In Scripture, believers are encouraged to approach God with confidence and persistence in prayer. Jesus teaches that whatever is asked in His name will be done, as seen in John 14:13 and Matthew 21:22, emphasizing the importance of aligning requests with God's will. The Bible also promises that when prayers are offered according to God's will, they will be heard, as expressed in 1 John 5:14. Additionally, Matthew 7:7 and James 4:3 remind believers to ask with the right motives and to persevere in their requests, trusting in God's goodness and provision.
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And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.