Most people even in Tenrikyo does not know what the purpose of our prayer is. It is to spread the teachings in the Ofudesaki to the world. We are asking God to help us spread the teachings of the soul and the pure mind. This prayer is not the Yorozuyo and 12 songs that Oyasama created to help us understand the teachings. It is the Youki-tsutome that we perform daily, asking God to help the people we have spread the teachings to. God places illness as guidance to help these people be convinced of the soul to purify the mind.