BACKSLIDING generally begins with NEGLECT of PRIVATE PRAYER!!! Or BACKSLIDING begins when the KNEE-BENDING stops!!! You can blame CIRCUMSTANCES, but BACKSLIDING always begins in the HEART!!! If the devil cannot keep us from being SAVED, he tries to get us to BACKSLIDE, and if he fails to make us BACKSLIDE then he undertakes to make us an AVERAGE Christian!!! The Bible does not teach that if a man FALLS DOWN, he can never RISE AGAIN!!! The fact that we FALL is not the most important thing, but rather that we have been FORGIVEN and allow God to LIFT US UP!!! Love you and I Mean it!!!