Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Don't Take Advantage of the Secret Place

12 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this sermon, Speaker A warns believers that as their spiritual power and influence grow, they often abandon the "secret place" of private prayer and intimacy with God. While resources such as money, fame, and status are necessary for ministry, the speaker cautions that these resources can end up controlling the believer if they are pursued without ongoing prayer. The core message is that success without sacrifice, influence without intimacy, and promotion without prayer lead to a self‑centered, complicated life that trades the pure and holy for worldly gain. The talk emphasizes the need to maintain continual, private communion with God even as external blessings increase.

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There are people who will develop a prayer life. They will come to know Jesus, draw close to him. And then when that power begins to intensify upon their life, they leave the secret place, but the power remains. And they trade what was sacred for what is material. They trade what was pure for gain. Now, of course, if you're gonna be used by God in any capacity, you'll understand that there are resources that are needed for what you do. That's biblical. Nothing wrong with that. It's one thing to have resources. It's another thing for those resources to have you. And it doesn't just apply to money, by the way. It applies to fame, to popularity, status, where we now trade and leverage using what we had with God for the sake of gaining what we can have in this world. And what was once pure and holy and simple becomes self-centered and complicated. This is the trap of success without sacrifice, influence without intimacy, promotion without prayer.