Ask And You Shall Receive

[JohnD]

"in my name" is the operative point.

In the name of the law... for example, is a phrase (though it has become quite unpopular of late)

stating the authority of the law / all that the law stands for.

If you ask to get billions $$$ God doesn't want you to have (because it would ruin you most likely) it is not in 

his name / his plans for your life.

If you ask to have fornication / adultery / to get away with murder or bank robbery and tag "in Jesus' name" on the end of the prayer

or the name it and claim it mantra... 

It ain't in the name of Jesus or what he stands for.

[JohnD]

Oh, and trying to strike a bargain with God to get what you want

don't work either.

The only thing you and I have to offer the God who owns everything

is our obedience / submission.

Huh!

He could drag both out of us without even blinking an eye.

[JohnD]

"In Jesus name" and the overall  point is

Jesus is our source.

He is the sole creator of all things in the beginning

(Isaiah 44:24 / John 1:3 / Colossians 1:16 / Hebrews 1:2 / Genesis 1:1).

His plan and his purpose is why we even exist.

Our extremely limited effect on any of the above (by our ability to make

some decisions) is laughable.

God is offering us (pipsqueak us) the opportunity to partner with him in

his great master plan through prayer and obedience and submission and

just trying to keep the sinning down to a minimal.

He's going to accomplish all things whether we participate or not. 

That's what Jesus is talking about.

[Sharky and George]

Definetly ask and you will receieve.

Also when we do a good work in faith, it comes back to you like this verse:

give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38 ESV
http://bible.com/59/luk.6.38.ESV

[Wayne222]

On 8/25/2020 at 1:20 AM, student of christ said:

I'm sorry Wayne222, I thought I was addressing this post in general. It's more a revelation than a warning.

You PM me saying this is a warning. Then six months later you PM me and write yes from God. That is a little strange.

[Peterlag]

Perhaps it would be helpful to understand what it means to ask in his name. I wrote the following years ago...

A man’s name meant more than just a label of identification in the days when Jesus Christ walked the earth. The man’s name carried the characteristics that the name implied, such as authority, character, rank and power—everything the name covers as expressing his attributes. A man’s name not only revealed his character or authority on whose behalf one would act, but it also was the identity of how one was known, expressing the essential nature of its bearer, the personality and expression of the man’s innermost being. To be called by the name of a person would denote the standing in a peculiar relation to him, or being his property. To speak or act in a person’s name would be to act by his authority, and thereby to represent or participate in his revealed nature.

Names in the Bible were considered to identify and describe the very being and function of their bearers because a man’s name represented him wholly. A person could exercise influence over a man by using his name because one would need to conform to his essential nature as expressed in his name. The Old Testament prophets spoke in the name of the Lord with all His authority and power. Jesus claimed to have come in his Father’s name, meaning as the Father’s representative. We have only one life to live and give our utmost for His Highest. Do we dare to live in the powerful and victorious name of our living Lord and savior Jesus Christ, calling upon his name to invoke him on the basis of his revealed nature and character?

[Jedi4Yahweh]

Things to remember when asking and receiving from God is:

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend [it] on your pleasures. - Jas 4:3 NASB

I believe God wants to bless us with many things but sometimes we ask with wrong intentions and out of the lust for pleasure.  James goes on to say he that loves the pleasures of the world is an enemy of God.  Another reasons we do not receive when we ask is because our hearts are not pure and we are living in unrepentant sin.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]: - Psa 66:18 KJV

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination. - Pro 28:9 KJV