Psalm 90

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Tonight's prayer is from Psalm 90:12. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
I'm Bishop T. D. Jakes, inviting you to unwind your
mind and spirit with tonight's sleep Song. So teach us
to count our days that we may gain a heart
of wisdom Psalm ninety twelve. Dear Lord, as I retire

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to bed, may I rest peacefully, undisturb by worries or fears.
For I have numbered my days and know that they
are finite. Yet I find absolute comfort that my eternity
is in You. Help me use my time on this

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earth wisely. I want to gain a heart of wisdom
and sleep settled in your soothing wisdom. God. To make
the most of each moment, cherish my loved ones, seek
knowledge and truth, and live with purpose and intention. May

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I wake in the morning renewed and ready to embrace
the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Thank You for
this day and all its blessings. Thank you for the
chance to continue growing and learning in Jesus' name. Amen,

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thank you for praying with me. I'm Bishop TD Jakes,
inviting you to unwind your mind and spirit with tonight's
sleep Song. Prepare your heart for this devotional from the
Book of Psalms, guiding you into a RESTful embrace under

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your watchful eyes. Thank you for joining me. Bishop TD
Jakes for tonight's episode of the Sleep Psalms podcast. If

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Speaker 2 (02:44):
Hello, I'm Grace. For tonight's sleep Psalm. Bye Pray dot com.
We will be meditating on Psalm ninety. Begin Tonight's meditation
by surrendering to the Lord. Cast your cares and anxieties
on him. Tell him about your struggles from to day.

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Know nothing can be hidden in the light of his presence.
He wants you to trust him with everything so that
you may find rest in him. Take a deep breath.
Breathe in His love and goodness. Breathe out your stress
and anxiety. Take another deep breath. Breathe in His mercy

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and grace. Breathe out your guilt and shame. Let the
favor of God rest on you tonight and fill your
heart with joy, hope, and peace. Close your eyes and
get ready to receive God's word. Allow his truth to

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fill you with his life and love. Allow his truth
to focus your heart on eternity. Breathe in and out.
In our ever changing world, we can find comfort in
the everlasting nature of God, knowing he has always existed

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and he always will. He is the Alpha and the Omega,
the one who gave us life, and the one who
will take us to his dwelling to rest. P. Ninety
from the King James's version says, Lord, thou hast been
our dwelling place in all generations, before the mountains were

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brought forth, or ever Thou hast formed the earth and
the world, even from everlasting to everlasting. Thou art God,
Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest return, ye, children
of men, for a thousand years in thy sight are
but as yesterday when it is past, And as a

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watch in the night Thou carriest them away. As with flood,
they are as asleep in the morning. They are like grass,
which groweth up in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up.
In the evening it is cut down and witheeth. For
we are consumed by Thine anger and by thy wrath.

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We are troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee
our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. For
all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We
spend our years as a tale that is told. The
days of our years are threescore years and ten. And

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if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet
is their strength labor and sorrow? For it is soon
cut off and we fly away. Who knoweth the power
of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is
thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, that

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we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O Lord,
how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may
rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad
according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and

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the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work
appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us. And establish thou the works of our hands
upon us. Yea, the work of our hands establish thou.
It God's word reminds us he is everlasting. He was,

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he is, and he is yet to come. Meaning he
is our past, present, and future. He is our constant
in this changing world. We can dwell in his safety,
for all the days of our lives, and we can
rest securely in His hands every night, and one day

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we will dwell in His holy place for eternity, where
our bodies will be restored and our souls will be replenished.
Breathe in and out slowly, close your eyes and imagine
a seed planted firmly in the ground, springing up through

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the soil in the morning, looking for the sun's light
to nourish it and help it grow. Without water, the
sun's rays become too intense, and the sprout becomes dry
and withered by sundown, like the plant. By evening, we

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are dry and withered due to the trouble and sorrow
we face in this world. To night, drink from the
Lord's eternal springs and allow him to refresh your mind, body,
and soul. We can never hide our sins from God,
our secret sins, the darkness within us is always brought

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to light in His presence. So to night, let's not
hold on to our sins and struggles, but let's release
them to God. Confession is not to inform God of
our sins, but to come to God with our sins
to be redeemed and restored by His grace and love.

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Acknowledge any unconfessed sin before the Lord. Ask for his
help to break free from the sin that weighs you down.
Take a deep breath, lift your sin and shame to
the Lord. Exhale slowly and feel awake. Lift off your shoulders.

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Feel your heart lightened as God takes away your sin
and covers you with his forgiveness. Know His mercies are
new for you every morning. Rejoice in his unfailing love
and compassion. Thank the Lord for fully knowing you and

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fully loving you. Thank him for pouring out his favor
upon you and setting you apart for his work. Thank
him for the good days he has given you. Think
of a person who needs to experience God's forgiveness. To night,
Pray he will touch their hearts and shed light on

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their darkness. Pray he will release them from their guilt
and shame so that they may find rest. To night,
come to the Lord with your weariness and burdens and
find rest in him. Lay requests before him. Pray for
the Lord to teach you to number your days, to

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realize how fleeting time really is, so that you will
never take one day for granted, and you will strive
to do God's work every day. Pray for the Lord
to bless the work of your hands. Pray he will
help you find rest tonight to prepare you to be
productive in your work and in his mission tomorrow. Pray

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for the Lord to give you wisdom and understanding so
that you may receive His blessing and favor in this lifetime.
Pray he will help you rest in His truth tonight.
Take a deep breath, Exhale slowly, and release any stress
and tension that is still lingering from today. Know your

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life is in the hands of the Lord, in the
hands of the everlasting God, and he will be with
you wherever there you go until the end of time.
Invite God's presence as you sleep and find rest in
Him to night and satisfaction in Him tomorrow