Not mindlessly, but if it comes from your heart, it's a real prayer. Also, the Lord's Prayer is a model. Jesus was saying that these are the components a prayer should have. I'm sure we are free to personalize them.
If it is coming from your heart, it isn't just a mindless ritual. I agree with you that if we are just repeating a ritual incantation, that is not what God is looking for, but many people you will witness saying the Lord's Prayer are actually praying, and any are not.
Not mindlessly, but if it comes from your heart, it's a real prayer. Also, the Lord's Prayer is a model. Jesus was saying that these are the components a prayer should have. I'm sure we are free to personalize them.
Of course we are - in fact, I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more power in our prayers when they’re honest and from our hearts.
And where did I disagree with any of this?
Mindlessly quoting those words is not praying from the heart, nor is it the level of a relationship that Jesus wants for us.
If it is coming from your heart, it isn't just a mindless ritual. I agree with you that if we are just repeating a ritual incantation, that is not what God is looking for, but many people you will witness saying the Lord's Prayer are actually praying, and any are not.