1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes, inviting you to unwind your 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Psalm by the rivers 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: of Babylon. There we sat down, Yes, we wept when 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: we remembered Zion, Psalm one thirty seven, Verse one. Dear God, 5 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: as I laid down to rest my weary head, I 6 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: pray to be delivered from the darkness surrounding me. Just 7 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: as the Israelites were held captive in Babylon. I feel 8 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: trapped by my thoughts and anxiety. But Lord, you led 9 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: the Israelites out of captain. You are mighty and established 10 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: your glory. Please guide me out of this captive state 11 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: of mind. I ask that you break the chaine of 12 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: fear and doubt and release me from the grip of 13 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 1: sin that holds me down. Let your light cast out 14 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: the shadows that haunt me, and your love washes away 15 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: the stains of my transgressions. May your grace be a 16 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: soothing balm to my soul, and may your mercy lift 17 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: my burden heart. Guide me through the night with your 18 00:01:54,320 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: gentle hand as I surrender my worries to your care. 19 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: May the morning bring new hope and joy, and may 20 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: I rest in knowing your love. Thank you for always 21 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: being my refuge and strength and never leaving me to 22 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: face my troubles alone. In Jesus' solely name, I pray Amy. 23 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop td Jakes inviting you to unwind your mind 24 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's Sleep Song. Prepare your heart for 25 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: this devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding you into 26 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: a RESTful embrace under you his watchful eyes. Thank you 27 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: for joining me, Bishop td Jakes, for tonight's episode of 28 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: the Sleep Psalms podcast. If this episode blessed you, follow 29 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 30 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's Sleep Psalm by pray dot Com. 31 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and thirty seven. 32 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: Invite the presence of God as you get ready to 33 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: meditate on his word. Invite his voice to speak to 34 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: your heart and to renew your mind with His truth. 35 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: Close your eye and take a deep breath. As your 36 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: lungs fill with air. Imagine the presence of the Lord 37 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: filling your room. Hold your breath for a few seconds, 38 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: rest in the light of his presence. Exhale slowly, and 39 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: allow his presence to fill your heart with his hope 40 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 2: and peace. Take another deep breath. Focus on relaxing your body. 41 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: Concentrate on the areas that are tense. Exhale slowly and 42 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: release the stress in your muscles. Take a few more 43 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: deep breaths. With each inhale, contract a specific area of 44 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 2: the body with each exhale. Relax each area of your 45 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: body until your muscles and joints are softened. From your 46 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: neck and shoulders to your fingers and toes. Open your 47 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: heart to the Lord. Clear your mind of any anxious 48 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 2: or distracting thoughts. Focus your thoughts on God and his word. 49 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 2: Take one more deep, cleansing breath, Exhale, and surrender your 50 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 2: thoughts to the Lord. As your mind quiets, be prepared 51 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: to receive his word. When our world falls apart and 52 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 2: everything completely changes, we sometimes look back to a simpler 53 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 2: time of our past and mourn what we have lost tonight. 54 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 2: Lift any sorrow, grief, and pain to the Lord and 55 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 2: find comfort in his presence. Psalm one hundred thirty seven 56 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: from the King James version says the rivers of Babylon, 57 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 2: there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. 58 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 2: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 59 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 2: For there they that carried us away captive required of 60 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 2: us a song, and they that wasted us required of 61 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: us mirth. Sang sing us one of the songs of Zion. 62 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? 63 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand 64 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 2: forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let 65 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. If 66 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 2: I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy, Remember, O Lord, 67 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: the children of Edom, in the days of Jerusalem, who said, 68 00:06:54,640 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 2: raise it, raise it even to the foundation thereof O, 69 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 2: daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed. Happy shall 70 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 71 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 2: Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little 72 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: ones against the stones. Sometimes we think our walk with 73 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: God should only be filled with happy and joyful times. 74 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: We try to only focus on the positive things in 75 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: our life. We think we should be able to sing 76 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,559 Speaker 2: the Lord's songs of joy from the mountain tops even 77 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: when life is hard. But when some of our darkest 78 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: hours come, we fall apart. Our spirit is so heavy 79 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: it cannot be lifted. Our hearts are so cold, Our 80 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 2: hope and joy are nowhere to be found. No, God 81 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 2: does not leave you when joy cannot be found on 82 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: your lips. No, he will listen to your He will 83 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: listen to your pain, and he will sit with you 84 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: in your sorrow. Find comfort in his presence and in 85 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: his love. Tonight, take a deep breath. Lift any sorrow 86 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: and pain to the Lord. Exhale slowly and surrender your 87 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: thoughts and feelings to him. Feel his hands carry you 88 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: through the difficult nights, lightening your heart and spirit. Take 89 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: another deep breath. Be filled with the strength of the Lord. 90 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: Exhale slowly and allow his strength to sustain you through 91 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: the night. Think of a time when you were angry 92 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: with God because you lost someone you loved, or you 93 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 2: suffered at the hands of another person. Confess any anger 94 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: and bitterness that is still in your heart. Confess any 95 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: doubts you have of the Lord's goodness. Breathe in his 96 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 2: mercy and love. Breathe out your sin and sorrow. Know 97 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 2: God is close to the broken hearted, and he wants 98 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 2: you to draw him near in your pain. Think of 99 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: a difficult time when God comforted you with his love 100 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: and peace and sustained you with his strength. Thank Him 101 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 2: for the ways he comforts you. Thank Him for his 102 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: presence in the midst of your pain and suffering. Thank 103 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: Him for carrying you through those difficult moments. Think of 104 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 2: a person who is struggling with some type of loss, 105 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 2: the loss of a friend or family member, the loss 106 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: of a dream, or the loss of a home. Pray 107 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 2: God will near to them and comfort them with his hope, 108 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: love and peace. Pray He will heal their hearts and 109 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: soothe their souls. Cry out to the Lord. Tell him 110 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 2: about your struggles, Tell him about your pain and sorrow. 111 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: Know he will hear your cries and he will draw 112 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 2: near to you during difficult times. Pray for the Lord's 113 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 2: people who are being persecuted and attacked tonight. Pray the 114 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: Lord will cover them with his protection and sustain them 115 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 2: with his provision. Pray for the Lord's people who are 116 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 2: grieving the loss of a loved one. Pray God will 117 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: comfort them with his love and help them find rest. 118 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: Pray for the Lord's protection over your family. As you sleep, 119 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: Pray you will rest safely in His hands through the night. 120 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 2: Take a deep breath. Feel the clean air, refresh your lungs. 121 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 2: Exhale and release any tension that is still lingering from today. 122 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 2: Take another deep breath, be filled with the hope and 123 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: peace of the Lord. Exhale slowly and allow his hope 124 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: to strengthen your bones and his peace to soothe your 125 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 2: soul as you rest tonight.