How can I learn to pray? 

If this is a question you're asking, you aren't the first. Jesus' disciples came to him with a similar request. In response he gave them what we call "the Lord's prayer" and Christians have used it as a guide and pattern for their prayer life ever since.  It runs like this: 

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven. 
Give us today our daily bread. 
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us. 
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil. 
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever.  Amen. 

The prayer begins by reminding us that when we come to God we are  coming to one who loves us and cares for us more than any human parents can do for their children.  This moves into adoration, asking that we may always reverence (hallow) God in our lives.  We ask God to supply our needs (which is very different from fulfilling our dreams).  We seek God's forgiveness and ask him to enlarge our hearts to forgive those who have done us wrong.  And we call on him for his protection so that we may not fall into any kind of harm.  Then we worship him once again in the knowledge that all power and goodness belong to him. 

Some people have found it helpful to summarize this in the acronym,
"ACTS." Those letters stand for "adoration" (praising God for all that he is), "confession" (acknowledging the wrongs I have done and my need for God's forgiveness), "thanksgiving" and "supplication" (asking God's help for myself and others). 

We also recommend that, in addition to praying on your own, you seek out other people whom you trust and with whom you can pray on a regular basis.

Prayer is not a solitary journey, but a privilege in which we share with
our fellow travellers in the faith. 

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