Anytime your emotions say, “God is not close to me. God couldn’t love me. God can’t use me,” then your outer man is agreeing with the father of lies. The Father of creation has told you, “My child, you have always been with Me, and all that is Mine is yours… I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you” (Luke 15:31; Heb. 13:5).
Prodigals
Francis Frangipane
One may argue, “But I know people who were good Christians who have fallen away.” Yes, but in most cases, you will find that prior to falling away, they first fell into deep disappointment about a failed spiritual expectation. You see, disappointment is not just a depressed emotional state of mind; deep disappointment can actually sever our hearts from faith. It can “dis-appoint” us from our otherwise appointed destiny.