In conclusion, there are three golden rules: Be short, be audible and don't worry about your grammar.
If God already knows what we need, why should Christians pray?
The faithful do not pray to tell God what he does not know, or to urge him to his duties, but rather to alert themselves to seek him by meditating upon his promises and unburdening their cares, and to testify that from him alone all good for themselves and for others is hoped and asked. As for himself, what he has determined to give, of his own free will and even before he is asked, he promises to give in response to our prayer. Both points are important: what he gives - he gives of his free will, yet, what we ask for we gain by prayer. He is the sovereign Lord, yet he does not take or override our free will.
