John 16:23
“Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.”
Do you end your prayers with “in Jesus’ name”? Maybe your Sunday school teacher taught you to do this, or maybe you have heard church leaders and other believers utter it at the end of their prayers.
The Lord wants you to realize that whenever you pray and say “in Jesus’ name”, you are putting your entire faith for your prayer to be answered not in who you are or what you 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 sick body because it is by His stripes that you are 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)
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 – 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 these days, 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!”
