Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise

E. M. Bounds discipled one young man in the practice of prayer and "taught him to pray early and earnestly, asking God to give him the essential ingredients for a meaningful prayer life. These essentials included faith, trust, desire, fervency, persistence, good character and conduct, obedience, and vigilance"…There are many ways to pray, including praying Scripture, singing, writing prayers in a journal, personalizing the Psalms, conversing with God, silence and solitude, listening and waiting on God, and writing out prayer requests. How can you enrich your own prayer life? Draw near to God and once again pray that wonderful prayer: "Lord, teach me to pray." I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like thine can peace afford. I need thee, O I need thee; Every hour I need thee! O bless me now, my Savior— I come to thee.