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  THE SECRET KISSES
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: God delights to speak to His people in secret, imparting
comfort, cheer, and communion in times of solitude.

Topics: "Intimacy With God", "Solitude in Prayer"
Scripture References: Psalm 27:5, Psalm 46:10, Psalm 91:1, Isaiah 41:10, Hosea 2:14, Matthew 6:6, John 14:27, Philippians 4:6-7, James 4:8, 1 Peter 5:7

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that in times of solitude and wilderness, God
intimately communicates with His people, offering comfort and joy
directly to their hearts. He illustrates this divine interaction as akin
to a husband sharing his thoughts with his wife in private, highlighting
the profound communion that occurs during secret prayer. Brooks
encourages believers to seek these 'secret kisses' from God, which
represent the deep, personal encounters and revelations that strengthen
their faith.

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When a Christian is in a wilderness, which is a very

solitary place, then God delights to speak friendly

and comfortably to him: Hosea 2:14, "Behold, I will

allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and

speak friendly or comfortably to her," or as the

Hebrew has it, "I will speak to her heart."

"When I have her alone," says God, "in a solitary

wilderness, I will speak such things to her heart,

as shall exceedingly cheer her, and comfort her,

and even make her heart leap and dance within

her." Certainly the soul usually enjoys most

communion with God in secret.

A husband imparts his mind most freely and fully

to his wife when she is alone; and so does Christ

to the believing soul. Oh . . .

the secret kisses,

the secret embraces,

the secret visits,

the secret whispers,

the secret cheerings,

the secret sealings,

the secret discoveries,

which God gives to His people when in secret prayer.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/the-secret-kisses/
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