think about it

You know why prayer works? Because it connects us with God. We struggle to connect with family, with friends, with organizations, even with our own emotions and memories. There are hundreds of reasons why we can't or won't connect with people. (And most of those reasons make good sense.) But when we pray we connect with the One who made us.

The only requirement for effective prayer is belief (faith) and God gives us that very faith so that we will believe He will hear us when we finally get around to praying. No chance for failure in that formula.

Who cares what words you use, or if you stumble as you express a thought, or how long it's been? A direct connection to the Sovereign God of the Universe could come in handy right about now.