True prayer is earnest, not tiring nor fainting. It takes every burden to God - the small and the large alike. It is submissive, referring all to the Father’s will. Its answer may not come in the direct granting of the request we make, but may come instead in more grace and strength, enabling us to keep the burden and yet rejoice. Lying at our Father's feet in the time of our strong cryings and tears, we learn obedience, and our sobbings end in praises, our struggles in acquiescence, our tears are dried, and we rise victorious.