How do we pray to a mathematical God?

(If you don't know why I describe God as a mathematical formula, click here to read about it.)

Caucasians say pray.  We Chinese people say hope.  After all, praying and hoping are the same thing.  Pray = Hope.  You hope your son would finish college and would have a good future.  Your husband hopes that he can win the Lottery one day.    You put lots of money in the stock market, but the market went down.  You hope that the stock market would climb back up.  You hope!  Hope!  Hope! 

But hoping that things will become better does not guarantee you that things will become better.  When things are out of your control, there is nothing you can do but sit home and hope.  Caucasians say pray.  We Chinese say hope.  When you hope, who are you talking to?  Are you talking to yourself or your wife?  No!  You are talking to the nature!  You hope that the nature would make bad luck go away and bring good luck to you.  You are talking to the nature!  And who is that nature that you have just talked to?  That nature is your God, the mathematical clock of the universe!  But no where on the bible did it guarantee you that what you pray for will definitely come true. 

Caucasians say pray.  We Chinese say hope.