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God gave us a promise of deep, restorative sleep in Psalm 127:2. Sleep and rest restore repair and rejuvenate your body Sleep Regulates the Release of Hormones When you sleep,growth hormone is secreted. This causes children to grow,and regulates muscle mass and helps control fat in adults. Leptin, another hormone, is secreted during sleep and directly influences appetite and weight control. It tells the body when it is “full.” A person who does not have enough of this regulating hormone often has a runaway appetite.
Sleep Slows the Aging Process The term “beauty rest” is literally true. Some say sleep is one of the most important “secrets” for averting wrinkles and premature aging. How well a person sleeps is one of the most important predictors of how long a person will live.

Sleep is Vital for Your Immune System. People who sleep nine hours a night instead of seven have greater than normal “natural killer cell” activity. Natural killer cells destroy viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells.

Sleep Reduces Cortisol Levels Excessive stress raises cortisol levels, which disrupt neurotransmitter balance in the brain, causing you to be more irritable and prone to depression, anxiety and insomnia.

What happens when you don’t sleep?

·         You can affect your body’s ability to process carbohydrates, leading some people to a prediabetic state. Lack of adequate sleep increases your risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

·         You endanger your life and the lives of others. Sleep deprivation is responsible for at least 100,000 crashes and 1,500 fatalities a year.

You reduce your sex drive. Sleep deprivation raises cortisol levels, which blocks the normal response of the testicles to testosterone.

You invite diseases. A hose of physical conditions are associated with insomnia, including: chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, heart attack, stroke, hypertension, obesity, depression, and forms of mental l illness.

You jeopardize your marriage. Studies show higher rates of divorce among people who don’t get adequate sleep.

You decrease brain function. Alertness and cognitive performance are decreased with lack of sleep.

Action Steps

Make sure adults get seven to nine hours of uninterrupted sleep every night. Infants need about fourteen hours a day. A five-year old needs twelve hours a day

Did you know…?

Getting enough sleep will help your learn new skills. Studies have shown that sleep build procedural memory. What you practice during the day, you continue to learn while you are sleep.

Sleep Myth FACT or FICTION…?

Snores cause their sleeping partners to lose an average of 49 minutes of sleep a night. It’s a fact.

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Where can God’s promise to give you rest be found?

a.       Romans 10:9

b.      John 3:16

c.       Matt. 11:28

Answer: c. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28, NIV).