Sharon Sharing God: SATURDAY STROLL

Saturday, May 5, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - Sleep In Peace

Welcome to "SATURDAY STROLL!"

In these posts I will be interacting with Scripture – making it a conversational walk of faith.

Sometimes we'll be talking with Jesus, sometimes God will be talking with us.

There might even be *guest appearances* by some of our beloved characters from the Bible!

So put on your walking shoes – you know we can all use the exercise!

A DIALOGUE FOR THE INSOMNIAC

I lay down...

Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)

and slept...

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe. (Psalm 4:8)

I woke up in safety...

You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.
(Proverbs 3:24)

for the LORD was watching over me...

What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go.
(Genesis 28:15)

I am not afraid...

Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. (Isaiah 41:10)

of ten thousand enemies who surround me on every side...

You have already won a victory...because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. (1 John 4:4)

But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

Victory comes from you, O LORD.
May you bless your people.

Ho hum...I'm finally feeling sleepy.

Zzzzzzzz...

(Selections from Psalm 3)

Do you ever suffer from insomnia? What do you do when you can't sleep?

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8 comments:

WandaMay 5, 2012 at 4:22 AM
There is the occasional night that I find myself restless. One such incident occur the other night. Because I had to go to work the next morning, I finally resorted to taking benadryl. Other times I read until I feel sleepy.
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bettyMay 5, 2012 at 6:05 AM
This was great, Sharon; needed it for last night; will have to remember it for the next time. I do suffer a bit from insomnia. I lay there letting my mind go crazy places; I try to remember scripture and quote that but oftentimes my mind goes all over the place. But these are all great scriptures to make sure I know!

have a good day!

betty
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Chatty CroneMay 5, 2012 at 8:21 AM
I am going to send this to my husband - he is going thru such struggles right now with sleep and of course when he does - I do. Thanks. sandie
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UnknownMay 5, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Hi Sharon,

Yes I do sometimes now, I did last night, usually it is either because the room is too hot, or I have much on my mind. I am inclined when I wake up to say "Okay Lord, who and what should I be praying for" sometimes a person or situation comes to mind and I pray and then fall asleep again. However, sometimes like last night I don't fall back to sleep so easily and things just go round and round in my mind.

Have a great Sunday - Nita
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DebbieMay 5, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Wonderful job, Sharon and God.

Yes, I suffer from it terribly. I would love to say that I am faithful to pray right away, but usually I try to watch TV or some other very UNproductive thing. My sister always prays immediately. She figures that God woke her up for a reason.
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a joyful noiseMay 5, 2012 at 2:52 PM
If a person can't sleep, getting up is not the answer - - unless it is a nagging something you forgot to do. Such as write down the thought God just gave you for your next post. Praying for the missionaries, and naming your loved ones in a blessing prayer usualy send me to sleep.
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LindaMay 6, 2012 at 2:43 AM
When I can't sleep, usually a conversation with God is all I need to chase that old demon "insomnia" away! God knows what I need, and has almost always provided me with a wonderful, restful sleep, right after I hand Him my cares...yet again!
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Connie ArnoldMay 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM
This is great! I often can't sleep, and it's good to remember scriptures and spend time with God. I enjoyed my visit on your blog from Spiritual Sundays!
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Anonymous

When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

Emily Freeman

Sharon Sharing God

Saturday, May 5, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - Sleep In Peace

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