At the evening session of the Moody conference we heard Dr. David Jeremiah. I was convicted when he talked about discouragement and how we often use prayer as a last resort. Some people get to a point, he said, where they say, “I guess all I can do is pray.” When really that’s what they should have done first and all along. I do this so often. When I get in a tough situation, I seem to be much more quick to call someone to tell my troubles to, blame it on someone or even worse give in to that temptation to be anxious or depressed about the situation. Dr. Jeremiah was right–prayer shouldn’t be our last resort, but our first priority.