward the East. Again, ...
1043. Proper 17
Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... like children in the family. It is agape love. In the family we are close to one another and in love we care for one another. 2. Undefiled (v. 4). Is it not strange that the author of Hebrews would admonish us to keep the marriage bed "undefiled"? Can there be anything unclean about a marital relationship? If both parties consent, is anything done in the marital bedroom permissible - anything? If there is no love, is sexual indulgence OK? Can a husband rape his wife? Upon reflection we can see that we need ...
1044. A Claim to a Crown
Matthew 24:36-51
Sermon
George Bass
... of St. Elsewhere, choking from an acute attack of asthma. It was determined - after tests were completed and he was observed by one of the doctors - that there was no physical cause, no asthma; he was suffering from an unknown psychological phenomenon. As he lay in bed one night, he heard sirens, went to the window, twisted open the Venetian blinds, and then ran out into the empty hallway to find someone. He saw a half-open elevator door, with a warning sign on it, entered it and was later found curled up ...
Sermon
... Isaiah’s King join forces with him. "Together," said Rezin, "we can defeat the armies from the East." For Paul of Tarsus, Damascus housed the Christians, those followers of the Way, prompting so many of Paul’s friends to abandon the Law and the Temple as the bed-rock of their religious identity. Two men on fire. Two men on fire because of faith. Two men aflame with a passion for the living God. God has different ways of dealing with such people. God took Isaiah to the temple in a vision and purified his ...
Sermon
James G. Cobb
It was early evening and time for the little boy to go to bed. But outside, the sky had turned dark with clouds rolling in, then lightning flashes and a series of explosive thunderous booms. The father tucked his son under the covers and said, "you’ll be all right; just go to sleep now." The encouragement worked until the next boom of thunder ... ...
Sermon
... human being will matter much more than your slightly injured pride. In fact, your caring will have the day. Number two: learn how to count! The person whose need cries out for attention is number one. This may be someone so depressed she can barely maneuver out of bed. It may be the divorcee who feels shunned by almost everyone, or the man angry for being let go by his company. You learn to feel for them first. Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City mayor in the 1930s and 1940s, at one time felt the city police ...
Sermon
... midst of dryness, weakness, blindness, lameness, and muteness. The future action of God is proclaimed on the basis of what he had already done for Israel. We know what God has done for us. We see it all wrapped up in the human figure of Jesus. A stinking straw bed, the dust and dirt of a traveling rabbi, the enmity of the establishment, a cross crammed into a hill-top hole, a gaping grave. In the person of Jesus is God's ultimate deed, God's creative act of deliverance. In Jesus is God's deed which gives ...
Sermon
... hide the healthy, three-month-old child from a ruler who had commanded all male Hebrew babies to be killed, the mother made a basket of reeds, covered it with tar, placed her child in it, and launched it on the water of the river Nile. (You see, "water-beds" are not such a modern innovation, after all!) The babe was found, claimed, adopted and raised by Pharoah's daughter. The infant grew to be a man. He was educated and instructed in the royal courts by the best of tutors in all the wisdom of the Egyptians ...
1050. God of the Ordinary
Exodus 13:17--14:31
Sermon
... to our littleness and weakness, takes our simple trust and makes it a tool marvelously useful to perform exceptional things for him. I visited a sick man in the hospital, reminded him God would certainly hear his prayers as he looked to him in faith from his sick bed. His immediate response was, "No, preacher, you pray for me!" When I asked him why it was important I be the one who prayed, he said, "Because you are a minister, you are good, you are better than the rest of us, and God will hear you before ...
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