Jesus answers their question in the Lord's Prayer with a list of proper requests. He then sets out to underline the fact that God gives what he promises. We don't have to bash at his door to receive his promised blessings. He is the perfect loving Father who gives his very person to us, along with all the inherent blessings that are ours in him. As for the rest of our needs, we should rightly speak with Jesus about them, but we must not expect him to act outside his revealed will.
Discussion Consider the problem of unanswered prayer.
Some say prayers are not answered if our faith is weak, or if there is undisclosed sin in our lives, or we have not persevered.