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Thank you both, dear brothers in Christ, for sharing your insights and these beautiful Scriptures!

As for me, I will simply continue to pray to the Father in Jesus' Name in the form, structure and priority He stipulated. Namely,

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. - Matt 6:9-13

I find that everything I need to lay before Him fits perfectly within that structure, in the proper priority - e.g. Thy will be done. Likewise, He is our daily bread (John 6:48, He is the bread of life and man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God - Matt 4:4).

Following the Lord's prayer keeps the perspective as it should be, as He explains, continuing in verse 14-15:

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

God's Name is I AM.

Thank you, AG, for your reminder of the perfection of the Lord’s Prayer. Your commentary on it is an excellent reflection: “I find that everything I need to lay before Him fits perfectly within that structure, in the proper priority - e.g. Thy will be done. Likewise, He is our daily bread (John 6:48, He is the bread of life and man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God - Matt 4:4).”

Since I’m talking a dimension about which I haven’t even the knowledge of a child, I would be cautious with my view that messengers of God are with us. But, it is clear: We “entertain angels...unaware...”

So, for my little grandson, who has an angel who sees the face of God, when I’m in his hospital room and I were to say, “If you’re here and listening at this moment, then please pray with me...”, I am only acting on what I believe is a spiritual reality due to what I read in the Bible. And I would consider it no different than asking you to pray with me. I do think the Lord hears my prayer, and that He is all I need. Nonetheless, I would ask YOU to pray with me, and I wouldn’t consider it to be a sign of lack of faith.