Of all the good things that God gave us, little was spared or left uncorrupted. The idea of prayer has been exploited to such a degree that the original ideas that God may have had are so far from us that I wonder if we could ever reassess them. It is not my goal to dicourage you from praying. Furthermore it is not so much the amount of prayer that is so out of proportion in intercessory prayers. Rather it is the type, quality, implications and added improvisations that reflect the obsessiveness and intensity of compulsive behavior in the exercise of prayer.
Prayer is good.
Pray and trust God in the outcome. Don't tell Him what to do. He knows best. He figured out before your mom ever went down on her knees, how to help you. We don't trigger Him into action.