Sleep Well: An Evening Prayer For Stress And Anxiety

Lord,

I lay down my anxieties and worries at your feet.

You are in control.

I am here to serve your plan.

I trust you.

Your outcome is greater than anything I could design.

My thoughts are not higher than yours,

And I ask for forgiveness for losing sight of your eternal love for me.

I know that you are with me,

You are here,

And you work all things together for our good.

Guide me to still waters,

And grant me rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

God of grace,

Hear my prayer.

Lord,

Renew my mind and teach me to number my days.

Yoke me to you and purify my heart.

Grant me peace and restoration as I seek you in all that I do.

God of mercy,

Hear my prayer.

Comfort me,

Strengthen my faith,

And fill me with the fullness of life that comes from you and you alone.

I trust you,

Your ways,

Your timing,

And I ask that you teach me to align my desires with yours.

Transform me into a good and faithful servant.

I am grateful for your unfailing love.

God of love,

Hear my prayer.

And my prayer over you as you drift off to sleep tonight is from Ephesians 3.

I pray that according to the riches of his glory,

He may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his spirit,

And that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

I pray that you may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,

So that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations,

Forever and ever.

Amen.

God of peace,

Hear my prayer.