“Remember, it’s relatively easy to begin ministry in the church; the challenge is to maintain it—to persevere in zeal for it.” Haven’t you, too, discovered that in some ways it can be harder to go on believing as a Christian than to become one in the first place? Haven’t you, too, found it hard to persevere in faith when trouble or opposition arises, or when faced with the demands of daily life in such a world as this? Perhaps even now you are fearful. Perhaps you are afraid that you will fall into