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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Understanding Series
Craig C. Broyles
A Confession of Sin from Israel’s History: Mercy for the Generations of the Exodus and the Exile 106:1–47 Like Psalm 105, this psalm rehearses Israel’s early history, but the differences between the two psalms could not be more striking—they are so divergent, in fact, that one might call them contradictory. This is particularly evident in their accounts of God’s provision of quail in the wilderness (105:40; 106:14–15). Also like Psalm 105, this psalm begins with the hymnic call to praise (Give thanks to ...
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
3:21–22 To close his opening historical survey, Moses looks forward to the future as entrusted into the hands of his successor, Joshua. The lessons of the past were especially for him, and the most important lesson of all was that God’s victories were infinitely repeatable. If God could defeat two kings, God could defeat many more. Yahweh was a God who was not coincidentally lucky, but consistently victorious. These words, placed here, are picked up again in 31:1–8, when Moses actually commissions Joshua. ...
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney J. Harris
Bulletin Aid
Carl Hoefler
Call to Worship Pastor: Prayer is our communication with God who loves and cares for us. People: We believe in prayer, and thank God for his faithfulness to hear and answer our prayers. Pastor: Christ taught us to pray, because God is so willing to answer our prayers, and give what we need. People: May we be more persistent in our prayers, so God can have more opportunity to do for us what he wants to do. Collect O God, our heavenly Father, whose benevolent love far surpasses any parental love we know of: ...
Bulletin Aid
Call to Worship Leader: God, our Creator, has given us the gift of creating in our ability to have children. Men: And he has given us the responsibility of creation in our obligation to raise those children. Women: In our job of parenting, we catch a glimpse of God’s responsibility to all of us, to his creation. Leader: What would we do if our children said, "Why have we been born? Why couldn’t I have perfect vision and curly hair? Why aren’t I taller than I am? Couldn’t you have raised me to be more ...
Bulletin Aid
Dallas A. Brauninger
Call to Worship We proclaim God as sovereign. We belong to the truth. We listen to God's voice. Come, let us worship God who reigns with the mysterious power of love and hope and truth. Collect We hear your voice in the truths our highest laws point to, O victorious, reigning God. We hear your voice in the fair acts that reflect relationships governed by love. We hear your voice in the hope welling up within us with sufficient vigor to keep us going. All praise to you, O living God. Amen. Prayer of ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
Well, we've done it again. We've made it safely through another high alert weekend, with official government warnings about credible terrorist threats. The highest ranking military officers in the world's most powerful armed-forces (ours) are candidly admitting on national TV that they have no way to really defend against a suicidally-committed homicide-bomber. It seems that all our standing armies, all our military hardware, all our advanced weapon's systems cannot protect us from a single-minded, ...
1108. Mark 10:46-52
Mark 10:46-52
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
As Jesus progresses toward Jerusalem, he continues to teach his disciples and demonstrate what discipleship entails. But while Jesus' message seems almost painfully clear to us, his chosen followers repeatedly appear to miss the point. They don't even seem to recognize the significance of the "visual aids" Jesus offers along the way. Along with his passion predictions and his lessons on service and sacrifice, this journey to Jerusalem is punctuated by demonstrations of the unique powers Jesus possesses, ...
1109. Passing by the Children
Mark 9:33-37
Illustration
Thomas Peterson
A persistent judgment leveled against parents today is this: they gladly provide their children with every resource: Leaders, coaches, teachers, tutors, and youth workers. Certainly children should be happy and well-adjusted. They have everything money can buy. But they do not have the listening ear of Mom and Dad. "Too busy, later, not now, I'm working hard for your good." Recall the old saying: For the want of a nail the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; for the want of a horse ...
1110. A Mother’s Prayers
Luke 11:1-13
Illustration
Carveth Mitchell
A man once said that his life and faith were strengthened mightily when one night he opened his mother's bedroom door and saw her on her knees in prayer. He said, "I heard her mentioning my name to the Lord, asking that he would guide me to be strong against temptation and to lead a life that was pleasing in his sight. I realized, then, that she had been doing this every night of my life. I have not been the same since that night." This is persistent prayer.
1111. The Church Squirt
Luke 15:1-32
Illustration
Charles Revis
The sea squirt is a strange creature. It seems to be a backward oriented creature. The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. When it finds its spot and takes root, it somehow figures it doesn't need a brain anymore. So it eats it. The analogy between the sea squirt and some tenured professors has been pointed out on numerous occasions—but the church ought not laugh too loudly. It does the same thing. It finds a ...
1112. Repeated Petitions
Luke 18:1-8
Illustration
While serving as Presbyterian missionaries in Lebanon Ben and Carol Weir learned a great deal about prayer when Ben was suddenly kidnapped by Shiite Muslim extremists in 1984. He was held in solitary confinement, in cramped quarters for sixteen months. Carol wondered whether she would ever see him again. Carol wrote of her ordeal: The months dragged on. There had been so many meetings, so much discussion without any change. I became more aware of what seemed to me to be the silence of God. What was ...
1113. Endurance
Illustration
Mickey Anders
There was a little country schoolhouse that was heated by an old-fashioned, potbellied coal stove. A little boy named Glenn had the job of coming to school early each day and starting the fire to warm up the building. One morning the teacher arrived only to find the building engulfed in flames. Misatking gasoline for karosene Glenn and his brother Floyd has ignited an inferno. The teacher who just arrived, along with other students, got Glenn out in time but his brother didn't make it. Glenn had major ...
1114. If You Have to Ask
Luke 24:13-35
Illustration
David E. Leininger
Asked by a persistent reporter to define the meaning of jazz, legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong is reputed to have answered, "If you have to ask the question, you'll never know." Something similar is true of Jesus' revelation of himself in our lesson. We do not reach Jesus by dint of our own effort. We know him only because he chooses to reveal himself to us. He does so not dramatically and with power, but humbly and personally. The risen Jesus does not appear to the rich and famous, the movers and ...
1115. Passing Shadows
Illustration
Staff
In his book Facing Loneliness, J. Oswald Sanders writes, "The round of pleasure or the amassing of wealth are but vain attempts to escape from the persistent ache...The millionaire is usually a lonely man and the comedian is often more unhappy than his audience." Sanders goes on to emphasize that being successful often fails to produce satisfaction. Then he refers to Henry Martyn, a distinguished scholar, as an example. Martyn, a Cambridge University student, was honored at only 20 years of age for his ...
1116. Heaven Will Know
Illustration
Konosuke Matsushita
In China's later Han era, there lived a politician called Yang Zhen, a man known for his upright character. After Yang Zhen was made a provincial governor, one of his earlier patrons, Wang Mi, paid him an unexpected visit. As they talked over old times, Wang Mi brought out a large gold cup and presented it to Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen refused to accept it, but Wang Mi persisted, saying, "There's no one here tonight but you and me, so no one will know." "You say that no one will know," Yang Zhen replied, "but ...
1117. Half a Head
Illustration
A man working in the produce department was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, "Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that's how we sell them!" "You mean," she persisted, "that after all the years I've shopped here, you won't sell me half-a-head of lettuce?" "Look," he said, "If you like I'll ask the manager." She indicated that would be appreciated, so the young man marched to the front of the store. "You won't believe this, but there's a lame- ...
1118. Thankfulness For Fleas
Illustration
Michael P. Green
Corrie ten Boom in The Hiding Place relates an incident that taught her always to be thankful. She and her sister, Betsy, had just been transferred to the worst German prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck. On entering the barracks, they found them extremely overcrowded and flea-infested. That morning, their Scripture reading in 1 Thessalonians had reminded them to rejoice always, pray constantly, and give thanks in all circumstances. Betsy told Corrie to stop and thank the Lord for every detail of ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
An extraordinary chapter narrates the stunning conclusion of Elijah’s career and the beginning of Elisha’s as a public figure. One aspect that emerges early in the narrative (2:1–8) is the tenacity of Elisha, in dealing with both his master and the persistent questions from the “company of the prophets” (literally “sons of the prophets”). Elijah’s upcoming experience is evidently common knowledge in prophetic circles, and yet Elisha’s tenacity early in the chapter foreshadows his difficult request in verse ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
Darius reorganizes the former Babylonian Empire into 120 satrapies, administered by 120 satraps (6:1). The satraps were directly accountable to the king and to one of three administrative officers, among whom Daniel also served. Daniel evokes the ire of the administrators and satraps. They make every effort to find fault with him, but Daniel is blameless. So the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisors, and governors come to Darius and ingratiate themselves to him with the request that Darius be ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
7:1–3 · The question: About two years after the temple rebuilding had recommenced, the question arose regarding the necessity of continuing the annual fasts that commemorated the destruction of the temple. The delegation comes from Bethel. The word “entreat” (7:2) indicates that these people are not merely asking for a judicial decision from the priests and prophets. They are seeking a favor from God. The fasts have obviously become wearisome to them. Except for the fast of the Day of Atonement, God had ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
The section about the woman caught in adultery has always proved difficult. Three questions persist: (1) Is it an insertion into the text of John? Most scholars answer in the affirmative. The best Greek manuscripts do not have it, and when they do, it appears in a variety of places (e.g., after John 7:36; 21:25; Luke 21:38; or even Luke 24:53). It also has a style unlike that of John, and it interrupts the Feast of Tabernacles story (see 8:12). If it belonged here, 7:53–8:1 would imply that Jesus was at ...
1123. Facing the Harsh Truth
Humor Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
A popular comic strip is "Momma" by Mel Lazarus. One of his strips shows Momma entertaining her perpetual suitor, Mr. K. Frankly, he's not much of a catch, but he is persistent. As the two sit on the couch, Mr. K. says, "Mrs. Hobbs, I am at a low ebb, psychologically. My ego is flattened." Mrs. Hobbs responds in an affirming way, "Mr. K., let me hasten to state that you're a fine, interesting and attractive man." Mr. K. perks up at this and asks, "Oh, Mrs. Hobbs, is that the truth?" Mrs. Hobbs says, "No. ...
1124. Missing Parrot
Illustration
Source Unknown
There once was a lady who was very concerned about her missing parrot. Not knowing what to do, she called 911. “You gotta help me find my parrot!” The operator patiently replied, “We can’t help you with that, ma’am. This number only deals with emergencies.” But the lady persisted, and then the operator told her not to be concerned, that the parrot should fly back in a few days. Then, out of desperation, the lady begged, “But you don’t understand! The only thing he says is “Here, kitty, kitty!!!”
I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will have to do with feelings of loving and being loved - whoever's been close to you. As you continue to grow, you'll find many ways of expressing your love and you'll discover more and more ways in which others express their love for you.
Fred Rogers
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