In the teachings of Jesus, prayer is presented as a means of receiving what we need from God. According to Matthew 7:7-11, we are encouraged to ask, seek, and knock, with the promise that our requests will be answered. Jesus also taught in Mark 11:24 that whatever we ask for in prayer, believing, will be given to us. Similarly, in Matthew 21:22, He emphasizes the importance of faith in receiving what we ask for, while James 4:3 cautions that our requests must be motivated by righteous desires. Through these passages, we are assured that God is willing to provide for us when we approach Him in prayer with faith and pure intentions.
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Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’” And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge. Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help? I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”