Hear a just cause, O LORD, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips – Psalm 17:1
What does God desire from your prayer? He desires honesty, humility, and obedience. Honesty is about speaking what is truly in your heart instead of saying what you think He wants to hear. This means if you are upset with God, then you tell Him! If you are wondering why He is silent, then you let Him know. If you are disappointed, you don’t hold back. Friend, anything other than your honesty is deceitful. Anything other than your honest reveals that you are not comfortable with God. Humility is about opening the ears of your heart to hear from God after you have spoken honestly. Prayer is not simply an opportunity to vent but an opportunity to hear from Him with a receptive heart. Lastly, prayer is about obedience, which is to listen intently to God with the intention of acting on what He says. The intent to act on God’s words is pivotal to unleashing the power of prayer. So, if you want to pray powerful prayers, focus less on being verbose but pray honestly, humbly, and obediently.
Honest, humble, and obedient prayers have the capacity to change my life
SuperChamp 
Reading this reminds me of
Hebrews 11:6 – God exists and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. It struck me that the Psalmist is earnestly imploring God – ‘ hear my ..’, ‘Attend to…’, ‘Give ear to…’. We need to be assured that God does hear us.
Prayer is a two street- speaking and listening. Listening requires humility, not assuming that we already know the answer but being open. It is a skill I have to practice more- in this world of rushing around and being too busy and everyone having and stating their opinions- listen, and being open to God’s perspective on things.
My responsibility to take action based on what God says. There can be an element of wanting everything from God to be a gift that doesn’t require action, responsibility, stewardship etc. Too much of faith without action. As James 2:26 says-‘ Faith without works is dead.’ Action should be practical outworking of my faith and if I don’t know what action to take, to have the humility to ask Him specifically and then step out in faith.