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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prayer is communicating and developing a relationship with a higher power. To me that higher power is God. Communication involves expressing emotion, desire and yes, specific requests on my part. More importantly, prayer is listening: paying attention to what is happening in the moment, listening In silence and cultivating a practice of meditation with the purpose of opening myself to the will of God. 
After all, if my higher power is higher, then its will is for a higher good than mine. The end result of this is, while the requests I have and beg God to see through are met with complete love and acceptance from God, they might not align with the will of God. I surrender myself to the knowledge and guidance of that higher power. [/quote]
Replying to myself to add, in other words, viewing prayer as a vending machine doesn't work. Prayer "works" to develop a closer connection with the divine and an eventual acceptance of the things I can't change, the wisdom to do what is right in any situation and an acknowledgement that I myself have no idea what I want or need. 
It's fine to ask God for a new car. Just don't be surprised if your prayer doesn't work in the way you think it will. ;)
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