Scriptures on how to ask and how to receive things from God:

Matt. 21:22 "And in all things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

James 4:3 "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may comsume it upon your lusts."

1 John 5:14 "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us."

2 Cor. 1:20 "For all the promises of God are yea (true)."

1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers, but the face of the Lord are against them that do evil."

Proverbs  3:5-6  5. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding, 6. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths."

Philipians 4:6 b "Let your requests be made known to God."

Related: also see Faith