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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Drama
Curt M. Joseph
... : My guard tells me that you have news of this Jesus for us. Judas: I come to you as experts of the Holy Word of Yahweh. Tell me, what do the Scriptures say about the Messiah? Calaphas: That he is to be a man of power. That he is to break the cruel oppressor’s rod. That he is to give the kingdom back to Israel and destroy all of our enemies. He is to make Israel the most powerful and most prosperous nation on the face of the earth. Annas: To do any less would be to deny the purpose ...
Drama
Curt M. Joseph
... leaves.) Mary: Will you come with us to the tomb? Peter: It’s still dark out. I think I’ll wait here until it’s light. John: Me too! But don’t let us keep you. Go on and we’ll see you later. Mary: You know, when the dawn breaks it is the most beautiful part of the day. All the images and shadows that we are afraid of in the dark disappear in the light of day. That’s how it must have been on the night he was born. Darkness - and then suddenly the whole world was enlightened ...
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... present situation. And then, I want to make witness to what some have seen with their own eyes. The Bible often speaks about the poor and the hungry. When Isaiah promised to the oppressed faithful of his day a savior, he claimed that the savior would ... "break the yoke that burdened them, and defeat the nation that oppressed and exploited them" (Isaiah 9:2-7). The psalmists wrote about our God: "... the creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He always keeps his promises; he judges in ...
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... short time from God and our responsibility to return a portion of it even at the time we die. It must be what Jesus was saying in the Sermon on the Mount: "... store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal" (Matthew 6:20). Just think how this kind of planning ahead by some of our members now touches so many through our ministry. Giving to and remembering our church in our wills is a way we can still be present with the alive saints here ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... be the only one in all Jerusalem not to know of Jesus’ death!" they told him. It began for them a recounting of ministry, of deeds and words, that suddenly brought Jesus close. Their pace picked up, and the invitation was extended, "Would you sup with us? Break bread with us this night?" The stranger accepted. In that meal together, in the village of Emmaus, seven miles from the Holy City, as the afternoon sun slipped to the horizon, it was known to the two that the stranger was no stranger (Luke 24:13-35 ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... might kill a whole village in retaliation for a single death. And the Hebrews recognized a special moral tie to God. God gave them the law. Had not Moses received it directly on the mountain top? Therefore, when a person offended the society by breaking the Law, it was also an offense against God (1 Samuel 12:9-10). The Hebrews recognized community responsibilities - often making the judgment as one extended family when a judgment was called for (Exodus 21:22-23). Indeed, as Sarah’s grandfather told the ...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
... sin disrupts your divine plan. Even though you will that we should have everything we need, sin causes some to starve for lack of bread or lack of love. Even though you have willed that we should live in harmony, sisters and brothers together, sin breaks that possibility. Even though you have willed that we live in perfect trust and obedience, sin fills us with fear and causes us to seek security in false gods. Yet, we bow in prayer beneath the cross, remembering that your Son has determined to straighten ...
Sermon
R. Blaine Detrick
... . They reached Mount Moriah. The servants were left behind. Abraham and Isaac continued up the mountain. On the way, Isaac asked, "Where is the Iamb, father? We have the wood. We have the fire. But where is the lamb?" Abraham, with a breaking heart, choked with emotion, simply responded, "Never mind, son, Yahweh-jireh" - which literally means, "The Lord will provide." They kept climbing. They reached the top. A large altar was built. The wood was placed. Isaac was bound, then laid on the altar. Abraham ...
Sermon
R. Blaine Detrick
... he was tempted to be impure ... insincere ... irreverent. We still face, and must resist, these same temptations today; the "old-fashioned" temptations are just as modern as tomorrow’s television newscast. How many times every week are you tempted to be impure? To break the moral laws of the universe? To sacrifice your ideals? To lower your standards? To go along with the crowd? How many times every week are you tempted to be insincere? To be dishonest? To tell lies (just "little white lies" - lies that ...
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... other and those out in the world. Here is the patron saint of us who are pleased to be called "do-gooders" and "bleeding hearts." Something about Mother Teresa’s life and the lives of her Missionaries of Charity is personally attractive to us. It breaks through all the plastic and artificial elements of our own existence. It somehow removes from our faces the mask of pretention we often wear. She teaches us that a deeper spiritual relationship with God is possible in all our lives, and that it often comes ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... ." The people who heard their reports "wondered at what the shepherds had told them." Mary "kept all these things, pondering them in her heart." As for the "glory of the Lord," Luke is reticent, but when it comes to those upon whom it shone, he breaks his descriptive silence and saves his fullest language to portray what happened in their lives and hearts. Frederick Buechner tells in one of his sermons about some useful advice he once received from a young ship’s officer aboard a British freighter. It was ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... him. Peter does not really understand the secret. Jesus is the suffering Son of God, and that is a hard secret to learn. That is why Mark tells us the secret in the beginning. He wants us to know that Jesus is the Son of God when all hell breaks loose on Golgotha. No reasonable person who takes one look at this pitiable Galilean dragging the luggage of the world’s scorn up the steps of Calvary would say, "This is the Son of God," but Mark wants us to remember the secret. When the most devout people of ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... contract between self-seeking partners, rather than a place of holy intimacy. • sex becomes the warm cuddling of mutual gratification, devoid of all mystery. • human striving toward freedom and dignity becomes "merely political," rather than a sign of God at work in the world breaking all forms of bondage. Some peer at everything, but see nothing. Come and see. In some ways, this is all that can be said to us ... all that needs to be said to us. Nathaniel went, and Nathaniel saw. Jesus gave him new eyes ...
Sermon
Richard A. Jensen
... where a relation once existed, that relation now is severely strained. That is how it is with us and God. The relation that God intended for us in creation is now under a severe strain, the strain of our rebellion, the strain of our sin, the strain of our law-breaking ways. Every human being knows in some deep corner of his or her being that he or she is estranged from God. That is the first thing that all people know by nature. And there is a second thing we know by nature. We know that it is up to ...
Sermon
Richard A. Jensen
... group of people has chosen this method to hold up the gospel of Jesus Christ before the eyes of this world. John 3:16. That verse is part of the scripture reading from John 3:14-21. These verses are loaded with meaning. I am going to break this passage into three parts and make some comments on each part. Before we look at these verses, however, let me remind you of the verses that precede these. John 3 begins with Nicodemus, a man of the Pharisees, coming to Jesus quietly at night. Jesus told Nicodemus ...
Sermon
Richard A. Jensen
... a great worldwide community. It means that we need to be in mission to all those who are not yet part of the flock. It means that we need to learn our place in the shepherd’s technicolor flock. It means that we need to be in the vanguard of breaking down the barriers that exist between people in our world. "I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me ..." So we are not just a number. We are not unknown people. The good shepherd, Jesus Christ, knows us and calls us by name. That is ...
2467. All-Out Love
Mark 12:28-34
Sermon
James W. Robinson
... cannot be divided into such neat categories and tidy compartments. In Hebrew psychology there is much overlapping in the meanings of heart, soul, mind, and strength. But to simplify the matter for preaching purposes, permit me to proceed as if it were possible to break down the self into four components. And let me treat the components in reverse order, beginning with strength. The process will not violate the Shema by twisting its meaning or making it say what it does not intend to say. I. A. "You shall ...
Sermon
James W. Robinson
... care when the way is dark With a nameless dread and fear? As the daylight fades into deep night shades, Does he care enough to be near? Does Jesus care when I’ve said "Goodbye" To the dearest on earth to me, And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks - Is it naught to Him? Does He see? Then his father would cap his "performance" with a rousing rendition of the chorus: O yes, He cares; I know He cares His heart is touched with my grief ... When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Savior ...
2469. How Can We Meet Grief?
2 Samuel 18:19--19:8
Sermon
Edward Chinn
... , Macbeth, a character named MacDuff had just learned that his wife and children have been murdered. His friend Malcolm advises MacDuff to declare his grief: "Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break" (IV, 3, 209). Remember that memorable scene in John’s account of the Gospel. As Christ stood at the tomb of Lazarus, his friend, he declared his grief by crying. Such an outward expression of grief by Christ contradicts the advice of some misguided ...
Sermon
Edward Chinn
... In The Book of Proverbs are these words: "A good name is more to be desired than great riches; esteem is better than silver or gold" (Proverbs 22:1, NEB). With that sentence in mind, what are we to make of that childhood rhyme: "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me"? Is that true? Will names never hurt us? Let us think about names. First, consider that bad names do hurt people. Secondly, consider that good names do help people. I First, bad names can be hurtful. Not long ago ...
Sermon
Thomas D. Peterson
... a member for forty years. All these years he has faithfully and proudly given 25 cents per week. Certainly, in these times of increased costs and growing incomes, some noise keeps him from grappling with the nature of stewardship. The call of Christ, when it breaks through, requires of us that we see ourselves as temporary stewards of our possessions, called to share in due fashion what he has entrusted to us. We become partners in the kingdom work of Christ, not only with our money gifts, but also with the ...
Sermon
Thomas D. Peterson
... how she feels and the therapist finds it difficult to determine why. It is a truism that grief due to loss of a loved one, if not worked out, will bury itself in the mind, continue to work its influence unconsciously, and in time to come, will break out in psychosomatic illnesses, neuroses, or violent reactions. The horrible fact is that our family and friends, the first echelon of help, keep telling us that we will get over it and not to worry. After all, our loved one is safe in Jesus. To be brave, to ...
2473. Advent 1
1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Mark 13:32-37, Isaiah 63:7--64:12
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... FOR HIS EVERY ADVENT. Collect O God of surprises, who come in unexpected times and places, help us to be awake and alert, ever watchful for your comings; that we may be ready to assist and share in the work of your Kingdom wherever and whenever it may break into our lives. This we pray in the name of your Son, who taught us, among so many other things, watchfulness. Amen Prayer of Confession Most gracious God, we admit with sorrow that we do not always remain attuned to your presence in the world, and that ...
2474. Christmas 2
Isaiah 62:1-12, Titus 3:1-11, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... Confession Loving and merciful God, we know that like the shepherds of old, we usually live our mundane lives and go about our daily business not expecting to receive a message, much less a gift, from you. Forgive us our spiritual blindness and deafness, O God, and break through them as you did long ago in ways we cannot ignore. Light the heavens with your glory; send us angels with your Gospel; make us hear again in the depths of our souls the glad tidings of the forgiveness that you have given us in the ...
2475. Epiphany 3
Jonah 3:1-10, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:14-20
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... profession Exegetical note Mark’s version of how Peter and Andrew became Jesus’ disciples - very different from John’s account - implies that a positive response to the Gospel of the Kingdom, and its demand for repentance and belief, will necessitate a radical break with one’s past (pre)occupations and a reorientation of one’s life in light of a new profession (of faith). Call to Worship Leader: When Jesus came to Galilee preaching the good news about the nearness of God’s Kingdom, People: HE ...
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