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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Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... wander about and yet everyone could still hear. As I started speaking, however, it became clear that the microphone wasn't working. After a few futile adjustment attempts, the pastor finally stood up and shouted to the back of the church, "Will someone please turn on Dr. Sweet?!" As potentially embarrassing as was that request, even more humiliating was the fact that not one hand went up, not one person moved, to fulfill the pastor's plea. What does it take to turn you on? What gets you going, what keeps ...
2. Turn On The Lights!
Matthew 5:13-16
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... . Objections were somewhat silenced, however, when word leaked out that Sanders had sent a check for $210,000 to his little Baptist church in Wichita, Kansas. Sanders is a tither. Both the size of that check and the fact that it was the first one he wrote turned on some lights for the Kingdom. Probably more important in God's sight are the small gifts that represent a large part of very limited incomes. In every church I have served, I have had a number of widows whose total income was little more than a ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... a couch and feel sorry that you are in the darkness? Would you take a broom and try to sweep the darkness out of it? Would you try to shovel or vacuum the darkness out? There is no way, except one, to get rid of the darkness. You have to turn on the light. The only thing that darkness can’t stand is light. One of the things in life that we take for granted is just how important light really is. Everything that we see is a result of light. Light is essential to life. We literally could not live without ...
4. Turned On
1 Corinthians 1:17
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... ," I puzzle, "the lamp still is not lighted. We have it plugged in ..." "You have to turn it on," Terry notes with a hint of exasperation at my obvious lack of electrical expertise. As if to underline his opinion of my prowess, he reaches for the switch and turns on the light. "Thank you, Terry," I continue, suggesting with a gentle shake of my head that he NOT shine the lamp in the faces of his companions. "What you've shown us is that just having a source of power is not enough; we also have to turn the ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... in a dark room where you did not know where the light switch was? I remember when I was little I used to be afraid in the dark. I would have to ask my mother or father to go with me to the room until I could have the lights turned on. That old light switch always felt so good to my fingers because I knew when I touched it the lights would come on as fast as I flicked it. Without the light switch I felt lost and afraid. That's the way Jesus is to Christians. When Jesus is near ...
Children's Sermon
... makes us a part of his kingdom or family. He turns us on and we become in many ways like him. We can even shine through the power he gives us. The Bible talks about us as being in fellowship with Christ. That means that we are turned on with Christ. That means that we are turned on with him, doing the things that he wants us to do and just enjoying the time we spend together. Like right now. We are in fellowship with God and our faces should be and are as bright as the lights. It’s a nice lamp that ...
Sermon
Paul E. Flesner
... . Because it happens little by little, even to the most dedicated people, we usually don't notice it. Then, one day it suddenly gets dark and we wonder what happened. This morning we have heard from the "advance man." He reminds us that God has turned on the brightest light in the universe -- brighter than any sun or star or gas powered electric generator. He also reminds us that we are the advance people of this generation. We are to tell everyone who will listen that the light has already come. Once ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... , "Well, I'm really much bigger on the inside than I am on the outside." That is true of all of us who are Christians. We are salt and we are light. But just what does this mean? Why does Jesus insist that we need to "pass the salt and turn on the light?" How are we to do that? I. Shake the Salt on a Decaying World "You are the salt of the earth." (v.13a) Why does Jesus refer to us as salt? Salt is a miracle. As you know, it is chemically composed of sodium and chloride. Now pour ...
9. Close the Door to Turn on the Light
Mark 6:30-44
Illustration
King Duncan
One evening years ago a speaker who was visiting the United States wanted to make a telephone call. He entered a phone booth, but found it to be different from those in his own country. It was beginning to get dark, so he had difficulty finding the number in the directory. He noticed that there was a light in the ceiling, but he didn't know how to turn it on. As he tried again to find the number in the fading twilight, a passerby noted his plight and said, "Sir, if you want to turn the light on, you have ...
10. Turning on the Lights Despite the Risk
Matthew 5:13-16
Illustration
Bill Bouknight
... to their carriers. But with the fleet under strict wartime blackout regulations and the pilots' fuel supplies running dangerously low, many of the flyers would never be able to find their way back to their carriers. Admiral Mitscher took a calculated risk. He turned on the lights. One returning flyer described the scene as a "Hollywood premier, Chinese New Year's, and Fourth of July all rolled into one." For two hours the planes landed. Some eighty pilots, out of gas, ditched in the sea but close enough ...
11. Turn on the Lights
Illustration
Bob Woods
... guide turned off all the lights to dramatize how completely dark and silent it is below the earth's surface. The little girl, suddenly enveloped in utter darkness, was frightened and began to cry. Immediately was heard the voice of her brother: "Don't cry. Somebody here knows how to turn on the lights." In a real sense, that is the message of the gospel: light is available, even when darkness seems overwhelming.
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
Object: A Walkman stereo cassette player with headphones. Record on it the following words from Matthew 5:14-17: "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." Boys and girls. Oh...Hello. I have something very special in my cassette ...
Understanding Series
Gerald H. Wilson
... . When Job takes a “stand,” God fastens his eyes upon him. The verb hitbonen implies close attention and scrutiny rather than a casual glance. God is carefully aware and attentive, but he makes no move to deliver Job from his difficulty. You turn on me ruthlessly. The verb describes an unexpected flip-flop so contrary to normal experience as to be nearly impossible. In Jeremiah 13:23, the prophet uses this same verb to question the possibility of an Ethiopian “changing” his skin or a leopard its ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... to America the same Lord; I believe He gave to America a law based on that same law; and I believe He gave America a special land, not the promise land, but a land certainly flowing with milk and honey. Yet, when you pick up the newspaper, or turn on your television, or look out your front door, you see an America that is denying the Lord, defying the law, and defiling the land. Now even though America is not Israel, I do believe that there is a striking parallel between what did happen to Israel, and what ...
Bulletin Aid
Rolland R. Reece
... and privately confirm that we are failures. We get angry at ourselves for our failures. We become silent and withdraw from others. Isn't that what failures are supposed to do? If we are not worth our own love, how can we expect the love of others? We have turned on ourselves. But we don't talk about this rebellion. We've hidden this knowledge in a small secret place in our hearts. We don't even want you to know. Then one Sunday we hear ourselves singing: I was sinking deep in sin Far from the peaceful shore ...
Drama
... stage right, sits, pulls back drape) The heavens flame with light - (Pause, claps hands together) It’s a miracle! Mother: (Walks to stool at down stage left, leans on it) No, Miriam. The light is not a miracle. Miriam: (Taken aback, turns on chair, facing Mother) Then - then - there is - this night - no miracle? Mother: (Sits on stool, facing Miriam) Oh yes - oh yes, Miriam. The baby - (Emphatically) The baby! Miriam: (Incredulous) The baby is the miracle? Mother: (Emphatic) You heard the prophecy your ...
17. Twelfth Night
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
Drama
Jerry Eckert
... the innkeeper? Everyone checked in with him when they came. He's had a madhouse ever since this census was put into effect. The innkeeper and his wife are good people. They may be able to help you. I hope you find what you are looking for. (Light 3 is turned on.) Field Announcer 1: Thank you for your help. As I head over toward the inn door, I notice the evening continues to be calm. There is no one out on the streets now. The sky is clear. The stars are plainly visible in the sky. Over to the east I ...
Sermon
Ron Lavin
... with how things are, taking a little rest, and then wham, bam, slam -- everything changes in a moment. The stormy clouds form. The wind begins to bang against your small boat. Someone gets sick. Someone dies. You get fired from a job. A loved one suddenly turns on you and accuses you of something you would never even think of, much less do. Conflict arises. Suddenly, unpredictably, you are in the middle of a storm you cannot handle. It doesn't seem fair. It seems like God doesn't care. Life is like that ...
Teach the Text
Daniel J. Estes
... who detest him. Even more painful to Job is his sense that God is attacking him directly, not just indirectly through the human enemies. God seems to be strangling him and throwing him into the mud. Instead of answering Job’s cry for help, God seems to turn on him ruthlessly, so Job is convinced that he is going to die. Job is confident that God is sovereign over all that happens in life, so Job has to conclude that what is happening to him must be attributed to God, even though it seems out of character ...
20. Flip the Switch
Psalm 119:105
Sermon
James Merritt
... help you is light and that is where the Bible comes in. That is why every day you need to flip the switch. You need to turn on the lamp and you need to shine the light so you won’t be walking in the dark in any situation, but you will be walking ... used inside the house while a light was used outside the house. In other words, when you want to know where you are in your house you turn on the lamp. If you are leaving the house and you want to know where to go you want to make sure you are taking the right ...
Sermon
Robert G. Tuttle
... violating eternal truth. Sin is rebellion against God; and it breaks the heart of God. Sin is sin against the love of God revealed to us in the death of Jesus. James (4:10) lets us in on a secret: "Humble yourself before God, and he will lift you up; turn on evil and evil will flee from you; come close to God and he will come close to you." If I humbled myself before man, he might step on me; not God, he’s different. If we dared admit to God that we have done wrong and tell him that we ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
... glee. . . . They slandered me without ceasing” (vv. 15–16). When our assailants reject our kindness, and even our compassion for them in trouble, that is one thing, but when they then turn on us and mock us when we stumble, that is quite another matter. But that is not to imply that it is morally acceptable at that point to turn on them and pronounce our “curses” against them. Rather it is to point out that when our opponents return evil for good, that is a test of our character. One might conclude ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... connect with where the rubber meets the road in our day-to-day existence. Consider this. Virtually everything we've touched today is a living example of a minus having been turned into a plus. We woke up and turned on a light bulb. The light bulb was perfected by a deaf man. Next we might have turned on a radio to listen to the news or some music. The radio was invented by a hunchback. If we listened to contemporary music we might have realized that three of the eight most popular artists are blind. If we ...
Sermon
Ron Lavin
... care of his family, worshiping faithfully, praying regularly. And then, whop! He turned the corner and along came a Mack truck and down he went. Then insult was added to injury. Not only did Job’s health break, but his children died, his wife turned on him with accusations, and his friends implied that he must have done something wrong to deserve all this punishment. Still he maintained his faith, hoping that the storms would soon end and that peace and calm would be restored. Then the day came - and ...
25. A Guide to Christmas
Matthew 21:23-32
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... did Jesus ever do to make people hate him? Was it because he healed and restored? Because he fed people, raised the dead, and preached the truth? If you try an experiment I think you'll understand man's violent reaction to Jesus. Go into your basement and turn on the lights. What do the bugs do? They run for cover! They seek out the darkness. In John 3:19 Jesus said people are the same way. They are used to living in darkness. They love twilight. Christ said, "And this is the judgment, that the light has ...
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