In Jesus' name...

[JohnD]

The Lord Jesus made the point "anything you ask in my name that I will do..." (John 14:13).

Rather than giving humanity the secret password to the eternal vault of God's treasures... our Lord was

in effect defining prayer itself as that which Jesus' name stands for. An example of this point is when an

officer of the law gives the legal command, "Halt, in the name of the law!"

The officer is exercising their authority citing that it is what the law stands for (peace officers are granted

certain authority that citizens must obey).

In Jesus' case, the authority is that of the Father which is granted to the Son... "I am come in my Father's name..."

(John 5:43). But also in what the name stands for. The will of God.

When your will aligns with God's will you are on the right track.

Compare Matthew 16:16-18 with Matthew 16:23. Simon was in tune with God the Father himself enough to be renamed

"little rock" (Cephas / Petros / Peter) in comparison with "super rock" (corner stone / foundation) referring to Jesus himself.

Only to turn a corner a few verses later for poor Peter to put his foot in his mouth and be called Satan for aligning with the devil.

Folks, Peter's dilemma is the Christian condition. We must actively discipline ourselves with the preparation and knowledge of our

fallen natural propensity to sin / be influenced by evil in this life. We must beware of is and be on guard at all times.

For there are only two wills in this life (and the next for that matter... )  God's way and not God's way. 

God's way is love, life, peace, joy...

Not God's way leads only to evil.

When you pray according to God's will (which is what in Jesus' name and in the Father's name means) then of course you will have what

you ask for because God is going to accomplish his will.

[Vine Abider]

Thanks.  I also like this verse regarding what we have in His name: "But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."  John 20:31

Therefore, "Whosever calls on the name of the Lord Jesus shall be saved!"  Rom 10:13, Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32

[missmuffet]

Jesus Christ is not a personal vending machine or a Genie. God will answer our prayer according to His will and plan for our lives. He may say yes or I have a better plan or no. God does not answer our prayers according to our time so a person has to be patient and have faith and trust God will answer that prayer. I do not think that a person should pray to God for something and the next minute go to as they want for themselves. We need to sit back and wait for an answer to prayer. But a person need to sit back and wait for an answer from God. The answer may not be what we expected. The Bible tells us that God will not put on us more than we can bear.