The book is one night. This page is for the nights after. Each story has the whole
passage to read for yourself, in the same translation the book quotes, three questions to sit with,
and a place to write. Take one a night, or one a week. Read it alone, or with someone.
What you write stays on this phone. Nothing leaves this page. If you clear your
browser, it's gone, so copy it somewhere if you want to keep it. Passage links open the Berean
Standard Bible on bible.com.
The first question God asks in the story is Where are you? If someone asked you that tonight and meant more than your address, what would the honest answer be?
When things go wrong, some people hide behind work, some behind “fine,” some behind a closed door. If you have a hiding place, what is it?
In the story, the question comes before any fixing. What would it be like to be asked instead of fixed?
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Psalm 139:1-12Someone who tried to get out of sight and found he couldn't.
What's on your list that feels like it has to be done before you're allowed to sit down?
Jesus told Martha she was worried and upset about many things. He didn't say the meal didn't matter. Which of your many things truly matter tonight, and which could wait an hour?
What would ten minutes of sitting down look like in the middle of the list, not after it?
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John 11:17-27Martha again, in the worst week of her life, saying the clearest thing anyone says.
When the house gets quiet, which worry about tomorrow shows up first?
The people on that hillside weren't worried about small things. They needed to eat. Which of your worries is about a real need, and which is about something you can't control from here?
Today has enough trouble of its own. What is today's trouble, only today's?
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Luke 12:22-32Luke tells it too, and ends with Do not be afraid, little flock.
The friends in the boat asked a rude, honest question: Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing? If you asked your own rude, honest question out loud, what would it be?
Jesus was asleep before anything calmed. What would it mean to rest while your storm is still going?
Who's in the boat with you right now?
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Psalm 107:23-30Sailors in a storm, and what they did when they ran out of skill.
Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress, out of sight, when he was first spoken to. If you have a place where you do your work out of sight, where is it?
He heard Peace be with you while the raiders were still coming. What's still coming that you'd want peace about before it gets here?
He named the place The LORD Is Peace. If you named the place where you are right now, what would you call it?
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Judges 7The rest of Gideon's story, still with the odds against him.
Asked if everything was all right, she said Everything is all right. Then she went straight to the one person who could hear the rest. What are your two sentences tonight, the one you say and the true one?
Who is one person you could say both sentences to?
Her son lived. Most people's stories don't end that way, and this book won't pretend they do. She had both sentences before she knew the ending. Which of yours is harder to say out loud?
Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, the night before his trial. What would you need to set down to sleep tonight?
What are you trying to handle tonight that can't be handled until morning?
His friends were praying for him, then left him knocking at the gate because they couldn't believe it was him. If good news knocked tonight, would you believe it?
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Psalm 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace. One line, for the pillow.
When you're worn out, what do you reach for first: a plan, a correction, or rest?
The first thing Elijah got was sleep and bread, twice, before any conversation. What sleep or food have you been skipping?
After the wind, the earthquake and the fire came a still, small voice. What's the loudest thing in your life right now, and what might be quieter underneath it?
If you're thinking about ending your life, call or text 988 tonight (in the US).