Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

Remember. Psalm 63, 6 through 8, the Passion Translation. I lie awake each night thinking of you,

reflecting on how you help me like a father.

I sing through the night under your splendor shadow, offering up to you my songs of delight

and joy. With passion, I pursue and cling to you because I feel your grip on my life.

I keep my soul close to your heart.

There is perhaps no force on earth more powerful than music.

It can soothe, agitate, bring joy, trigger sadness, arouse passion,

stir energy, awaken memories, connect us to others, and more. I believe the primary purpose for its

creation by God was worship,

though I enjoy other expressions of music as well.

Another powerful creation the Lord gave us is the memory.

Used appropriately, it can serve us in incredible ways.

Periodically, I revisit, memory, revisit worship songs that have been especially meaningful to me over the years.

I've found that as I do, or as I do so, I often experience the same impact in my heart, spirit, and emotions as I did when the song first impacted me.

Our memories are more than file cabinets. They are alive, capable of reliving events and feelings.

Scripture tells us to remember, to rehearse what God has done for us, for and in us.

There is power in doing so, keeps the fruit of what he did in the past alive today.

In the Hebrew language, the words testify and remember actually contain the concept of doing again.

I remember well in 2008 when I was instructed by Holy Spirit to stop everything, and I mean everything, in the church we were leading in Colorado Springs and do

nothing but 24-7 worship for 90 days.

As we obeyed, we didn't do typical worship sessions

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