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"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."

The apostle John, one of the disciples who was closest to Jesus, shares this advice with the early church. It speaks of us having confidence when we pray that God hears us. It also brings in the principle of being close enough to God to know his will so we will be able to know when we ask for things whether they line up with God's purposes for our lives and his kingdom.