When he heard of the peril his previous employer and benefactor was in, he traveled immediately to the city of Tula, where Rabbi Dessler was incarcerated, and arranged for it to be written in the prison records that Rabbi Dessler's execution had taken place. Then he helped the Rabbi and his family to flee the Iron Curtain. Thus, Rabbi Dessler escaped to Lithuania and continued his saintly life. Rabbi Dessler's accepting the young thief's repentance, later helped him to be saved from execution. Accepting repentance from our spouses can also cause us to be saved from much aggravation in our marriages.
Prayer accomplishes everything.
Prayer only accomplishes half. Since Moshe prayed, only two died and two remained alive. Rabbi Yehudah claimed that one can abolish a bad decree through prayer. Prayer brings a person close to G-d. When someone prays, he is acknowledging that we really have no control over the situations that confront us, and we are completely in G-d's hands.