Are you wiser in God (now) than you were last year at this time? Peter says we're to grow in grace and the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God.
If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?
You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.
Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?
I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.