Basic Steps to Spiritual Renewal

Ezra 3:1-13

Many people go through seasons where they fall away from the Lord. When they decide to come back to Christ, things are hard at first. In our culture, we’ve seen the rise of the “nones,” people who have no church. They have spirituality, maybe even a relationship with Jesus, and perhaps they attended a church at one point, but not now. When they come back to faith, things often seem awkward first and fraught with conflicting feelings. How does a person get right with the Lord after being in the wilderness for a short season or many years? The returning exiles demonstrate some basic steps to renewal.