KEY SCRIPTURE: John 16:23 KJV “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”

The Lord Jesus asked His disciples to ask the Father in His name. This is one of the strongest provisions in the Christian faith. To pray in Jesus’ name is very different from praying through Jesus Christ. To pray through our Lord Jesus makes Him a medium. Praying through Him gives no significant authority that Jesus wields. The Lord has a name higher than every other name and, in His name, every knee bows, and no authority whatsoever will challenge that name. Praying in His name gives one to access the authority in His name.

Asking the Father in Jesus’ name is just as Jesus Himself asking the Father. The Father gives us the full audience as a result of that. The two main challenges to prayer are

1. Unbelief in the heart of the one making the request

2. Satanic interferences When a request is made.

Praying in Jesus’ name answers both challenges

In Jesus’ name, no power or dominion can interfere with the request. Secondly, when a request is made in Jesus’ name, you do not worry about trying to believe, because before God it is the Lord Jesus Himself making that request. With this understanding being assured of the answer becomes a matter of cause.

Dear one in the Lord, be very confident about the results of praying in Jesus’ name. It is l like the Lord Himself standing on your behalf to make that request. There is no need to worry about receiving an answer or not. So long as the prayer was a legitimate request, that is not of a carnal motive, the Father would answer it because it was made in Jesus’ name. Many use the name of Jesus as a full stop to their prayers. This is a misunderstanding of praying in His name. Others also see it as a normal thing to do when praying without knowing its true implications. Let’s consider the following illustration. This can be compared to the American ambassador making a request from the president of Ghana, in the name of the president of America. The ambassador need not worry at all about the outcome. So long as he made the request in the name of their country’s president, it is just like the president of that nation herself making the request.

THOUGHT: A PRAYER IN JESUS NAME OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED ANSWERED

FURTHER STUDIES

John 11:41 KJV “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.”

Acts 3:16 KJV” And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.”