A woman was once asked: What do you "gain" from praying to God regularly? She replied: Usually ′′ I don't earn anything ", but rather ′′ I lose things ". And she quoted everything she lost praying to God regularly: "I lost my pride. I lost my arrogance. I lost greed. I lost my urge. I lost ′′ my ′′ anger. I lost the lust. I lost the pleasure of lying. I lost the taste of sin. I lost impatience, despair, and discouragement". Sometimes we pray, not to gain something, but to lose things that don't allow us to grow spiritually.