{"id":7488,"date":"2021-02-14T04:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T04:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2021-02-07T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:03:27","slug":"sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7488","title":{"rendered":"Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%204%3A8&amp;version=NIV\">\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d4:8\u202c \u202d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have trouble going to sleep? Can&#8217;t seem to turn your mind off? Try Z-Help&#8230;. For a peaceful night&#8217;s sleep&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just kidding&#8230; There&#8217;s no such thing as Z-Help. However, there are many sleep &#8220;aids.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many medicines and herbs designed to help us go to sleep.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White noise machines are used sometimes. I used to go to sleep with an ocean waves You Tube video playing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some have suggested that we can&#8217;t get to sleep because of electronic devices. (I know, it&#8217;s hard to put them down!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many thoughts and research on this subject.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, the best advice might be in today&#8217;s verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice that David starts off by saying emphatically, &#8220;I will&#8230;&#8221; He decides to trust God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a conscious choice. I imagine being king has a lot of stress and headaches.There were enemies who wanted to kill him. So much responsibility! It would be easy to take these worries to bed, but David makes a choice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I will lie down in peace and sleep&#8230;&#8221; How could he be at peace and sleep, with so much to be concerned about?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer comes in the second half of the verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David places his trust in God. He trusted in Him alone! He realizes that staying awake and worrying doesn&#8217;t help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there is a lot of things we can do to help us go to sleep, I think the best of all is talking to God. Give Him your worries. He&#8217;ll be up all night anyway!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep \u201cI will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.\u201d \u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d4:8\u202c \u202d Do you have trouble going to sleep? Can&#8217;t seem to turn your mind off? Try Z-Help&#8230;. For a peaceful night&#8217;s sleep&#8230; Just kidding&#8230; There&#8217;s no such thing as Z-Help. 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