Welcome to Abide's sleep meditations. I'm Tyler Boss.

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Now, relax your mind and body as we hear tonight's sleep story.

Hello, and welcome to this Abide bedtime story. Hello and welcome to this abide bedtime story, where tonight we will visit Elijah's

cave and marvel at the way God spoke to the troubled prophet and eased his anxiety in a most

unexpected way.

I'm Brian, here to help you drift off into a peaceful slumber, nestled in the comforting

words of our Lord God in heaven, words spoken in his still small voice.

As God's children, we all want to hear our father's voice so that he may comfort us and

guide us as only he can.

But often we can't hear him. It's not that God is not speaking. He is. It's that we are not

listening or not listening in the right way. Tonight, we attune our ears, our spiritual ears, to hear our Father God's soothing and holy voice.

Now, relax. Truly, relax. Close your eyes.

Let your heavy eyelids slide shut over your tired eyes.

Sink deeply into your bed.

Let your pillow cushion your weary head.

Let your mattress absorb all the strain of your exhausted body.

Let your mind drift into a place that is free from the day's busyness and concerns and distractions, a place of quiet and calm.

In just a moment, I'm going to ask you to breathe in deeply. When you do, I want you to hold it in for a few seconds. Then, when you slowly exhale,

you will feel your anxiety and tension flow out of your body with the air.

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