Bible Verse About Praying In Jesus’ Name

Dear friends, prayer is a sacred gift allowing us direct communication with God. When we pray in Jesus’ name, we recognize Christ as our intercessor before the Father. As Scripture teaches, there is no other name under heaven by which we are saved.

To pray in His name is to pray in alignment with His purposes, submitting our will to His perfect will. It signifies our belief that He hears and answers prayers offered with faith in His power and love. As adopted sons and daughters grafted into God’s family, we have the privilege to approach the throne room boldly through Christ.

When we pray earnestly for others’ needs, pray for wisdom, pray prayers of thanksgiving and praise, we do so in Jesus’ name. Praying in the name of Jesus also means coming together as His body . He granted power to His church when He said “where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them.”

In His name and authority, we can come confidently and boldly before the Creator’s throne. We can fully trust that the Father hears the petitions of His beloved children. Through faith in the Son, may we pray without ceasing, offering all our spoken and unspoken requests to God.

Dear friends, now let’s look at some scriptures below that talk about praying in Jesus’ name.

The Power and Privilege of Using Jesus’ Name

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

John 16:24
“Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, ye shall receive, that your joy may be full”

Acts 3:6
“Then Peter said, Silver gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up walk”

Philippians 2:9-10
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, things in earth, things under the earth”

Colossians 3:17
“Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him”

Hebrews 13:15
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name”

Praying in His Name Glorifies God the Father

2 Thessalonians 1:12
“That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, ye in him, according to the grace of our God the Lord Jesus Christ”

John 12:28
“Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, will glorify it again”

1 Corinthians 10:31
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God”

Matthew 19:26
“But Jesus beheld them, said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible”

Philippians 4:19
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”

We Pray Through Christ Our Mediator and High Priest

1 Timothy 2:5
“For there is one God, one mediator between God men, the man Christ Jesus”

Hebrews 7:25
“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them”

Romans 8:34
“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us”

1 John 2:1
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous”

Hebrews 9:24
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us”

When We Pray in His Name, He Intercedes for Us

Romans 8:26-27
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God”

John 17:9
“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine”

John 17:15
“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil”

John 17:20
“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word”

1 John 5:14
“This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us”

Praying in Jesus’ Name According to God’s Will

1 John 5:14-15
“This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: If we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him”

John 15:7
“If ye abide in me, my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, it shall be done unto you”

James 4:3
“Ye ask, receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts”

Matthew 21:22
“All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive”

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

James 1:6
“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind tossed”

Asking of the Father in My Name, He Will Give It

John 16:23
“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”

Matthew 7:7
“Ask, it shall be given you; seek, ye shall find; knock, it shall be opened unto you”

Luke 11:9
“I say unto you, Ask, it shall be given you; seek, ye shall find; knock, it shall be opened unto you”

James 1:5
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, upbraideth not; it shall be given him”

Whatever You Ask in My Name, I Will Do It

John 14:14
“If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it”

Matthew 18:19
“Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven”

John 15:16
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, ordained you, that ye should go bring forth fruit, that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you”

James 5:16
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”

1 John 3:22
“Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, do those things that are pleasing in his sight”

Mark 9:23
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth”

Approach God’s Throne Boldly Through Jesus’ Name

Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of need”

Ephesians 3:12
“In whom we have boldness access with confidence by the faith of him”

Romans 5:2
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, rejoice in hope of the glory of God”

1 John 4:17
“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world”