they are now well-pleasing to God, and that the hope of an eternity with Christ lies before them. Consequently the believer has no right to continue to be despondent and miserable. Mason concludes, “The Christian who remains in sadness and depression really breaks a commandment: in some direction or other he mistrusts God—His power, providence, forgiveness.”6 The second guiding principle for their inner life is “pray continually.” This again is a common injunction from the pen of Paul (5:25; Rom.