Ask and You will Receive; and Your Joy will be Complete - John 16:14 (1.26.16)

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 is 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 has demonstrated 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 his ear and we have touched his heart.
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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

Final Thought Faith Believers -
Praise GOD as the One whose arm is
“not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear." 

Thank GOD for the promise to hear you when you come to him in prayer.
Confess all sins, because if not, this may result in Him not hearing your prayers.
If you are struggling in the prayer area, commit yourself to regular,
daily times of prayer and fellowship with GOD.

Ask Him to draw close to you as you fellowship with Him.
No one is beyond His reach.
   - Marilyn