That's a good article, spycatcher. The fact is I don't see how muttering the words of a prayer by rote--a prayer that is after all merely an English translation of Hebrew, I believe--is going to "bring down the blessings on your head," unless you believe in magic.
The fact is that we have to put some work into it. The Lord does not make any distinction about the order of words in personal prayer. "The Lord looks on the heart."