Aligned prayer

Answered prayer comes from praying in the will and purpose of God (aligned prayer). God is in command of his purpose. Jesus modelled this relational partnership.
God is love and love is his relationship with us, desiring his ultimate good for us. Will his love stop acting if we ask him for something that is not his best for us? No, he will help us to know how to hear.

The Holy Spirit aligned the will of Jesus with the Father’s will
1John 5:6 And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three agree as one.

Father heard a prayer from Jesus concerning the resurrection of Lazarus; Jesus aligned with the Father.
John 11:45 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me (heard what? See below). And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
What did the Father hear? He heard the prayer of Jesus regarding Lazarus and Holy Spirit bore witness to that

1John 5:14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will (thelema-purpose), He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. How did Jesus do this? How do we do it?
We should always pray and ask (Philippians 4:6) and give thanks and receive the peace (oneness)of God, having placed the burden upon him and trusting him in his good will to operate in the situation. That is relational faith.

Anything we get from Jesus and God the Father we get through the Holy Spirit, not from an assessment of how legitimate or worthy the need is.
John 3:27 “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. (Ephesians 3:20)
I believe it is always appropriate to pray for healing if requested and yield to God’s will.

Jesus depended on ‘hearing God’ every time (with a 100% result).
Matthew 26:39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
John 12:49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
John 5:19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do
John 5:30 I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge (krino-decide), and my judgment (decision) is righteous (aligned), because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Asking in the name of Jesus
John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we have prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from me’
Asking in His name is more than just speaking his name. It is knowing him and being known in his name.
Acts 19:13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

The pure and simple Grace of God
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…

Romans 8:25 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God (vs.34 It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.). And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Those who are invited [RSVP] to partner him in his purpose)