1 John :14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
With absolute confidence we can know that God answers prayer. A strategic key to answered prayer is to pray in accord with what He would want, not what we would desire or insist that He do. Answered prayer also depends on obedience to God’s commandments and avoidance of sin. God always hears the prayers of His children but not always in the manner they were presented. When we have confidence in Him, it means that we know He will do what He has promised. It is your faith that is the key to getting prayers answered and it is important to believe that you receive the thing you are praying for. Also to know means that we have faith in it happening. When Jesus healed the sick, He said; your faith has made you whole.