Me: Where’s your cookie?
Prodigal: That was swallowed faster than a hot knife cutting through butter.
Me: It must’ve been good.
Prodigal: It was.
This is a video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 8:4
Unto you, O man, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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www.theprodigalpig.com
Prodigal: I think guidelines would be helpful today.
Me: Yes, satan tries to create confusion.
This is from the book The Dynamics of Worship by James P. Gills, M.D.
One of the obvious contrasts between response to the demonic and response to the Divine is that the demonic prefers a mindlessness or trance, but God always demands an active mind and will. Relationship with God in worship is for the entire person–spirit, soul and body–and we are invited to be willing and active participants in that experience.
Don’t get confused. God is peace, joy, truth. Satan brings confusion, shame and lies. There are different spiritual forces around us all the time. We have to determine what is God and what is not. Do not fall for satan lies today.
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
I CORINTHIANS 8 : 6
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: Yesterday was a brow beater.
Me: Maybe this will help you for today!
God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through.
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the laborer; light on the way,
Grace for the trial, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy–undying love.
Annie Johnson Flint
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
ISAIAH 40 : 8
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: What are y’all looking at?
Me: We looking for Jesus!
This is a short video devotional on Proverbs.
Proverbs 8:3
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors: (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: Praise God the watermelons are growing!
Me: Let’s praise God some more.
This is from Max Lucado He Reminded Us of You
You Are a great God.
Your character is holy.
Your truth is absolute.
Your strength is unending.
Your discipline is fair.
You are a great God.
The mountain of your knowledge has no peak.
The ocean of your love has no shore.
The fabric of your fidelity has no tear.
The rock of your word has no crack.
You are a Great God.
Your patience surprises us.
Your beauty stuns us.
Your love stirs us.
You are a great God.
Your provisions are abundant for our needs.
Your light is adequate for our path.
Your grace is sufficient for our sins.
You are a great God.
We even declare with reluctant words, your plan is perfect.
You are never early, never late.
Never tardy, never quick.
Your sent your Son in the fullness of time and will return at the consummation of time.
Your plan is perfect.
Bewildering. Puzzling. Troubling.
But perfect.
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother
Matthew 12:50
Jennifer Van Allen
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Me: No, I don’t need more pie.
Prodigal: It was good, but I am full.
Me: We can focus on this song instead.
If this is not a place where tears are understood
Then where shall I go to cry?
And if this is not a place where my spirit can take wings
Then where shall I go to fly?
I don’t need another place
for tryin’ to impress you
With just how good and virtuous I am,
no,no,no.
I don’t need another place
for always bein’ on top of things
Everybody knows that it’s a sham,
it’s a sham.
I don’t need another place
for always wearin’ smiles
Even when it’s not the way I feel.
I don’t need another place
to mouth the same old platitudes
Everybody knows that it’s not real.
So if this is not a place where my questions
can be asked
Then were shall I go to seek?
And if this is not a place where my heart cry
can be hear
Where, tell me where, shall I go to speak?
by Ken Medema
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Jennifer Van Allen
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Me: How beautiful!
Prodigal: I agree, it is a nice day today.
This comes from the book No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton
Yet there can never be happiness in compulsion. It is not enough for love to be shared: it must be shared freely. That is to say it must be given, not merely taken. Unselfish love that is poured out upon a selfish object does not bring perfect happiness: not because love requires a return or a reward for loving, but because it rest in the happiness of the beloved. And if the one loved receives love selfishly, the lover is not satisfied. He sees that his love has failed to make the beloved happy. It has not awakened his capacity for unselfish love.
Hence the paradox that unselfish love cannot rest perfectly except in a love that is perfectly reciprocated: because it knows that the only true peace is found in selfless love. Selfless love consents to be loved selflessly for the sake of the beloved. In so doing, it perfects itself.
The gift of love is the gift of the power and the capacity to love, and, therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So, love can only be kept by being given away, and it can only be given perfectly when it is also received.
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. Mark 5:29 (KJV).
Jennifer Van Allen
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Me: I’ll be dog gon’ if I didn’t forget some.
Prodigal: Well, it just means you have to make some more
This is a video devotion on Proverbs.
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Proverbs 8:2
She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. (NKJV).
Jennifer Van Allen
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Me: I think Alyson is sweet on you.
Prodigal: I don’t mind at all!
This is from the book Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon
A person who is to be used by God must believe that what he is going to do is for the glory of God, and he must work from no other motive. When outsiders go to hear some preachers, all that they remember is that they were excellent actors, but here is a very different kind of preacher. After they have heard him preach, they do not think about how he looked or how he spoke, but about the solemn truths he uttered. A preacher may keep rolling out what he has to say in such a fashion that those who listen to him say to one another, “Do not see that he lives by his preaching? He preaches for a living.” I would rather hear it said, “That man said something in his message that made many of the people think less of him; he uttered the most distasteful sentiments; he did nothing but drive at us with the Word of the Lord while he was preaching. His one aim was to bring us to repentance and faith in Christ.” That is the kind of man whom the Lord delights to bless.
Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Jennifer Van Allen
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Me: I have a prayer for you before you start your work for today.
Prodigal: Yes, I would love a prayer.
This is from A.W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God
O Lord, I have heard a good word inviting me to look away to Thee and be satisfied. My heart longs to respond, but sin has clouded by vision till I see Thee but dimly. Be pleased to cleanse me in Thine own precious blood, and make me inwardly pure, so that I may with unveiled eyes gaze upon Thee all the days of my earthly pilgrimage. Then shall I be prepared to behold Thee in full splendor in the day when Thou shalt appear to be glorified in Thy saints and admired in all them that believe. Amen
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
PSALM 119 : 142
Jennifer Van Allen
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