“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you.” John 15:12‭-‬14 NASB

James 2:13 NASB http://bible.com/100/jas.2.13.nasb Your own family is not excluded from this. Forgive and show mercy to them as well. For the little things and the big things, show mercy.

But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:16 NASB http://bible.com/100/luk.5.16.NASB