The Secret Place

Welcome to a new mini-series of The Secret Place with Derek Peters.  In this series, Derek will unpacking the words of Jesus where He says that "I am the way, the truth, and the life". In this final episode, we are reflecting on Jesus as our Life, because Jesus defines life, in the first instance, as a communion.  Real life is our shared life with God. Make sure you've hit like, follow o...

Welcome to a new mini-series of The Secret Place with Derek Peters.  In this series, Derek will unpacking the words of Jesus where He says that "I am the way, the truth, and the life". The second episode focuses on truth, the first principle of which is built on the unchangeable premise of relationship.  Jesus is the embodiment of the truth that the Living God of the universe wants relat...

Welcome to a new mini-series of The Secret Place with Derek Peters.  In this series, Derek will unpacking the words of Jesus where He says that "I am the way, the truth, and the life". This first episode reflects on the way, because when Jesus says 'I am the way', he isn't offering directions - he is saying something far more intimate than that. Make sure you've hit like, follow or subscribe...

This is our second reflection on 'the world', so make sure you go back and listen to the previous episode before diving into this final piece. The world, according to the Bible, is the systemised, normalisation of deception and falsehood that has seen generations believe the lies of the devil.  This has created cultures of thinking and practices that affirm these lies into daily thinking. But...

The focus of this series has been to unmask the strategy of the enemy, and in this episode, we start to look at the world.  But the world is not the planet, or even creation itself. The world is our way of life - the complex network of values, habits, rewards, assumptions and social affirmations that give order to the world's fallen systems, at odds with the wisdom of God. Make sure you've hi...

This is the second part of our investigation into what the Bible calls 'the flesh' - what it is, and how it operates against the Spirit of God in our lives. In this episode we look at freedom from 'the flesh' - because God's plan for us is freedom.  Make sure you've hit like, follow or subscribe in your podcast app, so that you can be notified when new episodes in this series are available. D...

In this episode we start to look at the flesh - what it is, and how it operates against the Spirit of God in our lives. Many people hear the word 'flesh', and think only of the body - but the flesh is deeper than that.  The flesh is the part of us that has learned to move out of step with truth. The good news is that the flesh is not the deepest truth about us - it is real but it is not final...

Welcome to another season of The Secret Place with Derek Peters. In this series, Derek is looking at the most disruptive and life-threatening force in the universe. A force that has in different ways, taken every person captive in some way. In this episode we look at the lies the devil tells us about ourselves.  And when those lies distort our perception of God, his strategy then is to attack...

Welcome to another season of The Secret Place with Derek Peters. In this series, Derek is looking at the most disruptive and life-threatening force in the universe. A force that has in different ways, taken every person captive in some way. The devil's primary work is deception, and this deception begins by distorting reality just enough to make the false seem plausible. It's this reason why Jesus...

Welcome to another season of The Secret Place with Derek Peters. In this series, Derek is looking at the most disruptive and life-threatening force in the universe. A force that has in different ways, taken every person captive in some way. It's a conflict that begins in the quiet, hidden places of thought, desire, imagination, habit and memory. The process of attack is quiet but deadly: The devil...

God invites us not only to know Him, but to participate with Him. This participation flows naturally from the gift of His presence and our restored identity in Jesus. In this episode, Derek unpacks how we can more fully live in the presence of God, and participating with Him by aligning our hearts with God's intentions. Derek Peters is the Executive Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Brisbane, Au...

As we journey with God, we discover that His presence not only comforts us - it reshapes us and our identity. However we've come to see ourselves, God wants to strengthen our identity. Human identity restored by God is why Jesus was born into this earth. In this episode, Derek explores how God is continually shaping us into the people He created us to be. Derek Peters is the Executive Pastor at Ga...

Hearing God isn't a mysterious skill reserved for a select few - it's the natural expression of a relationship that is grounded in the presence of God. For many of us, the challenge has not been God's silence, but our awareness. We expect the dramatic voice of God, while He often speaks in the quiet, ordinary moments of life. Derek Peters is the Executive Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Brisba...

Deep within us lies a longing to belong - it's how we've been created.  We end up looking for belonging in relationships, accomplishments, environments and identities, but nothing fully satisfies us because we were actually made for belonging in the presence of God. When we discover that belonging to God is not dependent on our behaviour, our maturity or our spiritual consistency - but that i...

One of the most transformative realisations we encounter in our walk with God is the difference between living and striving.  We assume that we need to work our way into God's presence or earn his approval. This striving wears us down and fills our heart with anxiety.  But God calls us to live from His presence, not strive for His presence. In this episode, Derek unpacks how we can walk...

The spiritual struggles we encounter are often based in our perceptions, and how we see ourselves. When our perceptions are shaped in negativity, or by our fears, misunderstandings or past betrayals, our capacity to hear the voice of God is diminished and we can find it hard to walk in God's peace. In this episode, Derek looks at how we can change our perceptions so we can draw closer to God. Dere...

We live our lives in side the presence of God, whether we recognise it or not.  His presence is already around us and in us - it's the very atmosphere in which we live and have our being.  When we awaken to this truth, something shifts inside us. We stop seeing ourselves as outsiders trying to reach God, we understand that our very existence has been designed by Him. When we believe this...

The first step in being aware of the presence of God is to awaken to the truth that God is already with you. He has always been with us, and the idea of awakening is acknowledging that God is always with us. And when our eyes open to recognise this, His companionship becomes much more accessible to our human experience. Derek Peters is the Executive Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Brisbane, Au...

Derek Peters returns with a new series of The Secret Place, with this series focusing on exploring the truth of the presence of God. Living in the constant awareness of the presence of God - why is this possible, how do we cultivate this, and how do we live from the place of its power everyday in our lives?  These are some of the questions that Derek will unpack in this brand new series. Dere...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved - you are already in Me. There is nothing more you need to do to qualify." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the th...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved - be occupied with Me." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the thoughts of God that they believe reflects the intent...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved child - welcome to your new beginning." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the thoughts of God that they believe ref...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved child - I have a new story to write in your heart and a new place of strength I want to affirm in your inner world." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human histor...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved - whether you feel it or not, I have brought you to a deeper place of favour and inheritance" This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to g...

Be sure to listen to the introduction episode before continuing onto the love letters.  "My beloved child - you may not fully know me, but I know everything about you." This season of The Secret Place is a little different, rather than speaking about God, Derek is speaking from the perspective of God. Like the Psalmists and Poets of human history, many have tried to give voice to the thoughts...