him, and what a blessedness there was in believing in him.’ Abraham Vereide, the instigator of the annual Presidential Prayer Breakfasts in the USA, described how at his conversion he threw himself to the ground to cry his heart out to God. As he prayed, he had a vivid awareness of God’s presence, and words of Scripture gave him assurance of salvation. He said, ‘I rose to my feet, and as I looked around, everything seemed to be so beautiful, the moss, the grass, the trees, the leaves, the sky above