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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. -- J. C. Ryle
What to one man is the virtue which he has sunk below the possibility of aspiring to, is to another the backsliding by which he forfeits his spiritual crown. -- George Eliot
I wish there were more true conversion, and then there would not be so much backsliding, and, for fear of suffering, living at ease, when there are so few to contend for Christ and His cause. -- Donald Cargill
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! -- Billy Sunday
You can blame circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse. -- Vance Havner
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you. -- Ellen G. White
However advanced a man may be in piety or age; he is still in danger of falling. -- Charles Simeon
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. -- J. C. Ryle
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it. -- John Calvin
Never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more. -- Swami Vivekananda
If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall. -- Saint John Chrysostom
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus. -- J. C. Ryle
If it shall be necessary, through sentences of excommunication against their persons and of interdict against their lands, all backsliding being put an end to, they compel them to fulfil their vows. -- Pope Innocent III
I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help. Every fall without one exception came from venturing upon sinful ground or from venturing upon self-support. -- Theodore L. Cuyler
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties of Christians in cities, leads as naturally to the outvent of what Methodists call "revivals" as did the backslidings of the people in those days. -- Corra May Harris
There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old age. We must take a steady look at the glory of Christ in His special character, in His grace and work, as shown to us in the Scripture. -- John Owen
I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example. -- Jon Huntsman, Jr.
The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration. -- Henry Allen Ironside
I'm starting to frighten myself, because I'm backsliding into my devil-may-care attitude. I'm sure it's going to catch up with me. -- Guy Maddin

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