I guess it makes sense that we should only expect to receive those things we ask from God that He has already promised us. At first, that sounds weird to me, like why? But when I think about it, if He is good and every good thing comes from Him, then the only way to ask for something that is good is to ask for something He's promised. There's nothing He's promised that isn't good. And nothing that's good that He hasn't promised....I think? That does at least help it make more sense. Sometimes I think it will build my faith if I get the things I ask Him for, but many of those things aren't things He's promised (directly or indirectly) or that are in His Will. When I don't get those things, it challenges my faith. But maybe the problem really is that I'm not asking for the things I'm supposed to be asking for or that I am asking things I shouldn't. I have heard something like that before. Maybe I need to change what I'm asking.