Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son — the promise of prayer is vast and conditional: asked in Jesus' name means asked in accordance with his nature, character, and redemptive purpose; it is not a blank check but a transformation of desire itself such that what is asked mirrors what Jesus would ask. The purpose is clarified: all prayer, all fulfillment of requests, aims ultimately at the Father's glorification through the Son. Prayer in Jesus' name is prayer aligned with God's redemptive project in the world, prayer that becomes an instrument of God's glory.

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