| The Right Way to Ask From God |
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John 16:23-24 & 27 (GNB)
"When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete. *For the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.
"When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete. *For the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.
So many believers have not yet started to ask from God the Father in the name of Jesus. The way to ask from God the Father is to ask as if it were Jesus Himself doing the asking. The 'day' that Jesus was referring to in our text above is the period after His death, burial and resurrection. Child of God, that day has come. By our faith in what Christ has done for us, the Bible says that we are in Christ (2Cor.5:17) and that we have put on Christ (Gal.3:27). It is no longer we that are living but Christ that is living through us; so we should be living according to His faith (Gal.2:20).We should do everything that we do as if it were Christ doing it because we are one spirit with Christ (1Cor.6:17) and as He is, so are we in this world (1John 4:17). God the Father wants us to comprehend and believe that we are as much His beloved children as Jesus is and that He is as much our Father as He is to Jesus, John 20:17. In John 17:23, Jesus Himself confirmed that God the Father loves us the same way He loves Him (Jesus). You have to believe it and let it reflect in every area of your life and in your walk with God.
Don't pray based on what you think you deserve. Rather, pray based on what you believe Jesus deserves. Praying based on what you think you deserve is as futile as praying in your own name. If you really want your joy to be full, then pray in the same way that we are instructed to by Jesus. Pray and expect God the Father to answer you and to give you the same results that He would give Jesus, His Son.
PRAYER FOCUS: Thank God for loving you just like Christ and thank Him for making you a son/daughter to Him just like Christ. Call Him
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