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Faith's Checkbook

November 14

The Name to Use

"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.

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Prayers for November 08, 2005
From The Voice of the Martyrs

INDONESIA (ASSIST News Service)

Reuters news agency reports that Indonesian police have increased patrols in
the violence-plagued Poso area of Sulawesi island. Three Christian teenage
girls were beheaded by assailants dressed in black on October 29th, as they
walked to school. So far no witness has been questioned and no suspect
arrested, according to police. One student survived and described the attack.
The three headless bodies of the girls, dressed in brown uniforms, were left at
the site of the attack. The remainder of their bodies was found at separate
locations two hours later by residents. Television news showed wailing and
distraught relatives of the students viewing their corpses in coffins.
According to Reuters, Muslim-Christian clashes in the Poso area killed 2,000
people from 1998 through 2001, when a peace agreement was reached. About 85
percent of Indonesia's 220 million people are Muslim. But in some eastern
parts, Christian and Muslim populations are about equal. Most Indonesian
Muslims are moderates, but there has been an increasingly active militant
minority in recent years.

Pray the gruesome horror of this attack will cause moderate Muslims to question
their faith. Pray Jesus will surround the girls' grieving families and friends
with His comforting presence. Pray the girl who survived the attack will
recognize that God saved her for His purposes.


NIGERIA (VOM-Canada)

Sardauna Anaruwa Sashi, once a devout Muslim, became a faithful follower of
Christ earlier this year. Having learned of his conversion, the police
apprehended him on September 21st. According to an October 31st report by
Compass Direct, during four days of detention, the 30-year-old resident of
Paiko was severely tortured. He claims that at one point police beat him with
their batons and almost killed him. It was only through the intervention of his
pastor and a lawyer from his church that he was released. Since he has become
an "infidel" in the eyes of his Muslim employer, he can no longer care for
their cattle. Besides the loss of income he faces, Sashi's pastor has said that
the Muslims will also never abandon their resolve to kill him. Sashi has
reportedly received death threats since his release. While he fears for his
life and the lives of his wife and relatives who have also turned to Christ, he
testifies he will never recant. Paiko is located in Niger state, one of
Nigeria's Northern states where Shariah Law has been imposed.

Pray the Lord will strengthen Sashi's faith as He provides for his needs. Pray
God will help his wife and family members remain true to the Lord. Pray the
love and power of the Holy Spirit will take away the resolve in the Muslims'
hearts to see Sashi killed.
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