Meaningless repetition?

So today as I was watching my two toddlers play in the pool, and I began to pray. I had just checked the mail and all we received was junk mail. Another day with no paycheck and no Hoops sponsor checks. I have been praying ernestly for God to have his way with this event and my own financial situation, and when the mail was a big bust again, I began to pray. As I was praying God kinda brought to mind that story of Jesus confronting the Pharisees about their prayer habits. In Matthew 6:5-8 Jesus warns us not to pray in an effort to bring attention to ourselves like certain other religious leaders were doing. In verse 7 the NLT version of the Bible says Jesus said "When you pray, don't babble on and on like people of other religions do." I kinda felt like I was babbling. In Mark 11:24 Jesus says' "Listen to me, you can pray for anything and if you believe, you will have it." See when we continually pray for something over and over sometimes it can tend to show a lack of faith. That doesn't mean you need not pray for someone or something on a daily basis, it just means when you pray, pray with heartfelt compassion for what you are praying for. Then you will see the full power of God! It was I nice gentle reminder to me from God, that he's got my back! COOL

Peace,
Wayne