Seeking answers and offering gratitude are great things to do in prayer. However, as often as people of faith focus on bearing testimony, witnessing, or sharing their faith with others, we may not think to offer gratitude for this to God.
For a singular spiritual experience, try this: bear your testimony in prayer. Tell God what things you know to be true by the power of the Spirit, and thank Him for those things and for the gift of knowing those things. I expect that our loving Father, the source of all these blessings, appreciates hearing us say these things directly.
Great idea. The Brother of Jared is a great scriptural example of doing this and having a marvelous experience in Ether 3.