God hears our secret prayers, he answers us in the quiet of the moment when our souls are bared to Him alone. When we pray in solitude our faith rises in purity with no need for guarded oration or flowery speech... We speak to God more freely than we would with our closest friends; all pretenses having been dropped. Although we pray the Lord's Prayer most often in public settings, it is interesting that the verses in Matthew 6 which lead up to Jesus teaching us this prayer tell us quite a different story. Listen as He is instructs His disciples to go into a private place and close the door....