Ben Patterson, in his book Deepening Your Conversation With God, and Paul Miller, in his book A Praying Life, both make the point that the vigor of our praying depends on our view of God and what He has to offer.

 Patterson quotes C.S.Lewis (The Weight of Glory) to make the point:

“[If] we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”