God Does Indeed Reward Obedience

 Many self-righteous Christians take this verse out of its Biblical context to mean that God has effectively signed a blank check, which allows His children to fill in a simple prayer request to ensure that they get whatever they want  in order to fulfill their fleshly lusts. This is not what the verse is teaching.
 God Does Indeed Reward Obedience, but not the sort of ritual obedience of rigid adherence to a series of imposed commands in order to guarantee a reward that God is obligated to grant, as is suggested by many in the Word of Faith movement. The dangerous root of this sort of interpretation is found in positive thinking, positive confession, positive declaration, and the prosperity gospel.
 Righteous prayer comes from an obedience to God's Word and a mental attitude of love for Him, which was initiated by God Himself Who first loved us by giving His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Legalistic obedience to God's law does not guarantee an answer to our declared demand.  If we do not ask, then we will not receive, and even the godly prayer of the righteous man or woman may be used by God to teach some deeper spiritual truth.
 This verse give us an assurance that we will receive whatever we ask for, when we humbly request what is in full alignment with the Word of God and pray into the will of God in the power of the Holy Spirit, for the honor and glory of His name.
and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the privilege of prayer and that through Christ, we have access to the throne of grace. Thank You that You hear and answer the prayers and intercessions that are aligned to Your will and the Word of truth. We pray that the thoughts and the petitions of our hearts may remain in accordance with Your purpose and plan. Guide us into all truth so that our lives may be pleasing in Your sight. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.