Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years. Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops. — James 5:17-18 (Good News Translation)
We want to think men and women of the Bible were somehow different, more holy or more powerful. It sort of lets us off the hook when we see their prayers answered and ours not. But it also robs us of expecting much when we pray.
The Bible says they were just like us with the same passions, feelings, struggles we have. Don’t see it as a hook to get off of, see it as an opportunity to grow and a privilege to appreciate.
God worked in their lives and he will work in ours if we grasp both this fact and faith in Christ.
Prayer:Thank you, Father, that as I stand in the righteousness that Jesus died to give I can pray like any other man or woman in the Bible and know you hear and answer. Amen.
— fritz
You don’t need to figure everything out or worry when you don’t understand what I am doing. A child only needs to know his dad loves him and will care for him. 
Patrikin - Kinship through The Father 