Here is a condition to answered prayer that should get our attention. That condition is our obedience, which serves as proof of our love for God: “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:13-15). Love between the disciple and the Lord Jesus is proved by obedience to his commands (E.g. John 14:21-23; 15:14; 1 John 5:3). If we adhere to his Word it proves we love him and walk according to his name, which then means God will answer. If we do not walk in obedience then our self-proclaimed love for Christ may not be genuine. At the very least, it is immature, incomplete, and we need the purifying power of God’s chastening through unanswered prayer. This same John counsels us in his first letter to believers,
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe
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