If we would advance in holiness—increase in favor with God—nothing can take the place of prayer. … Give prayer—daily prayer, secret prayer—a foremost place in your lives. Let no day pass without it. Communion with the Almighty has been a source of strength, inspiration, and enlightenment through the world’s history to men and women who have shaped the destinies of individuals and nations for good. – Ezra Taft Benson, “God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties,” Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1974, p. 8