Pray to say thank you not to ask .God created you and that is his purpose ,rest all you are doing to your self and any thing and every thing happening is a miracle and miracle alone. god is not giving you any thing except life he doesn't write destiny or fate . when you are praying some thing so hard and want it so badly you are the one sending all the positive vibes and orders in to this world and they will come back fulfilling your desire.
In my culture we go to temple and most of times we pray and in some occasions we pray to wish for some thing and when you ask what they wished they don't say what they wished and most of times I also heard people say that if they reveal what they wished it will not come true .
Yes it all makes perfect sense now it is really easy to connect dots backwards and every thing i read and knew about god,religion ,facts and every thing spiritual seems so different and I clearly feel the difference.when I mix Buddhism,Hinduism and Philosophy and many other materials all together I came to this conclusion .
Nothing in Universe gets destroyed and it all just changes forms and Karma is the Ultimate law. Do good and good will happen and think bad bad will happen.No matter how much good deeds or thoughts you think one bad thought or bad action you will have to pay for it.
No there is no substitution law . good account is good account only and bad account is separate for bad and you cannot mix them.The most valuable thing you have to take care in your life is your thoughts.and your whole life depends on it and it really makes sense.
I may sound crazy but I now strongly feel You are born as whom ever you are now is completely result of your actions only Good Karma I call it.and being born as human is a gift and you should be proud you made it and you have to do some efforts to maintain that balance of karma.
Trust in god what ever name you may call him he will answer and completely there is no bias ,no rules or no to do lists for god.all religions ultimate goals is to enlighten and reaching god .Salvation ,Mukthi ,give it any name reaching him is all that you need and no matter how many millions of times you born or die in any form that is your ultimate goal.
24/7 you need to have gratitude towards god and compassionate towards every thing else.
Do only good deeds day and night ,in action in thinking and live a happy life.Try this for a day don't do or think a single bad or negative action or thought and you will feel the difference.