It is a question which every pastor and gospel-centred Christian is rightly asking. And many answers have been given. ‘Only God can do it — we need a movement of God’s Spirit.’ ‘We must keep preaching God’s Word in season and out of season.’ ‘Believers will be added in ones and twos.’ I would wholeheartedly agree with each of these suggestions. And people are coming to faith — witness the fruit from the A Passion for Life initiative recently. And yet, I can’t help feeling that many of us (myself included) are entering the spiritual battle short of confidence and expecting to lose.