EXODUS 33:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
And the Lord said to Moses: I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name. The granting of Moses' request is grounded in the personal relationship: I am pleased with you and I know you by name. The intercession succeeds because the intercessor has found favor — the relationship between Moses and God creates the possibility of the prayer's effectiveness. John 15:7 says if you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you — the condition for effective prayer in John is the same condition that underlies Moses' effective prayer: remaining in the relationship the prayer draws on.
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