Praying in Jesus’ Name
[John 16:25-33]
John 16:25-26 I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 25
John 16:27-28 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. 27
John 16:29-30 His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God." 29
John 16:31-33 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have 31
John 16:12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:25-26 I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 25
John 16:28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. 28
John 16:29-30 His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God." 29
John 16:31-32 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 31
John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Praying in Jesus’ Name • John 14:13-14 • John 15:7,16 • John 16:23-24,26
John 16:24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:25-26 I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 25
Hebrews 4:14-16 We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. 14Â
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 16
Praying in Jesus’ Name 1)
Doctrine
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Promise
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Practice
Praying in Jesus’ Name 1)
Doctrine - what it means * Authority
Hebrews 10:19-20 we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us 19Â
John 16:26-27 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 26
John 16:23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
Praying in Jesus’ Name 1)
Doctrine - what it means * Authority * Motivation
John 14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Praying in Jesus’ Name 1)
Doctrine - what it means
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Promise - how God answers
John 14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. 13
John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Prayer is not a means by which we get God to do what we want. Rather, it is a means by which God does through us what He wants. Pastor Kent HughesÂ
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.
John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.
John 16:27 . . . you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 16:23 Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer! Joseph M. Scriven
John 16:23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 16:23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Praying in Jesus’ Name 1)
Doctrine - what it means
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Promise - how God answers
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Practice - how to do it
Praying in Jesus’ Name 3) Practice - how to do it * come simply * come joyfully
John 16:26-27 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 26
John 16:24 Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Praying in Jesus’ Name 3) Practice - how to do it * come simply * come joyfully * come expectantly * come regularly