Praying
Prayer is how you communicate with God. He desires to have a relationship with us and prayer is the main way to make that happen. I'm surely not an expert on prayer. I want to however get you pointed to some resources so that you can develop a very strong prayer life - and subsequently, a deep relationship with God.
Learning about How to Pray
Prayer & Praise Very Powerful
Declarations
A large part of my personal prayer life is reading/speaking prayers out loud. There is power in God's word and all throughout the bible - there are references to "saying" God's word.
Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Mark 11:23 Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea', and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
I highly recommend listening to Charles Capps on the power of our words. This concept is a very important one and I believe essential. The sooner you watch what words you speak, and always lean toward speaking God's truth, the better your life will be.
Praying in Agreement with Others
Matthew 18:19 Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
Another part of declarations and speaking God's word is doing it in agreement with others. I have found some prayer groups, intercessory groups that distribute prayers. I collect these and pray/declare these outloud.