Secrets of the Secret Place: Keys to Igniting Your Personal Time With God

Awesome book

The Lord has blessed Bob Sorge with revelatory insight into many of the dynamics of the secret place, and has equipped him to share his passion for God with us. Sorge avoids making this a formulaic tome or a "how to" handbook on intimacy with God. Instead he writes in very clear, concise, personable, non-repetitious language and is totally consistent with scripture on the joys of seeking God.There are so many books that attempt to provide a recipe on how to have a personal relationship with God, yet the only thing accomplished by following such manuals is that we become so acclimated to pursuing a prescribed formula that we fail to pursue God. Consequently, we become cookie cutter Christians void of fire and passion, so preoccupied with adhering to a fixed set of ambiguous rules that we miss the main thing. Thus, our interaction with God becomes nothing more than a mundane ritual. However, this author, to the reader's delight, keeps the main thing, the main thing--white hot pursuit of the Holy God. "Secrets of the Secret Place" emphasizes that because we are individuals each of us has a different relationship with our Lord. God didn't create us to be mass produced worshipers having no distinctive features. Instead of pointing the reader to a blueprint, Bob Sorge invites the reader to a Person (Jesus Christ).The author encourages the passionate pursuit of God through Prayer, Reading God's Word, Fasting, Listening, Adoration, etc. The theme of the book never deviates from the Person of Jesus Christ--He is the Star of the book and the Hero of the story. Of course, Sorge shares some of his own personal experiences, but he doesn't overdo it; his illustrations are well-placed and do not detract from the central theme. He avoids interjecting his own biases and opinions, and he is quite successful at keeping the reader's eye squarely focused on the Lord Jesus and the holy pursuit of Him. In actual fact, he wrote the book in such a way that he removes himself from the text, and all the reader hears is the voice of God. What I mean by that is the book draws you into such an awareness of Jesus that there is no evidence of the author's intrusive/overpowering presence, doctrinal opinions, or ego. Jesus is the center of attention on every page which explains why there's such an anointing on this work.As I mentioned before, Sorge doesn't tell you "how." He invites you to "see", as his presentation of God and our Saviour enables you to visualize Him in every chapter. Then it allows God to speak to your own heart about your unique relationship with Him. One chapter passage, in particular that made me simply weep in the presence of God was: "The Secret of Being Known" in which he writes about how (paraphrasing) "at Calvary Christ was dying to love us, and His heart's desire is to know us. So, in our pursuit of Him, He delights in our lavishing Him with our love as He draws nearer and nearer to us." Having been born-again since I was a child, I was always taught that I must "know" Jesus, but "knowing" Him became a richer reality to me once I meditated on the character of His love for me which is so intense that His desire is to "know" little ol' me with greater intimacy, flawed though I may be. The entire fourth section, "Seeking A Deeper Relationship," stirred so passionate a hunger in me that I put the book aside for a day and began to weep and worship at the feet of Jesus, just basking in His glorious presence. Section IV enables the reader to behold the delight of constant surrender to Christ and how being transparent and honest before Him draws Him nearer to us in tender embrace.I came away from this book with a fiery determination to intensify my pursuit of God with an intent to overtake Him. For me, the holy chase is on!!! If you are looking to ignite a passion for God in your soul; if you are serious about pursuing Him with all your might, I can't recommend this book highly enough. Once you get it into your hands, believe me, you will not want to put it down. This book was indeed inspired by God. In fact, Bob Sorge did not author it--God did, it's just that Bob made himself available to be used as the righteous vessel through whom God penned His message onto the page. Thank you Bob for being made meet for the Master's use.

To be honest, I don’t really know how to describe this book other than to say, I have experienced these things first hand and my life has never been the same. Long before I read this book, the Lord taught me how to have an incredible relationship with Him. I wept as I read this book because I know exactly what the author wrote about. I lived to for almost 2 years, then I had a death in the family and it broke something in me. I tried everything to get back to that place of intimacy and nothing worked. I wept often at the loss of what I had with the Lord. I didn’t give up my faith, but what I missed was, I didn’t lose the intimacy with the Lord, it just evolved and was different.But as I read this book it reminded me that just because I don’t experience in the Lord in this way anymore doesn’t mean that I can’t. He is a mighty and faithful God and I long to be in His presence. This was a great book to remind me just how to do that, by the leading of the Holy Spirit. Be blessed brothers and sisters. His presence is like heaven to me.

This book is simple to read in small chapters (perfect for me), so I can absorb the truths presented. It is an answer to my prayer because I have been asking Father how to get oil, and where to buy gold. A giant step forward in my pursuit of my heavenly bridegroom. His love never fails, His faithfulness reaches to the skies!

This is a must read! Great book and easy to read!

We all need to abide in the secret place. We need to know the secrets of the secret place. Bob Sorge shows us why we need to be in the secret place by showing us that it is in the secret place where we become intimate with God. May we always grow stronger in our relationship with God in the secret place.

This book is very good! Brings you closer to the Lord. Challenging but also comforting knowing there are ways that we can come into God's presence and spend time with Him. He loves to spend time with us!

This book is fantastic. I am recommending it to anyone who will listen. It is like a workout book for your soul. It gets more and more intense and in depth but you are ready for it having done each daily, or weekly "teaching". It has changed my walk with God and relationships with others as it has made me more keenly aware of Him each day as I spend time in The Secret Place. It is beautifully written, Biblically sound and full of life changing gems. I cannot recommend this book more. It also makes an incredible gift that no one has. It takes you by the hand and slowly walks you into a higher place with God. It's just stunning. You will not be disappointed. I didn't want it to end after doing it every morning for months, so I simply started over again and use it as a daily devotion. It is a bit like Jesus Calling, as it is on target and speaks to me each day, but this is much more in depth.

What every Christian believer needs is this Key Book by Bob in order to be placed and positioned in the Secret Place. Don't take a second thought. Worth buy, Must Buy, Most Recommended book for deeper intimacy with GOD.

must read book

Wow what an amazing life changing book . To be alone in the secret place with the Lord. Jesus died to make us one with God how beautiful, how powerful. The longing of the Father's heart is for us to join with him.

This book by a well know christian author,is based on psalm 91,he who dwells in the secret place of the most high,each chapter concetrates on differant aspects of what it is to dwell in the secret place with him,on a day to day basis,eg one chapter deals with the secret of abiding in christ and christ in us,the reading of this book tends to stay with you especially in the quiet times spent with him.

This is a great devotional book. I have read through it twice now. I would read a chapter in the morning [they are just a few pages each] and there is always something to ponder on from it. Full of Godly wisdom. I highly recommend it.