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They Found the Secret

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Edman has written an excellent title that documents the various struggles 20 Christians faced in moving from despair and depression based on self-effort to the abundant life found by letting Christ live His life through them.

Among the people mentioned include: Oswald Chambers, Hudson Taylor, John Bunyan, Amy Carmichael, Dwight Moody, Ian Thomas, and Andrew Murray. While these people were and are well-known in Christian circles, the author also includes other folks who while not as well-known, were also able to experience the abundant life.

Read and be challenged to stop trying to live the Christian life and instead let Christ live His life through You!

Highly recommended!

I come from a non-charismatic background so I was cautious about anyone offering special solutions for the Christian's spiritual life. But Edman presents case after case of people whom God touched in unique ways but all had these three things in common: they were hungry for more; they had a second experience AFTER conversion and this experience with God proved to be a turning point in their walk with their Lord. A great book for people who are open to more of God. Is totally unbounded by denominational lines. Shows that while God deals uniquely with the searching heart, he is predictable and faithful. If I may add a personal word, this is one of the top 10 books that have influenced my whole life. I am glad to see it is still in print! You will be too! If you are hungry for God and His kingdom, this book is for you.

My husband read this book about 15 years ago. I just recently picked it up again and have fallen in love with it. It explains so well the fact that to walk with the Lord, we just have to let go and let Him have control -- in every area of our lives. It's amazing to me how we can trust God with our eternal soul, but it's so hard to trust Him with today.

To say that a book "changed my life" sounds a bit like a tired cliche, but that is exactly what I would say about THEY FOUND THE SECRET. The "secret" of the Christian life is Christ Himself, indwelling the heart of the believer, and enabling one to live not according to their own sincere efforts on Christ's behalf, but living according to the riches and resources one has in Christ by virtue of their union with Him. It is the key message of the gospel, and yet it is often neglected in the contemporary church, either because of ignorance, or because of opposition to the teaching from fear that leading people to "abide in Christ" and to draw their direction and life from Him will mean a loss of "religious control" over church members.

The testimonial biographies within the book confirm the eternal truth of the "exchanged life," and provide encouragement and release to the believer who has found his or her Christian life tiresome and futile, and a realization of what the Christian life is all about.

This book is a "must read" for every believer, but particularly for the one who through sincerity of self-effort has found their religious life to be dry and discouraging. This book will, for many, provide a refreshing introduction into the grace of God that is found in Christ.

If you've reached the place in your Christian walk where you find you're running on a tiring performance treadmill offering no end and no rest, then V. Raymond Edman's They Found the Secret is the book for you, because it certainly was for me. I was prompted to get this book after hearing Charles Stanley speak and write about it on several occassions. In my own walk, I had no peace, no rest. Ministry was just work, work, work. If I could have transferred certain people to the Aleutians, I'd have done it. That's when this book came around. Through very simply written mini-bio's, V. Raymond Edman explains how each person literally "stumbled" into the abiding life (John 15), and how after stumbling into it, their Christian walk and life was revolutionized. Such is my own testimony. Regardless of your personality type, in one or more of these sketches, you'll see yourself and what you need to let go of. Once you do, then you, too, will have found the secret.

When a very well-known SB pastor said this book "Absolutely revolutionized" his Christian life, I thought it was at least worth the minimal cost to see what he felt was so important. WOW! How simple! I have been a christian since age 12, raised in Church, PK, Sun morning, Sun night, Wed night, Thurs visitation, church pianist, etc etc etc all my life - how could I have missed this point??? How I wish I'd known it all these years. What a joy! What a relief! What a secret...

This book brings one truth to light clearly and repeatedly form twenty different angles. That truth is that the Christian life is difficult, wearisome and failure prone if all the believer has to rely upon is self-discipline and determination. But the life we see illustrated in the history of these 20 people is one which is empowered by the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. The stories of each persons life is going from struggle to rest and fruitfulness. Each one teaches in their own words the truths of "how they found the secret".

As a side note. Charles Stanley in his book "The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life", shares that it was this book that God used to radically change his life in the Spirit.

Rick Welch, Pastor, Christian & Missionary Alliance

Next to the Bible, the Secrets book has had a huge impact on my life. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a deeper relationship with Christ.

No where in the book did it claim that these people went on to leave perfect lives once receiving the Holy Spirit, that would mean they were without sin, which is, of course, an impossibility. It does claim, however, that there IS more than Sunday Christianity. The book shows how these saints wanted a more intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus. They realized that there must be more to Christianity than what they felt in themselves and saw in their churches.

The Secrets book introduces you to the third person of the Triune God: the Holy Spirit and the work he will do in your life.

This is NOT a charasmatic book. It is one you will not want to put down and one that you will re-read many times over. You will find yourself praying for the presence of the Holy Spirit in your own life as it convicts you of unbelief and neglect of allowing the Holy Spirit to move in your life.

I would urge anyone seeking a closer walk with Christ to read this inspirational book. I would pray it make as large an impact on your life as it has on mine.

They Found The Secret filled in the missing blank to my Christian walk. As a small child I sensed "God the Father" in creation, at the age of 30 I invited "God the Son" into my heart ... 22 years later I have finally discovered the secret in Luke 11:13 that the Father GIVES the Holy Spirit to THOSE WHO ASK OF HIM. So after living as an incomplete Christian for 22 yrs. I invited "God the Holy Spirit" into my life to totally control it. It is now like the last piece of the puzzle has been fit into my life. I only briefly heard Charles Stanley refer to this book and I knew it was something I had to read. Get it - and be ready to be amazed at what God will do in your heart & life as you ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.

This is the type of book that one should not be in a hurry with but rather read, digest, contenplate, then read some more. This is an excelent book for anyone looking to deepen thier spirtual walk with the LORD.