Hello and welcome to this Abide Sleep Story, Sleep peacefully, based on Psalm 91, written by Moses on the day the tabernacle was completed.

The comforting, opening words of the Psalm are well known and often quoted and were the inspiration for the title of a book by Elizabeth Elliott

about the journey of her husband, Jim Elliott,

who was martyred for his faith in 1956.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

As you prepare for sleep tonight, relax into your bed.

Let the worries of your day drift away with each slow, deep breath that you take.

Breathe in peace and comfort.

Breathe out, stress, worry, and distractions.

Let your head sink into your pillow.

Pull your covers up and tuck them securely around you keeping your breath

slow and steady hear your heartbeat let its rhythm calm you Now take inventory of your muscles and let each one relax, your legs, your abdomen, your shoulders, and your neck.

Close your eyes and release your tension.

Take a slow breath in and out.

And again, in and out as you breathe in say in your spirit my refuge and my fortress and as you breathe

out say my god in whom i trust do that again several more times as you relax and believe that

god is who he says he is.

As you continue to relax, hear Moses's words, for he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Know that you can rest in perfect peace because God has commanded his angels to watch over you.

Please let me pray for you.

Holy Father, thank you for peaceful peaceful sleep which I claim for your beloved child in the

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