Day 16              Read: I Thessalonians 5:17
        
         The real measure of your Christianity, after
          all, is not how keen you are on doctrine,
              or how well you can express your faith,
              or how convincing you are with others.        
        The real measure of your Christianity
             is whether you are on such terms with
             God that when you pray, you get an answer!
        
         Jacob, Moses, Elijah, and Daniel were different
         from other men primarily in this respect:
        
             God heard and answered their prayers.
        
         Jesus takes great pains both by word and example
         to teach His followers to pray.
         
         Jesus will teach you to pray
        
                 if you are willing to be taught.        
                 The minute you prove that you
                 are willing to be taught,
                 Jesus will begin to teach.
         
         The minimum cost:
        
         1.  You must make time for prayer daily.
                 Ample time. Prayer cannot be rushed.
        
      2.  You must fix in your heart everything
                 Jesus has to say about prayer.
         
  3.  Join yourself to praying people.
        
             4.  Be sure your words and actions among
                 men are in the will of the God to whom
                 you pray.