Prayers - the Right Words

Although there really isn’t any right or wrong way to pray, I’ve learned from experience that if I do it a certain way, my chances of disappointment are much less. I know the trend these days is to “visualize” what we want and then, it is said, we will call it to us. Well, when it comes to God answering our prayers, we get what we need. That is not always what we want.
So, I began praying a long while back by asking for the right result, not for specifics. I’ve developed a three-way prayer system, quick and easy, that works for me.
First, I pray (which is just another way of saying I talk to God or tell him my feelings) and let him know what is bothering me, what I think I need, why I think I need it, how I am suffering without it (if I am), what kind of pain I have, what kind of pain a loved one has, who is facing death, or the mental suffering endured because I cannot help an emotionally disturbed but beloved relative.
Next, I pray for “a happy outcome” to the “situation.” This way, I set myself up to be flexible about the answer to my problem. I do not expect a specific answer but I’m trying to get ready for the answer he knows I really need.
Finally, I pray in thanks and joy and gratitude for the faith he has blessed me with. I tell him that this faith enables me to trust him to handle life for me. I explain that I expect that he is already at work on the solution.
Then I turn it off. Usually (I am human, and sometimes this part doesn’t work all too well). But I’ve done what I can do, and I just try to wait it out.