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Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes, inviting you to unwind your

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Speaker 1: mind and spirit with tonight's sleep Song. So teach us

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Speaker 1: to count our days that we may gain a heart

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Speaker 1: of wisdom Psalm ninety twelve. Dear Lord, as I retire

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Speaker 1: to bed, may I rest peacefully, undisturb by worries or fears.

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Speaker 1: For I have numbered my days and know that they

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Speaker 1: are finite. Yet I find absolute comfort that my eternity

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Speaker 1: is in You. Help me use my time on this

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Speaker 1: earth wisely. I want to gain a heart of wisdom

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Speaker 1: and sleep settled in your soothing wisdom. God. To make

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Speaker 1: the most of each moment, cherish my loved ones, seek

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Speaker 1: knowledge and truth, and live with purpose and intention. May

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Speaker 1: I wake in the morning renewed and ready to embrace

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Speaker 1: the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Thank You for

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Speaker 1: this day and all its blessings. Thank you for the

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Speaker 1: chance to continue growing and learning in Jesus' name. Amen,

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Speaker 1: thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes,

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Speaker 1: inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with tonight's

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Speaker 1: sleep Song. Prepare your heart for this devotional from the

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Speaker 1: Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace under

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Speaker 1: yours watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me. Bishop TD

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Speaker 1: Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleep Palms podcast. If

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Speaker 1: this episode blessed you, follow the podcast so you never

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Speaker 1: miss a nightly encouragement.

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Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's sleepsalm. Bye Pray dot com.

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Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Psalm ninety. Begin tonight's meditation

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Speaker 2: by surrendering to the Lord. Cast your cares and anxieties

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Speaker 2: on him. Tell him about your struggles from today. Know

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Speaker 2: nothing can be hidden in the light of his presence.

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Speaker 2: He wants you to trust him with everything so that

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Speaker 2: you may find rest in him. Take a deep breath.

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Speaker 2: Breathe in His love and goodness. Breathe out your stress

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Speaker 2: and anxiety. Take another deep breath. Breathe in His mercy

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Speaker 2: and grace. Breathe out your guilt and shame. Let the

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Speaker 2: favor of God rest on you tonight and fill your

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Speaker 2: heart with joy, hope, and peace. Close your eyes and

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Speaker 2: get ready to receive God's word. Allow his truth to

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Speaker 2: fill you with his life and love. Allow his truth

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Speaker 2: to focus your heart on eternity. Breathe in and out.

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Speaker 2: In our ever changing world, we can find comfort in

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Speaker 2: the everlasting nature of God, knowing he has always existed

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Speaker 2: and he always will. He is the Alpha and the Omega,

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Speaker 2: the one who gave us life, and the one who

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Speaker 2: will take us to his dwelling to rest. P. Ninety

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Speaker 2: from the King James's version says, Lord, thou hast been

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Speaker 2: our dwelling place in all generations, before the mountains were

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Speaker 2: brought forth, or ever Thou hast formed the earth and

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Speaker 2: the world, even from everlasting to everlasting. Thou art God,

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Speaker 2: Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest return, ye, children

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Speaker 2: of men, for a thousand years in thy sight are

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Speaker 2: but as yesterday when it is past, And as a

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Speaker 2: watch in the night Thou carriest them away. As with flood,

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Speaker 2: they are as asleep in the morning. They are like grass,

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Speaker 2: which groweth up in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up.

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Speaker 2: In the evening it is cut down and witheeth. For

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Speaker 2: we are consumed by Thine anger and by thy wrath.

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Speaker 2: We are troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee

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Speaker 2: our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. For

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Speaker 2: all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We

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Speaker 2: spend our years as a tale that is told. The

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Speaker 2: days of our years are threescore years and ten. And

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Speaker 2: if by reason of strength they befoescore years, yet is

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Speaker 2: their strength labor and sorrow, For it is soon cut

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Speaker 2: off and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of

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Speaker 2: thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

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Speaker 2: So teach us to number our days, that we may

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Speaker 2: apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long,

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Speaker 2: and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy

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Speaker 2: us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and

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Speaker 2: be glad all our days. Make us glad according to

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Speaker 2: the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years

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Speaker 2: wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto

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Speaker 2: thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let

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Speaker 2: the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us.

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Speaker 2: And establish thou the works of our hands upon us. Yea,

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Speaker 2: the work of our hands establish thou. It God's word

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Speaker 2: reminds us he is everlasting, He was, he is, and

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Speaker 2: he is yet to come. Meaning he is our past, present,

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Speaker 2: and future. He is our constant in this changing world.

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Speaker 2: We can dwell in his safety, for all the days

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Speaker 2: of our lives, and we can rest securely in His

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Speaker 2: hands every night, and one day we will dwell in

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Speaker 2: His holy place for eternity, where our bodies will be

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Speaker 2: restored and our souls will be replenished. Breathe in and

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Speaker 2: out slowly, close your eyes and imagine a seed planted

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Speaker 2: firmly in the ground, springing up through the soil in

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Speaker 2: the morning, looking for the sun's light to nourish it

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Speaker 2: and help it grow. Without water, the sun's rays become

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Speaker 2: too intense, and the sprout becomes dry and withered by sundown,

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Speaker 2: like the plant. By evening, we are dry and withered

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Speaker 2: due to the trouble and sorrow we face in this world.

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Speaker 2: To night, drink from the Lord's eternal springs and allow

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Speaker 2: him to refresh your mind, body, and soul. We can

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Speaker 2: never hide our sins from God, our secret sins, the

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Speaker 2: darkness within us is always brought to light in His presence.

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Speaker 2: So to night, let's not hold on to our sins

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Speaker 2: and struggles, but let's release them to God. Confession is

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Speaker 2: to God with our sins to be redeemed and restored

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Speaker 2: by His grace and love. Acknowledge any unconfessed sin before

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Speaker 2: the Lord. Ask for his help to break free from

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Speaker 2: the sin that weighs you down. Take a deep breath,

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Speaker 2: lift your sin and shame to the Lord. Exhale slowly

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Speaker 2: and feel awake. Lift off your shoulders. Feel your heart

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Speaker 2: lightened as God takes away your sin and covers you

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Speaker 2: with his forgiveness. Know His mercies are new for you

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Speaker 2: every morning. Rejoice in his unfailing love and compassion. Thank

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Speaker 2: the Lord for fully knowing you and fully loving you.

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Speaker 2: Thank him for pouring out his favor upon you and

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Speaker 2: setting you apart for his work. Thank him for the

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Speaker 2: good days he has given you. Think of a person

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Speaker 2: who needs to experience God's forgiveness. To night, Pray he

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Speaker 2: will touch their hearts and shed light on their darkness.

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Speaker 2: Pray he will release them from their guilt and shame

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Speaker 2: so that they may find rest. To night, come to

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Speaker 2: the Lord with your weariness and burdens and find rest

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Speaker 2: in him. Lay requests before him. Pray for the Lord

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Speaker 2: to teach you to number your days, to realize how

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Speaker 2: fleeting time really is, so that you will never take

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Speaker 2: one day for granted, and you will strive to do

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Speaker 2: God's work every day. Pray for the Lord to bless

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Speaker 2: the work of your hands. Pray he will help you

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Speaker 2: find rest tonight to prepare you to be productive in

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Speaker 2: your work and in his mission tomorrow. Pray for the

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Speaker 2: Lord to give you wisdom and understanding so that you

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Speaker 2: may receive His blessing and favor in this lifetime. Pray

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Speaker 2: he will help you rest in His truth tonight. Take

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Speaker 2: a deep breath, Exhale slowly, and release any stress and

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Speaker 2: tension that is still lingering from today. Know your life

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Speaker 2: is in the hands of the Lord, in the hands

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Speaker 2: of the everlasting God, and he will be with you

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Speaker 2: wherever there you go until the end of time. Invite

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Speaker 2: God's presence as you sleep and find rest in Him

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Speaker 2: to night and satisfaction in Him tomorrow