Jesus has opened the way to the Father, so that whatever we ask of the Father in Jesus’ name, “He will give it to you.” We pray, therefore, confident that we will be heard and answered and that our “joy may be full.” We pray because we have heard the Gospel—and the Lord has opened our hearts to believe it. We pray in the name of Jesus because we have been baptized into Him, as Lydia and her household were baptized. We have been healed, so we live and walk and pray in newness of life.
