Understanding the Power of Prayer

This book also explores the disconnect between churches and religion. God sought for all of us to be one people and serve one God, but myriad churches exist; many of them teach that prayer should be conducted publicly and vocally. God says we are to pray in secret and not in public; he rewards us for praying secretly. Do you pray in secret? When you pray, do you repeat the Lord's Prayer without contemplating the meaning of the words?