How Do Spiritual Disciplines and Practices Actually Change Us?

"How are spiritual disciplines and practices, how can they actually change us?" "When i'm praying, this is me fellowshipping with god. I always tell myself before i pray, like five or ten times i forgot what his was bout," says a man of God. 'I feel like trusting in the promises of god that if i seek him, andi he an i searchrom of all my heart, that he will find me, and that he will receive me'