What to Do When Your Brain Won't Let You Sleep

One night last year, there was a terrible storm, and I couldn't sleep. After hours of tossing and turning, I remembered a song from Matt Redman called Songs in the Night. One of the lines is, "So when I am in the storm, Lord the storm is not in me."

Then I remembered Psalm 77, in which Asaph handles anxiety and insomnia by singing... songs in the night!

Most of the time when I can't sleep, though, it's not because of a storm outside. Usually, it's in my own brain.

Join me for quiet time this morning and we'll get our minds right for the coming day.

We finish with prayer and a song from Highlands Worship, Jesus You Alone.

(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )

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