I have just picked up a book called “Teach me to pray” by Andrew Murray, 365 thoughts for daily devotional insights. January 1st begins with this thought:
The more I think of and pray about the religious situation in our country, the deeper my conviction becomes that Christians do not realize that the aim of conversion is to bring them into daily fellowship with the Father in heaven.
It is not enough at conversion to accept forgiveness of sins or even to surrender to God. That is only the beginning. We must understand that we have no power of our own to maintain spiritual life. We need to receive daily new grace from heaven through fellowship with the Lord Jesus. This cannot be obtained by a hasty prayer or a superficial reading of a few verses from God’s Word. We must take time to come into God’s presence, to feel our weakness and our need, and to wait on God through His Holy Spirit to renew fellowship with Him. Then we may expect to be kept by the power of Christ throughout the day.