1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop TD Jakes, inviting you to unwind your mind 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: and spirit with tonight's sleep Song. Now, Lord, what do 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: I wait for? My hope is in you, Psalm thirty nine, 4 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: Verse seven. Good and Holy God, You are eternal and 5 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: reign forever. Your glory will last throughout the ages, and 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: your name will be proclaimed forever. But my life is 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: a vapor, a myths that will dissipate with the sun. 8 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: My mortality is before me, as is my awe and 9 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: appreciation of your salvation. You have allowed me, this finite person, 10 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: to behold the beauty of eternity. You have saved me 11 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: from definite calamity. I rest tonight in that certainty. I 12 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: rest tonight, secure and satisfied in your salvation. My words 13 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: will slip a sweet refrain of gratitude as I gently 14 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: go to sleep. I will hold my peace in you 15 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: tightly and gracefully drift. I love you Lord in Jesus' name. Amen, 16 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop td Jakes, 17 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with tonight's 18 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: sleep song. Prepare your heart for this devotional from the 19 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace under 20 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: his watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me. Bishop TD 21 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleep Psalms podcast. If 22 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: this episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you never 23 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: miss a nightly encouragement. 24 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's sleepsong by pray dot Com. 25 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm thirty nine. Clear your 26 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: mind and prepare to meditate on God's word. Focus on 27 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 2: controlling your breathing. To relax your body. Breathe in and 28 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: out slowly. Watch your chest expand and contract with each 29 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 2: new inhale and exhale as the oxygen flows through your body. 30 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: Feel the lightness in your fingers and toes and the 31 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: softness of your muscles and joints. Breathe in and out. 32 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: Reflect on God's goodness and mercy. Think about God's delight 33 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: and love for you know He came to bring you 34 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: life filled with joy, hope, and peace. He wants to 35 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: carry your burdens and give you rest to night. Breathe 36 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: in His mercy and breathe out your worries and doubts 37 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: with each new breath. Feel your mind, body and heart 38 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: open up. Ask God to speak life into your soul 39 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 2: to night, ask for his wisdom and grace. As you 40 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: listen to his word, be still and hear his tender 41 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 2: whispers of love to night. The Bible reminds us life 42 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: is short on earth, so let's spend tonight meditating on 43 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: his word to refocus our minds and hearts on him, 44 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: allowing us to find rest to night and inspiration for tomorrow. 45 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 2: Psalm thirty nine from the King James version says, I said, 46 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: I will take heed to my ways, that I sin 47 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 2: not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with 48 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 2: a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was 49 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: dumb with silence. I held my peace even from good, 50 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 2: and my sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within 51 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: me while I I was musing the fire burned. Then 52 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: spake I with my tongue. Lord, make me to know 53 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: mine end and measure of my days. What it is 54 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: that I may know how frail I am. Behold Thou 55 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: hast made my days as a hand breath, and mine 56 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: age is as nothing before thee Verily, every man at 57 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: his best state is altogether vanity Selah. Surely every man 58 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: walketh in a vain shoe. Surely they are disquieted in vain. 59 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 60 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: And now, Lord, what wait I for my hope is 61 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: in THEE. Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me 62 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 2: not the reproach of the foolish I was dumb. I 63 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: opened not my mouth because thou dist it. Remove thy 64 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: stroke away from me. I am consumed by the blow 65 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 2: of thine hand. When Thou with rebukes dost correct man 66 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like 67 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 2: a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Sillah, hear my prayer, 68 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: O Lord, and give ear unto my cry. Hold not 69 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: thy peace at my tears, For I am a stronger 70 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 2: with THEE, and a sojurer as all my fathers were. 71 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 2: O spare me that I may recover strength before I 72 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 2: go hence and be no more. Life in this world 73 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 2: is fleeting. We don't know when we will draw our 74 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 2: last breath, but God does, and he has our life 75 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: in his hands. God's word tells us to find our 76 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 2: security in him, because everything and every one in this 77 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: world are temporary. He is our only constant, and in 78 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: him we can find rest. Breathe in and out slowly. 79 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: Meditate on God's eternal existence, on his sovereignty. Put your 80 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: hope in him because his love for you will never perish. 81 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: His mercy will be new for you every morning. Fall 82 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: asleep tonight, knowing God will restore and refresh your body, mind, 83 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: and heart to prepare you to do his good works tomorrow. 84 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: Close your eyes and inhale and exhale slowly through your nose. 85 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: As you breathe in, allow God to fill your chest 86 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: with his joy. Know he wants you to enjoy the 87 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: moments in this life, however fleeting they may be. Breathe 88 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: out slowly and relax in His presence. Think of a 89 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 2: time when you put your hope in the things of 90 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 2: this world, like wealth or professional success. Confess the things 91 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: in your life you have put above God and your family. 92 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 2: Ask for God's forgiveness. Pray he will help you prioritize 93 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: what's important to him in your life. Take a deep 94 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: breath as you inhale, Allow His mercy and love to 95 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: wash over you. As you exhale, Let go of any 96 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: shame or guilt you are experiencing. Know He saves you 97 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 2: from your transgressions. And cleanses you with his righteousness. Thank 98 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 2: God for the days he has given you in your life. 99 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: Thank Him for the family and friends he has blessed 100 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 2: you with. Thank Him for the good gifts he has 101 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: given to you. Think of someone who can't find any 102 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 2: joy in their jobs or in their relationships. Pray for 103 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: God to draw them into His presence where they can 104 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 2: experience delight and joy and find satisfaction in Him. As 105 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: you get ready to sleep, lay your requests before the Lord. 106 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 2: Tell him about your troubles and bring your complaints to him. 107 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: Know he is the only one who can deliver you 108 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: from your worries and troubles. Only he can give you 109 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 2: peace to help you rest and hope to find joy 110 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 2: in your tomorrow. Pray God will help you with your 111 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 2: struggles with sin. Pray he will deliver you from the 112 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: evil one so that you may find rest. Pray God 113 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: will help you find joy in this life and help 114 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 2: you enjoy what He has given you. May his blessings 115 00:09:55,559 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: bring you comfort tonight. Pray God will guide you down 116 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: his path and show you the purpose He has for 117 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 2: your life on earth. Pray for rest that rejuvenates your 118 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: body and renews your mind. To prepare you to do 119 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: his good works tomorrow. Take a deep breath inhale and 120 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: exhale slowly, release any tension that is still lingering in 121 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 2: your body. Soften your joints and relax your fingers and toes. 122 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 2: Surrender your life to the Lord and allow him to 123 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: give you deep, peaceful rest that will last through the night.