One primary reason why many people pray and never receive is that they never have faith that they will have what they have prayed for. By doing this, they displease God.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

The Lord Jesus says that we would have whatever we asked in faith. God want us to come as His children asking Him with full confidence and assurance that He will hear us. Unbelief is one major reason for unanswered prayer, and it grieves God when His children don’t trust Him to be faithful and committed to His promises.

Although our human minds may not be able to comprehend how God will answer certain prayers, still we must believe or we don’t pray for such things at all. This is because at the end of the day we may not get it and we start accusing God of not answering our prayers.

God has given us an open check to ask of Him anything, this includes wisdom. The Bible says that God gives liberally and upbraids not. However, the word of God told us that the condition to receive is based on faith. Here is how Scripture puts it:

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.