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Jesus' All Powerful Name
The Prayer Key that Unlocks Heaven's Resources
by Pastor John Hamel
“And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Whatever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it
you.” (John 16:23)
If you have been having difficulty receiving answers to your
prayers, you have come to the right place. If you are willing to
discipline yourself, reading each of the multiple studies here at our
Supernatural Prayer Centre, you will become successful at prayer.
Prayer was never meant to be a hit or miss situation. God
wants to answer your prayers. That is the first thing you need to
know. God wants to answer your prayers. It
is always God’s will to answer prayer.
Have you ever been locked out of your
automobile or your home because you lost your key? Without the key,
you have no access even to those things that belong to you. Prayer is
like that. Without the proper key you are locked out of all the
things the Bible says belong to you.
There are many keys to effective
prayer. We cover the majority of them in this Supernatural Prayer
Centre. Today we will study some simple basics that Jesus taught
about effective prayer.
Notice something Jesus said in John 16:23
above. He said, “…in that day ye shall ask me nothing.” The day
that He was referring to is the day of His return to Heaven. Jesus
has indeed returned to Heaven so from
now on His Disciples are instructed to no longer pray to Him. While
He was on the Earth, His Disciples went to Him for everything.
Because He has gone back to Heaven, the rules for prayer have changed.
Pray
to the Father, Not to Jesus or Anyone Else
Look at something else Jesus said in the
above verse. He said, “…Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye
shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”
This is very important. Jesus said
that all prayer requests must be made to the Father, in His Name.
This means that it is improper to pray to Jesus. This is why so many
people go without answers to their prayers. They insist on praying to
Jesus when Jesus said, in essence, “Don't be asking Me now, ask the Father
in My Name.”
Some religious minded people struggle with
this prayer rule of Jesus. They cannot seem to stop praying to His
Mother Mary because that is the way their Denomination taught them.
Yet even Mary herself said, “Whatever Jesus says to do, do that.” (John
2:5) People who wrongly pray to Mary would do well to take Mary’s
spiritual counsel. Mary said to do what Jesus said. Jesus said
pray to the Father and to the Father only. Jesus and Mary were both
pretty good at prayer. We would do well to hook up with them.
If you'd like to know more about what Mary
said concerning prayer, click right here on Mary's Prayer Secret. But you
probably should wait until you finish this study before doing so.
You've heard the saying, "Don't change horses in the middle of the
stream."
Now it is perfectly fine to love Jesus with
the words of your mouth, to worship Jesus, to fellowship with Jesus and to
talk to Jesus. However, it is wrong to petition Jesus with prayer
requests because He said it was wrong. So did His Mother, Mary.
All prayer petition must be addressed to the
Father in Jesus’ Name. It is unacceptable, according to Jesus, to
pray to His Mother Mary, deceased family members or anyone else. All
prayer is to be address to the Father.
Miss it here and you will end up angry that
your prayers are not being answered. It won't be God’s fault
either. He has made His will clear in the Bible. It's up to us
to obey now.
Pray
to the Father in Jesus’ Name
Again, Jesus said
in the above verse of Scripture, “Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”
Notice Jesus said
to pray in His Name, whenever prayer is offered to the Father. Some
people pray to the Father as they should, but they conclude their prayer
with the words “I ask this for Jesus’ sake.” Jesus did not say to
pray for His sake. Pray for your own sake. We are to conclude
our prayer with the words, “I ask this in Jesus’ Name.”
Somebody said, “What’s the big deal?
Who really cares? God knows what I mean.” Well, God
cares. He wants to help us. But the only way to get God’s help
is to approach Him according to His rules, not according to religion,
tradition, opinion or man-made rules.
God is not moved by our needs. He is
not moved by crisis situations, tears or anger. God is moved by faith in His Word.
His Word says to petition Him, and Him alone, in
Jesus’ powerful Name. You do want your prayers to be answered, don't
you?
Some prideful people believe that God will
answer their prayers because they live a better Christian life than
others. That is a good way to get in trouble with God. That is
self-righteousness and God calls it “filthy.” (Isaiah 64:6) If you have
been thinking that way, ask God to forgive you and He will. But only if you ask in Jesus’ Name, that
is.
I have a friend whose Father needed a heart
transplant. Twenty years earlier his Father signed a waiver on his
insurance policy excluding heart transplant coverage. For two months
my friend pleaded directly with Jesus to help him. He pleaded with
his State Senators, the American Heart Association, surgeons, lawyers,
insurance personnel, etc., and got absolutely nowhere.
One day I asked him how he was
praying. He answered, “I’m asking Jesus to change the mind of the
insurance company.” I showed him what you learned in this lesson
today, instructing him to redirect his prayer to the Father, in Jesus’
Name. He did so.
I stood there and personally witnessed the
phone call that came twenty short minutes later. It was the Insurance
Company. They suddenly changed their mind and granted the heart
transplant money. They told my friend, "We've never done this
before, but in your case we're going to make an exception."
Pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name. It
works. Obedience to God's Word always sets
the stage for the miraculous.
Be Blessed ... John
and Barbara Hamel
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