Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.