Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete - John 16:14
Faith Believers,
By offering to let us pray in His Name, Jesus is offering an amazingly great privilege. It’s as if He is giving us blank checks to be drawn on His account, knowing we will use them for His honor and His advantage.
Jesus is demonstrating great trust in us. He is trusting that His honor and His interests are safe in our hands. Consider what it would mean to place your estate in the hands of another person: your credit cards, your home, your investments, your car, your responsibilities, everything. You’d pick that person very carefully, wouldn’t you? You’d really be giving that person control over your life and your future.
That is essentially what Jesus did when He authorized us to use His Name in prayer. He gave us authority over His accounts. He asked us to exercise control over His estate – the Kingdom of GOD.
We exercise our authority by prayer. By prayer, we ask the Father for all we need, in order to do the job. By prayer,
we ask GOD to deal with demonic forces contrary to His will. By prayer, we direct GOD’s grace and power to strategic locations where it is needed.
The Father so loves the Son that when we introduce the Son’s name in prayer, we have Our Father's ear, we have secured His willingness, and we have touched His Heart.
- Marilyn
Lord Jesus,
It is such a mystery that You have given us authority
to seek the heart of the Father in Your Name.
It awes me that this divine partnership touches
people and situations all over the earth
and accomplishes Your purposes.
May I never take for granted this amazing privilege
of prayer, and may I always be worthy of Your trust!
Amen
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