July 2017 - Page 2 of 2 - The Prodigal Pig

Me: Prodigal are you having a party and you did not invite me?

Prodigal: No, I am not having a party….

Me: You’re fibbin’ and your feet don’t match.

Prodigal: Ok, you caught me, maybe I am having a party. I just didn’t want to hurt your feelings.

Me: Lying is still a sin Prodigal.

I will share from Tim Chester’s book You Can Change

Sowing to the Spirit means saying yes to whatever strengthens our Spirit-inspired desires. As we’ve seen , we sin when we believe lies about God. Sowing to the Spirit means filling our hearts with the truth about God. We sin because sinful desires matter more to us than God. We sow to the Spirit when we cultivate our love for God.

You can believe God today because He loves you and He loves me. We do not have to follow lies even if they do not sound harmful. Lies always hurt relationships even if that relationship is just between you and God.

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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Me: Watcha doing Prodigal?

Prodigal: Fixin too sow the field for next year’s crop.

Me: That is a good reminder of another way we can sow.

This is from Richard C. Halverson, former Chaplain of the United States Senate

You can offer your ideas to others as bullets or as seeds. You can shoot them, or sow them; hit people in the head with them, or plant them in their hearts.

Ideas used as bullets will kill inspiration and neutralize motivation. Used as seeds, they take root, grow, and become reality in the life in which they are planted.

The only risk in the seed approach: Once it grows and becomes part of those in whom it’s planted, you probably will get no credit for originating the idea. But if you’re willing to do without the credit…you’ll reap a rich harvest.

This side of heaven you will not get the applause or recognition of someone who has done a lot. God sees though and it will be made clear the part you played in God’s kingdom on earth at this time with these people of His.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;