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In Peace
I Will Lie Down And Sleep,
For You Alone, O LORD, Will Keep Me Safe
God woke me up this morning at around 5! Immediately I was impressed to pray for people. One right after another God brought people to my mind. I knew that He wanted me to pray for them. As I prayed for some people who are very dear to Kathy and I God showed me that my attitude towards them needed to be adjusted. I needed to have a more compassionate heart for them.
Scripture
8 In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
Observation
As
I read Psalm 4 this morning I remembered a 3 x 5 index card on the night stand
over on Kathy’s side of the bed. Kathy has written Psalm 4:8 on that card and
has plans to memorize it.
One
of the verses that God often brings to my mind at night when I cannot sleep is
Isaiah 26:3 which says, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Yes, I memorized it in the King
James Version of the Bible!
God
woke me up this morning at around 5! Immediately I was impressed to pray for
people. One right after another God brought people to my mind. I knew that He
wanted me to pray for them. As I prayed for some people who are very dear to
Kathy and I God showed me that my attitude towards them needed to be adjusted.
I needed to have a more compassionate heart for them.
One
young man who is very close to us recently thanked me for speaking truth to him
from God’s word and he let me know that he was taking steps to get things right
in his life.
But
another young man who I have tried to encourage and who I have tried to speak
truth into his life thinks all of us who have tried to help him are just
judging him. And he evidently has no intention, at least not at this moment, of
changing the direction of his life. Oh, how I hurt for him and his family.
Even
though the Lord woke me up early (for me) this morning to talk to Him I do want
you to know that when I went to bed last night I fell asleep secure in the
promises of Isaiah 26:3 and Psalm 4:8 and many more.
If
you have trouble going to sleep at night why don’t you try memorizing some
scripture verses that God can bring to your mind that will help you sleep.
If
you wake up during the middle of the night and can’t sleep, maybe it is because
the Lord wants to have a talk with you. Maybe God wants you to intercede for
some people and ask Him to help them.
Application
When
I wake up and can’t sleep I will intercede for those that God brings to my mind
and heart. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me have the right attitude towards those that You bring into my
life. I pray that You will change the hearts of those who have decided to
disregard Your word and who have rejected godly counsel. I know that I am
broken and I am sinful and I realize that I am capable of doing exactly what
they are doing. Give me the right words to say to people when I need to exhort
them or correct them. And also help me to receive godly counsel when I get off
Your path. Don’t let me be hard headed. Don’t let pride keep me from walking
close to You.
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