1 prayer - thats all it takes

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. What a great way to end 1 John. In chapter 5 John encourages us that if we believe that Jesus is Lord then we will have eternal life. He then concludes this chapter with these verses. We can have confidence going to God that He will hear our prayers.
Our Heavenly Father is interested in our prayers, He wants us to come to Him with our hearts desire. This is not that we go and start making 'wish list' prayers, but it does mean that He will instill into us the desires of our hearts so that His will will become real to us, so that we will want to be all that we can be for Him.
Our God loves us so much that He paid the price for our sin and then allows us to come before His throne with our prayers and petitions. If Jesus didn't do anything for us ever again, answer any prayer, or even listen to our prayers then He still has done everything for us. He died for us to live - job done. He doesn't need to do anything else, however, Praise God that He chooses to listen and answer. He wants to be part of our lives - invite Him today. He's only one prayer away!