Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                          A Name Guarantee

 "Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
                                                                         ~ John 14:13

  "To ask not only for Jesus' sake, but in His name, as authorized by Him, is a high order of prayer. We would not dare to ask for some things in that blessed name, but when the petition is so  clearly right that we dare set the name of Jesus to it, then it must be granted.

  Prayer is all the more sure to succeed because it is for the Father's glory. It glorifies His faithfulness, His power, His grace. The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father's love to Him, and the honor which He has put upon Him. The glory of Jesus and of the Father are so wrapped up together that the grace which magnifies the one magnifies the other. Since in this He is glorified, we will pray without ceasing in that dear name in which God and His people have a fellowship of delight." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)