Prayer is communing with God through Christ, as means communicating our spirit to God's Spirit through Christ within the will of the Father, whether towards God or in reception from Him. Whatever we commune with God for should within God's will. The reason prayer seems to fail most is that they were taught that prayer is about communicating with God in receiving or giving. Prayer definitely includes communication but is not it alone. Communication is part of it. Prayer is in simple terms communion with God. Meaning it takes more than communication to be in prayer, and in a communion there are a number of things involved: Agreement Communication Fellowship Edification Transformation