IN JESUS NAME BELIEVE
Jesus not only a way to pray directly to the Father, also said to pray to the Father in Jesus’ name. In other words, we do not go to the Father without first going through Jesus Christ. If you’re trying to pray to God without Jesus, then you’ll get nowhere. You see, no one is worthy to go to God the Father in prayer because we have all sinned. No sinner can go to God since God is perfectly Holy. However, God made a way for mankind to approach Him. That way is Jesus!
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John.14:6).
What about coming to God through Joseph Smith, Muhammad, Rev. Moon, Hare Krishna, or some other self-proclaim prophet? The answer is found in Acts 4:12:
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
There are some people who want to unite all religions together. They falsely teach, “All the roads of all religions lead to God.” But Jesus contradicted this by saying, “For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matt.7:13-14). Jesus is the small gate and narrow road. You must go through the Lord Jesus to get to God.
Some time I was talking to a girl about God and her relationship to Him. It was apparent to me that she was not born again. However, she tried to convince me that she was religious. She said, “I pray to God every day.”
But God does listen to you? I asked.
“Why do you say that?” she asked.
I try to explain to her until she understood .
Many people are just like this girl. They pray to God and get no results. Why? They don’t get results because they don’t go through Jesus Christ the Lord. God listens to you when you go through Jesus.
GOD IS OUR FATHER
There is one more point I want to write concerning prayer: God is our Father! Many people think of God as being mean and angry. However, God is our loving, caring, and watchful Father. Whatever problem you might have pray to your very own Father, who will take care of your problems, if you’re born again of God’s Spirit. If you’re not sure that you’re born again, then please pray the following prayer out noisy and from your heart.
Dear God in Heaven. I come to you through your Son Jesus Christ. I come as a repentant sinner. Please forgive me of all my sins. I’m going to live for you starting right now. I believe that Christ died for my sins, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day and that he is Lord. I now make Jesus the Lord of my Life. I’m now saved by the blood of Christ. Heaven is my eternal home. And God is now my very own Father. Thank you Father-God for adopting me into your Family. Amen!
