“Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.” – Phillip Brooks
”“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,“
John 17:20 NIV
”I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.“
John 17:11 NIV
The power of your name. Very powerful statement. I know there were times in my life that the only prayer I could utter was “Jesus””. “It is the memory and recollection of the entire life of Jesus. The short name of Jesus is meant to represent the entirety of the life and ministry of Jesus — all that he did, all that he said, all that he experienced. To gather, to pray, in the name of Jesus is to re-member the entire life of Jesus.” I remember years ago in our little country church we were asked to quote scriptures. My brother, Leonard, who was just a lad, was there, and when it came to his time he said “Jesus Wept”. (John 11:35l. Reveals He truly is “touched with the feeling of our infirmities” (Hebrews 4:15). His tears are a reminder that He loves sinners and cares for every soul? The name of Jesus covers a vast supply of love for us. He cares, he heals, he comforts, he will never leave us, he weeps with us; the list goes on and on. So, when you are in deep sorrows and are trying to pray and the words are not coming say the name of “Jesus”. It’s a powerful prayer – and He hears you.
Even before God became man, it’s clear throughout the Old Testament that God feels sorrow, even weeps for the crushing blows of His people. Psalm 34:18 promises us that “the Lord is close to the brokenhearted”.
Just a thought by coppi.
Just a thought by coppi 
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