HOW TO PRAY (PART 4)

Scripture: John 16: 23

 

Topic: One hundred Percent answered prayer (Part 4)

 

In this series of our Quiet Time, we study ways in which a believer can receive one hundred percent answers to their prayers. Prayer is not part of the ministry but Prayer IS the ministry. The “Lord of the harvest” is waiting to answer our prayers as concerns the harvest fields that are already white and ripe for harvest. 

 

3       The third step to one hundred per cent answered prayer is: Pray in the name of Jesus 

 

“……Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it you”.

 

                                                                                                                               John 16: 23

 

Unfortunately name people use the name of Jesus as an exclamation or a swear word. This has caused Christians to lose respect for the power in the name of Jesus. I announce to you that there is power in the name of Jesus! Your heavenly Father will respond when he hears the name of Jesus. 

 

“……Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it you”.

 

                                                                                                                               John 16: 23


In my church, there are people who try and use my name to get certain things done. They know that the mention of my name in our set-up will lead to rapid results. I have often heard it said, “Bishop said, ‘so and so’. Why do people engage in name dropping? It is because names have power.

 

The use of a name leads to rapid results. At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow. Demons respond to the name of Jesus. Sickness responds to the name of Jesus. Satan will bow to the name of Jesus. There is power in that name. In the book of Acts, we see how the name of Jesus healed a man.

 

“Be it known unto all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus……doth this man stand here before you whole.”

Acts 4: 10


But it is not only bad things which respond to the name of Jesus. Our heavenly Father Himself responds to the name of Jesus. Jesus told us to use the “name of Jesus” to get responses from the Father. Jesus told us to use His name to get results in prayer. 

 

From today, whenever you pray, use the name of Jesus; not only as a ritual, but as a vital key to receiving your blessings from Heaven.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

How to Pray

Bishop Dag Heward- Millls

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