Your prayers are all "wish lists to Santa Claus"

Do not ask for things in your prayers. Those are veiled complaints. A proper prayer consists of only two things, praising God and thanking God. Do not tell God what "your needs are" in your prayers. I have told you that God is always right next to you, and therefore he is already very well aware of each and everyone of your needs. That being said you might then start to understand just how redundant and unnecessary it is to think that you have to tell the Father anything about your situation or needs, believe me he already knows. Have a little faith. (Here is a very secret insight from someone who knows which will finally and properly clarify the whole issue in your mind). All that God really wants to hear from his children are these two simple things, "Thank you" and "My goodness, how wonderful". Variations on those two themes will get you through all your earthly existence and right up into Heaven.