Some scriptures that supports why we should ASK when we pray
Proverbs 10:24, James 5:16, 1 John 5:14-15, 1 John 3:21-22, Psalms 145:19, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:24 and John 14:13.
Also 1 King 3:12 “I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.”