The promises and claims of God’s word give us confidence to pray and tracks to pray along. When we pray, ‘in Jesus name’, we are simply saying that we believe we are praying according to his will. And his will is revealed and confirmed by his Word. As John Stott reminds us, what greater power do we have with which to pray than the eternal word of God!
“We need to win the battle of the prayer threshold. To help me persevere in prayer, I sometimes imagine a very high stone wall, with the living God on the other side of this walled garden he is waiting for me to come to him. There is only one way into the garden – a tiny door. Outside that door stands the devil with a drawn sword, ready to stop me. It is at this point that we need to defeat the devil in the name of Christ. Hat is the battle of the threshold. I think there are many of us who give up praying before we have tried to fight this battle. The best way to win, in my experience, is to claim the promise of Scripture, which the devil cannot undo.”
- John Stott. Authentic Christianity p. 225-226
PSA 119:89 Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
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