Love in prayer

In the past few days,a devotion has been one of the things that I have tried to maintain. But here is what I realise in my prayer.

Its very cliche to say that we do not want to pray or present a shopping list before the Lord. And that as much as I have tried, I realize that I still do that. Not in a sense like " God, I want this and that and this" But even as I pray for someone, it still seems like that. This was until I read this article and begin to put thought into it. It says that when we pray, what is our motivation.. here is a clip from it

Check your motivation for wanting to hear from God. Ask yourself honestly whether you really want to hear from God simply to connect with Him because you love Him, or whether you want to use Him to further your own agenda or increase your sense of self-importance. Understand that the purpose of communicating with God is to develop intimacy with Him, not to use Him to grant your requests.

As I am reading this, and pondering it through the day, I was reminded of a verse in Revelations that said asked have we abandon our first love. Abandon at many a times we see it as an active decision, but sometimes unconsciously, we may forget about our first love. And who is the first love, God. some may see it as God is or should be our first love, but another way perhaps we can see it as that God is love. So the source of love which is God is then the first love.. Get it?
Source = First

Anyhow, I end with this thought

Oh daily I cry
For myself and my friends
Intercede I may for their needs
But Father Lord,
Watch me I pray
That my heart will always love you
To seek you with all I have
In times of milk and honey
Or dust and sand
Help me O' Lord
To connect with you
In my mortal self
To know the divine King