1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes, inviting you to unwind your 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's sleep Psalm. In the day 3 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was 4 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: stretched out in the night and didn't get tired. My 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: soul refused to be comforted Psalm one O two first two. 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: Dear everlasting Father, I know you listen even when I 7 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: feel most alone. You bend your ear down to hear 8 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: my cries. You have kept every tear and attended to 9 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: every complaint. Tonight, I am grateful for God who has 10 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: not kept himself distant and aloof. You have come near 11 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: to me and considered my heart. As I unwine after 12 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: a long day, I asked that you release me from 13 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: my loneliness and remind my heart that you are close 14 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: more than any family or friend. You completely understand me. 15 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: You are acquainted with every weakness, sin and shortcoming, yet 16 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: love me anyways. You call me a friend, child and 17 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: co err in Christ, despite my failures and flaws. What 18 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: a wonderful thing it is to be completely known and 19 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: holy loved. Comfort me in your warm and accepting embrace. Tonight. 20 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, thank you for praying 21 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 1: with me. I'm Bishop td Jakes inviting you to unwind 22 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: your mind and spirit with Tonight's Sleep Song. Prepare your 23 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding 24 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: you into a RESTful embrace under His watchful eyes. Thank 25 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: you for joining me, Bishop td Jakes for tonight's episode 26 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: of the Sleep Psalms Podcast. If this episode blessed you, 27 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 28 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's Sleep Psalm by pray dot Com. 29 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and two. 30 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: Before meditating on God's word this evening, let's spend some 31 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,839 Speaker 2: time remembering who God is and letting go of our 32 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: stress and anxiety from today. Take a deep, cleansing breath. 33 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: Feel the fresh calm air fill your lungs. Exhale slowly 34 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: and release any tension in your muscles. Take another deep breath. 35 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: Feel God's strength fill you, rejuvenating your lungs. Exhale slowly 36 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: and alone. Tell his strength to nourish your bones and 37 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: restore your muscles and joints. Close your eyes and reflect 38 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: on who God is. Think of him as the creator 39 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: that laid the foundations of the earth and created the 40 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: heavens above. Think of him as the sovereign King whose 41 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 2: reign will never end. Know his mighty hands that created 42 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 2: the world are the mighty hands that will strengthen you 43 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: and sustain you through the night. Breathe in his goodness. 44 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: Breathe out your fears and doubts. Breathe in his peace. 45 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: Breathe out your worries and anxious thoughts. With each breath, 46 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: Feel your heart lightened and your mind calm. Know God 47 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: is with you tonight, and you never have to face 48 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 2: the darkness of. 49 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 1: The night alone. 50 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: Open your mind and heart and ask God to speak 51 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 2: to you through his word. Ask him to remind you 52 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 2: of his promises and of his goodness and faithfulness. Ask 53 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 2: for his word to comfort you to night as you 54 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: prepare for sleep. In our moments of weakness, we can 55 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 2: find hope by turning to the God that never changes, 56 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: and the God that will endure forever and ever. Psalm 57 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: one hundred and two from the King James's version says, 58 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 2: hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come 59 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: unto thee. Hide not thy face from me. In the 60 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 2: day when I am in trouble, incline thine ear unto 61 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: me in the day when I call, answer me speedily. 62 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 2: For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones 63 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 2: are burned as in hearth. My heart is smitten and 64 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: withered like ground, so that I forget to eat my 65 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 2: bread by reason of the voice of my groaning, my 66 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 2: bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican 67 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: of the wilderness. I am like an owl of the desert. 68 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 2: I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop. 69 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 2: Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and they that 70 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 2: are mad against me are sworn against me. For I 71 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 2: have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with 72 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 2: weeping because of thine indignation and thy wrath. For thou 73 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: hast lifted me up and cast me down. My days 74 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 2: are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered 75 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 2: like grass. But thou, o Lord, shalt endure forever and 76 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: thy remembrance unto all generations. Thou shalt arise and have 77 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her. Yea, 78 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: the said time is come, for thy servants take pleasure 79 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: in her stones, and favor the dust thereof. So that 80 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all 81 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: the kings of the earth thy glory. When the Lord 82 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 83 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 84 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 2: despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation 85 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: to come, and the people which shall be created shall 86 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 2: praise the Lord. For he hath looked down from the 87 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: height of his sanctuary. From heaven. Did the Lord behold 88 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 2: the earth to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to 89 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: lose those that are appointed to death, to declare the 90 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem. 91 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms to 92 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: serve the Lord. He weakened my strength in the way 93 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: he shall shortened my days. I said, O, my God, 94 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: take me not away in the midst of my days. 95 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: Thy years are throughout all generations of old. Hast thou 96 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 2: laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are 97 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 2: the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou 98 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: shalt endure yea all of them shall wax old like 99 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: a garment as a vesture. Shalt thou change them, And 100 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: they shall be changed, but thou art the same, and 101 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 2: thy years shall have no end. The children of thy 102 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 103 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: The Bible reminds us we can always put our trust 104 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 2: in God, because he is living, eternal and unchanging. When 105 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,599 Speaker 2: our days feel heavy, his strength can alleviate our burdens 106 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: and help us fine rest. When our nights are dark, 107 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: his glory will shine upon us, keeping us warm and 108 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 2: safe throughout the night. Take a deep breath, Bask in 109 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: the presence of the Lord. Exhale slowly, and allow his 110 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: joy and hope to fill your heart and strengthen your body. 111 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 2: Close your eyes and imagine the Lord's glory filling the earth. 112 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: Imagine a day when there will be no more darkness, 113 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: when every prisoner will be set free, when those in 114 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 2: need will be fully satisfied. Allow the peace of his 115 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: presence and the hope of his future reign to soothe 116 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: your soul. Take a deep breath, put your trust in 117 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 2: the Lord. Exhale slowly, and surrender your life to him. 118 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 2: Unlike the world us, the Lord never changes. Know the 119 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: same God that formed the heavens and the earth is 120 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 2: the same God that will help you stand firm in 121 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: the end. Know the same God that formed you with 122 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: his hands is the same God that refreshes your mind, body, 123 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 2: and soul as you sleep. Think of a time when 124 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: your fears and stress overwhelmed you, causing you to lose 125 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: sight of who God is. Confess any fears and doubts 126 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: that are still holding you back from experiencing the joy 127 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: of His presence. Ask Him to help you completely trust 128 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: in him. Take a deep breath, Allow his forgiveness to 129 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: wash over you. Exhale slowly, and let go of any 130 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 2: sin and shame that is hindering your relationship with God. 131 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: Allow his mighty hands to restore your line relationship, filling 132 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: your heart with his love, joy, and peace. Praise the 133 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: King on his throne. Bow your head down and worship him. 134 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 2: Thank him for the ways he provides for you. Thank 135 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: him for the ways he has protected you. Thank him 136 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: for your bright future that is secure in Him alone. 137 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 2: Think of a person who needs God's provision tonight. Pray 138 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 2: he will give them what they need and help them 139 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 2: find satisfaction in him. Pray he will give them rest tonight. 140 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: Ask God to hear your prayer. Ask Him to draw 141 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 2: your heart toward Him as you lift your requests to him. 142 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: Pray for God to bless the next generation. Pray he 143 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: will use you to help guide children and young adults 144 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: unto his path of life. Pray for God to help 145 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: those who are destitute. Pray Ye will strengthen them with 146 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: his word and satisfy them with his provision. Pray for 147 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: God's provision for tomorrow and his protection for tonight. Pray 148 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 2: he will sustain you with his strength through the day 149 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 2: and night. Take the deep breath, Breathe in His strength 150 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 2: and glory. Exhale slowly, and release any stress and tension 151 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 2: that is still lingering from today. Allow the hope of 152 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 2: your bright future with the Sovereign King, the creator of 153 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 2: the world, to comfort you as you sleep.