In Jesus' Name

"Through Jesus we are able to seek God's grace. However, it's important to understand that asking for help in Jesus' name means that the request agrees with God's character and will. We're not granted endless wishes to fulfill selfish desires. In fact, if we truly follow God and seek to do His will, then our requests for help will be in line with what He wants for us."

- Focus on the Family article, Troubling God With the Small Stuff, Dan Bradley

Prayer

"Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or for bending His will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to His.It is by prayer that we seek God's will, embrace it and align ourselves with it.Every true prayer is a variation on the theme, "Your will be done." Our Lord taught us to say this in the pattern prayer He gave us, and added the supreme example of it in Gethsemane."

- John Stott