If you're a backslider you need to know what causes

you to backslide. If you don't, do you at least know

how to get back right with God? But most importantly,

how to prevent yourself from backsliding in the

first place? If not, you'll discover the answers to

those all important questions in this article.

Which Type Of Backslider Are You?

According to Jesus in one of His famous parables

there are three ways a person can backslide. (Mark

4:3-20).

Seed that falls by the wayside, seed that falls on

stony ground, and seed that falls among thorns.

Seed that falls by the wayside is the word of God

that you get but don't understand. The devil comes

immediately causing you to forget. Then you go back

to what you're used to doing and you backslide.

Seed that falls on stony ground is the word of God

that you get and understand but it's not rooted

inside you. So when the devil comes with hard times

you can't handle it. This offends you, so you get

mad and backslide.

Seed that falls among thorns is the word of God

mixed in with the cares of this world, pursuit of

riches, and other lusts. This chokes the word before

it can produce and you go back to doing what the

world does, give up and backslide.

How To Turn Back From Backsliding

A backslider is a Christian who withdraws him or

herself away from devotion to God and His word to go

back under the control of a self-pleasing spirit.

"The backslider in heart shall be filled with his

own ways..." (Proverbs 14:14).

This occurs when fear somehow replaces the faith you

have in God. It then causes you to run away from the

spirit of God back into the sinful world of the

flesh to satisfy your doubt and unbelief.

This means you must be careful not to mix yourself

up with former sins and addictions like you did in

the past. But if you do there will come a time when

you regret it. Your soul will long to be back

depending on the Lord your God for direction and

guidance. You may even be experiencing these

feelings right now as you're reading this article.

But don't worry.

God said, "Return, ye backsliding children, and I

will heal your backslidings..." (Jeremiah 3:22).

So how do you return to God? "Repent ye therefore,

and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,

when the times of refreshing shall come from the

presence of the Lord." (Acts 3:19). Therefore repent,

get back into the word, and let God blot out your

sins. It's that simple. Just pray and ask God to

forgive you and clean you up.

What Backslider Prevention Technique?

Right before telling another one of His famous

parables Jesus said, "That men ought always to pray,

and not to faint." (Luke 18:1)

The keyword in that sentence is the word faint. This

is just another way of saying backslide. Jesus is

talking about "praying without ceasing" or stopping.

(1 Thessalonians 5:17). You should do this instead

of giving up and backsliding.

The parable goes on to explain how a wicked judge

who had no regard for God avenged a widow even

though he could care less whether justice was done

for her or not. Yet He avenged her because she

showed initiative, was persistent, didn't give up

and kept asking him. Because of this he said in his

heart "Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will

avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary

me."

The point of the parable is if a wicked judge

avenges a widow simply on the basis of her continual

asking, "shall not God avenge his own elect, which

cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with

them?" The answer of course is an astounding YES! So

don't forget to keep praying to God without giving

up until He gives you whatever you ask Him to do for

you.

For example: if the devil steals some word from you,

or if hard times come, or even if you love money and

sex a little bit too much you can keep praying to

God to deliver you from whatever it is that causes

you to backslide. Don't be afraid because eventually

He will heal you of your backsliding and you will be

free. So don't ever give up on praying to God no

matter how you feel or how bad your situation looks.

In conclusion, it is also extremely important that

you continue to pray after God has forgiven you, and

cleanses you and when you are in good standings with

Him. Because Jesus said, "Watch and pray, that ye

enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is

willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41).