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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Steve Burt
... tune you wrote, sweetie. But music is a leisure activity, not a calling." Whatever the roadblocks, whether they're placed there by others or by ourselves, we need to recognize there's an authentic person inside each of us whom God calls us to be ... knowing the soul inside them: they need the help of us "coin-scratchers." But even there we find a trap. We can be seduced into helping others while avoiding our own souls' callings. I'm so busy helping you become your true self I can't take time to work on my self ...
1577. Salt And Light
Matthew 5:13-16
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Mark Radecke
... through the Presbyterian Center in Southeast Roanoke, and we used money from the Pastor's Discretionary Fund to help her, cooperating with other local churches to raise the total month's rent. In her letter, she thanked us for being there for her in her ... would have to serve God another way, rather than through the ordained ministry. So, this is what I do. Now, I know that you, and many others, have been praying for Aaron. I can only report that I felt that I was led by God to look into that part of his body ...
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R. Curtis Fussell
... way of living. In the novel Zorba the Greek, Alexis Zorba asks his young friend, the boss, "Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humor, and others, I'm told, into God."1 Food. "Tell me what you do with the food you eat." Food occupies a major portion of our lives. With all the time spent on buying, preparing, eating, and cleaning up, not to mention the snacks, food is a major preoccupation in our lives ...
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William B. Kincaid, III
... Nothing could be further from the truth. Baptism is a beginning. It is the desire to see the world differently, to see each other differently, and even to see ourselves differently. Baptism is a fresh start, not a destination. Baptism calls into question our previous lives, ... and brothers? We know the kind of trouble that is caused by thinking of ourselves too highly and not regarding others with the kind of appreciation they are due, but true humility is not something very many people spend their days ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... we see that the Father is not the Son; the Son is not the Spirit; the Spirit is not the Father. If each were the other, there would not be three separate persons. Each person of the Trinity has his own personality and work. While we have three persons, we have ... is equal in authority, power, and grace. Co-operative: The persons of the Trinity are cooperative. They are not in competition with each other. When we call upon the Father, at the same time we get the help of the Son and the Spirit. Each person is ...
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Russell F. Anderson
... over the Jordan and enter the land of promise. He confronts them with a crucial choice which they must make that day. The choice is life, which flows from obedience to the Lord, or death which follows disobedience. They were entering a land where the people served other gods. Before they are tempted by these gods, they must choose the Lord of their life. To choose Yahweh now would obviate the danger of choosing false gods later on. It's a life or death situation. Lesson 1: Sirach 15:15-20 (RC); Sirach 15:11 ...
1582. Passion Sunday
Mt 26:14–27:66 · Phil 2:5-11 · Is 45:21-25; 50:4-9 · Ps 31
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Russell F. Anderson
... and death. Illustration: Death possesses a peculiar power to control our lives. When I was an adolescent, I had the neurotic fear that I might die a premature death if I did something wrong. I have overcome or, at least, controlled this fear by confronting it. The other day I called on a man who was clearly at the very end of his life. He was dying of the same disease that claimed my father less than three months earlier. A niece was sitting there. She admitted the seriousness of the situation. Yet, when we ...
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Ronald Lavin
... you." Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven." One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe." A week later the disciples were together again ...
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Ronald Lavin
... bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works, and give glory to your Father in heaven." -- Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSV) ____________ Imagine ... tells us that there is something about Jesus' light, that he had a quality of eternal life in him which gave light to other people. The Gospel says that that new quality of life was something that helped people see better, not in the physical sense, but ...
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Ronald Lavin
... Christian, sometimes a feeling of being lost or stranded can lead us away from the Way we should be going. That's why commitment to walk the true Way is so important. The first step toward the kingdom of God is awakening to the dead-end nature of every other walk; the second is to commit ourselves to the long walk before us. This commitment is not a once and for all decision. It must be made and remade hundreds of times throughout a lifetime. That's one of the reasons why I love old Christians so much. Like ...
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Ronald Lavin
... of the death of trees in order to produce wood for doors. Jesus gave up his life in order to become the door to life for others. Jesus came to serve. He set his face toward Jerusalem toward the end of his life. It was there, on a tree, that he spent his ... before which they worship. That kind of faith is anything but trusting Christ as the door through which we go to God. On the other hand I have known hundreds of radiant Christians who not only see the value of Christ for the here and now, but truly trust ...
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Jerry Eckert
... of a servant. He became like man, and appeared in human likeness.He was humble and walked the path of obedience to death -- his death upon the cross. For this reason God raised him to the highest place above, and gave him the name that is greater than any other name. And so, in honor of the name of Jesus, all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will fall on their knees, and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:1-11) Announcer ...
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John A. Terry
... wonderful works of God. Last Friday, I went on the annual Hollis Elementary School third grade trip to the shore at Odiorn Point, N.H. We were there to go "tide pooling." Having grown up by the shores of Lake Erie, I did not know what I was in for. Other times I had walked along the rocky ocean shore. I had thought of tide pools as things to step over until I went with a group of trained and inquisitive third graders. Knowing what to look for, they could see and touch and hold all of the marvelous life that ...
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E. Carver McGriff
... tactics, aren't we helping to create the very kind of world we don't want to live in? Jesus said we should "do unto others as we would have them do unto us." That's playing the game of life by the rules. Knute Rockne had a poem on the ... equally surprised at the question. He said he'd been raised to always be honest and he couldn't stand to think of himself any other way. What simple, unquestioning integrity. Those of us who are older have learned that there is nothing quite so important as looking in a ...
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Timothy J. Smith
... day it will be too late. Disaster surely will strike. It is no secret that there are many voices in our world competing for our attention. There are many nonessential activities that lead us away from God and Jesus. When we fall into the trap of listening to these other voices we have a hard time hearing the voice of God in our lives. It's not that God whispers so softly to us that we cannot hear. It's that there are so many voices competing for our attention that God's voice is frequently drowned out. We ...
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William G. Carter
... did not. He had every reason to press on to see the priests, for that would hasten his return to society and his reunion with loved ones.2 Why did he turn back? Luke says the man was singing from the top of his lungs; maybe the other nine wanted some peace and quiet, and asked him to leave. Since all ten lepers were healed, perhaps the ugly divisions returned between Jews and Samaritans when they were no longer bound together by a common illness. Perhaps, as a foreigner, the tenth leper discovered on the ...
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Harry N. Huxhold
... a source of great comfort and hope for us is that the Lord Jesus says that he loves all within the fold and that he loves others who are not of the fold. This is to say that his love is universal. Because it is universal, there can be absolutely no doubt that ... different conceptions and pictures of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some see him at one end as soft as a marshmallow and others at the other extreme picture him as a harsh judge. The variety of Christologies in between is very large. However, our Lord gives ...
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RobertT D. Ingram
... Recruit the congregation's textile artists to make a huge banner composed of three panels. The panel on the left shows John the baptizer stooping down to untie the sandals of Christ. The middle panel shows Christ, with one foot extended to John and the other foot standing in the Jordan River. The panel on the right shows Jesus in the Jordan River and the Holy Spirit appearing as a dove descending out of heaven toward Jesus. No words are necessary. There are many classic paintings of the baptism of Christ ...
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John A. Terry
... wonderful works of God. Last Friday, I went on the annual Hollis Elementary School third grade trip to the shore at Odiorn Point, N.H. We were there to go "tide pooling." Having grown up by the shores of Lake Erie, I did not know what I was in for. Other times I had walked along the rocky ocean shore. I had thought of tide pools as things to step over until I went with a group of trained and inquisitive third graders. Knowing what to look for, they could see and touch and hold all of the marvelous life that ...
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Jerry Eckert
... of a servant. He became like man, and appeared in human likeness. He was humble and walked the path of obedience to death -- his death upon the cross. For this reason God raised him to the highest place above, and gave him the name that is greater than any other name. And so, in honor of the name of Jesus, all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will fall on their knees, and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:1-11) Announcer ...
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Charles R. Leary
... Cain’s murder of Abel, and they are wondering if it is all worth it. Adam says, “Life is still long enough to learn to dig ...” Adam is digging and Eve is spinning her loom. Eve responds, “Yes, to dig. And to fight. But is it long enough for the other things, the great things? ... [We] need not live by bread alone. There is something else. We do not yet know what it is; but some day we shall find out; and then we will live on that alone; and there shall be no more digging nor spinning, nor fighting ...
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Charles R. Leary
... me?” Given assurance, verbally and by his own touch, that his father’s face was toward him, the boy said, “If your face is toward me, daddy, I think I can go to sleep.”1 Then again, walk into a home where the members rarely touch each other and what do you find? You experience an atmosphere that is withdrawn, prone to fantasy, sometimes hostile. It is cold. Even though the words are there, you’re not sure the welcome is for real. You get the feeling that their emotions are being poured out of a ...
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Larry R. Kalajainen
... of the witch, since they hear from some of the inhabitants a rumor that Aslan the rightful king is returning. One of the children, however, the younger boy Edmund, is a spoiled brat, and when he discovers that he can't have everything his way, he betrays the other animals and his brother and sisters to the witch, and they fall into her clutches. In the climactic scene, the witch comes to Aslan and tells him that according to the deep magic from the dawn of time, she is entitled to have the blood of anyone ...
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May Dembowski
... -in-law made sense when she advised me a long time ago, "If you don't let the children do things, they can't learn." MARCY: I guess the key is to pray, plan, schedule, and follow through ... and look for God's patience and joy. (ALL nod to each other in agreement, make notes, sip coffee.) This is an appropriate place to take a short break. CAROL: I've got a challenge for you. How can we go about putting Christ in our Christmas when most of the family is anti-anything-religious? MAY: That IS a challenge! I'm ...
1600. Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday
John 13:1-17, Exodus 12:1-30, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:31-38
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Russell F. Anderson
... How to lose weight, how to cook, how to become successful, how to overcome guilt, and so forth. Shortly before the Passover, Jesus gave his disciples a crash "how to" course in being his disciples. He washed his disciples' feet and afterward told them that they should do to others as he had done for them. This is how you love, he was saying, this is how you serve. Do this and you will know how to be my disciple. It's interesting that when the sand had almost emptied out of the hourglass for Jesus, he didn't ...
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