November 8: A Prayer for When You Can't Sleep

Prayer Today: Prayer of the Day · Nov 8, 2026 · 2m · transcript

The evening prayer for Sunday, November 8, 2026: A Prayer for When You Can't Sleep. Read by an AI voice.

Lord, it's late, and I'm still awake.

I've counted, breathed,

flipped the pillow to the cool side.

Sleep isn't coming, and lying here fighting for it

is only pushing it further away.

So instead of fighting, I'm going to talk to You.

You know why I'm awake.

Maybe it's the coffee. Maybe it's the worry.

Maybe it's nothing I can name —

just a body that won't power down

and a mind still pacing the halls.

Whatever it is, I'm through pretending

I can fix it by trying harder.

Sleep is a gift, not…