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 Let the redeem by 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: the Lord say so whom he has redeemed from the 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: hand of the adversary, Psalm one O seven, Verse two. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: Dear God, as I ease my heavy head into this soft, 6 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: willowy pillow to pray, I humbly ask for your calming 7 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: presence to fill my chaotic soul. My heart is heavy 8 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: and my mind is burdened with worries, fears, doubts. Sometimes 9 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm scared a long for your soft touch to soothe 10 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: my restless mind and grant me the peace that surpasses 11 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: all understanding. I feel lost in this darkness, and I 12 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: can't find the way out on my own, but I 13 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: know that you are the light that leads me to safety. 14 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: I ask that you guide me out of this storm 15 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: and enter the serenity of your loving embrace. May the 16 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: weight of my troubles be lifted from my shoulders, and 17 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: may I find the rest in You. Give me the 18 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: strip to trust in your in this mercy and walk 19 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: with faith through whatever struggles may come. May your gentle 20 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: voice whisper words of grace and love into my ear 21 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: as I rest at your feet. For you are the 22 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: sauce of all goodness and truth, and I find my 23 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: peace in you. Thank you, Lord for your unending love 24 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: and your faithfulness. May your bright light shine upon me 25 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: and lead me to the quiet rest that only you 26 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: can give. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for praying 27 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: with me. I'm Bishop td Jakes inviting you to unwind 28 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Song. Prepare your 29 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding 30 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: you into a RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes. Thank 31 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: you for joining me, Bishop td Jakes, for tonight's episode 32 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: of the Sleep Palms podcast. If this episode blessed you, 33 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly. 34 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: Hello. I'm Grace. For tonight's sleep Psalm by pray dot Com. 35 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and seven. 36 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 2: Take a deep, cleansing breath. Feel the clean, fresh air, 37 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: rejuvenate your lungs. Exhale slowly, allowing the air to flow 38 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 2: freely throughout your body, restoring and relaxing. You invite the 39 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: presence of God as you sleep. Take another deep breath, 40 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 2: Imagine the light of His presence filling your room, warming 41 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: your heart, and calming your mind. Breathe in his peace. 42 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 2: Breathe out your stress and anxiety from today. Surrender all 43 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: your fears and worries to the Lord. With your next breath, 44 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: feel God release you from your burdens, relaxing your neck 45 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: and shoulders and lightening your heart. Breathe in and out slowly. 46 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 2: Open your mind and heart to hear God's word. Ask 47 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 2: for his truth to comfort you tonight. Allow His voice 48 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: to lead you to a safe, secure place where you 49 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: can rest peacefully through the night. The Bible reminds us 50 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: of all the ways God provides for us and answers 51 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: our prayers when we face difficult times. He is always 52 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 2: there to help us and deliver us. Psalm one hundred 53 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: and seven from the King James version says Psalm one 54 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: O seven from the King James version says, Oh, give 55 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: thanks unto the Lord, for he is good for his 56 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 2: mercy endureth forever. Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so, 57 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 2: whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 58 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 2: and gathered them out of the lands from the east 59 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 2: and from the west, from the north, and from the 60 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 2: south they wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way. 61 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, 62 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: their souls fainted in them. Then they cried unto the 63 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 2: Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of 64 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 2: their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, 65 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: that they might go to a city of habitation. Oh, 66 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 2: that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and 67 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 2: for his wonderful works to the children of men. For 68 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: he satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul 69 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 2: with goodness, such as sit in darkness and in the 70 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron. Because 71 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 2: they rebelled against the words of God and condemned the 72 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: counsel of the most High. Therefore he brought down their 73 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: heart with labor. They felt down, and there was none 74 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: to help. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 75 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,239 Speaker 2: and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought 76 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and 77 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: break their bands in surrender. Oh, that men would praise 78 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works 79 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: to the children of men, for he hath broken the 80 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 2: gates of brass and cut the bars of iron insunder fools. 81 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: Because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 82 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat, and they draw 83 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: near unto the gates of death. Then they cry unto 84 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out 85 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: of their distresses. He sent his word and healed them, 86 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: and delivered them from their destructions. Oh that men would 87 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful 88 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: works to the children of men, and let them sacrifice 89 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 90 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: They that go down to the sea in ships that 91 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: do business in great waters, these see the works of 92 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 2: the Lord and his wonders in the deep. For He 93 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 2: commandeth and raiseth the stormy winds, which lifteth up the waves. 94 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: Thereof they mount up to the heaven. They go down 95 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: again to the depths. Their soul is melted because of trouble. 96 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, 97 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto 98 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 2: the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out 99 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so 100 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad 101 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 2: because they be quiet? So he bringeth them unto their 102 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 2: desired haven. Oh, that man would praise the Lord for 103 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children 104 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 2: of men. Let them exalt him also in the congregation 105 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 2: of the people, and praise him in the assembly of 106 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: the elders. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the 107 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: water springs into dry ground, a fruitful land into barrenness, 108 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 2: for the wickedness of them that dwell Therein, He turneth 109 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 2: the wilderness into standing water, and dry ground into water springs. 110 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 2: And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they 111 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 2: may prepare a city for habitation, and sow the fields 112 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 2: and plant vineyards which may yield fruit of increase. He 113 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 2: blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and 114 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Again they are minished 115 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 2: and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. He poureth 116 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 2: contempt upon princes and causeth them to wander in the 117 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 2: wilderness where there is no way. Yet, setteth He the 118 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 2: pour on high from affliction, and maketh him families like 119 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 2: a flock. The righteous shall see it and retur joye, 120 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 2: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. Whoso is wise 121 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 2: and will observe these things, even they shall understand the 122 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 2: loving kindness of the Lord. In your distress, you can 123 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: cry out to God and he will deliver you. Know 124 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 2: you are never alone. The Lord is always with you, 125 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: rescuing you and restoring you with his power and strength. 126 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 2: Find comfort in the mighty hands of the Lord tonight, 127 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: take delight in the word of the Lord. Know his 128 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 2: word fills you with his provision and refreshes you with 129 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: his eternal springs of salvation. Know his truth can bring 130 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: you out of the darkness and into the light. Know 131 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 2: his salvation breaks you free from the chains of sin 132 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 2: and destruction and into his freedom. Take a deep breath, 133 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 2: be filled with the god goodness of the Lord. Exhale 134 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 2: slowly and release any stress and tension in your body. 135 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 2: Take another deep breath. Be filled with the courage of 136 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: the Lord. Exhale slowly and feel his courage empower you 137 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 2: to face life storms in his sovereignty. He has the 138 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 2: power to silence the wind and waves, allowing you to 139 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 2: rest quietly and safely, even during the darkest of nights. 140 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 2: Acknowledge any unconfessed sin before the Lord. Acknowledge any doubts 141 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,359 Speaker 2: about putting your trust in him. Ask for his forgiveness. 142 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: Ask for him to remind you of his goodness and 143 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 2: faithfulness during times of difficulty. Take a deep breath, Allow 144 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: his perfect love and grace to wash over you. Hail slowly, 145 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: and surrender any struggles, shame, and skepticism to the Lord. 146 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: Know he is faithful to save you and strengthen you. 147 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: Rejoice in the power and strength of the Lord. Praise 148 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: his mighty deeds. Thank him for the ways he has 149 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: provided for you. Thank him for the times when he 150 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 2: has protected you. Think of a person who needs God's 151 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: provision tonight. Pray the Lord will turn their time of 152 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 2: need into an abundance as he showers them with his 153 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 2: blessing and favor. Pray they will find rest and satisfaction 154 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: in him. Tonight, cry out to the Lord. Lift your 155 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 2: troubles to him. Ask for him to help you and 156 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 2: deliver you. Know he hears your prayers and responds to 157 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: your cries for help. Put your trust in Him to night. 158 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 2: Pray for God to give you the opportunity to share 159 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 2: your story with others. Pray your story will bring joy 160 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: and comfort to those around you. Pray for God to 161 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 2: fill you with wisdom. Pray you will follow Him all 162 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 2: the days of your life and find peace on his path. 163 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: Pray for God to give you the courage in the 164 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: midst of the storms of life. Pray He will protect 165 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: you and preserve you as you rest in him. Take 166 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 2: a deep breath, Exhale slowly and relax your body. Close 167 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 2: your eyes, and lie down flat. 168 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: On your back. 169 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: Take a few deep breaths each time your lung fills 170 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 2: completely with air. Hold your breath for a few seconds, 171 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 2: then exhale and let go of any stress and anxiety 172 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 2: that is still lingering from to day. As your body relaxes, 173 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 2: allow God to fill your heart with his joy and 174 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 2: peace and refresh your mind, body, and soul as you sleep.