James 4:2 (NKJV) You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
Warning against Pride
1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? 2You crave what you do not have. You kill andcovet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.…Ja 4:1-3
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Ja 1:5
Matthew 7:7,8
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: …
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 15:27
"Yes, Lord," she said, "even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
Psalm 145:16
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
I have been trying to build up my prayer life....there are so many streams of truth connected with prayer...but the main thing is to PRAY.