One thing I can’t quite do is pray in the morning. I’m too much of a night owl.
But my prayer life has flourished when I do it in the evening; I’ve adjusted my bed time enough to make sure I don’t fall asleep without praying, and with my iPod singing me through it, I have stayed away long enough for the music to stop and God to begin to speak.
I used to try praying before bed, but would often fall asleep in the first five minutes. There’s nothing wrong with resting in Yeshua, but using Him as a sleep aid is not respecting one’s relationship to Him, either.
Prayer is essential to knowing God, and knowing God is essential to serving Him. It might sound odd to say that I wasn’t very effective at prayer before, but I can say that while I still have a ways to grow in my prayer life, I feel for the first time in many years like I’m actually improving and making progress in learning how to recognize God’s voice when He speaks.