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 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's sleep Psalm. Unless the Lord had 3 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: been my help, my soul would have soon lived in 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: silence Psalm ninety four seventeen. Heavenly Father, I pray tonight 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: for vision, clarity, and wisdom. The day's troubles and worries 6 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: can be all consuming, keeping my mind from genuine rest 7 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: As I drift away to sleep, Tonight, anchor my thoughts 8 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: in you. Tether me to your precepts, so I have 9 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: not tossed to and fro with worry. Fools will sleep 10 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: without reflection, and the prideful of those without considering their purpose. 11 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: But I want to surrender to you before sleeping. I 12 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: want to repent of my shortcomings and be renewed by 13 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: your will. Do all these things for your glory and 14 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: my good in Jesus' name, Amen, Thank you for praying 15 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes, inviting you to unwind 16 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep song. Prepare your 17 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding 18 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: you into a RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes. Thank 19 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: you for joining me, Bishop TD Jakes for tonight's episode 20 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: of the Sleepsalms podcast. If this episode blessed you, follow 21 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 22 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace for tonight's sleep Song by pray dot Com. 23 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm ninety four. Relax your 24 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 2: body and clear your mind. Focus your thoughts on God. 25 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 2: Remember he is the righteous judge who will right all 26 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: the wrongs in the end to restore his world and 27 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: rescue his people. Find comfort and peace when you put 28 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 2: your trust in the Lord and allow him to administer 29 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: his mercy and justice in your life. Take a deep breath, 30 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: lift your hurts and pain to the Lord. Exhale slowly 31 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: and let go of any anger, bitterness, or unforgiveness in 32 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: your heart. Surrender the wrongs others have committed against you 33 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: to the Lord. Feel the heaviness in your heart, lighten 34 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: and the heaviness in your shoulders lesson. Relax your neck 35 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: with your next exhale, release the tension in your body. 36 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: Open your heart to hear God's word. Ask him to 37 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: teach you his ways and lead you to a safe, 38 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: secure path place where you can rest in Him. Although 39 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: the wicked seem to prosper in our world. To Night's 40 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: psalm reminds us God will sustain his people until the 41 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: day he casts judgment on the wicked. Psalm ninety four 42 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: from the King James's version says, O Lord, God, to 43 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: whom vengeance belongeth, O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 44 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: Lift up thyself, thou, judge of the earth, render a 45 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: reward to the proud Lord. How long shall the wicked? 46 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: How long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they 47 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of 48 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: iniquity boast themselves. They break in peaces thy people, O Lord, 49 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, 50 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 2: and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, the Lord shall 51 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: not see. Neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 52 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: Understand ye brutish among the people, and ye fools? When 53 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 2: will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall 54 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: he not hear? He that formed thee eye? Shall he 55 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: not see? He that chasteth the heathen? Shall he not correct? 56 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: He that teacheth man knowledge? Shall he not know? The 57 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity 58 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 2: blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, o Lord, and 59 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 2: teachest him out of thy law, that thou mayest give 60 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 2: him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit 61 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: be digged for the wicked. For the Lord will not 62 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 63 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 2: But judgments shall return to righteousness, and all the upright 64 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up for 65 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: me against the evildoers, who will stand up for me 66 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,799 Speaker 2: against the workers of iniquity. Unless the Lord hath been 67 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence when 68 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 2: I said, my foot slippeth thy mercy, O Lord, held 69 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 2: me up in the multitude of my thoughts within me, 70 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 2: Thy comforts delight my soul. Shall the throne of iniquity 71 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: have fellowship with thee which frameth mischief by a law. 72 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 2: They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, 73 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defense, 74 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 2: and my God is the rock of my refuge. And 75 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall 76 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 2: cut them off in their own wickedness. Yea, the Lord, 77 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: our God, shall cut them off. The Bible tells us 78 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 2: the corruption of this world and the arrogance of the 79 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: wicked are temporary. Our God, who formed our ears, can 80 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: hear the boasts of the wicked. Our God, who formed 81 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: our eyes, can see the injustices being committed until the 82 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: day he returns to cast judgment on the world. God 83 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: will sustain us with his mighty hands, strengthening us in 84 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: the day, comforting us in the night. Take a deep breath. 85 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: As your enemies rise against you, the Lord is rising 86 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: against them. His strength will sustain you and give you life. 87 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: Exhale slowly and release your fears to the Lord. Know 88 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: he is your fortress that surrounds you by day and 89 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: protects you by night. Breathe in and out slowly. When 90 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: you feel your slipping away in the darkness, imagine God's 91 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: unfailing love supporting you and sustaining you. No, he will 92 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: not let you fall. Take a deep breath. Lift your 93 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 2: anxious thoughts to the Lord. Exhale slowly and release any 94 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: anxiety from today. Allow God's love to comfort you and 95 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: lighten your load with his joy. With your next exhale, 96 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 2: release any tension lingering from the stress of today. Think 97 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 2: of a time when someone hurt you and you are retaliated. 98 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: Rather than waiting on the Lord, confess any anger or 99 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 2: bitterness in your heart. Ask for his forgiveness and for 100 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: his help with forgiving the person who hurt you. Take 101 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: a deep breath, allow God's forgiveness to soften your heart. 102 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 2: Exhale slowly, and release any guilt and shame you are 103 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: experiencing right now. Know your sin and shame are covered 104 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 2: with the perfect righteousness of the Lord. Rejoice in the 105 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: salvation of the Lord. Praise him for his mercy and justice. 106 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: Thank him for sustaining you with his unfailing love. Thank 107 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: him for the times he delivered you from the temptation 108 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: of this world. Thank him for the ways he has 109 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: comforted you. Think of a person who needs God to 110 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 2: bring his justice to an unfair situation. Pray he will 111 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: intervene on their behalf. Pray they will wait patiently on 112 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 2: him to to restore their reputation and hold others accountable 113 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: for their actions. Make your requests known to the Lord. 114 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: Know you will answer them in his perfect timing. Trust 115 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 2: him to do what is best for you and for others. 116 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: Pray for the vulnerable in your community, such as the widow, 117 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 2: the immigrant, and the orphan. Pray God will show you 118 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 2: how to care for the people he holds dear to 119 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 2: his heart. Pray for God's help with resisting the temptation 120 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: to avenge the wrongs committed against you. Pray you will 121 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 2: trust Him to dispense his mercy and justice. Pray for 122 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: God to protect you against those who seek to hurt you. 123 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: Pray you will rest safely in His hands. Tonight, Breathe 124 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: in and out slowly. Take refuge in the Lord as 125 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 2: you lay down to sleep. Allow his comfort to fill 126 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: your heart with joy and your mind with peace as 127 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 2: you surrender to Him to night.