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What is in a name?

To those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children
Of God John 1:12

I keep wondering about this statement "believed in his name".  What does it mean to believe in Jesus's name?  I always hear this statement with something in the middle.  Like "I believe I'm healed in Jesus's name".  What does it mean to believe "anything" in His name?
John 16:23-24 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 

The scripture above really caught my attention.  I have read this scripture quite a few times.  But this time some specific words jumped out to me:
"in My name".  

You know.........in the past, when I have prayed.  I would say "in Jesus name" almost as more of a way you are suppose to close out a prayer like a Jesus stamp.  INSTEAD, I feel like God is showing me something more about what Jesus really meant.  I feel like He is saying that "Whenever we ask something that is contained in His name, we will have it.  Like

"I pray for peace in Jesus's name"
"I pray for strength in Jesus's name"
"I pray for healing in Jesus's name"
"I pray for joy in Jesus's name"

All these things are contained in the "name of Jesus Christ".  And there is so much more in that name.  "In Jesus's name" is not a stamp you place on any old prayer just to get it up to God.  That's not what He meant.  He wasn't saying that you have to say "in Jesus's name" to get God to hear your prayer.  He was saying that if you ask for whatever is contained in my name, you can have it.  


I'm saying this to you because, until recently, I thought "In Jesus's name" was just a stamp to get my prayer up to God.  I believe this revelation will guide our prayer life to begin to pray according to the heart of God.  It has definitely changed the way I approach my prayer life. 
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