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by the faithful (annoying to you at the time) ministry of a friend, relative or elder in your church? Can you describe that experience? This is a question for Born Again, Bible believing Christians.

2007-09-17 03:38:44 · 13 answers · asked by jael 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Yes I have. It was not any human being that "shepherded" me back though, it was the inner working of the Holy Spirit. I had hit much deeper than rock-bottom. I was broken and my heart grieved within me. It was the deepest feeling of sadness I had ever experienced in my life. I wanted God to punish me for what I had done wrong, but He didn't. Instead, He simply welcomed me home again and loved me back to health.

God bless you.

2007-09-17 03:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by the sower 4 · 2 0

NO, but there are were times when i felt like quiting but i'll still go to church even when i dont feel like going &just hearing my pastor preach i always recieve something that god wants me to hear, & i have not backslidden because i have a close relationship with god, how can i run away from his love and give in to the world.

2007-09-25 04:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by doctor 3 · 0 0

No I haven't...I've always had to rely on the good shepherd himself to bring me back into the fold. Until recently, I haven't been blessed to have that kind of Christian friends...ones that would stand by me and patiently lead me back to him...the ones I've known in the past were all too willing to let me push them away (my response to that "annoying" thing). I've certainly known some who have tried, but they all give up too easily in the face of my resistance.

I'd like to think that the friends I have now would do that for me...and I'd like to think I'd do the same for a friend or family member...but I guess I can't know for sure until it happens...and at the moment at least, I'm moving forward not backward and so are the people I call friend.

2007-09-17 11:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by KAL 7 · 1 0

I fail God every day. And many times I have had to turn to Christian brothers and sisters for help, in order to get back on the right path with the Lord. If I tried to describe every situation, I would never get finished. But always remember that we always need the help of one another. If we ever get in a situation where we do not know where to turn, the first place is to the Lord, and He will always forgive us, and give us the guidence and direction that we need to get back on the right path. And many times it will be through the help of brothers and sisters in Christ. He said that we would have to walk through the valleys, but we do not have to remain in the valleys. God always has his loving hand stretched out to us, to bring us back up to the mountain top.

2007-09-17 23:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Calvin S 4 · 0 0

I have backslidden and been brought back but not by a friend or a church member but by the Lord himself. I was lucky in that I recognized that it was God who was correcting me.

Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Hebrews 12:5-6
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.


Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon 1:3

2007-09-17 10:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by laverew 2 · 1 0

Yes ! I have walked away,as God promises to never leave or forsake us. I am thankfull for His patience with me. I have slipped off Into worldly things before coming to Jesus this time. I look back and shudder to think that I could have died & went to hell as I was living In sin. But know this...No man knows when they're time Is up. So It's best to be Rapture Ready All The Time...

2007-09-17 14:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0 0

I had backslid, partying, drinking, drugs, smoking and felt I needed to quit and be perfect BEFORE I began attending church again. I went and confessed to the pastor of a new church I was attending expecting him to send me away. He told me he accepted me right were I was and so did Jesus and that I was where I was supposed to be. He (and others in the church) loved me until (and after) I could love myself. They forgave me until I could forgive myself. I quit doing all those things and have been going to that same church for 16 years now. That pastor had a lasting impact on my life and the life of my husband and children as well. He helped heal my physical and spiritual wounds. Praise God.

2007-09-17 11:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1 0

No, I have never lost my faith in God, if I were to deny God that would mean I was never saved to begin with. However I have fallen into sin, knowing full well that I should not be in that place, had the conviction of the Holy Spirit-- and was MISERABLE the whole time. But for some reason I did not change my ways until God just broke me and really showed me how that "life" was not for me-- the sin I was in-- and how ugly it made me feel inside, I mean I knew I did not need it, I guess I went through a very "curious" stage in my life. I was raised christian. I rebelled. But I repented and cried out to God one day-- and from then on, of course we all fall into sin at times, but it was never like before again....I desired to never keep sinning....and if you do desire to keep sinning without conviction, you may want to question your salvation. For God tells us in Ephesians when we believe, we are sealed with His Holy Spirit-- Jesus tells us in John 10:29 that nobody can snatch us out of God's hands when we belong to Him.
That is why conviction is so important-- the Holy Spirit lives in those who are saved, and when we fall, when we sin, the Holy Spirit convicts us-- so we want to stop sinning-- we want to turn to God always and seek Him in all things.

2007-09-17 19:02:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0 0

Oh, yes, yes, yes. I backslid into a deep dark place full of drugs and promiscuity. My wonderful Christian friends and bible study leaders, never once turned their backs on me. They always reminded me that Jesus loved me. And that He would forgive me. I am so happy, I feel free right now! And I will never go back to that place again. Because now I know what it feels like to be separated from God because of sin.

2007-09-17 11:05:01 · answer #9 · answered by biggestjesusfan, † Cat P.W. † 4 · 1 0

YES.... I WAS BORN AGAIN WHEN 12 YRS OLD... HAD BACKSLIDED.... BY THE GRACE OF THE LORD HAVE COME BACK TO HIS FOLD BY THE PRAYERS OF HIS CHILDREN... IT WAS BCOZ MY PARENTS WERE SHOWING THEIR LOVE ON MY SIS SHE HADA MAJOR HEART SURGERY... I FELT UNWANTED.... AND SO ON... I GOT LESS SCORES THAN EXPECTED DURING MY 10TH GRADE FINAL EXAMS... I WENT AWAY FROM THE LORD.. COULD NOT PREAY OR STUDY MY BIBLE AS BEFORE.. BUT THE LORD SPOKE THRU HOSEA LAST CHAPTER THAT HE'LL HEAL MY BACKSLIDING.. I REDEDICATED MY LIFE TO THE LORD IN A STUDENT'S MEETING... NOW THRU STORM'S OF LIFE MY ANCHOR IS THE LORD.

2007-09-25 07:45:20 · answer #10 · answered by what would jesus do 2 · 0 0

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