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 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's Sleepsalm. In the day of 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: out in the night and didn't get tired. My soul 5 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: refused to be comforted Psalm one O two first two. 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: Dear everlasting Father, I know you listen even when I 7 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: feel most alone. You bend your ear down to hear 8 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: my cries. You have kept every tear and attended to 9 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: every complaint. Tonight, I am grateful for God who has 10 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: not kept himself distant and aloof. You have come near 11 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: to me and considered my heart. As I unwine after 12 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: a long day, I asked that you release me from 13 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: my loneliness and remind my heart that you are close 14 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: more than any family or friend. You completely understand me. 15 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: You are acquainted with every weakness, sin and shortcoming, yet 16 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: love me anyways. You call me a friend, child and 17 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: co err in Christ, despite my failures and flaws. What 18 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: a wonderful thing it is to be completely known and 19 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: wholly loved. Comfort me in your warm and accepting embrace. Tonight. 20 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, Thank you, for praying 21 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 1: with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes inviting you to unwind 22 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: your mind and spirit with tonight's Sleep Psalm. Prepare your 23 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, guiding 24 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: you into a RESTful embrace under his watchful eyes. 25 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 2: Sleep is one of the most important things that you 26 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: can do for your mind, your body, and your soul. 27 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 2: That's why we're so passionate at pray dot com about 28 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: creating products like Sleep Psalms that can help you fall 29 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 2: asleep in peace. 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If this episode blessed you, 44 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: follow the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 45 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's Sleep Psalm by pray dot com. 46 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 3: We will be meditating on Psalm one hundred and two. 47 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 3: Before meditating on God's word this evening, let's spend some 48 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 3: time remembering who God is and letting go of our 49 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: stress and anxiety from today. Take a deep, cleansing breath. 50 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 3: Feel the fresh calm air fill your lungs. Exhale slowly 51 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 3: and release any tension in your muscles. Take another deep breath. 52 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 3: Feel God's strength fill you, rejuvenating your lungs. Exhale slowly 53 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 3: and allow his strength to nourish your bones and restore 54 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 3: your muscles and joints. Close your eyes and reflect on 55 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: who God is. Think of him as the creator that 56 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 3: laid the foundations of the earth and created the heavens above. 57 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 3: Think of Him as the sovereign king whose reign will 58 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: never end. Know his mighty hands that created the world 59 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 3: are the mighty hands that will strengthen you and sustain 60 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 3: you through the night. Breathe in his goodness. Breathe out 61 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 3: your fears and doubts. Breathe in his peace. Breathe out 62 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 3: your worries and anxious thoughts. With each breath, feel your 63 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 3: heart lighten and your mind calm. Know God is with 64 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 3: you tonight, and you never have to face the darkness 65 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: of the night alone. Open your mind and heart and 66 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 3: ask God to speak to you through his word. Ask 67 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 3: him to remind you of his promises and of his 68 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 3: goodness and faithfulness. Ask for his word to comfort you 69 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 3: tonight as you prepare for sleep. In our moments of weakness, 70 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: we can find hope by turning to the God that 71 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: never changes, and the God that will endure forever and ever. 72 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 3: Psalm one hundred and two from the King James's version says, 73 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come 74 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: unto thee. Hide not thy face from me. In the 75 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: day when I am in trouble, incline thine ear unto me. 76 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 3: In the day when I call, answer me speedily, For 77 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 3: my days are consumed like smoke. And my bones are 78 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: burned as in hearth. My heart is smitten and withered 79 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 3: like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. 80 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 3: By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones 81 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 3: cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of 82 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: the wilderness. I am like an owl of the desert. 83 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 3: I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop. 84 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 3: Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and they that 85 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 3: are mad against me are sworn against me. For I 86 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my tree with 87 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: weeping because of thine indignation and thy wrath. For thou 88 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: hast lifted me up and cast me down. My days 89 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 3: are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered 90 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: like grass. But Thou, o Lord, shall endure forever, and 91 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: thy remembrance unto all generations. Thou shalt arise and have 92 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 3: mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her. Yea, 93 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 3: the said time is come, for thy servants take pleasure 94 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 3: in her stones and favor the dust thereof. So the 95 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all 96 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 3: the kings of the earth thy glory. When the Lord 97 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 3: shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory. 98 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 3: He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 99 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 3: despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation 100 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 3: to come, and the people which shall be created shall 101 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: pray the Lord. For he hath looked down from the 102 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 3: height of his sanctuary. From heaven. Did the Lord behold 103 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 3: the earth to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to 104 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 3: lose those that are appointed to death, to declare the 105 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,239 Speaker 3: name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, 106 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 3: when the people are gathered together and the kingdoms to 107 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 3: serve the Lord. He weakened my strength in the way 108 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 3: he shortened my days. I said, O, my God, take 109 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 3: me not away in the midst of my days. Thy 110 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 3: years are throughout all generations of old. Hast thou laid 111 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the 112 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 3: work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt 113 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 3: endure yea all of them shall wax old like a 114 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 3: garment as a vesture. Shalt thou change them, and they 115 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 3: shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy 116 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 3: years shall have no end. The children of thy servants 117 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: shall continue, and their seed shall be established. Before thee. 118 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 3: The Bible reminds us we can always put our trust 119 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 3: in God because he is living, eternal and unchanging. When 120 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 3: our days feel heavy, his strength can alleviate our burdens 121 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: and help us find rest. When our nights are dark, 122 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: his glory will shine upon us, keeping us warm and 123 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 3: safe throughout the night. Take a deep breath, Bask in 124 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 3: the presence of the Lord. Exhale slowly, and allow his 125 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 3: joy and hope to fill your heart and strengthen your body. 126 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 3: Close your eyes and imagine the Lord's glory filling the earth. 127 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 3: Imagine a day when there will be no more darkness, 128 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: when every prisoner will be set free, when those in 129 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 3: need will be fully satisfied. Allow the peace of his 130 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 3: presence and the hope of his future reign to soothe 131 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: your soul. Take a deep breath. Put your trust in 132 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 3: the Lord. Exhale slowly, and surrender your life to him. 133 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 3: Unlike the world around us, the Lord never changes. Know 134 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 3: the same God that formed the heavens and the earth 135 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 3: is the same God that will help you stand firm 136 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 3: in the end. Know the same God that formed you 137 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 3: with his hands is the same God that refreshes your mind, body, 138 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 3: and soul. As you sleep, think of a time when 139 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 3: your fears and stress overwhelmed you, causing you to lose 140 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: sight of who God is. Confess any fears and doubts 141 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 3: that are still holding you back from experiencing the joy 142 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: of His presence. Ask Him to help you completely trust 143 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 3: in him. Take a deep breath, allow his forgiveness to 144 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 3: wash over you. Exhale slowly, and let go of any 145 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 3: sin and shame that is hindering your relationship with God. 146 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 3: Allow his mighty hands to restore your relationship, filling your 147 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 3: heart with his love, joy and peace. Praise the King 148 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 3: on his throne. Bow your head down and worship him. 149 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 3: Thank him for the ways he provides for you. Thank 150 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 3: him for the ways he has protected you. Thank him 151 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 3: for your bright future that is secure in him alone. 152 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 3: Think of a person who needs God's provision tonight. Pray 153 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: he will give them what they needs and help them 154 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 3: find satisfaction in him. Pray he will give them rest tonight. 155 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: Ask God to hear your prayer. Ask him to draw 156 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 3: your heart toward him as you lift your requests to him. 157 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 3: Pray for God to bless the next generation. Pray he 158 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: will use you to help guide children and young adults 159 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 3: unto his path of life. Pray for God to help 160 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 3: those who are destitute. Pray Ye will strengthen them with 161 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 3: his word and satisfy them with his provision. Pray for 162 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: God's provision for tomorrow and his protection for tonight. Pray 163 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: he will sustain you with his strength through the day 164 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 3: and night. Take the deep breath, Breathe in His strength 165 00:13:54,400 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 3: and glory. Exhale slowly and release any stress tension that 166 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 3: is still lingering from to day. Allow the hope of 167 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 3: your bright future with the Sovereign King, the creator of 168 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 3: the world, to comfort you as you sleep.