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Yes. Because of Jesus, believers pray with bold confidence that God hears them, not on the basis of their own worthiness but on the basis of Christ's. Scripture also calls us to pray in faith, in His will, with unconfessed sin dealt with, and with hearts that do not ask selfishly.
https://glorystudy.com/questions/does-god-hear-my-prayers · Scripture quoted from the World English Bible
1 John 5:13-15
As you read: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
14This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
15And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
John 16:23-24
As you read: Asked in Jesus' name, so that your joy may be full.
23“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
Hebrews 4:14-16
As you read: Draw near with boldness to receive mercy and find grace.
14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
15For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
16Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
Psalm 66:16-20
As you read: The heart that prays: purity and honesty before God.
16Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
18If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
This is the confidence we have in Him: if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us, and if we know He hears us, we know we have what we asked. Because of Jesus we draw near to the throne of grace with boldness, to receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
“This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.”1 John 5:14-15
“Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.”Hebrews 4:16
Whatever you ask the Father in my name, He will give you. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. To ask in His name is to ask according to who He is and what He wants, and the Father delights to answer that.
““In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.”John 16:23-24
“If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.”John 15:7
“Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.”John 14:13-14
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not listen. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your pleasures. The Lord's hand is not too short to save, but your iniquities have made a separation.
“If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.”Psalm 66:18
“You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.”James 4:3
“Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; neither his ear heavy, that it can’t hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”Isaiah 59:1-2
Let him ask in faith, without doubting. Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. We keep what we ask in alignment with God's revealed will, and we ask in faith, because He rewards those who seek Him.
“But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.”James 1:6-7
“Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.”Mark 11:24
“and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.”1 John 3:22