You must ASK!
ASK, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Matthew 7:7.
You must BELIEVE!
THEREFORE I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye shall receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:24.
You must be WILLING TO FORGIVE.
AND when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:25,26.
You must have a CLEAN HEART.
IF I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psalms 66:18.
Must be UNSELFISH.
YE ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 4:3.
Must DO HIS WILL.
AND this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us.
I John 5:14.
You must be GUIDED BY HIS WORD.
IF ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 15:7.
You must ASK IN HIS NAME.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
John 16:23.
WHATSOEVER ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 15:16.