What a Calm Heart Does About Sleep

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Do you sometimes feel plagued by your mistakes, unable to close your eyes from anxiety? Going to sleep is often the first time that we are still enough to think. Our brains work double time utilizing the moment of silence to drag up our old bones. We can’t help but hyper focusing on things that we would rather leave alone. It is at these times that we can feel frustrated with ourselves and our inability to shut our brains off. But how do we stop?

 

 

Here’s what the word of God says, 

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Luke 11:4 Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent." Psalm 4:4 "'In your anger do not sin': Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." Ephesians 4:26

A calm heart examines itself before God. Asking for Him to forgive any sins and entrusting all doubts to Him. A calm heart trusts God’s character, and entrusts itself Him. Taking captive every thought, it filters it through God’s word. A calm heart thinks, “Is what I’m thinking true, is it biblical, does it glorify God?” 

 

When we calm ourselves before God we can have peace like Psalm 131:

"My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me." Psalm 131:1

It is different for every person, but through the Holy Spirit, you have the ability to calm your soul. Meditate on the word of God before you sleep and spend some time in prayer. 

 

This is a Spoonful of Courage,

 

Dr. Chuck

 

Check out my book, Surrendered Sleep for a more in depth look on sleep. 

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