John 16:23-28

Heavenly father
give us grace so to understand the forgiving love of Jesus that we may know what to ask in this name so that our joy may be full

²³ “In that day you will ask me no questions.
Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 
²⁴ Until now, you have asked nothing in my name.
Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. 
²⁵ I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech.
But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech,
but will tell you plainly about the Father. 
²⁶ In that day you will ask in my name;
and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you, 
²⁷ for the Father himself loves you,
because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. 
²⁸ I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”