Prayers can be seen as devotional statements, affirmations, used in a thanksgiving or manifesting way.
You thank for the positive, loving, healing things you already
have in your life.
Or you ask for the thing you would like to have in your life in a thanksgiving format

To avoid creating duality it is beneficial to word the prayer
in such a way to leave various forms of "me" and "you" or "they" out of it.
For example, instead of "I'm thanking you, God, for...", it is more beneficial
to say "Gratitude to God for...".   Or, "Gratitude for the yellow
sports car that would be so enjoyable to take on trips."