You may be saying, “Look, I ask God all the time. I even say the word “ask” in my prayers.”
I know what you are saying. I did the same thing until I realized that I was not asking. I was announcing to God that I was asking Him for something. I was saying, “God, I am asking You to heal my brother William.” You notice that there was no question mark at the end because there was no asking a question. It was a statement, announcing what I wanted God to do.
I should have said, “God, would you please heal Brother William? Would you touch him and comfort him? Would you make him whole? I ask in your name Yahshua, which means Yah is the Savior. Thank you.” In this communication, I used three questions that ask God for His healing power. I noticed that as I wrote these questions just now, my heart became softer.
Compare that to the announcement which told God what I wanted Him to do. But God already knows everything. He knows our needs before we ask. He doesn’t need for us to apprise Him of the situation; He knows. He would like to see humility grow in us, and it will, when we ask Him for help in time of need. He is near to the humble.
Besides, God likes a challenge. He relishes an opportunity to dramatically show His love to His people. And He really likes the holy boldness that asking-Him-questions portrays. He likes that faith because it is the same faith that ushers forth out of His heart. God tries our hearts and proves and examines our inner thoughts. He does this to bring us to great righteous changes within us. And He then tells us to see if He will keep His word toward us: “Prove me now herewith, saith the LORD (Yahweh) of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Prov. 17:3; Mal. 3:10). God likes a challenge; He rises to the occasion. He will come through—for the sake of His name.
In the end, we shall see that asking Him a question is that humility-producing element that puts our hearts in the right place with His heart. It gets us in sync with Him and His plan.
Asking God questions in our prayers, when done humbly, puts the ball in His court. He is bound by His word when He said, “Ask, and it shall be given.” And, “You shall pray for the sick, and they shall recover.” If we ask for a fish, He will not give us a stone. It all begins with a humble spirit that asks the great Healer of mankind, “Father, would you please heal him?”
And lastly, He ties it all up with this reminder. “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them” (Mark 11:24). It’s all about the faith. Kenneth Wayne Hancock
Immortality Road 
That’s Awesome Wayneman I myself have been telling God what my needs are and not asking. I thought I was asking but it’s clear I was telling God want I needed. As we all know according to His word, God knows our needs as He has numbered even the hairs on our head.
Luke 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Praise God for His revelation knowledge and truth!
Matthew
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Thank you so much for sharing your testimony. I really enjoyed reading it. We had some joyful times, didn’t we? We learned so much about what true life is–looking out for each other, helping each other, being yokefellows with Christ and the disciples. Thank you, Yahweh for tapping us on the shoulder of our hearts and leading us into your presence. Brother John, comment any time like we used to during the men’s meetings. Wayne
I remember in one of the men’s morning meetings, someone asked why certain brothers were assigned to work together.
The Teacher began to tell us about, the making of smooth stones fit for the builder.
He began to speak of how each one of us are like rough hewn stone, and the need to be chipped and shaped to fit the builder’s purpose.
To get a smooth stone out of a rough stone, a certain amount of friction is necessary.
When two different people work together, differences of how to deal with a problem often brings a certain amount of friction between them.
The object is to get two different people to come to one outcome, and become a team to be able to work effectively together thus becoming smooth stones.
The point is to realize that there is not one stone above another, one is not better than the other, that both are of equal importance in the BUILDER’S plan and purpose.
It also gave them the opportunity to examine their own selves and their attitude, and ask for the Lord to help them see what they needed to change in themselves.
Thus, each brother would become a part of one, a joint to fit into place of one BODY.