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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John R. Brokhoff
... then does this mean to us who are suffering from insecurity? It means you can trust in God and in his Word. These are made of eternal materials which the world cannot destroy. God’s Kingdom cannot be destroyed, for God cannot be eradicated nor displaced. We stand on Christ the Rock, for all other ground is sinking sand. His promises can be trusted, for God never changes his Word. When we base our lives on the absolute values found in God, we are on solid ground. When the storms of life come and floods ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." And he said, "Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord." And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in ...
2428. Sick Of A Sick Society
Jeremiah 14:1--15:21
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John R. Brokhoff
"If you will turn back to me, I will take you back and you shall stand before me. If you choose noble utterance and reject the base, you shall be my spokesman. This ... His word is found in our text, words said to Jeremiah, who was spiritually sick along with his society: "If you will turn back to me, I shall take you back and you shall stand before me." The answer is not earn, learn, or burn but TURN! According to our text, Jeremiah left God, for he was angry with God for all the pain and persecution he was ...
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Robert Bachelder
... disagree in their conclusions. While I speak with conviction this morning and will mince no words, I will not presume to question your own faithfulness if you disagree with me. That would be the height of arrogance, and I do not want to stand with the Pharisee in the temple. What is interesting to me, however, is the near unanimous opposition by mainline Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders around the country to the reinstatement of the death penalty and their widespread endorsement of a nuclear freeze ...
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Robert Bachelder
... creeps. It speaks to us instead of the glorious possibilities of the soul. It does this without glossing over the unhappy portion of our lives. Do not think for a moment that there is anything sentimental or naive or pollyanna about the gospel. If there were, I could not stand here Sunday after Sunday and preach to you, for by now I have seen too much of life’s dark underbelly. I have been too many times to the grave, to the hospital, to the unhappy home and to the slum. I know that life can be mean, and ...
Sermon
George Bass
... Piazza Navona, hear how the modern piazza is built over Domitian’s Circus Agonalis, and learn that the popes used to flood the square and stage mock naval battles on it. Right in the middle, they are told, is Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers; it stands in front of the Church of St. Agnes in Agone. One of the four figures has a hand upraised - toward the church - as a kind of joke by Bernini, who disliked Borromini’s facade on the church that the figure had to shield his eyes or protect himself ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... is to function effectively, must determine its final authority. And each of us has to make that same decision about our lives. There cannot be more than one ruler. Jesus brought this up on other occasions. He said, "If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand." "No man can serve two masters." Now Jesus knew that for most of us, most of the time, we take things into our own hands, and crown ourselves with top honors. Unconsciously, we live by our own rules: "I look out for number one, that’s me ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... a short circuit, a blinding explosion, and immediately the boat was enveloped in a boiling blanket of flames. He managed to push his wife and one of his sons overboard, but his other son was burned to death. Months later the two friends were playing golf together. Standing on the tee waiting for a foursome in the front to get out of range, the bereaved father retold the story of the fire, and how some well-meaning friend, trying to cheer him up, had said: "Well, Ted, there’s one thing you can be grateful ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... and scratch and assert herself if she is to ever get anywhere." I have sat with a pastor-parish committee in a local church and heard a member state emphatically that we "don’t want a meek, mealy-mouthed preacher; we want a bold and aggressive person who can stand up to anyone." Our whole concept of meekness, in society and in business, in the home and in the church, makes us wonder what in the world Jesus had in mind when he said: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." What did he mean ...
2435. Pardon for Sin
Romans 5:12-21
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Dennis Kastens
... The Scripture says, As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on his name. And again, "All that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." And once more, his personal invitation, "Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come into him." (Revelation 3:20) To be perfectly clear, we receive his merits not merely when we believe that he once walked this earth, not simply when we acknowledge that he ...
2436. The New Covenant
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
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Dennis Kastens
... ceremony was the planting of trees, trees that were known for their long life. After this planting the chieftain stepped forward and shouted, "Come, buy and sell with Stanley, for he is our blood brother." A few hours before, Stanley’s men had had to stand guard over their bales of cotton cloth and trinkets, but now they could be left open and yet undisturbed. For anyone to steal from a blood brother meant the death penalty. The old chieftain couldn’t do enough for his new found brother. Stanley couldn ...
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Hubert Beck
... forget it ... nor can one ever be the same again once it has been seen! Peter explicitly says he writes this to communicate the glory of that vision to others. When we read the text and ponder over it we ever so briefly leave our time and place here to stand on the mountaintop with him and see with him the glory of the Lord in Jesus, to be strengthened thereby in our confession of faith, to be swerved and drawn in our ordinary path of life into the way of the Lord. Sharing it among ourselves is to be lifted ...
Bulletin Aid
... : The gospel is great because it is God's revelation of his love and power. Pastor: We need dedicated leaders to help us grow in the faith; but the real basis of faith is the presence of God in our lives. People: We ask God to help us stand firm in the faith, trusting in his power to redeem us. Collect Heavenly Father, whose very being is the gospel which thrills our hearts: Confirm our faith in you, that we may not let the frailities of human wisdom weaken our commitment to you. We pray in Jesus' name ...
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Brett Blair
... . His aggressiveness and reliability. Jesus Christ also once set down eight principles for the measure of a person. His standards stand in stark contrast to the aforementioned. There would appear to be a wide gulf between the popular image of the ... because I am poor in things, both are saying in unison: I don’t need. And we can never receive a Savior unless we first stand in need of a Savior. The story of the Pharisee and the Publican illustrates this. The story does not say that the Pharisee was rich. ...
2440. Listen To Jesus
Matthew 17:1-13
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... turn it in. Why should I turn it in? (‘cause it’s somebody else’s money) Well, let’s see. Let’s ask. Stand up and address the congregation. Did anybody lose a twenty-dollar bill? (response) Nobody lost it so that settles it. I can spend ... act, where to be, and who to listen to. In the bible there was an important moment in the life of the disciples. Jesus was standing around with some very important people, very wise people. Just then, from out of the clouds, God spoke. He said, this is my Son, whom ...
2441. THE SCANDALOUS GOSPEL
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John H. Krahn
... Christ who conducted a ministry that produced much conflict. Jesus of Nazareth would have been excluded from most Call lists of churches who are seeking pastors. He would have been termed a trouble-maker, a boat-rocker. We celebrate our heritage as Christians when we stand up against the forces of darkness that compromise the Word of God, dehumanize people, and encourage us to do the smart thing rather than the right thing. Jesus was a lousy politician and they crucified him. God does not call any one of us ...
2442. DIPS IN DISCIPLESHIP
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John H. Krahn
... even after we have had a dip in discipleship. When all of our best efforts have failed and we realize that we can’t go it alone, through prayer we can invite the Holy Spirit to conquer the evil within us and to reinstate us as a member in good standing of God’s family. When you are engaged in a particular life crisis, remember the story of David and Goliath. God helped David conquer a very large problem. If your life is calling upon you to ...
2443. ARE CHRISTIANS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?
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John H. Krahn
... church or our own denomination that our world view of Christianity doesn’t go much beyond our congregation’s front door. In our quest to preserve our peculiar understanding of Scripture, we often fail to bask in the good news of a Christ who stands at the center of Scripture. The New Testament abounds with encouragement for us to be one with each other - to rejoice in that which unites us in the Body of Christ rather than to dwell upon our theological idiosyncrasies. It is incompatible with Christianity ...
2444. THE MOST WONDERFUL GIFT
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John H. Krahn
... want to feel obligated to anyone. It is not an easy matter for us to come before Almighty God and accept what he wants to give us - the most wonderful gift of eternal life. It takes a humble person to make such a confession from his heart and to stand totally dependent on God. Third, for most of us, everything that we have has a price tag on it. Then we are confronted with the strange news of a gospel which declares that God’s salvation is a free gift. Our experience with every other valuable gift causes ...
2445. AMAZING GRACE
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John H. Krahn
... a crucified rabbi when he said, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." God’s grace is tough love - no slushy sentimentality - love that flows out of the cross where all demands of justice were met. God’s grace through Jesus Christ provides us a place to stand where we do not need to try to do what we can’t do anyway, that is, make things right with God by our own efforts. God’s good news for us today is that we are accepted. We have been accepted by that which is greater than we. We ...
2446. THE WEDDING LICENSE - A SCRAP OF PAPER?
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John H. Krahn
... one man. Both committing themselves to each other, becoming involved in a mutual destiny. For the Christian man and woman marriage is serious business. Both are anxious to reach their creative potential through the person God has given them. And as man and woman stand before the altar of God, they commit themselves to one another, seeking the Father’s blessings to help them be one in love and purpose for life. Next to the full potential that God desires for marriage every other kind of relationship falls ...
Sermon
Robert G. Tuttle
... that come to him with contrite hearts ... your covenant with death shall be annulled, your agreement with hell shall not stand."3 The grace of God brings us back to moral commitment. It was a long way from Egypt to the Promised Land, but the Mount ... of Commandment, of moral order, of meaningful arrangment, stands at the beginning of the journey. The path of life may be through the wilderness, but the living God leads by day and ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... more, grandfather, I am going to look into this Jesus business, too." Instead of being shocked, the grand old Christian answered simply, "Son, I hope you do! And if you do - he will get you - just like he got me!" This is great. The Christ will stand any examination, and if you examine him deeply enough, he will capture your life, and in this capture comes a deep sense of the eternal. There is a fascinating chapter in the book, Life Without Limits by Lloyd Ogilvie. This chapter is entitled, "Being Open to ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... live in, but a responsive world. Where is the stage where all this takes place? Right in our own homes, in our own neighborhoods, in our own places of business, in our political reactions - there, or nowhere - that is where the world is remade, or destroyed. We stand on the threshold of this life and the next life, and we know that none of this hatred, this bickering, this unforgiveness, this spitefulness can exist in heaven. It won’t work in heaven and it won’t work here. We had better get wise to the ...
Sermon
Richard Hoefler
... or the likeness of Christ. Like Humpty-Dumpty, all the king’s men and all the king’s horses cannot put us back together again. Our only hope is outside ourselves. Our only hope is a lonely cross on a hill where a young man died - a tomb standing empty in a garden - the flames of the spirit descending from above; this story - his story - is our only hope. The Gospel does not proclaim that we are to do something, but believe a word that something has been done for us. The life of Christ - his perfect ...
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