Listening

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: That was mighty quick.

Me: It sure was!

This is from Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver

Regardless of how we do it, the ultimate result is the same. When we refuse to listen to the Lord, we shut him out. We refuse him the opportunity to teach us, to transform our lives, and to work through us to transform the world.

Surely that’s why Jesus put such a premium on listening. Over and over, Jesus’ clarion call punctuates the Gospels, echoing the words of the Shema: “He who has ears, let him hear.” And eight times the Revelation, Jesus instructs his Bride, the Church, to listen: “Let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

And make no mistake, the Lord still speaks today. Through the Scriptures. Through our circumstances. In our heart, by the voice of the Holy Spirit. We can hear him if we give up our rebellion and our denial. We can hear his voice, and when we hearken to him, he will teach us.

We who have ears….let us listen and hear.

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 2 Timothy 1:3 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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Miraculous Method

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Watcha doin’?

Prodigal: Just killin’ time.

This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon

Ours is the miraculous method that comes of the endowment of the Spirit of God, who chooses His ministers to perform wonders in the name of the holy Christ Jesus. We are sent to say to blind eyes, “See,” to deaf ears, “Hear,” to dead hearts, “Live,” and even to Lazarus rotting in that grave, “Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:43). Dare we do this? We will be wise to begin with the conviction that we are utterly powerless for this unless our Master has sent us and is with us But if He who sent us is with us, “all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23).

If you are about to stand up to see what you can do, it will be wise of you to sit down quickly; but if you stand up to prove what the Almighty can do through you, then infinite possibilities lie around you! There are no bounds to what God can accomplish if He works by your heart and voice.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Job 12:3 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Your like a jewel Prodigal!

Prodigal: You can say that.

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Loss of Humility

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Just read this. Turn to God’s light and your shadows will fall behind you.

Prodigal: Amen!

This is from the book Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray

And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil. It was when the now fallen angels began to look upon themselves with self-complacency that they were led to disobedience, and were cast down from the light of heaven into outer darkness. Even so it was, when the serpent breathed the poison of his pride, the desire to be as God, into the hearts of our first parents, that they fell from their high estate into all the wretchedness in which man is now sunk. In heaven and earth, pride, self-exaltation is the gate and the birth, and the curse of hell.

Hence it follows that nothing can be our redemption, but the restoration of the ‘lost humility, the original and true relation of the creature to its God. And so Jesus came to bring humility back to earth, to make us partakers of it, and by it to save us. In heaven He humbled Himself to become man. The humility we see in Him possessed Him in heaven; it brought Him, He brought it, from there. Here on earth “He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death”; His humility gave His death its value, and so became our redemption. And now the salvation He imparts is nothing less and nothing else than a communication of His own life and death, His own disposition and spirit, His own humility, as the ground and root of His relation to God and His redeeming work. Jesus Christ took the place and fulfilled the destiny of man, as a creature, by His life of perfect humility. His humility is our salvation. His salvation is our humility.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Take Courage

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Jesus built us a bridge with two boards and three nails.

Prodigal: Amen!

This is from St. Francis De Sales

Take courage, and turn your troubles, which are without remedy, into material for spiritual progress. Often turn to our Lord, who is watching you, poor frail little being as you are, amid your labors and distractions. He sends you help, and blesses your affliction. This thought should enable you to bear your troubles patiently and gently, for love of Him who only allows you to be tried for your own good. Raise our heart continually to God, seek His aid, and let the foundation stone of your consolation be your happiness in being His. All vexations and annoyances will be comparatively unimportant while you know that you have such a Friend, such a Stay, such a Refuge. May God be ever in your heart.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. Isaiah 56:11 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: God has been so good!

Me: Yes, He has, I praise His HOLY name!

This is a short video devotion on proverbs

click here to watch the video

Proverbs 16:1

The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.or

Redeemer

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: Trust me, I am not lost.

Me: Amen!

This is from Choose Love by Stormie Omartian

Jesus is called Redeemer because He “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people” (Titus 2:14). He redeemed us from our place of being lost and took us to a place of being His special people. He is continuously preparing us for the good things He has for us to do and be.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation Psalm 13:5 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Accustom Yourself

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Thank you Lord for this day.

Prodigal: Amen!

This is from Francois De La Mothe Fenelon

Accustom yourself to unreasonableness and injustice. Abide in peace in the presence of God, who sees all these evils more clearly than you do, and who permits them. Be content with doing with calmness the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. Matthew 22:22 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Preach With This Object

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Well wishes and also some wisdom.

Prodigal: Thank you and you too.

Me: Prayer is the key of the day and the lock of the night.

This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon

Preach with this object: that men may renounce their sins and run to Christ for pardon, that by His blessed Spirit they may be renovated and become as much in love with everything that is holy as they are now in love with everything that is sinful. Aim at a radical cure. Lay the ax at the root of the tree. Amendment of the old nature would not content you; you seek the imparting, by a divine power, of a new nature, that those who gather around you in the streets may live for God.

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Mark 13:36 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org