The absence of lordship keeps prayers unanswered.

Dr. Tony Evans reminds us of the important role Christ plays as mediator between heaven and earth.

When you pray to the Father without the backing of the Son, you don't get the support of

the Son and the request you made to the Father.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans.

It's one of those things Christians do, but don't always understand.

I'm talking about wrapping up a prayer with the words in Jesus' name.

In today's message, Dr Evans took a look at John Chapter 16

and talked about how to connect with the power in that name

by using it the way God intended. Let's listen in.

Forgery is the unauthorized use of an identity or a name for personal benefit and privilege.

Forgery is a crime.

To illegitimately and in an unauthorized way seek to benefit from somebody else's identity

is against the law.

Unfortunately, many Christians are spiritual forgers

because often we as believers use Jesus' name to get what we want when we've not been authorized to do so.

And that becomes illegitimate illegal praying. It is normal for us to conclude our prayers within

Jesus's name and yet for many of us when we conclude our prayers that way, we just canceled out our request because it was forgery.

It was an illegitimate use of his name.

Yet it is the most important phrase in a prayer.

When you conclude your prayer in Jesus' names, it determines whether you get what you ask for or whether you don't.

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