Quiet Time Coaching, "What is the Point of Praying?"

Someone asked me recently what the purpose was in praying. Why do we pray? What is it for? It's a good question. Not only is prayer inherently confusing, but it's also uniquely mysterious.   We pray and are not answered. We pray and find an answer. We pray and don't like the answer. We pray and like the answer.   Abram, Moses, David, Job, Daniel, Nehemiah, Jesus and Paul all prayed. Their prayers overlap in intent but vary wildly in content and focus. What are we to make of all this?