Lord, Teach Us How to Pray!!!

How to Pray

Jesus tells us how to pray – “when ye pray, say, Our Father.” We are not to pray to Jesus. That does not exclude the privilege of joy, and fellowship, and communion with Him nor the praise and worship of Him, but when we have a special petition, our prayer shall be addressed to the Father in the Name of Jesus.

Not “for Jesus’ sake” for that would mean to do it for Jesus’ sake rather than for the sake of the one that needs it. The prayer shall be addressed simply to Our Father, in Jesus’ Name; that guarantees the Father’s answer and Jesus’ endorsement and intercession.

I know that the habit of praying to Jesus is very widespread, but if we want the truth and we desire to pray in such a manner that we can be sure of our answer, then we must obey the Scriptures and pray as they teach us.

You see Jesus’ Name was to take the place of Jesus. What the rod was in the hands of Moses, the Name of Jesus is in the hands of the weakest child of God. It was not that Moses was great but that the rod was great. It is not that the believer is great but that the Name of Jesus is great.

The use of that Name is promised to every believer and every believer has a right to lay hands on the sick in that Name. The believer has a right to use it in every condition of life where the Father’s presence and help are necessary.

The fact is that the Name of Jesus in the hands of every believer should be the same as though Jesus Himself were present and operating. Jesus has given us a legal right to use His Name. He has given to us the Power of Attorney and the Power of Attorney in the legal and business world is identical with the presence of the person who gave it.
It is just as though Jesus said, “When you pray in My Name, that gives Me an opportunity to begin to work, and in that way I may glorify My Father.
If you don’t pray in My Name, you don’t give Me an op¬portunity to manifest My power.”
In this way, both the Father and the Son become vitally interested in the petition that we make. You are praying to the Father and you are praying in the Name of His Son.