Dear youths, prayer is not a tool to control outcomes or force God to endorse your personal desires. It is a sacred place of alignment where your heart learns to agree with the mind of God. When prayer becomes centered on what you want without seeking what God wants, it loses its power to transform you. You may speak many words, but without alignment, there will be little manifestation of His glory. Many young people approach prayer with a mindset of getting rather than becoming. You ask, seek, and knock, but the deeper question is this, are you willing to adjust when God speaks? True prayer changes your desires, purifies your motives, and redirects your decisions. It teaches you to cooperate with God’s will, not just present your own. When your heart begins to align with Him, your prayers carry clarity, authority, and purpose. God’s glory is revealed through yielded vessels, not resistant hearts. When your desires are submitted to Him, He refines them, removes what is not aligned, and...