About four years ago, I had a deep conversion experience in which I made a personal decision to give my life to Jesus and to follow him. That decision, and the initial experience of the Lord's love, filled me with enthusiasm. I felt I could do anything for Christ. Over the next two years, however, the enthusiasm waned, and I grew indifferent to prayer and Scripture. I also began to fall into my old sin patterns, and with each sin I committed, I felt consumed by guilt and powerless to change.