Prodigal: Now, don’t go stirring a hornets nest.
Me: I wont.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I want you to remember something today.
Prodigal: Am all ears.
Me: God never tires of forgiving, but we often tire of seeking his mercy.
This is from the book No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human and visible means, nor rests in any visible end. He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Romans 11:19 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Now that beats all, that get up.
Prodigal: I like it though!
Me: I agree!
This is from the book Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life by Kenneth Haugk
If I am a diligent watcher, if I have spoken and concretely demonstrated the love of God to another, and if in spite of all that, the other will not receive the love of God, then I have done all I can. I have communicated God’s love, and good evangelism has taken place. The criterion for good evangelism is my communicating God’s love as best I can, regardless of whether the other person receives it.
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Eating out.
Me: I do once in a blue moon.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Carrying this is abuse.
Me: I don’t think so…….
This is from The Strong Family by Charles Swindoll
Since ours is a day of extremism, it is necessary to clarify a few distinctions for there to be complete understanding. First there is a distinction between abuse and discipline.
ABUSE DISCIPLINE
Unfair and unexpected Fair and expected
Degrading and demoralizing Upholds dignity
Extreme–too harsh, brutal Balanced–within limits
Torturous–leaves scars Painful–but leaves no scars
Results from hatred and resentment Prompted by love and concern
Creates terror, emotional damage, Leads to healthy respect of and
and resentment of authority for authority
Destroys self-esteem; leads to horrifying, Strengthens self-esteem; leads to the
damage and the inability, later in life, to individual’s ability to later discipline himself.
maintain responsibilities.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I got some wisdom for you.
Prodigal: I’m all ears.
Me: Make sure you taste your words before you spit them out.
This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon
It is not our way of putting the Gospel, or even our method of illustrating it, that wins souls, but the Gospel itself does the work in the hands of the Holy Spirit. We must look to Him for the thorough conversion of men. A miracle is to be worked, by which our hearers will become the products of the mighty power that God worked in “Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power” (Ephesians 1:20-21). For this glorious power, we must look outside of ourselves to the living God, must we not? We desire thorough conversion, and therefore we must rely upon the power of the Holy Spirit. If it is a miracle, God must work it, that is clear. It is not accomplished by our reasoning, persuasion, or warning. I can come only from the Lord.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. Jeremiah 50:22
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I’m starved as a barn cat.
Me: Let’s finish the game first.
This is a short video devotion on proverbs.
Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I still have a ways to go.
Me: One step at a time.
This is from the book God’s Psychiatry by Charles L. Allen
There is a good story of four men who climbed a mountain. The first complained that his feet hurt. The second had a greedy eye and kept wishing for each house and farm he could see. The third saw clouds and was worried for fear that it might rain. But the fourth fixed his eyes on the marvelous view. In looking away from himself and from the valley below, the little worries which made the others so unhappy were unnoticed.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Isaiah 31:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That one has a keen mind.
Me: Yes, Mam, she does.
This is from Imagine Heaven by John Burke
The intimacy of love God has for us is hard to comprehend. The only comparison comes by analogy-the connection we feel with a best friend, the oneness we want with a spouse, our tender love and desire for our children–and yet there’s an intimacy that we seek with each other that always eludes us. We can never be as close, as intimate, or as one with another person as our souls crave. That’s because the oneness we crave will only be found when we are united by God with God.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. Acts 9:19 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That’s fine as frog hair.
Me: I agree!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:11 Honest weights and scales are the LORD’s, All the weights in the bag are His work. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
