1 Ne 18:3 I did pray oft

“Nephi was a man of prayer.  He instructed those of our generation to ‘pray always,’ and ‘not [to] perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ’ (2 Nephi 32:9).  It is also of interest that Nephi had a place of prayer, that being ‘the mount’ where he would make his ritual ascent to the divine presence.  As already noted, for Nephi the mount was like a temple, it being the place of prayer and revelation.” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1, p. 140)