“But 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.”

-Matthew 6:6

Example of the wrong kind of prayer and the right kind of prayer :

Jesus told the disciples not to pray like the hypocrites who would go out in public and pray their routine prayer so others could see them and hear them just to receive praise. Jesus is calling us to intimacy with God. Jesus is calling us to talk to God and to open our hearts to Him in private, where no one can see or hear us except God. The right kind of prayer does not use repetition; prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give God our heart in surrender, knowing Him.