Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Give Rest to the Weary
Read Chapter 3 of Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren. Primary Compline phrase: "Give rest to the weary."
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In a culture that prizes productivity and busyness, the prayer for rest is quietly countercultural. This chapter invites you to consider not just physical tiredness but the deeper weariness of the soul — and what it would mean to receive rest as a gift.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Warren describes the particular weariness of modern life — the exhaustion that goes deeper than needing sleep. What kind of weariness resonates most with your current season? Physical? Emotional? Spiritual? Vocational?
2.She connects the prayer for rest to the biblical category of Sabbath — a structured, God-ordained practice of ceasing. How do you relate to Sabbath? Is rest something you practice, pursue, or find nearly impossible to receive?
3.Warren suggests that our inability to rest is often rooted in something more than a busy schedule — it reflects a kind of functional unbelief, an inability to trust that God holds things when we let go. Does that diagnosis ring true for you? What do you fear will happen if you truly stop?