Prayers of Adoration

Some people have distilled down these principles of prayer into something called the Acts model of prayer, A C T S. And it's in an acronym for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. So I like to start my prayers with adoration, with focusing on God's character, His heart, who He is. The Psalms are great for this. If you want to use the Psalms as a base for a prayer of adoration, I also love the book Adore by Sarah Hagerty which talks at length about how adoration of God changes our lives.