We can not have great health if we don’t get enough sleep! Inadequate sleep is a risk factor for many diseases. Sleep is resting the whole body. Getting adequate sleep is very important to our health. During sleep, our body rejuvenate, repairs and recharges. If you do not get enough sleep, you simply can not have good health! Many of us are sleep deprived yet we do not really know it. If you are lacking in sleep, your body is under constant stress. Chronic elevated stress is a risk factor for most disease.
How much sleep is needed?
Different people require different amounts of sleep but as a rule of thumb, we need 8 hours of quality sleep a minimum of 6 hours. Any underlying sleep disorders, such as sleep latency, insomnia, and sleep apnea, should be corrected to obtain a high quality of sleep. If you wake up tired or if your energy fades during the day, you may not be getting enough sleep. We all need good sound sleep every night. There are times during the day when we should rest our minds from problems, rest our ears from the noises around us and rest our eyes by shutting them for 5 mins or better yet looking at things of nature. Rest your body by not being such workaholic. Work and rest is what is needed; not work, work, work. ”Some make themselves sick by overwork. For these rest, freedom from care, and a spare diet, are essential to restoration of health.”~~ MH p 236. ”We need quiet communion with God, when every other voice is hushed, and in the quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. He bids us, ‘Be still and know that I am God’ (Psalm 46:10)….Amidst the hurrying throng, and strain of life’s intense activities, he who is thus refreshed, will be surrounded with an atmosphere of light and peace”~~~~MH, p 58 Our heavenly father has given us a physical law of rest which we need for optimum health; He also knew we needed time to rest with Him, time to worship Him and refresh ourselves in the things of God~ His creation.. God rested after He created the world and He gave us the Sabbath to remember our Creator, Worship Him and enjoy His creation. He blessed that day and sanctified it. He loves us and gave us all we need even a day of rest where we can rejuvenate our selves spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally and increase longevity. “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made”. Genesis 2:2-3 (NKJV) ”Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates”.Exodu
s 20:9-10 (NKJV)
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New King James Version (NKJV) Bible
Ministry of Healing~( MH) E.G.White
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