When I ask my self so I pray always, Honestly the answer would be know. We are taught to have personal prayer in the morning and at night, we are taught to pray before meals, meeting, classes etc. We are counseled to kneel in family prayer. And lastly, to pray always. The concept of 'Pray always' includes during the day. In our thoughts or keeping are prayers in mind. I find that one to be the easiest of all.
For others that may be the hardest. The routine of prayer may just be all that people do, where as when it comes to my personal prayers they are mostly in thought during the day and all day. I have decided I need more routine as well. I do not mean Un-meaningful routine where our prayers become the same thing a different day, like much of our "dinner prayers" at every family table. I mean in the good habit of saying my prayers on my knees in the morning and at night. Family prayer nightly. I had this habit down a while back and now it is all I can do to get my kids to answer me.
And lets not forget 'Couples prayers', What is that? Oh yeah that prayer you are suppose to have with your spouse. Realistically if that ever become a habit it will be monthly, being as my husband is gone all the time. But when I think about "spouse prayer' I think we have only done it in times of crisis or for a child.
I know pray to be extremely important and I do pray, but not as I should. This will be a challenge for me to put into practice.
If anyone else would like to share something on prayer and what is done by habit, good or strained, I would appreciate it! I have been watching some digging deeper videos on the subject, here is the whole talk on Prayer with Elder David A. Bednar
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