Fear & Bedtime
🐑 Can't Sleep & Racing Mind
A busy mind is not a bad kid. Slow breaths and a short verse give your thoughts a place to land.
Sleep
“In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.”
Psalms 4:8 · World English Bible
Rest
““Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 · World English Bible
Gift
“It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.”
Psalms 127:2 · World English Bible
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Say it
Practice Psalms 4:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
InpeaceIbothlaymyselfdownandsleep,foryou,Yahwehmakemeinsafety.
Pray together
Dear God, my thoughts will not sit down. Please quiet me and give me the sleep you love to give. Amen.
Two-minute challenge
Breathe in for four counts and out for six, ten times, while you picture putting each thought in God’s hands.
Parent tip
Skip screens and new topics; offer a boring, familiar prayer they can repeat until they drift.