The July 2025 Refreshing Daily in God’s Word will be the last issue of the devotional. Pastor Michael Rouse retired June 29, 2025. At the present time, Mountain View Baptist Church does not have anyone to continue this ministry.
We appreciate all the support and prayers that you have given for this ministry since 2007 when it first began. We pray the devotionals have been a blessing and have brought you closer in your walk with the Lord.
In the future, the Lord may allow the devotional to return. In the meantime, we are asking for your prayers for the man that God chooses for our church.
Thank you and God bless you!
Key Verse: Verse 14 - “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.”
When you and I think of backsliders, our minds usually conjure up thoughts about someone who at one time was faithful serving in their local church but are now cold toward the things of God. Those individuals are certainly backsliders but it is not the primary idea or thought behind being a backslider. God gives us an example of backsliding in Hosea 4:16 ... “for Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer.” When a heifer would not obey its owner and go where the owner wanted it to go, they would put a rope around its neck and pull. The heifer would then begin to pull back and back up and fight against its owner. So a backslider is someone who doesn’t want to be led and receive guidance and direction.
This reminds me of the story of the little fellow who was made to sit down and as the teacher was walking away, the young boy said, “Teacher, I just want you to know that I’m sitting down on the outside but I’m standing up on the inside!” While the boy was doing what he was told, he was still a backslider “in heart.”
It would do each of us good to examine our hearts.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Examine your heart.
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