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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176. Chapter V
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... to determine. Even when that issue can be settled, the question still remains as to how parents are to go about teaching their children about life, and how they should use their knowledge to help shape those young lives. To know the difference between a steadying, helping hand and an oppressive, warping one takes a Solomon! It takes great sensitivity to develop the kind of "feel" for life-shaping that a friend of mine tries to instill in his fencing students so that they can "feel" a sword. "You must learn ...
177. Chapter VI
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... alive. Riots in our slums these past few years have turned our cities into battlefields where thousands have died by sniper’s guns, police bullets, and fires. And on battlefields in other lands, our troops, and the men of other nations, have been dying at a steady pace for the last 35 or more years. In one way or another this man-administered death has come to the place where all of us have either been touched by it, or know that we might be. Faced with this grizzly possibility, people are looking ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... nursing home whether Jimmie had lost his soul, the Sisters were outraged by the question. "Watch Jimmie in chapel," they said, "and judge for yourself." So Sacks did watch Jimmie in chapel, and there he observed an astounding transformation. He saw an intensity and steadiness in Jimmie that he had not observed before. As he received the sacrament, there was "perfect alignment of his spirit with the spirit of the Mass." There in worship, Jimmie was no longer at the mercy of a faulty and fallible memory. "He ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... they came in we all jumped up and screamed and we sang, "Happy birthday, Agnes!" And you know, I've never seen a person so flabbergasted, so stunned, so shaken. Her mouth fell open, her knees started to buckle, her friend had to offer her arm to steady her, and I noticed she had started to cry. When the birthday cake with all the candles was carried out, that's when she just lost it. She started sobbing. Harry, in his gruff voice mumbled, "Blow out the candles, Agnes, blow out the candles." Then he handed ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... trust me?" Then she may cry. But if you stand by the rules you believe to be wise and right, one day she will thank you for it. Our children often challenge our rules in order to find out what we really believe in. They need something steady to bounce their own growing ideas up against. Yakov Smirnoff, in his book called "America on six Rubles a Day," writes, "coming from the Soviet Union I was not prepared for the incredible variety of products available in American grocery stores. I saw powdered milk--you ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... you have three grown children. One son is a company vice president in Atlanta, earning $200,000 per year. Your daughter is doing quite well as a surgeon in Miami. Your other son is an alcoholic in Richmond, living hand to mouth, unable to hold a steady job. As a parent, where would your focus be this Christmas? On Richmond, of course. And I'm certain you would call those prosperous children in Miami and Atlanta to help their less fortunate brother. God is a good heavenly father. His focus this Christmas is ...
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... sure that the sun will be in the sky in the morning, we can count on God to be there for us, too. Don’t you think it makes sense that we should always try to return the favor by always loving and worshiping God with the same kind of steady, constant, and faithful love? We should definitely return the favor! Every morning when you wake up and the sun is in the sky, let us say a prayer to thank God for loving us and to let him know we love him, too! Let’s Pray: God, thank you for ...
Sermon
Donald Macleod
... this are simply not listeners. A pastoral call that consists of idle talk about little items does not move beyond the limits of our brain; it reaches no depth in the human soul. Isaiah showed his people a better way; those exiles for whom life had been a steady drag needed the face and touch of someone with a plus side to the business of living. You see: a prophet is not just a "foreteller," i.e., someone who predicts the future. The true prophet is a "forthteller," one who tells people what is God’s will ...
Sermon
Donald Macleod
... . Consider Matthias: Peter described him as one who had "accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us," all the way from Jesus’ Baptism to the Ascension. He was not merely a loose hanger-on; he was a sincere and steady fellow traveler whose integrity commended him to the others; he was really a partner among equals. Indeed, Scripture records many of similar character: In the Book of Ezra we read the account of the dedication of "the house of the Lord in Jerusalem" in which ...
185. Song of a King
Psalm 101:1-8
Sermon
Gordon Pratt Baker
... expects to do all this in his own strength. In fact, such a thought would never have occurred to him. Rather, he is confident that the God whose ways he proposes to copy will be at his side supporting him in his defense of righteousness and steadying him whenever he might be tempted to waver (Psalm 101:3b). "A Mirror for Reigning Princes" Having thus committed his personal life to the Almighty, the new king spells out the principles that will govern his reign. Let the people be aware, the monarch begins ...
186. Rules For Living
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Robert Allen
... thousand years ... the soprano upstairs warbles off-key ... the tenor next door flats his high ones ... the piano across the hall is out of tune ... noise all around me, noise ... noise ... noise; but that, my friend, is ‘A.’ " I believe it will steady your soul to remember that. Some things remain constant in the midst of noise and change ... some things are not transient ... some things are not at the mercy of popular vote ... some things, like the Ten Commandments, are timeless and permanent! You can ...
Sermon
Erskine White
... when we feel alone and unappreciated, wondering where we will find the good cheer and grace to go on giving, we may be thankful. We may continue to offer God our gifts of thanksgiving, because there remains a spiritual anchor within which holds us steady and reminds us of His love. Surely, we help ourselves and make ourselves happier if we offer thanksgiving for all things, even adversity. More importantly, we make God happy as well, since He has made it abundantly clear that prayers and thanksgiving are ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... number ninety million and growing. Our backyard represents one of the largest and one of the most challenging mission fields for the church. The back door of many of our congregations is far too wide. The shocking statistic for my denomination remains fairly steady and consistent: "for every new member gained by evangelism, we lose two and a half people to inactivity." No, we don’t push the panic button and start offering green stamps in order to get people interested in the church. But neither can ...
Sermon
Durwood L. Buchheim
... , squirming mess. You don’t know where one begins and another ends. When you reach in and grab one, it is like you grab a ball of worms. You can’t jerk lest you tear the worm in two, but you must exert steady pressure if you are going to secure your worm. So it is in many congregations, with people involved in different projects, concerns, and meetings, moving in many different directions. Yet there is much overlapping and interconnecting which requires organizational and communication skills lest ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... into the fold for the night. The shepherd boy picked up the trail of his lost sheep at dusk. His experience told him the direction they would take. Tufts of wool left on briars and ominous drops of blood were left along the path. The drops became a steady trickle leading to a ravine that the shepherds called "The Valley of the Shadow," because it was so steep and deep that even at midday the sun did not penetrate to the bottom of the narrow gorge. As darkness fell the shepherd boy started into the Valley of ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... angels will soon join her, their foil-wrapped wings bouncing wildly to the beat of "Gloria in Excelsis." When the angels have fluttered to stage right, the shepherds will lumber left to Bethlehem to find a fawn-eyed Mary and a sheepish Joseph, whose steady downward gaze is fixed upon the blanket-wrapped doll in the plywood creche. These bathrobe Christmas pageants, and indeed all of our attempts to convey the range and power of whatever-in-the-name-of-God happened that night to those shepherds, seem so ...
Sermon
James W. Robinson
... the parsonage, the high school on the other. Except for the rabbi who resided on the far side of the church, their neighbors lived opposite them, across the street. When the oldest boy of the family was killed in Vietnam, their neighbors came in steady procession from down the sidewalks and across the street, to comfort them: an elderly couple who belonged to the Reformed Church in America; an Orthodox Jew whose silent presence comforted them for a full hour; another elderly couple who never missed Mass at ...
Sermon
Charles L. Koester
... and you and I, and all who believe, are saved people, who can live in all peace and joy. You need not flee to nothingness today because Christ is alive again, giving your life meaning and purpose and destiny. You can now face life with assurance, and with steady eyes. God isn’t dead, death is dead! This was the meaning of the resurrection almost 2,000 years ago, and it is a living reality here and now. Christ lived, died, and rose again to open up new possibilities for living your life. Today you can live ...
Sermon
E. Jerry Walker
... men, the women were openly wailing and weeping as they made the turn, and some ran forward, kneeling beside the condemned Galilean. The centurion was about to order his soldiers to restrain them, when the man turned and spoke to the women, his voice steady, confident, so out of character with the apparent weakness he suffered. "Daughters of Jerusalem," he said, "do not weep for me, but for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and ...
Sermon
George Bass
... some time, to join them; they sat down at the end of one of the tables by themselves. "How long have you been on the road?" asked Webb. "A long time, a very long time," came the answer. "And it never occurred to you to settle down and take some steady work?" "No," the man replied, "I used to be a carpenter. But I’m one of those who has to be on his way. I’d never be happy settled in just one place." Webb comments: "It was odd the way he said it - like the wayfarer who visited Emmaus ...
Sermon
Robert G. Tuttle
... us who trust him" (Ephesians 1:18). When God calls us to something, he sustains us in it. You can count on that. Read through the New Testament book of Acts and see how God backs up his promise under impossible odds. There is then, for us a steady inner peace available as we face a needy and broken world, seeking to do God’s will as interpreted by Christ. One evening at a dialogue dinner of pastors and psychiatrists, the doctor sitting next to me thought to shock me. He said, "Pastor, this morning there ...
197. The Advent Hope
Romans 14:1--15:13
Sermon
T. A. Kantonen
... human calculation, and our generation cannot determine either the time or the manner of the second coming with any greater accuracy than previous generations. The right attitude toward the Advent message is neither careless indifference nor morbid curiosity but steady and dedicated vigilance. Thus Paul concludes his portrayal of the final fulfillment of the Advent hope with these words: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15:58 ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... loved them to the end" (John 13:1). In the sunset glow the disciples listen with hushed reverence as the Lord speaks of the mansions in the Father’s house and the way of getting there, of his peace which will enable them to face life with steady confidence, of his power by which they could overcome the world. Then he proceeds to imprint his memory indelibly upon the hearts of his followers for all time. He breaks bread and gives to each a fragment, saying, "For you, John," "For you, Peter," "For you, for ...
199. The Dynamic Word
Isaiah 55:1-13
Sermon
T. A. Kantonen
... ? How can I meet this crisis, this heartbreak? Whence comes the saving strength and wisdom to meet life when it shows its seamy side? In the third chapter of Ephesians, Paul shows how Christ answers the question. He describes the joy, the strength, the peace, the steadiness which result from faith in Christ. All this, he says, happens "by the action of his power within us." He uses his favorite word for the gospel, dynamis. We who are living in the atomic age and think in terms of energies that stagger the ...
200. The Flow of Life
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
Sermon
Gregory J. Johanson
... ministry. In the first stage, he seemed to have been a spectator more than a participant, someone who sat on the bank preaching helpful sermons to those struggling in the river. In the second stage he moved to the role of lifeguard, often jumping in to steady someone who was going down again, then returning to his station on the shore. The third stage came as he himself was thrown into deep water and found that he needed saving. From that point he discovered that other people often had their arms around him ...
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