In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe (Psalm 4:8, NLT). In a recent Interruption, I wrote the following . . . The way our sleep has been designed by God allows our predisposed thought patterns to magnify when we wake up in the middle of the […]
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When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches (Psalm 63:6). I enjoy writing my “Psalms On Saturday” series. Today, it’s Psalm 63, which I have entitled, The Sleep Psalm. Why? The lessons learned from this Psalm have helped me to sleep at night. I get up early to write, and
You will never worry about an attack of demonic forces at night nor have to fear a spirit of darkness coming against you. Psalm 91:5 TPT It’s the middle of the night and you are attacked by evil. Some versions of the Bible call it “the terror by night” while The Passion Translation, quoted above,
You will sleep like a baby, safe and sound – your rest will be sweet and secure. Proverbs 3:24 Getting up in the morning re-charged, ready for the day, and excited OR getting up in the morning tired, brain-fogged, and grumpy. Which describes your sleep this week? How many times during the week do you wake
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God gives blessings to us even when we sleep. Psalm 127:2 How to sleep is a major teaching in the Bible. God wants your sleep to be a time of rest from eyelids-shut to eyelids-open eight hours later. “Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed” is a diminutive to what God wants to do for you while sleeping. God
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During the past three months, most days I have meditated in Psalm 4. This Psalm has become a good friend. I consider favorite chapters/verses to be friends. They talk to me and through them, I talk to God. I get wisdom and revelation from these passages. They often chastise, and proverbially kick me in the
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Psalm 4 has been a favorite of mine for years. It is about prayer. It is about finding peace before you fall asleep. In peace I will both lie down and sleep! (vs. 8) In verse 1, Psalm 4 opens with three promises: Answer me when I call God relieves me in my distress Grace
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