God Is Awake, So You Can Sleep (with Brett McCracken)

About this episode

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear What if sleep isn’t wasted time, weakness, or something to squeeze in after everything else is done? What if it is actually one of God’s most practical invitations to trust Him? In this episode, Jerrad sits down with Brett McCracken, senior editor and director of communications at The Gospel Coalition and author of The Wisdom of Sleep: How Rest Reveals God’s Truth and Revives Weary Souls. Together, they explore why God designed us to spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, how sleep reminds us that we are the creation—not the Creator—and why closing our eyes each night can become an act of surrender. A Prayer Before Sleep Father, As I close my eyes tonight, I remember that I am not God. I have limits. You have none. I need rest. You neither slumber nor sleep. There are things I did not finish, problems I could not solve, and people I cannot protect on my own. I release them all into Your hands. Forgive me for believing that everything depends on me. Thank You for the gift of sleep; a grace I recei