When you were a young believer, how you proved him, and you looked at the word of God and everything was fresh to you. You drank in the truth of the word, and it was wonderful. And you had so much instruction and so many doctrinal discoveries, so much comfort and strength, so many excitements from God's word and new experiences. You witnessed for Christ, and as you prayed the hearts of people were moved, and the most unlikely people sought you out and listened to you in answer to prayer. You walked with the Lord in a special way. It is like the Israelites going into the promised land. ‘Look: arable land, planted fields that the Canaanites have left, crops and herds; everything is here. We can build homes and what a wonderful fertile place this is with rains and streams.’ The Christian life is like that at first. Keep it like that all the time. Be proving the Lord. Never leave off your reading of his word, and your praying to him, for at least 15 minutes every day. If you divide your prayer time up into praise of him, thanksgiving for what he has done for you, your own needs and problems, thanking him for the great doctrines of the faith, remembering all the people for whom you should be concerned – your relations and your friends and your colleagues – and praying for their salvation, then praying for your church, then praying for the people you know about who are God’s servants, it won’t all fit into 15 minutes, you soon find. You keep your lists in the back of your Bible, and your prayer times take on new life, and God hears you and answers you day by day. It's like entering into that promised land all over again as a Christian person.