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Abide_in_God_s_Heart__Anxiety_Relief_Meditation_-_Restful_Night_s_Sleep(M4A_ · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Abide Meditation has everything you need for peaceful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Download Abide from the app Store today. Hello and welcome
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  Speaker 1: to this sleep story from Abide. I'm Tyler. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: joining me for tonight's story. God is Peace. You'll fall
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  Speaker 1: asleep as you rest in the embrace of a loving
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  Speaker 1: God who blesses his children with peace that passes all understanding.
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  Speaker 1: You serve a God who cares for your every need.
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  Speaker 1: He watches over you and protects you even when you forget.
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  Speaker 1: He's there. During the day, He's directing your every step.
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  Speaker 1: That night, he's guiding your every breath. He picks you
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  Speaker 1: up when you stumble. He carries you when you can't
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  Speaker 1: go on. No matter what you've done in the past
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  Speaker 1: or present, he loves you, and because of this you
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  Speaker 1: can rest peacefully through the night. Long ago, King David
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  Speaker 1: wrote about the piece he enjoyed as he slept under
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  Speaker 1: the starlit skies of Jerusalem. David knew that the enemies
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  Speaker 1: of Israel wanted him to fail, But David also knew
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  Speaker 1: that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was right
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  Speaker 1: there by his side. This is what David wrote, and
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  Speaker 1: so four verse eight in Peace, I will lie down
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  Speaker 1: and sleep for you alone, O Lord will keep me safe.
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  Speaker 1: The same is true for you. The God who watched
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  Speaker 1: over the greatest earthly king in Israel's history is watching
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  Speaker 1: over you. He's the all powerful God who created the
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  Speaker 1: mammals and the fish, the mountains and the seas, the
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  Speaker 1: sun and the stars merely by speaking, and on the
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  Speaker 1: seventh day he rested. Sleep is a marvelous gift from
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  Speaker 1: a loving God. It's a time to relax and recover,
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  Speaker 1: and to rest in the arms of the God who
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  Speaker 1: made you. It's a time to hand all your troubles
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  Speaker 1: to God and to receive all his blessings. Take a
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  Speaker 1: few moments now to make sure everything around you is
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  Speaker 1: just the way you want it for a great night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: The temperature, the lights, you're betting, your pillow. If you
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  Speaker 1: need to pause the story while I'm talking, that's perfectly fine.
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  Speaker 1: You can continue the story when you return. Stretch out
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  Speaker 1: your arms and your legs, wiggle your fingers and your toes.
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  Speaker 1: Revel and the sensation of your muscles. Finally getting a
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  Speaker 1: much deserved break, Take a deep, relaxing breath. Hold it
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  Speaker 1: there for a moment now, exhale, continue breathing slowly and deeply,
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  Speaker 1: as you hand all your troubles to God, all of them.
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  Speaker 1: He's all power, all loving. He's the sovereign God who
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  Speaker 1: reigns over every area of your life. Hand him whatever
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  Speaker 1: you're thinking about, your work, your school, your home, life.
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  Speaker 1: He created everything in this vast universe. He knows the
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  Speaker 1: number of hairs on your head, in grains of sand
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  Speaker 1: on the beach. He takes care of his creation. He redeems,
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  Speaker 1: he restores, He will take care of you. As you
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  Speaker 1: lie in bed, open the palms of your hands and
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  Speaker 1: accept God's perfect peace. Imagine it's flooding all over you.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a long day, and you've probably looked forward
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  Speaker 1: to this moment. It's finally here. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: think about the things of this world. Right now. You
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  Speaker 1: can unwind as you rest in God's promises. As you
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  Speaker 1: fall asleep in the loving arms of your Savior. The
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  Speaker 1: peace that passes all understanding is yours. The God of
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  Speaker 1: the universe is present with you right now. Dear Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for this child of yours. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: creating them, loving them and taking care of them. I
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  Speaker 1: pray now that they will sense your presence and your
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  Speaker 1: peace in a mighty way. I pray that they will
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  Speaker 1: know you are watching over them and protecting them. Father,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for their many blessings. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: their gifts and talents. Thank you for drawing them to
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  Speaker 1: yourself tonight, and for giving them a heart for you. You
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  Speaker 1: created them for a purpose, and you have a special
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  Speaker 1: plan for them in your kingdom. Thank you for giving
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  Speaker 1: this child a time to rest and the assurance of
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  Speaker 1: your joy, your patience, your peace. I ask that you
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  Speaker 1: will bless them throughout the night, Grant them sweet dreams,
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  Speaker 1: help them to wake up refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to
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  Speaker 1: serve you another day. I know they are safe in
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  Speaker 1: the loving arms of the Savior, who never sleeps nor slumbers,
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  Speaker 1: who was always protecting the ones he loves. Amen, you
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  Speaker 1: can have peace throughout the night because God is sovereign.
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  Speaker 1: He opposes the wicked and the proud. He stands firm
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  Speaker 1: against evil tyrants and corrupt nations. Yet he upholds and
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  Speaker 1: protects his children. He's protecting you. God is like a
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  Speaker 1: loving shepherd, watching over and guarding his sheep. He never
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  Speaker 1: falls asleep, he never looks away. He's always on guard
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  Speaker 1: on the lookout as his children rest comfortably throughout the night.
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  Speaker 1: God is present everywhere, and He's present right here with you.
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  Speaker 1: Long ago, the ancient Israelites sang about the peace they
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  Speaker 1: experienced because of God's sovereign protection over them. Enemies surrounded
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  Speaker 1: ancient Israel, yet God's people knew that the King of
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  Speaker 1: the universe was on their side. God is on your
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  Speaker 1: side too. The Israelites song is found in the ninth
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  Speaker 1: chapter of the Book of Psalms. It's easy to imagine
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  Speaker 1: thousands of God's children gathered in and around the temple,
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  Speaker 1: singing these words with all their might, hands lifted high, picture.
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  Speaker 1: I will give thanks to you Lord with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will
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  Speaker 1: be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing the
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  Speaker 1: praises of your name, Oh most High, My enemies turn back,
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  Speaker 1: they stumble and perish before you, For you have upheld
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  Speaker 1: my right and my cause. Sitting enthroned as the righteous judge,
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  Speaker 1: you have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked. You
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  Speaker 1: have blotted out their name forever, endeavor endless Ruin has
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  Speaker 1: overtaken my enemies. You have uprooted their cities, even the
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  Speaker 1: memory of them has perished. The Lord Lord reigns forever.
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  Speaker 1: He has established his throne for judgment. He rules the
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  Speaker 1: world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in
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  Speaker 1: times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you,
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  Speaker 1: For you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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  Speaker 1: Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion, proclaim
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  Speaker 1: among the nations what he has done. For he who
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  Speaker 1: avenges blood remembers. He does not ignore the cries of
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  Speaker 1: the afflicted. The Lord is known by his acts of justice.
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  Speaker 1: The wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
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  Speaker 1: The wicked go down to the of the dead. All
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  Speaker 1: the nations that forget God, but God will never forget
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  Speaker 1: the needy. The hope of the afflicted will never perish.
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  Speaker 1: The peace that the Israelites experienced is the same peace
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  Speaker 1: that God is granting you tonight. It's a peace that
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  Speaker 1: is possible because of God's sovereign care for you. He
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  Speaker 1: loves you no matter what you've done. He protects you
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  Speaker 1: no matter where you go. This peace is possible because
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  Speaker 1: of God's power. He decides when nations rise and fall.
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  Speaker 1: He controls the seas, he guides the wind. Nothing happens
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  Speaker 1: on this earth without his permission. He is the Lord
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  Speaker 1: overall creation, and the Lord over your life too. You
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  Speaker 1: can sleep tonight in peace because the God of Sleep
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  Speaker 1: is with you. He created sleep for your good and
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  Speaker 1: for his glory. King David often sang about God's power
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  Speaker 1: and God's peace. David knew that the power of God
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  Speaker 1: was the reason he could sleep peacefully through the night.
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  Speaker 1: David sang about it in Psalm chapter twenty nine. It
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  Speaker 1: was a song that reminded the Israelites of God's strength
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  Speaker 1: and God's care for them. It was a song that
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  Speaker 1: reminded the israeliides that God was on their side. Rest
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  Speaker 1: peacefully as I read this comforting Psalm, Ascribe to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: you heavenly beings. Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
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  Speaker 1: Ascribe to the Lord the Glory do his name. Worship
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  Speaker 1: the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. The voice
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord is over the waters. The God of
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  Speaker 1: Glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty waters. The
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  Speaker 1: voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord breaks in peaces the cedars of Lebanon. He
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  Speaker 1: makes Lebanon leap like a cat, half Syrian, like a
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  Speaker 1: young wild ox. The voice of the Lord strikes with
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  Speaker 1: flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh. The voice of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forest's bear.
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  Speaker 1: And in his temple all cry glory. The Lord sits
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  Speaker 1: enthroned over the flood. The Lord is enthroned as king forever.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord blesses
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  Speaker 1: his people with peace. Nothing can separate you from God's
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  Speaker 1: sovereign care. He's a powerful god who defeats his enemies,
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  Speaker 1: vanquishes his foes, and defends his children. He will never
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  Speaker 1: forget you, he will never forsake you. You can have
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  Speaker 1: peace through the night because your creator is right there
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  Speaker 1: with you. He's the god of Moses and David. He's
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  Speaker 1: the god of Rahab and Ruth. He's the God of Mary, Peter, James,
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  Speaker 1: and John. The same piece he gave them is the
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  Speaker 1: same piece he gives you. He cared for them, just
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  Speaker 1: as He cares for you. Israelites often saying about God's
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  Speaker 1: loving care for them, and a song we know as
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  Speaker 1: Psalm ninety one. It's a song that embraces God as
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  Speaker 1: their refuge, their fortress. It's a song that reminded them
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  Speaker 1: that God is their salvation. Relax as I read this
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  Speaker 1: comforting passage. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most
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  Speaker 1: High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I
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  Speaker 1: will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and
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  Speaker 1: my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely he
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  Speaker 1: will save you from the fowler's snare and from the
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  Speaker 1: deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and
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  Speaker 1: under his wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness will
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  Speaker 1: be your shield and rampart. Will not fear the terror
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  Speaker 1: of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor
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  Speaker 1: the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague
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  Speaker 1: that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side,
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not
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  Speaker 1: come near you. You will only observe with your eyes
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  Speaker 1: and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is my refuge, and you make the most
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  Speaker 1: high your dwelling. No harm will overtake you, no disaster
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  Speaker 1: will come near your tent. For He will command his
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  Speaker 1: angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
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  Speaker 1: They will lift you up in their hands so that
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  Speaker 1: you will not strike your foot against a stone. Because
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  Speaker 1: he loves me, says the Lord. I will rescue him.
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  Speaker 1: I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He
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  Speaker 1: will call on me, and I will answer him. I
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  Speaker 1: will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him
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  Speaker 1: and honor him with long life. I will satisfy him
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  Speaker 1: and show him my salvation. God is your rescuer. He
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  Speaker 1: is your deliverer. He is your refuge and fortress. He
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  Speaker 1: is your protector and watchman. Throughout the night, he draws
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  Speaker 1: near to those who draw near to him. You can
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  Speaker 1: rest peacefully tonight, knowing that the God of the universe
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  Speaker 1: is holding you in the palm of his hands. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one hundred nineteen was a special song for the Israelites.
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  Speaker 1: It reminded them that they served a holy God who
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  Speaker 1: protected his people, a God who revealed himself to them
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  Speaker 1: in his written word. He's a God who wants to
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  Speaker 1: love his people and who wants to be loved in return.
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  Speaker 1: He's a god who lavishes peace and joy on those
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  Speaker 1: he calls his children. He's a God worthy of worship.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in peace as I read portions of Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: hundred nineteen. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who
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  Speaker 1: walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are
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  Speaker 1: those who keep his statutes in seek him with all
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  Speaker 1: their heart. They do no wrong, but follow his ways.
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  Speaker 1: I will praise you with an upright heart as I
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  Speaker 1: learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: have hidden your word in my heart that I might
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  Speaker 1: not sin against you. Praise be to you Lord. Teach
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  Speaker 1: me your decrees with my lips. I recount all the
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  Speaker 1: laws that come from your mouth. I rejoice in following
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  Speaker 1: your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate
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  Speaker 1: on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. I will not neglect your word. Teach me, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the way of your decrees, that I may follow it
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  Speaker 1: to the end. Give me understanding, so that I may
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  Speaker 1: keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Direct me in the path of your commands. For there
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  Speaker 1: I find delight. Turn my heart towards your statutes and
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  Speaker 1: not towards selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. How
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  Speaker 1: I long for your precepts and your righteousness. Preserve my life.
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  Speaker 1: You are my poortion. Lord. I have promised to obey
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  Speaker 1: your words. I have sought your face with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Be gracious to me according to your promise, considered my ways,
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  Speaker 1: and have turned my steps to your statutes. I will
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  Speaker 1: hasten and not delay to obey your commands. The earth
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  Speaker 1: is filled with your love. Lord. Teach me your decrees.
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  Speaker 1: Your hands made me informed me. Give me understanding to
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  Speaker 1: learn your commands. May your unfailing love be my comfort.
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  Speaker 1: According to your promise to your servant, Let your compassion
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  Speaker 1: come to me that I may live. For your law
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  Speaker 1: is my delight. May the arrogant be put to shame
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  Speaker 1: for wronging me without cause, But I will meditate on
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. May those who fear you turn to me
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  Speaker 1: those who understand your statutes. May I wholeheartedly follow your
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  Speaker 1: decrees that I may not be put to shame. Your word,
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  Speaker 1: Lord is eternal. It stands firm in the heavens. Your
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  Speaker 1: faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: it endures. Your law is endure to this day. For
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  Speaker 1: all things serve you. If your law had not been
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  Speaker 1: my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I
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  Speaker 1: will never forget your precepts, for by them you have
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  Speaker 1: preserved my life. Save me, for I am yours. I
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  Speaker 1: have sought out your precepts. How I love your law.
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  Speaker 1: I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are
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  Speaker 1: always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
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  Speaker 1: I have more insight than all my teachers, for I
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your statutes. I have kept my feet from
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  Speaker 1: every evil path so that I might obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: I have not departed from your laws, for you, yourself,
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  Speaker 1: have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste,
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  Speaker 1: sweeter than honey to my mouth. I gain understanding from
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. Therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is a lamp from my feet, a light on my path.
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  Speaker 1: I have taken an oath and confirmed it that I
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  Speaker 1: will follow your righteous laws. I have suffered much preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life, Lord, according to your word, Accept Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
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  Speaker 1: Your statutes are my heritage forever. They are the joy
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  Speaker 1: of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your
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  Speaker 1: decrees to the very end. Your statutes are wonderful. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light.
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  Speaker 1: It gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth
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  Speaker 1: and pant longing for your commands. Turn to me and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, as you always do to those
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  Speaker 1: who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from human oppression,
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey your precepts. Make your face shine
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  Speaker 1: on your servant, and teach me your decrees. You are righteous, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid
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  Speaker 1: down are righteous. They are fully trustworthy. My zeal wears
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  Speaker 1: me out for my enemies ignore your words. Your promises
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  Speaker 1: have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. Your
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  Speaker 1: righteousness is everlasting, and your law is true. Your statutes
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  Speaker 1: are always righteous. Give me understanding that I may live.
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  Speaker 1: May my cry come before you, Lord, Give me understanding
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  Speaker 1: according to your word. May my supplication come before you
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  Speaker 1: deliver me according to your promise. May my lips overflow
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  Speaker 1: with praise for you teach me your decrees. May my
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  Speaker 1: tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
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  Speaker 1: May your hand be ready to help me, for I
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  Speaker 1: have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Oh Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
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  Speaker 1: The all powerful, indescribable, infinite God of the universe is
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  Speaker 1: with you tonight, and because of that you can rest
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  Speaker 1: in peace. Let these words of Psalm one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty one come for you. I lift up my eyes
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  Speaker 1: to the mountains. Where does my help come from. My
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  Speaker 1: help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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  Speaker 1: He will not let your foot slip. He who watches
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  Speaker 1: over you will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over
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  Speaker 1: Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The
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  Speaker 1: sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon
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  Speaker 1: by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm.
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  Speaker 1: You will watch over your life. The Lord will watch
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  Speaker 1: over your coming and going both now and forever. Let
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  Speaker 1: me pray over you, dear Father. You are the God
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  Speaker 1: of peace. You are the God of all things that
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  Speaker 1: are good. Your creation testifies to your glory and your
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  Speaker 1: loving kindness. Thank you for this child of yours. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for giving them this time to rest and to recover.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for this time they had with you, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you for the gift of sleep. Father. I pray
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  Speaker 1: blessings on them tonight. Grant them sweet dreams about you.
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  Speaker 1: Help them to wake up refreshed. In Jesus' name, I
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  Speaker 1: pray Amen. May the Lord of Peace himself give you
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  Speaker 1: peace at all times and in every way. Tonight. You
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  Speaker 1: are loved. Thanks for listening to this Abide sleep story.
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  Speaker 1: God is love. The love of God is they'remeasurable, it's unchanging,
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  Speaker 1: it's indescribable. Because God loves you so much, you can
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  Speaker 1: sleep through the night in peace. God loves you. No
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  Speaker 1: matter what you've done in the past, and no matter
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  Speaker 1: what you will do in the future, Nothing can separate
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  Speaker 1: you from His infinite, all consuming, uncontainable love. It's always
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  Speaker 1: pursuing you and always drawing you back to himself. His
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  Speaker 1: love for you is unconditional. His love is the reason
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  Speaker 1: you exist and the reason behind every breath you take.
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  Speaker 1: It's the reason he sent his son Jesus to earth,
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  Speaker 1: and the reason Jesus rose from the grave. It's also
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  Speaker 1: the reason he will come back one day. The love
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  Speaker 1: of God is the source of every blessing in life.
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  Speaker 1: It makes life worth living. God guides your every step
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  Speaker 1: during the day, and he guides your every breath during
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  Speaker 1: the night. He's watching over you and protecting you even
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  Speaker 1: when you don't know it. And it's all because He
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  Speaker 1: loves you. The Bible even says God is love. Love
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  Speaker 1: is part of his character. It's who he is. And
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  Speaker 1: because of God's love, you are a part of his family.
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  Speaker 1: God will never stop loving you. He will never forget you,
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  Speaker 1: he will never abandon you. He will always be right there,
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  Speaker 1: right by your side. For tonight's story, we'll travel through
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  Speaker 1: the Psalms as we explore the many facets of God's love.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that pursues us and forgives. It's a
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  Speaker 1: love that protects and provides. Prepare to relax, unwind, and
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  Speaker 1: fall peacefully to sleep in the arms of your creator,
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  Speaker 1: the lover of your soul. As you prepare for a
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  Speaker 1: night of RESTful sleep. Begin by making sure everything around
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  Speaker 1: you is just the way you want it. Your pillow,
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  Speaker 1: your sheet, your blanket, the temperature, even the lights. If
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  Speaker 1: you need to walk around your room for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: feel free to hit pause on the app. You can
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  Speaker 1: pick up right where you left off when you return.
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  Speaker 1: Once you have everything ready, and once you're relaxing snugly
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  Speaker 1: in your bed, then begin by handing all your troubles
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  Speaker 1: to God. He's the sovereign creator of the heavens and
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  Speaker 1: the earth. He can care for your every need. Let
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  Speaker 1: him do that tonight for you. In return, accept his
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  Speaker 1: perfect peace and his perfect patience. It's time to relax
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  Speaker 1: and quietly rejoice in the warm comforts of your bed.
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  Speaker 1: The day is over, Your work is done. Stretch out
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  Speaker 1: your arms in your legs now do the same with
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  Speaker 1: your fingers and your toes. Enjoy the sensation of your
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  Speaker 1: muscles getting a much needed break. Let your head sink
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  Speaker 1: ever so slowly into the pillow. Put your muscles in
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  Speaker 1: your neck and your shoulders. Relax. Take a deep, relaxing breath,
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  Speaker 1: and as you do, picture yourself inhaling the very peace
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  Speaker 1: of God. Hold your breath for a split second. Now
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  Speaker 1: breathe out. As you exhale, picture yourself handing anything to
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  Speaker 1: God that is still lingering in your mind. Hand him
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts from work, from your family, life, from school.
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  Speaker 1: Ensure that your only thoughts are on God, his love
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  Speaker 1: for you, and the peace he's giving you for a
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  Speaker 1: RESTful night's sleep. All day long, you've looked forward to
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  Speaker 1: this moment of quiet stillness. That time has come. Let
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  Speaker 1: me pray for you, Father, Thank you for this child
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  Speaker 1: of God. Thank you for the many blessings in their life,
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  Speaker 1: their food, their dwelling, their friends, and their family. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for the many things we often overlook for, a
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  Speaker 1: bed to sleep in and a pillow to lay our
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  Speaker 1: head on. Thank you most of all for your love. Father,
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  Speaker 1: Draw this child of yours close to you tonight. Stretch
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  Speaker 1: your arms around them and help them feel your warm embrace.
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  Speaker 1: Grant them your perfect peace. I ask that you will
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  Speaker 1: watch over and protect them, Bless them with sweet dreams. Father,
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  Speaker 1: help their aching body relax, unwind and recover. Father, I
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  Speaker 1: ask that they will wake up in the morning with
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  Speaker 1: energy and purpose, ready to serve in your kingdom another day.
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  Speaker 1: I pray the words of Psalm for verse eight on
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours, David wrote, I can lie down
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  Speaker 1: and sleep soundly because you Lord will keep me safe. Father,
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  Speaker 1: help this child of yours sleep soundly, keep them safe
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus' precious name, I pray, Amen. You can sleep
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  Speaker 1: in peace tonight knowing that the Lord of all creation
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  Speaker 1: loves and protects you. You can sleep in peace knowing
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  Speaker 1: that your identity is found in Him and not in
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  Speaker 1: the world. The same God who drew Abraham, Isaac and
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  Speaker 1: Jacob to himself is the same God who is drawing you.
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  Speaker 1: Long ago, in ancient Israel, God's people would gather at
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  Speaker 1: the temple and sing about God's love. Their voices would
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  Speaker 1: carry throughout the temple and throughout Jerusalem, allowing anyone in
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  Speaker 1: rage to hear about God's mighty works. One of these
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  Speaker 1: songs is found in Psalm one hundred and eighteen. Give
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love
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  Speaker 1: endures forever. Let Israel say his love endures forever. Let
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  Speaker 1: the House of Aaron say his love endures forever. Let
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  Speaker 1: those who fear the Lord's say his love endures forever.
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  Speaker 1: When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord, he brought
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  Speaker 1: me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me.
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  Speaker 1: I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do
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  Speaker 1: to me. The Lord is with me. He is my helper.
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  Speaker 1: I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better
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  Speaker 1: to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.
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  Speaker 1: It is better to take refuge in the Lord than
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  Speaker 1: to trust in princes. All the nations surrounded me, but
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord, I cut them down.
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  Speaker 1: I was pushed back and about to fall, but the
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  Speaker 1: Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my defense.
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  Speaker 1: He has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory
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  Speaker 1: resound in the tents of the righteous. The Lord's right
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  Speaker 1: hand has done mighty things. The Lord's right hand is
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  Speaker 1: lifted high. The Lord's right hand has done mighty things.
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  Speaker 1: I will not die, but live and will proclaim what
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has done. Open for me the gates of
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  Speaker 1: the righteous. I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: This is the gate of the Lord through which the
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  Speaker 1: righteous may enter. I will give you thanks for you
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  Speaker 1: answered me. You have become my salvation. The stone the
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  Speaker 1: builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord has done this,
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  Speaker 1: and it is marvelous in our eyes. The Lord has
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  Speaker 1: done it this very day. Let us rejoice today and
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  Speaker 1: be glad. Lord, save us, Lord, grant us success. Blessed
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  Speaker 1: is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: From the house of the Lord, we bless you. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is God, and he has made his light shine
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  Speaker 1: on us. With bows and hand join in the festal
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  Speaker 1: procession up to the horns of the altar. You are
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  Speaker 1: my God, and I will praise you. You are my God,
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  Speaker 1: and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: for he is good endures forever. Thank you Lord for
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  Speaker 1: loving this child of yours. Amen. God's love is a
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  Speaker 1: pursuing love. It's a love that pursues you, runs after you.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that forgives and doesn't remember. It's a
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  Speaker 1: love that restores and renews. It's a love full of
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  Speaker 1: grace and truth. It's a love filled with new beginnings
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  Speaker 1: and new mercies for you every morning. King David wrote
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  Speaker 1: about God's pursuing and protecting love in a famous song
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  Speaker 1: we know as Psalm twenty three. When the Israelites sang
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  Speaker 1: it's lyrics, they were reminded of God's uncontainable love. They
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  Speaker 1: were reminded that no matter where they go in life,
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  Speaker 1: God was watching over them, protecting them. The same is
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  Speaker 1: true for you. It's easy to imagine the Israelites gathered
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  Speaker 1: together in Solomon's temple, men and women, young and old alike,
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  Speaker 1: smiling and singing praises to the Lord, hands lifted high
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  Speaker 1: as they thank God for his all, pursuing all, protecting love.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is my shepherd. I have all that I need.
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  Speaker 1: He lets me rest in green meadows. He leaves me
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  Speaker 1: beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me
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  Speaker 1: along right paths, bringing honor to His name. Even when
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  Speaker 1: I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid,
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  Speaker 1: for you are close beside me. Your rod and your
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  Speaker 1: staff protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for
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  Speaker 1: me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me
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  Speaker 1: by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.
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  Speaker 1: Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all
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  Speaker 1: the days of my life, and I will live in
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  Speaker 1: the House of the Lord forever. God's love is the
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  Speaker 1: reason you can have peace. You can feel safe because
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  Speaker 1: you are safe in his loving arms. He is the
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  Speaker 1: creator of the mountains, and the seas. He is the
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  Speaker 1: maker of the hills and the valleys. He spread the
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  Speaker 1: sand along the sea shore, and the stars across the sky.
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  Speaker 1: He is a powerful god beyond description, and he considers
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  Speaker 1: us the pinnacle of his creation. He created us in
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  Speaker 1: order to love us, and in order for us to
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  Speaker 1: love him. Long ago, the Israelites would gather in Solomon's
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  Speaker 1: temple and sing about the peace God provides when enemies
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  Speaker 1: were all around. This song was to be sung by
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  Speaker 1: sopranos or female voices. We know it as Psalm forty six.
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  Speaker 1: God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help
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  Speaker 1: in times of trouble, So we will not fear. When
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  Speaker 1: earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea, Let
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  Speaker 1: the oceans roar and foam, Let the mountains tremble as
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  Speaker 1: the waters surge. A river brings joy to the city
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  Speaker 1: of our God. The sacred home of the Most High
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  Speaker 1: God dwells in that city. It cannot be destroyed. From
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  Speaker 1: the very break of day. God will protect it. The
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  Speaker 1: nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble. God's voice
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  Speaker 1: thunders and the earth melts. The Lord of Heaven's armies
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  Speaker 1: is here among us. The God of Israel is our fortress.
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  Speaker 1: Come see the glorious works of the Lord. See how
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  Speaker 1: he brings destruction upon the world. He causes wars to
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  Speaker 1: end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps
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  Speaker 1: the spear. He burns the shields with fire. Be still
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  Speaker 1: and know that I am God. I will be honored
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  Speaker 1: by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord of Heaven's armies is here among us. The
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  Speaker 1: God of Israel is our fortress. God's love is the
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  Speaker 1: reason you were created. You were part of his plan
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  Speaker 1: before he formed Adam and Eve, before he made the
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  Speaker 1: heavens and the earth, and even before he made light itself.
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  Speaker 1: God was thinking about you before the universe ever existed.
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  Speaker 1: His plan for you is for your good and for
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  Speaker 1: his glory. King David penned a song about God's marvelous
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  Speaker 1: handiwork in creating each one of us. David's song eventually
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  Speaker 1: became what we know as Psalm one thirty nine. When
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites sang it, they were reminded of God's creative
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  Speaker 1: love for each one of his children. That very thought
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  Speaker 1: drew the israel Lites to worship O Lord, you have
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  Speaker 1: examined my heart and know everything about me. You know
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  Speaker 1: when I sit down or stand up. You know my
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  Speaker 1: thoughts even when I'm far away. You see me when
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  Speaker 1: I travel and when I rest at home. You know
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  Speaker 1: everything I do. You know what I'm going to say,
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  Speaker 1: even before I say it. Lord, you go before me
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  Speaker 1: and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on
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  Speaker 1: my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too
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  Speaker 1: great for me to understand. I can never escape from
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  Speaker 1: your spirit. I can never get away from your presence.
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  Speaker 1: If I go up to heaven, you're there. If I
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  Speaker 1: go down to the grave, you are there. If I
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  Speaker 1: ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by
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  Speaker 1: the farthest oceans, even there, your hand will guide me.
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  Speaker 1: Then your strength will support me. I could ask the
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  Speaker 1: darkness to hide me, and the light around me to
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  Speaker 1: become night. But even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
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  Speaker 1: To you, the night shines as bright as day. Darkness
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  Speaker 1: and light are the same. To you, You made all
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  Speaker 1: the delicate inner parts of my body and knit me
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  Speaker 1: together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me
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  Speaker 1: so wonderfully complex. Your workmanship is marvelous. How well I
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  Speaker 1: know it You watched me as I was being formed
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  Speaker 1: in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the
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  Speaker 1: dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.
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  Speaker 1: Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
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  Speaker 1: Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
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  Speaker 1: How precious are your thoughts about me? God, They cannot
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  Speaker 1: be numbered. I can't even count them. They outnumber the
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  Speaker 1: grains of sand. And when I wake up, you are
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  Speaker 1: still with me. Search me, o, God, and know my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything
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  Speaker 1: in me that offends you, and lead me along the
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  Speaker 1: path of everlasting life. The love of God is a saving,
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  Speaker 1: redeeming love. It's a love that heals troubled souls and
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  Speaker 1: restores broken lives. It's a love overflowing with grace and mercy.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that never gives up on you, and
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  Speaker 1: that forgives you again and again and again. It's a
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  Speaker 1: love that only once what is best for you. Thousands
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  Speaker 1: of years ago, the ancient Israelites saying about the redeeming
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  Speaker 1: love of God as they gathered in the Temple of Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 1: They sang about the love and compassion of a holy
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  Speaker 1: God who is full of grace and mercy. They sang
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  Speaker 1: about his restoring power and his infinite love. Later this
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  Speaker 1: song became known as Psalm one hundred three. Praise the
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  Speaker 1: Lord my soul, all my inmost being, Praise his holy name.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
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  Speaker 1: who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
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  Speaker 1: Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you
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  Speaker 1: with love and compassion, Who satisfies your desires with good things,
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  Speaker 1: so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He
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  Speaker 1: may known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the
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  Speaker 1: people of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow
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  Speaker 1: to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse,
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  Speaker 1: nor will he harbor his anger forever. He does not
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  Speaker 1: treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according
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  Speaker 1: to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are
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  Speaker 1: above the earth, so great is his love for those
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  Speaker 1: who fear him. As far as the east is from
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  Speaker 1: the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us,
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  Speaker 1: As a father has compassion on his children. So the
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  Speaker 1: Lord has compassion on those who fear him, For he
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  Speaker 1: knows how we are formed. He remembers that we are dust.
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  Speaker 1: The life of mortals. It is like grass. They flourish
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  Speaker 1: like a flower of the field. The wind blows over it,
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  Speaker 1: and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more,
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  Speaker 1: but from everlasting to everlasting. The Lord's love is with
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  Speaker 1: those who fear him and his righteousness, with their children's children,
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  Speaker 1: with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey
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  Speaker 1: his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and his kingdom rules overall. Praise the Lord, you his angels,
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  Speaker 1: you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord all his heavenly hosts, you his servants
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  Speaker 1: who do his will. Praise the Lord all his works
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  Speaker 1: everywhere in his dominion. Praise the Lord, my soul. Because
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  Speaker 1: God loves you, you can love him. He is worthy
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  Speaker 1: of worship and praise. The ancient Israelites often sang about
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  Speaker 1: God's love in a tune that became Psalm one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and four. As you fall asleep, let this be your prayer.
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  Speaker 1: Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord,
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  Speaker 1: my God, how great you are. You are robed with
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  Speaker 1: honor and majesty. You are dressed in a robe of light.
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  Speaker 1: You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens. You
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  Speaker 1: lay out the rafters of your home in the clouds.
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  Speaker 1: You make the clouds your chariot. You ride upon the
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  Speaker 1: wings of the wind. The winds are your messengers. Flames
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  Speaker 1: of fire are your servants. You placed the world on
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  Speaker 1: its foundation so it would never be moved. You clothed
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  Speaker 1: the earth with floods of water, water that covered even
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  Speaker 1: the mountains. At your command. The water fled at the
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  Speaker 1: sound of your thunder. It hurried away, Mountains rose, and
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  Speaker 1: valleys sank to the levels you decreed. Then you set
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  Speaker 1: a firm boundary for the seas, so that they would
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  Speaker 1: never again cover the earth. You make springs pour water
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  Speaker 1: into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.
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  Speaker 1: They provide water for all the animals, and the wild
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  Speaker 1: donkeys quench their thirst. The birds nest beside the streams
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  Speaker 1: and sing among the branches of the trees. You send
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  Speaker 1: rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you
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  Speaker 1: fill the earth with the fruit of your labor. You
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  Speaker 1: cause grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for
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  Speaker 1: people to use. You allow them to produce food from
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  Speaker 1: the earth, wine to make them glad, olive oil to
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  Speaker 1: soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord takes pleasure in all he has made. The earth
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  Speaker 1: trembles at his glance, the mountains smoke at his touch.
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  Speaker 1: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
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  Speaker 1: I will praise my God to my last breath. May
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  Speaker 1: my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Let all sinners vanish from the face of
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  Speaker 1: the earth, Let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that
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  Speaker 1: I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Let me
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  Speaker 1: pray for you, Loving God, Thank you for this child
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  Speaker 1: of yours. Thank you for loving them, protecting them, and
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  Speaker 1: guiding them. Oh Father, I pray that your angels will
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  Speaker 1: surround them tonight. I ask that you will watch over
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  Speaker 1: them in a mighty way. Give them peace, Grant them
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  Speaker 1: a marvelous, RESTful night's sleep. Embrace them in your arms
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  Speaker 1: with your immeasurable loving kindness. Help them to wake up,
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  Speaker 1: refreshed and renewed, ready to serve you in Jesus' name,
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  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. God's love is infinite, immeasurable, and uncontainable.
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  Speaker 1: He will pursue you all the days of your life,
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  Speaker 1: and you will live in the house of the Lord forever.
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  Speaker 1: Accept his gift of perfect peace. Tonight, rest in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of your Savior. You are loved. Thanks for listening
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  Speaker 1: to this Abide sleep story. God is so good. This
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: is a guided Christian meditation from Abide to help you
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  Speaker 1: relax and fall asleep. If there is anything troubling your
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  Speaker 1: mind tonight causing you to feel a bit of anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: I encourage you to let it go, release it, give
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  Speaker 1: it to the Lord. He knows all about it. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is good, He hears you, and he cares about you.
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  Speaker 1: Take a few moments to relax your body. Feel every
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  Speaker 1: muscle release its tension. Breathe in and out, in and out.
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  Speaker 1: Get cozy under the soft covers, remove all distractions from
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  Speaker 1: your mind, and settle and to a peaceful state of rest.
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  Speaker 1: In this bedtime story, we will be reminded of all
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  Speaker 1: the ways God is so good to us, even when
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  Speaker 1: it seems like the world is anything but good. God's kindness, generosity,
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: and faithfulness is evident to all. The imprint of His
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  Speaker 1: mighty hand is displayed throughout all of creation. The glory
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: of His goodness is seen across the heavens and throughout
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  Speaker 1: the earth. He is a good, good father, indeed. But
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  Speaker 1: before we begin, make yourself even more comfortable under your
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  Speaker 1: warm covers. Rest your head gently on your pillow. Get cozy,
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  Speaker 1: and take a few deep breaths in and out. Allow
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  Speaker 1: your breathing to fall into a steady rhythm. Inhale, exhale.
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  Speaker 1: Invite the Holy Spirit to fill the room and watch
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  Speaker 1: over you as you sleep. Whisper softly the name of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: allowing his peace to cover you, His perfect peace. Steady
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: your breathing into a gentle rhythm, in and out, in
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  Speaker 1: and out. Let go of all other thoughts and concerns tonight.
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  Speaker 1: God is so good. He loves you very much. His
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  Speaker 1: goodness never fails. You can always count on him. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: in and out, in and out. Relax in the peace
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  Speaker 1: of God as I say a prayer over you tonight,
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  Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, please cover your beloved one as they find
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  Speaker 1: true rat in you. Please help them know that you
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  Speaker 1: are with them. Please cover them with your love and
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  Speaker 1: your goodness as a soft blanket envelop them and the
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  Speaker 1: comfort of your peace. In the name of Jesus, I
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  Speaker 1: pray Amen, now as I share the beautiful reminders from Scripture,
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 1: the reminders of God's goodness. Sink your head deeper into
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: your pillow, and completely relax every muscle in your body
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 1: inhale and exhale. It was the apostle Paul in the
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: Book of Acts who reminded the people of Lystra that
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: God's goodness could always be counted on. He encouraged them
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: to turn away from worthless things, things that could not
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: be counted on, in turn to the Living God. Now.
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: Gistra was an ancient village built upon a modest hill
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  Speaker 1: rising from the surrounding plains of Asia Minor, with the
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 1: grandeur of mountains to the west and to the south.
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: This Roman colony was mentioned as the hometown of Timothy,
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 1: one of the young men Paul mentored in his faith.
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 1: Paul visited Lystra on more than one occasion, preaching the
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 1: Gospel and healing a man who had been lame from birth.
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: On one of his visits, Paul encouraged the believers of
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: Lystra that even though the Lord had allowed the nations
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: to walk in their own ways. He never left them
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: without evidence of himself and his goodness. God never left them,
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: even through trial and hardship. The evidence of His goodness
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 1: was all around them. What an encouragement. The evidence of
• 1:09:56
  Speaker 1: God's goodness surrounds us as well. It is seen in
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 1: the illustrations of nature, as each new day is yet
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: another portrait of God's exquisite artistry. From blue ocean tides
• 1:10:15
  Speaker 1: and sandy beaches to flowering meadows and lush green forests,
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: God's goodness is evident to all. Be assured of God's goodness,
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: of his presence in your life, no matter what is
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: going on in the world. The Lord is with you
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: every step of the way. Allow that thought to surround
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 1: you with peace. Tonight breathed softly in and out. As
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  Speaker 1: Paul continued to encourage the believers in lystra with the
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 1: beautiful testimony of the Lord. He pointed out that it
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: is God who sends the rain, provides good crops, and
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 1: gives joyful hearts to his beloved. God sends the rain.
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 1: Hear it falling gently from the clouds to water the earth,
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 1: like small pebbles hitting the ground in a cadence of
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 1: rhythmic wonder. Sometimes the rain drops fall so softly they
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 1: can barely be heard. Other times, sheets of rain come
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: in waves and torrents, cascading down like a waterfall from Heaven.
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 1: Yet each drop fulfills its purpose, offering much needed moisture
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  Speaker 1: to the dry and thirsty ground. The earth drinks in
• 1:12:54
  Speaker 1: the rain and silently begs for more. Let the showers
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: of God's goodness fall gently on your soul tonight. Drink
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 1: in the sweetness of His presence inhale and exhale. Not
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 1: only does the Lord water the ground, he cultivates the earth,
• 1:13:47
  Speaker 1: causing good crops to burst forth and grow as sustenance
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 1: for his people. In various places, fields of grains spread
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: out like quilts across the land escape. Some of the
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 1: fields are circular, some are square, and some are shaped
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  Speaker 1: like pieces of a puzzle. Each crop provides what is
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  Speaker 1: needed for that region. As you gaze upon the fields
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  Speaker 1: from above, you see that some are deep green, like
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: emeralds dotting the landscape. These include clover, parsley, and fennel.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: Other crops appear like vast treasures of pure gold. They
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 1: sway in the wind waving their greeting to the passerby wheat, corn,
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: oats and rye fields of grain, sustenance, good and perfect
• 1:15:03
  Speaker 1: gifts from our Father in heaven. Bask and the abundant
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 1: blessings of the Lord tonight. Continue to breathe gently in
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 1: and out and steady rhythm, allowing your body to fully relax.
• 1:15:34
  Speaker 1: Inhale and exhale as I pray over you, good and
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  Speaker 1: gracious Lord, Thank you for your presence tonight. You are good,
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 1: You are holy. Thank you for this listener who has
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 1: invited your spirit to cover them as they sleep. Please
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: help them rest deeply in your goodness, knowing that you
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: are with them. Bless them, Lord with peace and the
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: precious name of your son. I pray since the soothing,
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: calming presence of the Lord tonight. Breathe in his goodness.
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: Breathe out all your cares. He is with you. Paul
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: finished his message to the people in Lystra by reminding
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: them that God is the giver of joyful hearts. Allow
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with joy tonight.
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 1: It is his good and perfect gift to you. He
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: has joy in abundance. It is a fruit that never
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: fails to be produced in the heart that fully trusts
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: in him. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 1: Blessed is the man who trusts in him. Taste and
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 1: see the Lord the Word is good. Trust in him
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: and be blessed you can trust and the goodness of God.
• 1:18:21
  Speaker 1: Breathe softly in and out. Allow the comfort of the
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to wash over you. He gives you the
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 1: deepest sense of peace, not as the world gives, but
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 1: deeper peace than anything you've ever known. In the Book
• 1:18:57
  Speaker 1: of Exodus we read that the Lord, Lord God is
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  Speaker 1: merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth.
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 1: Let those truths seek deep into your heart. He is merciful,
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 1: he is gracious, he is patient, he is full of truth,
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 1: and he is so so good. Rest in these beautiful
• 1:19:42
  Speaker 1: descriptions of God tonight as you gaze into the heavens
• 1:19:52
  Speaker 1: on a starry night, And there is no doubt that
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord fills every bit of space, unwavering, unchanging,
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 1: for every good and perfect gifts from above, coming down
• 1:20:12
  Speaker 1: from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: change like shifting shadows. Every good and perfect gift comes
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 1: from the Father. Let that promise reassure your heart tonight,
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 1: The Father of the heavenly lights does not change like
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 1: shifting shadows. As the hymnist said, there is no shadow
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: of turning with the Here the soft melody of those words,
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 1: there is no shadow of turning with thee Remain in
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: the comfort of God's unfailing love. Stay in the presence
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: of his spirit. Rest in the silence for several moments.
• 1:21:37
  Speaker 1: God does not change. He remains steadfast and true to
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 1: his word. You can rely on him. You can trust
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: in his goodness, for every good and perfect gift comes
• 1:21:58
  Speaker 1: from the Father. Slow your breathing in and out, softly, gently, deeply.
• 1:22:29
  Speaker 1: God is so good to us. I am reminded of
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 1: the simple chorus. God is so good. God is so good.
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: God is so good. He's so good to me. The
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: evidence of his goodness is all around you. It envelops
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 1: you like a soft cloud of comfort. Sink deeper under
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 1: the covers. Relax every muscle in your body inhale and
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: exhale as I pray over you, most merciful God, full
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 1: of grace. I pray over your beloved child tonight. I
• 1:23:38
  Speaker 1: ask that you blanket them with peace as they rest
• 1:23:41
  Speaker 1: securely in you. Help them settle into the deepest of sleep,
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: so that they will awaken, refreshed, and restore it. Thank you,
• 1:24:00
  Speaker 1: good good Father for being with them tonight in Jesus' name. Amen,
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: relax in the peace of God as I say a
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: prayer over you tonight, Heavenly Father, Please cover your beloved
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: one as they find true rest in you. Please help
• 1:24:32
  Speaker 1: them know that you are with them. Please cover them
• 1:24:36
  Speaker 1: with your love and your goodness as a soft blanket.
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: Envelop them in the comfort of your peace. In the
• 1:24:47
  Speaker 1: name of Jesus. I pray, Amen, now as I share
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: the beautiful reminders from Scripture, the reminders of God's goodness.
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 1: Seek your head deeper into your pillow and completely relax
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 1: every muscle in your body inhale and exhale. It was
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 1: the apostle Paul in the Book of Acts who reminded
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 1: the people of Lystra that God's goodness could always be
• 1:25:45
  Speaker 1: counted on. He encouraged them to turn away from worthless things,
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 1: things that could not be counted on in turn to
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 1: the living God. Now. Lystra was an ancient village built
• 1:26:10
  Speaker 1: upon a modest hill rising from the surrounding plains. Of
• 1:26:14
  Speaker 1: Asia Minor, with the grandeur of mountains to the west
• 1:26:19
  Speaker 1: and to the south. This Roman colony was mentioned as
• 1:26:24
  Speaker 1: the hometown of Timothy, one of the young men Paul
• 1:26:27
  Speaker 1: mentored in his faith. Paul visited Lystra on more than
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 1: one occasion, preaching the Gospel and healing a man who
• 1:26:38
  Speaker 1: had been lame from birth. On one of his visits,
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: Paul encouraged the believers of Lystra that even though the
• 1:26:50
  Speaker 1: Lord had allowed the nations to walk in their own ways,
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 1: he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness.
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: God never left.
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 2: Them, even through trial and hardship.
• 1:27:15
  Speaker 1: The evidence of His goodness was all around them. What
• 1:27:21
  Speaker 1: an encouragement. The evidence of God's goodness surrounds us as well.
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 1: It is seen in the illustrations of nature, as each
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: new day is yet another portrait of God's exquisite artistry.
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 1: From blue ocean tides and sandy beaches to flowering meadows
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 1: and lush green forests. God's goodness is evident to all.
• 1:28:00
  Speaker 1: Be assured of God's goodness, of his presence in your life.
• 1:28:08
  Speaker 1: No matter what is going on in the world, The
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 1: Lord is with you every step of the way. Allow
• 1:28:17
  Speaker 1: that thought to surround you with peace. Tonight, breathe softly
• 1:28:40
  Speaker 1: in and out. As Paul continued to encourage the believers
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 1: in lystra with the beautiful testimony of the Lord, he
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 1: pointed out that it is God who sends the rain,
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 1: provides good crops, and gives joyful hearts to his beloved.
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: God sends the rain. Hear it falling gently from the
• 1:29:30
  Speaker 1: clouds to water the earth, like small pebbles hitting the
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: ground in a cadence of rhythmic wonder. Sometimes the rain
• 1:29:50
  Speaker 1: drops fall so softly they can barely be heard. Other times,
• 1:30:01
  Speaker 1: sheets of rain come in waves and torrents, cascading down
• 1:30:05
  Speaker 1: like a waterfall from Heaven. Yet each drop fulfills its purpose,
• 1:30:15
  Speaker 1: offering much needed moisture to the dry and thirsty ground.
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: The earth drinks in the rain and silently begs for more.
• 1:30:34
  Speaker 1: Let the showers of God's goodness fall gently on your
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: soul Tonight, drink in the sweetness of His presence inhale
• 1:30:55
  Speaker 1: and exhale. Not only does the Lord water the ground,
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 1: he cultivates the earth, causing good crops to burst forth
• 1:31:17
  Speaker 1: and grow as sustenance for His people. In various places,
• 1:31:25
  Speaker 1: fields of grains spread out like quilts across the landscape.
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 1: Some of the fields are circular, some are square, and
• 1:31:38
  Speaker 1: some are shaped like pieces of a puzzle. Each crop
• 1:31:45
  Speaker 1: provides what is needed for that region. As you gaze
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: upon the fields from above, you see that some are
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: deep green, like emeralds dotting the landscape. These include clover, parsley,
• 1:32:03
  Speaker 1: and fennel. Other crops appear like vast treasures of pure gold.
• 1:32:11
  Speaker 1: They sway in the wind, waving their greeting to the
• 1:32:15
  Speaker 1: passerby wheat, corn, oats, and rye fields of grain sustenance,
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: good and perfect gifts from our Father in Heaven, Basque
• 1:32:41
  Speaker 1: and the abundant blessings of the Lord tonight. Continue to
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: breathe gently in and out and steady rhythm, allowing your
• 1:32:58
  Speaker 1: body to fully relax inhale, in exhale, as I pray
• 1:33:08
  Speaker 1: over you, good and gracious Lord, Thank you for your
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: presence tonight. You are good, You are holy. I thank
• 1:33:28
  Speaker 1: you for this listener who has invited your spirit to
• 1:33:34
  Speaker 1: cover them as they sleep. Please help them rest deeply
• 1:33:39
  Speaker 1: in your goodness, knowing that you are with them. Bless them,
• 1:33:48
  Speaker 1: Lord with peace and the precious name of your son.
• 1:33:54
  Speaker 1: I pray since the soothing calming presence of the Lord. Tonight,
• 1:34:07
  Speaker 1: Breathe in his goodness. Breathe out all your cares. He
• 1:34:19
  Speaker 1: is with you. Paul finished his message to the people
• 1:34:31
  Speaker 1: in Lystra by reminding them that God is the giver
• 1:34:37
  Speaker 1: of joyful hearts. Allow the Holy Spirit to fill your
• 1:34:44
  Speaker 1: heart with joy tonight. It is His good and perfect
• 1:34:51
  Speaker 1: gift to you. He has joy in abundance. It is
• 1:34:59
  Speaker 1: a fruit that ever fails to be produced in the
• 1:35:01
  Speaker 1: heart that fully trusts in him. Oh, taste and see
• 1:35:13
  Speaker 1: that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who
• 1:35:19
  Speaker 1: trusts in him. Taste and see the Lord is good.
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 1: Trust in him and be blessed. You can trust and
• 1:35:43
  Speaker 1: the goodness of God. Breathe softly in and out. Allow
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 1: the comfort of the Holy Spirit to wash over you.
• 1:36:08
  Speaker 1: He gives you the deepest sense of peace, not as
• 1:36:12
  Speaker 1: the world gives, but deeper peace than anything you've ever known.
• 1:36:25
  Speaker 1: In the Book of Exodus we read that the Lord
• 1:36:29
  Speaker 1: God is merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in
• 1:36:34
  Speaker 1: goodness and truth. Let those truths seek deep into your heart.
• 1:36:46
  Speaker 1: He is merciful, he is gracious, he is patient, he
• 1:36:58
  Speaker 1: is full of truth, and he is so so good.
• 1:37:09
  Speaker 1: Rest in these beautiful descriptions of God. Tonight, as you
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 1: gaze into the heavens on a starry night, there is
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 1: no doubt that the glory of the Lord fills every
• 1:37:26
  Speaker 1: bit of space, unwavering, unchanging. For every good and perfect
• 1:37:37
  Speaker 1: gifts from above, coming down from the Father of the
• 1:37:41
  Speaker 1: heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Every good,
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 1: imperfect gift comes from the Father. Let that promise reassure
• 1:37:59
  Speaker 1: your heart tonight. The Father of the heavenly Lights does
• 1:38:10
  Speaker 1: not change like shifting shadows. As the hymnist said, there
• 1:38:19
  Speaker 1: is no shadow of turning with thee. Here the soft
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 1: melody of those words, there is no shadow of turning
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 1: with thee. Remain in the comfort of God's unfailing love,
• 1:38:50
  Speaker 1: Stay in the presence of his spirit. Rest in the
• 1:38:55
  Speaker 1: silence for several moments. God does not change. He remains
• 1:39:10
  Speaker 1: steadfast and true to his word. You can rely on him,
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 1: You can trust in his goodness, for every good and
• 1:39:24
  Speaker 1: perfect gift comes from the Father. Slow your breathing in
• 1:39:40
  Speaker 1: and out, softly, gently, deeply. God is so good to us.
• 1:40:01
  Speaker 1: I am reminded of the simple chorus, God is so good,
• 1:40:07
  Speaker 1: God is so good. God is so good. He's so
• 1:40:12
  Speaker 1: good to me. The evidence of his goodness is all
• 1:40:22
  Speaker 1: around you. It envelops you like a soft cloud of comfort.
• 1:40:36
  Speaker 1: Sink deeper under the covers. Relax every muscle in your
• 1:40:41
  Speaker 1: body inhale and exhale as I pray over you, most
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: Merciful God, full of grace. I pray over your beloved
• 1:41:03
  Speaker 1: child Tonight. I ask that you blanket them with peace
• 1:41:09
  Speaker 1: as they rest securely in you. Help them settle into
• 1:41:14
  Speaker 1: the deepest of sleep, so that they will awaken, refreshed,
• 1:41:21
  Speaker 1: and restore it. Thank you, good good Father, for being
• 1:41:33
  Speaker 1: with them tonight. In Jesus' name, Amen, You'll fall asleep
• 1:41:49
  Speaker 1: as you rest in the embrace of a loving God
• 1:41:53
  Speaker 1: who blesses his children with peace that passes all understanding.
• 1:42:00
  Speaker 1: You serve a God who cares for your every need.
• 1:42:05
  Speaker 1: He watches over you and protects you even when you
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: forget He's there. During the day, He's directing your every step.
• 1:42:19
  Speaker 1: That night, he's guiding your every breath. He picks you
• 1:42:24
  Speaker 1: up when you stumble, He carries you when you can't
• 1:42:28
  Speaker 1: go on. No matter what you've done in the past
• 1:42:32
  Speaker 1: or present, he loves you, and because of this, you
• 1:42:39
  Speaker 1: can rest peacefully through the night. Long ago, King David
• 1:42:46
  Speaker 1: wrote about the peace he enjoyed as he slept under
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 1: the Starlit skies of Jerusalem. David knew that the enemies
• 1:42:54
  Speaker 1: of Israel wanted him to fail. But David also knew
• 1:42:58
  Speaker 1: that the God of Aberram, Isaac and Jacob was right
• 1:43:02
  Speaker 1: there by his side. This is what David wrote in
• 1:43:08
  Speaker 1: Psalm chapter four, verse eight, in peace, I will lie
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  Speaker 1: down and sleep for you alone, O Lord will keep
• 1:43:19
  Speaker 1: me safe. The same is true for you. The God
• 1:43:26
  Speaker 1: who watched over the greatest earthly king in Israel's history
• 1:43:32
  Speaker 1: is watching over you. He's the all powerful God who
• 1:43:38
  Speaker 1: created the mammals and the fish, the mountains and the seas,
• 1:43:44
  Speaker 1: the sun and the stars merely by speaking, and on
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  Speaker 1: the seventh day he rested. Sleep is a mar aous
• 1:44:00
  Speaker 1: gift from a loving God. It's a time to relax
• 1:44:05
  Speaker 1: and recover and to rest in the arms of the
• 1:44:08
  Speaker 1: God who made you. It's a time to hand all
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 1: your troubles to God and to receive all his blessings.
• 1:44:20
  Speaker 1: Take a few moments now to make sure everything around
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 1: you is just the way you want it. Or a
• 1:44:28
  Speaker 1: great night's sleep. The temperature, the lights. You're betting your pillow.
• 1:44:41
  Speaker 1: If you need to pause the story while I'm talking,
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  Speaker 1: that's perfectly fine. You can continue the story when you return.
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  Speaker 1: Stretch out your arms and your legs, wig your fingers
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  Speaker 1: and your toes. Revel and the sensation of your muscles.
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  Speaker 1: Finally getting a much deserved break, Take a deep, relaxing breath.
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  Speaker 1: Hold it there for a moment. Now, exhale, Continue breathing
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  Speaker 1: slowly and deeply as you hand all your troubles to God,
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  Speaker 1: all of them. He's all power, all loving. He's the
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  Speaker 1: sovereign God who reigns over every area of your life.
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  Speaker 1: Hand him whatever you're thinking about, your work, your school,
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  Speaker 1: your home, life. He created everything in this vast universe.
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  Speaker 1: He knows the number of hairs on your head and
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  Speaker 1: grains of sand on the beach. He takes care of
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  Speaker 1: his creation. He redeems, he restores, He will take care
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  Speaker 1: of you. As you lie in bed, open the palms
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  Speaker 1: of your hands and accept God's perfect peace. Imagine it's
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  Speaker 1: flooding all over you. It's been a long day, and
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  Speaker 1: you've probably looked forward to this moment. It's finally here.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to think about the things of this world.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, you can unwind as you rest in God's promises,
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  Speaker 1: as you fall asleep in the loving arms of your Savior.
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  Speaker 1: The peace that passes all understanding is yours. The God
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  Speaker 1: of the universe is present with you right now. Dear Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for this child of yours. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: creating them, loving them, and taking care of them. I
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  Speaker 1: pray now that they will sense your presence and your
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  Speaker 1: peace in a mighty way. I pray that they will
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  Speaker 1: know you are watching over them and protecting them. Father.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for their many blessings. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: their gifts and talents. Thank you for drawing them to
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  Speaker 1: yourself tonight, and for giving them a heart for you.
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  Speaker 1: You created them for a purpose, and you have a
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  Speaker 1: special plan for them in your kingdom. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: giving this child a time to rest and the assurance
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  Speaker 1: of your joy, your patience, your peace. I ask that
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  Speaker 1: you will bless them throughout the night, Grant them sweet dreams,
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  Speaker 1: help them to wake up refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to
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  Speaker 1: serve you another day. I know they are safe in
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  Speaker 1: the loving arms of the Savior, who never sleeps nor slumbers,
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  Speaker 1: who was always protecting the ones he loves. Amen, you
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  Speaker 1: can have peace throughout the night because God is sovereign.
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  Speaker 1: He opposes the wicked and the proud. He stands firm
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  Speaker 1: against evil tyrants and corrupt nations. Yet he upholds and
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  Speaker 1: protects his children. He's protecting you. God is like a
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  Speaker 1: loving shepherd, watching over and guarding his sheep. He never
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  Speaker 1: falls asleep, he never looks away. He's always on guard.
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  Speaker 1: Lord on the lookout as his children rest comfortably throughout
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  Speaker 1: the night. God is present everywhere, and he's present right
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  Speaker 1: here with you. Long ago, the ancient Israelites sang about
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  Speaker 1: the peace they experienced because of God's sovereign protection over them.
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  Speaker 1: Enemies surrounded ancient Israel, yet God's people knew that the
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  Speaker 1: king of the universe was on their side. God is
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  Speaker 1: on your side too. The Israelites song is found in
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  Speaker 1: the ninth chapter of the Book of Psalms. It's easy
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  Speaker 1: to imagine thousands of God's children gathered in and around
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  Speaker 1: the temple, singing these words with all their might, hands
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  Speaker 1: lifted high picture it. I will give thanks to you
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  Speaker 1: Lord with all my heart. I will tell of all
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  Speaker 1: your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you.
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  Speaker 1: I will sing the praises of your name, O most High,
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  Speaker 1: my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you,
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  Speaker 1: for you have upheld my right and my cause. Sitting
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  Speaker 1: enthroned as the righteous judge, you have rebuked the nations
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  Speaker 1: and destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name. Forever,
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  Speaker 1: endevor endless Ruin has overtaken my enemies. You have uprooted
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  Speaker 1: their cities. Even the memory of them has perished. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord reigns forever. He has established his throne for judgment.
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  Speaker 1: He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples
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  Speaker 1: with equity. The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
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  Speaker 1: a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your
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  Speaker 1: name trust in you, For you, Lord, have never forsaken
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  Speaker 1: those who seek you. Sing the praises of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: enthroned in Zion, proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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  Speaker 1: For he who avenges blood remembers, he does not ignore
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  Speaker 1: the cries of the afflicted. The Lord is known by
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  Speaker 1: his acts of justice. The wicked are ensnared by the
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  Speaker 1: work of their hands. The wicked go down to the
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  Speaker 1: realm of the dead. All the nations that forget God.
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  Speaker 1: But God will never forget the needy. The hope of
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  Speaker 1: the afflicted will never perish. The peace that the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: experienced is the same peace that God is granting you tonight.
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  Speaker 1: It's a peace that is possible because of God's sovereign
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  Speaker 1: care for you. He loves you no matter what you've done.
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  Speaker 1: He protects you no matter where you go. This peace
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  Speaker 1: is possible because of God's power. He decides when nations
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  Speaker 1: rise and fall. He controls the seas, he guides the wind.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing happens on this earth without his permission. He is
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  Speaker 1: the Lord overall creation, and the lord over your life too.
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  Speaker 1: You can sleep tonight in peace because the God of
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  Speaker 1: Sleep is with you. He created sleep for your good
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  Speaker 1: and for his glory. King David often sang about God's
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  Speaker 1: power and God's peace. David knew that the power of
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  Speaker 1: God was the reason he could sleep peacefully through the night.
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  Speaker 1: David sang about it in Psalm chapter twenty nine. It
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  Speaker 1: was a song that reminds to the Israelites of God's
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  Speaker 1: strength and God's care for them. It was a song
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  Speaker 1: that reminded the Israelites that God was on their side.
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  Speaker 1: Rest peacefully as I read this comforting psalm. Ascribe to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, you heavenly beings. Ascribe to the Lord glory
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  Speaker 1: and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the Glory do his name.
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  Speaker 1: Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. The
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  Speaker 1: voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God
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  Speaker 1: of Glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
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  Speaker 1: The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks
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  Speaker 1: the cedars. The Lord breaks in peaces the cedars of Lebanon.
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  Speaker 1: He makes Lebanon leap like a calf Syrian, like a
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  Speaker 1: young wild ox. The voice of the Lord strikes with
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  Speaker 1: flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh. The voice of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forest's bear.
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  Speaker 1: And in his temple all cry glory. The Lord sits
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  Speaker 1: enthroned over the flood. The Lord is enthroned as king forever.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord blesses
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  Speaker 1: his people with peace. Nothing can separate you from God's
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  Speaker 1: sovereign care. He's a powerful God who defeats his enemies,
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  Speaker 1: vanquishes his foes and defends his children. He will never
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  Speaker 1: forget you, He will never forsake you. You can have
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  Speaker 1: peace through the night because your creator is right there
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  Speaker 1: with you. He's the god of Moses and David. He's
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  Speaker 1: the god of Rahab and Ruth. He's the god of Mary, Peter, James,
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  Speaker 1: and John. The same peace he gave them is the
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  Speaker 1: same piece he gives you. He cared for them, just
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  Speaker 1: as he cares for you. Israelites often sang about God's
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  Speaker 1: loving care for them, and a song we know as
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  Speaker 1: Psalm ninety one. It's a song that embraces God as
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  Speaker 1: their refuge, their fortress. It's a song that reminded them
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  Speaker 1: that God is their salvation. Relax as I read this
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  Speaker 1: comforting passage. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most
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  Speaker 1: High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I
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  Speaker 1: will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and
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  Speaker 1: my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely he
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  Speaker 1: will save you from the fowler's snare and from the
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  Speaker 1: deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and
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  Speaker 1: under his wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness will
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  Speaker 1: be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the
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  Speaker 1: terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
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  Speaker 1: nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the
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  Speaker 1: plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at
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  Speaker 1: your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it
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  Speaker 1: will not come near you. You will only observe with
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  Speaker 1: your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If
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  Speaker 1: you say the Lord is my refuge, and you make
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  Speaker 1: the most high your dwelling, no harm will overtake you.
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  Speaker 1: No disaster will come near your tent. For He will
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  Speaker 1: command his angels concerning you to guard you in all
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  Speaker 1: your ways. They will lift you up in their hands,
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  Speaker 1: so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
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  Speaker 1: Because he loves me, says the Lord. I will rescue him.
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  Speaker 1: I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He
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  Speaker 1: will call on me, and I will answer him. I
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  Speaker 1: will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him
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  Speaker 1: and honor him with long life. I will satisfy him
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  Speaker 1: and show him my salvation. God is your rescuer. He
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  Speaker 1: is your deliverer. He is your refuge and fortress. He
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  Speaker 1: is your protector and watchman throughout the night. He draws
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  Speaker 1: near to those who draw near to him. You can
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  Speaker 1: rest peacefully tonight, knowing that the God of the universe
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  Speaker 1: is holding you in the palm of his hands. Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one hundred nineteen was a special song for the Israelites.
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  Speaker 1: It reminded them that they served a holy God who
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  Speaker 1: protected his people, a God who revealed himself to them
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  Speaker 1: in his written word. He's a God who wants to
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  Speaker 1: love his people, and who wants to be loved in return.
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  Speaker 1: He's a God who lavishes peace and joy on those
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  Speaker 1: he calls his children. He's a God worthy of worship.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in peace as I read portions of Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: hundred nineteen. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who
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  Speaker 1: walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are
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  Speaker 1: those who keep his statutes and seek him with all
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  Speaker 1: their heart. They do no wrong, but follow his ways.
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  Speaker 1: I will praise you with an upright heart. As I
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  Speaker 1: learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees. I
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  Speaker 1: have hidden your word in my heart that I might
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  Speaker 1: not sin against you. Praise be to you Lord. Teach
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  Speaker 1: me your decrees with my lips. I recount all the
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  Speaker 1: laws that come from your mouth. I rejoice in following
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  Speaker 1: your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate
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  Speaker 1: on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. I will not neglect your word. Teach me, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the way of your decrees, that I may follow it
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  Speaker 1: to the end. Give me understanding so that I may
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  Speaker 1: keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Direct me in the path of your commands, for there
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  Speaker 1: I find delight. Turn my heart towards your statutes and
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  Speaker 1: not towards selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
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  Speaker 1: Preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise
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  Speaker 1: to your servant, so that you may be feared. How
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  Speaker 1: I long for your precepts and your righteousness. Preserve my life.
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  Speaker 1: You are my poortion. Lord. I have promised to obey
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  Speaker 1: your words. I have sought your face with all my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Be gracious to me according to your promise. I have
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  Speaker 1: considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
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  Speaker 1: I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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  Speaker 1: The earth is filled with your love. Lord. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: your decrees. Your hands made me informed me. Give me
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  Speaker 1: understanding to learn your commands. May your unfailing love be
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  Speaker 1: my comfort. According to your promise to your servant, Let
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  Speaker 1: your compassion come to me that I may live. For
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  Speaker 1: your law is my delight. May the arrogant be put
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  Speaker 1: to shame for wronging me without cause, But I will
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your precepts. May those who fear you turn
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  Speaker 1: to me those who understand your statutes. May I wholeheartedly
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  Speaker 1: follow your decrees that I may not be put to shame.
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  Speaker 1: Your word, Lord, is eternal, It stands firm in the heavens.
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  Speaker 1: Your faithfulness continues through all generations. You established the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and it endures. Your law is endure to this day.
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  Speaker 1: For all things serve you. If your law had not
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  Speaker 1: been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
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  Speaker 1: I will never forget your precepts, for by them you
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  Speaker 1: have preserved my life. Save me, for I am yours.
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  Speaker 1: I have sought out your how. I love your law.
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  Speaker 1: I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are
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  Speaker 1: always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
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  Speaker 1: I have more insight than all my teachers. Or I
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  Speaker 1: meditate on your statutes. I have kept my feet from
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  Speaker 1: every evil path, so that I might obey your word.
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  Speaker 1: I have not departed from your laws, for you, yourself,
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  Speaker 1: have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste,
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  Speaker 1: sweeter than honey to my mouth. I gain understanding from
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  Speaker 1: your precepts. Therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word
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  Speaker 1: is a lamp from my feet, a light on my path.
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  Speaker 1: I have taken an oath and confirmed it that I
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  Speaker 1: will follow your righteous laws. I have suffered much. Preserve
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  Speaker 1: my life, Lord, according to your word. Accept Lord, the
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  Speaker 1: willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
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  Speaker 1: Your statutes are my heritage forever. They are the joy
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  Speaker 1: of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your
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  Speaker 1: decrees to the very end. Your statutes are wonderful. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light.
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  Speaker 1: It gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth
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  Speaker 1: and pant, longing for your commands. Turn to me and
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  Speaker 1: have mercy on me, as you always do to those
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  Speaker 1: who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let no sin rule over me. Redeem me from human oppression,
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  Speaker 1: that I may obey your precepts. Make your face shine
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  Speaker 1: on your servant, and teach me your decrees. You are righteous, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid
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  Speaker 1: down are righteous. They are fully trustworthy. My zeal wears
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  Speaker 1: me out, for my enemies ignore your words. Your promises
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  Speaker 1: have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. Your
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  Speaker 1: righteousness is everlasting, and your law is true. Your statutes
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  Speaker 1: are always righteous. Give me understanding that I may live.
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  Speaker 1: May my cry come before you, Lord, Give me understanding
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  Speaker 1: according to your word. May my supplication come before you
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  Speaker 1: deliver me according to your promise. May my lips overflow
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  Speaker 1: with praise for you teach me your decrees. May my
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  Speaker 1: tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
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  Speaker 1: May your hand be ready to help me, for I
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  Speaker 1: have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, Oh Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and your law gives me delight. Let me live that
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  Speaker 1: I may praise you, and may your laws sustain aim me.
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  Speaker 1: The all powerful, indescribable, infinite God of the universe is
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  Speaker 1: with you tonight, and because of that you can rest
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  Speaker 1: in peace. Let these words of Psalm one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty one come for you. I lift up my eyes
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  Speaker 1: to the mountains. Where does my help come from? My
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  Speaker 1: help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
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  Speaker 1: He will not let your foot slip. He who watches
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  Speaker 1: over you will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over
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  Speaker 1: Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The
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  Speaker 1: sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon
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  Speaker 1: by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm.
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  Speaker 1: You will watch over your life. The Lord will watch
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  Speaker 1: over your coming and going, both now and forever. Let
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  Speaker 1: me pray over you, Dear Father. You are the God
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  Speaker 1: of peace. You are the God of all things that
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  Speaker 1: are good. Your creation testifies to your glory and your
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  Speaker 1: loving kindness. Thank you for this child of yours. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for giving them this time to rest and to recover.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for this time they had with you, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you for the gift of sleep. Father. I pray
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  Speaker 1: blessings on them tonight. Grant them sweet dreams about you.
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  Speaker 1: Help them to wake up refreshed in Jesus name. I
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  Speaker 1: pray Amen. May the Lord of Peace himself give you
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  Speaker 1: peace at all times and in every way. Tonight. You
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  Speaker 1: are loved. Thanks for listening to this Abide Sleep story.
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  Speaker 1: God is love. The love of God is immeasurable, it's unchanging,
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  Speaker 1: it's indescribable. Because God loves you so much, you can
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  Speaker 1: sleep through the night in peace. God loves you no
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  Speaker 1: matter what you've done in the past, and no matter
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  Speaker 1: what you will do in the future. Nothing can separate
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  Speaker 1: you from his infinite, all consuming, uncontainable love. It's always
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  Speaker 1: pursuing you and always drawing you back to himself. His
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  Speaker 1: love for you is unconditional. His love is the reason
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  Speaker 1: you exist and the reason behind every breath you take.
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  Speaker 1: It's the reason He sent his son Jesus to earth
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  Speaker 1: and the reason Jesus rose from the grave. It's also
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  Speaker 1: the reason he will come back one day. The love
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  Speaker 1: of God is the source of every blessing in life.
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  Speaker 1: It makes life worth living. God guides your every step
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  Speaker 1: during the day, and he guides your every breath during
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  Speaker 1: the night. He's watching over you and protecting you even
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  Speaker 1: when you don't know it. And it's all because He
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  Speaker 1: loves you. The Bible even says God is love. Love
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  Speaker 1: is part of his character. It's who he is. And
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  Speaker 1: because of God's love, you are a part of his family.
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  Speaker 1: God will never stop loving you. He will never forget you,
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  Speaker 1: he will never abandon you. He will always be right there,
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  Speaker 1: right by your side. For Tonight's story will travel through
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  Speaker 1: the Psalms as we explore the many facets of God's love.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that pursues us and forgives. It's a
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  Speaker 1: love that protects and provides. Prepare to relax, unwind, and
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  Speaker 1: fall peacefully to sleep in the arms of your creator,
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  Speaker 1: the lover of your soul. As you prepare for a
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  Speaker 1: night of RESTful sleep, begin by making sure everything around
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  Speaker 1: you is just the way you want it. Your pillow,
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  Speaker 1: your sheet, your blanket, the temperature, even the lights. If
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  Speaker 1: you need to walk around your room for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: feel free to hit pause on the app. You can
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  Speaker 1: pick up right where you left off when you return.
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  Speaker 1: Once you have everything ready, and once you're relaxing snugly
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  Speaker 1: in your bed, then begin by handing all your troubles
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  Speaker 1: to God. He's the sovereign creator of the heavens and
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  Speaker 1: the earth. He can care for your every need. Let
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  Speaker 1: him do that tonight for you in return except his
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  Speaker 1: perfect peace and his perfect patience. It's time to relax
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  Speaker 1: and quietly rejoice in the warm comforts of your bed.
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  Speaker 1: The day is over, Your work is done, stretch out
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  Speaker 1: your arms and your legs. Now do the same with
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  Speaker 1: your fingers and your toes. Enjoy the sensation of your
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  Speaker 1: muscles getting a much needed break. Let your head sink
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  Speaker 1: ever so slowly into the pillow. Put your muscles in,
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  Speaker 1: your neck and your shoulders. Relax. Take a deep, relaxing breath,
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  Speaker 1: and as you do, picture yourself inhaling the very peace
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  Speaker 1: of God. Hold your breath for a split second. Now
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  Speaker 1: breathe out. As you exhale, picture yourself handing anything to
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  Speaker 1: God that is still lingering in your mind. Hand him
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts from work, from your family, life, from school.
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  Speaker 1: Ensure that your only thoughts are on God, his love
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  Speaker 1: for you, and the peace he's giving you for a
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  Speaker 1: RESTful night's sleep. All day long, you've looked forward to
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  Speaker 1: this moment of quiet stillness. That time has come. Let
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  Speaker 1: me pray for you, Father. Thank you for this child
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  Speaker 1: of God. Thank You for the many blessings in their life,
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  Speaker 1: their food, their dwelling, their friends, and their family. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for the many things we often overlook for. A
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  Speaker 1: bed to sleep in and a pillow to lay our
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  Speaker 1: head on. Thank you most of all for your love. Father,
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  Speaker 1: Draw this child of yours close to you tonight. Stretch
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  Speaker 1: your arms around them and help them feel your warm embrace.
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  Speaker 1: Grant them your perfect peace. I ask that you will
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  Speaker 1: watch over and protect them, bless them with sweet dreams. Father.
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  Speaker 1: If their aching body relax, unwind and recover, Father, I
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  Speaker 1: ask that they will wake up in the morning with
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  Speaker 1: energy and purpose, ready to serve in your kingdom another day.
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  Speaker 1: I pray the words of Psalm for verse eight on
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours, David wrote, I can lie down
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  Speaker 1: and sleep soundly because you, Lord will keep me safe. Father,
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  Speaker 1: help this child of yours sleep soundly. Keep them safe
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus precious name, I pray, Amen, you can sleep
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  Speaker 1: in peace tonight knowing that the Lord of all creation
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  Speaker 1: loves and protects you. You can sleep in peace knowing
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  Speaker 1: that your identity is found in Him and not in
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  Speaker 1: the world. The same God who drew Abraham, Isaac and
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  Speaker 1: Jacob to himself is the same God who is drawing you.
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  Speaker 1: Long ago, in ancient Israel, God's people would gather at
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  Speaker 1: the temple and sing about God's love. Their voices would
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  Speaker 1: carry throughout the temple and throughout Jerusalem, allowing anyone in
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  Speaker 1: rage to hear about God's mighty works. One of these
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  Speaker 1: songs is found in Psalm one hundred and eighteen. Give
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love
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  Speaker 1: endures forever. Let Israel say his love and as forever.
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  Speaker 1: Let the House of Erin say his love endures forever.
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  Speaker 1: Let those who fear the Lord say his love endures forever.
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  Speaker 1: When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord. He brought
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  Speaker 1: me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me.
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  Speaker 1: I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do
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  Speaker 1: to me. The Lord is with me. He is my helper.
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  Speaker 1: I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better
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  Speaker 1: to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.
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  Speaker 1: It is better to take refuge in the Lord than
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  Speaker 1: to trust in princes. All the nations surrounded me, but
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
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  Speaker 1: I was pushed back and about to fall, but the
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  Speaker 1: Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my defense.
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  Speaker 1: He has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory
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  Speaker 1: resound in the tents of the righteous. The Lord's right
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  Speaker 1: hand has done mighty things. The Lord's right hand is
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  Speaker 1: lifted high. The Lord's right hand has done mighty things.
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  Speaker 1: I will not die, but live, and will proclaim what
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has done. Open for me the gates of
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  Speaker 1: the righteous. I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: This is the gait of the Lord through which the
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  Speaker 1: righteous may enter. I will give you thanks for you
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  Speaker 1: answered me. You have become my salvation. The stone the
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  Speaker 1: builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord has done this,
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  Speaker 1: and it is marvelous in our eyes. The Lord has
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  Speaker 1: done it this very day. Let us rejoice today and
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  Speaker 1: be glad. Lord, save us. Lord, grant us success. Blessed
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  Speaker 1: is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: From the house of the Lord. We bless you. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord is God, and he has made his light shine
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  Speaker 1: on us. With bows in hand, join in the festal
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  Speaker 1: procession up to the horns of the altar. You are
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  Speaker 1: my God, and I will praise you. You are my God, God,
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  Speaker 1: and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: for he is good as love endures forever. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Lord for loving this child of yours. Amen. God's love
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  Speaker 1: is a pursuing love. It's a love that pursues you,
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  Speaker 1: runs after you. It's a love that forgives and doesn't remember.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that restores and renews. It's a love
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  Speaker 1: full of grace and truth. It's a love filled with
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  Speaker 1: new beginnings and new mercies for you every morning. King
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  Speaker 1: David wrote about God's pursuing and protecting love and a
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  Speaker 1: famous song we know as Song twenty three. When the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites sang its lyrics, they were reminded of God's unexplainable,
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  Speaker 1: uncontainable love. They were reminded no matter where they go
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  Speaker 1: in life, God was watching over them, protecting them. The
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  Speaker 1: same is true for you. It's easy to imagine the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites gathered together in Solomon's temple, men and women, young
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  Speaker 1: and old alike, smiling and singing praises to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Hands lifted high as they thank God for his all, pursuing,
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  Speaker 1: all protecting love. The Lord is my shepherd. I have
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  Speaker 1: all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows.
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  Speaker 1: He leaves me beside peace full streams. He renews my strength.
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  Speaker 1: He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
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  Speaker 1: Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will
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  Speaker 1: not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your
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  Speaker 1: rod and your staff protect and comfort me. You prepare
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  Speaker 1: a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.
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  Speaker 1: You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My
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  Speaker 1: cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love
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  Speaker 1: will pursue me all the days of my life, and
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  Speaker 1: I will live in the house of the Lord forever.
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  Speaker 1: God's love is the reason you can have peace. You
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  Speaker 1: can feel safe because you are safe in his loving arms.
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  Speaker 1: He is the creator of the mountains and the seas.
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  Speaker 1: He is the maker of the hills and the valleys.
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  Speaker 1: He spread the sand along the seashore and the stars
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  Speaker 1: across the sky. He is a powerful god beyond description,
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  Speaker 1: and he considers us the pinnacle of his creation. He
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  Speaker 1: created us in order to love us, and in order
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  Speaker 1: for us to love him. Long ago, the Israelites would
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  Speaker 1: gather in Solomon's temple and sing about the peace God
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  Speaker 1: provides when enemies were all around. This song was to
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  Speaker 1: be sung by sopranos or female voices. We know it
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  Speaker 1: as Psalm forty six. God is our huge and strength,
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  Speaker 1: always ready to help in times of trouble, So we
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  Speaker 1: will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble
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  Speaker 1: into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam let.
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  Speaker 1: The mountains tremble as the waters surge. A river brings
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  Speaker 1: joy to the city of our God. The sacred home
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  Speaker 1: of the Most High God dwells in that city. It
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  Speaker 1: cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God
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  Speaker 1: will protect it. The nations are in chaos, and their
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  Speaker 1: kingdoms crumble. God's voice thunders and the earth melts. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Heaven's Armies is here among us. The God
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  Speaker 1: of Israel is our fortress. Come see the glorious works
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. See how he brings destruction upon the world.
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  Speaker 1: He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks
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  Speaker 1: the bow and snaps the spear. He burns the shields
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  Speaker 1: with fire. Be still and know that I am God.
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  Speaker 1: I will be honored by every nation. I will be
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  Speaker 1: honored throughout the world. The Lord of Heaven's Armies is
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  Speaker 1: here among us. The God of Israel is our fortress.
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  Speaker 1: God's love is the reason you were created. You were
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  Speaker 1: part of his plan before he formed Adam and Eve,
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  Speaker 1: before he made the heavens and the earth, and even
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  Speaker 1: before he made light itself. God was thinking about you
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  Speaker 1: before the universe ever existed. His plan for you is
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  Speaker 1: for your good and for his glory. King David penned
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  Speaker 1: a song about God's marvelous handiwork in creating each one
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  Speaker 1: of us. David's song eventually became what we know as
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one thirty nine. When the Israelites sang it, they
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  Speaker 1: were reminded of God's creative love for each one of
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  Speaker 1: his children. That very thought drew the Israelites to worship.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything
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  Speaker 1: about me. You know when I sit down or stand up.
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  Speaker 1: You know my thoughts even when I'm far away. You
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  Speaker 1: see me when I travel and when I rest at home.
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  Speaker 1: You know everything I do. You know what I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to say, even before I say it. Lord, you go
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  Speaker 1: before me and follow me. You place your hand of
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  Speaker 1: blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
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  Speaker 1: too great for me to understand. I can never escape
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  Speaker 1: from your spirit. I can never get away from your presence.
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  Speaker 1: If I go up to heaven, You're there. If I
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  Speaker 1: go down to the grave, you are there. If I
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  Speaker 1: ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by
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  Speaker 1: the farthest oceans, even there, your hand will guide me.
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  Speaker 1: Then your strength will support me. I could ask the
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  Speaker 1: darkness to hide me, and the light around me to
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  Speaker 1: become night. But even in darkness, I cannot hide from you.
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  Speaker 1: To you, the night shines as bright as day. Darkness
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  Speaker 1: and light are the same. To you. You made all
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  Speaker 1: the delicate inner parts of my body and knit me
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  Speaker 1: together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me
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  Speaker 1: so wonderfully complex. Your workmanship is marvelous. How well I
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  Speaker 1: know it. You watched me as I was being formed
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  Speaker 1: in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the
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  Speaker 1: dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.
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  Speaker 1: Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
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  Speaker 1: Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
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  Speaker 1: How precious are your thoughts about me? God, They cannot
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  Speaker 1: be numbered. I can't even count them. They outnumber the
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  Speaker 1: grains of sand. And when I wake up, you are
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  Speaker 1: still with me. Search me, o, God, and know my heart,
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  Speaker 1: Test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything
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  Speaker 1: in me that offends you, and lead me along the
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  Speaker 1: path of everlasting life. The love of God is a saving,
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  Speaker 1: redeeming love. It's a love that heals troubled souls and
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  Speaker 1: restores broken lives. It's a love overflowing with grace and mercy.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love that never gives up on you, and
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  Speaker 1: that forgives you again and again and again. It's a
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  Speaker 1: love that only wants what is best for you. Thousands
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  Speaker 1: of years ago, the ancient Israelites sang about the redeeming
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  Speaker 1: love of God as they gathered in the Temple of Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 1: They sang about the love and compassion of a holy
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  Speaker 1: God who is full of grace and mercy. They sang
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  Speaker 1: about his restoring power and his infinite love. Later, this
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  Speaker 1: song became known as Psalm one hundred three. Praise the
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  Speaker 1: Lord my soul, all my inmost being, Praise his holy name.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
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  Speaker 1: who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
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  Speaker 1: Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you
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  Speaker 1: with love and compassion, Who satisfies your desires with good things,
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  Speaker 1: so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He
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  Speaker 1: may known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the
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  Speaker 1: people of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow
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  Speaker 1: to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse,
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  Speaker 1: nor will he harbor his anger forever. He does not
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  Speaker 1: treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according
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  Speaker 1: to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are
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  Speaker 1: above the earth, so great is his love for those
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  Speaker 1: who fear him. As far as the east is from
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  Speaker 1: the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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  Speaker 1: As a father has compassion on his children, so the
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  Speaker 1: Lord has compassion on those who fear him. For he
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  Speaker 1: knows how we are formed. He remembers that we are dust.
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  Speaker 1: The life of mortals is like grass. They flourish like
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  Speaker 1: a flower of the field. The wind blows over it,
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  Speaker 1: and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
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  Speaker 1: But from everlasting to everlasting. The Lord's love is with
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  Speaker 1: those who fear him and his righteousness, with their children's children,
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  Speaker 1: with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey
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  Speaker 1: his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and his kingdom rules overall. Praise the Lord, you his angels,
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  Speaker 1: you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord all his heavenly hosts. You his servants
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  Speaker 1: who do his will. Praise the Lord all his works
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  Speaker 1: everywhere in his dominion. Praise the Lord my soul. Because
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  Speaker 1: God loves you, you can love him. He is worthy
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  Speaker 1: of worship. In praise. The ancient Israelites often sang about
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  Speaker 1: God's love in a tune that became Psalm one hundred four.
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  Speaker 1: As you fall asleep, let this be your prayer, but
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  Speaker 1: all that I am, praise the Lord. O, Lord, my God,
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  Speaker 1: How great you are. You are robed with honor and majesty.
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  Speaker 1: You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch
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  Speaker 1: out the starry curtain of the heavens. You lay out
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  Speaker 1: the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You
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  Speaker 1: make the clouds your chariot. You ride upon the wings
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  Speaker 1: of the wind. The winds are your messengers. Flames of
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  Speaker 1: fire are your servants. You placed the world on its
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  Speaker 1: foundation so it would never be moved. You clothed the
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  Speaker 1: earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.
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  Speaker 1: At your command. The water fled at the sound of
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  Speaker 1: your thunder. It hurried away, Mountains rose, and valleys sank
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  Speaker 1: to the levels you decreed. Then you set a firm
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  Speaker 1: boundary for the seas, so that they would never again
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  Speaker 1: cover the earth. You make springs, pour water into the ravines,
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  Speaker 1: so streams gush down from the mountains. They provide water
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  Speaker 1: for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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  Speaker 1: The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the
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  Speaker 1: branches of the trees. You send rain on the mountains
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  Speaker 1: from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with
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  Speaker 1: the fruit of your labor. You cause grass to grow
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  Speaker 1: for the livestock, in plants for people to use. You
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  Speaker 1: allow them to produce food from the earth, wine to
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  Speaker 1: make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and
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  Speaker 1: bread to give them strength. The Lord takes pleasure in
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  Speaker 1: all he has made. The earth trembles at his glance,
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  Speaker 1: The mountains smoke at his touch. Will sing to the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: As long as I live, I will praise my God
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  Speaker 1: to my last breath. May all my thoughts be pleasing
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  Speaker 1: to Him, for I rejoice in the Lord. Let all
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  Speaker 1: sinners vanish from the face of the earth, Let the
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  Speaker 1: wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Praise the Lord. Let me pray for you, Loving God,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for this child of yours. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: loving them, protecting them, and guiding them. Oh Father, I
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  Speaker 1: pray that your angels will surround them tonight. I ask
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  Speaker 1: that you will watch over them in a mighty way.
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  Speaker 1: Give them peace, Grant them a marvelous, RESTful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Embrace them in your arms with your immeasurable loving kindness.
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  Speaker 1: Help them to wake up, refreshed and renewed, ready to
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  Speaker 1: serve you. In Jesus name, I pray Amen. God's love
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  Speaker 1: is infinite, immeasurable, and uncontainable. He will pursue you all
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  Speaker 1: the days of your life, and you will live in
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  Speaker 1: the house of the Lord forever. Accept his gift of
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  Speaker 1: perfect peace. Tonight, rest in the presence of your Savior.
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  Speaker 1: You are loved. Thanks for listening to this Abide Sleep story.
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  Speaker 1: God is so good. This is a guided Christian meditation
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  Speaker 1: from Abide to help you relax and fall asleep. If
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  Speaker 1: there is anything troubling your mind tonight causing you to
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  Speaker 1: feel a bit of anxiety, I encourage you to let
• 2:43:25
  Speaker 1: it go, release it, give it to the Lord. He
• 2:43:32
  Speaker 1: knows all about it. The Lord is good, He hears you,
• 2:43:40
  Speaker 1: and he cares about you take a few moments to
• 2:43:50
  Speaker 1: relax your body. Feel every muscle release its tension. Breathe
• 2:44:00
  Speaker 1: in and out, in and out, Get cozy under the
• 2:44:23
  Speaker 1: soft covers, remove all distractions from your mind, and settle
• 2:44:33
  Speaker 1: and to a peaceful state of rest. In this bedtime story,
• 2:44:45
  Speaker 1: we will be reminded of all the ways God is
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  Speaker 1: so good to us, even when it seems like the
• 2:44:51
  Speaker 1: world is anything but good. God's kindness, generosity, and faithfulness
• 2:44:58
  Speaker 1: is evident to all. The imprint of his mighty hand
• 2:45:04
  Speaker 1: is displayed throughout all of creation. The glory of His
• 2:45:09
  Speaker 1: goodness is seen across the heavens and throughout the earth.
• 2:45:16
  Speaker 1: He is a good, good father, indeed. But before we begin,
• 2:45:28
  Speaker 1: make yourself even more comfortable under your warm covers. Rest
• 2:45:34
  Speaker 1: your head gently on your pillow, Get cozy, and take
• 2:45:39
  Speaker 1: a few deep breaths in and out. Allow your breathing
• 2:45:48
  Speaker 1: to fall into a steady rhythm. Inhale, exhale. Invite the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to fill the room and watch over you
• 2:46:17
  Speaker 1: as you sleep. Whisper softly the name of Jesus, allowing
• 2:46:25
  Speaker 1: his peace to cover you, His perfect peace. Steady your
• 2:46:39
  Speaker 1: breathing into a gentle rhythm, in and out, in and out.
• 2:47:04
  Speaker 1: Let go of all other thoughts and concerns. Tonight. God
• 2:47:14
  Speaker 1: is so good. He loves you very much. His goodness
• 2:47:22
  Speaker 1: never fails. You can always count on him. Breathe in
• 2:47:36
  Speaker 1: and out, In and out, relax and the peace of God.
• 2:47:57
  Speaker 1: As I say a prayer over you tonight, Heavenly Father,
• 2:48:04
  Speaker 1: please cover your beloved one as they find true rest
• 2:48:09
  Speaker 1: in you. Please help them know that you are with them.
• 2:48:15
  Speaker 1: Please cover them with your love and your goodness as
• 2:48:21
  Speaker 1: a soft blanket. Envelop them and the comfort of your peace.
• 2:48:27
  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus. I pray Amen now as
• 2:48:40
  Speaker 1: I share the beautiful reminders from Scripture, the reminders of
• 2:48:45
  Speaker 1: God's goodness. Sink your head deeper into your pillow, and
• 2:48:52
  Speaker 1: completely relax every muscle in your body. Hail and exhal.
• 2:49:16
  Speaker 1: It was the apostle Paul in the Book of Acts
• 2:49:20
  Speaker 1: who reminded the people of Lystra that God's goodness could
• 2:49:25
  Speaker 1: always be counted on. He encouraged them to turn away
• 2:49:31
  Speaker 1: from worthless things, things that could not be counted on,
• 2:49:36
  Speaker 1: in turn to the living God. Now. Gaiestra was an
• 2:49:47
  Speaker 1: ancient village built upon a modest hill rising from the
• 2:49:53
  Speaker 1: surrounding plains. Of Asia Minor, with the grandeur of mountains
• 2:49:58
  Speaker 1: to the west and to the south. This Roman colony
• 2:50:02
  Speaker 1: was mentioned as the hometown of Timothy, one of the
• 2:50:06
  Speaker 1: young men Paul mentored in his faith. Paul visited Lystra
• 2:50:13
  Speaker 1: on more than one occasion, preaching the Gospel and healing
• 2:50:17
  Speaker 1: a man who had been lame from birth. On one
• 2:50:22
  Speaker 1: of his visits, Paul encouraged the believers of Lystra that
• 2:50:30
  Speaker 1: even though the Lord had allowed the nations to walk
• 2:50:33
  Speaker 1: in their own ways, he never left them without evidence
• 2:50:38
  Speaker 1: of himself and his goodness. God never left.
• 2:50:49
  Speaker 2: Them, even through trial and hardship.
• 2:50:55
  Speaker 1: The evidence of His goodness was all around them. What
• 2:51:01
  Speaker 1: an encouragement. The evidence of God's goodness surrounds us as well.
• 2:51:10
  Speaker 1: It is seen in the illustrations of nature, as each
• 2:51:14
  Speaker 1: new day is yet another portrait of God's exquisite artistry.
• 2:51:22
  Speaker 1: From blue ocean tides and sandy beaches to flowering meadows
• 2:51:28
  Speaker 1: and lush green forests. God's goodness is evident to all.
• 2:51:40
  Speaker 1: Be assured of God's goodness, of his presence in your life.
• 2:51:48
  Speaker 1: No matter what is going on in the world, The
• 2:51:51
  Speaker 1: Lord is with you every step of the way. Allow
• 2:51:58
  Speaker 1: that thought to surround you with peace. Tonight breathed softly
• 2:52:20
  Speaker 1: in and out. As Paul continued to encourage the believers
• 2:52:38
  Speaker 1: in lystra with the beautiful testimony of the Lord, he
• 2:52:43
  Speaker 1: pointed out that it is God who sends the rain,
• 2:52:48
  Speaker 1: provides good crops, and gives joyful hearts to his beloved.
• 2:53:03
  Speaker 1: God sends the rain. Hear it falling gently from the
• 2:53:11
  Speaker 1: clouds to water the earth, like small pebbles hitting the
• 2:53:18
  Speaker 1: ground in a cadence of rhythmic wonder. Sometimes the rain
• 2:53:30
  Speaker 1: drops fall so softly they can barely be heard. Other times,
• 2:53:41
  Speaker 1: sheets of rain come in waves and torrents, cascading down
• 2:53:45
  Speaker 1: like a waterfall from Heaven. Yet each drop fulfills its purpose,
• 2:53:56
  Speaker 1: offering much needed moisture to the dry and thirsty ground.
• 2:54:01
  Speaker 1: The earth drinks in the rain and silently begs for more.
• 2:54:14
  Speaker 1: Let the showers of God's goodness fall gently on your soul, Tonight,
• 2:54:21
  Speaker 1: drink in the sweetness of His presence inhale and exhale.
• 2:54:47
  Speaker 1: Not only does the Lord water the ground, he cultivates
• 2:54:52
  Speaker 1: the earth, causing good crops to burst forth and grow
• 2:54:58
  Speaker 1: as sustenance for His people. In various places, fields of
• 2:55:06
  Speaker 1: grains spread out like quilts across the landscape. Some of
• 2:55:12
  Speaker 1: the fields are circular, some are square, and some are
• 2:55:19
  Speaker 1: shaped like pieces of a puzzle. Each crop provides what
• 2:55:26
  Speaker 1: is needed for that region. As you gaze upon the
• 2:55:31
  Speaker 1: fields from above, you see that some are deep green,
• 2:55:37
  Speaker 1: like emeralds dotting the landscape. These include clover, parslay, and fennel.
• 2:55:46
  Speaker 1: Other crops appear like vast treasures of pure gold. They
• 2:55:51
  Speaker 1: sway in the wind, waving their greeting to the passer.
• 2:55:55
  Speaker 1: By wheat, corn, burn, oats, and rye fields of grain sustenance,
• 2:56:08
  Speaker 1: good and perfect gifts from our Father in heaven. Bask
• 2:56:21
  Speaker 1: and the abundant blessings of the Lord tonight. Continue to
• 2:56:28
  Speaker 1: breathe gently in and out and steady rhythm, allowing your
• 2:56:38
  Speaker 1: body to fully relax inhale and exhale as I pray
• 2:56:49
  Speaker 1: over you, good and gracious Lord, Thank you for your
• 2:56:58
  Speaker 1: presence tonight. You are good, You are holy. I thank
• 2:57:08
  Speaker 1: you for this listener who has invited your spirit to
• 2:57:14
  Speaker 1: cover them as they sleep. Please help them rest deeply
• 2:57:20
  Speaker 1: in your goodness, knowing that you are with them. Bless them,
• 2:57:28
  Speaker 1: Lord with peace and the precious name of your son.
• 2:57:34
  Speaker 1: I pray since the soothing, calming presence of the Lord. Tonight,
• 2:57:47
  Speaker 1: Breathe in his goodness. Breathe out all your cares. He
• 2:57:59
  Speaker 1: is with you. Paul finished his message to the people
• 2:58:11
  Speaker 1: in Lystra by reminding them that God is the giver
• 2:58:17
  Speaker 1: of joyful hearts. Allow the Holy Spirit to fill your
• 2:58:25
  Speaker 1: heart with joy tonight. It is His good and perfect
• 2:58:31
  Speaker 1: gift to you. He has joy in abundance. It is
• 2:58:39
  Speaker 1: a fruit that never fails to be produced in the
• 2:58:42
  Speaker 1: heart that fully trusts in him. Oh, taste and see
• 2:58:54
  Speaker 1: that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who
• 2:58:59
  Speaker 1: trusts in him. Taste and see the Lord is good.
• 2:59:15
  Speaker 1: Trust in him and be blessed. You can trust and
• 2:59:23
  Speaker 1: the goodness of God. Breathe softly in and out. Allow
• 2:59:41
  Speaker 1: the comfort of the Holy Spirit to wash over you.
• 2:59:48
  Speaker 1: He gives you the deepest sense of peace, not as
• 2:59:52
  Speaker 1: the world gives, but deeper peace than anything you've ever known.
• 3:00:05
  Speaker 1: In the Book of Exodus we read that the Lord
• 3:00:09
  Speaker 1: God is merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in
• 3:00:15
  Speaker 1: goodness and truth. Let those truths seek deep into your heart.
• 3:00:26
  Speaker 1: He is merciful, he is gracious, he is patient, he
• 3:00:39
  Speaker 1: is full of truth, and he is so so could
• 3:00:49
  Speaker 1: rest in these beautiful descriptions of God tonight as you
• 3:00:59
  Speaker 1: gaze into the heavens on a starry night. There is
• 3:01:03
  Speaker 1: no doubt that the glory of the Lord fills every
• 3:01:07
  Speaker 1: bit of space, unwavering, unchanging, for every good and perfect
• 3:01:17
  Speaker 1: gifts from above, coming down from the Father of the
• 3:01:21
  Speaker 1: heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Every
• 3:01:32
  Speaker 1: good and perfect gift comes from the Father. Let that
• 3:01:37
  Speaker 1: promise reassure your heart tonight. The Father of the heavenly
• 3:01:49
  Speaker 1: Lights does not change like shifting shadows. As the hymnist said,
• 3:01:59
  Speaker 1: there is no shadow of turning with thee hear the
• 3:02:07
  Speaker 1: soft melody of those words, There is no shadow of
• 3:02:15
  Speaker 1: turning with thee. Remain in the comfort of God's unfailing love.
• 3:02:30
  Speaker 1: Stay in the presence of his spirit. Rest in the
• 3:02:35
  Speaker 1: silence for several moments. God does not change. He remains
• 3:02:50
  Speaker 1: steadfast and true to his word. You can rely on him,
• 3:02:57
  Speaker 1: You can trust in his goodness, for every good and
• 3:03:04
  Speaker 1: perfect gift comes from the Father. Slow your breathing in
• 3:03:20
  Speaker 1: and out, softly, gently, deeply, God is so good to us.
• 3:03:41
  Speaker 1: I am reminded of the simple chorus, God is so good.
• 3:03:47
  Speaker 1: God is so good. God is so good. He's so
• 3:03:53
  Speaker 1: good to me. The evidence of His goodness is all
• 3:04:02
  Speaker 1: around you. It envelops you like a soft cloud of comfort.
• 3:04:16
  Speaker 1: Sink deeper under the covers. Relax every muscle in your
• 3:04:22
  Speaker 1: body inhale and exhale as I pray over you, Most
• 3:04:38
  Speaker 1: Merciful God, full of grace. I pray over your beloved
• 3:04:43
  Speaker 1: child tonight. I ask that you blanket them with peace
• 3:04:49
  Speaker 1: as they rest securely in you. Help them settle into
• 3:04:55
  Speaker 1: the deepest of sleep, so that they will waken, refreshed,
• 3:05:02
  Speaker 1: and restore it. Thank you, good good Father, for being
• 3:05:13
  Speaker 1: with them tonight in Jesus' name. Amen, Relax in the
• 3:05:24
  Speaker 1: peace of God as I say a prayer over you tonight.
• 3:05:30
  Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, please cover your beloved one as they find
• 3:05:36
  Speaker 1: true rest in you. Please help them know that you
• 3:05:41
  Speaker 1: are with them. Please cover them with your love and
• 3:05:46
  Speaker 1: your goodness as a soft blanket, envelop them and the
• 3:05:52
  Speaker 1: comfort of your peace. In the name of Jesus, I pray,
• 3:06:00
  Speaker 1: Amen now as I share the beautiful reminders from Scripture,
• 3:06:13
  Speaker 1: the reminders of God's goodness. Sink your head deeper into
• 3:06:18
  Speaker 1: your pillow and completely relax every muscle in your body
• 3:06:28
  Speaker 1: inhale and exhale. It was the apostle Paul in the
• 3:06:46
  Speaker 1: Book of Acts who reminded the people of Lystra that
• 3:06:52
  Speaker 1: God's goodness could always be counted on. He encouraged them
• 3:06:58
  Speaker 1: to turn away from worthless things, things that could not
• 3:07:02
  Speaker 1: be counted on, in turn to the living God. Now.
• 3:07:15
  Speaker 1: Glystra was an ancient village built upon a modest hill,
• 3:07:21
  Speaker 1: rising from the surrounding plains of Asia Minor, with the
• 3:07:25
  Speaker 1: grandeur of mountains to the west and to the south.
• 3:07:30
  Speaker 1: This Roman colony was mentioned as the hometown of Timothy,
• 3:07:35
  Speaker 1: one of the young men Paul mentored in his faith.
• 3:07:39
  Speaker 1: Paul visited Lystra on more than one occasion, preaching the
• 3:07:44
  Speaker 1: Gospel and healing a man who had been lame from birth.
• 3:07:50
  Speaker 1: On one of his visits, Paul encouraged the believers of
• 3:07:55
  Speaker 1: Lystra that even though the Lord had allowed the nations
• 3:08:01
  Speaker 1: to walk in their own ways, he never left them
• 3:08:05
  Speaker 1: without evidence of himself and his goodness. God never left.
• 3:08:17
  Speaker 2: Them, even through trial and hardship.
• 3:08:24
  Speaker 1: The evidence of his goodness was all around them. What
• 3:08:29
  Speaker 1: an encouragement. The evidence of God's goodness surrounds us as well.
• 3:08:38
  Speaker 1: It is seen in the illustrations of nature, as each
• 3:08:43
  Speaker 1: new day is yet another portrait of God's exquisite artistry.
• 3:08:50
  Speaker 1: From blue ocean tides and sandy beaches to flowering meadows
• 3:08:57
  Speaker 1: and lush green forests, God's goodness is evident to all.
• 3:09:09
  Speaker 1: Be assured of God's goodness, of his presence in your life,
• 3:09:17
  Speaker 1: no matter what is going on in the world. The
• 3:09:20
  Speaker 1: Lord is with you every step of the way. Allow
• 3:09:26
  Speaker 1: that thought to surround you with peace tonight. Breathe softly
• 3:09:48
  Speaker 1: in and out. As Paul continued to encourage the believers
• 3:10:07
  Speaker 1: in Lystra with the beautiful testimony of the Lord, he
• 3:10:12
  Speaker 1: pointed out that it is God who sends the rain,
• 3:10:17
  Speaker 1: provides good crops, and gives joyful hearts to his beloved.
• 3:10:31
  Speaker 1: God sends the rain. Hear it falling gently from the
• 3:10:39
  Speaker 1: clouds to water the earth, like small pebbles hitting the
• 3:10:46
  Speaker 1: ground in a cadence of rhythmic wonder. Sometimes the rain
• 3:10:59
  Speaker 1: drops false so softly they can barely be heard. Other times,
• 3:11:09
  Speaker 1: sheets of rain come in waves and torrents, cascading down
• 3:11:14
  Speaker 1: like a waterfall from Heaven. Yet each drop fulfills its purpose,
• 3:11:24
  Speaker 1: offering much needed moisture to the dry and thirsty ground.
• 3:11:30
  Speaker 1: The earth drinks in the rain and silently begs for more.
• 3:11:42
  Speaker 1: Let the showers of God's goodness fall gently on your
• 3:11:46
  Speaker 1: soul tonight, Drink in the sweetness of His presence and exhale.
• 3:12:15
  Speaker 1: Not only does the Lord water the ground, he cultivates
• 3:12:21
  Speaker 1: the earth, causing good crops to burst forth and grow
• 3:12:27
  Speaker 1: as sustenance for his people. In various places, fields of
• 3:12:34
  Speaker 1: grains spread out like quilts across the landscape. Some of
• 3:12:41
  Speaker 1: the fields are circular, some are square, and some are
• 3:12:48
  Speaker 1: shaped like pieces of a puzzle. Each crop provides what
• 3:12:54
  Speaker 1: is needed for that region. As you gaze upon the
• 3:13:00
  Speaker 1: fields from above, you see that some are deep green,
• 3:13:06
  Speaker 1: like emeralds dotting the landscape. These include clover, parsley, and fennel.
• 3:13:14
  Speaker 1: Other crops appear like vast treasures of pure gold. They
• 3:13:20
  Speaker 1: sway in the wind, waving their greeting to the passerby wheat, corn, oats,
• 3:13:29
  Speaker 1: and rye. Fields of grain sustenance, good and perfect gifts
• 3:13:41
  Speaker 1: from our Father in Heaven, Basque, and the abundant blessings
• 3:13:51
  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Tonight, continue to breathe gently in and
• 3:14:01
  Speaker 1: out in steady rhythm, allowing your body to fully relax inhale,
• 3:14:14
  Speaker 1: in exhale as I pray over you, good and gracious Lord,
• 3:14:26
  Speaker 1: Thank you for your presence tonight. You are good, You
• 3:14:32
  Speaker 1: are holy. I thank you for this listener who has
• 3:14:41
  Speaker 1: invited your spirit to cover them as they sleep. Please
• 3:14:47
  Speaker 1: help them rest deeply in your goodness, knowing that you
• 3:14:51
  Speaker 1: are with them. Bless them, Lord with peace and the
• 3:15:00
  Speaker 1: precious name of your son. I pray since the soothing,
• 3:15:11
  Speaker 1: calming presence of the Lord tonight. Breathe in his goodness.
• 3:15:20
  Speaker 1: Breathe out all your cares. He is with you. Paul
• 3:15:38
  Speaker 1: finished his message to the people in Lystra by reminding
• 3:15:44
  Speaker 1: them that God is the giver of joyful hearts. Allow
• 3:15:50
  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with joy tonight.
• 3:15:58
  Speaker 1: It is his good and perfect gift to you. He
• 3:16:04
  Speaker 1: has joy and abundance. It is a fruit that never
• 3:16:09
  Speaker 1: fails to be produced in the heart that fully trusts
• 3:16:14
  Speaker 1: in him. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
• 3:16:25
  Speaker 1: Blessed is the man who trusts in him. Taste and
• 3:16:34
  Speaker 1: see the Lord is good. Trust in him and be blessed.
• 3:16:49
  Speaker 1: You can trust, and the Goodness of God breathes softly
• 3:17:00
  Speaker 1: in and out. Allow the comfort of the Holy spirit
• 3:17:11
  Speaker 1: to wash over you. He gives you the deepest sense
• 3:17:18
  Speaker 1: of peace, not as the world gives, but deeper peace
• 3:17:26
  Speaker 1: than anything you've ever known. In the Book of Exodus
• 3:17:36
  Speaker 1: we read that the Lord God is merciful and gracious,
• 3:17:41
  Speaker 1: long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth. Let those
• 3:17:49
  Speaker 1: truths seek deep into your heart. He is merciful, he
• 3:18:00
  Speaker 1: is gracious, he is patient, he is full of truth,
• 3:18:10
  Speaker 1: and he is so so good. Rest in these beautiful
• 3:18:19
  Speaker 1: descriptions of God tonight, as you gaze into the heavens
• 3:18:29
  Speaker 1: on a starry night, there is no doubt that the
• 3:18:33
  Speaker 1: glory of the Lord fills every bit of space, unwavering,
• 3:18:40
  Speaker 1: unchanging for every good and perfect gifts from above, coming
• 3:18:48
  Speaker 1: down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does
• 3:18:52
  Speaker 1: not change like shifting shadows. Every good and perfect gift
• 3:19:02
  Speaker 1: comes from the Father. Let that promise reassure your heart tonight.
• 3:19:15
  Speaker 1: The Father of the heavenly Lights does not change like
• 3:19:20
  Speaker 1: shifting shadows. As the hymnist said, there is no shadow
• 3:19:30
  Speaker 1: of turning with thee. Here the soft melody of those words,
• 3:19:41
  Speaker 1: there is no shadow of turning with thee remain in
• 3:19:55
  Speaker 1: the comfort of God's unfailing love. Stay in the the
• 3:20:00
  Speaker 1: presence of his spirit. Rest in the silence for several moments.
• 3:20:15
  Speaker 1: God does not change. He remained steadfast and true to
• 3:20:20
  Speaker 1: his word. You can rely on him. You can trust
• 3:20:27
  Speaker 1: in his goodness, for every good and perfect gift comes
• 3:20:35
  Speaker 1: from the Father. Slow your breathing in and out, softly, gently, deeply.
• 3:21:06
  Speaker 1: God is so good to us. I am reminded of
• 3:21:11
  Speaker 1: the simple chorus. God is so good. God is so good.
• 3:21:18
  Speaker 1: God is so good. He's so good to me. The
• 3:21:29
  Speaker 1: evidence of his goodness is all around you. It envelops
• 3:21:34
  Speaker 1: you like a soft cloud of comfort. Sink deeper under
• 3:21:45
  Speaker 1: the covers. Relax every muscle in your body inhale and
• 3:21:57
  Speaker 1: exhale as I pray over you, Most Merciful God, full
• 3:22:08
  Speaker 1: of grace. I pray over your beloved child Tonight. I
• 3:22:15
  Speaker 1: ask that you blanket them with peace as they rest
• 3:22:18
  Speaker 1: securely in you. Help them settle into the deepest of sleep,
• 3:22:27
  Speaker 1: so that they will awaken, refreshed, and restore it. Thank you,
• 3:22:37
  Speaker 1: Good good Father, for being with them tonight. In Jesus' name, Amen.