Bedtime Prayer

A Bedtime Prayer for Rest

You've earned the right to stop carrying everything — put it down tonight.

God, I don't know how to stop. My body is in bed but my mind is still working. Teach me how to rest without guilt. Release the tension I'm holding in my shoulders and in my soul. Tonight I am not a worker or a fixer — I am Your child who needs sleep.

You are not lazy for resting — you are wise. Let it all go tonight. Amen.

When to pray this

Rest is not laziness and it is not a reward you earn after everything is finished — it will never all be finished. Treat it as something you were designed to need, and pray your way into actually taking it.

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