John 14:13,14
“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”
To ask in Jesus’ name does not mean to tack such an expression on the end of a prayer as a mere formula. It means:
1. The believer’s prayer should be for Christ’s purpose.
2. The believer’s prayers should be on the merit of Christ and not any personal merit of worthiness.
3. The believer’s prayer should be in pursuit of Christ’s glory alone.
Pray without ceasing and petition in faith and without doubting.
Pursuing God: studying, believing, obeying, observing, absorbing, proving and resembling Jesus Christ through God's manifest, living, active Word. - Mat 22:37; Col 3:14-17; 2 Tim 2:10-13, 15; 1 John 2
Friday, November 20, 2009
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