Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: Friday, January 15, 2021

MCY: MEN-PLEASING.

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous disciples, of Christ, who was inspired and mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015,, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional, authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray.”

Prayer Points:

1.I worship and adore, You, my Father, the Author and the Finisher of my faith; thank You for Your mercy and grace that have brought me thus far, in life.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus name.

3.Father, uproot from my life, every spirit of disobedience, incomplete obedience, self- will and stubbornness, in Jesus name.

4.Father, help me not to water down the truth of Your word, in order to please men and remain popular with the congregation, and then displease You, who has called me, in Jesus name.

5.Holy Spirit please, fill me to the brim and empower me to always walk in the spirit, that I may not fulfil the lust of the flesh, in Jesus name.

6.Father, help me to acknowledge You in all my ways and seek You and Your kingdom first, in all things, in Jesus name.

7.Father, please, take away every desire in me to be men-pleaser, in Jesus name.

8.Father, let my priority and focus in life at all times be, to make heaven, and to take as many as possible with me; in Jesus name.

9.Father, when I shall stand before You to give account of my stewardship, please, don't let me be found wanting, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, and, increase Your mercy, grace and anointing, over his life, in Jesus name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

# GodBlessOurNation   

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's book Ministry, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE:   FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY 2021.

 

THEME: MCY: MEN-PLEASING.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe .           Proverbs 29:25

 

 

 

READ:  1 Samuel 15:18 -30

 

18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

 

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

 

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

 

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

 

22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

 

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

 

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

 

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

 

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

 

28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

 

29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.\

 

30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

The element' M' in our equation for Resistance in the "Mathematics of Christ in You" (MCV) series that started on the 11th of January, stands for Men­ Pleasing. Some people just want to be known by all. The problem with this however is that you will begin to pay too much attention to what people think of you and you will be scared to offend them even when you are on the side of truth.

 

"And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice."                                                                                                                                                  1 Samuel 1 5 :24

 

 

In the Scripture above, Saul disobeyed God because he wanted to maintain his popularity amongst men. Fame can create a major problem for you, and that is why I do not like it. You cannot live the life that you love to live; you cannot just stop by the road and buy roasted plantain when you feel like eating some. There are a lot of eyes on you. Left to me, if I could do the work of God without showing my face everywhere, I would gladly do it. I thank God I am not after fame, so when people criticize me on social media because of my Bible-based beliefs, I don't pay attention. Some preachers can't preach the truth anymore because they want to remain popular with the congregation. The fear of man brings a snare (Proverbs 2 9: 25). Beware!

 

 

Sometime ago, I went to minister in a Church for a three-day programme. I had preached on faith and other topics and many souls had been saved. I then told the Pastor that I would like to preach a sermon on restitution on the last day. He pleaded with me not to do so, tagging it 'hard teaching'. He also added

that some of the people I had gathered would leave because of this. I told him I did not care about a big congregation headed for hell. What matters most is preparing these people to get to Heaven. I have always told my children that I am a holiness preacher and so I will teach holiness until I die. This will never change even if people decide to leave the Church because of the 'hard teaching'. What I am after is ensuring that you make it to Heaven. You can call me old-fashioned; I don't care. If we get to Heaven together, you will thank me over there for teaching you holiness.

 

 

Men-pleasers seek fame at the expense of pleasing God and this ultimately leads to destruction.

 

 

Don't please people and displease God. Put Him first always (Matthew 6:33).

 

 

 

PRAYER POINT:

 

Ask God to take away every desire in you to be a men-pleaser.

 

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 28-30

 

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

 

HYMN 24: TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE.

1.       Take my life and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.

Take my moments and my days,

Let them flow in endless praise.

 

2.       Take my hands and let them move

At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

Swift and beautiful for Thee.

 

3.       Take my voice and let me sing,

Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

Filled with messages from Thee.

 

4.       Take my silver and my gold,

Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

 

5.       Take my will and make it Thine,

It shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart, it is Thine own,

It shall be Thy royal throne.

 

6.       Take my love, my Lord, I pour

At Thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself and I will be

Ever, only, all for Thee.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Thursday, January 14, 2021) - 

MCY: PAST GLORIES 

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous disciples, of Christ, who was inspired and mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015,, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional, authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray.”

Prayer Points:

1.Thank You, Father, for taking me out of Egypt; please, let Egypt be  completely taken out of me, in Jesus' name.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

3.Father, empower me not to dwell on past glories, but to look forward to those things that are ahead of me, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, empower me to press forward towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, instead of dwelling on past glories and achievements, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, please, take away the desires of my past from me, and help me to focus on the future, and on the new things You have promised to do in my life, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, uphold me till the end by Your right hand of righteousness, please, dont let me backslide; dont let me go back to my vomit, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, I have laid my hands on the plough, please, don't let me look back, that I may be fit for Your kingdom, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, release upon me the 'prayer anointing'; give me the grace to spend quality and ample time in prayers, and to preach the gospel, in season and out of season, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, reveal more of Yourself to me, and strengthen me to do exploits for You and Your kingdom, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, do a new thing in His life and take him to greater heights in all areas of his life and ministry, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus' name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus' name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's book Ministry, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE:   THURSDAY 14TH JANUARY 2021.

 

THEME: MCY:PAST GLORIES.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

Brethren , I count not myself to hove apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.                                              

Philippians 3:13

 

 

READ:  Philippians 3:11-16

 

 

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

 

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

 

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

 

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

 

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

 

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

We have been examining the "Mathematics of Christ in You" (MCY) since January 11 and the' PG' in the equation for Resistance stands for Past Glories. Sometimes, people allow the beauty of the "good old days" to hinder Christ from working mightily through them today. Some are so stuck in the past that they are unable to move on from there.

 

As we see from today's memory verse, the Lord expects us to keep moving forward. It doesn't matter how glorious the past was, let it go! Luke 17:32 says " Remember Lot's wife". It is a very brief sentence, but one loaded with deep meanings. Lot's wife looked back simply because she was undecided about her past. Christ cannot operate in the lives of many people today for the same reason: they keep on looking back.

 

 

Occasionally, some 'believers' see the advert of a beer brand and say "Hmm, thank God for salvation". What does that mean? An urge to drink? When some believers are offended, they say "If not that I have given my life to Christ, I would have shown you that I am a tiger." Oh, so you, are having thoughts of fighting with the fellow? Are you really sure that your life has been given to Christ? If you keep looking at the past, you might end up going back. In Luke 9:62, Jesus Christ said clearly:

 

            "...No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

 

 

When you study the armor of God as listed in Ephesians 6:13-17, you will see that there is no protection for the back. This is simply because you must not look back· The moment you turn around; you have given the enemy a very clear chance to destroy you. True soldiers of Christ, those who Christ will dwell in and do exploit through do not look back. They forget the things that are behind and press on for more. They spend time studying the word of God and live by it. They pray for long hours and are committed to spreading the gospel. They don't go around boasting about what they achieved yesterday, instead they are always talking about how much more they want to do for God.

 

 

Determine to do more for God from today.

 

 

 

 

KEY POINT:

 

Forget the past, press forward for more of God.

 

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 25-27

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

 

HYMN 10: I'M PRESSING ON THE UPWARD WAY.

 

 

1.       I’m pressing on the upward way,

New heights I’m gaining every day;

Still praying as I’m onward bound,

“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”

Refrain:

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,

By faith, on Heaven’s tableland,

A higher plane than I have found;

Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

 

2.       My heart has no desire to stay

Where doubts arise and fears dismay;

Though some may dwell where those abound,

My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.

 

3.       I want to live above the world,

Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;

For faith has caught the joyful sound,

The song of saints on higher ground.

 

4.       I want to scale the utmost height

And catch a gleam of glory bright;

But still I’ll pray till heav’n I’ve found,

“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Wednesday, January 13, 2021) : 

 

MCY: 

SELF-SUFFICIENCY. 

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous disciples, of Christ, who was inspired and mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015,, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional, authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray.”

Prayer Points:

1.I worship and adore You, my Father, for You are the God that rules in the affairs of men; without You, I am nothing.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

3.Father, let me abide in You, and You, in me, that I may bring forth much fruits, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, please, let me never do anything that will make Your presence to leave or depart from me, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, give me the grace to acknowledge You, in all my ways, and not to lean on my own understanding or lean on the arm of flesh, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, I put my trust in You, and not in man; take over my entire life, and direct my paths in life, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, You're my sufficiency,  there is nothing I can lay claim to in life, that is originally my own; all that I have has been given to me by You from above;  in You I live, move and have my being, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, please, uphold me by Your right hand of righteousness, till the end;  let me never become a laughing stock before my enemies, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, please, don't let my enemies prevail or rejoice over me, in victory; let me laugh last, over all my enemies, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye; thank You, Father, for all Your gifts and endowments in his life, and for making him a blessing to our generation, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus' name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus' name.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus' name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's book Ministry, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE:   WEDNESDAY 13TH JANUARY 2021.

 

THEME: MCY:SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

I am the vine, ye are the b ranches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.                                                    

John 15:5

 

 

 

READ:  Judges16:20-21

 

 

20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

 

21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

 

The 'S' in our equation for Resistance in the "Mathematics of Christ in You" (MCY)stands for Self-Sufficiency (If you do not understand, kindly refer to the devotionals of January.11 and 12). Most times, what many people call self-suff1c1ency is purely reliance on their flesh rather than God. In Daniel 4 :2 8-37, we see how this attitude got Nebuchadnezzar into trouble. He said "Is this not Babylon that I built?" As a result, God sent him to eat grass in the forest for seven years to prove to him that all he had was from Him. By the time he came back, he acknowledged God as the Most High who rules in the affairs of men.

 

Today's Bible reading tells the story of Samson. This man had defeated an entire army with the jawbone of an ass. He was really strong. Unfortunately, he did not realize that this strength was not from him but from God. I know this because if you look through the feats he had accomplished, you would see everything starting with "And the spirit of the lord came upon Him" Judges 14:6, Judges 14:19, Judges 15:14). One day, after God's Spirit had left

him, he said "'I will arise and go out as at other times before" Judges 16:20) but he was put to shame. It does not matter how gifted or skillful you are, without God, you are no different from the sand in the beach.

 

Many a time, when we listen to the testimonies of some people, we still see them glorifying 'self'. They take the shine off God and put it on their efforts. In Philippians 3:3-7, Paul had been talking so much about himself until something warned him "Be careful", and he quickly added in verse 7 "But what things

were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ."Proverbs3 :5-6 says:

 

            "Trust in the lord with all thine hear1; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

 

 

You want God to live in you and operate through you? Then, you must not lean on your own understanding. You must get to the point where you can say that it is in Him that I live, move and have my being (Acts1 7:28).

 

We should always remember the words of Aposele Paul in 2 Corinthians 3:5:

"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;”

 

 

KEY POINT:

You are nothing without God.

 

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 21-22

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

 

HYMN 14: JESUS MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL

 

 

 

 

1 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All,

How can I love thee as I ought?

And how revere this wondrous gift,

So far surpassing hope or thought?

Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

 

 

2 Had I but Mary's sinless heart

To love thee with, my dearest King,

Oh, with what bursts of fervant praise

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing.

Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

 

 

3 Thy Body, Soul, and Godhead, all,

O mystery of love divine.

I cannot compass all I have,

For all thou hast and art are mine.

Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

Oh, make us love thee more and more.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Tuesday, January 12, 2021) - 

MCY: Pride 

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous disciples, of Christ, who was inspired and mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015,, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional, authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray.”

Prayer Points:

1.I worship and adore You, my Father, for the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

2.Thank You, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for the in-dwelling Christ in me, who is my hope of realising Your glory.

3.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, break me down and remould me, by the power of Your Holy Spirit; destroy every spirit of pride in my life and destiny, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, let every voice saying, "no", to You in my life be silenced forever, and let everything resisting You in me, surrender and bow to Your authority, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, give me a humble and a contrite heart: give me more of Your grace and draw me closer unto You, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, no matter the height that I may attain in life, spiritually and materially, please, let me forever remain humble and be a babe in Your hand, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let me decrease that You may increase in me; let Christ have His way and be fully formed and be glorified in me, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, empower me to attain a zero Resistance to Your Will, so that Christ may be fully formed and dwell in me so richly, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye; let him never lose his high spiritual flavour, taste and aroma, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus' name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus' name.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus' name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's book Ministry, in Jesus' name.