{"id":326,"date":"2010-10-13T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2010-10-13T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T14:52:00","slug":"in-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"In My Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TLTXwrHXdsI\/AAAAAAAAJhc\/mzj7E8XCLc0\/s1600\/DSC06005.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TLTXwrHXdsI\/AAAAAAAAJhc\/mzj7E8XCLc0\/s320\/DSC06005.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527279873897756354\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-style: italic;\">And  I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory  to the Father.  You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it.<br \/>~John 14:13-14, NIV<\/div>\n<p>As  I studied this with some sisters today I felt blessed in seeing clearly  the importance of the statement &#8216;in my name&#8217; for the first time.  I  have looked through some different write ups about the statement this  afternoon and love that it all relates back to,  union or coop with  Jesus.  To ask in his name is to ask according to Christs purposes, and  not our own, &#8216;his name&#8217; signifies his character or reputation.  His  purpose is easy, Christ over and over said (even in the verses above  this section) that it is all for the Glory of God.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">From  now on whatever you request along  the lines of who I am and what I am  doing Ill do it.  That&#8217;s how the  Father will be seen for who he is in  the Son.  I mean it.  Whatever you  request in this way I&#8217;ll do.<\/span>  <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">~John 14, the message<\/span><\/div>\n<p>I  have been wrestling for some time with how easy it is to be consumed by  working on and for my own glory, or my own reputation.  In our society  one is supposed to buy things and surround themselves with stuff that  reflects THEMSELVES.  Christ calls us to live in and through him!  Not  just live for us with him in our hearts.  If we are really really in a  coop with our Lord Jesus, thanks to his Holy Spirit, we will know the  right questions, pray the right prayers and desire to BE for the glory  of GOD.<\/p>\n<p>This is a big step for a Christians in our society.  It  is an &#8216;outside the box&#8217; concept to live purely to project someone other  then ones self.  We are often told to take Jesus in our hearts and given  this idea that he is kinda like a piece to the puzzle, or an accessory  but Jesus calls us to more!  He is the whole puzzle and he wants the  whole of us.  Click on the link <a href=\"http:\/\/avoidingthesandyland.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/to-take-plunge.html\">RIGHT HERE<\/a>  to go to another post where I was chewing on this concept.  I was  sorting out my conflicting feelings&#8230;of how it would make me feel so  alien in my world and yet at the same time it would release me of such  heavy burdens and tiresome pursuits and leave me with a sense of being  really alive!<\/p>\n<p>I want to come and go and BE in his, CHRIST&#8217;S, name!<\/p>\n<p>TTFN<!--Session data--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 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