Ask in Jesus' name and receive

   
John 16: 23 “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”
Do you always end your prayers with “IN JESUS NAME”? Maybe your Sunday school teacher taught you to do this, or maybe you heard church leaders and other believers utter it at the end of their prayers.
Some believers have used the phrase “IN JESUS NAME” as if those were magic words that would get their prayers answered. We need to realize that whenever we pray and say “IN JESUS NAME”,  we are putting our entire faith for our prayer to be answered not in who we are or what we have done, but in the person and name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and what He has done at the cross.
Whenever we ask God for anything in Jesus’ name, Jesus says to us, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.” This means that in your prayer for healing, when you say “IN JESUS’ NAME,” healing comes over your body because it is by His stripes that you were healed (1 Peter 2:24). In your prayer for protection, when you say, “IN JESUS NAME,” you are kept safe because the blood of Jesus protects and delivers you from evil (Exodus 12:13).
Friends, the good name of your family cannot save you. Your pastor’s name cannot save you. Even the name of the latest medical breakthrough cannot save you. Only one name under heaven can save you, and that name is JESUS.  
And the good news is that His name in Hebrew, Yeshua, means salvation – healing, preservation, wholeness, wellness, provision, safety and deliverance for you and your family.
So from now on, whenever you pray, slow down at the end of your prayer and say, “Father, I ask all this not based on what I have or have not done, but based on Jesus and His finished work at the cross. I ask all this IN JESUS’ NAME. Amen”
                                                                                               Pastor Don