Relevance: 100%

Author: Dale Carnegie

Quote: If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Author: Mark Driscoll

Quote: Jeremiah 29 It doesn't say sleep with your girlfriend, it says take wives. Sleeping with your girlfriend is what the Babylonians did. Men first of all take responsibility for your purity. Take Job 31:31 seriously.

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Book: "Ordering your private world" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com

Author: Gordon Macdonald

Quote: Let inward prayer be your last act before you fall asleep and the first act when you awake.

Webpage: 0946616310

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Author: Mark Driscoll

Quote: When you sleep with your girlfriend, you preach a false Gospel. You preach a Jesus that use the Church, neglects her, not in covenant with her, is not faithful, not giving but taking, not cleansing her, defiling her. The reputation of Jesus is at stake. The future of the Church is at stake

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: A concerned customer asked his stock broker if the recent market decline and volitility worried him. The broker told him that he has been sleeping like a baby. "Really?!?" replied the customer. "Absolutely," said the broker, "I sleep for about an hour, wake up, and then cry for about an hour."

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: Two men were talking together. The first challenged the other, "If you are so religious, let's hear you quote the Lord's Prayer. I bet you $10.00 you can't." The second responded, "Now I lay my down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." The first pulled out his wallet and fished out a ten dollar bill, muttering, "I didn't think you could do it!"

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: We've all been there - in bed, desperate for sleep but unable to switch off the thoughts running through our heads. Work, family, debt... all keep us awake at some point in our lives. Just repeating "the" could be the solution. It's known as a blocking strategy, another cognitive technique. The aim is to stop the mind racing. Repeating a simple word like "the" at irregular interval blocks other thoughts coming into your head. "If you say the word at regular intervals, you stop thinking about what you are saying and other thought come back in," says Professor Morgan. "By saying the word at irregular intervals, you make sure you are just monitoring what you are saying."

Webpage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7114661.stm

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down for the night, and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars.", Holmes asked, "What does that tell you?" Watson pondered for a minute. "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that God is omnipotent and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow." What does it tell you? "Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke. "Watson, you meathead. Someone has stolen our tent."

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well. At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight,built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back. Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't happy about it. The next day the same thing happened - Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the next. This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff. By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what's more, he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, "And why not? " With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, "Big John has a bus pass ."

Tweet

Relevance: 100%

Quote: A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The groom decided to ask his father for advice. "Dad", he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage. I love my fiancée, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I’m afraid that my future wife will be put off by them." "No problem," said dad. "All you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed." The bride-to-be took her problem up with her mom. "Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful." "Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning." "No, you don’t understand. My morning breath is so bad, I’m afraid that my new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me." Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to say a word until you’ve brushed your teeth. Not a word," her mother affirmed. The loving couple was finally married in a beautiful ceremony. Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six months later. Shortly before dawn, the husband woke with a start to find that one of his socks had come off. Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searched the bed. This, of course, woke his bride, who, without thinking, immediately asked, "What on earth are you doing?" "Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You’ve swallowed my sock!"

Tweet