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Tag Archives: backsliding
A Prescription For Restoring Spiritual Health
Lamentations 3:40; Psalm 119:37 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. CHARLES SIMEON (1759-1836): Have we never inwardly backslidden, so … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged backsliding, Christ, grace, restoration, self-examination
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How Can Salt Lose Its Savour?
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of … Continue reading
Posted in Grace & Its Growth
Tagged backsliding, grace, holiness, perseverance, salt, sanctification
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The Failures & Falls of God’s Children
Micah 7:8, 9; Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16 When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged backsliding, chastening, falls, grace, sanctification, sin
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Backsliding
Jeremiah 2:19; Proverbs 14:14 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that fear … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged backsliding, Bible reading, prayer, spiritual decline
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Our Advocate with God
I John 2:1,2 If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins. ROBERT MURRAY M’CHEYNE (1813-1843): I feel, when I have sinned, an immediate reluctance … Continue reading
Posted in Attributes of God, Jesus Christ
Tagged backsliding, forgiveness, Jesus Christ, prayer
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