Me: Mighty big of you to take care of the plants.
Prodigal: I enjoyed it, it was a treat.
Me: I hope this will encourage you today.
This is a short video devotion about Proverbs
Proverbs 6:3
So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; for you have come into the hand of your friend: Go, humble yourself, Plead with your friend. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Prodigal, you need to watch out for evil.
Prodigal: How can I tell what is evil?
Me: Maybe this will help!
This is from the book Bold Love by Dr. Dan Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman III
Evil is present when there is a profound absence of empathy, shame, and goodness. Empathy involves a connectedness to the heart of another and a respect for their personal boundaries. An evil person is unmoved by the inner world of the other and has no respect for boundaries. Shame involves an ability to be exposed and disturbed about actual or perceived violations or relationships. An evil person is unaffected by exposure, so is consequently shameless. Finally, goodness involves a desire to see someone or something grow in strength, freedom, and beauty. An evil person seems to delight in stripping away purpose, individuality, and vitality.
Mark 2:4
And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Sometimes we have to be there for others.
Me: Yes, we all need encouragement.
This is from Encouragement: The Key to Caring
It is a mistake to think of encouragement as a set of specific words or phrases. Encouragement depends less on which words we use than the motivation behind them. Words that encourage are inspired by love and directed toward fear. These two conditions must be met for words to encourage.
Lord, help us today. Help us to stop the focus on fear today. Help us to look to You. Lord we need to give support and we need to receive support. We can only do that with a spirit of love. Love is God. God is love. So we are calling on You Lord right now to Help us.
Hebrews 9:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Looks like you have been busy!
Me: Yes, I have, but it has been fun.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 6:2
You have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth NIV
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This must be a hippie van.
Me: Don’t judge, you never know who it belongs too.
Prodigal: That is true.
This is from the book Bold Love by Dr. Dan B. Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman III
A rigid definition implies that I am what I am and will always be that in the future. But the heart and soul of a person are not eternally enslaved to a particular direction or to certain symptoms. Change can occur to a point where it can be said of the thief, the gossip, or the adulterer, “That is what some of you were” (1 Corinthians 6:11). Sufficient change can occur that invalidates the label. For that reason, I am never to judge you. I may assess your current condition and offer a tentative hypothesis, “You appear to be a fool,” but I am never to say, “You are and will always be a fool.” That statement is the dictum of a judge who has passed a final, unchangeable verdict. It is imperative never to feel certain or resolute about our opinion. We must remain open to seeing the facts from a new perspective and equally open to the possibility that our perception is distorted by the log in our own eye.
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
