1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes inviting you to unwine your 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: mind and spirit with Tonight's sleep Psalm Turn us again, God, 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: cause your face to shine, and we will be saved, 4 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: Psalm eighty verse three. Dear Lord, tonight, I ask for restoration. 5 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: Many events in the day seek to slowly strip away 6 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: my joy as a day draws to a close, I 7 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: want to rejoice in the victories and ask for healing 8 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: from the tragedies. Restore me, Oh God, and shine on 9 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: me in the night. Let me see your face before 10 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: I lay my head down to sleep. I want to 11 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: see your splendor and glory and be renewed for whatever 12 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: tomorrow brings. Restore any parts of my soul that have 13 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: wandered from you as I tucked myself into the night's 14 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: peaceful refuge. Bring me to a place of peace and 15 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: forgive me for my sons. Restore me, Oh God, and 16 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: shine your light. Heal me from mounds and burdens tonight 17 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: in Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for praying with me. 18 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: I'm Bishop TD. Jake's inviting you to unwind your mind 19 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: and spirit with Tonight's sleep. Song. Prepare your heart for 20 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: this devotional from the book of Psalms, guiding you into 21 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: a RESTful embrace under his watchful Eyns. Thank you for 22 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: joining me, Bishop td Jakes for tonight's episode of the 23 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: Sleep Psalms podcast. If this episode blessed you, follow the 24 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: podcast so you never miss a nightly encouragement. 25 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's Sleep Psalm, we will be 26 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: meditating on Psalm eighty. To begin this meditation, get in 27 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: a comfortable position, maintain good pass opening up your chest 28 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: and heart. Opening up your airway to allow the air 29 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 2: to travel throughout your body, bringing oxygen to every cell, bone, 30 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: and muscle to revitalize you and rejuven at you. Take 31 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: a deep breath. Exhale slowly and release any tension in 32 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: your body. Relax your neck and shoulders. Breathe in and out. 33 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: As your body relaxes, focus on clearing your mind to 34 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: hear God's word. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. 35 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: Breathe in the strength of the Lord. Breathe out your 36 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: stress and anxiety from today with your next inhale, lift 37 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: your burdens to God. When you exhale, surrender to Him 38 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: and allow Him to guide you to a place where 39 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: you can find rest and satisfaction in him. Breathe in 40 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: and out slowly, prepare to receive God's word. When all 41 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: seems lost and hopeless, the Bible reminds us God can 42 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: save us and restore us. He will not leave us 43 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: in our brokenness, but he will use our brokenness to 44 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 2: draw us to him, so that He can lead us 45 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: to his path of salvation, where our future is secure 46 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: and where we can find rest in our present. Psalm 47 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: eighty from the King James's version says, give ear, O 48 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock, 49 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: Thou that dwellest between the Cherubims, shine forth before Ephraim 50 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: and Benjamin and Manassa. Stir up thy strength, and come 51 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause 52 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 2: thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. O Lord, 53 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: God of Hosts. How long wilt thou be angry against 54 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: the prayer of thy people. Thou feedest them with the 55 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in 56 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: great measure. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors, 57 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Turn us again, O 58 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 2: God of Hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and 59 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: we shall be saved. Thou hast brought a vine out 60 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: of Egypt. Thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 61 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: Thou preparest room before it, and didst cause it to 62 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills 63 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 2: were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs 64 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 2: thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her 65 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 2: boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 66 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 2: Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that 67 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 2: all they which pass by the way do pluck her. 68 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and 69 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return 70 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: we beseech thee O, god of hosts, look down from heaven, 71 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: and behold and visit this fine and the vineyard which 72 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest 73 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 2: strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it is 74 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: cut down. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 75 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, 76 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 77 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: So will not we go back from thee quicken us, 78 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: and we will call upon thy name. Turn us again, 79 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 2: O Lord, God of Hosts, cause thy face to shine, 80 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: and we shall be saved. Like lost sheep in the wilderness. 81 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 2: We need the shepherd to lead us, to guide us 82 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 2: into safety. When we call upon his voice, we will 83 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 2: gather his flock, and he will drive us from the 84 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: barren wilderness into the green pastures where we can experience 85 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: his hope, peace, and joy. Breathe in and out slowly, 86 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 2: close your eyes and feel the warmth of the presence 87 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 2: of God cover you, keeping you warm and safe and 88 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: secure through the night. Feel His face shine upon you, 89 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: pouring out his blessing his favor upon you. May his 90 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: radiant light restore you as you sleep. Take a deep 91 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: breath through your nose as your belly expands. Imagine God's 92 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: power and strength, raising you above your circumstances, above the enemy, 93 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: above the destruction and oppression of sin. Exhale slowly and 94 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: release your fears and doubts. Know you are in his strong, 95 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 2: capable hands. Know he will watch over you and protect 96 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: you throughout the night, like a shepherd does for his sheep. 97 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 2: Think of a time when you turned away from God 98 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 2: and followed your own path. Confess any sin before the Lord, 99 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 2: ask for his forgiveness and for his mercy. Turn to 100 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: the Lord and ask him to guide you down his 101 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: path of life and righteousness. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, 102 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: and release any feelings of guilt and shame. No, He 103 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: will never turn away from you. He will redeem you 104 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: and restore you when you surrender to him. Think of 105 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: a time when God protected you even though you were 106 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 2: on a rebellious path. Praise Him for his faithfulness. Thank 107 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: Him for redeeming you and restoring you. Rejoice in His salvation, 108 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 2: which secures your future in him. Thank Him for his 109 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 2: blessing and favor. Think of someone whose life seems to 110 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: be falling apart. Pray God will help them and deliver 111 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: them from their difficulty. Pray God will restore their life 112 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 2: soon and will refresh their mind, body, and soul as 113 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 2: they sleep. Cry out to the Lord. Cast your anxieties 114 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 2: on him. Lay your requests at his feet. God will 115 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: answer your prayers when the timing is right. Pray for 116 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 2: God to ignite a passion and start a revival within 117 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 2: the hearts of his followers. Pray we will turn to 118 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 2: Him and firmly root ourselves in His word. Pray for 119 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: God to restore the brokenness in your life. Pray for 120 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: God's light to shine in the darkest places in your 121 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 2: mind and heart. Pray for God to surround you with 122 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 2: a hedge of protection. Tonight as you sleep, pray you 123 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 2: will rest safely and securely in His mighty hands. Breathe 124 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: in and out slowly. Release any stress and tension that 125 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: is still lingering from today. Put your trust in the Lord. 126 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 2: Allow his word to guide you down a safe, secure 127 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: path where you can rest peacefully throughout the night.