{"id":704,"date":"2019-10-15T15:31:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2019-10-15T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:11:21","slug":"how-to-pray-at-night-bedtime-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/how-to-pray-at-night-bedtime-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pray at night &#8211; bedtime prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I\u2019m\ngoing to be sharing with you three things that I find really helpful to\nremember when I pray at bedtime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VwIsbchElLI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally,\nI always try and pray to my Abba Father at night. I guess it evokes that\nsecurity and protection you can feel as a child drifting off to sleep. I\u2019d like\nto say that there is routine and consistency in the prayers I pray before bed.\nHowever, I have many ways I use depending on how things are for me. So here I\u2019m\ngoing to share three different ways that I pray before sleep and you can pick\nand choose the ones that work for you. Our Abba Father won\u2019t mind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have found that writing a <strong>prayer journal<\/strong> at this time of day can be a great way of connecting with God. I don\u2019t date it like a diary or keep to a page a day! I guess if you are the kind of organised person you might want to do this. I find that as I pray this way, God then leads my heart. Sometimes a scripture or word comes into my mind that releases me, other times I allow God to remind my heart of others who need my prayer. Prayer journals are a lovely way to see the many ways God answers as you look back on them. We have a blog and video that you can watch on how to keep a prayer journals \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/4-tips-on-how-to-start-a-prayer-journal\/\">follow this link to find out more<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The second way that I pray at bedtime\nis by <strong>praying as I drift off to sleep<\/strong>. There is a risk here as once the\nlight is off and you snuggle down sleep might overtake you! When I pray this\nway, I tend to find that my prayers reflect my needs. If I have lots of\nworries, I won\u2019t get to sleep early anyway. To be honest I think I generally\npray this way when I am tired, exhausted or feeling overwhelmed. Much of this\ntime is just spent allowing feelings to surface, asking for God to help in\nthese areas and sometimes a little tear or two falls as well. Remember that in\nthese times releasing your emotions is not a negative thing. It\u2019s healthy for\nyou, and the <strong>Holy Spirit will minister to you.<\/strong> He is our comforter! Just\nremember to keep being completely open to God. Give him your concerns, your\nhopes, your fears, and your dreams. God hears you and will respond to your prayers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lastly, for some reason or other I\nsometimes find I can\u2019t pray. If this is so, I imagine myself <strong>falling asleep\nin God\u2019s hands<\/strong>, curled up safe and secure. He holds all of me, His love\nenfolds me. This is enough in very broken times. Sometimes when we are feeling\ndown or shameful we feel we can\u2019t possibly connect with God. But this is a lie.\nGod always wants to take time to embrace and love us, regardless of what has\nhappened or how we are feeling.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"748\" data-attachment-id=\"708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/how-to-pray-at-night-bedtime-prayers\/held_julie_palmer_600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?fit=600%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,748\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Held_Julie_Palmer_600\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?fit=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?fit=600%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?resize=600%2C748&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Parent cradling infant - original artwork in pastels by Julie Palmer\" class=\"wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?resize=91%2C113&amp;ssl=1 91w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Held_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Held&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/art_meditations\/held.html\">download a higher resolution version by clicking here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So in summary,\nremember these three ideas before bedtime \u2013 try keeping a prayer journal, or\ntry starting one, it\u2019s a great way of connecting with our living God. Try just\npouring out your heart to God as you drift off to sleep. And if life is\nespecially hard, just remind yourself that you are always in God\u2019s care,\nregardless of how you feel, or what you have done or not done. God loves you!\nWe might not always be able to talk to God, but God is always there for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have a short creative prayer video meditation that you can use before going to bed \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/FilmPages\/night_prayer.html\">click here to watch this<\/a>. Do you have any ways of praying at night that you\u2019d like to share with us? Do write them down below. And until next time, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I\u2019m going to be sharing with you three things that I find really helpful to remember when I pray at bedtime. Personally, I always try and pray to my Abba Father at night. I guess it evokes that security and protection you can feel as a child drifting off to sleep. I\u2019d like to <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/how-to-pray-at-night-bedtime-prayers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,6,13],"tags":[46,61],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-prayer","category-reflections","tag-night-prayer","tag-visualization-meditation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sheltered_Julie_Palmer_600.jpg?fit=600%2C443&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-bm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":515,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/short-evening-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":0},"title":"Short Evening Prayer","date":"August 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes life can feel exhausting by the time evening arrives! 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