1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop TB. Jakes, inviting you to unwind your mind 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's Sleep Psalm. I waited patiently for 3 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Psalm forty verse one. Dear God, there was a time 5 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: when I felt the fear of fire, when my eternity 6 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: was uncertain and my life was slipping away. But you 7 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: delivered me. You took my fainting feet and set me 8 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: on a firm foundation. You placed me on a solid rock, 9 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: and replaced my cries of fear with the song of faith. 10 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: Blessed is anyone who puts their trust in You. May 11 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: all who seek you find peace and rest for their 12 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: wandering souls. Before I sleep, fill my heart with gladness. 13 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: I am redeemed and rescued by God Almighty. That truth 14 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: is worthy of a song. I will love you for 15 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: the rest of my days and pray for many more nights, 16 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: singing about your grace in Jesus' name. Amen, thank you 17 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes, inviting you 18 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: to unwind your mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep song. 19 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Prepare your heart for this devotional from the Book of Psalms, 20 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: guiding you into a RESTful embrace unders watchful eyes. Thank 21 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: you for joining me, Bishop td Jakes for tonight's episode 22 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: of the SLEEPSMS podcast. If this episode blessed you, follow 23 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: the podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 24 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's Sleepsalm by pray dot Com. 25 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm forty. Get in a 26 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: comfortable position to listen to God's word. You can lie 27 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: down on a bed or on the floor, or you 28 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: can sit in your favorite chair. Keep your back flat straight, 29 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: relax your neck and shoulders, and rest your hands by 30 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 2: your side or gently on your lap. Once you are 31 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: in a position where you can relax, focus on inhaling 32 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: and exhaling through your nose. As you breathe in, feel 33 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: your stomach expand tighten your abdomen for a few seconds. 34 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: Then slowly exhale, releasing the stress and tension in your muscles. 35 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: As your body relaxes, control your breathing to clear your mind. 36 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: As you inhale, imagine being filled with God's presence. Exhale 37 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: slowly and allow his presence to alleviate your worry and anxiety. 38 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: Continue taking deep breaths as you focus on God's love 39 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Know he is here to help you and 40 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: deliver you every day and night. Take a deep breath, 41 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: open your mind and heart. Exhale slowly. Ask God to 42 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 2: speak to you through his word. Ask for his truth 43 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: to bring you joy and comfort to night. The Bible 44 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: tells us those who look to the Lord for satisfaction 45 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: are blessed tonight. Let's put our trust in the Lord 46 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 2: and be fully satisfied in him. Psalm forty from the 47 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 2: King James's version says, I waited patiently for the Lord, 48 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 2: and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He 49 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out 50 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, 51 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: and established my goings. And he hath put a new 52 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Many 53 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: shall see it and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 54 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, 55 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 2: and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside 56 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: to lies many, O, Lord, my God, are thy wonderful 57 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are 58 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: to us ward. They cannot be reckoned up in order 59 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: unto thee. If I would declare and speak of them, 60 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering. 61 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 2: Thou didst not desire mine ears? Hast thou opened burnt 62 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: offering and sin offering? Hast thou not required? Then say I, 63 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 2: lo I come in the volume of the book, it 64 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 2: is written of me. I delight to do Thy will, 65 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: O my God, YEA, Thy law is within my heart. 66 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: I have preached righteousness in the Great Congregation, though I 67 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: have not refrained my lips. O Lord, thou knowest I 68 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: have not hid thy righteousness within my heart. I have 69 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 2: declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. I have not concealed 70 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: thy loving kindness and thy truth from the Great Congregation. 71 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 2: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord, 72 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 2: Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 73 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: For innumerable evils have compassed me about mine. Iniquities have 74 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: taken hold of me so that I am not able 75 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 2: to look up. They are more than the hairs on 76 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: my head. Therefore my heart faileth me be pleased, O Lord, 77 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 2: to deliver me. O Lord, make haste to help me. 78 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 2: Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after 79 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: my soul to destroy it. Let them be driven backward 80 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 2: and put to shame, that wish me evil. Let them 81 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: be desolate for a reward of their shame that say 82 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: unto me, aha aha. Let all those that seek THEE 83 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 2: rejoice and be glad in THEE. Let such as love 84 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: thy salvation say continually the Lord be magnified. But I 85 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: am poor and needy. Yet the Lord thinketh upon me. 86 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: Thou art my help and my deliverer. Make no tearing, 87 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: Oh my God. In his word, God reminds us of 88 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: our great need for him in our weakest moments. He 89 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: lifts us out of the slimy pit full of mud 90 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: and mire, and gives us a firm foundation on which 91 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: we can securely place our feet and rest. We never 92 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: have to worry about his foundation shaking or crumbling. The 93 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 2: same hands that build the found of the world are 94 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: the same hands that give us a firm foundation in 95 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: our lives. Rest tonight, knowing you are safe and secure 96 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 2: in his strong, loving hands. Breathe in and out slowly, 97 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: close your eyes, and imagine being surrounded by His love 98 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 2: and faithfulness, protecting you and keeping you safe through the night. 99 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: Know his mercy will always help you. Take a deep 100 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: breath as you inhale, feel his mighty hands lift your 101 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 2: burdens from your shoulders. Relax your neck as you exhale. 102 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 2: Surrender any fears and doubts to Him. Release any tension 103 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: in your body. Take a deep breath and reflect on 104 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: the wonderful deeds the Lord has donejo in the wonders 105 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: of his love. Take delight in his word. As you 106 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 2: listen to his word, feel your heart overflow with joy 107 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: and delight. Put your trust in the Lord, and you 108 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: will find satisfaction for your soul. Breathe in and out. 109 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 2: Think of a time when you allowed your worries and 110 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 2: anxiety to distract you from doing what God was calling 111 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: you to do. Ask for his forgiveness. Ask for his 112 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: help to keep your eyes on Him even when you 113 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 2: are waiting for your prayers to be answered. Breathe in 114 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: and out slowly with your next exhale. Let go of 115 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 2: any shame or guilt you may have from confessing your sins. 116 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 2: Know He will never withhold his mercy and love from you. 117 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 2: Thank God for the wonderful things he has done our life. 118 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: Thank Him for the prayers he has answered faithfully In 119 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 2: your life. Think of someone who is struggling with waiting 120 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 2: for an answer to prayer. Pray God will give them 121 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: hope and patience in their struggles. Pray they will find 122 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 2: rest tonight. Cry out to the Lord. Lift up your 123 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 2: requests to him. Be patient and wait expectantly on the 124 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: Lord to answer. You know he is your helper and deliverer. 125 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 2: Pray God will guide you along his path and help 126 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 2: you put him first in your life. Pray God will 127 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 2: give you courage to share what He has done for 128 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: you with others. Pray his love will be evident in 129 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: all that you do and say. Pray God will protect 130 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: you as you sleep. Pray you will experience deep, peaceful 131 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: rest that will rejuvenate your mind and soul. Take a 132 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: deep breath inhale and exhale slowly, relax your body, rest 133 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 2: your fingers and toes, and be still before God. Allow 134 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 2: His mercy and grace to wash over you. Allow His 135 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: love and faithfulness to bring you joy and comfort. Rest 136 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 2: in His presence and sleep peacefully through the night.