the basis of his righteousness that I feel I can approach your holy throne in this prayer.” Praying in Jesus’ name is automatically a confession of our unworthiness and a proclamation of his worthiness. By including the name of Jesus in our prayers, we acknowledge: • He paid the debt for our sins in his suffering and death on the cross. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace” (Eph. 1:7). • He provides us union with him so