Insomnia? Will praying in tongues help?
Among the common reasons for sleeplessness are worry, lack of exercise, diet (think caffeine), sickness, overwork and troubled relationships. There’s no one cure for all.
Recently I woke up in the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. After awhile that Scripture about “tongues brings rest” crossed my mind. “Why not try it?” I mused. “Maybe praying in tongues will help me fall asleep.” I started praying silently in my God-given tongue. It took awhile, but pretty soon I woke up. . . it was morning! It worked.
Isaiah the prophet wrote,”Indeed, He will speak to this people through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, He who said to them, ‘Here is rest, give rest to the weary,’ and ‘Here is repose'” ( Isaiah 28:11-12). Then Isaiah added this kicker, “. . .but they would not listen.”
St Paul applied Isaiah’s words to speaking in tongues when he wrote his letter to the Corinthian church (I Corinthians 14:21).
It’s all about relationship–relationship with the Lord of life, Jesus Christ. Tongues connects the speaker with the Soother, the Calmer, the Giver of rest and repose. There’s no magic in the tongue; rather, the soothing comes from the Giver of all good and perfect gifts in whom there is no shadow or inconsistency due to change.
Suppose you need to get groceries and you live a mile from the store. You could get to the market by any number of ways. You could walk, drive, take a bus, taxi or bicycle. Some ways would be better than other ways depending on weather and circumstances. The same with relief from insomnia. Reading a book, ordinary prayer, drinking milk, changing socks might all help insomnia. Praying in tongues, a form of Biblical meditation, is just one way.
Warning: Don’t apply ideas about speaking in tongues mechanically. We can’t always expect a simple cause and effect relationship as in the case of “tongues leads to sleep” or “tongues always bring rest.” No, the Spirit can’t be reduced to mechanical predictability. Sometimes tongues bring peace, sometimes energy. Sometimes rest, sometimes an emotional stirring.
Most accurately we can say using the gift of tongues stirs the Spirit of God, and God gives us what we need. If we need rest, God gives rest; if we need inspiration, inspiration is what we get.
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speaking in tongues brings about a catharsis of the subconscious and so all the extra stuff buried deep within the storehouse of the mind is let loose leading to a soothing and pleasant purgative effect. you can then doze off without a worry in the world. he who relies on God has nothing to be anxious about and finds infinite peace of mind.
I was desperately trying to connect with God through not sleeping much because of anxiety. Why I failed to even try this I’ll never know. This brought me to tears. I’m going to try it tonight should I not sleep. Thank you thank you thank you. May God bless all of you.