Prodigal: They seem free as a bird.
Me: Yes, just enjoying the day.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
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
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
Prodigal: What a day we had.
Me: Yes, we did have some kinda of day.
This is from Jean Nicolas Grou
If he falls into some error, he does not fret over it, but rising up with a humble spirit, he goes on his way anew rejoicing. Were he to fall a hundred times in the day, he would not despair,-he would rather cry out lovingly to God, appealing to His tender pity. The really devout man has a horror of evil, but he has a still greater love of that which is good; he is more set on doing what is right, than avoiding what is wrong. Generous, large-hearted, he is not afraid of danger in serving God, and would rather run the risk of doing His will imperfectly than not strive to serve Him lest he fail in the attempt.
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Matthew 11:10 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Time to get the okra.
Me: Yes, that looks good.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead. (ESV).
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I’m in for a penny, might as well be in for a pound.
Me: Amen!
This is from Walking in the Spirit by A. B. Simpson
Not always is it the preacher who exercises the effectual faith; sometimes it is a silent and obscure heart whom no one shall know until the day when all things shall be revealed.
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. Hebrews 9:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: What can we focus on today.
Me: I have something
This is from H. E. Manning
Out of obedience and devotion arises an habitual faith, which makes Him, though unseen, a part of all our life. He will guide us in a sure path, though it be a rough one: though shadows hang upon it, yet He will be with us. He will bring us home at last. Through much trial it may be, and weariness, in much fear and fainting of heart, in much sadness and loneliness, in griefs that the world never knows, and under burdens that the nearest never suspect. Yet He will suffice for all. By His eye or by His voice He will guide us, if we be docile and gentle; by His staff and by His rod, if we wander or are wilful: any how, and by all means, He will bring up to His rest.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. Mark 6:3 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigals: That’s a bunch of hogwash.
Me: That is what I thought.
Today’s devotion is a video devotion.
Proverbs 15:20 A wise man makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: With Christ is better.
Me: With Christ is better than anything else without Christ.
This is from Intimacy with the Beloved by Pat Chen
Those who give themselves completely to Christ are often despised, mocked and looked upon as weird. The crowd demands that we prove who He is in us. They told Jesus to prove who He was. The world demands that we be just like everybody else. If we are not, they think something is wrong with us. We are constantly challenged to be like the crowd and to prove ourselves. But we don’t have to prove anything. Jesus has already proved who He is on the cross. We must battle against those same mocking spirits that Jesus battled on the cross. The evil spirits are intruders into our private lives with Christ. Our passion for Jesus is despised by the enemy. He hates our passion, and he hates us.
Present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Romans 12:1
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: What now.
Me: I just read this. Silence is never misquoted.
This is from George Eliot
As soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given us to guide our own steps; as the foot-soldier, who hears nothing of the councils that determine the course of the great battle he is in, hears plainly enough the word of command which he must himself obey.
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. Genesis 24:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Go Pirates!
Me: Yeah!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 15:19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
