I’ve loved reading through my Spurgeon devotional this year, even if it does have some King James language in it that I have to translate. He was called the prince of preachers for a reason, and this shows how much he grasped the concept of praying in faith and confidence. He was never a prosperity preacher who believed in naming it and claiming it. He believed in praying in the name of Jesus. Here is today’s devotional. And if you want a good devotional, I recommend Faith’s Checkbook, also known as The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith:
“If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it” (John 14:14).
What a wide promise! Anything! Whether large or small, all my needs are covered by that word anything. Come, my soul, be free at the mercy seat, and hear thy LORD saying to thee, “Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” What a wise promise! We are always to ask in the name of Jesus. While this encourages us, it also honors Him. This is a constant plea. Occasionally every other plea is darkened, especially such as we could draw from our own relation to God or our experience of His grace; but at such times the name of Jesus is as mighty at the throne as ever, and we may plead it with full assurance. What an instructive prayer! I may not ask for anything to which I cannot put Christ’s hand and seal. I dare not use my LORD’s name to a selfish or willful petition. I may only use my LORD’s name to prayers which He would Himself pray if He were in my case. It is a high privilege to be authorized to ask in the name of Jesus as if Jesus Himself asked; but our love to Him will never allow us to set that name where He would not have set it. Am I asking for that which Jesus approves? Dare I put His seal to my prayer? Then I have that which I seek of the Father.
