Before I go to sleep I try to pray:
"Heavenly Father,
thank you for today
thank you for the opportunities you've given me
thank you for the people that surround me
thank you for this life and the things you've done for me
Lord, I pray that you are with ____ and ____
I pray that they are brought to you
and that they see their sins and come to repentance
Forgive them, Lord.
Father, I pray that as I sleep tonight you are with me,
I pray for protection and for all evil to be kept away
Lord, I open myself to you and to anything you want to tell me tonight
Please keep sin and temptation away from my dreams as I rest..."
And so on
This prayer is important to me
right now I am specifically talking about the last part mentioned.
I have found that every. single. time I forget to pray before I sleep I have multiple sorts of sinful dreams. I've had ones of lying, stealing, murder, lust, etc. Most of the time it's multiple of them in the same night. When I wake up these dreams are remembered so vividly it's disturbing. Sometimes I genuinely have to wonder if I actually was dreaming or if it really happened.
Prayer is EXTREMELY important. It protects you as well as the others you may mention. There are SO many other things prayer can do. It fuels your relationship with the Lord. What kind of relationship can you say you have with Him if you don't talk to Him?? God protects me every night I ask for it. Every time I don't, Satan takes the opportunity to fill my mind with temptations. As long as you are seeking God, the enemy will attack you every last chance he gets. The closer you get to God, the more Satan will attack. Stop giving the devil so many chances. Prayer is POWERFUL. Read your Bible. Pray.

© Rachael McDonald