For the closest walk with your Father, God, pray so often you make your life a prayer.
In pain, pray. In sorrow, pray. In joy, pray. When indecisive, pray.

Remember, all is God. Each time you talk lovingly to a child (or anyone), you are talking to God, so talk wisely.
The driver who cut you off, bless him for he also is an aspect of God. All life, everything is sacred.

In your new-found relationship with the universe (God), be humbly grateful for everything and trust in the infinite lessons manifested appropriately for you.

When you are troubled, it is YOUR confusion, for God is perfect. (You are identified with your ego, not the God part of yourself called the Higher Self or Soul.) So again, pray.

Prayer should not be pleading, screaming, yelling or begging. Prayer should not be unnecessarily loud. (God is not deaf! God hears the quietest whisper. The unspoken kind thought pierces His heart quicker than a 1000 Watt amplifier.) God is not a fool who can be persuaded by increased volume. Such loudness is an insult to your Father and degrades your trust in Him.

As your prayer is your communication with God, it needs to tune to the recipient, God.
Your loving arrow of message will reach its target most powerfully and accurately if your prayer -

is laden with your deepest love (open your heart to the divine energy of Christ),

has your deepest surrender (humility),

is unambiguous,

has a clear message (a request, or thanks),

is said with sacredness, i.e. quietly, not screamingly,

is said with full faith in God's unpredictable, but forever correct, abundance.
And remember: Gratefulness is the highest form of prayer.