The Importance of Prayer

I think you really need to connect prayer and meditate on the word of God together. So I try to take a time each morning of prayer time. And what I do is I start off in the morning, I get a cup of coffee. Then I'll sit in my comfortable chair and I'll just kind of try to pay attention to the Lord,. Just try to be in his presence. The icon of Jesus makes him real for me because it reminds me of how personal he is.