Welcome to the bedtime story a glorious vision taken from Luke chapter 8 verses 28 to 36

in this story Jesus gives his disciples a glimpse of his glory a glimpse of their future in his kingdom a glimpse of God's great love he

invites them into a deeper reality and grants them a special vision of who he is and

what he has come to do Jesus invites you into this too he longs to show himself to you in

new and deeper ways even as you rest in his loving care before you enter this story take a moment to get comfortable.

Stretch out.

Just your pillow or blankets as you need to and settle into a soft place inhale deeply breathing in God's peace and presence and exhale

breathing out your worries notice your breath let it become regular and even steady and calming relax your feet feel your calves

softening feel your thighs loosen and as you continue breathing in

calm breaths feel the relaxation move into every muscle of your body ask for God's spirit to surround you as I pray heavenly father

thank you for exalting your son and for sending him to show us the way to

you and thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to this precious child whom you have created

and redeemed now father would you fill this child with

patience and peace help them to surrender their burdens and worries to you and to

rest confident in your care right now.

Calm their muscles and their mind as they sleep.

Grant them dreams about your wonders and your glory. them as they rest help them grow closer to you I

pray this in Jesus name amen imagine that you're John Jesus beloved disciple you've been following Jesus for a while now

and you've seen him doing amazing things you've seen the sick healed you've seen the hungry

fed in fact just the other day jesus took five loaves of bread and two fish and somehow

fed hungry crowds of thousands of people with baskets of food left over after everyone had eaten their full

You've traveled with Jesus and you've listened to him teach crowds nearly every day

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