As a child I was taught to end a prayer “in Jesus’s name, amen.” I thought these were magic words that pleased God and would get you what you were asking…

I now think that when Jesus said: “Ask anything in my name, and you will receive it” as having a different meaning.

I think it means, if you ask something that Jesus would ask, you will receive it. To ask “in his name” cannot be just “magic words”. Is what we ask God in the nature of Jesus to ask?

If it is, we can be assured that we will receive from God. Let us align ourselves with the divine nature, asking for that which is good.

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