SCRIPTED PRAYER AIDS IN GIVING LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSION TO WHAT ONE MAY WANT TO SAY. IT DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF SPONTANEOUS, HEART TO HEART PRAYERS. 

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY A PRAYER OF ASCENSION, A SCRIPTED PRAYER OF ASCENSION CAN AID IN THIS PROCESS AND PRETTY SOON ONE WILL NOT NEED IT.