In prayer, the conversation is exclusively between God and the individual. Jesus teaches His disciples, the true Christians, to pray to their heavenly Father in SECRET and He will likewise grant their supplications in SECRET. But stupid preachers insist on teaching their blind followers to pray memorized and high-sounding words that have been conceived in vain by their foolish minds. God knows what each of us needs and wants, and most certainly, He only provides for what we need. The truth is, He has already provided anything and everything we will ever need. All we have to do is obey the instruction of His Word on how to get it. And that is why we pray - to seek knowledge and understanding of His instructions that we may abide it in faith. - martincruzjr.