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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1. Breaking Through
Acts 2:1-21 · John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... into your heart. Open your heart to him and receive him into your life in a new and exhilarating way that will change you and mold you and relieve you and free you! Are you ready to be freed? When you allow God to free you, to unbind you, to break through your webs of defense and deceit and inhibition and fear, your life will change. You will change. If you are hearing the Spirit’s call in your life today, come forward to the altar. You can receive a blessing, an anointing, you can receive a laying on of ...
2. Give Us a Break
2 Thessalonians 2:1-17
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... your race sponsored by a desire for wealth or power or security? Or do you feel urged on by the call of Christ? Does the prospect of spending quiet time alone send you into an anxiety attack? Perhaps we even need to take a break from a church life that has gotten crammed full of vestry sessions, pastor-parish relations councils, grounds committee meetings and budget agendas. Does our faith rest on the precision of the past week's committee reports or on that kerygmatic tradition Paul expounded so eloquently ...
Sermon
Various Authors
... when he broke the bread. Not in the dramatic appearance along the roadside, and not as he expounded the Scripture as only the Master Teacher could do, but when he took the common bread in his hands and broke it. "He was known to them in the breaking of the bread." Why? What is it that made that moment so special, so revealing, so miraculous? Our first inclination is to think that when Jesus broke the bread the two men were reminded of what happened in the upper room, when Jesus instituted the sacrament of ...
4. Prison Break
Matthew 28:1-10
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... angel appears, as “striking” as “lightening,” dressed in robes as “white as snow.” The angel flexes some celestial muscle and rolls the stone away from the tomb. “Check it out,” the angel challenges the women. “He is not here! He is risen.” Jesus’ prison break is secret no more. The angel trumpets the announcement: “He has been raised from the dead.” But that is not all of the angel’s message. Not only is Jesus not in the tomb, not dead. Jesus is “going ahead of you to Galilee ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... are you when that happens he says. Don’t wallow around in it, don’t be dragged down by a persecution complex, don’t think the end of the world has come. Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward. There’s power here. Jesus is calling us to break the negative cycle because Jesus is the divine yes, and in him every promise of God has received its affirmative, and you and I can lay hold of those promises through him. I want to focus on one place in our life where the negative cycle must be broken ...
6. Break Through
2 Samuel 7:1-17
Sermon
Frederick C. Edwards
... them on the move again to a land of promise and a kingdom of God. David’s part was to trust, and be a willing servant. That is exactly what is asked of the house of faith today. In this season we celebrate what we regard as the ultimate of break-throughs. Luke’s gospel tells us how it began, with one of those trusting and willing servants, a young woman whose name is Mary. She is bethrothed to a man named Joseph, who just happened to be part of the family descended from that now ancient king, David. It ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... and could be. So, I want to talk about that today as we continue our sermon series on Dynamic Discipleship. I want to use an image from Charles Wesley hymn, 0, For A Thousand Tongues To Sing. The image is in the first line of the fourth verse “He breaks the power of cancelled sin.” We will pursue that image in a moment, but let me say a parenthetical word here. It is not without meaning that on this Choir Dedication Sunday the core message of the sermon would be the line of a hymn. John Wesley was the ...
Eulogy
Alfred Lord Tennyson
... his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill! But O for the touch of a vanish’d hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... . When Jesus walks along with us, nothing feels too difficult to bear, and no place we go will we “go it alone.” Temptation can feel like a beautiful relief sometimes when our lives feel pressured with choices we don’t know how to make. But instead of “breaking bad,” let your spirit be “broken,” for you were never meant to make those decisions on your own. Put your faith in the One who knows what you are going through and who knows how to get you to the other side. In the end, putting your ...
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... in love to our neighbor, wherever we come in contact with people in our daily lives. Occasionally I am just gratified to see this sense of generosity and service show up in the lives of the people of this congregation. It shows me that at times we can break the taboo. At times we actually can live our lives trusting the abundance of God and daring to give ourselves away for the sake of others. I have always found it gratifying to hear the young people of our congregation, as they plan what to do with their ...
Sermon
Steven Burt
... Word of God, the interchange of ideas and the expressing of doubts -- that was all combined with the fellowship and a sense of mission over a shared meal -- to produce a healing because of the real presence of Christ. “Jesus was made known to them in the breaking and the sharing of the bread.” And so it is with us. Now that we have heard the words of Holy Scripture, and we have heard them worked around and wrestled with, let us wrestle with them and stretch ourselves, that we might experience the first ...
Children's Sermon
... down walls between people. Do you think Jesus has an army to knock walls down? (Let them respond.) No, Jesus came to STOP fighting between people, not to start fighting. How does Jesus try to break walls? (Let them respond.) Jesus breaks down walls with love. When people love and try to understand each other, they don't need a wall to keep other people out. When they're friends, they both want to share. That's what Jesus came to do - to teach us to share and take care of each ...
13. Give Me A Break!
Matthew 11:25-30
Sermon
Larry Goodpaster
... lives. We know what it feels like to have everything we have been working for, planning for and investing ourselves in go for nothing. This was definitely “one of those days.” In the background, and between the lines, I think I hear Jesus crying, “give me a break! What more do I have to do? If this is the thanks I get, I’m ready to throw in the towel!” I could certainly understand such an expression. Perhaps if he could just glimpse one positive result to all he had been doing; just one response ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... to the Hebrews who are seen metaphorically as a field of dry bones. As the dry bones come together, with sinews and flesh, and the breath of life is given them, so God will bring life once more to the Hebrews and return them to their land. God will break through the chains that hold the people bound in exile and return them to their land. A new day will dawn and a new spring will blossom. Yes, God's rescue of the Hebrew people from the land of Babylon and Jesus' raising Lazarus from the dead demonstrate the ...
Sermon
Derl G. Keefer
... flow through me to some­one else. As a Christian I cannot horde Christ's love, but rather, I must give it away. Even when hurt comes I want to demonstrate God's love. I have to be practical in my response, but I must love. III. God Helps Us Break The Cycle Of An Unforgiving Spirit As We Acknowledge Our Need To Move Forward Joseph could have been harsh and taken his revenge out on his brothers in response to their actions. He chose to move forward instead. Once he reveals himself to them he tells to them to ...
16. The Coffee Break
Matthew 20:1-16
Illustration
Brett Blair
... improve your efficiency. We need more output." And the women said, "well give us some time at like 10:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon and give us some coffee and tea". So, he started these work breaks and overnight their productivity and efficiency goes up, quality control went up, so he institutes the Coffee Break. Think about it. Your employer gives you a drug and then gives you time off in which to ingest it. Why would they do that? Because it contributes mightily to productivity. The coffee ...
Sermon
Rodney Thomas Smothe
... began to pull himself toward land. Suddenly, the young boy began to cry out again to his father saying, "The rope is coming apart." The father yelled back to the young boy, "Reach beyond the break and hold on. Reach beyond the break and hold on." The Passion/Palm Sunday narratives remind us to reach beyond the break and hold on. What appears to be an insurmountable obstacle with faith, hope, and confidence might just turn into an opportunity of unprecedented joy. It is difficult when you're in the midst of ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... your life. Being good is bad for you when, one, it forces you to endure life rather than live it; and two, being good is bad for you when you compulsively care for others, but ignore caring for yourself. IV. So how do we break the cycle of being good -- being bad? How do we break the chains of co-dependency? Put the last two points in the positive, and we'll at least head in the right direction. One, stop enduring life and begin to live it. Cease compulsively caring for others and begin to care for yourself ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... destroy what is now known in the Arab world as “the great Satan?” all goes back, believe it or not, to a question. It was a question raised by Mark Twain. Though he was no theologian, he was a very astute observer of culture, society, and breaking news. He wrote these words: “The Egyptian, the Babylonian and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; The Greek and the Roman followed and made a vast noise and they are gone; Other peoples have ...
20. Breaking Through in Little Ways
Matthew 11:2-12
Illustration
... , lame, poor or your skin used to be all scales and scabs, that's big time stuff. But can you build a kingdom on it? Apparently, Jesus thinks you can. He doesn't care whether it's "big time stuff" or not. As concerns the kingdom, it breaks through in little ways. But it breaks through. As if to illustrate his point, he talks about a seed that nobody can see growing. But it's in there. I mean, it's already in there. You aren't going to see it come to maturity all at once. Like the hymn says, "First ...
21. Breaking Loose
Romans 8:1-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... that some of us are letting our circumstances and not our faith dictate how we feel about life. We are letting our fears and our doubts enslave us. God’s purpose is that we may not give in to our circumstances but they we might overcome them that we might break loose from the bonds that keep us from being all God created us to be. It is sad to see anyone who has been broken by life. Some people have bumped into obstacles for so long that they have quit trying. Life has been so painful for them that they ...
22. Breaking The Pastor's Heart
Romans 9:1-29
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... says we’re going to hell, too.” “So what’s the difference?” asked the first man. “Well,” said the friend, “the difference is that when the previous pastor said it, he sounded like he was glad about it; but when the new man says it, he sounds like it is breaking his heart.” That is what Paul is saying in this passage. It is breaking his heart that he has to say harsh things to and about nonbelievers, especially those among his fellow Jews.
Sermon
CSS
... first persons to see the risen Christ. In an era when women were regarded as persons of lesser importance, it's interesting that they were accorded the honor of seeing Jesus first. These two Marys deserved this high honor. They had watched with heart-breaking agony as Jesus died. They had attended his burial. Then early on Sunday morning they came back to the tomb. Strange and eerie things happened. An earthquake shook the ground. An angel in dazzling white appeared and rolled the large stone away from the ...
24. Breaking down Barriers
Matthew 15: (1-10) 21-28 
Illustration
John Tucker
C.S. Lewis once wrote an essay entitled The Inner Ring. He says in the article that in any playground or office or church there are little groups or rings of people who are on the "inside". And those who aren't: those who don't get picked at playtime, those who stand on their own in the lunchroom. Lewis says that the existence of such rings is not necessarily bad. We're finite beings, and we can only have deeply intimate friendships with a limited number of people. But he says that the desire to gain ...
25. Break Free From the Scrooge Syndrome
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Gregory Knox Jones
... being cold and indifferent to people, he becomes generous and compassionate. It is a heart-warming story. But more than that, it is a hopeful story. It provides us with the hope that we too can make needed changes in our lives. We can break free from the ruts we have burrowed, and the negative behaviors we have cultivated. We can become kind and compassionate, humble and hospitable, joyful and generous. I have never read anything which suggests this, but I wonder if the story of John the Baptist influenced ...
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