Thursday, February 28, 2013

Praying In The Name of Jesus (1)


"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." (John 14:13, 14 NKJV)
The Name of Jesus has given entirely different outlook to Prayer.
The believer's Prayer is based on the access granted through Christ Jesus (Eph.3:12). Hence, there is no such thing as unanswered payer, there can only be prayer of unbelief or we can only pray amiss. All the prayers we call unanswered are either Prayers prayed in unbelief or prayers not prayed according to His will (1 John 5:14; James 4:3) 
Praying in the name of Jesus does not necessarily mean to mention His Name while praying. Just like Jesus said in John 10:25, that He is doing His work in His Father's Name, yet, he didn't go around saying "in the Name of God, rise up and walk". There is nothing wrong in literarily mentioning His Name while praying, but the most important issue is that there is a spiritual relationship between the praying man and bearer of that great Name.
Anytime someone who has identified with Jesus by accepting Him as his Lord and Savior is praying, the person is accepted by God as praying in the Name of Jesus.
The implication is that, there is no more barrier, believers can pray freely through Jesus with utmost confidence of being heard.
"according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence."(Ephesians 3:11, 12 NIV)
Go ahead and pray without holding back, dear saints of God, for the Name of Jesus avails for you. blessed?

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