It's hard to pray that way. But it's real.
Or, grace that accompanies persecutions, to get past them.
“You can’t run a pharmacy here” is a looooooooong way from getting crucified or beheaded. Sometimes God must consider us to be whiners when we could be praising Him for arranging alternative ways to get around problems. A land where you can put Jesus on neon signs is not a stable situation, at best, if that Jesus means anything good.
But speaking of which, while it is possible, we ought to be using the “neon signs.”
Getting all bent when a city hall won’t put a creche up without a Santa Claus is perhaps, a little besides the point if you can put that same creche up on a billboard. OK, it’ll require some more spending, but up it will go and get even more attention.
God got pretty irked at the Israelites who started whining at the slightest challenge. “You idiot Moses! We can’t drink this water! Damn you! We oughtta be in Egypt!” When all it would have taken was “Dear Lord, You have delivered us thus far, and believe You will continue to do so. Please provide us with the water we need.”
This kind of provision has been seen in all segments of Christendom when it has been sincerely prayed for and believed in, with an attitude of leaning on the Lord and proclaiming His goodness.