Answered Prayers?

Anyone who has been brought up or made a personal decision to be part of an Anglican or Roman Catholic church ,as well, to a lesser exent, Orhtodox church will be familar with the structured prayers that these churches us. Others have in recent years, realised how beneficial these are, so the Lutheran and UCC have opted for this feature of their daily life.
But what is the point? why cannot we just "pray" or read scripture and pray over the text?
For many this is the form that they take and enjoy, stating arguments such " I am free from the restrictions" and this is a valid point, but one that has other problems linked to it, such as "Discipline". To give an example; what the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and the Roman Catholic Book of Hours offers is a structure. The prayers are organised throughout the day, for every day of the year, with "special" prayers during festivals. In this, is a required discipline, that reuires you to keep up with the prayers each day, otherwise, the Daily Scriptures readings will have gaps in them.Discpline is hard for many people. But the benefit of it is huge!
Sadly, within the Anglican churches, there is no requirement to follow anything more than the Daily office each morning, unlike the Roman Catholic Priests who are far commited with the requirement to follow all of them.But these prayers are for all, not just the "Theologically Professional". But the question is asked; why bother?
The answer is strickly personal, like many prayers, but it also links itself with what you believe prayers to be and what you expect from them. Firstly,prayers is our God-given way of communicated with our Heavenly Father. Jesus prayed the Prophets of old prayed ,and so must we. While God sees us and hears us, it is through prayers that our petitions are received.
As jesus said: Ask and it shall be given to you! So pray daily and pray diligently is the command.