The wicked flee when no man pursues them, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28.1

I think that most people really have a problem taking their wants and needs to God. Perhaps its because they don't feel worthy, or they don't believe God. really loves them or they don't believe that they are spiritual enough for God to favor them. Whatever the reason,  the righteous forget or have never known who they are. They forget that they are Gods kids. They are basing their lives on what they see, not living by faith. We can all certainly try to be as "religious" as we can , however that usually blows up in our face because Jesus wants us to be righteous. Not "religious". Jesus makes us righteous and we try to make ourselves religious because we don't have the faith to believe that "all our deeds are like filthy rags" before God. The Blood of Jesus is what makes us righteous! Look up all the scriptures you can find on Jesus' Blood if you doubt me. God is good and He answers our prayers because He is good, not us. Go ahead and enter His presence with boldness, thanking Him for Who He is! Be thankful at all times, confessing and repenting of your sins; don't let your sins "pile up" until Satan condemns you so much that you are embarrassed to go to God with them! God understands and will forgive you for each one. He wants you to communicate with Him because He created you and loves you unconditionally.