I am reminded of a verse "Be still know and know that I am God", we done a lot of things in life that we thought it's best for us but we forgot to be still before God and know what is will for us. All things fail because we do it with ourselves, we don't acknowledge that we need God, we need his help in times of trouble, we need his strength in our weakness, spending time with God is important, pouring out our hearts is important as well, I get to know God better when I release my whole hearts to him and I pay that this will happen to you as well. We don't to do something so that God will respond to us but rather he loves an honest and humble heart coming to him asking for help. God bless you.