1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes inviting you to unwine your 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:15,079 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep song. Create in me 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: a clean heart, O, God, renew a right spirit within me, 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Psalm fifty one ten, God of Mercy, the weight of 5 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: shame is too heavy for me to beer. Unconfessed sin 6 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: robs me of rest and rids me of peace. I 7 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: confess my sin to you. Please take the burden of 8 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: my sin away from me, restore my soul, and remind 9 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: me of your mercy. There is no sacrifice you require 10 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: from me, or self punishment worth pursuing. You desire a 11 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: pure and contrite heart. You desire repentant soul. So here 12 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: I am tonight, bowing my heart before you in reverence 13 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: and repentance. Forgive me God. I want to fall into 14 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: a deep sleep with the safety of a bird under 15 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: its mother's wings. So cover me in your grace and 16 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: tuck me into bed with your mercy. In Jesus' name, Amen, 17 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD. Jake's 18 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleeps. 19 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: Prepare your heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, 20 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: guiding you into a RESTful embrace under your watchful eyes. 21 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me, Bishop pd Jakes for tonight's 22 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: episode of the Sleep Songs podcast. If this episode blessed you, 23 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 24 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's sleep Song by pray dot Com. 25 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm fifty one this evening. 26 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: Begin by focusing on controlling your breathing to relax your 27 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: body and open your mind and heart to receive God's truth. 28 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: You can lie down flat on your back, or you 29 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: can sit straight up in a chair. Relax your neck 30 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: and shoulders. Put one hand on your chest and one 31 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: hand on your stomach. Breathe in slowly through your nose. 32 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: Notice your chest is relatively flat while your stomach expands. 33 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: Hold your breath for a few seconds. Purse your lips gently, 34 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: press on your stomach, and exhale slowly. As you inhale, 35 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: Notice how the oxygen flows from your nose through your 36 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: lungs to your abdomen As you exhale, feel the stress 37 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: in your muscles and joints. Release, relaxing your body. If 38 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: you are experiencing tension in a particular area, Breathe in 39 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: and out slowly and focus on softening that part of 40 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: your body with each new breath. Feel your heart rate 41 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: slow down, settling you down for sleep. Take a deep 42 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: breath through your nose. Exhale slowly, and surrender any anxious 43 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: thoughts you have. Release any stress you are carrying with 44 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: you from today. Close your eyes and imagine God lifting 45 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: your burdens. Feel the weight come off your shoulders, helping 46 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: you unwind for the night. Although nothing can separate us 47 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: from the love of God, sometimes our unconfessed sin can 48 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: hinder our relationship with Him and make him seem far away. Tonight, 49 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 2: let's bring the heaviest pieces of our heart to God 50 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: and find hope and freedom in his forgiveness. Psalm fifty 51 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 2: one from the King James version says, have mercy upon me, 52 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 2: O God, according to thy loving kindness, according unto the 53 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: multitude of thy tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions, Wash 54 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 2: me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 55 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 2: For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever 56 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: before me against THEE THEE. Only have I sinned and 57 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be 58 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 2: justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, 59 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my 60 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: mother conceive me. Behold thou desirest truth in the inward 61 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: parts and in the hidden part. Thou shalt make me 62 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: to no wisdom. Purge me with hygesop, and I shall 63 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 2: be clean. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. 64 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 2: Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones 65 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: which thou hast broken may rejel. Hide thy face from 66 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 2: my sins and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in 67 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right 68 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, 69 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto 70 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with 71 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 2: thy free spirit. Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, 72 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 2: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from 73 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 2: blood guiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation, and 74 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, 75 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 2: Open thou my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth 76 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: thy praise for Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I 77 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 2: give it? Thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices 78 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 2: of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart. 79 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 2: O God, thou wilt not despise, do good in thy 80 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: good pleasure unto Zion, build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 81 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, 82 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: with burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then shall they 83 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: offer bullocks upon thine altar. At night, when we find 84 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: ourselves in a quiet, dark place, we sometimes struggle with 85 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: our sin and shame. Our sin and shame can keep 86 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: us up at night, making it hard to find rest, 87 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,559 Speaker 2: draining the life and energy from our body. But God 88 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: doesn't want us to sit in our sin and shame. 89 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: He wants us to bring them to him so that 90 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: He can cleanse us and free us. In his mercy 91 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: and grace, we can find rest that restores our mind, body, 92 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: and soul. Take a deep breath, inhale and exhale slowly 93 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 2: through your nose. Close your eyes, and imagine a book 94 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 2: about your life that contains every mistake you have ever made, 95 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 2: every sin you have ever committed. This book seems heavy 96 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: and the ending seems hopeless. Now think of God blotting 97 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: out every iniquity, leaving the pages in your book whiter 98 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: than snow. Open your eyes and know God has taken 99 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 2: every sin and every source of shame and has thrown 100 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: them into the sea of forgetfulness. Your ending is full 101 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: of hope and happiness because of His great love and 102 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: compassion for you. Breathe in and out slowly, Meditate on 103 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 2: His mercy and grace. Feel the joy and freedom of 104 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: his salvation. Know he will lead you down his path 105 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 2: of life and righteousness, or you will be safe and 106 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 2: secure where He will sustain you every day and night. 107 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: Inhale slowly through your nose. As you exhale, let God 108 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: lift your burdens and take you by the hand to 109 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: guide you to a place where His desires become yours, 110 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 2: a place where you can rest peacefully through the night. 111 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: Confess any sin to the Lord and ask for his forgiveness. 112 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 2: Ask him to help you face any consequences and to 113 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: restore the joy of your relationship with him. Take a 114 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 2: deep breath, feel his mercy and grace wash over you. 115 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 2: With your next exhale, Let go of any guilt and 116 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,599 Speaker 2: shame you are experiencing. Know He will cleanse you with 117 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 2: his righteousness from the inside out. Praise the Lord for 118 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 2: his righteousness. Thank him for the grace and love he 119 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 2: has shown you. Thank Him for his salvation that brings 120 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: you joy in the night. Think of someone who needs 121 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 2: to experience God's grace and love tonight. Pray you will 122 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: take away their guilt and shame and help them rest 123 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 2: through the night. Play your requests before the Lord. Surrender 124 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: any stress and anxiety from today. Put everything in his hands, 125 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 2: and allow His hope and peace to wash over you 126 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 2: and calm your mind, body, and soul for sleep. Pray 127 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 2: God will deliver you from the evil one and lead 128 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: you away from temptation. Pray your choices will glorify Him 129 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: and bring you to a place where you can rest easily. 130 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: Pray God will create a pure heart and spirit in 131 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 2: you so that you will please him. Pray you will 132 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: renew your spirit as you rest tonight. Pray God will 133 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 2: help you rest in His grace and love. Pray you 134 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: will experience a deep, RESTful sleep throughout the night. Breathe 135 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 2: in and out slowly. Know God will sustain you throughout 136 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 2: the night. As your body relaxes, allow God to refresh 137 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 2: your soul and bring you peace to help you rest 138 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 2: through the night.