2199) I grew up hearing adults praying. I heard my parents at the dinner table. I heard basketball coaches praying for safety on the court. I heard a grandfather praying over morning breakfast.  

Each of these prayers had different content and word uses. I can now choose to emulate their prayers, and God would be pleased; yet when I read Matthew 6:7, it tells me being myself when I pray is also good.  

Here, the author tells us we don’t need to use flowery words that are not normally part of our conversations. We can simply talk with God in our everyday verbiage.  

It’s of greater value to open our hearts and mouths and talk with God than trying to figure out the “right” or “impressive” way to pray.