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Abide Sleep Mediation - Story of David, Meditation on Perfect Love - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

• 0:15
  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to this sleep story from Abide. I'm Tyler.
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me tonight. As we invite you to
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: listen in as David determines that there is no reason
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: for him to fear, no matter what he faces, because
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: God is greater than his fear. Before we listen in
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: to David as he admits and conquers his fear. Get comfortable, relax,
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: and be ready to hear how one man's honesty and
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: confidence in God can help you with your own fears.
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: Close your eyes, take a deep breath.
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: And relax.
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: Breathe out all the worries of the day, and breathe
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: in the comforting presence of God's Holy Spirit. Let tension
• 1:17
  Speaker 1: leave your body as you dwell with God, certain that
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: He loves you and is with you now as well
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: as all through the night. With God, everything begins afresh.
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: The old has gone, the new is here. Let those
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: thoughts permeate every inch of your being to rid your
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: body of tension. Let your muscles relax. Start with your feet,
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: move up to your calves and your legs. Relax your
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: stomach and your shoulders, Let your neck in, your whole
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: body relax as your body relaxes, your mind can relax
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: as well and release your fears. Dear Heavenly Father, as
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: I prepare to sleep, I ask that you fill me
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: with the knowledge that you are greater than anything I fear.
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: Help me delay any fears and concerns at your feet.
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: Right now I can be confident that you are listening
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: and that you care deeply for me. I know you
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: are all loving and will act on my behalf. Even
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: as I sleep, I pray you would direct my dreams,
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: protect me from my stresses and worries. Take me on
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: your strong shoulders. In Jesus Christ, we pray Amen. With that,
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: Let's begin our story. David had been on the run
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: for quite a while now. He had been loyal to
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: King Saul, but Saul had betrayed him and sought to
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: kill him. David knew that King Saul was not just
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: going against him, but against God. Saul and David both
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: knew that God had chosen David to succeed Saul, yet
• 3:57
  Speaker 1: Saul refused to accept that. To combat his fears, David
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: liked to write songs. At one time he had written
• 4:09
  Speaker 1: songs to comfort King Saul, yet now he wrote them
• 4:14
  Speaker 1: to comfort himself. Writing down what was true about God
• 4:19
  Speaker 1: helped him remember who God was, which put his own
• 4:23
  Speaker 1: fears in their place. David pulled the slab of damp
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: clay in front of him and then picked up the
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: stiff reed to use as his writing tool.
• 4:36
  Speaker 2: He stuck the reed.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: In his mouth for a moment as he thought. As
• 4:41
  Speaker 1: was often the case, the words began to flow freely.
• 4:48
  Speaker 1: The Lord is my light in my salvation.
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: Whom shall I fear?
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: The Lord is the stronghold of my life? Of whom
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: shall I be afraid? What comfort these words brought him
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: as he sat in a dark cave. He reflected on
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: how the Lord was his light. The Lord was the
• 5:15
  Speaker 1: one who would ultimately rescue him. David knew better than
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: to trust in his own power, and as he spent
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: his life on the run, it brought him great joy
• 5:27
  Speaker 1: to remember that the Lord is his stronghold, and that
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: was much more secure than the most powerful fortress. Your
• 5:38
  Speaker 1: own fears become greatly diminished since God is your light,
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: salvation and stronghold. David looked into the cave's mouth and
• 5:51
  Speaker 1: could picture Saul and his mighty army coming after him.
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: He took a deep breath and wrote, when evildoers assail me,
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: to devour my flesh, my adversaries and foes, they shall
• 6:08
  Speaker 1: stumble and fall, though a host in camp against me,
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: My heart shall not fear.
• 6:18
  Speaker 2: Though war arise.
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: Against me, Yet I will be confident. Picture the Lord
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: standing at your side, with his mighty, heavenly army coming
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: against your fear. Let that image give you confidence. David
• 6:43
  Speaker 1: bowed his head to pray and to ponder what did
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: he want from the Lord. As he thought about it,
• 6:52
  Speaker 1: he knew with certainty one thing have I asked of
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: the Lord, that while I seek after, that I may
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: dwell in the house of the Lord all the days
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord,
• 7:09
  Speaker 1: and to inquire in his temple. More than anything, David
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: wanted to dwell in the house of the Lord, which
• 7:21
  Speaker 1: meant that he wanted to be in his presence. David
• 7:25
  Speaker 1: knew that God was with him even in this dark cave,
• 7:30
  Speaker 1: but he longed to worship him publicly before all of Israel.
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: His shoulders slumped as he thought about how he was
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: barred from the places he'd come to love. But then
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: another thought came to him. As he looked out over
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: the fields of Israel. Even on the run, he was
• 7:51
  Speaker 1: able to see God's handiwork. Yet he knew that the
• 7:56
  Speaker 1: Lord was even more beautiful than his creation, and he
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: found great comfort in that the beauty of the Lord
• 8:05
  Speaker 1: is overwhelming and awe inspiring. With these thoughts, David sat
• 8:18
  Speaker 1: up straighter and wrote, For he will hide me in
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: his shelter in the day of trouble. He will conceal
• 8:28
  Speaker 1: me under the cover of his tent. He will set
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: me high upon a rock. And now my head shall
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: be lifted up above my enemies round about me, and
• 8:41
  Speaker 1: I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy.
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: I will sing and make melody to the Lord. The
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: high ground was the best place for battle, and every
• 8:56
  Speaker 1: warrior wanted possession of it. The Lord kept him safe,
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: sheltered him, and set him upon the high rock. Even
• 9:07
  Speaker 1: if he wasn't on the literal high ground, he was
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: certainly on the spiritual high ground. God has set you
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: on the high ground spiritually, and you can make music
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: in your heart to him. David stood up and walked
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: outside the cave. He suddenly felt overwhelmed with all he'd
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: been through. He lifted his arms and said aloud, here,
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: and answer me. You have said, seek my face. My
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek.
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: That's what he was doing, seeking the Lord's face. He
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: had bowed his head, but now he lifted it up.
• 10:15
  Speaker 1: Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant,
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: awigh in anger, You who have been my help, cast me,
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: not off, Forsake me, not, o, God of my salvation.
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: David had cried out to God in anguish, his emotions
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: getting the best of him. But now he put his
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: arms down and put one foot down firmly to help
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: his body and heart follow his mind. For my father
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: take me up. This is what he knew to be true.
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: Even those who loved him most would at times fail him,
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: but the Lord would never turn him away. David went
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: back inside the cave. He sank down on the hard
• 11:15
  Speaker 1: floor and thought about Saul. Saul too had at one
• 11:21
  Speaker 1: time worshiped God, but now he had turned his back
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: on him. David never wanted to be guilty of that.
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: He knew how easy it would be to lose heart
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: and confidence in God because of his circumstances.
• 11:38
  Speaker 2: So he whispered under his breath, teach me your.
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  Speaker 1: Way, oh Lord, and lead me on a level path.
• 11:50
  Speaker 2: Because of my enemies.
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: Give me not up to the will of my adversaries,
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: For false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: out violence. It helped David to recognize that what others
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: said about him were lies. It comforted him to know
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: that God knew the truth. Yes, God knew, and was
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: watching over him every moment. He would never abandon him,
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: not even for a second. David picked up the read
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: and wrote boldly, I believe that I shall see the
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: goodness of the Lord in the land of the Living.
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: He committed these words to memory so that when difficult
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: things happen, he would remember the truth that God is
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: good and wants nothing but good for him. David didn't
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: know how long it would take for God to vindicate
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: him and put him on the throne. He didn't know
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: how long it would take for Saul to quit pursuing him.
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: But he did know one thing that he would tell
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: himself and those who followed him. Wait for the Lord.
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: Be strong and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: for the Lord. As you drift to sleep, let the
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  Speaker 1: silence of the night renew and refresh you. God is
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: in the silence and wants to whisper encouragement and assurance
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  Speaker 1: to your soul. He wants you to know His great
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  Speaker 1: love for you and fill you with strength even as
• 13:57
  Speaker 1: you sleep. As you rest, let's pray Psalm twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is my Light.
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: And my salvation. Whom shall I fear?
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me, to devour
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: my flesh, My adversaries and foes, they shall stumble and fall,
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: though a host in camp against me. My heart shall
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: not fear the war rise against me. Yet I will
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord,
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: That will I seek after?
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: all the days of my life, to behold the beauty.
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: Of the life Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: For he will hide me in his shelter. In the
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: day of trouble, he will conceal me under the cover
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock,
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: And now my head shall be lifted up above my
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: enemies round about me, and I will offer in his
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: tent sacrifices with shouts of joy. I will sing and
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: make melody to the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: cry aloud, Be gracious to me and answer me. You
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: have said, seek my face, My heart says to you,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: your face, Lord, do I seek? Hide not your face
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: from me. Turn not your servant away in anger. You,
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: who have been my help, cast me not off. Forsake me, not, o,
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: God of my salvation. For my mother and my father
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: have forsaken me. But the Lord will take me up.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: Teach me your way, o Lord, and lead me on
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: a level path. Because of my enemies. Give me not
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: up to the will of my adversaries. For false witnesses
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. I
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: in the land of the Living. Wait for the Lord.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Be strong and let your heart take courage.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: Yes, wait for the Lord.
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Your plans are better than mine. You always do things
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: perfectly at the perfect time because you know everything. Help
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: me to remember this, Lord, Help me to wait patiently
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: for you. Help me to be strong and take heart
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: and wait for you, my Lord. Rejoice, always pray without ceasing,
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  Speaker 1: give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will
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  Speaker 1: of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Let's listen again to this sleep story.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Take a deep breath and relax.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Breathe out all the worries of the day, and breathe
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: in the comforting presence of God's Holy Spirit. Let tension
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: leave your body as you dwell with God, certain that
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: He loves you and is with you now as well
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: as all through the night. With God, everything begins afresh.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: The old has gone, the new is here. Let those
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: thoughts permeate every inch of your being to rid your
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: body of tension. Let your muscles relax.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Start with your.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: Feet, move up to your calves and your legs. Relax
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: your stomach and your shoulders. Let your neck, in your
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: whole body.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: Relax.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: As your body relaxes, your mind can relax as well
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: and release your fears. Dear Heavenly Father, because I prepare
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: to sleep, I ask that you fill me with the
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: knowledge that you are greater than anything I fear. Help
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: me delay any fears and concerns at your feet. Right
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: now I can be confident that you are listening and
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: that you care deeply for me. I know you are
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: all loving and will act on my behalf. Even as
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: I sleep, I pray you would direct my dreams, protect
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: me from my stresses and worries, Take me on your
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: strong shoulders. In Jesus Christ, we pray Amen. With that,
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Let's begin our story. David had been on the run
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: for quite a while now. He had been loyal to
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: King Saul, but Saul had betrayed him and sought to
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: kill him. David knew that King Saul was not just
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: going against him, but against God. Saul and David both
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: knew that God had chosen David to succeed Saul, yet
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: Saul refused to accept that. To combat his fears, David
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: liked to write songs. At one time he had written
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: songs to comfort King Saul, yet now he wrote them
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: to comfort himself. Writing down what was true about God
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: helped him remember who God was, which put his own
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: fears in their place. David pulled the slab of damp
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: clay in front of him and then picked up the
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: stiff reed to use as his writing tool. He stuck
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: the reed in his mouth for a moment as he
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: thought as was often the case. The words began to
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: flow freely. The Lord is my light in my salvation.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Of my life.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Of whom shall I be afraid? What comfort these words
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: brought him As he sat in a dark cave. He
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: reflected on how the Lord was his light. The Lord
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: was the one who would ultimately rescue him. David knew
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: better than to trust in his own power, and as
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: he spent his life on the run, it brought him
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: great joy to remember that the Lord is his stronghold,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: and that was much more secure than the most powerful fortress.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Your own fears become greatly diminished, since God is your light,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: salvation and stronghold. David looked into the cave's mouth and
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: could picture Saul and his mighty army coming after him.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: He took a deep breath and wrote, when evildoers assail me,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: to devour my flesh, my adversaries and foes, they shall
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: stumble and fall, though a host in camp against me,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: My heart shall not fear. Though war arise against me,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Yet I will be confident. Picture the Lord standing at
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: your side, with his mighty, heavenly army coming against your fear.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Let that image give you confidence. David bowed his head
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: to pray and to ponder what did he want from
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: the Lord. Ass he thought about it, he knew with
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: certainty one thing have I asked of the Lord? That
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: will I seek after? That I may dwell in the
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: house of the Lord all the days of my life,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: in his temple. More than anything, David wanted to dwell
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: in the house of the Lord, which meant that he
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: wanted to be in his presence. David knew that God
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: was with him even in this dark cave, but he
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: longed to worship him publicly before all of Israel. His
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: shoulders slumped as he thought about how he was barred
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: from the places he'd come to love. But then another
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: thought came to him. As he looked out over the
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: fields of Israel. Even on the run, he was able
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: to see God's handiwork. Yet he knew that the Lord
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: was even more beautiful than his creation. He found great
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: comfort in that the beauty of the Lord is overwhelming
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: awe inspiring. With these thoughts, David sat up straighter and wrote,
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: for he will hide me in his shelter. In the
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: day of trouble, he will conceal me under the cover
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: And now my head shall be lifted up above my
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: enemies round about me, and I will offer in his
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: tent sacrifices with shouts of joy. I will sing and
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: make melody to the Lord. The high ground was the
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: best place for battle, and every warrior wanted possession of it.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: The Lord kept him safe, sheltered him, and set him
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: upon the high rock. Even if he wasn't on the
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: literal high ground, he was certainly on the spiritual high ground.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: God has set you on the high ground spiritually, and
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: you can make music in your heart to him. David
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: stood up and walked outside the cave. He suddenly felt
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: overwhelmed with all he'd been through. He lifted his arms
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: and said aloud, here, o Lord, when I cry aloud,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: be gracious to me and answer me.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: You have said, seek my face.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: My heart says to you your face, Lord, do I seek.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: That's what he was doing, seeking the Lord's face. He
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: had bowed his head, but now he lifted it up.
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: Hide not your face from me, Turn not your servant
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: awigh in anger, You, who have been my help, cast
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: me not off, Forsake me, not, o, God of my salvation.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: David had cried out to God in anguish, his emotions
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: getting the best of him. But now he put his
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: arms down and put one foot down firmly to help
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: his body and heart follow his mind. For my father
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: take me up. This is what he knew to be true.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: Even those who loved him most would at times fail him,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: but the Lord would never turn him away. David went
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: back inside the cave. He sank down on the hard
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: floor and thought about Saul. Saul too, had at one
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: time worshiped God, but now he had turned his back
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: on him. David never wanted to be guilty of that.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: He knew how easy it would be to lose heart
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: and confidence in God because of his circumstances.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: So he whispered under.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: His breath, teach me your way, oh Lord, and lead
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: me on a level path. Because of my enemies. Give
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: me not up to the will of my adversaries. For
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: violence and helped David to recognize that what others said
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: about him were lies. It comforted him to know that
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: God knew the truth. Yes, God knew and was watching
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: over him every moment. He would never abandon him, not
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: even for a second. David picked up the read and
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: wrote boldly, I believe that I shall see the goodness
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: of the Lord in the land of the living. He
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: committed these words to memory so that when difficult things happen,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: he would remember the truth that God is good and
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: wants nothing but good for him. David didn't know how
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: long it would take for God to vindicate him and
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: put him on the throne. He didn't know how how
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  Speaker 1: long it would take for Saul to quit pursuing him.
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  Speaker 1: But he did know one thing that he would tell
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  Speaker 1: himself and those who followed him. Wait for the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord. As you drift to sleep, let the
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  Speaker 1: silence of the night renew and refresh you. God is
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  Speaker 1: in the silence and wants to whisper encouragement and assurance
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  Speaker 1: to your soul. He wants you to know His great
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  Speaker 1: love for you and fill you with strength even as
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  Speaker 1: you sleep. As you rest, let's pray Psalm twenty seven.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord