Enos 1

The Book of Enos is mostly about Enos praying. He's such an example to all of us. Often, when we pray we repeat the same sort of things over and over. Yes, they can be good if you really had thought about what to say and you ended up saying things that we use. But we should be more like Enos who told us of the "wrestle" which he had before God.

The Book of Mormon Institute Manuel about Enos 1:2 reads:

Enos did not wrestle with God. The record states that Enos wrestled before God in prayer. Such wrestling is the struggle to find and express one’s real desires under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Praying in this manner requires that a person eliminate vain, trite, or insincere repetitions and to pour the deepest desires of his or her heart into words. Each phrase becomes an expression of yearning and desire to do God’s will. Such prayers are assisted and guided by the Holy Spirit, “for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Romans 8:26).

Praying with a sincere desire and real meaning, with the Holy Ghost as a guide is something we should all be working towards.

In the Bible Dictionary it says under "Prayer":

As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (Matt. 7:7–11). Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings. 

Prayer is important. But I think we forget to do it as often as we should be. Prayer gives us blessings that we wouldn't have otherwise received. Wouldn't you like to start off your day that way?