So, how do we pray? We pray in Jesus’ name. Not in someone else’s name, but in the name of Jesus. On the last night of Jesus’ earthly life, He gathered His disciples together. He said, “Up until now,” or before now, “you have asked nothing in my name.”
He said, “Ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. Ask,” He said, “and you shall receive.” If you ask for bread, will He give you a stone? If you ask for the door to open, will He shut it in your face? If you ask to get up, will He knock you down?
He said to His disciples, “Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.” And tonight we’re asking in His name. We’re not asking in our name, but we’re asking in the name of Jesus.
On that night He transferred His name. He gave us the power of attorney to use His name, to pray in that name, to speak in that name, to command demons to flee in that name, to call sickness and disease out in that name.
My wife and I have been married now for 26 years, and we have three beautiful children. When we married, I gave her my name. Up until then, she had another name. But she no longer had that name. Instead, she took my name. She became Mrs. Richard Roberts. No longer Lindsay Salem, but Mrs. Richard Roberts.
I gave her my name. And if I’m with her or if I’m not with her, she has the right to use my name. I have given her that right. Here I am in Africa, and she is in the United States. But she can use my name, and it’s just like I’m there standing beside her. In 26 years she has learned how to use my name, and it’s just like I’m standing beside her.