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In Jesus’ Name, we pray … Amen!

by TerryLema October 6, 2020

More thoughts about the name of Jesus today. Shortly before Jesus’ death He instructed His disciples to use His Name when praying to the Father. He told them to pray with the expectation that Father God would answer their prayers.

“I assure you: Anything you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.  Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.” [John 16:23b-24 HCSB]

But, what really does it mean to pray “in Jesus’ Name?”  Is it just adding those three words to the end of our prayers as some sort of magical charm?

To pray in Jesus’ name means praying with His authority and asking God the Father to answer our prayers because we come by faith in the Person (the Name) of His Son Jesus.

It means also, and this may be the most important part to remember, that we pray in complete agreement with Jesus’ character and His will. Our prayers are a mirror, a true representation of Who Jesus is.

Our prayers should be compassionate, full of love, caring, unselfish, and always glorify and honor Him. There is no room for egotism, greediness, vengeance or hate in our prayers.

In that wonderful name of Jesus we have the authority to pray … and to serve and work … believing in His saving power, and aligning ourselves with the will of God.

How precious that name. Jesus.

October 6, 2020 0 comment
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Whatever You Ask …

by TerryLema September 27, 2020

Right after Jesus prepared His disciples for His separation from them by calling them His friends – not servants – He reminded them of something very special.

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” [John 15:16 HCSB]

Our friendship with the Father through Christ Jesus, His Son, was not one of our choosing. We are God’s friends because He chose us to be so. He also chose us for a purpose, to go out into this world and bear fruit that remains.

I often hear people quote the last part of verse 16, “whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.”

When they quote that verse, it is not always in the context in which it was spoken. It is sometimes quoted in a very selfish way … that God will give or do whatever they want if they ask for it by using “Jesus’ Name.”  They quote it as if God is some dispensing machine in the heavens – put in the “Jesus’ Name” token and take out whatever you want.

The context, however, is different. The context is that God chose us to be His friends that we might go into this world and produce fruit that lasts.

 Fruit that lasts is fruit that is eternal. It is produced through sacrifice and good works. It is born in the lives of others, not something we selfishly claim for our own greedy needs. It is not that new car or more money or a bigger house, it is patience with the unlovely, compassion for the hurting, love for the lost.  That is fruit that remains … it remains all the way into and throughout eternity. That is the fruit that is always ours when we ask and seek it in “Jesus’ Name.”

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Pastor Terry Lema

Pastor Terry Lema has been married for 53 years, and has 3 children and 3 grandsons. Terry graduated from Trinity Bible College, and and recently retired as Lead Pastor at The Way Church in Middleton, Idaho.

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