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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 Psalm. But I will

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Speaker 1: give myself to prayer. You will help me, O Lord,

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Speaker 1: my God, Psalm one O nine, verse four. Dear God,

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Speaker 1: at this moment I come to you, seeking your divine

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Speaker 1: presence and peace, even when things are not going well.

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Speaker 1: I pray for relaxation and a calm spirit to feel

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Speaker 1: my troubled soul. I ask that you give me the

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Speaker 1: strength to let go of my worries and fears and

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Speaker 1: trust in your ever present love. Grant me peaceful sleep tonight,

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Speaker 1: and let my body and mine be restor'd with the

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Speaker 1: rested needs. May my dreams be filled with comfort and

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Speaker 1: hope to carry me through the day ahead. When life

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Speaker 1: gets tough and the winds of life billow against the

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Speaker 1: vessel of my soul, I ask that you help me

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Speaker 1: find the resilience to sail through the storm. Let me

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Speaker 1: be feell'd with your grace, wisdom, and strength to overcome

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Speaker 1: any obstacle in my way. Thank you for the gift

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Speaker 1: of life and all the blessings you have bestowed upon me.

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Speaker 1: May I always remember to turn to you in times

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Speaker 1: of trouble and find peace in your eternal love. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: I pray Amen. Thank you for praying with me. I'm

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Speaker 1: Bishop td Jakes inviting you to unwind your mind and

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Speaker 1: spirit with tonight's Sleep Song. Prepare your heart for this

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Speaker 1: devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding you into a

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Speaker 1: RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me,

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Speaker 1: Bishop td Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleep Psalms Podcast.

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Speaker 1: If this episode blessed you, follow the 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 Prey dot com.

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Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and nine.

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Speaker 2: Begin tonight's meditation by relaxing your body and mind. Lie

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Speaker 2: down flat on your back with your knees bent and

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Speaker 2: your head elevated. Relax your neck and shoulders. Rest your

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Speaker 2: arms by your side with your palms facing downward. Take

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Speaker 2: a deep breath through your nose. Feel your belly expand

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Speaker 2: as your chest remains still. Hold your breath for a

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Speaker 2: few seconds. Exhale slowly and feel your belly contract, pushing

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Speaker 2: the cleansing air throughout your body. Relaxing you and rejuvenating you.

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Speaker 2: Take another deep breath, feel your belly expand exhale slowly

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Speaker 2: and contract your belly and release any tension in your

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Speaker 2: body and the anxious thoughts in your mind. Focus your

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Speaker 2: thoughts on God, Meditate on his sovereignty, on his faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Know He is in control of your life and he

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Speaker 2: wants you to take one day, one trouble at a time.

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Speaker 2: With your next breath, lift your troubles to the Lord

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Speaker 2: as you exhale, release the stress from today and the

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Speaker 2: anxiety you are experiencing tonight. As you release your burdens,

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Speaker 2: feel your mind quiet down and your heart slow down.

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Speaker 2: Soften your joints from your fingers to your toes, close

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Speaker 2: your eyes and take a deep breath. Ask God to

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Speaker 2: speak to you through tonight Psalm Breathe in and out slowly.

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Speaker 2: When our heart is broken and we feel betrayed, God's

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Speaker 2: word reminds us we can look to Him for help

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Speaker 2: and comfort. Tonight, put your trust in the Lord and

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Speaker 2: find rest in His sovereignty. Psalm one hundred and nine

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Speaker 2: from the King James version says, hold not thy peace,

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Speaker 2: o God of my praise, for the mouth of the wicked,

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Speaker 2: and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me.

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Speaker 2: They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They

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Speaker 2: compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought

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Speaker 2: against me without a cause for my love. They are

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Speaker 2: my adversaries. But I give myself unto prayer, and they

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Speaker 2: have rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my love.

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Speaker 2: Set thou a wicked man, over him, and let Satan

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Speaker 2: Let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin.

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Speaker 2: Let his days be few, and let another take his office.

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Speaker 2: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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Speaker 2: Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg Let them

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Speaker 2: seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let

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Speaker 2: the extortioner catch all that he hath, and let the

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Speaker 2: mercy unto him, neither let there be any to favor

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Speaker 2: his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off, and

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Speaker 2: in the generation following, let their name be blotted out.

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Speaker 2: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the lord.

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Speaker 2: And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Speaker 2: Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may

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Speaker 2: cut off the memory of them from the earth, because

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Speaker 2: that he remembers not to show mercy, but persecuted the

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Speaker 2: poor and needy man, that he might even slay, broken

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Speaker 2: in heart, as he loved cursing. So let it come

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Speaker 2: unto him, as he delighted, not in blessing. So let

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Speaker 2: like as with his garment. So let it come into

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Speaker 2: Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,

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Speaker 2: and for a girdle, wherewith he is girded. Continually, Let

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Speaker 2: this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord,

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Speaker 2: and of them that speak evil against my soul. But

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Speaker 2: do thou for me, o, Lord the God, for thy

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Speaker 2: name's sake, because thy mercy is good. Deliver thou me.

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Speaker 2: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is

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Speaker 2: wounded within me. I am gone like the shadow when

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Speaker 2: it declineth. I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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Speaker 2: My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh faileth

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Speaker 2: of fatness. I became also a reproach unto them. When

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Speaker 2: they looked upon me, they shaked their heads. Help me, O, Lord,

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Speaker 2: my God, O save me according to thy mercy, that

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Speaker 2: they may know that this is thy hand, that Thou,

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Speaker 2: Lord hast done it. Let them curse, but bless thou

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Speaker 2: when they arise. Let them be ashamed, but let thy

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Speaker 2: servant rejoice. Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and

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Speaker 2: let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with

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Speaker 2: a mantle. I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth. Yea,

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Speaker 2: I will praise him among the multitude, for he shall

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Speaker 2: stand at the right hand of the poor, to save

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Speaker 2: him from those that condemn his soul. When you are

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Speaker 2: is with you. He fully knows you and fully loves you.

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Speaker 2: Know when he looks at you, he sees his chosen one,

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Speaker 2: who has been set apart to serve him and take

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Speaker 2: you and deliver you. In his love, he will comfort

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Speaker 2: you and sustain you through the night. Take a deep breath,

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Speaker 2: lift your spirit, and praise the Lord. Exhale slowly and

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Speaker 2: allow his praise to fill you with joy, warming your heart,

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Speaker 2: renewing your mind. Take another deep breath, allow your belly

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Speaker 2: criticisms or negative words that others have spoken over you.

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Speaker 2: Rejoice in the sovereign Lord who sees you, loves you,

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Speaker 2: and sustains you. Breathe in and out slowly. Ask in

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Speaker 2: the presence of the Lord. Know he is sitting at

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Speaker 2: your right hand, saving you from those who condemn you,

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Speaker 2: from the shame that you carry with you. Know in

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Speaker 2: the Lord's presence there is no shame. Allow his grace

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Speaker 2: and love to heal your brokenness and to bring light

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Speaker 2: into the darkness of the night. Think of a time

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Speaker 2: when someone slandered you or committed some wrong against you,

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Speaker 2: and you retaliated or struggled with forgiveness. Confess any anger

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Speaker 2: or bitterness you have in your heart. Confess any slander

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Speaker 2: and gossip that may have been on your tongue. Ask

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Speaker 2: for God's forgiveness. Ask for God's strength to help you

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Speaker 2: forgive others and help you trust Him to administer his

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Speaker 2: justice and mercy. Breathe in his love and grace. Breathe

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Speaker 2: out your guilt and shame. Be comforted by the sovereignty

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Speaker 2: of the Lord, knowing ye will right all the wrongs

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Speaker 2: committed against you. Rejoice in the sovereignty of the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Praise Him for being in control of your life. Thank

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Speaker 2: Him for the ways he has helped you and for

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Speaker 2: the times he has delivered you. Thank Him for showing

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Speaker 2: you his love and mercy. Every day. Think of a

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Speaker 2: person who is hurting due to slander and gossip others

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Speaker 2: have spoken about them. Pray God will restore their reputation

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Speaker 2: and help them focus their eyes on him. Pray they

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Speaker 2: will find peaceful rest to night. Lay your requests before

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Speaker 2: the Lord. Lift your thoughts and feelings to him. Know

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Speaker 2: Pray for the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.

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Speaker 2: Pray God will help them and comfort them with his love.

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Speaker 2: Pray for you to experience God's blessing. Pray he will

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Speaker 2: help you to depend on Him for everything you need.

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Speaker 2: Pray for God's provision and protection tonight. Pray he sustains

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Speaker 2: you through the night. Breathe in and out slowly, allow

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Speaker 2: the Lord's peace to soothe your soul as you put

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Speaker 2: your trust in him. Relax your neck and shoulders, close

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Speaker 2: your eyes, and experience deep, RESTful sleep as you rest

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Speaker 2: in the Lord tonight