I pray. God answers. I am helped. He is glorified. 

Self-sufficient people don’t pray. Why would they need to?

How does a person of faith demonstrate her trust in God?  By pouring out of her heart before God

Pour Out Your Heart  is not a magic formula that turns one into a prayer dependent person. 

What would you say if Jesus asked you this?

Here are two resources that model how to infuse scripture into your prayers.

"What if the main object in God’s idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need-the need of Himself?"

“We know we don’t need to clean up our act in order to become a Christian, but when it comes to praying, we forget that. "

"When you . . . allow your anxieties and problems to bring you to God in prayer, you shift from worry to watching."

"Word-saturated prayer is the primary means of abiding in Jesus. . ."

    "It is easy for prayer to meander into vague pieties and to become virtually indistinguishable from thoughts."

Pouring out your heart to God is like talking to a good friend, the best of friends, who wants to hear all that is on your mind.