1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes inviting you to unwind your 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's sleep Song. For they didn't 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: get the land in possession by their own sword, neither 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: did their own arms save them. But your right hand 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: and your arm and the light of your face, because 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: you were favorable to them. Psalm forty four, Verse three. 7 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, you have always been faithful and mighty to save. 8 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: You will continue to showcase your faithfulness to everyone who 9 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: calls upon your name. When my weary spirit is consumed 10 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: with thoughts of failure and fear of the future, I 11 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: will choose to remember your faithfulness. I will also plead 12 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: with you according to your faithfulness. When I feel despondent 13 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: and alone, I call upon you to rise and meet 14 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: me in my brokenness. Before I sleep, rain down comfort 15 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: and peace. Meet me face to face so that I 16 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: might sleep soundly in your grace. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, 17 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes, 18 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with tonight's 19 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: sleep song. Prepare your heart for it's devotional from the 20 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace unders 21 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me, Bishop TD Jakes 22 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: for tonight's episode of the Sleep Songs podcast. If this 23 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you never miss 24 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: a nightly encouragement. 25 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace for tonight's sleep song by pray dot Com. 26 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm forty four. First, focus 27 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 2: on relaxing your body and releasing all the tensions stored 28 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: up from today. Lie down flat on your back, relax 29 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: your neck and shoulders, rest your arms by your side, 30 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: and take a few deep breaths. Take a deep breath. 31 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: Hold your breath for a few seconds. Exhale slowly and 32 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: release any stress in your muscles and joints. Close your 33 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: eyes and breathe in and out slowly. Meditate on who 34 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: God is. Visualize him as the almighty one that sustains 35 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: you and delivers you. Know he is strong enough to 36 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: carry your burdens from today. Surrender to Him and find 37 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: rest for your mind, body, and soul. Take a deep breath. 38 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: Focus on the promises and faithfulness of God. Reflect on 39 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 2: all the times God has protected you and delivered you. 40 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: Have confidence that He is working on your behalf and 41 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: protecting you tonight, take a deep breath. As you exhale, 42 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: release any tension in your body. Breathe in and out slowly. 43 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 2: Open your mind and heart to hear his voice. Ask 44 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: for him to speak to you through his word. Be 45 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: still and listen for his voice of truth to lead 46 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: you and guide you to a place where you can 47 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: rest in him. The Bible tells us we can have 48 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: confidence in the strength of the Lord. Tonight, meditate on 49 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: his faithfulness and be confident he is with you as 50 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: you sleep. Psalm forty four from the King James version says, 51 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: we have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers 52 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 2: have told us what work thou didst in their day, 53 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: in the times of old. How thou didst drive out 54 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: the heathen with thy hand and plantedest them. How thou 55 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: didst afflict the people and cast them out, For they 56 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: got not the land in possession by their own sword, 57 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 2: neither did their own arm save them, but thy right 58 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: hand and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance. 59 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: Because thou hast a favor unto them, Thou art, my King, 60 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 2: O God, command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee will. Will 61 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: we push down our enemies through Thy name we will 62 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: tread them under that rise up against us, For I 63 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword 64 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, 65 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 2: and hast put them to shame that hated us. In God, 66 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: we boast all the day long and praise thy name 67 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: forever Sellah. But thou hast cast off and put us 68 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 2: to shame, and goest not forth with our armies. Thou 69 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 2: makest us to turn back from the enemy, and they 70 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: which hate us spoil for themselves. Thou hast given us 71 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among 72 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 2: the heathen. Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost 73 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 2: not increase thy wealth by their price. Thou makest us 74 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision 75 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 2: to them that are round about us. Thou makest us 76 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 2: byward among the heathen, a shaking of the head among 77 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 2: the people. My confusion is continually before me, and the 78 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: shame of my face hath covered me for the voice 79 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 2: of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth. By reason of the 80 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: enemy and avenger, all this is come upon us. Yet 81 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: have we not forgotten thee. Neither have we dealt fall 82 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: else in thy covenant. Our heart is not turned back, 83 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: neither have our steps declined from thy way, though thou 84 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and 85 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: covered us with the shadow of death. If we have 86 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: forgotten the name of our Lord or stretched out our 87 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: hands to a strange God, shall not God search this out, 88 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Yea, for 89 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: thy sake we are killed all the day long. We 90 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: are counted as sheep for the slaughter awake. Why sleepst thou, 91 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: o Lord, Arise, cast us not off forever? Wherefore hidest 92 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression, 93 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: For our soul is bowed down to the dust, our 94 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: belly cleaveth unto the earth. Arise for our help and 95 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 2: redeem us for thy Mercy's sake. This psalm begins with 96 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 2: the story of what God did for his people as 97 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 2: he led them into the promised Land. His mighty hand 98 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: had driven out the wicked nations, giving his people a 99 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: place to call their home and rest safely in their land. 100 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: These same hands that destroyed one nation and created another 101 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: are the same hands that will deliver you from those 102 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 2: who attack you and from the fears and worries that 103 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 2: attack your mind. Surrender to him, and in his arms 104 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: you can rest securely through the night. Breathe in and 105 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: out slowly. Think about the Lord as your king. Allow 106 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 2: his sovereignty to bring you hope and comfort. Close your 107 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 2: eyes and imagine God leaning the way through your trials 108 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 2: and tribulations. Imagine his hand striking anything that stands against you. 109 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: Open your eyes and know, even if God doesn't deliver 110 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 2: you from your troubles to day, you can find rest 111 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: in the hope that He will deliver you when the 112 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 2: time is right. He may let you stumble, but He 113 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: will never let you fall. Take a deep breath inhil 114 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: and watch your chest rise. Know the Lord will rise 115 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: with you in the right moment. Exhale slowly and watch 116 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 2: your chest fall, knowing your trials and tribulations are temporary 117 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 2: and eventually your enemies and fears will fall. Breathe in 118 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 2: and out. Release any stress to God. Relax your body. 119 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: Think of a time where you put your hope in 120 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 2: something other than God. Confess any idols you are struggling 121 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 2: to let go. Ask for his forgiveness. Ask for him 122 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 2: to help you. Put your hope in Him above all else. 123 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: Breathe in and out slowly, allow His love and light 124 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: to shine upon you and chase away the darkness of 125 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: the shame you are experiencing. To night, Be confident in 126 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: the Lord and know you are forgiven inhil and exhale slowly. 127 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 2: Rejoice in His name. Thank Him for the times he 128 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 2: has rescued you and helped you. Thank Him in advance 129 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 2: for the future troubles He will deliver you from. Think 130 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 2: of some one who needs God to intervene on their behalf. 131 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 2: Pray for their deliverance. Pray they will put their trust 132 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: in Him to night so that they can find rest. 133 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: Cast your worries and anxieties on the Lord. Know he 134 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: cares for you, and you know he will help you 135 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: when the time is right. Put your confidence in the 136 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 2: Lord tonight. Pray over any troubles in your life. Pray 137 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: God will deliver you and alleviate your stress and anxiety. 138 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 2: Pray he will give you rest. Pray over your loved 139 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: ones who need protection. Pray God will sustain them and 140 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: uphold them with His right hand. Throughout the night, Pray 141 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 2: over any darkness in your life. Pray God will rescue 142 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 2: you from those who intend to harm you. Pray for 143 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: His protection as you sleep. Take a deep breath inhale 144 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: and exhale. Slowly release any stress lingering from today. As 145 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: your body relaxes, allow God to refresh your soul and 146 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 2: bring you peace to help you rest through the night.