Did you ever stop to think about this: If I didn't care about you, if I didn't love you, I wouldn't be willing to write these little nighttime love notes to you, would I?

You see, it takes an effort on my part to share with you these matters of the heart. "Sweet Dreams" did not happen by accident - it has taken hours of prayerful reflection. We wrote this book because God revealed to Brother Cerullo and me that many of you do not have the peace of God to go to sleep at night and also because we want to share our love with you.

That's God's way, and His command: "…You shall love your neighbor as yourself…" (Mark 12:31, NKJV). When we do things for others, it enables us to fulfill part of God's plan, and God's command for our life. I've noticed that the unhappiest people I know are those who do not think about others.

So tonight, as you read this, if you are experiencing unhappiness, feeling the least bit depressed, then I've got the scriptural answer - do something good for your neighbor! Do something to say "Hello, neighbor" to someone in need. Tonight, pray for them. Tomorrow, do something - bake a cake, just say "hello," go visit them...the possibilities are endless.

God will bless your caring, and you will be blessed in the process.

Heavenly Father, tonight I lift up my neighbors, (names), and ask You to bless them with Your fatherly love. I ask You, through Your Holy Spirit, to show me how I can best minister to them for Your glory. Thank you that by giving me the ministry of caring for others, You have also ministered to me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.