This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Isaiah 58–66, October 12–18). Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. Arise, shine, and the light that never sets. The Redeemer's mission statement, read aloud in Nazareth: to bind up the brokenhearted... beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. The new name: not Forsaken, but Hephzibah, my delight is in her. In all their affliction he was afflicted... he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Before they call, I will answer. The wolf and the lamb, home again. And the last image of the whole book: as one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. We end by the breathing hearth, the heaviness traded, the fire under the ashes alive.

Scripture woven throughout: Isaiah 58:6–11; 60:1, 19–20; 61:1–3; 62:4–5; 63:9; 64:4; 65:17–19, 24–25; 66:13; Luke 4:16–21.

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The Book of Mormon describes the voice of God as "a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper" (Helaman 5:30). So we made a reading that sounds the way the book says those words first arrived. You do not have to follow along. You do not have to stay awake for the end.

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PASSAGES IN THIS READING

A Voice Like a Whisper: Helaman 5:30, 3 Nephi 11:3, 3 Nephi 11:5-7, 1 Nephi 17:45, Enos 1:3-5, Alma 5:38, Helaman 5:46-48

Come and Rest: 2 Nephi 9:50-51, 3 Nephi 12:3-9, Alma 37:34, Alma 7:23-24, Alma 13:28-29, Moroni 7:3-4, Mosiah 4:9

Held: 1 Nephi 8:10-12, 1 Nephi 11:21-23, 2 Nephi 1:15, 3 Nephi 10:6, Alma 26:37, Moroni 8:26, Jacob 3:1, Jacob 3:2

Light in the Night: 3 Nephi 1:13, 3 Nephi 1:19, Mosiah 16:9, 3 Nephi 12:14-16, Alma 19:6, Ether 3:4, 2 Nephi 31:3, 3 Nephi 19:25

Quiet Prayers: Alma 34:26-27, 3 Nephi 13:6-8, 3 Nephi 13:9-13, 3 Nephi 14:7-11, 3 Nephi 20:1, Helaman 3:35, 2 Nephi 9:52

Peace Be Unto You: 3 Nephi 22:7-8, 3 Nephi 22:13-14, 4 Nephi 1:15, 4 Nephi 1:16, Mosiah 15:18, Ether 12:41, Alma 7:27, Alma 37:36-37, Helaman 5:47

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Isaiah 50–57, October 5–11). A word in season to him that is weary. The waste places comforted, the wilderness made like Eden. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that publisheth peace, and the watchmen singing fire to fire. Isaiah 53, held with reverence: surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows... all we like sheep have gone astray... and with his stripes we are healed... the chapter Abinadi answered a king's court with. The small moment and the everlasting kindness, and the covenant of peace sworn to outlast the mountains. Come ye to the waters, without money and without price. Thoughts higher than our thoughts. And the benediction of Isaiah 57: he shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds.

Scripture woven throughout: Isaiah 50:4; 51:3, 11; 52:1, 7–8; 53:3–6, 11; 54:7–10, 13; 55:1, 8–12; 57:1–2, 15; Mosiah 14.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Isaiah 40–49, September 28 – October 4). Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. The highway home, graded through the wilderness. The shepherd gathering the lambs with his arm, carrying them in his bosom. Stars brought out by number and called by name, and not one faileth. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: wings, then running, then walking without fainting. Fear not, for I am with thee. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine... when thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee. Carried even to gray hairs. And the summit: Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. We end with the heavens singing, for the Lord hath comforted his people.

Scripture woven throughout: Isaiah 40:1–3, 8, 11, 26–31; 41:10, 13; 42:3; 43:1–4, 25; 44:23; 46:4; 49:13–16; Psalm 137:1–4.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35, September 21–27). A refuge from the storm, and the Lord God wiping away tears from off all faces. Perfect peace for the mind stayed on Him, and the command to enter thy chambers and hide thyself for a little moment. Line upon line, and the rest and the refreshing. The marvellous work and a wonder: the voice whispering out of the dust, the sealed book, and the fulfillment Nephi engraved with his own hands. In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And the chapter the pioneers made literal: the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose... with sorrow and sighing fleeing away behind you.

Scripture woven throughout: Isaiah 14:3, 7; 25:4, 6, 8; 26:3–4, 20; 28:10, 12; 29:4, 11–14, 19; 30:15, 18, 21, 29; 35:1–10; 2 Nephi 27.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Isaiah 1–12, September 14–20). The temple vision and the healing touch: thine iniquity is taken away. The pulled-out chair: come now, and let us reason together, scarlet made white as snow, crimson made wool. The mountain of the Lord's house in the top of the mountains, and swords beaten into plowshares. The child and His names, Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. And the peaceable kingdom, the chapters Nephi engraved by hand and carried across an ocean: the wolf lying down with the lamb, a little child leading them, nothing hurting or destroying in all the holy mountain. We end at the wells of salvation, drawing with joy: I will trust, and not be afraid.

Scripture woven throughout: Isaiah 1:18; 2:2–5; 4:5–6; 6:1–8; 7:14; 9:2, 6–7; 11:1–9; 12:2–3; 2 Nephi 25:5; Luke 2:11.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

About Deseret Devotional: Peaceful sleep stories, scripture meditations, and devotional readings for Latter-day Saints.

This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12, September 7–13). The dream at Gibeon, where wisdom itself was given to a sleeping man. A father's counsel at terrace speed: trust in the Lord with all thine heart... lean not... and he shall direct thy paths, ending in the promise this show was made for: thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet, and its echo from Alma to Helaman, another father and son, an ocean away. A mother's counsel with the law of kindness in her tongue. And the old preacher's seasons: a time for everything, everything beautiful in His time, and the conclusion of the whole matter, small enough to carry to bed. We end under the fig leaves, the day out of season, the promise kept.

Scripture woven throughout: 1 Kings 3:5–13; Proverbs 1:8, 3:5–6, 3:23–24, 4:18, 15:1, 15:17, 16:3, 16:9, 16:32, 22:1, 31:1, 31:20, 31:25–28; Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:24, 3:1–8, 3:11, 11:7, 12:12–13; Alma 37:36–37.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150, August 31 – September 6). The gift of Psalm 127: it is vain to eat the bread of sorrows, "for so he giveth his beloved sleep." The tenderness of Psalm 103: he knoweth our frame. The homecoming of Psalm 116: return unto thy rest, O my soul. The summit of Psalm 139: the darkness is not dark to Him, and when I awake, I am still with thee. And the finale, the God who calls every star by name, binding up broken hearts, while every thing that hath breath keeps praising, even in its sleep. We end rocked by the old litany: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Scripture woven throughout: Psalm 103:2–5, 11–14; Psalm 116:1–8, 7; Psalm 118:24; Psalm 127:1–3; Psalm 136:1–9, 23; Psalm 139:1–18; Psalm 147:3–4, 16; Psalm 148; Psalm 150.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86, August 24–30). These are the psalms written when life had gotten complicated: remembering God in the night watches; the short prayer for overwhelmed hearts, "lead me to the rock that is higher than I"; Asaph's sleepless night and the turn from worry to remembering; and Psalm 51, held gently, the broken and contrite heart that heaven never despises, and the clean heart created new, whiter than snow. We end at the spring, where mercy and truth are met together, and righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Scripture woven throughout: Psalm 51:1, 7, 10, 12, 17; Psalm 61:2–4; Psalm 62:5–6; Psalm 63:1, 5–7; Psalm 66:16; Psalm 77:2–12, 19–20; Psalm 78:4, 7; Psalm 85:10; Psalm 86:5; 3 Nephi 9:20.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46, August 17–23). Why sheep will only lie down when they are fed, watered, at peace, and unafraid, and why not one of those is the sheep's job. Still waters made by hand. The cast sheep and the Shepherd who kneels. The valley that is on the route, and the moment the psalm turns from "He" to "Thou." A table prepared, oil at the gate, a cup that overflows, and goodness and mercy as the rear guard, following you home. We end in the fold with the night psalms: weeping may endure for a night, joy comes in the morning... be still, and know.

Scripture woven throughout: Psalm 23 (entire); Psalm 8:3–5; Psalm 19:1–2; Psalm 30:5, 11; Psalm 46:1–5, 10; Psalm 4:8; John 10:11, 14.

For best rest: play at low volume. Let yourself drift. The Lord is near.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42, August 10–16). The hard parts are told gently and briefly, the way you'd tell them at a loved one's bedside. Then the long turn toward morning: friends whose finest hour was seven days of silence; bedrock spoken from the ashes, "I know that my redeemer liveth"; and God's answer from the whirlwind, which was never an explanation but a tour of the tended universe, morning stars singing together, the sea swaddled in clouds, snow kept in treasuries, rain falling faithfully where no one sees. We end under the turning stars, one more tended creature, full of days.

Told with tenderness for anyone carrying a loss of their own.

Scripture woven throughout: Job 1:21–22, 2:13, 13:15, 19:25–27, 23:10, 29:11–16, 38:4–12, 38:22–31, 42:7, 42:10–17.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Esther, August 3–9). An orphan girl is placed where she never chose to be; a kindness is written in the king's chronicles and forgotten; and the rescue of a whole people turns on one night when the king could not sleep, and called for a bedtime reading. God's name is never mentioned in the book of Esther, and He is on every page, working in the small details. We end among the breathing hangings at midnight, every kindness filed and safe, sorrow turned to joy.

Scripture woven throughout: Esther 2:7, 2:17, 2:22–23, 4:11, 4:14–16, 5:2–3, 6:1–3, 8:16, 9:22, and 10:3.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (Ezra; Nehemiah, July 27–August 2). A foreign king's heart is quietly stirred and a door swings open; joy and weeping rise together over a new foundation; Nehemiah rides the broken walls alone by moonlight, seeing what they will become; every family builds the stretch before their own house; and the word for the week holds the whole thing up: the joy of the Lord is your strength. We end by the embers, the watchman keeping watch, the city singing far ahead.

Scripture woven throughout: Ezra 1:2–3, 3:11–13; Nehemiah 1:4, 2:4, 2:12–18, 3:23, 4:9, 6:3, 8:9–12, and 12:43.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30, July 20–26). No battle dwelt on. Just a king who gathered his whole nation, little ones on their parents' shoulders, and prayed, "We have no might... but our eyes are upon thee." The answer came through a singer: the battle is not yours. Stand still, and see. We end in the quiet courtyard at midnight, the realm at rest round about.

Scripture woven throughout: 2 Chronicles 15:15, 20:12–13, 20:15–17, 20:21–22, and 20:30.

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This is a peaceful, unhurried sleep story for Latter-day Saints, drawn from this week's Come Follow Me reading (2 Kings 16–25, July 13–19). No battle dwelt on. Just a king who carried his fear up to the house of the Lord, spread it out before Him, and heard three words back: I have heard. We end on the wall at midnight, the city sleeping, the watch in higher hands.

Scripture woven throughout: 2 Kings 18:5, 18:36, 19:6, 19:14–16, and 19:32–34.

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The Psalm of Nephi (2 Nephi 4) is one of the most tender passages in the Book of Mormon, a man honest about his sorrow, honest about his trust, honest about the nevertheless between them. Let his words rest on you the way evening rests on a quiet field.

"I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever."

A 31-minute Deseret Devotional sleep story. Settle in. Let your shoulders drop. Peace be unto thy soul.

Drift off to the quiet promises of Psalm 23, the tender words of Christ in 3 Nephi 17, the assurance in John 14 that "I will not leave you comfortless," Paul's confidence that nothing can separate us from the love of God, and many more.

Whether you've lost someone you love, are walking through loneliness, or just need peace at the end of a long day, you are not alone here.

📖 Featured scriptures: Psalm 23, 30, 34, 46, 56, 121, 147 • Matthew 5, 11 • John 11, 14, 16 • Romans 8 • Philippians 4 • 1 Peter 5 • Hebrews 4, 13 • Revelation 21 • Isaiah 41, 43, 53 • Deuteronomy 31 • Joshua 1 • Lamentations 3 • 2 Nephi 4 • Mosiah 24 • Alma 7 • 3 Nephi 17 • Ether 12

🙏 Created for devotional listening, rest, and quiet reflection. ✝️ All scriptures from public-domain sources (KJV Bible & Book of Mormon).

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Walk with us through the camp tonight. Sit beside a young family at supper. Look up at the stars over the prairie. And let the quiet faith of the pioneers, a faith that endured cold, loss, and uncertainty without ever losing its tenderness, settle around you like a banked fire on a cold night.

A 40-minute pioneer sleep story for Latter-day Saints. Peace be unto thy soul.

Listen as the Father's voice falls, three times, from the soft afternoon sky. Watch the Savior descend, slowly, in robes whiter than fresh snow, into the midst of the multitude. Walk forward, in your turn, and feel the marks of love in His hands and His feet. Then sit again, on the warm earth, in the quiet company of His mercy. And rest.

Scripture references: 3 Nephi 11. Approximate length: 50 minutes.

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Long ago, a small company of families stood at the edge of a great sea, looking out at a journey no one had ever made. They boarded eight small vessels, each tight like unto a dish, each lit by two shining stones touched by the finger of the Lord. And they were carried, by a wind that did not cease, for three hundred and forty-four days.

Rest as a quiet passenger aboard one of those eight vessels. Feel the cradling rhythm of the waves. Watch the stones shine continually through the long crossing. Hear the gentle hush of the water along the hull. And arrive, at last, on the soft green shore of the promised land.

Scripture references: Ether 6. Approximate length: 35 minutes.

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