{"id":684,"date":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.225.232.228\/us\/store\/uncategorized\/the-secret-key-to-heaven\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:04:37","slug":"the-secret-key-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/staging.banneroftruth.org\/uk\/store\/christian-living\/the-secret-key-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Key to Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Brooks’ Secret Key to Heaven<\/em> is a manifesto for private prayer. Brooks outlines its necessity, benefits, common objections and distractions which hinder our progress in it, and encouragement and guidance for it. In a treatmeant of private prayer, Brooks enables us to see the essential character of the Christian life itself: God-centred, God-dependent, focused, and fruitful.<\/p>\n

Book Description<\/h1>\n

\u2018The power of religion and godliness lives, thrives, or dies, as closet prayer lives, thrives, or dies.\u2019 This was the deeply held conviction of Thomas Brooks. As a pastor who knew his people well, he feared that many Christians did not understand the \u2018necessity, excellency, and usefulness\u2019 of private prayer, and that many lived in \u2018too great a neglect of this indispensable duty.\u2019<\/p>\n

Focusing on our Lord\u2019s words about \u2018closet prayer\u2019 in Matthew 6:6, Brooks supplies us with a masterful treatment of a vitally important aspect of the Christian\u2019s life. His aim is intensely practical: \u2018to preserve and keep up the power of religion and godliness both in men\u2019s houses, hearts, and lives.\u2019<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nPublisher’s Note<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAuthor’s Preface<\/td>\nxiii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART ONE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Doctrine of the Text (Matt<\/em>. 6:6) Stated and Proved<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART TWO<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTwenty Arguments for Private Prayer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:<\/td>\nThe Most Eminent Saints Engaged in Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:<\/td>\nChrist Engaged in Secret Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:<\/td>\nSecret Prayer Distinguishes Sincerity from Hypocrisy <\/em><\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:<\/td>\nSecret Prayer Lets Us Unbosom Ourselves before God <\/em><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:<\/td>\nSecret Duties Shall Have Open Rewards <\/em><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:<\/td>\nGod Most Manifests Himself in Secret <\/em><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:<\/td>\nThis Life Is the Only Time for Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:<\/td>\nPrivate Prayer’s Prevailing Power <\/em><\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:<\/td>\nPrivate Prayer Is the Most Soul-Enriching of Duties <\/em><\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:<\/td>\nSecret Prayer and Secret Sins <\/em><\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:<\/td>\nSecret Prayer Delights Christ <\/em><\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:<\/td>\nOnly Believers Share God’s Secrets <\/em><\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:<\/td>\nPrivate Prayer Is the Christian’s Refuge in Trouble <\/em><\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:<\/td>\nGod Is Omnipresent <\/em><\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:<\/td>\nIf We Neglect Private Prayer, God Will Not Hear Our Public Prayers <\/em><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:<\/td>\nThe Times Call for Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:<\/td>\nThose Near to the Lord Should Engage in Secret Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:<\/td>\nSpecial Marks of God’s Favour <\/em><\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19:<\/td>\nSatan’s Enmity to Secret Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:<\/td>\nThe Lord’s Secret Ones Should Engage in Secret Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART THREE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Use and Application of the Doctrine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Doctrine Condemns Five Ways in Which Private Prayer Is Neglected <\/em><\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Doctrine Exhorts Us to Be Frequent and Constant in Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART FOUR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSix Objections Stated and Answered<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:<\/td>\nWe Are Too Busy to Spare Time for Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:<\/td>\nAs Servants, We Have No Time That We Can Call Our Own <\/em><\/td>\n104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:<\/td>\nWe Lack the Necessary Gifts and Abilities for Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:<\/td>\nGod Knows Our Desires and Needs Whether We Pray in Private or Not <\/em><\/td>\n156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:<\/td>\nWe Lack a Convenient Place for Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:<\/td>\nOur Weaknesses and Infirmities Hinder Us from Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART FIVE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEleven Instructions concerning Private Prayer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:<\/td>\nBe Frequent in Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n183<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:<\/td>\nUse the Best Times and Opportunities <\/em><\/td>\n188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:<\/td>\nDo Not Perform Closet Duties Merely to Still Your Conscience <\/em><\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:<\/td>\nDo Not Trust in Closet Duties <\/em><\/td>\n193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:<\/td>\nPut Your Heart into All Closet Duties <\/em><\/td>\n197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:<\/td>\nBe Fervent, Warm, and Importunate with God in All Closet Duties <\/em><\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:<\/td>\nBe Constant and Persevering in Closet Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n208<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:<\/td>\nThirst and Long after Communion with God in Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:<\/td>\nMake the Glory of God Your Ultimate End <\/em><\/td>\n233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:<\/td>\nAlways Pray in the Name of Christ Alone<\/em><\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:<\/td>\nLook for Answers to Your Closet Prayers<\/em><\/td>\n239<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART SIX<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMeans, Rules, and Directions for Faithful Private Prayer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:<\/td>\nBeware of an Idle, Slothful Spirit <\/em><\/td>\n243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:<\/td>\nBeware of Spending Precious Time on Small, Circumstantial Matters <\/em><\/td>\n248<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:<\/td>\nBeware of Curious Questions <\/em><\/td>\n249<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:<\/td>\nBeware of Engaging in Too Much Worldly Business <\/em><\/td>\n254<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:<\/td>\nBeware of Secret Sins <\/em><\/td>\n256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nClosing Advice<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:<\/td>\nMourn over Neglect of Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:<\/td>\nCultivate the Habit of Closet Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n274<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:<\/td>\nKeep a Diary of Closet Mercies <\/em><\/td>\n274<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:<\/td>\nDo Not Let Public Duties and Ordinances Crowd Out Private Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:<\/td>\nLove Christ with a More Inflamed Love <\/em><\/td>\n278<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:<\/td>\nBe Thoroughly Resolved in the Strength of Christ to Persevere in Closet Prayer <\/em><\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:<\/td>\nStrive for a Greater Measure of the Spirit <\/em><\/td>\n282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:<\/td>\nBe Frequent in the Serious Consideration of Eternity <\/em><\/td>\n284<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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