Sleep, physical
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· 56 viewsA gift from God providing necessary rest, usually at night, for the restoration of mind and body. It is sometimes denied, sometimes used by God for his purposes and sometimes abused by people.
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Sleep is a gift from God
Sleep is a gift from God
It is pleasant and refreshing
It is pleasant and refreshing
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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It is God’s gift to his faithful people
It is God’s gift to his faithful people
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows:
For so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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It is often denied to the wicked
It is often denied to the wicked
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Sleep as a nocturnal activity
Sleep as a nocturnal activity
It is associated with night-time
It is associated with night-time
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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It is associated with dreams
It is associated with dreams
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It is associated with sexual activity
It is associated with sexual activity
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Abraham and Hagar:
Abraham and Hagar:
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Blessings in sleep
Blessings in sleep
Peace
Peace
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:
For thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
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Protection
Protection
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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Deep and light sleep
Deep and light sleep
Deep sleep for the creation of Eve
Deep sleep for the creation of Eve
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Deep sleep for revelation
Deep sleep for revelation
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Deep sleep as a judgment
Deep sleep as a judgment
; The sleep in this instance is symbolic.
Light sleep
Light sleep
I sleep, but my heart waketh:
It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying,
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled:
For my head is filled with dew,
And my locks with the drops of the night.
Sleeping at the wrong time
Sleeping at the wrong time
While on duty
While on duty
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During harvest
During harvest
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son:
But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Instead of praying
Instead of praying
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During a sermon
During a sermon
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
At the transfiguration
At the transfiguration
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Amidst danger
Amidst danger
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Excessive sleep
Excessive sleep
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
And thy want as an armed man.
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