Speaking words at God to fulfill the obligation to pray is not pleasing to God. He wants our worship, our love and to communicate to Him from our hearts.
Repeating words others have told us to say or repeating after them is not prayer it is meaningless mantra.
Matthew 6:5-15
5 “And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
6 But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him."
Keep these words of God in mind when you enter a "Pentecostal" gathering where people are mindlessly blabbering gibberish to be seen by those around them while acting proud of themselves for how spiritual they think they are for doing so.
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