1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop td Jakes, inviting you to unwine your mind 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's Sleep Psalm So teach us to 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: count our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom, 4 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: Psalm ninety twelve. Dear Lord, as I retire to bed, 5 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: may I rest peacefully, undisturb by worries or fears. For 6 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: I have numbered my days and know that they are finite. 7 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: Yet I find absolute comfort that my eternity is in You. 8 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: Help me use my time on this earth wisely. I 9 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: want to gain a heart of wisdom and sleep settled 10 00:00:54,760 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: in your soothing wisdom. God. To make the most of 11 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: each moment, cherish my loved ones, seek knowledge and truth, 12 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: and live with purpose and intention. May I wake in 13 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: the morning renewed and ready to embrace the opportunities and 14 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: challenges that lie ahead. Thank you for this day and 15 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:34,919 Speaker 1: all its blessings. Thank you for the chance to continue 16 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: growing and learning in Jesus' name. Amen, thank you for 17 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: praying with me. I'm Bishop td Jakes, inviting you to 18 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: unwind your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Song. Prepare 19 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: your heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, 20 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: guiding you into a RESTful embrace under your watchful eyes. 21 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me. Bishop TD Jakes for tonight's 22 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: episode of the Sleepsalms podcast. If this episode blessed you, 23 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 24 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's sleep Psalm. Bye Pray dot com. 25 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm ninety. Begin Tonight's meditation 26 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: by surrendering to the Lord. Cast your cares and anxieties 27 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: on him. Tell him about your struggles from to day. 28 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: Know nothing can be hidden in the light of his presence. 29 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 2: He wants you to trust him with everything so that 30 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: you may find rest in him. Take a deep breath. 31 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: Breathe in His love and goodness. Breathe out your stress 32 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: and anxiety. Take another deep breath. Breathe in His mercy 33 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: and grace. Breathe out your guilt and shame. Let the 34 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: favor of God rest on you tonight and fill your 35 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: heart with joy, hope, and peace. Close your eyes and 36 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: get ready to receive God's word. Allow his truth to 37 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: fill you with his life and love. Allow his truth 38 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: to focus your heart on eternity. Breathe in and out. 39 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: In our ever changing world, we can find comfort in 40 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: the everlasting nature of God, knowing he has always existed 41 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: and he always will. He is the Alpha and the Omega, 42 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: the one who gave us life, and the one who 43 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: will take us to his dwelling to rest. Some ninety 44 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: from the King James's version says, Lord, thou hast been 45 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 2: our dwelling place in all generations, before the mountains were 46 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: brought forth, or ever Thou hast formed the earth and 47 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: the world, even from everlasting to everlasting. Thou art God, 48 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest return, ye, children 49 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: of men, for a thousand years in thy sight are 50 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 2: but as yesterday when it is past, And as a 51 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: watch in the night Thou carriest them away. As with flood, 52 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: they are as asleep in the morning. They are like grass, 53 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 2: which groweth up in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up. 54 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: In the evening it is cut down and witheth. For 55 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 2: we are consumed by Thine anger and by thy wrath. 56 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 2: We are troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee 57 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. For 58 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 2: all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We 59 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: spend our years as a tale that is told. The 60 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: days of our years are threescore years and ten. And 61 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 2: if by reason of strength they be forescore years, yet 62 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: is their strength labor and sorrow, For it is soon 63 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 2: cut off and we fly away. Who knoweth the power 64 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is 65 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 2: thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that 66 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, 67 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 68 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may 69 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 2: rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad 70 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 2: according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and 71 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work 72 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 73 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: And let the beauty of the Lord our God be 74 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 2: upon us. And establish thou the works of our hands 75 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: upon us. Yea, the work of our hands establish thou. 76 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 2: It God's word reminds us he is everlasting, He was, 77 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 2: he is, and he is yet to come. Meaning he 78 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: is our past, present, and future. He is our com 79 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: constant in this changing world. We can dwell in his safety, 80 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: for all the days of our lives, and we can 81 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: rest securely in His hands every night, and one day 82 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 2: we will dwell in His holy place for eternity, where 83 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: our bodies will be restored and our souls will be replenished. 84 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 2: Breathe in and out slowly, close your eyes and imagine 85 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 2: a seed planted firmly in the ground, springing up through 86 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: the soil in the morning, looking for the sun's light 87 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: to nourish it and help it grow. Without water, the 88 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: sun's rays become too intense, and the sprout becomes dry 89 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 2: and withered by sundown, like the plant. By evening, we 90 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: are dry and withered due to the trouble and sorrow 91 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: we face in this world. To night, drink from the 92 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: Lord's eternal springs and allow him to refresh your mind, body, 93 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: and soul. We can never hide our sins from God, 94 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 2: our secret sins, the darkness within us is always brought 95 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: to light in His presence. So to night, let's not 96 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: hold on to our sins and struggles, but let's release 97 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: them to God. Confession is not to inform God of 98 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 2: our sins, but to come to God with our sins 99 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 2: to be redeemed and restored by His grace and love. 100 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 2: Acknowledge any unconfessed sin before the Lord. Ask for his 101 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: help to break free from the sin that weighs you down. 102 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 2: Take a deep breath, lift your sin and shame to 103 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 2: the Lord. Exhale slowly and feel a weight lift off 104 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: your shoulders. Feel your heart lightened as God takes away 105 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: your sin and covers you with his forgiveness. Know His 106 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: mercies are new for you every morning. Rejoice in his 107 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 2: unfailing love and compassion. Thank the Lord for fully knowing 108 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: you and fully loving you. Thank him for pouring out 109 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 2: his favor upon you and setting you apart for his work. 110 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: Thank him for the good days he has given you. 111 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: Think of a person who needs to experience God's forgiveness. 112 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: To night, Pray he will touch their hearts and shed 113 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: light on their darkness. Pray he will release them from 114 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 2: their guilt and shame so that they may find rest. 115 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 2: To night, come to the Lord with your weariness and 116 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: burdens and find rest in him. Lay requests before him. 117 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 2: Pray for the Lord to teach you to number your days, 118 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 2: to realize how fleeting time really is, so that you 119 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 2: will never take one day for granted, and you will 120 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 2: strive to do God's work every day. Pray for the 121 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: Lord to bless the work of your hands. Pray he 122 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: will help you find rest tonight to prepare you to 123 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: be productive in your work and in his mission tomorrow. 124 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 2: Pray for the Lord to give you wisdom and understanding 125 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 2: so that you may receive His blessing and favor in 126 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 2: this lifetime. Pray he will help you rest in His 127 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: truth tonight. Take a deep breath, Exhale slowly, and release 128 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 2: any stress and tension that is still lingering from today. 129 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: Know your life is in the hands of the Lord, 130 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: in the hands of the everlasting God, and he will 131 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 2: be with you wherever there you go until the end 132 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: of time. Invite God's presence as you sleep and find 133 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 2: rest in Him to night and satisfaction in Him tomorrow