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Cold Springs Church
Prayer: His Teaching. His Example - The Secret Place
The Secret Place
Locations & Times
Cold Springs Church
2600 Cold Springs Rd, Placerville, CA 95667, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
1. The Power and Weight of Secrets
- We all know what it’s like to keep a secret.
- Some secrets feel uniting—but personal secrets isolate.
- Secrecy draws us inward and away from others.
- What is hidden begins to burn within us.
Key Question:
What happens when secrecy becomes a way of life?
- We all know what it’s like to keep a secret.
- Some secrets feel uniting—but personal secrets isolate.
- Secrecy draws us inward and away from others.
- What is hidden begins to burn within us.
Key Question:
What happens when secrecy becomes a way of life?
2. Jesus and the Secret Place
Matthew 6:5-8
- Jesus contrasts public performance with private pursuit.
- Prayer is not meant to impress others.
- Prayer is a meeting place with the Father.
When we stop meeting God in secret, a life of secrecy starts meeting us.
Matthew 6:5-8
- Jesus contrasts public performance with private pursuit.
- Prayer is not meant to impress others.
- Prayer is a meeting place with the Father.
When we stop meeting God in secret, a life of secrecy starts meeting us.
3. The Cost of Secrecy
- Secrecy isolates.
- Secrecy burns.
- A life of secrecy is a life in hiding.
We cannot keep secrets from God:
- Frustrations
- Sorrows
- Anxieties
- Laments
- Trials
- Joys
When the secret place disappears, secrecy takes its place.
- Secrecy isolates.
- Secrecy burns.
- A life of secrecy is a life in hiding.
We cannot keep secrets from God:
- Frustrations
- Sorrows
- Anxieties
- Laments
- Trials
- Joys
When the secret place disappears, secrecy takes its place.
4. Hiding vs. Coming into the Light
John 3:16–21
- Darkness hides; light heals.
- Hiding is exhausting.
- God invites us—not to exposure—but to freedom.
No matter how difficult, come to the secret place.
John 3:16–21
- Darkness hides; light heals.
- Hiding is exhausting.
- God invites us—not to exposure—but to freedom.
No matter how difficult, come to the secret place.
5. What God Desires in the Secret Place
Psalm 51
- Acknowledgement (vv. 1–6)
- Desire for cleansing (vv. 7–11)
- Response of restoration (vv. 12–15)
- Reality of honest worship (vv. 16–19)
God desires truth in the inner being.
Psalm 51
- Acknowledgement (vv. 1–6)
- Desire for cleansing (vv. 7–11)
- Response of restoration (vv. 12–15)
- Reality of honest worship (vv. 16–19)
God desires truth in the inner being.
6. The Gospel Flip: From Secrecy to Freedom
- Meeting God in the secret place creates a life with nothing left to hide.
- A life with nothing to hide is a life that is free.
- Freedom is found in a secret relationship with God.
- Meeting God in the secret place creates a life with nothing left to hide.
- A life with nothing to hide is a life that is free.
- Freedom is found in a secret relationship with God.
7. Practicing the Secret Place
- This is not about checking boxes.
- It’s not enough to think about it.
- It must become a rhythm.
- You don’t have to be good at it—but you can’t skip it.
You can suck, but you can’t skip.
- This is not about checking boxes.
- It’s not enough to think about it.
- It must become a rhythm.
- You don’t have to be good at it—but you can’t skip it.
You can suck, but you can’t skip.
8. Hope and Invitation
- There is a life with nothing to hide ahead of you.
- Jesus died so we could have that secret place within us.
- Jesus suffered so we could be free.
- Stop hiding.
- Pursue God in the secret place.
- Meet God in the secret place—for your freedom.
Meeting God in the secret place creates a life with nothing left to hide.
- There is a life with nothing to hide ahead of you.
- Jesus died so we could have that secret place within us.
- Jesus suffered so we could be free.
- Stop hiding.
- Pursue God in the secret place.
- Meet God in the secret place—for your freedom.
Meeting God in the secret place creates a life with nothing left to hide.
Generation To Generation Giving
100% of these funds go to our Generation to Generation Capital Campaign. Every improvement is about one thing: helping people engage more deeply with Jesus and with one another.
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Our goal here at Cold Springs Church is transparency. We operate solely on the generosity of those who call Cold Springs home and give regularly to support the mission and vision we are committed to carrying out. God invites us to worship Him in all areas of our lives, including the way we spend our money. Because it is an act of worship, God is more interested in the shape of our heart than the size of our gift.
https://coldspringschurch.churchcenter.com/giving