Mind-Reader

So I'd just like to point out that our God is an awesome God! He's quite good at reading minds and has a knack for knowing just how to make me smile at Him and how He teaches me new stuff. About 3 weeks ago I was laying in my bed praying and I went through the whole prayer and got to the end and said, "In Jesus' name, Amen." Then I stopped and made a puzzled face and started to wonder, "WHY do I say 'In Jesus' name'?" I couldn't even figure out what it was really supposed to mean. I had a good five to ten minute pondering session for awhile before I decided that I'd look it up the next day or put up a FB note asking if anyone else knew why everyone says that.

This is where God pulled a funny :o)

I've been reading through the Gospels as I make my way through the entire New Testament and I was currently in John. I woke up the next day after my wondering session and opened my Bible to read the next passage I was at, which was John 14. Low and behold John 14: 13&14 reads, "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." And the footnotes for these verses in my Bible read, "In their hour of loss at the departure of Jesus, He comforted them with the means that would provide them with the necessary resources to accomplish their task without His immediate presence which they had come to depend upon. To ask in Jesus' "name" does not mean to tack such an expression on the end of a prayer as a mere formula. It means: 1) the believer's prayer should be for His purposes and kingdom and not selfish reasons; 2) the believer's prayer should be on the basis of His merits and not any personal merit or worthiness; and 3) the believer's prayer should be in pursuit of His glory alone."

So, question answered! Another win for God! :o) I love it when He does cool stuff like that and am very thankful for the ultimate Teacher! I hope some of you who didn't know this gained some knowledge and I'd encourage all of you who are seeking guidance and answers to first check God's Word. It's got some pretty incredible stuff in there!

"Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." John 13:17