There is really no true praying which is not based on a divine promise. We may never pray unqualifiedly unless there be a promise for the thing we want. But when God has promised anything to us, we can go to him with boldness and ask him to do as he has said. But why ask if he has promised? Asking shows faith. Asking is the acceptance on our part of what God offers. Ask, and ye shall receive; ask not, and ye shall not receive. Find a promise for what you want, and then bring it boldly to God. If you have no plain promise, ask humbly, submissively, and modestly, leaving altogether to his wise love the things about which you are uncertain.