One day, Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said “LORD, teach us to pray, just as John the Baptist, taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:1 Amplified.
And the Lord gave him our Prayer.
Same chapter, different verse, 9, repeating that very idea from the Man Himself.
So I say to you, Ask and [b]keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and [c]keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and [d]keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you.10 For everyone who asks and [e]keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and [f]keeps on seeking, finds; and to him who knocks and [g]keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened.
In my anguish... 