The Holy Spirit is a prayer agent, not a free agent. He is not an "it" or a junior partner in the Trinity. He is not only a person, but The Person. He is God, The Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is no less God than, God, The Father and God, The Son, but He glorifies both. His greatest work, may very well be His influence upon you to pray, "Not My will, but Thy will be done."
NOTE TO SELF: Prayer releases The Spirit of Christ in you. Prayer was the life of Christ, and it is where the life of Christ is revealed and sustained in your life. Praying in the Spirit is a yielding of your will to God's will. Christian virtue is not a result of a onetime experience, but a lifetime of obedience. The more you pray, the more you obey. Prayer doesn't conform God to your will.
Prayer invites the Spirit of God to transform you to embrace God's will. Holding prayer at arms length stiff arms the Spirit. Your arms are too short to box with God.
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!