Exactly. He would not had gone to the effort to make a point of it. In John, He repeats it at least three times and in the last verse I quoted before, He goes into detail about how He desires our prayers to be, through whom and to whom.

Jesus gave everything to make this happen for us. I do not wish to dismiss His sacrifice to have this ability to pray to the Father directly, through Him. It is one of God's blessings to us as His children.

The more I study these things, the stronger I see the necessity it is. It is not a disrespect to pray to the Father and not ask Jesus for things because we are asking "in Him", "through Him" and "in His name/authority".

It is to the Glory of the Father and glory to Christ, that He has enabled us through Him.

To God the Father be the glory through His Son, our Christ!