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

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Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's sleep song. Blessed are those

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Speaker 1: who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is

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Speaker 1: right at all times, Psalm one O six, verse three.

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Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, I am thankful for your unwavering love

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Speaker 1: and forgiveness, even when I fall so short. Your faithfulness

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Speaker 1: throughout the generations is a true testament to your promise

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Speaker 1: keeping nature, and I rest in the knowledge that you

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Speaker 1: will never leave nor forsake me. Lord. I ask for

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Speaker 1: your peace to surround me as I close my weary

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Speaker 1: eyes tonight, I surrender all my worries, anxieties, and troubles

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Speaker 1: to you, knowing you will see me through every season

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Speaker 1: of life. Thank you, Lord for your constant provision, grace

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Speaker 1: and mercy. May your love be felt deeply within my heart.

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Speaker 1: As I'd drift off into peaceful sleep tonight. 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 Sleepsalms podcast.

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Speaker 1: If this episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you

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Speaker 1: never miss a knightly 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 six.

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Speaker 2: Take a deep breath, allow your lungs to completely fill

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Speaker 2: with air. Hold your breath for a few seconds. Exhale slowly,

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Speaker 2: and release any tension in your body. As you take

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Speaker 2: your next breath, focus on the areas of the body

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Speaker 2: that are still tense. Take a few deep breaths with

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Speaker 2: each inhale, focus on tensing a different area of the body.

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Speaker 2: With each exhale, focus on relaxing a different area of

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Speaker 2: the body. Breathe in and out until your stress has

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Speaker 2: left your bones, until your muscles and joints have softened,

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Speaker 2: until your body feels completely relaxed. Now focus on opening

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Speaker 2: your chest and heart. Make sure your back is flat

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Speaker 2: and straight and your shoulders are back. Breathe in the

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Speaker 2: joy of the Lord. Breathe out your anxiety. Breathe in

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Speaker 2: the peace of the Lord. Breathe out your fears. As

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Speaker 2: you breathe in and out, allow His presence to fill

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Speaker 2: you with his light, warming your heart, nourishing your bones,

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Speaker 2: calming your mind. As you get ready to listen to

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Speaker 2: God's word, focus on his goodness, on his love. Focus

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Speaker 2: on the mighty deeds he has performed in your life.

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Speaker 2: Breathe in and out. Ask God to draw you close

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Speaker 2: to him and to speak to your heart as you

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Speaker 2: lay down to sleep. The Bible reminds us God loves

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Speaker 2: us no matter what what, and he is always faithful,

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Speaker 2: even in the times when we are far away from him.

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Speaker 2: To night, find rest and comfort in His goodness and faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Psalm one hundred and six from the King James version says,

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Speaker 2: praise ye the Lord. Oh give thanks unto the Lord,

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Speaker 2: for he is good for his mercy, endureth forever. Who

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Speaker 2: can utter the mighty acts of the Lord, who can

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Speaker 2: shew forth all his praise. Blessed are they that keep

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Speaker 2: judgment and he that doeth righteousness at all times. Remember me, o, Lord,

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Speaker 2: with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people. Oh

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Speaker 2: visit me with thy salvation, that I may see the

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Speaker 2: good of thy chosen that I may rejoice in the

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Speaker 2: gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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Speaker 2: We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity,

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Speaker 2: We have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy wonders.

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Speaker 2: In Egypt, they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies,

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Speaker 2: but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. Nevertheless,

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Speaker 2: he saved them for his name's sake, that he might

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Speaker 2: make his mighty power to be known. He rebuked the

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Speaker 2: Red sea also, and it was dried up. So he

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Speaker 2: led them through the depths, as through the wilderness, and

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Speaker 2: he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,

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Speaker 2: and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And

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Speaker 2: the waters covered their enemies. There was not one of

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Speaker 2: They soon forgat his works. They waited not for his counsel,

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Speaker 2: but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in

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Speaker 2: the desert. And he gave them their request, but sent

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Speaker 2: Lenus into their soul. They envied Moses also in the camp,

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Speaker 2: and eron the saint of the Lord. The earth opened

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Speaker 2: wondrous works in the land of Ham, the terrible things

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Speaker 2: and to scatter them in the lands. They joined themselves

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Speaker 2: also unto balpire and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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Speaker 2: Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions, and

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Speaker 2: and executed judgment and so the plague was stayed, and

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Speaker 2: that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations.

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Speaker 2: For evermore, they angered him also at the waters of strife,

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Speaker 2: so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes,

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Speaker 2: because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisably

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Speaker 2: with his lips. They did not destroy the nations concerning

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Speaker 2: whom the Lord commanded them, but were mingled among the

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Speaker 2: heathen and learned their works, and they served their idols,

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Speaker 2: which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their

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Speaker 2: even the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom

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Speaker 2: they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan, and the land

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Speaker 2: Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people,

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Speaker 2: insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. And he gave

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Speaker 2: times did he deliver them, but they provoked him with

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Speaker 2: their counsel and were brought low for their iniquity. Nevertheless,

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Speaker 2: he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry, and he

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Speaker 2: remembered for them his covenant and repented. According to the

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Speaker 2: multitude of his mercies. He made them also to be

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Speaker 2: pitied of all those that carried them captives. Save us, o, Lord,

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Speaker 2: our God, and gather us from among the heathens, to

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Speaker 2: give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in

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Speaker 2: thy praise. Blessed be the Lord, God of Israel, from

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Speaker 2: everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say Amen,

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Speaker 2: Praise ye the Lord. Meditate on the everlasting love of

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Speaker 2: the Lord. Reflect on his grace and mercy he freely

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Speaker 2: gives to his children. Know because his love was poured

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Speaker 2: out for you and his grace poured upon you, you

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Speaker 2: will share in the joyful inheritance of the Lord. Lift

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Speaker 2: your spirit to praise the Lord for his goodness and faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Satisfy the craving of your soul with his salvation. Close

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Speaker 2: your eyes and clear your mind of any distractions. Take

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Speaker 2: a deep breath, Focus on the power and strength of

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Speaker 2: the Lord. Exhale slowly and let go of any anxious thoughts.

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Speaker 2: Fill your mind with thoughts of the many miracles you

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Speaker 2: have heard about in God's word and of the miracles

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Speaker 2: you have witnessed in your life. Allow these thoughts to

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Speaker 2: draw you closer to God, to take you to a

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Speaker 2: quiet place where you can rest peacefully through the night.

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Speaker 2: Think of a time in your life when you rebelled

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Speaker 2: above the Lord. Acknowledge any unconfessed sin, Confess any idols

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Speaker 2: you are still holding on to ask for his forgiveness

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Speaker 2: and for his mercy. Take a deep breath, be filled

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Speaker 2: with His love and grace. Exhale slowly, and release any

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Speaker 2: sin and shame you are still holding on. To completely

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Speaker 2: surrender to the Lord. Though He is always faithful to

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Speaker 2: forgive us and bless us even when we are not

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Speaker 2: faithful to him, Rejoice in his salvation. Praise Him for

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Speaker 2: his love and mercy. Thank the Lord for the times

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Speaker 2: he has been faithful to you. Thank him for the

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Speaker 2: mercy and love he has shown you throughout your life.

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Speaker 2: Think of a person who is going through a difficult

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Speaker 2: time and needs to be reminded of God's promises. Pray

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Speaker 2: they will turn to him and remember the great things

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Speaker 2: He has done in their life. Pray he will protect

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Speaker 2: them with his strength and preserve them with his faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Cry out to the Lord, ask for his provision and protection.

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Speaker 2: Ask for his mercy and grace. Lift your requests. Surrender

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Speaker 2: your struggles, and find rest in trusting God with your life.

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Speaker 2: Pray for God to work in a mighty way in

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Speaker 2: a specific area of your life. Pray for his healing

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Speaker 2: and restoration. Pray for God to put his word on

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Speaker 2: your heart so that you will carry His truth with

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Speaker 2: you wherever you go. Pray he will remind you of

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Speaker 2: his faithfulness to keep his promises. Pray for God to

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Speaker 2: deliver you from your fears and worries that are weighing

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Speaker 2: you down. Pray he will help you trust Him during

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Speaker 2: the difficult days and dark nights. Breathe in his peace.

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Speaker 2: Breathe out your stress and tension. Breathe in his goodness.

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Speaker 2: Breathe out your fears and doubts. Take a deep cleansing breath.

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Speaker 2: Be filled with the Lord's presence as you exhale, relax

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Speaker 2: your body, and clear your mind. Allow God's presence to

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Speaker 2: comfort you, to night as you sleep

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