'Asking' in the Bible

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

And Isaiah says boldly:I was foundby those who were not looking for Me;I revealed Myselfto those who were not asking for Me.

asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there,