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Posted by Dion Todd September 6th, 2025 891 Views 23 Comments
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. Proverbs 24:16 WEB.
I was disgusted because I had tried so hard but returned to my old habits in a moment of weakness. Now, like an injured animal, I just wanted to be left alone. Soon, I was saddled with the baggage of guilt and shame and began to avoid my Christian friends.
The enemy finally had me where he wanted me: separated, alone, broken, defeated, an easy target. I believed everything he said. I felt I had let God down, and He had moved on and forgotten me. It was hopeless. Has that ever happened to you? It's happened to me.
Backsliding is like that. Once you slip, if you don't immediately get back up, you will slide all the way back down the mountain. I felt that I could never live as a true Christian, at least at the standard my mind had created. I was 100% in, or 100% out. It was on or off, all or nothing.
When we stumble, the enemy will quickly swoop in to take advantage of it. Peter said that the devil walks around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). A lion doesn't look for a serious fight but for an easy target. They pick off the weak and stragglers.
Immediately after you stumble, thoughts are going to start coming like: "You can't do this. It's not worth it. God is mad at you because you have let Him down. Why bother? They don't care about you anyway."
You will soon fall into a dark spiral if you listen to this garbage. Your relationship with God will begin to recede, not because of Him, but entirely because of you. The battle is won and lost in your thought life. Like Adam and Eve, he will encourage us to hide from the Lord's presence.
God will never forget you, and His plans for you still stand. His gifts and calling are irrevocable (Romans 11:29). Everyone stumbles, especially at the start. So Get. Back. Up. The Bible is very clear on this. No matter what happens, get back up.
There is a spiritual war happening around us, and it is natural for some to get knocked down. But if you want to make it, you will have to claw your way through. Walk, crawl, drag yourself forward. Never let your circumstances fool you into thinking that God has given up on you, for He hasn't, and He never will. He knew who you were before He called you, and that calling hasn't changed.
Jonah fell, but he repented and continued on. David fell, but he repented and continued on. Peter fell, but he repented and continued on. This is the way. That's what winners do. The master teacher has failed more times than the student has tried.
What I have found to help me the most when I stumble is to repent of it immediately. This step takes away the enemy's ammunition that he would use against you. When you repent and put your sins under the blood of Jesus, there's nothing left to accuse you about. When you are not up on your feet, you should be getting up.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please take my hand and pull me to my feet. I give You permission to work in my life. If you show me what to do, I will do it. Forgive me for the things I have done wrong. Correct my course, and fulfill Your will in my life. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
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Good morning, fam, love y'all and praying you have a most blessed Saturday! 🌸🙏💛
Heavenly Father, please take my hand and pull me to my feet. I give You permission to work in my life. If you show me what to do, I will do it. Forgive me for the things I have done wrong. Correct my course, and fulfill Your will in my life. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! ❤️🤟🏻
Post from Nell Neathery
3 hours ago
Quinlan, Texas today:
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Amen!
Amen Lord. I struggle with the scripture.. Heb.10:26. If you go on deliberately sinning after having the knowledge no more sacrifice of sins. I look back at try life and see the terrible sinner I have been after being saved thinking I was a good Christian. I know my sins separates my hearing from God. Not His love..but He can’t look upon sin. It’s me not God I know that. Three years iv aggressively pursued Jesus and forgiveness ..repenting everything I can think of.. when Satan reminds me of my sins I remind him of forgiveness scriptures..but I still do not hear from the Lord very often ..not like I use to when I was walking my strongest w Jesus. So this scripture haunts me.. did I sin so much…mostly my thought life.
Father Forgive me for not living according to Your Living Word. For deliberately sinning..forgive me for doubting You..I never doubted Your Word..just doubted the scripture that I deliberately sinned too many time and am reaping the results…
I plead the Blood of Jesus over me and my thought life. I thank you for the Cross Jesus. Help me hear and see You clearly again like I use to. I’m sorry I failed you all these years. Have mercy upon me Lord. I stand on Your Word. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Your mercies are new every morning. You are faithful to forgive every sin..so help me overcome Heb 10:26 with my doubts Lord. Here I am Jesus. Worthless these days as I struggle to survive life. My heart is still to serve you again but… I’m struggling living. I pray the Blood of Jesus over me my wife. I will praise Your Holy Name unto my dying wrath ever if You reject me in heaven. You’re a good God. I’m a wretched sinner. Have mercy on me God. I love you Jesus. In Jesus Christ Name. This is the day of my heart Lord.
Post from Marisa Jackson
1 hour ago
Amen🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏🕊️🙏!!
Post from Theresa Bright
2 hours ago
Amen 🙏🏻 Thank you for this wonderful message Pastor.
Post from Liberty Brock
5 hours ago
Lord forgive me and guide me. Amen
Post from Wanda Pennington
3 hours ago
Heavenly Father, please take my hand and pull me to my feet. I give You permission to work in my life. If you show me what to do, I will do it. Forgive me for the things I have done wrong. Correct my course, and fulfill Your will in my life. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Post from Mark Williams
6 hours ago
Psalm 109:26-29
New Living Translation
26
Help me, O Lord my God!
Save me because of your unfailing love.
27
Let them see that this is your doing,
that you yourself have done it, Lord.
28
Then let them curse me if they like,
but you will bless me!
When they attack me, they will be disgraced!
But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!
29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;
may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
It’s difficult to understand the extent to His love and even more difficult to realize there is no extent, God coming down to our level, taking on every form of our suffering, thirsting, hungering, being worn out, being crucified on a Carthaginian’s pagan form of execution that the Romans adapted but designated it to be for slaves since it was originally engineered by an enemy empire. The humiliation He took on. That kind of overwhelming, desperate, endless , immortal love isn’t something I can fathom and literally can’t comprehend it. I think that’s a way the enemy takes advantage of our guilt and shame because Lucifer knows we can’t comprehend God’s love. My mind retreats to Luke 16:10, He who is faithful in small things will be faithful in much. We operate on the small end of things, and sometimes contribute to the large things, the important thing is to not be saddle with baggage that prevent us from doing, working, continuing, forward on that straight and narrow path.
Post from Jackie Tipton
3 hours ago
Amen ❤️ 🙏
Amen Good Morning Everyone 😀
Post from Celeste Strenn
3 hours ago
Amen❣️
Thank you for picking me up again and again and again❣️
Please dear Lord Jesus 🙏🏽that I will keep getting up to walk with you🤗
Post from Kay Collinsworth
5 hours ago
Amen
God has not given up on me.
He never will.
Amen
Amen!
Post from Richard A Smith
10 hours ago
Amen. Have a blessed weekend.
Amen!
Post from Raju Williams
9 hours ago
Praise the Lord. Amen.🙏🙏
Post from Schalk de Beer
10 hours ago
Yes my Lord and Father, I pray this in Jesus's mighty name amen. ✝️🛐
Comment from Lynn Brown
56 minutes ago
Happy Saturday!🫶