The most frequent and fundamental lesson that Jesus taught His disciples about prayer was the “name” in which they should pray. “Ask in my name,” He said, and the Father will hear you (John 14:13–14; 15:7, 16; 16:23–24, 26). To pray “in Jesus’ name” is first, to trust and abide in the merits of Jesus’ atonement; second, to rest in the authority given to Jesus by the Father; and third, to rely on and enjoy the guarantee of Jesus’ acceptance with the Father.
Praying in Jesus’ name provides equal opportunity for every believer; we come on the same footing. There is no merit in the length of our prayer, or the particular words (ancient or modern), or the eloquence, or ingenuity of argument. The only merit is in Jesus’ name—a sincere and open faith in that name. Through Jesus we have access to the Father, by Him we have authority with the Father, and He is the Amen of the benefits of redemption. We can come to prayer with purpose then: pleading the promises of His word and those things agreeable to His will with the assurance that He not only hears us, but He is praying for us and is with us and that the Holy Spirit is praying in us (Romans 8:26).
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Aaron Dunlop, who is originally from Northern Ireland, graduated from the Geneva Reformed Seminary, SC. He pastored for ten years in Victoria, British Columbia and is currently preparing to move to Kenya with his family to work with the FAME Reformed Theological College.
