Here we have a rare opportunity to read the words Jesus used in His prayers to the Father. We should follow the same pattern remembering the Spirit should guide our prayers. To quote Elder Bruce R. McConkie: "Perfect prayers are those which are inspired, in which the Spirit reveals the words which should be used." By beginning with pouring out our hearts in gratitude, we humble ourselves before the Lord and invite the Spirit into our lives. Then we will not ask amiss.“…It is necessary for us thus to place our desires and needs genuinely and unselfishly before God in prayer. It is in this process of placing our desires before Him, to a greater extent than we usually do, that we can listen and learn concerning His will. Such could not be done if we were ritualistically submissive or only partially involved.
Of course, after we place our petitions before Him we are to be submissive: ‘Thy will be done.’ But this is the last part of the process of petition, not the first.
Learning to pray is, therefore, the work of a lifetime. If we keep on praying, we will keep on discovering.” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, That Ye May Believe, p. 179)
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