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

Place. Every believer loves the Psalms. Even many non-believers love these treasure troves of praise

to Yahweh and hope for the future. Psalm 23 has guided millions

through the valley of the shadow of death, and the 51st Psalm has led many out of guilt and into

recovery. Another favorite is Psalm 91, the great Psalm of Protection.

I led 150 Bible school students on an outreach to Mardi Gras in New Orleans many years ago.

Among the tens of thousands that descend on Bourbon Street every night to party and revel,

there are some who are miserable, desperate, and ripe for something genuine to replace their

despair and misery. We engaged them and shared Christ's love, prayed for those who wanted it,

and led several to Jesus. Violence also occurred at Mardi Gras and more demons per square inch than you can imagine.

So I required every student to meditate on and memorize Psalm 91.

By the time we went, it was planted in their heart,

firmly embedded in their memory.

Though I always include scripture references in the posts, I don't typically quote many of them,

and even more seldom do I quote lengthy passages, simply for reasons of space.

I feel that those who want to read them will do so later. Today, however,

I feel led to read Psalm 91 in its entirety. In this season, all believers should know and memorize

this amazing passage and also declare it regularly over themselves

and their families. I'm quoting it from the Passion Translation, which brings this Psalm alive

in wonderful ways. The footnotes in this translation, explaining why they've translated words as they

have are invaluable. If you don't have this excellent Bible translation, do yourself a favor and pick one up.

They haven't completed the entire Bible, but have completed

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