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I think the context of the verse will clear up things for you quite nicely.

John 14:12-14 (ASV) "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do."

Of course, this is not a carte blanche promise, as many Pentecostals are want to believe. It must be tempered by such texts as:

1 John 5:14 (KJV) "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:"