How to Return to God After Backsliding (It's Easier Than You Think)

The Disciples Journal

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Start my daily devotional podcast here: https://patreon.com/aftergodsheart Have you ever felt that you need to fix yourself before coming back to God? In today's episode, I share my personal journey of realizing that true restoration comes from relying on God's strength, not our own. I delve into the profound message of Matthew 4:19 and discuss the importance of following Jesus daily, shedding the performance pressure we often feel, and making God our ultimate source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	The only way to get back to God after falling away or backsliding is to stop trying to do it in your own strength.
0:36.1	There were so many times where I felt as if I needed
0:38.4	to cleanse myself up before coming to God, not realizing that I don't have the power to clean
0:44.3	myself up. So I wasted all of this time trying to get right before coming to God, not realizing that
0:50.5	I needed God to get right. The question that I would have to ask myself continuously during that time is,
0:56.6	what is the point of a savior if you have to save yourself?
0:59.3	So coming back to God after backsliding, I had to shift my mindset from trying to take
1:05.1	my deliverance into my own hands and really giving it to God, allowing him to bring me
1:09.6	closer to him.
1:10.6	And so that's exactly what I'm going to get into in this episode and really giving it to God, allowing him to bring me closer to him. And so that's exactly what I'm
1:11.9	going to get into in this episode and really break down in detail on what it looks like to really
1:17.2	stop trying to come back to God in your own strength after you know that you've fallen away.
1:21.6	So with that being said, welcome to the Disciples Journal. I'm your host Darren Starks,
1:25.4	and this is where you learn to walk with Jesus every single day. If you haven't already, go ahead and subscribe to this YouTube channel.
1:31.5	If you're looking for a place where you can learn how to get closer to God in a way that's
1:35.4	relatable and practical, this channel was literally made for you. So make sure you subscribe so
1:39.7	you don't miss any of the videos that I put out. But getting into this idea of not taking your
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