What does the Bible say about asking?

What does the Bible say about asking?

I recently did a bible study to find out what the Bible says about asking. I was very encouraged when I saw all of the verses about asking next to each other. God really does want us to ask Him for things! There are a few pre-requisites mentioned, but for the most part we have not because we ask not! Let’s make sure we keep all in context.


How to Ask God For Help In Times of Need

Asking God for help isn't always easy. It all depends on your faith, how much you rely on God, and how much you believe in him. During times of need, we sometimes lose faith in ourselves, others, and God himself. It's important to remember that God loves us and wants only good for us in order to believe he can and will help us. Here are some tips for asking God for help when times are tough and you need support to help you get through.

1. Step 1

Believe in God and have faith that he's with you. The first step in asking God to help in hard times is to have faith in him and his abilities. You must believe that God is there for you and has the ability to help you through this tough time in your life. If you do not believe, you will not receive his guidance. No matter how hard things are right now, you must find some optimism and belief in order to succeed past this hardship. God will help if you truly believe and let him in.

2. Step 2

Speak to God and talk to him of your trouble. God is always listening and wants to help us make our lives better. When times are hard, he is there guiding us through to an happier way. Pray to God and ask him for his guidance. Tell him that you need help because you are no longer able to do this alone. God will listen and help you. He may not do exactly as you wish because God has his own plan for us, but he will ease your troubles if you allow him to do so by asking his help.

3. Step 3

Attend church and become closer to God. God helps those who help themselves first by finding their way to him. People who go to church admit to having a closer relationship with God. They find that their faith is stronger, their prayers are answered quicker, and they feel support from everywhere. Many people I know who attend church, never feel alone. They always have a close bond with God and with others who believe in God. Going to church can help you learn of God's amazing ways and how to talk to God to receive his help in your life.

4. Step 4

Read the Bible to find God's wisdom. God's words are powerful words and can help us through the darkest days. Reading the Bible can help you to find peace in your troubles by relating events in your life to events in the days of the Bible. God tells us how to handle our lives through scriptures in the Bible and can help us to get past tough times with his wisdom. If you don't understand what you read in the Bible, look online for explanation of scriptures to help.

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Matthew 7:7-11 (NKJV)
7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 For what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Matthew 21:22 (NKJV)
22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.

John 14:13-14 (NKJV)
13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV)
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Ephesians 1:17

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.


New International Version

James 1:5 (NKJV)
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.