“Till the spirit of the heart is renewed, till it is emptied of all earthly desires and stands in an habitual hunger and thirst after God, wich is the true spirit of prayer; till then, all our prayer will, be more or less, but too much like lessons given to scholars; and we will mostly say them, only because we dare not neglect them.” Andrew Murray, Humility, 78
Lillie-Put 
Thank you, Pastor J for sharing these quotes on humility!
My very great pleasure!
Oh, there is a sad but very real truth to this. Thank you, Pastor J!
We are too often caught in the bondage of religion when what we need to find is relationship to the Father!
Since becoming a Christian, out of Catholicism, I have disliked the expression of “saying prayers”.
Praying is a very REAL two-way conversation and as Andrew Murray says “an habitual hunger and thirst after God – not a mere saying of words.