 If I pray for something, and then I say in Jesus' name, will I get what I'm praying for? Well, in many cases, no. Why is that? In John 14, 13, Jesus says whatever you ask for in my name, you will have it. But does that mean if you say in Jesus' name that you will get everything or whatever it is that you ask for? Well, no, because that's not what he meant, or at least the way we think is not what he meant. The phrase that's used in John 14, as well as other passages regarding saying in his name, you'll find the phrase epi onoma or into onomatopoeia, which is on the basis of, on account of Jesus' name. The name Jesus that he's speaking of in our mind, we might think that it's referring to nomenclature. His name, Jesus, be it the Greek, Jesus, the Hebrew, Yeshua, or in English, Jesus, he's not referring to his name or to a name. What he's really referring to is what the word onomatopoeia actually means, which is reputation, what he's doing. In other words, if you ask or pray on the basis of or according to what he's doing, what Jesus is all about, what he's moving his plan, his purpose, then you'll see this come true. As a matter of fact, when we look at the prayer that Jesus tells us how to pray and then he says, in Jesus' name, how many prayers after that end with this phrase in Jesus' name? You won't find any. Why? Because the point is not that there's magic in those words in Jesus' name or in the name of Jesus. That is not what he meant. He meant according to what he's doing, which is why you couldn't pray for a million dollars in Jesus' name. You couldn't pray for your enemies to be defeated or your rival to be defeated in Jesus' name. You can't pray for your will to be done in Jesus' name because in Jesus' name, literally invokes his will, not yours. The reason why many of our prayers are not answered is because we're not asking in Jesus' name, though we'll say the phrase. We're asking what we want instead of what he wants. In other words, we should not pray for the Lord to get on board with our will, but we should pray that what we're doing is on board with his will. And then in that regard, he says, you shall have whatever you ask. So let's keep that in mind the next time that we pray what we pray for. We pray in leagues or on the basis of or according to his will, Jesus' will. Amen.