Sleep
Bees don’t sleep. Or play. Just work. Die in 7 weeks.
We need sleep. What if we don’t sleep?
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Stroke
- Depression, temper, anger
- Obesity
- Lowered immune system
So schedule sleep. Have a bed time.
Note what you consume before bed - avoid uppers and downers.
Uppers: Caffeine, sugar, hunger, screens, exercise. 30 mins of no uppers in your system before sleep.
Downers: Alcohol, over fed, pot. These things make us drowsy but disturb and inhibit rest.
Try to limit naps - more than 30 mins & you’re cutting in to tonight’s/tomorrow’s rest.
Some exercise & fresh air during the day will help you sleep better & faster.
Screens out of the bedroom.
Make a routine -
* Have a Snack
* Brush your teeth, wash
* Read a story
* Journal
* Stretch
* Pray
The activities help some, but the routine itself helps most. Your body will know what’s coming through habit.
Take control of your life via habits & routines.
- don’t make them so elaborate that they’re easily disrupted.
- Be resilient - anti fragile - able to deal in a variety of circumstances.
Take control of your mind - anxious thoughts come. It can feel overwhelming. Don’t let anxiety rule your life. There’s freedom to be found in following Jesus, even in to sleep.
“It’s in vain that you rise early & go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil, for he gives to his beloved sleep.” Psalm 127
- God wants to give us rest. He loves you.He wants you to have rest. sleep. that’s his plan.
* What’s in the way of it? I find when I’m tossing and turning, is not the time that I can pray and clearly understand lol.
* Follow him in to life. Receive his gifts.
* Fight against the things that would get in the way. Satan wants to ruin your life. He’s a liar and killer. Don’t trust him.
Military sleep system
1. Find a place & get comfy - 30s
2. Relax your face & breathe
3. Relax your arms & breathe
4. Relax your legs & breath
5. Think of still, peaceful thoughts - 30s
Rest - Soul Charge
What’s missing in your life?
* Think SOUL - learning, feeling, relationships - fill in gaps & holes.
* Do you miss your friends? Message them. Call them. Hang out. Family? Do something with them.
* Emotionally spent? Do low key stuff. Down? Get a pick-me-up
* School Boring? Learn something cool. Or read a fun book.
Sabbath
Sabbath was made for man, not man for sabbath.
The first day was a holiday. Holy Day. Re-think what a holiday is, a holy day.
* It’s a chill out at the park. Pray as you watch your favourite show - if you can’t pray during your favorite stuff, ask why? Is it doing good for you?
How to sabbath?
* make a time to chill. W God.
* Try to get all your chores done.
* Don’t feel bad if you have to do something anyway. They still fed their animals and did whatever they had to, but focused on chillin. Sabbath means ‘sit’ rest, dwell - think of the goal as hanging out. If anything comes up, deal with it, and get back to chillin.
* Make some tasty food - explore this idea that Jews worship by eating.
* John Mark Comer - Garden City - great book - his family starts off sabbath by making a HUGE cookie and dumping a tub of ice cream on top, and eating it all together. Let’s do that!
