John 16:23-33  "And in that day you will ask Me no question."   The disciples were always full of questions.. like us.. they want to know what God's plans are.. what is really happening.. what part do we play in all of this?  Jesus gave them a promise that was beyond anything they could imagine. "Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything. He will give it to you in My name." 

Jesus has given them this promise more than once.... (John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23, 26.)   Ask.. ask in My Name.. ask that the Father will be glorified in the Son; ask so the fruit will remain; ask so that your joy "may be made full"; ask because the Father loves you! 

This asking and receiving happens in the context of this "oneness" that Jesus has brought His followers into by the revelation of the Father's love.  The Father loves those who have loved the Son.. have believed that He was sent by the Father into the world.. and that He left the world to return to the Father.  We believe in the birth, the life, the death, the resurrection, and the ascension  of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came to save us from sin and death.  He came because "God so loved the world".. He spoke the Words that God gave Him to speak. He did the works that God gave Him to do.  He died on a cross just as the Father had asked Him to... so that we could live. And Praise the Lord... He rose again from the grave so that we can also have eternal Life.. with Him in heaven. 

Ask of the Father.. Jesus tells us. Ask, seek, and knock.  The Father hears us and He loves us.  We are included in His inner circle.. because of Jesus. Hallelujah! What a Savior. 

Father in heaven, we ask that Your Name would be glorified and hallowed.  We ask that Your Kingdom would come. We ask that Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  We ask that we would be fruitful branches staying connected to the True Vine. We ask You to fill us with Your great love that we might truly love You with all of our hearts, souls, minds, and bodies.  We ask that You would give us love for one another.. and love for our enemies as well. We ask all these things in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. Amen.