Sometimes we pray and we expect God to answer our prayer but we just want butler service. We want whatever it is handed to us with no action on our part, short of praying for it. It doesn’t always work that way. We have to work it out ourselves. For example, we want to pass a test in school. If we didn’t study for the test then we are not part of the solution. Heavenly Father can only work with what we give him. In terms of asking for safety and protection, I believe that part of that request belongs to us. If we drive recklessly then we are not helping. Sometimes we are given big challenges which might induce overwhelming fear on our part, been there lived it. Heavenly Father doesn’t give us the spirit of fear, so we need to look at who does give us the spirit of fear and push away from those feelings. That can be difficult for those of us that have lived in fear for years, never really knowing how to live without it. The solution to that is prayer, however it is also active faith. By constantly looking at fear and telling ourselves that the thing that you fear is just False Evidence Appearing Real!! This is been able to look with the eye of faith beyond the obstacle in front of us. I know that as we attempt to do this over and over with prayer that is been part of the solution and it does become easier and easier to do the more you practice it. I am living proof of that!