When believers drift away from their devotion to God, a deep sense of loss and longing can occur. The Apostle John notes that those who depart from the faith were never truly part of the community, as seen in 1 John 2:19. However, God's love remains constant, and He provides a way back through prayer and trust, as Jesus teaches in Matthew 21:22. In times of struggle, 1 Corinthians 10:13 reminds us that God is faithful to provide a way of escape, and 1 Peter 5:7 encourages us to cast our anxieties on Him, while 1 Thessalonians 5:18 exhorts us to give thanks in all circumstances, trusting in His goodness.
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They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.