My wife went through something similar with me. She kept asking early on if I was praying
for guidance and reading the Bible. I said I was doing research and prayer was part of that.
That's true, but it's misleading just like an average Watchtower article.
Anyway, she kept asking me to pray before meals. I kept doing this past the time I stopped
going to the Kingdom Hall. At first she didn't notice that I dropped "Jehovah" from the prayer
because it sounded fairly normal otherwise. Then she didn't say anything when that continued
and every prayer included a request that we would be blessed with an ability to understand
God's will and the desire to seek it out and use our minds to the fullest.
She started saying her own silent prayer about a month into that. But I wouldn't be surprised if
she asks me to say the prayer tomorrow, again. She'll get something like
Our father in the heavens,
we thank you for giving us everything. You gave us the food before us and you created us with
the ability to learn your will. We pray that we never take either for granted. We want to appreciate
the bounteous provisions of food you give by continuing to go to work and providing the income for
the food, using the minds and talents you gave us, and we want to continue reading and meditating
information that helps us learn what your will is. We pray that we seek out accurate knowledge of
truth, never assuming any dictates of men to be correct, but always using our minds and resources
to verify truth and your will for ourselves. We pray that our marriage continues to bring peace and
blessings to us both, and that we give each other every reason to continue in a trusting relationship
of love. We pray to you in the name of Christ Jesus. Amen.
(I know, reading prayers on JWD is strange, but Mouthy did it, so can I.) That's what they sounded like
when the wife finally stopped asking me to do them.