1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes inviting you to unwine your 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Psalm. But I trust 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: in you, the Lord. I said, you are my God, 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Psalm thirty one, verse fourteen. Dear Lord, you're my refuge 5 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: in place of peace. For your name's sake, deliver me 6 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: incline your ear and answer me speedily. Lord, I feel 7 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: like a refugee, wandering and aimless in a land of uncertainty. 8 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: Be my rock and fortress, Lord God, and let me 9 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: not be ashamed. I want to run this race well 10 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: and glorify your name by your abundant goodness and glorious grace. 11 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: Grant me ears to hear your voice and eyes to 12 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: see your face. I will wait on you, I will 13 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: trust you. I will bless you all the days of 14 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: my life. Tonight I ask for peace, Comfort me in 15 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: your presence and drape me in a blanket of your love. 16 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: Envelop me with relief, and restore me so I may 17 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: praise you in the morning. Night. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, 18 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes 19 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with Tonight's 20 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: sleep Song prepare your heart for this devotional from the 21 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace under 22 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: His watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me, Bishop TD 23 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleepsalms Podcast. If this 24 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you never miss 25 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: a nightly encouragement. 26 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm grace for to night's sleep Psalm by Prey 27 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: dot com. We will be meditating on Psalm thirty one. 28 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: Before you meditate on God's word, get in a comfortable position. 29 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: You can lie down flat on your back and rest 30 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: your arms by your side, or you can sit in 31 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 2: your favorite chair with good posture, sitting up with your 32 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: back straight and your shoulders relaxed, resting your hands in 33 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: your lap and planting your feet flat on the floor. 34 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: Once you are in a comfortable position, breathe in and 35 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: out slowly and close your eyes. Imagine the presence of 36 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: God filling your room. Focus your thoughts on his goodness, 37 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: on his mirth, on his love. Remember he is the 38 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: all powerful one that knows you, sees you, and sustains 39 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: you through the night. He will never leave you nor 40 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: forsake you. He will always be by your side. Breathe 41 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: in his power and strength. Breathe out today's worries and anxieties. 42 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: Know he came to bring you a life filled with joy, hope, 43 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 2: and peace. Breathe in and out slowly release any tension 44 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: in your muscles. Open your mind and heart to hear 45 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: his voice. Ask for him to speak to you through 46 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: his word and reveal his truth to you. The Bible 47 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: tells us there is nothing God won't do for you 48 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 2: if you put your trust in him. To knight, commit 49 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 2: yourself to the Lord, and know you will find strength 50 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: and hope in him. Psalm thirty one from the King 51 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 2: James version says in thee O Lord, do I put 52 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: my trust, Let me never be ashamed. Deliver me in 53 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 2: thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me speedily. 54 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: Be thou my strong roc, for an house of defense 55 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: to save me. For Thou art my roc and my fortress. Therefore, 56 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: for thy namesake, lead me and guide me. Pull me 57 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: out of the net that they have laid privily for me. 58 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: For Thou art my strength into thine hand. I commit 59 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, God of Truth. 60 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 2: I have hated them that regard lying vanities. But I 61 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice 62 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 2: in thy mercy. For thou hast considered my trouble. Thou 63 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: hast known my soul in adversities, and hast not shut 64 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: me up in the hand of the enemy. Thou hast 65 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 2: set my feet in a large room. Have mercy upon me, 66 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 2: O Lord, for I am in trouble. Mine eye is 67 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: consumed with grief. Yea my soul and my belly. For 68 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 2: my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing. 69 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones 70 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 2: are consumed. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, 71 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance. 72 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: That they did see me without fled from me. I 73 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 2: am forgotten, as a dead man, out of mind. I 74 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 2: am like a broken vessel, for I have heard the 75 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: slander of many. Fear was on every side while they 76 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 2: took counsel together against me. They devised to take away 77 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: my life. But I trusted in thee, O Lord, I said, 78 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 2: Thou art, my God, My times are in thy hand. 79 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies. And from 80 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: them that persecute me, Make thy face to shine upon 81 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: thy servant. Save me for thy mercy's sake. Let me 82 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 2: not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. 83 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent 84 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence, 85 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: which be grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. O, 86 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up 87 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: for them that fear THEE, which thou hast wrought for 88 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: them that trust in THEE before the sons of men, 89 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence. 90 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: From the pride of man, Thou shalt keep them secretly 91 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: in a pavilion, from the strife of tongues. Blessed be 92 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: the Lord, for he hath shewed me his marvelous kindness 93 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: in a strong city. For I said, in my haste, 94 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 2: I am cut off before thine eyes. Nevertheless, thou heardest 95 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: the voice of my supplications when I cried unto THEE. O, 96 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 2: love the Lord, all ye his saints. For the Lord 97 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer be 98 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart. All 99 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: ye that hope in the Lord. God's word should be 100 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: our source of comfort to night, because in his word 101 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 2: we are reminded of his faithfulness, mercy and love. No. 102 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 2: Following his word will bring light to your eyes, nourishment 103 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: to your body, and refreshment to your soul. Take a 104 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: deep breath, breathe in His truth, and breathe out your 105 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 2: stress from to day. Know you can completely trust God 106 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 2: with everything in your life. Inhale slowly as your chest rises, 107 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 2: Lift up everything you have to the Lord. Exhale slowly 108 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: as your chest falls. Completely surrender your life to Him 109 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: and relinquish your control. Letting everything go releases the tension 110 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: in your body, softening your joints and your fingers and toes. 111 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: No. 112 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 2: Fully committing to the Lord will help you find deep, 113 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: peaceful rest as your body relaxes in this sweet surrender, 114 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: Meditate on the strength of God. Close your eyes and 115 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 2: imagine a rock that never weathers in the storm, a 116 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: strong fortress that never crumbles in the face of the enemy. 117 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: Know the Lord is your rock, your fortress, made to 118 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: uphold you and protect you through the darkness of the night. 119 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 2: In his mercy, he will rescue you. In his faithfulness, 120 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 2: he will preserve you. Believe you are safe and secure 121 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 2: in Him tonight, so that you can sleep peacefully during 122 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 2: the night. Think of something or someone in your life 123 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: that you have put in the place of God. Confess 124 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 2: any idols that you worship and depend upon in your life. 125 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 2: Ask for God's forgiveness. Ask him to help you worship 126 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: Him only and to help you put Him above all 127 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: else in your life. Take a deep breath. Allow his 128 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: mercy to wash over you as you exhale. Release any 129 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 2: shame you are experiencing. Know He will save you in 130 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: his unfailing love for you. Think of a time when 131 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: you experienced God's faithfulness. Thank Him for delivering you from 132 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 2: your difficulties. Praise Him for being your rock you can 133 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 2: always count on. Think of some one who needs to 134 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: experience God's protection. To night, Pray God will preserve them 135 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 2: through the night. As you settle for the night, lift 136 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 2: up your requests to the Lord. Know he hears your 137 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: cry and is faithful to answer your prayers. Be strong 138 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: and hopeful in the Lord, Rest securely in him. To night, 139 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 2: Pray God will protect those who are being persecuted in 140 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: His name. Pray for their families to find comfort in 141 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: His presence as they sleep. Pray God will teach you 142 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 2: his ways and guide you down the path of life 143 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: and righteousness. Pray you will remain in Him and find 144 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 2: peaceful rest tonight. Pray God will give you strength and 145 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 2: courage when you face adversity in his path. Pray He 146 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: will rejuvenate your body and renew your mind to help 147 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 2: you feel refreshed in the morning to night. Put your 148 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 2: trust in God. Know he will restore you through the night. 149 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: Relax your body and take a deep breath as you exhale. 150 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 2: Release any tension and stress that is still lingering from 151 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 2: to day. As you rest in His presence, Allow God 152 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 2: to give you rest that is deep and peaceful as 153 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 2: He gives you life that is abundant and joyful.