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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... britches and rags. 5. Rub the dirty spots on the washboard; scrub hard, then boil, rench, and starch. 6. Take white things out of kettle with broomstick. 7. Spread tea towels on the lawn to dry. 8. Hang old rags on the fence. 9. Pour rench water on the flower bed. 10. Scrub porch and kitchen floor with hot, soapy, wash-water. 11. Turn tubs upside down to drain. 12. Go and put on a clean dress, smooth hair back with side combs, brew a cup of tea, set and rest a spell, and count your blessins'. So soon we ...
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... ." It was about a Christian man whose wife was killed in a tragic automobile accident leaving him to care for their three-year-old daughter. All the joy he had known seemed to vanish in his grief. The night after the funeral, he was preparing his daughter for bed when the lights went out all over the house. His little girl became afraid so he held her right in his arms. At first she snuggled against him in silence, but when her fears subsided she said, "It's so dark! But I'm not afraid daddy because ...
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... continuing education program some years ago. One of my roommates was a Black Baptist preacher, who was a sound sleeper and had to be awakened in time for breakfast every morning. He would sit up, eyes still glazed over from sleep, and then roll out of bed to land on his knees on the floor, announcing, "I’ve got to talk to my Father." That action was completely natural and spontaneous, and it gave indisputable testimony not only to the depth, but also to the continual deepening, of his relationship to God ...
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... nurse-supervisor of the hospital located in the county seat. When she returns home around midnight, she is picked up by the policeman on duty and she rides in the police car with him until she has made certain that all is well in the town. She seldom goes to bed before 4 a.m., is up again by 8 a.m., and in her office as mayor by 9 a.m. to meet with people or committees and do the necessary work of a part-time mayor. In addition, she calls regularly on about a dozen elderly people in their ...
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... to be tamed, a flight of trumpeting geese. And he adds, How shallow is the stage on which this vast drama of human hates and joys and friendships is played! Whence do men draw this passion for eternity, flung by chance as they are upon a scarcely cooled bed of lava, threatened from the beginning by the deserts that are to be, and under constant menace of the snows? Their civilizations are but fragile guildings: a volcano can blot them out, a new sea, a sandstorm. Saint X, as he is called, found part of the ...
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Donald Dotterer
... York City fire, allegedly because one man got angry with his girlfriend. We read that a 13-year-old boy does not want to see his father who has been released from prison early on his good behavior. Why? Because his father had poured kerosene around the bed where his six-year-old son lay, and set it on fire. The boy survived, but with third degree burns. The reality of evil. It is there among us almost everywhere we look. Humanity's inhumanity to individuals and groups of people has a long and sordid history ...
1057. Power
2 Corinthians 6:7
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Harold Warlick
... had to make one especially for Al, and it was white. Big Al looked funny out there in his white helmet. One day, Big Al did not come to class. Then, for a whole week, no one saw him. Nothing in Big Al's room was out of order. His bed was made and his clothes were all there, even his wallet. But no one knew where Big Al was - no one in Greenville knew and no one in Mount Olive, North Carolina, knew. Big Al was lost. Police throughout the South searched for Big Al. Three weeks later Big Al ...
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Harold Warlick
... say, "I need to create some men and women. I need human beings. We need to create a planet where some people can snort drugs, make money off one another, hoard the resources of a planet to themselves, and see how many people of the opposite sex they can bed, wed and take advantage of." Rather, God said, "The greatest thing in the world is love and goodness. I'll create a place where people can learn that, a place where people can be in my own image, a place where people can learn that this goodness is the ...
Children's Sermon
... , isn’t it? It’s really important that we always know the right time. You have to be in school at a certain time. You get out of school at a certain time. You probably have supper each night at a certain time. Your parents want you to go to bed at a certain time. Isn’t this true for most of you? We know this is important. When Jesus first began his ministry, he said, "The time is right." He wanted people to know he had come into the world at just the right time. So, as he began preaching ...
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Various Authors
... boy missed his father dearly and looked forward with great excitement to each time when his father returned. However, one night when the father was expected home from a journey, the boy faced a huge disappointment. He had been naughty and had been sent to bed early, before his father’s return. He awakened between ten and eleven that night and heard his father’s voice downstairs in conversation. Fearfully, he dressed and came down. He expected a rebuke, for he knew he was disobeying in what he was doing ...
Children's Sermon
... at 10:30 in the morning, or at school at 8:00 in the morning, or to a game at 2:30 in the afternoon, or to watch our favorite television show at 7:00 in the evening. We like to get up at a certain time and go to bed at a certain time. We make a time for everything. Saint Paul talked a lot about time because he knew that people were interested in it. When he wrote a letter to the people in Rome, he told them to be ready for the time when God was coming back ...
Children's Sermon
Object: Some choir robes. Lesson: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you remember getting dressed this morning? (Let them answer.) Every day you get out of bed and put on your clothes so that you can go to school, or go outside to play, or just hang around the house. Putting on our clothes is something that all of us do, and we do not think it is anything special. But suppose you come to church in ...
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Gary W. Houston
... even knew which cows had gone dry and which ones still gave milk. My grandad would send Butch out and say "Go get’em!" Smart dog, huh? if I tried that with our Pomeranian I don’t think much would happen, except that Sugar Baby would go hide under the bed and growl at me. You see, she is my wife’s dog and not suited for cowherding. Maybe, therefore, it would be better for me if Jesus had said: "Go to the straying cows and bring them to the barn. Go get’em!" Now you might be thinking that this ...
1064. Advent 2
Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12
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... from my grandfather, a devout Methodist, who lived in our home for the last fifteen years of his life. He had lost almost everything - his beloved wife, two of his three children, his source of income, his independence; and a crippling fall saw him confined to his bed and a nearby chair for the last three years he lived - but he never lost his faith or his hope in Christ. When he died, I received two of his Bibles, the family Bible, in which he kept the records of births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, and ...
1065. Proper 13 & Pentecost 11
Matthew 14:13-21, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13
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... Gilbert (September 12, 1988). She described in detail how, when the hurricane struck with "unbelievable force," half of the roof of their house was immediately ripped off and blown away. Water cascaded in from the torrential rains, and they immediately attempted to move books and bedding from the upstairs rooms to a lower floor of their home; they soon gave this up and sought shelter to save their own lives. Water, driven by the 150 mile per hour winds, was everywhere; she didn't say so, but I suspect they ...
1066. Proper 15 & Pentecost 13
Isaiah 56:1-8, Psalm 67:1-7, Psalm 78:1-72, Exodus 16:1-36, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:21-28
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... accomplished by Jesus in his ministry, and by Jesus' statements that "whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you." He learned the healing power that comes from God during a congregational crisis in which the choir became a hot-bed of discord; in desperation, one Sunday morning he called them together, formed a circle, had them join hands, and prayed for peace and harmony. The rift in the congregation was healed, and everything began to change for the better. Since that prayer/healing ...
1067. Pentecost 7
Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 20:1-21, Psalm 19:1-14, Psalm 103:1-22, Genesis 50:15-21
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... she intended which he counted as evil. He had been the one who had done hurt to the other person, to his wife; she forgave him this, but he will not forgive. Soon he will die and, according to Jesus, he will die - barring repentance on his death-bed - unforgiven. 1. Forgiveness is the key to the kingdom of God. It is a totally unmerited and unearned gift of God in Christ to repentant sinners. It is necessary to admittance to the kingdom of God. 2. To retain the gift, forgiven sinners must give it away. Only ...
1068. A Princely Passion
2 Samuel 13:1-22
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... ice water down the back" feeling of rejection. His name is Jesus. He is the Son of David, and today is the ruler of a Kingdom of Love. Today, he hangs from a cross as he sees a young girl raped on Market Street. Tonight, he goes to bed hungry with the starving in Delhi and Detroit. Tomorrow, he will go to the unemployment office with the widow in Wichita. Next week, he will attend the funeral of the Iranian soldier and the Guatemalan peasant struck down by hit squads. He is the suffering shepherd who bleeds ...
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... Waving farewell to your favorite recruit as he stands among the gaggle of GIs clustered in the chill predawn light of an airport runway. AT&T words flying with magic carpet speed as you urge your San Francisco-based son to eat more, spend less, and get to bed on time. You long for a glimpse of your daughter’s baby boy, but know you can’t afford the airfare to Atlanta. Miles may separate parents from a child, but the umbilical cord of love is rarely torn asunder. One of the tragedies of life occurs when ...
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Bill Bouknight
... beginning of the year, lots of folks go on a diet. Millions of dollars are being made in the diet industry, by Dr. Adkins and Jennie Craig and even by the Cabbage Soup diet. I hear one product advertised on radio that you just drink before going to bed and supposedly the pounds just fade away as you sleep. If folks will spend good money on a scheme like that, just think what we could make off a book on the Daniel diet, advertising it as the only 2600 year old, biblically approved diet on the market, with ...
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... . Bring comfort to those who hurt, and strength to those who mourn. Be as real to us as the ground beneath our feet, O Lord, and help us plainly every step along the way. Almighty, Everlasting God, who has taken the form of a helpless baby lying homeless in a bed of straw, lead us to find You in the quiet places of simple faith this Christmas season. Lead us in the paths of lowliness and meekness, that there we may find our Lord. Open our eyes and ears to the silent, holy night; help us to see the baby and ...
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... any agent of the state for any reason whatsoever - or for no reason at all. That’s the law in the "state of emergency." They can burst into your home whenever they choose. They can literally shoot you on sight, in the street or in your bed, and do it with impunity. In short, as a black South African, you live under the most repressive regime on earth - more repressive even than Cuba or the Soviet Union. You live in fear of an overwhelming police force. You live in constant fear of government surveillance ...
1073. Pentecost (Episcopal)
Isaiah 44:1-5, Psalm 104:1-35
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... and that our souls thirst for meaning and direction, even while our hearts and minds pull us toward the ever abundant but deceptively and deserts of modern life. Forgive us, we pray, and shower your quenching Spirit upon us on this latter Pentecost Day, making our own spirits fertile seed-beds for life and growth, for both ourselves and others around us. In the precious name of the Christ we pray. Amen
1074. Lent 2
John 3:1-21
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... , ragged and starving. Unrecognized, he heard the physicians, who were counsulting about him, say in Latin, never guessing that he understood Latin, (Faciamus experimenturn in anima vila) 'Let us try an experiment with this worthless creature.' And from his bed the sick scholar startled them by murmuring ('Vilern animan appellas pro qua Christus non dedignatus est rnori?') 'Do you call worthless one for whom Christ did not disdain to die?' " ("Just Me" source unknown) Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: Build ...
Drama
... is his, and there is nothing that you, or I, or all the powers of Hell can do about it. (He starts back down the aisle.) CAIAPHAS: But Lord Annas! I don’t ... ANNAS: (His back to Caiaphas, still walking toward the back of the sanctuary) I’m going to bed. Do what you will. (Annas exits at the back of the sanctuary. Caiaphas stands for a moment looking after him, then storms off right.)
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