I am currently cultivating Wayne Cordeiro's book Leading On Empty. First let me say this book is a MUST READ for anyone in ministry leadership. It is a textbook that must be kept close at hand and referred to frequently. If you don't have it yet, GET IT TODAY.
Sleep In Right
I want to dig up 7 small paragraphs tucked away on pages 129-130 of the book because I think it beautifully explains the concept, "We Don't Rest From Our Work, We Work From Our Rest."
Wayne begins by asking, "When does your day begin?" The typical answer is morning, right? Wrong. According to the creation story in Genesis 1.8 we find the day begins in the evening ("So the evening and the morning were the second day"). So the day doesn't begin with the morning's activity, but it actually begins with the evening's rest.
"So, if you ever need to sleep in, learn to sleep in on the frontside of the clock, not the back side. Simply said, your deepest sleep is when your REM cycles happen, and that typically takes place between 11pm and 3am. That is when you will get your deepest sleep. If you miss getting to bed before 1am, you will have missed half your chance at receiving your deepest rest. You may think you can sleep until 9am to get your eight hours of sleep. But you are mistaken! You will have had sleep time, but not the rest." (page 129-130, bold italics mine)
This is effective advice because "We Don't Rest From Our Work, We Work From Our Rest." Consider sleeping in on the front side and you'll be Serving Strong!
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