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Proverbs 6
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⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Sleep is a wonderful gift from God to man:

... for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
— Psalms 127:20

God as a 100 % spiritual being doesn't require sleep. However, we are 50% spiritual beings operating in a physical body, we require sleep unlike God.

Our physical body requires sleep for several reasons:

1. For physical growth

2. For physical health

3. For physical rejuvenation

4. For rest/relaxation after work

5. For mental alertness/clarity/peace....etc.

A major reason why God gave man the gift of sleep is to rest his body after work. God didn't create man to idle around, doing nothing, but to be busy using his special gifts and talents:

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much...
— Ecclesiastes 5:12


After much physical activity, naturally we get tired and our bodies requires sleep.

Unfortunately some people abuse sleep. There are certain people who delight much in sleep; they take sleeping as a hobby. They sleep anyhow and carelessly. Some even brag about their prowess in sleeping.

Now there is nothing wrong with sleeping, but it becomes a serious problem when overdone. Even if you are jobless, there are certain things you can do to keep busy than sleep carelessly for several hours.

In the scriptures, we see some dangers associated with sleep_these scriptures warn us about excessive sleep:

In Acts 20:9, a young man called Euthycus fell asleep and fell to his death from a window while listening to a long sermon by Paul

In Judges 16: 19-22, Delilah made Samson to sleep on her laps and cut his hair which was the secret of his great superhuman strength.

In Judges 4: 18-22, Sisera a fleeing war commander fleeing from the armies of Israel, hid himself in the tent of Jael and fell asleep. But as he slept soundly, Jael's wife killed him with a tent peg.

In Matthew 13:25, Jesus told of a parable of certain farmers who slept off untimely and evil saboteurs crept in and sowed evil crops in their farm.

In 1kings 3:19 a harlot mistakenly overslept and suffocated her only child

From these scriptures we can clearly see that although sleep is good it can also become deadly especially if done in excess.

What is the spiritual danger of sleep?

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
— 1 Peter 5:8

The devil is our main adversary and he has sworn to destroy us.

The devil has several demons and human spirits working actively for him against us and the most convenient time for them to attack us is when we are sleeping.

The spiritual danger of sleep is that it exposes us more than often to satanic attacks (unless we are spiritually prepared before sleeping).

That's why Peter admonishes us to be alert and sober. If we are to be truthful to ourselves we will discover that most of the spiritual attacks we have suffered came while we slept excessively and carelessly.

We must be extremely careful with our sleep if we are going to fully overcome the devil and his agents. Most of the terrible dreams we have had mostly come when we sleep carelessly without God's manifested presence.

In the wild, the roebuck or the deer are very vigilant especially at night when carnivores like lions and tigers roam freely. Despite their amazing speed, they are very watchful and hardly sleep at night. This is why Solomon used them as an example of vigilance in our opening scripture.

My brethren these days are deeply evil, be very careful how you sleep and do not sleep for more than 5 hours at a stretch in 24 hours

Most importantly before sleeping at midnight, spend quality time with God.

Shalom

ILoveDemMANNA:
God bless Prophetess Rose

God bless her indeed.

Apart from her generosity, she's so pinpoint and accurate in the prophetic.

anthonyuncle:
between this guy and the girls following him, i don’t know who’s more stupid

Money makes people do stupid things

God1000:
I don't think gay people will make heaven, I'm not being judgemental.


Though some people don't believe heaven and hell exist.

I remember back in 2012 when I got admission into uni, it was already late that day so I couldn't go back to my place, I asked one guy to let me spend night with him and he agreed, I woke up in the middle of night only to see the idiot on me, I pushed him away and I couldn't even sleep again till morning time, I was really mad at him but I later ignored the whole thing

He isn't necessarily an idiot. He's possessed by a homosexual demon. He's powerless to control himself, he need deliverance.

No dey do copy copy, she no wan hear...

It's strange to note how many women narrowly escaped death on the surgeon's table just to attract men??

Men who wouldn't marry them, but lust after them to the point of wanking, rape, womazing, etc.

Men who are addicted to beer are also addicted to women.

Assurance 2023?

Is he assuring her again for with ulterior motives?

Time will tell.

It's good to be generous...

But really, poor people deserve your generosity sir.... especially in your country Nigeria!

This is 7_8 months counting...

Candidlady:



Best believe when Itell you ALL men got rape tendency in em

All men

Rather, all men have sexual urges, mostly stronger than women, but only few can control it.

Besides, I see this man as a Ritualist.

ufotunang:
All these small, small girls just to marry an elderly man because of his wealth and assets..no true love..no integrity and dignity in ladies nowadays

Who marries for love these days?

Maybe 10 out of 100%.

Chaos14:
He should change his name to solomon

This king never reach king Solomon o!

1000 women dey for king Solomon's house!

Pierced:
Agege bread.......big loaf is 400.

Agege bread...

No dey do copy copy, she no hear.

All those other women who went under the knife, you no know how they escape death?

To sum, he's saying:

This is my last chance of winning the gold trophy...

Goodluck Leo.

Ajay7411:
That's one reason why I stopped. Christians are hypocrites!

No one is perfect.

We all got weaknesses we try to hide.

This is why Christ died and rose again, to save us from our weaknesses.

The only way Christ can save us from our weaknesses, is by faith in Him by God's Word.

The word of God gives faith. When last did you spend an hour or more reading your Bible?

You are weak in faith. Don't give up hope and faith in Jesus Christ.

Trustedapparel:
Sorry nairalands this thing have been bothering me since,my cousin sister that came for holiday due to the ongoing ASUU strike have been masturbating all the time in our family house ,,,,fast forward to yesterday everybody left home , remaining only her ,,,,so I went to work the flood was excess it nearly cover our factory in bonsaac Asaba,so my boss recommend everybody to go home ,till further notice,,so I came back home ,only to see my cousin sister masturbating with Coca-Cola bottle ,,,,as she saw me she was very shock.....she has been begging me not to tell anybody.....she said she will do anything I want her to do for me.....I am confuse ..... does masturbation has any spiritual effect on person house ?or those it hinder any progress?mature mind please

From experience, masturbation is very spiritual like fornication.

It leads to poverty, failure, depression, fast aging, regression, spiritual spouses, unanswered prayers, etc.

Everybody has sexual desires. Controlling it is the main issue. As a Christian we control our sex desire by the word of God and prayers.

She needs spiritual discipline and prayers.

Men in black!

In other west african countries, your heart beats normally when they are close, but in naija, your heart skips a beat!

Police reforms can't be overemphasized.

Life is risky!

Take the risk!

At the same time, be on the lookout for a better paying, saner job.

I wish we could use a LIE detection machine like it is done in the USA....

Anyways I trust the Rev father, he won't be lying to us, would he??

Chai...

Still date, I haven't got the liver to watch the video that if it still exists.

But the pictures of those 4 innocent boys paraded naked and beaten still lingers.

Money good....

But don't love it above your neighbors and God

Chiedygirl:
From the replies to This post, it's very obvious that a lot of Nigerians are blinded to the battles been waged against them daily, they all think most physical problems just manifest out of thin air, good governance might equate a good material life, but it doesn't stop the kingdom of darkness from the daily war it wages against humans. Physical problems is just one of the problems people are facing currently, and most times physical problems are as a result of spiritual problems, trying to solve the physical without putting the spiritual into the equation will only lead to short term solutions. I don't know authority this man is working with but i think Nigeria as a whole needs spiritual deliverance.

Infact the spiritual is more real than the physical!

The physical is a mirrored reflection of the spiritual.

Unfortunately, so many people are slaves to the marine kingdom..

Victims:

1. Always dreaming of swimming in the waters

2. Can't stop watching porn, masturbation, fornication, etc.

3. Poverty

4. Stagnation

5. Regression

6. Unable to fast, read Bible, pray

7. Eating fufu, rice, egusi, eba, in your dreams, etc.

He shouldn't thank pep but haaland....

Haaland schooled our defense on their lapses and our strikers how to finish convincingly.

She was committing 'lookery'

Just like adultery, lookery can be sinful especially when you image yourself with the person on bed.

That church can't be deeper life.... I am very sure it isn't_

To sum,

Don't envy the successes of others...

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Find out your interests and build businesses around them. By so doing you build yourself and others in the long run.

But Op, this post long sha.

Anything you can do excellently and very well.

Market it.

Magic (from demons) is real...

But miracles (from God) are realer.

nifemi25:
Las Las babalawo na scam...

Na real scam.

Nothing pass God's power.