Just Ask

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Ask, asking, in Him, joint-heir, possess, Receive

“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” St. John 14: 13

When we ask our Father for anything we ask in Jesus name and we can expect to receive because the Father will not deny His Son.  He has given Him all things and we are in Him.  We are in His Son Christ Jesus.

Do you see yourself on the inside of Christ seated with Him in heavenly places?  Or do you see yourself looking up to Him from the outside?  When you see yourself on the outside of Christ you’re standing on your own works and on our own righteousness.  And therefore, you stand lacking because our righteousness can never measure up to the righteousness of God our righteousness is as filthy rages.  This is why God has made us to be righteous in Christ because He knows we could never be righteous on our own.  2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”

Therefore, you must see yourself as being in Him.  2 Cor. Says, “… in Him we live and move and have our being.”  When God looks at us He only sees His beloved Son.  He only sees the blood that He poured out at Calvary. So why not see as God sees, why not see yourself in the Son.  In Christ is where you receive all the faith, boldness and confidence you need to ask and receive whatever you want from God.  But on the outside of Christ there’s fear, doubt and unbelief.

Our being in Christ takes us completely out of the equation.  We no longer have to worry about whether or not we’ve been good enough to receive our request because we’ve been taken completely out of the equation.  It’s between the Father and the Son.  And the Father will not deny His Son anything.  He has given Him all things and you are in Him.  You are a joint-heir with Christ of all things.  Therefore, whatever you ask the Father in Jesus name expect to receive because the Father will not deny His Son.

I am an heir of God a joint-heir with the Lord Jesus Christ therefore; all that belongs to Christ belongs to me.

Cry Out To Draw Out

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Ask, Cry, Cry out, Draw out, grace, Jesus, power, pray, prayer, Receive

Mark 10:50-51

“And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.  And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?  The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.”

Everywhere Jesus went there was someone pressing upon Him to receive something from Him and Bartimaeus, was no different.

As Jesus was leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus was sitting by the highway begging as he usually did every day he had no idea that that day would forever change his life. 

When Bartimaeus heard the noise of the crowd he asked the reason for the noise and when they told him it was Jesus he began to do something that turned heads, he cried out.  Mark 10:47 “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.”  The scripture says that many told him to hold his peace but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me (Mark 10:48).  His cries didn’t go out in vain it got Jesus attention.  “And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called…” (Mark 10:49).  When Bartimaeus was told he got Jesus attention, he cast away his garment, got up and went to Jesus.  And Jesus said unto him “what wilt thou that I should do unto thee?”   Bartimaeus received his sight because he called upon the one who was passing by.

Today, Jesus is not just passing by but He lives in you. He walks with you and talks with you.  He’s given us His word that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Heb 13:5).  But like Bartimaeus we have to cast away our garments, our righteousness, our way, our works, our life and receive what He came to give us, His righteousness, His way, His works, His life.

When we cry out to Him, He gives us the same answer He gave Bartimaeus, “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?”  The one whose sole purpose is to bless you is asking you today What do you want me to do for you?   There were many in Bartimaeus’s day that had needs but they didn’t cry out, to draw out what was in Jesus to give.

Beloved, you are not alone on this journey, Jesus is with you.   Whatever you need today cry out to Him and He will pour out to you whatever you ask of Him.

God Knows Your Name

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Ask, Daughters, Father, given, grace, Name, Receive, Son

Exodus 33:17

“And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.”

It doesn’t matter how many children you may have you know each one by name.  Even if you have more than one child and you confuse the name of one child with the name of other, still you know each of your children by name.  Likewise, God knows each of us by name but unlike us He will never forget or get us confused with one another.

When God called Moses out of the burning bush He called Him by name because He knew Moses, Moses was His child.  And here God says to Moses “I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou has found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.” Simply because Moses found grace in God’s sight and God knew him by name God would show Moses His glory.

For the very same reasons God will do the things that we’ve asked Him to do because He has given us His grace and we are His children and He knows us by name.  Matthew 7:11 says “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?

The grace of God is Jesus Christ, it is because of His finished work that we are the sons and daughters of God, that He calls us by name and we call Him Father.  Therefore, whatever you ask for He will do it.

Ask And Receive

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Ask, prayer, Receive, Results

Mark 11:24
“Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

There is no middle ground between asking and receiving when we ask we receive.  I know that many of you might say that waiting is the middle ground; we ask, wait for it to happen and then receive.  But that is not what the scripture says, the scriptures says “…what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

Our receiving what we ask for is based on what God has done through Christ.  Romans 8:32 :He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”  God has freely given us all things through Christ.  Our receiving is based on the finished work of Calvary.

Jesus said, “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you” (John 16:23).  Whatever we ask the Father in Jesus name he gives it to us because Jesus has meant all the righteous requirements of the law for us, gave us access into presence of God, and made us joint-heirs with him of all things.

When we ask the Father in Jesus name we receive because the Father has  given us all things through Christ.