When Should You Pray?

Before Valentine's Day — so love does not elude you.
After Valentine's Day — so love is sustained.

Before war — so you do not lose your life or your loved ones.
After war — so conflict does not harden your heart or distort the way you love.

Before you make it — so tough times do not mislabel who truly loves you or redefine love incorrectly.
After you make it — because wealth can reveal the arrogance and ingratitude that poverty once concealed.

Before God's love becomes evident in your life — prayer takes you into His relationship zone, where abundance is the atmosphere.
After God's love becomes evident — so gratitude replaces entitlement, and intimacy replaces assumption.

So when should you pray?

Always.

Prayer is not preparation for a season — it is preservation through every season.

— Ekine Stronghold