James 4:1-8, further confirms why many who ask do not receive being due to their double mindedness.
James 4:1 [FONT="]From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
[/FONT][FONT="]2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.[/FONT]
[FONT="]3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.[/FONT]
[FONT="]4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.[/FONT]
[FONT="]5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?[/FONT]
[FONT="]6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.[/FONT]
[FONT="]7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.[/FONT]