When You Can’t Sleep – Attack of the Foreboding Thoughts

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, wide awake and you just can’t get back to sleep? Lately, like the past couple months this has been my dilemma. It happened to me this morning actually, which I know had a lot to do with cramps, and high winds. But most of the time, I am just awake for no apparent reason. Why can’t I sleep? I’ve never had trouble sleeping before. I’ve always had trouble not sleeping, lol.

What do you do when you can’t sleep?

But what do you do when you are laying there in the dark? Everyone else is sound asleep and it begins, the attack of the foreboding thoughts. This always happens to me, I lay there and start to worry and wonder. You know all the what “ifs” and everything horrible you can imagine starts to flood in. The attack of the Mind Monsters.

For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and model your way of living on it, and the God of peace (of untroubled, undisturbed well-being) will be with you. -Phil. 4:8-9 {AMP}

Fight back with good thoughts and prayer

I can really think myself into a mess before I even begin my day. So, if satan wants to attack me in my thoughts, I’ll attack him in his work…ha! Instead of letting my thoughts rule me and dictate what kind of day I am going to have. I began to pray, pray for everyone and everything! I began praying and proclaiming the word of God! I would cover my family and friends in prayer, I would pray for anyone the Holy Spirit would bring up in my thoughts. I began to allow the Holy Spirit to lead my thoughts & prayers instead satan or myself.

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; -Romans 12:12

I remember a time awhile back when I woke up at 4 in the morning. I was praying away for a couple of hours, time flies when you are praying…hahaha. Anyway I was praying and all of sudden, my house started to shake and I heard loud and strange sounds coming from downstairs, almost as if 100 people were trying to break into my house. I thought at first it was just my imagination or something happening in Spirit, but then my husband jumped out of bed and ran down stairs. Come to find out it was a mini earthquake…crazy! I thought I was just moving mountains with my prayers!

Next time you wake up at 3 in the morning don’t allow those foreboding thoughts to take control! Fight back with prayer and meditation on Scripture and take back your peace.

Are you having trouble sleeping? Or maybe you are fighting these foreboding thoughts during your day. Same thing, pray and meditate. Do not allow even one negative thought to take root!

Forest Rose

Forest Rose is a God Loving, Blessed Wife, &  Mama to 3 girls. She’s passionate about lifting moms out of the trenches that are discouraged, overwhelmed, or feeling alone or isolated. Her hope is to point them to Christ and equip them to rise up with a newfound hope and joy within, that He alone can provide. Besides blogging, she also loves to create printables!