Prayer

In every family there should be a fixed time for morning and evening worship.
How appropriate it is for parents to gather their children about them before the fast is
broken, to thank the heavenly Father for His protection during the night, and to ask
Him for His help and guidance and watchcare during the day! How fitting, also, when
evening comes, for parents and children to gather once more before Him and thank
Him for the blessings of the day that is past!—(Testimonies for the Church 7:43.)
Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let
your prayer be, “Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet.
Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in
Thee.” This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day.
Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out or given up as His providence shall
indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God, and thus
your life will be molded more and more after the life of Christ.—(Steps to Christ, 70).
You must learn to see with your brain as well as your eyes. You must educate your
judgment so that it shall not be feeble and inefficient. You must pray for guidance, and
commit your way unto the Lord. You must close your heart against all foolishness and
sin, and open it to every heavenly influence. You must make the most of your time and
opportunities, in order to develop a symmetrical character.—(Sons and Daughters of
God, 283.)
Prayer for God’s guidance may be offered anytime, anywhere.—There is no
time or place in which it is inappropriate to offer up a petition to God. There is
nothing that can prevent us from lifting up our hearts in the spirit of earnest prayer.
In the crowds of the street, in the midst of a business engagement, we may send up a
petition to God and plead for divine guidance, as
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