“Here’s one final thought on Jacob’s prayer: There are no miracles without messes and no need for blessing if we have it all already. So, if there is a blessing you really need or want and could use to bless others, and you believe that God would want you to have it, then don’t be shy. Go ahead and ask. God is able and, as we saw with Jacob, He blesses the spiritually aggressive. ” -Dr. Dave Earley in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible