salam tutti_frutti
know that there is no punishment if you didn't pray.
it's beneficial to us on behavior level, but not praying leads to bad consequences if we want to be good.
we'll find ourselves not wholly controlling ourselves to some degree. we might not realize how dangerous that is until it's too late doing some stupid mistake willingly or not willingly.
remembrance helps me control myself and to stop the foreign influence that for some reason wants to break me apart.
so i choose to do it. i believe it's a matter of choice.
as for your question, passion definitely helps but it's only that.
like i said before remembrance is good for me, since a lot of people in this world seems to not care about what's God's they tend to have bad influence on us who believe in afterlife.
like teeth like us, not cleansing ourselves leads to bad behavior.
as for sickness, i wish you good. again it might or might not be a punishment, if you think that it is ask God for forgiveness. He forgives.
hope things will get better soon,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
94:5-6
also here's a verse
مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ
57:22-23
