This week's post is a member-submitted Christian poem called Bedtime Prayer. It is a prayer of thankfulness to God for the blessing of today and the hope for tomorrow.

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Bedtime Prayer

Now, I lay me down to rest
I thank the Lord; my life is blessed
I have my family and my home
And freedom, should I choose to roam.

My days are filled with skies of blue
My nights are filled with sweet dreams, too
I’ve no reason to beg or plead
I have been given all I need.
Read more ... Bedtime Prayer by Jill Eisnaugle.

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More Bedtime Prayers:

• Children's Bedtime Prayers
• Prayers for Protection

Job pressure ... temptations ... doubts ... embarrassment. Are you having second thoughts about being a Christian?

As a Christian man, do you feel mostly like a fool and rarely like a faithful follower of Christ? You're not alone. In this devotional for Christian men, Jack Zavada of Inspiration-for-Singles.com reminds us that even the greatest men of the Bible had second thoughts.

Jack writes, "A man who follows Christ sticks out in this world, and as the old saying goes, the nail that sticks out is usually pounded down." Yet Jesus knows about these frustrations and second thoughts, and he doesn't think you are a fool. Rather, like John the Baptist, he'd probably call you great!

• Read more: Second Thoughts About Being a Christian