Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Prayer is an important part of our lives because it is how we make knows our hope to God. If we silently thought about things without openly talking to God we would forget what we asked for and in turn not see how He is answering our prayers.
Prayers are just as important to us because it is how we can remember our hopes and dreams.
Focusing on prayer each and every day will allow us to see how God answers our prayers but also the act of prayer focuses our minds on what we should be asking for.
Being thankful whilst asking for things shows that we do have hope that our prayers will be answered.