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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201. Who Counted the Fish?
John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... what to do next. So they did the familiar thing: they returned to fishing in the Sea of Galilee. Maybe they simply went back to their old life to await further instructions. But back to our story. On the day reported in our scripture lesson, they had toiled all night and caught nothing, Just as the day was breaking, they heard a voice from the shore calling to them, Fellows, have you caught anything?” Their answer was “No. We have worked all night and have nothing to show for it.” “Well,” said the ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... Commandments, it is not primarily a religious regulation at all. There is nothing whatever in it about worship or religious services. What it does command is a day of rest on which even serving men and women lay aside their tasks and on which even the toiling beasts of the field are not forgotten. It was a great piece of humanitarian legislation. Who says that the Bible is not concerned about social welfare? What Bible are they reading? The Bible I read tells me that God has a special concern for the poor ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... foam. Up on the northern hillside Jesus was praying. It was Passover time, as we noted, and that was the time of the full moon, so Jesus could see the sea spread before Him in the light of the moon. Down on the lake, He could have seen the rowers toiling with their oars, battling the elements, making little headway. It looked as though the wind was driving them into the shore, so Jesus went down the hill to meet them. Two facts must be remembered: at the north end of the lake it is no more than four miles ...
204. Slippery Rock
Matthew 16:21-28
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... old occupation he had before he had run off on a wild-goose chase with Jesus. They are out fishing on the Sea of Galilee and they see a familiar figure standing on the shore. The figure asks whether they have caught anything. They answer that they have toiled all night for naught. A streak of bad luck! Then Jesus tells them to “cast their nets on the other side” and lo and behold, there is a miraculous batch of fish. Peter remembers a similar event on the day that Jesus first called him, and jumps into ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... one had only one sermon to preach; but when a preacher must come up with a new sermon for the same congregation week in and week out, year after year, it can become difficult business. Most folks, I imagine, simply do not realize the hours of blood, sweat, toil and tears that go into the making of a sermon. The old rule of thumb used to say that a minister should spend an hour in the study for every minute in the pulpit. Handy things like word processors have speeded things up a bit, but it still requires ...
206. Thanks for the Memories
Deuteronomy 26:1-15
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... ; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. Then we cried to the Lord the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders, and He brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And behold ...
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Robert Noblett
... knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word, "Follow thou Me," and sets us to the task which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience who He is.2 Luke says of those huddled post-Resurrection disciples that "in their joy they were disbelieving." Is all this too ...
208. What a Resume!
2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6
Sermon
Fredrick R. Harm
... a paradise." Can you think of a more beautiful desire than this? Is it any wonder that some hymnals include the inspiring hymn that has us sing: O master let me walk with thee, in lowly paths of service free; Tell me thy secret, help me bear, the strain of toil the fret of care. Help me the slow of heart to move, by some clear winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way. In hope that sends a shining ray, far down the future's broadening way; In peace that ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... prison, far, far, far away from Philippi. Most of the persons who read his letter, probably all of them, had never been, nor would they ever go, to Rome. Yet Paul and his friends in prison were bound together in the trials of his captivity with the toils of those people in Philippi in their Christian witnessing, living, and teaching. This was a big idea for Paul because it was a big experience. He expressed it in his most graphic way in I Corinthians 15:22. You remember that verse? “For as in Adam all ...
210. Constantly Abiding
Philippians 2:1-11
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... loose. Jesus said, don’t be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, or about your body, what you shall put on. Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, they neither toil nor spend. Therefore, don’t be anxious about tomorrow, let tomorrow be anxious about itself. Let the day’s on trouble be sufficient for the day. When we realize that there is nothing we can do without Christ, then there’s no place to go but to Christ ...
211. The Power Of Purpose
2 Timothy 3:10--4:8
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... that, and perhaps all of us ought to stay exactly where we are - because I have an idea that, for most of us, relocating is not the key to finding the power of purpose. I know people, and so do you, you may be one of them, who would not toil at their present job another single day if only they could be relieved of the burdens and responsibilities of supporting their family; or if they could find another more meaningful way to do it. For some, going to work is a bitter task; leaving work is like dropping a ...
212. East Of Eden
Genesis 3:1-24
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Maxie Dunnam
... out the man; and at the east of the Garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." From a garden Paradise to Eve having her pain and child-bearing multiplied -- and Adam toiling and sweating in the soil all the days of his life, eating the plants of the field, with the thorns and the thistles growing along with the fruit -- all of that -- East of Eden -- with an angel with a flaming sword denying them entrance again, and all because ...
213. If Only -- In Spite Of
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... ; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure." Now these were the things that had happened to him. "If only", he might have well said. But then there was this ongoing problem -- this pain ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... nor a hen -- but a pelican, a mother pelican. Have you heard the tale of the pelican The Arab's Gimmel-el-Bar That lives in the African wilderness Where birds that live lonely are. Have you heard how it cares for its tender young, How it labors and toils for their good. How it brings them water from fountains afar- - and fishes the seas for their food. How in famine it feeds them what love can devise, Blood from its bosom And in feeding them, dies. Do you get the picture -- the mother sucking blood from her ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... . He wrote a marvelous poem entitled "Long Live the Weeds". In this poem he confirmed what we are talking about here. Listen to Hopkins: Long live the weeds that overwhelm my narrow vegetable realm The bitter rock, the barren soil that force the Son of Man to toil; All things unholy marred by a curse, the ugly of the universe."The rough, the wicked, and the wild, that keeps the spirit undefiled. With these I match my little wit and earn the right to stand and sit. Hope, love, create, or drink and die: These ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... He wrote a marvelous poem entitled "Long Live the Weeds". In this poem he confirmed what we are talking about here. Listen to Hopkins: Long live the weeds that overwhelm my narrow vegetable realm The bitter rock, the barren soil that force the Son of Man to toil; All things unholy marred by a curse, the ugly of the universe." The rough, the wicked, and the wild, that keeps the spirit undefiled. With these I match my little wit and earn the right to stand and sit. Hope, love, create, or drink and die: These ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... the way they made their living. They must have wondered about Jesus when He told them to move further out into the deep and let down their net in order to have a great catch. Was He questioning their ability? "All night," the scripture says, "they had toiled with their nets, but they had caught nothing. Ability was not the issue. Availability was. I've never told you about my brother, Lloyd. He was two years older than me, twin brother to my sister, Lois. He had spent 20 years in the military. During those ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... have to worry if you know that you are important to God. III. Now a third truth: You don't have to worry if the first priority of your life is the Kingdom of God. Let's read verses 27-31 again. "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you-you of little ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to the social issues of the day, and helped shape the history of the church in America. It was Washington Gladden who wrote that great hymn: O Master, let me walk with thee In lowly paths of service free; Tell me thy secret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care. Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear, winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stay, And guide them in the home-ward way. (3) Washington Gladden had no sudden conversion experience. He found Jesus by seeking to walk ...
Sermon
J. Ellsworth Kalas
... business. Perhaps he sensed they were so defeated that they were ready for any kind of counsel, from anyone. Or perhaps he was counting on the fact that they had confidence in him from their earlier experiences with him. Simon refused at first. "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing!" It is the language of someone who already feels so defeated that he doesn't want to submit himself to the possibility of still another failure. However, he quickly added, "Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets ...
221. Responding to the Story
Deuteronomy 26:1-15
Sermon
Elizabeth Achtemeier
... if we know the benefits of his deeds and words, there is simply no other response we can make in the worship of this church than to rejoice. In the words of our text, we can rejoice because God has heard our voice, and seen our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. We can rejoice because he has delivered -- and delivers us daily -- from our slavery to the sin of this world and from the terrible defeat that death would mean. We can rejoice because our Lord is with us here, accompanying us on our journey ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... pray, then you are too busy with stuff I never assigned you. Follow me, and watch your life get simpler and more productive.” The movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier begins with a mysterious scene of healing. A human-looking alien named J'onn toils beneath a blazing sun. Ragged and malnourished, he drills in vain for water. There are hundreds of holes in the earth around him. He is alerted to the heavy pounding of hoofs. A caped rider on horseback thunders toward him. J'onn releases the drill, hurries ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... the way they made their living. They must have wondered about Jesus when He told them to move further out into the deep and let down their net in order to have a great catch. Was He questioning their ability? "All night," the scripture says, "they had toiled with their nets, but they had caught nothing. Ability was not the issue. Availability was. I've never told you about my brother, Lloyd. He was two years older than me, twin brother to my sister, Lois. He had spent 20 years in the military. During those ...
224. Simeon's Song
Luke 2:21-40
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... in it, and it fits this text perfectly. Anna doesn't have a song in the Nativity drama. She is just there. Simeon is the one who has the song. But this could be Anna's song. And ye, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing. O rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing!
225. Preaching to a Stone
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
Sermon
Charles L. Aaron
... a brief description of the Abraham story, Joshua evokes memories of how Abraham had stepped out in faith to go toward an unknown adventure. Joshua recounts the days of slavery in Egypt and the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, so that they can once again imagine the toil of brick making and the marvel of God forcing back the Sea to expose the dry ground. With story after story, Joshua tells them, "This is who you are! God has been working for a long time, through many people to get you to this place. You aren ...
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