Prayer can be intimidating. When I was just beginning my relationship with God, I was always nervous I would say the wrong thing...misuse a word...insult God by accident...or just not know what to say after my first two sentences! On top of that, most of the people that you hear pray have been praying for years! Think about it. Most of the people who hold a microphone in church, teach a Sunday school class, or host a small group have been in relationship with God for a long time. Therefore, they have had years to practice the prayers that you hear them pray! This causes many people to think things like "I will never be able to pray like that" or "If that is the kind of prayer that God hears then He sure isn't interested in mine." And nothing is further from the truth! You WILL pray like that...you just need more practice. And God is very interested in your prayers no matter how they sound right now!
The devil would love to talk you out of praying. He knows that if you connect your heart with God every day, then things are going to begin to change in your life. The fear of prayer is not from God. The anxiety about prayer is not from God. The thought that God is not going to hear you because you didn't say the words exactly right is not from God. All of that is an attempt of the enemy to keep you from talking to God. Remember this:
If you aren't willing to PRAY where you are, then you will STAY where you are.
Regardless of what it sounds like or feels like...just START! If you don't start, you will stay. And staying where you are today is not where you want to be! Prayer takes practice, and there is never a better time to practice than NOW!