Ask and ye shall....

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE, “My Wage,” The Door of Dreams


Don't sell yourself short in life.  Expect more, and get more.  Expect less, and get less.  Mainly just realize that it is your expectations and petitions, not life's offerings, that determine your payment and recompense in all things.  What do you 'expect' to get from attending church on Sunday?  If you expect to be strengthened in spirit and receive the opportunity to help and serve others in the process, then I guarantee that you will get both.  Obviously there is more to it than just 'asking', there is the undeniable and unalterable element of the action of faith.  Lets turn to the bible.
James 1:5-6

 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Then in James chapter 2:

 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Ask in faith, then get to work.  Don't sit around waiting for the magical paycheck to show up in the mail.  Go out and earn that paycheck and see for your self how the action of faith precedes the miracle.