Praise the Lord!
For he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:6,7
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Lillie-Put 
Well, His Word says that He rewards our faith–which encompasses trust–so I’m guessing answered prayer is closely tied in some way, either by speed or the specifics of the answer to need. But it’s just a guess on my part. I confess I was distressed today, reading my devotional message which urged believers to “let not your heart be troubled”. The devotional author wrote that when we allow our hearts to be troubled, we essentially squeeze off the flow of God’s blessings, thus they don’t reach us (or not as easily). A troubled heart is not a small or trivial thing in my experience, and it’s hard to just blow off the troubles as I blithely “cast my cares on Him”. So, adding to my stress of the troubled heart, today I feel like I’m at fault for squeezing off the flow, and not getting what I need: PEACE.
I wonder sometimes if we do not make too much of our emotions. I serve God most days with a measure of doubt or trouble. I have learned this old heart does what it wants when it wants but my spirit man is that thing which urges me to follow God against my feelings. I know longer feel guilty about the way I feel. I live by what I know and my feelings eventually catch up.
I agree with you–“feelings eventually catch up”–thank you.