He has just warned His disciples not to pray like the nations, piling up empty words as though prayer becomes powerful by volume, length, or repetition. The issue was not persistence — Scripture honors persistent prayer. The issue was anxiety disguised as religion: the fear that God must be informed, convinced, pressured, or awakened before He will care. In the Hebraic world, to "know" is more than mental awareness. The word yada (יָדַע) speaks of intimate, relational knowledge — not distant observation, but covenant awareness, the knowledge of One who sees, understands, remembers, and is personally involved. Prayer begins with trust; It is the surrender of the heart, where fear becomes trust, need becomes dependence, and desire becomes aligned with the Kingdom. Our Father already knows and sees. El Roi the God that sees. The Father's care precedes the child's asking; His knowledge comes before the petition. This is the heart of the Kingdom — Yeshua is forming disciples who pray from sonship, not striving. It is not passive resignation but active trust. We still ask, still seek, still knock — but from the assurance that we are already seen. Well Glory. Father, Thank you for always seeing us and always hearing our prayers.