10: How God restores the joy of salvation | Restored
Why do Christians backslide? We’ve all known Christians who are no longer walking with the Lord. They’ve fallen away. At one point their hearts were warm and on fire for God but today they’re nowhere to be found. We also know the struggles in our own heart. We face temptations. We face ups and downs, days when we think, “I don’t know if I want to be a Christian today.” The good news is that God offers us restoring grace. Your relationship with Jesus is like any other relationship. It has to be maintained. You’re either growing closer to the Lord or you’re drifting away. You never just stand still. You’re either having your heart grow warmer every day or it’s growing colder.
In the message we look at four common causes of why people fall away from the Lord, why people backslide and are not walking with God anymore. We then look at how to get the joy back in your Christian life. You may have been a believer for months, years, even decades but it may have gone a little stale in your life. Maybe you’re just not as close to the Lord as you used to be. How do you get the joy back?
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