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blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!” ( AMP ).
    Be happy when you talk with the Lord—enjoy your time with Him. Delight yourself in His presence. No matter what happens, men of faith should be glad in the Lord. God wants us to prosper. But even if we owed money to everybody in the world and had all kinds of trouble, we still have Jesus Christ and eternal life! We aregoing to heaven, where there is no sighing or dying, no pain or sorrow, and it will last forever!
A SK IN THE N AME OF J ESUS
    Jesus says to us, “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name” (John 14:12–14 AMP ).
    Jesus went to the Father, and He is our representative there. Fellowship with Jesus, talk with Jesus, and pray in His Name as a man whose faith is anchored in Him alone.
    Now consider what Jesus told His disciples right after He explained to them that He was going to die. He said, “So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight). And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name…Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name… but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete” (John 16:22–24 AMP ).
    God wants you to come to Him in faith and ask in Jesus’ Name that your joy may be full and complete.
P RAY IN F AITH W ITHOUT W AVERING
    Jesus died and rose again. He went to the Father so that we might have the privilege of prevailing prayer as men of faith. And we are instructed to ask in faith, with no wavering.
    “If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [for being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]” (James 1:5–8 AMP ).
    God does not want our faith to be based on ourpresent conditions. We should not be tossed about by the circumstances of life. God wants us to believe His promises and hold to them without wavering. He wants our faith to remain constant.
    We don’t have to beg God for what He has already promised us in His Word. We are to exercise our faith and enter into His presence with confidence. We just ask and accept—without any doubt. We can say, “Father, I found this promise in Your Word, and I thank You for it!” This should make going to the Father a real joy. Be happy and rejoice—that’s part of our prayer and praise to God.
P RAY W ITH THE R IGHT M OTIVES
    Be careful when you pray that you don’t ask with the wrong motives and for the wrong purpose. We must ask for the right reasons.
    “What leads to strife (discord and feuds) and how do