"In that day you will ask in my name. The Father himself loves you." John 16:26-27

"'In that day you will ask in my name,' i.e., in My nature. Not-'You shall use My name as a magic word,' but-'You will be so intimate with Me that you will be one with Me.' 'That day' is not a day hereafter, but a day meant for here and now. 'The Father himself loves you'-the union is so complete and absolute. Our Lord does not mean that life will be free from external perplexities, but that just as He knew the Father's heart and mind, so by the baptism of the Holy Spirit He can lift us into the heavenly places where He can reveal the counsels of God to us.

'The Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.' 'That day' is a day of undisturbed relationship between God and the saint. Just as Jesus stood unsullied in the presence of His Father, so by the mighty efficacy of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we can be lifted into that relationship-'that all may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.'

'The Father will give you...'Jesus says that God will recognize our prayers. What a challenge! By the Resurrection and Ascension power of Jesus, by the sent-down Holy Spirit, we can be lifted into such a relationship with the Father that we are at one with the perfect sovereign will of God by our free choice even as Jesus was. In what wonderful position, placed there by Jesus Christ, we can pray to God in His name, in His nature, which is given to us by the Holy Spirit, and Jesus says-'The Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.' The sovereign character of Jesus Christ is tested by His own statements."