But, when the going gets tough, we quit. We forget the pledge that we made. When that mountain gets too high, when it gets too steep, when we tired of doing what needs to be done, we quit. Quitting the Lord never happens immediately. It is a slow process.
Little things change first.
Missing Church services once a week, and then two. Maybe it is stopping to teach for a period of time. Once you stop, it is hard to re-start. I. Examples of those people who quit the Lord. II Timothy chapter 4.