Praying in His Name Guarantees Answers
Our God is a prayer answering God.
Psalm 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
He doesn't snub, ignore or just stored away our petitions as His children, rather He answers them.
Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Matt 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
However, there's a "how" to pray to command the answer we require from the Father.
That's why the disciples of Jesus Christ came enquiring of Him; "master teach us how to pray".
Luke 11:1
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Now, as seen in the Lord's prayer, Jesus gave His disciples a few keys to praying a prayer that commands answers.
One of the keys to answered prayers as visibly expressed in scriptures is praying in the name of Jesus.
John 14:13-14
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.The name of Jesus can be likened to our access code in Prayers.
Whenever you make a call outside your country of residence, you must include the dial code of the other country for your call to go through.
The name of Jesus is the dial code that gives us access to the Father.
Without the name, our prayer calls may never go through.
Even faithful, committed, dedicated, relentless kingdom stewards must ask in the name of Jesus for the Father to be obligated to deliver.
Jn. 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you.
The name of Jesus commands attention with God the father.
The Father gives attention when we pray in the name of His son.
Dear @gameoutcome,
Yes, praying in the name of Jesus is essential because Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
You are correct that Jesus gives us the “Lord’s Prayer” as an example of how to pray. Matthew 6:12 reads, and forgive us our debts (trespasses), as we forgive our debtors (those who trespass against us).
Right after this prayer at verses 14 and 15 Jesus said, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Forgiveness is also very important when you pray. God will not answer the prayers from a person with a bitter and unforgiving heart.
Shalom, Steven @lastdays
This is very scripturally correct @lastdays. I'm inspired. Thanks for stopping bye.
Yes it is very true!We should pray but not to the extent that only pray we should do what is right and be a hardworking not just waiting for the miracle we should work too in order to learned also.
This is true @che-nie. Many times believers pray and wait instead of pray and work. While it is very important to pray, it's also as important to work. Faith without works is dead.
The bible says in John 14:6,"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me".
There are guarantee when you pray with the name Jesus, because he has made it clear, he is the way, the truth and life!
I urge every christians today "pray without Ceasing" 1 thessalonians 5:17
Thanks @gameoutcome
Your reply got duplicate here so I'll just take the first one. I'm thankful for your comment and especially for your charge to pray without ceasing. Sure, Jesus is the way to the Father. That's why going in His name to the Father guarantees sure access. Thanks a lot.
Just a reminder that You probably forgot to upvote the article. Thanks in advance.
That's ridiculous. God hears the prayers of everyone regardless of whether they use the magic words or not.
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