WHY CHRISTIANS END THEIR PRAYERS “IN JESUS NAME”?
The phrase, “in Jesus name,” stated at the end of Christian prayers, is not a tag line intended to offend Jews, Moslems, atheists or others. Christians are merely obeying a basic commandment of their faith: 1. John 16:24,26: [Jesus said,] “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be made full….In that day you will ask in My name….” 2. John 14:13,14: [Jesus said,] “And whatever you ask in My name that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” 3. John 15:16: [Jesus said,] “… so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you.” 4. Colossians 3:17: “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” 5. Acts 3:6: “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have, I give to you: “In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene–walk!” 6. Acts 4:12: “And there is salvation in no one else;
