“The more we learn to pray, the more we learn to surrender, trust, and have confidence in God’s sovereignty over our circumstances. 1 John 5:14 reads, “And this is the confidence we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” It goes on to read, “And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him” (1 Jn. 5:15). See, it’s when we’re not praying that we are filled with discontent and insecurity about the future of our lives and those we love. Praying builds in us a tough type of God-confidence. We learn to be confident that he’s given us and those we love what he knows is best for us right now. Because we are human, our eyes don’t allow us to see the eternal implications of each part of our lives. But we can trust God is working all things together for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose (Rom. 8:28). We can trust his plans and the timing of those plans.”