To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.

That is why he designed prayer in such a way that the most impotent can make use of it. For to pray is to open the door unto Jesus. And that requires no strength. It is only a question of our wills. Will we give Jesus access to our needs? That is the one great and fundamental question in connection with prayer

Ohallesby - Prayer - loc 63-69