I Like Stoicism, but I Don't Like It at All

"I like to think that my prayers are effectual, right? One of the reasons I didn't pray for so long is I was like, God is going to accomplish his purposes with or without me. But I don't feel like scripture bears that out," he says. "It changes things in scripture and it changes things in like, there's even that one instance where Nathan, the prophet came... And he prayed."