A Biblical Understanding of Sleep
A few weeks back, Bo Lotinsky of Sovereign Grace Ministries sent me an email announcing that all Sovereign Grace audio messages are now available for free download via the Sovereign Grace website. I’m finally getting around to spreading the word. And I hope this word does spread because the SGM website offers a wealth of excellent material for you to put onto your ipod and into your head.
To get you started, I’d encourage you to listen to the sermon that I listened to today when I took a break from sermon writing and went for a run in the hills near my home. The sermon that I listened to is titled, A Biblical Understanding of Sleep, by C.J. Mahaney.
This message was a great word for my soul. This week, as I’m preparing to speak at our twenties group tonight on Hebrews 2:1-4, officiate a wedding on Saturday night, meet with a variety of people from the church, and preach Sunday morning on Philippians 4:14-23, I’m tempted to neglect sleep and to forget the rich connection that exists between sleep and my relationship with God. This message spoke a restful word to my restless soul. I think you’ll receive a similar benefit from listening to this message.
And, as a note to pastors, somewhat early in this message from C.J. you’ll detect a great nugget about the relationship between sleep and sermon preparation.
thanks for this link.
i listened to the talk a week ago when you first posted this. it was very helpful for me…
i’ve found though that i haven’t applied it very well in the past week… i’m glad i dropped by here again to be reminded!!
(i agree that his thoughts on sleep and sermon prep were gold!)