Prodigal: I think we should go that way.
Me: There is more than one way to skin a cat.
Prodigal: I am sure you might be right.
This is from the book My Heart’s Cry: Longing For More of Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz
Philip, who would be tied to a pillar and stoned to death?
Matthew, who would be nailed to the ground with spikes and beheaded?
Jude, His own half-brother, who would be beaten to death with sticks and clubs?
Simon, who would be tortured and crucified?
John, son of Zebedee, who would be tortured and exiled?
James, brother of John, who would be beheaded?
James, another of His half-brothers, who would be pushed from the top of a building, then his broken body beaten to death?
Peter, who would be crucified upside down?
Andrew, Peter’s brother, who would hang on a cross for three days before dying?
Bartholomew, who would be beaten, crucified, and skinned alive before dying?
Thomas, who would be thrown into a fiery furnace then speared with a javelin?
Every single one of His beloved disciples except John would die a greusome death for standing out and speaking up–for Him? How was it that these rough, untrained, mostly uneducated men would speak out with such power that the authorities would consider them a threat to the security and economy of the Roman empire? Their competency would come from the Spirit within them.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
