“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most
assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give
you.”—John 16:23
There is a key to prayer that will unlock
the doors and windows of heaven and grant your every need. Without this key we can not get an answer
to our prayers. This key is found in
John chapter 16: “And in
that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you
ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until
now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy
may be full” (vs. 23-24).
Jesus is our
Mediator, Intercessor, Advocate, and Lord.
He stands between us and the Father.
There is no where in Scripture that it is ever recorded that Jesus told
His disciples to pray to Him. They were
always told to pray to the Father in
Jesus’ Name. Therefore if we want to
be sure our prayers reach Heaven and the throne of God, we pray according to what
is written in the Word of God. Jesus said
to ask the Father in His Name. This is
the key that will unlock heaven in
our behalf.
Prayer should be addressed to the
Father in Jesus’ Name. This is the key to seeing our prayers
answered. You see Jesus’ Name is exalted
above every name in heaven, in earth, and under the earth. “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which
is above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those
under the earth, and that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:
9-11). So whatever we ask in Jesus’
Name, our hearts are assured that the Father hears and answers.
Prayer—Father I thank You that my heart is
assured—has confidence because You have given to me the key that unlocks heaven’s
answer when I pray in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
