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Speaker 1: I'm Bishop TD Jakes, inviting you to unwine your mind

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Speaker 1: and spirit with tonight's Sleepsalm. Unless the Lord had been

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Speaker 1: my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence

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Speaker 1: Psalm ninety four seventeen. Heavenly Father, I pray tonight for vision, clarity,

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Speaker 1: and wisdom. The day's troubles and worries can be all consuming,

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Speaker 1: keeping my mind from genuine rest As I drift away

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Speaker 1: to sleep, Tonight, anchor my thoughts in you. Tether me

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Speaker 1: to your precepts, so I have not tossed to and

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Speaker 1: fro with worry. Fools will sleep without reflection, and the

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Speaker 1: prideful will those without considering their purpose. But I want

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Speaker 1: to surrender to you before sleeping. I want to repent

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Speaker 1: of my shortcomings and be renewed by your will. Do

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Speaker 1: all these things for your glory and my good in Jesus' name, Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes,

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Speaker 1: inviting you to unwine your mind and spirit with Tonight's

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Speaker 1: sleep song. Prepare your heart for this devotional from the

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Speaker 1: Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace under

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Speaker 1: his watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me, Bishop TD

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Speaker 1: Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleep Psalms podcast. If

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Speaker 1: this episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you never

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Speaker 1: miss a nightly encouragement.

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Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace for tonight's Sleep Psalm by pray dot Com.

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Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm ninety four. Relax your

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Speaker 2: body and clear your mind. Focus your thoughts on God.

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Speaker 2: Remember he is the righteous judge who will right all

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Speaker 2: the wrongs in the end to restore his world and

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Speaker 2: rescue his people. Find comfort and peace when you put

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Speaker 2: your trust in the Lord and allow him to administer

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Speaker 2: his mercy and justice in your life. Take a deep breath,

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Speaker 2: lift your hurts and pain to the Lord. Exhale slowly

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Speaker 2: and let go of any anger, bitterness, or unforgiveness in

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Speaker 2: your heart. Surrender the wrongs others have committed against you

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Speaker 2: to the Lord. Feel the heaviness in your heart, lighten

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Speaker 2: and the heaviness in your shoulders lesson. Relax your neck

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Speaker 2: with your next exhale, release the tension in your body.

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Speaker 2: Open your heart to hear God's word. Ask him to

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Speaker 2: teach you his ways and lead you to a safe,

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Speaker 2: secure place where you can rest in Him. Although the

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Speaker 2: wicked seem to prosper in our world. To Night's psalm

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Speaker 2: reminds us God will sustain his people until the day

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Speaker 2: he casts judgment on the wicked. Psalm ninety four from

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Speaker 2: the King James's version says, O Lord, God, to whom

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Speaker 2: vengeance belongeth, O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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Speaker 2: Lift up thyself, thou, judge of the earth, render a

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Speaker 2: reward to the proud Lord. How long shall the wicked?

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Speaker 2: How long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they

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Speaker 2: utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of

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Speaker 2: iniquity boast themselves. They break in peaces thy people, O Lord,

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Speaker 2: and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger,

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Speaker 2: and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, the Lord shall

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Speaker 2: not see. Neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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Speaker 2: Understand ye brutish among the people, and ye fools? When

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Speaker 2: will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall

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Speaker 2: he not hear he that formed thee eye? Shall he

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Speaker 2: not see? He that chasteth the heathen? Shall he not correct?

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Speaker 2: He that teacheth man knowledge? Shall he not know? The

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Speaker 2: Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity

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Speaker 2: blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, o Lord, and

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Speaker 2: teachest him out of thy law, that thou mayest give

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Speaker 2: him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit

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Speaker 2: be digged for the wicked. For the Lord will not

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Speaker 2: cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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Speaker 2: But judgments shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright

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Speaker 2: in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up from

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Speaker 2: me against the evil doers, who will stand up for

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Speaker 2: me against the workers of iniquity. Unless the Lord hath

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Speaker 2: been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence

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Speaker 2: when I said, my foot slippeth thy mercy, O Lord,

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Speaker 2: held me up in the multitude of my thoughts within me,

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Speaker 2: thy comforts delight my soul. Shall the throne of iniquity

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Speaker 2: have fellowship with thee which frameth mischief by a law.

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Speaker 2: They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,

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Speaker 2: and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defense,

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Speaker 2: and my God is the rock of my refuge. And

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Speaker 2: he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall

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Speaker 2: cut them off in their own wickedness. Yea, the Lord,

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Speaker 2: our God, shall cut them off. The Bible tells us

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Speaker 2: the corruption of this world and the arrogance of the

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Speaker 2: hear the boasts of the wicked. Our God, who formed

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Speaker 2: our eyes, can see the injustices being committed until the

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Speaker 2: day he returns to cast judgment on the world. God

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Speaker 2: will sustain us with his mighty hands, strengthening us in

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Speaker 2: the day, comforting us in the night. Take a deep breath.

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Speaker 2: As your enemies rise against you, the Lord is rising

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Speaker 2: against them. His strength will sustain you and give you life.

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Speaker 2: Exhale slowly and release your fears to the Lord. Know

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Speaker 2: he is your fortress that surrounds you by day and

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Speaker 2: protects you by night. Breathe in and out slowly. When

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Speaker 2: you feel your slipping away in the darkness, imagine God's

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Speaker 2: unfailing love supporting you and sustaining you. No, he will

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Speaker 2: not let you fall. Take a deep breath. Lift your

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Speaker 2: anxious thoughts to the Lord. Exhale slowly and release any

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Speaker 2: anxiety from to day. Allow God's love to comfort you

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Speaker 2: and lighten your load with his joy. With your next exhale,

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Speaker 2: release any tension lingering from the stress of to day.

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Speaker 2: Think of a time when someone hurt you and you retaliated.

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Speaker 2: Rather than waiting on the Lord, confess any anger or

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Speaker 2: bitterness in your heart. Ask for his forgiveness and for

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Speaker 2: his help with forgiving the person who hurt you. Take

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Speaker 2: a deep breath, Allow God's forgiveness to soften your heart.

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Speaker 2: Exhale slowly, and release any guilt and shame you are

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Speaker 2: experiencing right now. Know your sin and shame are covered

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Speaker 2: with the perfect righteousness of the Lord. Rejoice in the

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Speaker 2: salvation of the Lord. Praise him for his mercy and justice.

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Speaker 2: Thank him for sustaining you with his unfailing love. Thank

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Speaker 2: him for the times he delivered you from the temptation

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Speaker 2: of this world. Thank him for the ways he has

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Speaker 2: comforted you. Think of a person who needs God to

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Speaker 2: bring his justice to an unfair situation. Pray he will

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Speaker 2: intervene on their behalf. Pray they will wait patiently on

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Speaker 2: him to restore their reputation and hold others accountable for

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Speaker 2: their actions. Make your requests known to the Lord. Know

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Speaker 2: you will answer them in his perfect timing. Trust him

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Speaker 2: to do what is best for you and for others.

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Speaker 2: Pray for the vulnerable in your community, such as the widow,

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Speaker 2: how to care for the people he holds dear to

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Speaker 2: his heart. Pray for God's help with resisting the temptation

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Speaker 2: to avenge the wrongs committed against you. Pray you will

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Speaker 2: trust Him to dispense his mercy and justice. Pray for

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Speaker 2: God to protect you against those who seek to hurt you.

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Speaker 2: Pray you will rest safely in His hands to night.

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Speaker 2: Breathe in and out, slowly, take refuge in the Lord

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Speaker 2: as you lay down to sleep. Allow his comfort to

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Speaker 2: fill your heart with joy and your mind with peace

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Speaker 2: as you surrender to Him to night,