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1. We are never alone when we sleep.

Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, 0
LORD,make me dwell in safety.

2. Even though we face a variety of struggles we can alwayssleep and

rest in God's sovereignty.
Psalm 92:2 To proclaim your love in the morning and your
faithfulness at night. . .
Psalm 3:1-80 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise
up against me! Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him."
But you are a shield around me, 0 LoRD; you bestow glory on me
and lift up my head. To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me
from his holy hill. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the
LORD sustains me. I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up
against me on every side. Arise, 0 LORD!Deliver me, 0 my God!
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Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. &;:
From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your
people.
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Psalm 74:16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you
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established the sun and moon.

Matthew 6:33- 34 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, &;:
and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not
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3. Be open to God's teaching and instruction even at night.

Psalm 16:7-9 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at
night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my
heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure.
Isaiah 26:9.My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning
my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.

4. When sleep evades, spend time in prayer and thanksgiving.

Psalm 63:6-8 On mybed I remember you;I think ofyou through
the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the
shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand
upholds me.
5. When sleep evades, read or quote Scripture.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,and on his
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6. When sleep evades, sing, quote songs, or pray. ,I

Psalm 42:8 By day the LORDdirects his love, at night his song
is with me-a prayer to the God of my life. :1

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Psalm 77:6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused
and my spirit inquired. . . .

NOTE: It would be beneficial to have the counselee see a physician.

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