Author Archives: Jennifer Van Allen

For The Love of God

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Prodigal: Interesting road.

Me: Reminds me of a saying. The road to heaven is not through anyone else’s yard.

This is from E.B. Pusey

We have need of patience with ourselves and with others; with those below, and those above us, and with our own equals; with those who love us and those who love us not; for the greatest things and for the least; against sudden inroads of trouble, and under our daily burdens; disappointments as to the weather, or the breaking of the heart; in the weariness of the body, or the wearing of the soul; in our own failure of duty, or others’ failure toward us; in every-day wants, or in the aching of sickness or the decay of age; in disappointment, bereavement, losses, injuries, reproaches; in heaviness of the heart; or its sickness amid delayed hopes. In all these things, from childhood’s little troubles to the martyr’s sufferings, patience is the grace of God, whereby we endure evil for the love of God.

Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. John 19:32 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Answers

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Prodigal: Someone shared this: An honest crumb tastes better than a dishonest feast.

Me: Amen!

This is from Helen Inwood

Answers to prayers

Come in various ways,

Sometimes in minutes,

Sometimes in days.

And some take years

To fully unfold

The harvest of love

And blessings they hold.

Answers to prayers

Come in various forms,

Sometimes in sunlight,

Sometimes through storms.

Some blossom late

But each one will flower–

Have faith and wait!

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. Acts 20:1 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: Just sitting a spell.

Me: Good idea

This is a video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 15:24 The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Sabbath

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Prodigal: I was drawn to this like duck to water.

Me: It is mighty pretty.

This is from the book God’s Psychiatry by Charles L. Allen

Each one of God’s ten rules for living are vital, but in giving them to Moses, God said more about the fourth than any other. God needed only four words in regard to killing, but He used ninety-four words to tell us to “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy,” In the first place, God tells us to remember. In a scientific sense, one never forgets anything. Every thought we have is registered forever on our minds, but, practically, we can forget almost everything. We forget dates and names, we forget duties and even God. Some things we forget on purpose because the remembrance of them is not pleasant. Other things we forget because our minds are preoccupied with other matters. We forget to keep God’s day. But God says man needs to set aside a day each week to keep it holy, and to fail to keep that day holy is to suffer.

Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. Luke 23:4 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Finger of God

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Prodigal: How should we fix it?

Me: I read this and wanted to share. We use duct tape to fix everything. God used nails.

This is from Sir T. Browne

And to be true, and speak my soul, when I survey the occurrences of my life, and call into account the finger of God, I can perceive nothing but an abyss and mass of mercies, either in general to mankind, or in particular to myself; and whether our of the prejudice of my affection, or an inverting and partial conceit of His mercies, I know not; but those which others term crosses, afflictions, judgements, misfortunes, to me who inquire farther into them than their visible effects, they both appear, and in event have ever proved, the secret and dissembled favors of His affection.

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Job 19:23 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: That makes as much sense as a belly wearing a top hat.

Me: Well, some people don’t have much sense..

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Toward the End

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Prodigal: The game is almost done!

Me: That is true

This is from Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders

Toward the end of his life, A.B. Simpson was at a great convention when a respected New York minister observed that there was no one similarly qualified to continue leadership of the organization when Simpson’s tenure was done. The minister suggested that a large endowment be established to ensure that the work continue. Simpson said nothing and did nothing. He believed that if his work was from God, nothing could dismantle it; if it were not from God, no good purpose was served by keeping it going.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1 Timothy 3:1 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Unusual Book

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Prodigal: It’s time to knock off and enjoy the end of the day.

Me: No complaints will come from me.

This is from Book of Prophecies by Christopher Columbus

It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel his hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures…

I am a most unworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvelous presence. For the execution of the journey to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. It is simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah had prophesied…

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. Numbers 18:5 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: They seem free as a bird.

Me: Yes, just enjoying the day.

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Words

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Prodigal: Well, I see how it is going and need some encouragement.

Me: I read this, Three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got.

This is from Ivar Seger

Trust in the Lord, for His promise is true,

Delight in the Lord, it will bring joy to you.

Commit yourself, do His will every day.

Wait on the Lord, hear what He has to say.

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. Jeremiah 23:20 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org