Passage
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 15:7 (LSB)
Nearby Context
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
John 15:9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "abide", "words", "whatever", "wish", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "abide" and "words", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "If anyone does not abide in Me..." into verse 8's "My Father is glorified by this that...", so "abide" and "words" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "abide" and "words" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.