Sometimes people pray for a situation to disappear, yet what changes most is their perspective, strength, patience, or peace during it.
Have you ever experienced prayer working that way in your own life?
If we walk by the Spirit, we have the opportunity to be changed into Christ-likeness
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Well, yes. But I still had to walk through it. It still took my action. But He was with me, and the peace of God came upon me and I knew it woud turn out ok.
"Too many Christians assume the most important aspect of prayer is keeping us in contact with God. This is pious poppycock. The most important aspect of prayer is for God to answer.
The great purpose of prayer is not subjective change in the Christian but objective change in the world." (P. Andrew Sandlin)