Prayer v. begging. One reason I'm not an atheist.
In my experience most prayers are indistinguishable from begging. And very often two of God's creatures are begging for opposite things. How would God decide in that case.
The only logical answer is that God doesn't care about those matters. Makes no difference who wins a ball game, or war, or whatever. In reality, God doesn't care about money, jobs or relationships.
I know there is a God, and I know it's not the Christian God or Muslim God. It's more along the Jewish model, who believe that to try to know God is arrogance.
I can't see God, but can see traces of how God works. I was once told about God - "There is one. You aren't it!"
Arf