Here’s a quote from a Civil War-era preacher who practiced what he preached and wrote what he practiced (9 books on prayer):
“Praying gives sense, brings wisdom,
and broadens and strengthens the mind.
The prayer closet is a perfect schoolteacher.”
He started each day with prayer. 4 to 7 AM. Daily.
The founder of Covenant House, the shelter for runaways in NYC, required that his volunteers spend three hours a day in prayer, and that was non-negotiable.
He felt it was the only way to equip their hearts for the things they would see in the course of a day, and it had to be renewed…daily.
Non-negotiable prayer. I like that.