FAITH CAPSULE: Knowing to ask is praying to God without doubt. 

2 Samuel 18, 19:1-20

Prayer is communicating with God.
When God says yes, it is good; when God says no, it is good. 
Pray to ask from God, the giver of all things.
The word of God commands, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”(Matthew 7:7) 
Praying to God is not a suggestion but a task to engage to gain the attention of God.
Jesus was so sure about the effect of obeying when He declared, “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 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 7:8-12) 
Anyone who asks (prays) knows about the fact that there is a prayer-answering God. 
Unfortunately, knowing about is not enough, but when one knows God, one will consistently become persistent in gaining the attention of God.
There should be the understanding of not giving up when asking from God, that does not fail to give.
Get to know the promise in the word of God shall settle to receive from God.
God is a good God that will never fail, and He will do what He says He will do. 
The God who never lies testifies to the efficacy of His word, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11) 
God commanded: you ask, and so shall be to the glory of God.
Are you asking, or are you whining? 
The word of Hezekiah demonstrates that praying is like a labor room where undeniable proof becomes manifestation.
When Sennacherib staged an offensive against Hezekiah by boasting against God through his servant Rabshakeh, Hezekiah confessed, “…This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.” (2 Kings 19:3) 
The strength to push for birth to come forth is a prayer, evidence of the reaction of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord God, and God answered him. 
God sent Isaiah to go and say to Hezekiah, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.” (2 Kings 19:20) 
Prayer demands strength, not to faint when asking from God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for strength to persevere in prayer.