An excellent question Orion. As a Christian who prays daily, I can tell you that my prayers have little to do with asking God to bend to my will.
I trust that God knows a future that I don't have the privilege of knowing. With that in mind, my prayer is that God will, through his Holy Spirit, show me His plan and allow me to grow in understanding the why's and how's of it.
I'd gladly offer you some examples of God showing me what comes next, but I won't bother unless your interested.
"I run in the paths of your commands, for you have set my heart free." (Psalms 119:32)
> my prayer is that God will, through his Holy Spirit, show me His plan ...
That is still an effort on your part to influence the actions of an infinite God. There is a logical inconsistency here, if one assumes that God was going to do what what Right And Proper anyway.
And PS: No, you can't say that here. This is a family forum. Shame on you.