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Psalm 4:8 (NIV) — In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep -

Reverend Ben Cooper

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Psalm 4:8 (NIV) — In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep Live from London, England — where faith meets the world in daily prayer and global hope. Today’s Nations: Zimbabwe • Botswana • Russia • Rwanda • Bahrain • Italy Theme: Peace • Rest • Security The day is gently coming to an end. The conversations have quietened, the responsibilities have been set down for another day and the evening invites us into rest. Yet for many people, this can also be the time when anxious thoughts begin to surface. Before we allow tomorrow’s concerns to steal tonight’s peace, let’s pause together. The God who faithfully walked with us throughout this day continues to watch over us tonight. We do not rest because everything is perfect; we rest because the Lord is faithful. Scripture (NIV) “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.” — Psalm 4:8 Heavenly Father, thank You for Your faithful presence from the beginning of this day until this quiet evening hour. We place into Your hands everything that has happened today and everything that still lies ahead. Calm every anxious thought, ease every burden and help us release tomorrow into Your loving care. Thank You that our security does not depend upon our own strength but upon Your unchanging faithfulness. As we prepare to sleep, surround us with Your peace, renew our hearts and remind us that nothing can separate us from Your loving presence. May we rest tonight with quiet confidence, knowing that You remain awake, watching over those You love. Fear will not win, because the Lord alone gives His people peace, rest and lasting security. May the Lord grant you peaceful sleep tonight, surround you with His faithful love and awaken you tomorrow with renewed hope and strength. Que el Señor te conceda un descanso en paz esta noche, te rodee con Su amor fiel y te despierte mañana con una esperanza y unas fuerzas renovadas. Que o Senhor lhe conceda um sono tranquilo nesta noite, envolva você com o Seu amor fiel e o desperte amanhã com esperança renovada e novas forças. Nawa’y pagkalooban ka ng Panginoon ng payapang pagtulog ngayong gabi, palibutan ka ng Kanyang tapat na pag-ibig at gisingin ka bukas na may panibagong pag-asa at lakas.  Daily Prayer, Psalm 4, Bedtime Prayer, Sleep in Peace, Christian Podcast, DailyPrayer.uk Psalm 4:8 prayer, bedtime prayer for peace, Christian sleep prayer, rest in God’s care, DailyPrayer.uk Hidden Treasures: Discover more Bible-centred prayers in the Hidden Treasures library, inspired by Isaiah 45:3 (NIV).


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Welcome And Prepare For Rest

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Welcome to Daily Prayer. I'm Reverend Ben Cooper coming to you live from our studios in London, England. Let's open the word of God. Let's pray together, stand together, and let's prepare ourselves to sleep well in the glorious name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for standing with us today. Thank you for praying with us through the duration of this day. And

Share Prayer Beyond The Studio

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wherever you are, continue to go into this back library of dailyprayer.uk. Open up the back library, share them out with your pastors, your friends, your WhatsApp groups, your prayer groups, and your church family, and also your work colleagues and everyone in your communities. We need to get the world around us praying because the government are not going to help us, the society around us isn't going to help us, the socials ain't going to help us. What's going to help us is the power of the word of God. And let's pray through the word of God. We're going to sleep well tonight. God is with you. The closing prayer. The

Psalm 4:8 Peace Rest Security

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title of this prayer together is from Psalms 4, verse 8. This is our closing prayer together. In peace, I will lie down and sleep. Father, Lord, we need to sleep. Lord, the world is raging. The world is loud. The drumbeat is beating. Father, I thank you that we do not conform to the pattern of this world. Lord, I thank you that the love of God is over our lives. But Lord, there are three areas I want to bring before you. Before we sleep tonight, Lord, I pray for peace. Lord, this word peace keeps coming up over and over and over again. And Lord, I need this. Lord, we need peace in our hearts. We need peace in our lives. Father, with peace, we need rest. Lord, we're not resting as well as we should do. Lord, our bodies are trying to rest, but our mind is wide awake. Holy Spirit, Lord, I pray that you will bring rest to our minds. Lord, deal with our thought pattern right now. And Lord, bring security. Lord, I ask you, dear God, that we will find safety and security in the presence of you. But Lord, we need more of your love as well, Lord. Lord, we need love. We need your peace. We need rest and we need to feel secure. Because Lord, sometimes anxious thoughts rise like a volcano. Sometimes fear comes in like a powerful tsunami. Sometimes doubt hits us, dear God. Oh, Holy Spirit, we need you. Lord, we're tired. Lord, we are weary. The conversations that are still in our head right now, the responsibilities that we're turning over in our thought pattern. Lord, I pray that we will rest tonight in the name of Jesus Christ. And Lord, as we walk through and pray through Psalms 4, verse 8, in peace, I will lie down and sleep. For you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. Father, I thank you that this hour is bringing to a close. And before we close the curtains on another day, Lord, as we rest our head on the pillow, holy fire of God, wherever we've been today, whatever the rhythm of our life is, we bring everything that we've gathered in our heart, our mind, our spirit, and in our thought

Declutter The Mind Before Sleep

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pattern. And Lord, help us to declutter. Lord, we need to declutter. Lord, we need to order a skip. Lord, we need to get a skip on the drive of our lives and declutter the loft, the basement, every room, every drawer, every mindset. Lord, we need to declutter ourselves. Lord, I need to declutter my mind, my thought pattern. Holy Spirit, go into the loft. Go into our mind tonight. Holy Spirit, empty the loft, my mind. Get rid of all that stuff. Lord, get rid of it tonight, Lord, because it's not helping us sleep. And Father, Lord, help us to lay it in the skip. Holy fire of God, Lord, will you go for our lives? Will you sweep through our minds? Will you, dear God, clean the house through? Lord, clean our physical home through and clean our house as our spiritual us. Lord, sweep the dross out. Lord, get away, Lord God, remove the cobwebs, remove the fear. Holy Spirit, sweep through our spiritual life, sweep through our heart, sweep through our body, sweep through our soul.

Wildfires In The World And Within

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Lord, we need to rest because we got battle fatigue. Lord, as we watch the news channels, the wildfires are breaking out. Holy Spirit, the fire of life is so hot, so intense. Father, I pray, Lord, that the fire of God will descend on us. Lord, we don't want the wildfires. Lord, put the wildfires out, the wildfires of the mind, the wildfires of the thought pattern, the wildfires of money, of being scared, of uncertainty, the wildfires of every scenario. Holy Spirit, we want the fire of God, the Spirit of the Living God. Right now, Lord, we call on Jehovah Jirah, Jehovah Nissi. And as we stretch out live from London, England, Lord, we pray, dear God, for Zimbabwe, Botswana, Russia, Rwanda, Bahrain, and Italy and wherever we live. As we climb into bed, as we sit on the sofa, as we close, close our eyes, Holy Spirit, I ask you right now that you will bring peace and love, security and rest.

Pause Breathe And Ask For Rain

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But right now, help us to pause, to gather our breath. Lord, it's been a long day. My voice is tired. Lord, I'm getting tongue-tired. I'm struggling for words. Lord, we need to lay our head on the pillow. We are exhausted and we are weary. The wildfires, the temperature, the sun is hot, the rhythm of life is too much. Lord, bring rain. Holy Spirit, bring rain tonight. Lord, bring rain in our hearts. And right now, as we climb in that bed, as we sit on that sofa, help us to close our eyes now, Lord. As we sit on the patio, Lord, on these warm summer evenings, help us to close our eyes and just to say, Jesus, put out the wildfires in my head. Lord, bring rain, bring atonement, bring hope, bring your sovereignty, bring your grace. You are sovereign, you are God. And right now, Lord, we're gonna sleep and bring that peace to our hearts in the name of Jesus. And Father, I thank you as we lay down, as we lie down according to Psalms 4, our sleep will be sweet. Holy Spirit, bless us all. Bring that rain tonight, put the fires out in our mind, the wildfires across the world, the physical fires, the spiritual fires, the mental fires. Holy Spirit, put the fires out and let us sleep.

Blessing For Sleep And Dawn Invite

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Have a beautiful rest tonight. Don't ever give up, but join me for the first light of dawn, for the beginning of a brand new day. The Lord is gonna rain down on you tonight. The fires of life are going out. Don't ever give up. Sleep well in Jesus' name.