God, we know, does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and who obeys his will.
You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.
Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority.
So I said, 'Here I come — in the roll of the book this is written of me — I come to do thy will, O God.'
The man replied to them, "Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!
It is unheard of, since the world began, that anyone should open a blind man's eyes.
But now — well, I know whatever you ask God for, he will grant you."