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Summary
- Twelve short prayers for bad nights, grouped by moment: before sleep, in the dark after waking, and the following morning.
- They are deliberately short. At three in the morning, “Jesus” is a complete prayer, and no one needs to be articulate at that hour.
- Each is anchored to a verse easy to hold in the dark — Psalm 4:8, Psalm 121:3, Psalm 139:12, Psalm 127:2, Lamentations 3:22-23.
- Nightmares are not messages. Scripture gives no dream key and says interpretation belongs to God (Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:27-28).
- Bad dreams respond to ordinary things — sleep regularity, less alcohol in the evening. Recurrent nightmares are a recognised symptom after trauma and a side effect of some medications, and both are treatable.
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Sources: Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Psalm 4:8; 46:1; 121:3; 127:2; 139:12, 23; Proverbs 3:24; 1 Peter 5:7; Lamentations 3:22-23; Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:27-28; 1 Timothy 5:23). Recurrent nightmares as a recognised post-traumatic symptom and as a side effect of some medications follow standard sleep-medicine references. This article is not medical advice.
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