Pray for your friend’s grades, then offer to study with them. Prayer and effort aren’t rivals.

Hoping for someone and helping them are not competing options, though people often treat them as a choice. Wanting a good outcome for a friend without doing the available thing is a strange kind of care. The second half is what makes the first half serious. You do not have to pick between caring quietly and turning up with a textbook.

When you know somebody is struggling with a subject, say so and offer a specific hour. Thursday after practice, in the library, bring your notes. Vague offers never convert into anything, so name the time.