A Prayer for Peaceful Sleep with 13 Bible Verses

Today’s blog article, A Prayer for Peaceful Sleep with 13 Bible Verses, is Part 2 of a series on Getting Better Sleep.

You can read Part 1: 24 Hyyge Ideas for Better Sleep HERE.

In last week’s blog, I mentioned that getting better sleep is a multi-pronged approach. If you struggle with sleeplessness, don’t expect to try one new thing and hope to resolve your sleep issues overnight. Also, everyone’s needs are different, so what works for one person may not help another.

Getting your sleep back on track will be a trial-and-error process. But if you keep with it and do not give up, you’ll soon find a solution that works for you.

Please note: I am NOT a licensed medical professional or licensed health or nutritional expert. The tips I share here are what I’ve learned as a certified health coach and my personal experience overcoming chronic sleep problems.

Today, I’m addressing the spiritual aspect of sleep because everything in the physical realm often begins in the spiritual realm. In other words, if we want to eliminate the fruit, we have to go to the root, and that root is sometimes spiritual.

As I shared in my previous blog article, I have many years of experience in dealing with insomnia, which got worse when I entered peri-menopause and developed chronic fatigue syndrome. It continued off and on for the next several years.

One day, it occurred to me that God promises us “sweet sleep” (see Proverbs 3:24), which means His will for us is to sleep well every night. But the enemy seeks to destroy our sleep because he knows how the lack of sleep compromises our well-being.

When I started claiming sweet sleep as a gift from God, I got the revelation that He has already given me sweet sleep. It’s a done deal as part of the new covenant. My spirit man knows this but my flesh needs to get the message. That’s where meditating on the Word of God comes in.

As part of my bedtime routine, I meditate on a list of sleep scriptures (which you’ll find below) and sometimes I’ll pray this prayer:

A Prayer for Peaceful Sleep*

Father, thank You for peaceful sleep, and for Your angels that encamp around us who fear You. You deliver us and keep us safe. The angels excel in strength, do Your word, and heed the voice of Your word.

You give Your angels charge over me, to keep me in all my ways. I bring every thought, every imagination, and every dream into the captivity and obedience of Jesus Christ.

Father, I thank You that, even as I sleep, my heart counsels me and reveals to me Your purpose and plan. Thank You for sweet sleep, for You promised Your beloved sweet sleep. Therefore, my heart is glad and my spirit rejoices. My body and soul rest and confidently dwell in safety. Amen.

*Prayers That Avail Much: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Gift Edition (Prayers That Avail Much (Hardcover)) by Germaine Copeland. Harrison House, Inc 1997

SCRIPTURES TO SUPPORT SLEEP

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. Proverbs 3:24 NKJV

I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 NKJV

Therefore, my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety, Psalm 16:9 AMPC

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will sleep well, and will not be touched by sin. Proverbs 19:23 NLV

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:2 ESV

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:9 NKJV

Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV

For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11 NKJV

The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. Psalm 34:7 NIV

And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19 NKJV

Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. Psalm 103:20 NKJV

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Psalm 138:8 NKJV

You, LORD, are my shepherd; I will never be in need. Psalm 23:1 CEV

CONCLUSION

I pray this blog article blesses you and you finally get a good night’s sleep. Thank God and praise Him by faith for blessing you with the gift of sweet sleep. Do this each evening before you go to bed until your flesh comes into agreement with God’s will for you to get a good night’s sleep.

Read Part 1 of the Getting Better Sleep series: 24 Hyyge Ideas for Better Sleep HERE.

Stay tuned for my next blog article in this series: The Best Supplements for Getting Better Sleep

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