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Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes inviting you to unwine your

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Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's sleep song. I will praise

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Speaker 1: the name of God with the psalm and will magnify

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Speaker 1: him with thanksgiving Psalms sixty nine, verse thirty. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: sometimes the worries and burdens of life keep me from

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Speaker 1: truly resting in you. I feel like I'm treading water

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Speaker 1: and losing strength. Eye and wearied, Lord, and cry out

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Speaker 1: to you for rest. Meet me in my weakness. Gracious God,

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Speaker 1: come to me in the night and restore rest to

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Speaker 1: my reeling soul. Answer me tonight as I seek to sleep.

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Speaker 1: When I have me in pain, Comfort me when I

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Speaker 1: am anxious to give me peace. Let the hush of

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Speaker 1: heaven envelop me like a warm blanket. I know you

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Speaker 1: will be faithful to me. You have repeated me proven

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Speaker 1: that you can be relied upon to restore, renew, and refresh.

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Speaker 1: I will wait for you and close my eyes. I

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Speaker 1: will breathe in trust and exhale a song of praise

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Speaker 1: to you. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, thank you

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

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Speaker 1: to unwind your mind and spirit with tonight's Sleep song.

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Speaker 1: Prepare your heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms,

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Speaker 1: guiding you into a RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me, Bishop TD Jakes for tonight's

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Speaker 1: episode of the Sleep Songs podcast. If this episode blessed you,

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Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a knightly encouragement.

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Speaker 2: Hello, I'm grace for to night's sleep Psalm by Prey

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Speaker 2: dot com. We will be meditating on Psalm sixty nine.

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Speaker 2: Begin by finding a quiet space free of distractions where

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Speaker 2: you can get comfortable to listen to God's word. Lie

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Speaker 2: down flat on your back or sit straight up in

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Speaker 2: a chair. Rest your hands gently by your side or

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Speaker 2: on your lap. Take a deep breath. As you exhale,

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Speaker 2: release any stress and tension in your muscles. Relax your

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Speaker 2: neck and shoulders. Breathe in and out slowly. Close your

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Speaker 2: eyes and focus on your breathing to clear your mind

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Speaker 2: and open your heart. With each breath. Focus on slowing

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Speaker 2: down your heart rate by taking longer and deeper breaths

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Speaker 2: inhale'es and feel your chest fully expand as your lungs

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Speaker 2: fill with air. Hold your breath for a few seconds.

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Speaker 2: Exhale slowly and release any anxious thoughts and clear your mind.

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Speaker 2: Inhale and exhale slowly. Feel your heart settle, Feel your

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Speaker 2: mind calm. Feel your body soften from your head to

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Speaker 2: your fingers and your toes. As you relax, focus on God.

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Speaker 2: Think about his power and strength. Reflect on him as

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Speaker 2: your savior that came to rescue you, redeem you, and

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Speaker 2: restore you. As you get ready to listen to God's word,

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Speaker 2: ask to hear his voice that will lead you to

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Speaker 2: a safe, secure place where you can rest tonight. Just

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Speaker 2: like Christ suffered on earth, we will face pain and

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Speaker 2: suffering too. But the Bible reminds us we can find

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Speaker 2: joy and hope in the salvation He freely offers us,

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Speaker 2: and we can find rest knowing He will deliver us.

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixty nine from the King James version says, save me, o, God,

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Speaker 2: for the waters are come in unto my soul. I

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Speaker 2: sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I

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Speaker 2: am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.

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Speaker 2: I am weary of my crying. My throat is dried,

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Speaker 2: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. They

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Speaker 2: that hate me without a cause are more than the

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Speaker 2: hairs of mine head. They that would destroy me, being

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Speaker 2: mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty. Then I restored that which

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Speaker 2: I took not away, O God, thou knowest my folos

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Speaker 2: and my sins are not hid from THEE. Let not

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Speaker 2: them that wait on THEE, O Lord, God of Hosts,

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Speaker 2: be ashamed for my sake. Let not those that seek

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Speaker 2: THEE be confounded for my sake, O, God of Israel.

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Speaker 2: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach. Shame hath

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Speaker 2: covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren,

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Speaker 2: and an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal

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Speaker 2: of thine house hath eaten me up. And the reproaches

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Speaker 2: of them that reproach THEE are fallen upon me. When

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Speaker 2: I wept and chastened my soul with fasting that was

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Speaker 2: to my reproach, I made sackcloth also my garment, and

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Speaker 2: I became a proverb to them. They that sit in

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Speaker 2: of the drunkards. But as for me, my prayer is

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Speaker 2: unto THEE, O Lord. In an acceptable time, O God,

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Speaker 2: in the multitude of thy mercy, hear me in the

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Speaker 2: truth of thy salvation. Deliver me out of the mire,

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Speaker 2: and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from

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Speaker 2: them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

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Speaker 2: Let not the water flood overflow me. Neither let the

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Speaker 2: her mouth upon me. Hear me, o Lord, for thy

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Speaker 2: loving kindness is good. Turn unto me according to the

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Speaker 2: multitude of thy tender mercies, and hide not thy face

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Speaker 2: from thy servant, For I am in trouble. Hear me

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Speaker 2: speedily draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it. Deliver

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Speaker 2: me because of mine enemies. Thou hast known my reproach,

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Speaker 2: and my shame, and my dishonor mine adversary are all

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Speaker 2: before thee reproach hath broken my heart. And I am

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Speaker 2: full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity,

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Speaker 2: but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

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Speaker 2: They gave me also gall for my meat, and in

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Speaker 2: my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. Let their

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Speaker 2: have been their welfare, let it become a trap. Let

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Speaker 2: their eyes be darkened, that they not see and make

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Speaker 2: their loins continually to shake. Pour out Thine indignation upon them,

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Speaker 2: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let

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Speaker 2: their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents,

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Speaker 2: For they persecute him. Thou hast mitten, and they talk

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Speaker 2: to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. Add

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Speaker 2: iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into

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Speaker 2: thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book

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Speaker 2: of the Living and not written with the righteous. But

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Speaker 2: I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O, God,

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Speaker 2: set me up on high. I will praise the name

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Speaker 2: of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

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Speaker 2: This also shall please the Lord better than an ox

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Speaker 2: or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. The humble shall

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Speaker 2: see this and be glad, and your heart shall live

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Speaker 2: that seek God. For the Lord heareth the poor and

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Speaker 2: despiseth not his prisoners. Let the heaven and earth praise him,

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Speaker 2: the seas and everything that moveth therein, For God will

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Speaker 2: save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, that

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Speaker 2: they may dwell there and have it in possession. The seed.

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Speaker 2: Also of his servants shall inherit it, and they that

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Speaker 2: love his name shall dwell therein. When the storms of

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Speaker 2: life overwhelm us, the Bible reminds us, we will not

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Speaker 2: be overtaken by the tumultuous waves, because the Lord will

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Speaker 2: rescue us. In his salvation. We will find his love

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Speaker 2: that sustains us, and his grace that saves us. No

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Speaker 2: matter what storm clouds seem to be hanging over your head,

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Speaker 2: no God is right there with you in the eye

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Speaker 2: of the storm, holding you, comforting you through the night.

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Speaker 2: Take a deep breath as your chest rises. Feel the

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Speaker 2: Lord's strength pulling you up out of the deep waters,

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Speaker 2: out of the depths of the earth. Exhale slowly and

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Speaker 2: release any fears and worries. Knowing God has you in

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Speaker 2: his hands. Know he will deliver you from your troubles.

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Speaker 2: He will sustain you through the night. Breathe in and

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Speaker 2: out slowly. Reflect on the pain and suffering of Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: Think of the times he was scorned, mocked, and humiliated

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Speaker 2: before all to see. Now imagine him in all his

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Speaker 2: glory and power, sitting on the heavenly throne with his Father.

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Speaker 2: Know you will share in the joy of his inheritance.

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Speaker 2: As you share in his suffering, his suffering will lead

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Speaker 2: you to his salvation that restores you. Allow his joy

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Speaker 2: to lighten your heart and his hope to soothe your soul. Tonight,

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Speaker 2: acknowledge your sins before the Lord. Ask for his forgiveness.

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Speaker 2: Know nothing is hidden from the Lord. He already knows

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Speaker 2: your sins, and he already has forgiven you. Take a

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Speaker 2: deep breath, Allow his mercy and love to wash over you.

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Speaker 2: Exhale slowly, and let go of any guilt and shame

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Speaker 2: you are carrying with you. Tonight, Rejoice in the salvation

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Speaker 2: of the Lord. Praise his name. Thank him for the

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Speaker 2: times he has delivered you. Thank him for his faithfulness

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Speaker 2: in your life. Think of someone who needs to be

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Speaker 2: delivered from troubles in their life. Pray they will turn

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Speaker 2: to God and he will help them and rescue them.

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Speaker 2: Pray they will find peace tonight as they lay down

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Speaker 2: to sleep. Call upon the Lord. Cast all your anxieties

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Speaker 2: on him. Tell him about your struggles. Know he will

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Speaker 2: hear your voice and he will rescue you at just

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Speaker 2: the right time. Put your trust in him. Pray over

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Speaker 2: an injustice in your community. Pray ye will be overcome

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Speaker 2: by God's power and for his justice to prevail. Pray

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Speaker 2: God will comfort your community during this time. Pray over

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Speaker 2: a specific area of your life where you need God's deliverance.

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Speaker 2: Pray you will put your trust in Him and find

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Speaker 2: peace as you wait on Him to rescue you. Pray

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Speaker 2: over your family and friends. Pray God will protect them

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Speaker 2: and keep them from stumbling. Pray they will experience deep,

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Speaker 2: RESTful sleep to night as they rest safely in His hands.

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Speaker 2: Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly, and release any tension

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Speaker 2: and stress that is still lingering from to day. Surrender

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Speaker 2: to the Lord and know you are secure in his salvation.

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Speaker 2: Close your eyes as your body and mind relax. Allow

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Speaker 2: His soothing presence to refresh your mind, body, and soul

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Speaker 2: as you sleep