When I’m not curious and expectant, to see what God will do next, in my circumstances, I’m living by flesh, not by faith: functioning as an independent/orphan/adultlike, wise in my own eyes, leaning on my own understanding, and my biggest need at that moment, is fresh conviction of the sin of independence/unbelief, so I can confess, and be delivered from The Curse, the hell, the prison, of a created-dependent trying to live as an independent: captain of my soul, master of my fate, circumstance-dependent for my joy and peace, addicted to feeling good about self, unsatisfied with Jesus and His righteousness.

–StrongDave, needing prayer to embrace weakness/dependency so he’ll return to asking about everything and thanking about everything, so the pre-believers around him will be wowed by his joy and freedom and want what he has (please pray now)