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 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: unwind your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Song. 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If this episode blessed you, 40 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 41 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm grace for tonight's sleep Psalm by pray dot com. 42 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 3: We will be meditating on Psalm ninety. Begin tonight's meditation 43 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: by surrendering to the Lord. Cast your cares and anxieties 44 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 3: on him. Tell him about your struggles from today. Know 45 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: nothing can be hidden in the light of his presence. 46 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: He wants you to trust him with everything so that 47 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: you may find rest in him. Take a deep breath. 48 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 3: Breathe in his love and goodness. Breathe out your stress 49 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: and anxiety. Take another deep breath. Breathe in his mercy 50 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: and grace. Breathe out your guilt and shame. Let the 51 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: favor of God rest on you to night and fill 52 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 3: your heart with joy, hope, and peace. Close your eyes 53 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: and get ready to receive God's word. Allow his truth 54 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: to fill you with his life and love. Allow his 55 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 3: truth to focus your heart on eternity. Breathe in and out. 56 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: In our ever changing world. We can find comfort in 57 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 3: the everlasting nature of God, Knowing he has always existed 58 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 3: and he always will. He is the Alpha and the Omega, 59 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: the one who gave us life, and the one who 60 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 3: will take us to his dwelling to rest. P. Ninety 61 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 3: from the King James's version says, Lord, thou hast been 62 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 3: a dwelling place in all generations before the mountains were 63 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 3: brought forth, or ever Thou hast formed the earth and 64 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 3: the world, even from everlasting to everlasting. Thou art God, 65 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest return, ye, children 66 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 3: of men, for a thousand years in thy sight are 67 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 3: but as yesterday when it is past, and as a 68 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 3: watch in the night Thou carriest them away. As with flood, 69 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 3: they are as asleep in the morning. They are like grass, 70 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 3: which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up. 71 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 3: In the evening it is cut down and witheeth. For 72 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 3: we are consumed by Thine anger, and by thy wrath. 73 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 3: We are troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee 74 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 3: our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For 75 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 3: all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We 76 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 3: spend our years as a tale that is told. The 77 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 3: days of our years are three score years and ten, 78 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years. 79 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 3: Yet is their strength, labor and sorrow, For it is 80 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the 81 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: power of thine anger even according to thy fear, so 82 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 3: is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, 83 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, 84 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 3: how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 85 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 3: O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may 86 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 3: rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad 87 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and 88 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work 89 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 3: appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 90 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 3: And let the beauty of the Lord our God be 91 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: upon us. And establish thou the works of our hands 92 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 3: upon us. Yea, the work of our hands establish thou. 93 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 3: It God's word reminds us he is everlasting, He was, 94 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: he is, and he is yet to come, meaning he 95 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: is our past, present, and future. He is our constant 96 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: in this changing world. We can dwell in his safety 97 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 3: for all the days of our lives, and we can 98 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: rest securely in his hands every night, and one day 99 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: we will dwell in His holy place for eternity, where 100 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 3: our bodies will be restored and our souls will be replenished. 101 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: Breathe in and out slowly, close your eyes and imagine 102 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: a seed planted firmly in the ground, springing up through 103 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 3: the soil in the morning, looking for the sun's light 104 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 3: to nourish it and help it grow. Without water, the 105 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: sun's rays become too intense, and the sprout becomes dry 106 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 3: and withered by sundown, like the plant. By evening, we 107 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: are dry and withered due to the trouble and sorrow 108 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 3: we face in this world. Tonight, drink from the Lord's 109 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 3: eternal springs and allow him to refresh your mind, body, 110 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 3: and soul. We can never hide our sins from God. 111 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 3: Our secret sins, the darkness within us is always brought 112 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 3: to light in His presence. So tonight, let's not hold 113 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: on to our sins and struggles, but let's release them 114 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 3: to God. Confession is not to inform God of our sins, 115 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 3: but to come to God with our sins to be 116 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 3: redeemed and restored by His grace and love. Acknowledge any 117 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: unconfessed sin before the Lord, ask for his help to 118 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 3: break free from the sin that weighs you. Down, Take 119 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 3: a deep breath, Lift your sin and shame to the Lord. 120 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 3: Exhale slowly and feel awake. Lift off your shoulders. Feel 121 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 3: your heart lightened as God takes away your sin and 122 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 3: covers you with his forgiveness. Know His mercies are new 123 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 3: for you every morning. Rejoice in his unfailing love and compassion. 124 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: Thank the Lord for fully knowing you and fully loving you. 125 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 3: Thank him for pouring out his favor upon you and 126 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 3: setting you apart for his work. Thank him for the 127 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 3: good days he has given you. Think of a person 128 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 3: who needs to experience God's forgiveness tonight. Pray he will 129 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 3: touch their hearts and shed light on their darkness. Pray 130 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 3: he will release them from their guilt and shame so 131 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 3: that they may find rest. Tonight, Come to the Lord 132 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 3: with your weariness and burdens and find rest in him. 133 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: Lay your requests before him. Pray for the Lord to 134 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 3: teach you to number your days, to realize how fleeting 135 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 3: time really is, so that you will never take one 136 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 3: day for granted, and you will strive to do God's 137 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 3: work every day. Pray for the Lord to bless the 138 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 3: work of your hands. Pray he will help you find 139 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 3: rest tonight to prepare you to be productive in your 140 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 3: work and in his mission tomorrow. Pray for the Lord 141 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 3: to give you wisdom and understanding so that you may 142 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 3: receive His blessing and favor in this lifetime. Pray you 143 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 3: will help you rest in His truth tonight. Take a 144 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: deep breath, Exhale slowly, and release any stress and tension 145 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 3: that is still lingering from today. Know your life is 146 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: in the hands of the Lord, in the hands of 147 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 3: the everlasting God, and he will be with you wherever 148 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 3: you go until the end of time. Invite God's presence 149 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 3: as you sleep and find rest in Him tonight and 150 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 3: satisfaction in Him tomorrow.