The Secret Place

1. The Secret Place
Living Hope Church 2.28.10

2. Matthew 6:5-6
"And when you pray, do not be like
the hypocrites, for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues
and on the street corners to be
seen by men. I tell you the truth,
they have received their reward in
full. [6] But when you pray, go into
your room, close the door and pray
to your Father, who is unseen.
Then your Father, who sees what is
done in secret, will reward you. "

3. Secret; hidden; not in
plain sight; inward;
something that is not
seen from the external

4. Psalm 139:13-16
For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother's womb.
[14] I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I
know that full well.
[15] My frame was not hidden from you when I
was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of
the earth,
[16] your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in
your book before one of them came to be.

5. The secret place is the
key to our long term
existence.

6. Observations About
the Secret Place.

7. Observations About the Secret Place
1. Host to the Potter and
the Potter’s Wheel.
2. The Spring of Living
Water

8. John 4:13-14
Jesus answered, "Everyone
who drinks this water will be
thirsty again, [14] but whoever
drinks the water I give him will
never thirst. Indeed, the water
I give him will become in him
a spring of water welling up to
eternal life."

9. Col. 1:26-27
The mystery that has been kept
hidden for ages and
generations, but is now
disclosed to the saints. [27] To
them God has chosen to make
known among the Gentiles the
glorious riches of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory.

10. 1 Cor. 4:1
So then, men ought to
regard us as servants
of Christ and as those
entrusted with the
secret things of God.

11. If you want to bless your
family, friends, church,
you go to that inner
room and drink of the
fountain of the Lord!

12. Philip. 4:12-13
I know what it is to be in need,
and I know what it is to have
plenty. I have learned the secret
of being content in any and
every situation, whether well
fed or hungry, whether living in
plenty or in want. [13] I can do
everything through him who
gives me strength.

13. Psalm 91:1-16 NKJV
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
[2] I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my
fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."
[3] Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the
fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
[4] He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
[5] You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
[6] Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
[7] A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
[8] Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

14. Psalm 91:1-16 NKJV (cont.)
[9] Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
[10] No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
[11] For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
[12] In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
[13] You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample
underfoot.
[14] "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will
deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
[15] He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
[16] With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation."