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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Sermon
Theodore F. Schneider
... traditions, culture, and old local customs. Our consciences must be captive to the Word of God! Just two years ago, for example, the church council of Saint Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, determined to participate in an overflow shelter program for the homeless during the coldest months of the year. The congregation would provide for the homeless and street people two meals, showers, laundry, conversation and a warm place to sleep. Failing to understand the homeless, either the ...
152. Saints Alive!
Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon
Theodore F. Schneider
... it does not yet appear that we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). What We Shall Be It was Easter morning. The nave of Saint Luke would be filled to overflowing every hour from 8 a.m. until noonday. On the front of the bulletin there was a single brief paragraph, strategically placed: There are just two kinds of people here this morning: Those who believe in the resurrection, and those who wish they could. Central in the preaching of ...
Eulogy
Joe Barone
... we know by a loving Savior, and though God doesn't cause the troubles we have, God is with us in our grief and sorrows. "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies," the psalmist says. "Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." That's a promise both for * and for us. No matter what we're feeling today - and different people feel different things in the ...
154. Candle Lighting · all five services
Matthew 3:1-12, Psalm 119:1-176, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, 1 Peter 1:1-12
Bulletin Aid
J. B. Quisenberry
... and fourth candles are lit. Prayer (In Unison) Precious Lord, your coming is at hand! Help us that our hearts may be prepared to receive the joy that you bring. Drive the shadows of doubt and fear and sin from our souls, and fill us to overflowing with the light of your redeeming love. We pray in your glorious name. Amen. Hymn: "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service Prelude Call To Worship Leader: Rejoice! The Lord has come! People: Glory be to God! Leader: Glory be to God in ...
155. Abounding Love
Philippians 1:9
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... to have a lot of love. He said, "It is my prayer that your love will abound more and more." How can we be filled with love? (response) By letting Jesus fill our hearts. So the next time you see a glass of water, remember that just as water that overflows from a glass still leaves the glass full, love flowing out of us leaves us full of love. Let's Pray: Lord, fill us up with your love. Amen.
156. Step Nine - Discipline
Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10
Sermon
John A. Terry
... . The gospel is realistic. Anger is a common emotion, and one we can all understand. A capacity for anger is simply something God gave us. The God of this Bible is a God who gets angry. The prophet Isaiah (54:8) brings us God's Words, saying, "In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you." As persons created in the image of God, we, too, get angry, but unlike God, we often lack the compassion to keep that anger from being destructive. So ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... . It is a time for us to comfort the comfortless. It is a time for you and me to seek comfort in the place where comfort may truly be found – not in possessions, or wealth, or drugs, or momentary distractions. Neither can comfort be found in overflowing appointment books or endless self-examination. Advent is the time to renew our connection with the only One who can truly comfort us – the God who says, according to the prophet Isaiah, "I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... work in the vineyard, making them the same offer as he had been making all day to the other workers he had hired. By 6 p.m., with air already beginning to feel cooler and the storm clouds forming on the horizon, Mr. Gallo looked with relief on the overflowing baskets of grapes, picked and ready for the wine press. It was time to pay the help, and Mr. Gallo was in a very generous mood. He gave his foreman a stack of pay envelopes, instructing him to pay the 5 o’clock workers first. When they opened their ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... us to look to the future, but its most demanding challenge and most exciting promise come in the announcement that the present is Kingdom time, too. The incarnation – God coming to dwell in human flesh – declares that the cup of the present is filled to overflowing with the presence of God. Whether we consider the present to be sunny and bright, fair to partly cloudy, or dismal and gloomy, God sends the Messiah to come to life in it. Elsewhere, Matthew describes the gift of the season of Advent with a ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... by a thread. The world is a scary place these days. It is a time for you and me to seek comfort in the place where comfort may truly be found – not in possessions, or wealth, or drugs, or momentary distractions. Neither can comfort be found in overflowing appointment books or endless self-examination. Advent is the time to renew our connection with the only One who can truly comfort us – the God who says, according to the prophet Isaiah, "I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... peeked cautiously inside. The horse itself and the eight-piece metal frame looked like they would be simple enough to put together. But at the bottom of the box - at the very bottom of the box - were three large plastic bags. And those bags were filled to overflowing with screws and washers and lock washers and nuts and bolts and safety hooks and God only knows what else! The manufacturer had thoughtfully provided me with 4,175 parts to put together. In case you don’t know by now, I am somewhat lacking in ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
This sermon written after the Columbine Shooting incident. In the first semester of seminary, I remember one of my professors saying something like this: "During your ministry, there will be weeks when your cup overflows with joy and you feel a keen awareness of the presence of God. The sermon will not be quite as difficult to prepare then. In fact, there may even be times when it just seems to write itself, and you are finished with it by midweek and you cannot wait ...
163. The Innkeeper Speaks
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
Drama
Edward G. Hunter
... It is hard to describe. It set them apart from the rank and file. The young woman appeared almost angelic. But I must continue with my story. It was during one of the Roman taxations. That is very vivid in my mind. The city was crowded to overflowing. So many pilgrims. All desperately in search of shelter. I felt so sorry for the young woman because it appeared that she would go into labor at any moment. Her husband told me they had been travelling five days and nights, all the way from Nazareth. "Nazareth ...
Drama
Edward G. Hunter
... Another miracle! She was well beyond the age of childbearing. Her husband, Zechariah, said it was indeed a miracle from God. When I saw Elizabeth, something within me confirmed the wonder of her pregnancy, as well as my own. My heart was filled to overflowing! I remember so well the night we arrived in Bethlehem. It Was late, probably past midnight. I remember I was exhausted, totally exhausted from the long trip. I barely remember Joseph talking to the keeper of the caravansary. I just remember his coming ...
165. Mary Of Nazareth
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ephesians 1:15-23
Drama
Lynda Pujad
... see her and be with her and learn about the angel's message to her. When I arrived, Elizabeth was filled with God's holy spirit and she knew immediately that I was expecting the Messiah when I came into her home. She was six months pregnant and filled with overflowing joy in the Lord. At times, it was hard for me to believe what was happening to me, that I was chosen to be the mother of the Messiah and yet be unmarried. The baby grew inside me and it was a dangerous reality, yet one of extreme honor. Being ...
Bulletin Aid
Carl Hoefler
Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus' post-resurrection appearances with his disciples concluded with the crowning experience of his ascension into heaven. People: That departing must have blessed their hearts to overflowing. Pastor: They were filled with joy, expectant of the Holy Spirit that would come upon them to give them power to do their Lord's work. People: That same Spirit gives us joy and power to minister in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who sits at the right ...
Bulletin Aid
Carl Hoefler
... you give to what you own. True worth is not determined by what you own, but by who owns you. People: Life is our most prized possession. And we want God to be in control of it. Collect God our Father, whose providence fills our pockets to overflowing, and whose Spirit enriches our souls beyond description: Grant us the insight to make wise investments in life, that we may see our true worth in terms of our relationship with you. We pray through Christ, who has shared his riches with us. Amen. Prayer of ...
Sermon
James Angell
... wonderful, waiting faces, and trust the knowledge that we have something to say that must be heard, something that is longing to be heard, something that transcends yesterday's ten o'clock news, something that feeds the soul and comes out of the overflow of our own struggle with God - preaching as programmed obligation dies and the continuing incarnation is confirmed. I still see, standing up within the congregation, that young man who had told me about his car lurching through the door of a bank building ...
Sermon
Robert V. Dodd
... you did, would there still be some nagging doubts as to the truth of your answer? We often sing "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine, Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine," and if we have experienced that blessed assurance, then we ought to be filled to overflowing with hope and joy, peace and encouragement. But, let me ask you this question: Do you know for certain that Jesus is yours and that you are his? Indeed, is it possible to have that personal assurance of salvation which many people claim to possess ...
Sermon
Robert V. Dodd
... for a week. And the crowds gather in response to the reputation of the speaker and the quality of advertising that has gone into the preparation for his coming. But it has been my experieuce that although an effective evangelist may attract overflow crowds to a particular church, it is when ordinary laypeople begin to talk about their faith in Christ that long-lasting results are achieved. Theologians and preachers and other religious leaders often talk in terms of theories and generalities, but the witness ...
Sermon
Wallace H. Kirby
... wish that we were in his place. Having full barns alone doesn’t bring inward peace, nor does it fill the empty places of the heart. Do we ever really reach the point where we quit worrying about economic security - even when the barns are full and overflowing? I have a hunch that the wealthy take as much Sominex as do those on the lower edge of the economic heap. My guess is that they, too, have trouble sleeping because of gnawing anxieties over the security of their barns. Certainly they know that their ...
Sermon
... a man uses a woman or a woman uses a man - even though they might be married - the relationship is sick. People using their neighbors - that’s sick. In a re-run of The Mary Tyler Moore Show we saw Mary coming into her apartment staggering under two overflowing bags of groceries. In comes neighbor Phyllis who thanks her for "picking up a few things" since she was going to the store anyway. Then we saw Mary take out just one quart of milk for herself, while Phyllis grabbed all the rest and carried it all ...
Sermon
... the persons he wrote about was the Rev. Dmitri Dudko, a Russian Orthodox priest who had been attracting large crowds in Moscow, "something of a religious upsurge around Moscow by his open ‘dialogues’ with all comers, believers and unbelievers." When his church overflowed its capacity, the authorities moved him to a church fifty miles from Moscow, but "people still flocked there." A couple of years later he was assigned to a smaller parish twenty miles from Moscow - "still the crowds came as the end drew ...
Children's Sermon
... loving to the people they see a lot and know pretty well. (Stir it until you can see suds but still some water is visible). But now I want to show you how God loves and how he wants us to love. (Begin stirring vigorously so that the suds literally overflow the bowl and run down the sides). This is what happens when you put love into action. Do you see what happens when you try to love all of the time? There’s more than enough for you and me and everybody else. God’s love is like soapsuds that ...
Sermon
... using a certain hair color and asks, "Don't you think I am worth it?" The sense of the world is expressed in an outdoor restaurant sign saying that you can have all the shrimp you can eat. That is it: indulge yourself, stuff yourself to overflowing. Do not deny or deprive yourself. That is foolish. You live only once; live it up and have a good time. Fasting is the exact opposite of that philosophy. Fasting calls for pulling in the reins on yourself. It means saying "No" to yourself. It demands discipline ...
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