1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes, inviting you to unwine your 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Psalm Lord, I have 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: called on you. Come to me. Quickly listen to my 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: voice when I called to you, Psalm one forty one, 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: Verse one. Dear Lord, I pray that you would set 6 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: a guard over my heart to night when bitterness balls 7 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: up within me, settled me down and put me on 8 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: higher ground. I pray that I would rest assured that 9 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: justice is yours and that I do not need to 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: fight against foolish people. Ease my troubled mind and make 11 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: me content in you. Relieve me from this burden of 12 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: bitterness and release that anchor of animosity. I want to 13 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: sleep soundly, free from frenetic anger. Repute me when my 14 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: heart bends toward hatred. Comfort me with your disciplining rod 15 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: and guiding staff. I trust said tomorrow will bring new 16 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: challenges and opportunities to lean on your grace and extend 17 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: that grace to others. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen. 18 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop TD Jake's inviting you to unwine your mind 19 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's sleep. Song. Prepare your heart for 20 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: this devotional from the book of Psalms, guiding you into 21 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: a RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes. Thank you for 22 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: joining me. Bishop TD Jakes for tonight's episode of the 23 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: Sleep Psalms Podcast. If this episode blessed you, follow the 24 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 25 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace for tonight's sleep song. Bye pray dot com. 26 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and forty one. 27 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: Lie down flat on your back, relax your neck and shoulders, 28 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: rest your hands by your side. Look up at the ceiling, 29 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 2: and choose a focal point to help you focus your 30 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: mind on God's word. Take a deep breath through your nose, 31 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: feel your belly rise to the ceiling. Hold your breath 32 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: for a few seconds. Exhale through your mouth and feel 33 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 2: your belly relax as your abdomen pushes the air into 34 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: your body. Breathe in and out slowly. Concentrate on your 35 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: focal point. Picture God sitting above you. Fix your eyes 36 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: on the Lord. Know he will give you strength to 37 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: help you face each day, and He will give you 38 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: peace to help you rest each night. With your next inhale, 39 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 2: lift up your fears and worries to Him with your next, exhale, 40 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: release any anxious thoughts, and open your mind to hear 41 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: God's word. Every day we face temptation to follow the 42 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: ways of the world rather than the ways of God. 43 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: To night, find strength and wisdom in the Lord to 44 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: keep you on the path of life and peace. Psalm 45 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 2: one hundred forty one from the King James version says, Lord, 46 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: I cry unto thee, make haste unto me, Give ear 47 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 2: unto my voice. When I cry unto thee. Let my 48 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the 49 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Set 50 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: a watch, o Lord, before my mouth. Keep the door 51 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: of my lips incline not my heart to any evil thing, 52 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 2: to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity, and 53 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: let me not eat of their dainties. Let the righteous 54 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: smite me. It shall be a kindness, and let him 55 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: reprove me it shall be an excellent oil, which shall 56 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 2: not break my head. For yet my prayer also shall 57 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 2: be in their calamities. When their judges are overthrown in 58 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: stony places, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 59 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 2: Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth. And when 60 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. But mine 61 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: eyes are unto thee O God. The Lord in thee 62 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 2: is my truest. Leave not my soul destitute. Keep me 63 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 2: from thy snares which they have laid for me, and 64 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked 65 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: fall into their own nets, whilst that I will thou escape. 66 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 2: Meditating on God's word helps us discern what is right 67 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 2: and wrong in our world, and it helps us know 68 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: how to navigate the road of temptation to night. Find 69 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: power and comfort in God's truth to help you walk 70 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 2: in his way, Light and love, and rest in His 71 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: power and presence. Take a deep breath. Ask the Lord 72 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: to fill your mind with his thoughts, and your body 73 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: and heart with his truth and love. Exhale slowly and 74 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: listen for his voice. Listen for the spirit of truth 75 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 2: to lead you down the path of life and peace, 76 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: where you will find satisfaction and rest for your soul. 77 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: Breathe in and out slowly. Rest in the presence of 78 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: the Lord. Allow his power to rest upon you, strengthening 79 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: you to face the temptation of tomorrow. Take refuge in 80 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: the Lord. Feel the might of his hands uphold you 81 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 2: during the day and sustain you through the night. Think 82 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 2: of a time when you rejected a fellow Christian's or 83 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 2: a loved one's advice when they were speaking God's truth 84 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: into your life. Confess any sin, Confess any resentment you 85 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: have towards this person. Repent of any ways that do 86 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: not align with the word of God. Take a deep breath. 87 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 2: Allow God's forgiveness to wash away your sin. Exhale slowly 88 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 2: and allow His love to flow through you, removing your 89 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: shame and filling you with his grace and truth. Be 90 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 2: transformed by the renewing of your mind in His word. 91 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 2: Think of a time when God transformed your life with 92 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: his truth and grace. Thank Him for saving you from 93 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: the destruction of sin. Thank Him for delivering you from 94 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: the evil one. Thank him for redeeming you with his salvation. 95 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,559 Speaker 2: Think of a person who is struggling with some type 96 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: of addiction. Pray God will deliver them from the evil one. 97 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: Pray he will fill them with his strength so they 98 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 2: can throw off everything that hinders their relationship with him. 99 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 2: Pray he will rescue them with his love and grace 100 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: and restore them with his salvation. Call upon the Lord 101 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: for his help, and he will come to your rescue. 102 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: Tell him about your struggles, lift up your troubles. Know 103 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 2: he will help you and deliver you. Pray for the 104 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: Lord to lead you away from the temptation in this world. 105 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 2: Pray you will not fall. Pray to the wicked schemes 106 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: of the devil. Pray for the Lord to open your 107 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: mind and soften your heart to take the wise advice 108 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: of fellow Christians. Pray you will accept the teachings and 109 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 2: correcting of scripture. Pray for the Lord to protect you 110 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: and your family as you sleep. Pray you will rest 111 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: in His peace throughout the night. Breathe in and out slowly, 112 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: find peace in the presence of the Lord. Find strength 113 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: in his hands. Close your eyes and allow his peace 114 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: to refresh you and his strength to restore you as 115 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: you sleep tonight.