So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you heard me. I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent me."

John 11:41-42 CSB

The implication is that part of Jesus prayer is not recorded, just this end part. There's (at least) 3 things  we can take away:

Jesus is confident that his Heavenly Father hears his prayers. We can be confident of that too. 

Jesus is grateful, thankful, and says that he's thankful, that his prayers have been heard. We can be thankful and express that too.

In the middle of his sorrow, in the times of distress and suffering, Jesus is praying. We too can pray. Pray in the middle of what's going on, pray when life hurts, when we're suffering, crying. 

Jesus is Jesus and had a good idea what the outcome would be. 

We don't. 

But we do have a Heavenly Father who bends down to hear our prayers and to who our tears matter (Ps 116:2, Ps 56:8).

#pray

#youmatter

#yourtearsmatter