Isaiah 7:11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above”

James 4:2 “..you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it”

John 16:24 “Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy”

The Lord desires us to ask for things but sometimes we are afraid to ask because God may say no. We may be afraid to ask because we have a negative attitude that says “God never answers the things I really want for”. Or it may be the case that we do not think God will answer it.

The Lord really does want us to ask for things, and how much more the things that really concern our hearts. Because of the trials of life we begin at times to feel so low that we fail to ask God for things and start to think well what’s the point the doesn’t seem to care about me.

This actually breaks His heart because He really does care.

The word of God does say that often times we do not have things because we do not ask for them. For some people the request for something has never even happened.

May be its time for a new outlook on life and Gods power. Sure we have had some tough times and not seen it as we would like to, but still ask. God says Ask and it shall be given, but it does not say ask and it shall be given right away.