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Tonight’s practice meets you where you feel the day’s weight—tight jaw, tense shoulders, a mind that won’t stop planning—and offers a gentler path to rest. We guide a slow, grounding breath, then open a quiet space around Psalm 127:2: “For he gives to his beloved sleep.” From there, the tone shifts from hustle to surrender as we name anxious toil, feel where it sits in the body, and place those burdens beside us rather than inside us.
We move step by step: find a comfortable position, close your eyes, and let the breath lengthen until the exhale unhooks the day. With each inhale you acknowledge life given; with each exhale you release one thought, one worry, one task. The verse reframes the night—rest is not earned by performance but received in love. You are reminded that being provided for means you can let go, that the world does not rest on your shoulders, and that trust can be as simple as allowing the next breath to arrive on its own.
As the practice deepens, a short prayer—“He gives to his beloved sleep”—becomes a soft refrain that replaces mental noise with calm. We invite peace to saturate every cell, guide the mind away from problem‑solving, and welcome the body into safety. If you’ve been waking early, staying up late, or grinding through the night on sheer willpower, this session offers a kinder rhythm. Set down the deadlines and drift into the healing rest already offered to you.
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Chapters

1. God Gives His Beloved Sleep: Fall Asleep to Scriptures | Psalm 127:2 (00:00:00)

2. Settle Into Comfortable Rest (00:00:14)

3. Slow Breathing And Bodily Ease (00:00:36)

4. Breath As Anchor And Release (00:01:46)

5. Psalm 127:2 Introduced (00:02:39)

6. Naming Anxious Toil In The Body (00:03:10)

7. Laying Down Burdens (00:04:01)

8. Receiving Sleep As A Gift (00:04:39)

9. Loved, Provided For, And Held (00:05:21)

10. Letting Plans Dissolve (00:06:06)

11. Peace Saturates Every Cell (00:06:19)

12. Gentle Prayer And Surrender (00:06:27)

13. Drift Into Healing Sleep (00:06:42)

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