Prodigal: What’s down in the well, comes up in the bucket.
Me: Ain’t that the truth.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 13:15 Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. (ESV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This is not warming up…
Me: I don’t think that is the real thing…
This is from the book Be Alert by Warren W. Wiersbe
Of all the cons we can fall prey to, one of the worst is being duped by a religious phony. Swindlers of this kind deal in counterfeit truth–something that looks and sounds right but is actually contrary to fact, an imitation meant to deceive the unsuspecting. These cons aren’t always done for the benefit of some leader whose name you can’t pronounce. No, every week, lies dressed up in their Sunday best receive nodding approval in mainline churches every where. Counterfeit truth is big business, and it’s still owned and operated by the same insidious proprietor who began it all years ago.
Warren Wiersbe in commenting on the religious counterfeits in 2 Peter 2:3 says: “Plastic words! Words that can be twisted to mean anything you want them to mean! The false teachers use our vocabulary, but they do not use our dictionary. They talk about “salvation,” “inspiration,” and great words of the Christian faith, but they do not mean what we mean.”
How can we avoid being hoodwinked by one of Satan’s workers of deceit?
Stop: Refuse to blindly accept someone else’s teaching just because others have been “blessed” by it. Stop long enough to make a serious study, comparing what is being taught with what the Scriptures teach.
Look: Take a careful look at the life of the main spokesperson. Is the fruit of the Spirit evident? Don’t be wowed because someone sounds intelligent or wooed because of someone’s charisma.
Listen: Pay attention to the terms a person uses and how they’re defined. Also listen to what’s not being said. Don’t judge truth just by how you feel; think, and make your judgements according to what the Scripture teach.
Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: What are you thinking?
Prodigal: This is really what I am thinking
This is from The Best Loved Poems of the American People by Josiah Gilbert Holland
God, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.
1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodgialpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I ain’t got time to lollygag today.
Me: Ain’t that the truth.
Today we have a short video devotion on Proverbs.
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Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: It’s rooted in there like a turnip.
Me: That can be a good thing.
This is from Hymns of the Spirit
We cast behind fear, sin, and death;
With Thee we seek the things above;
Our inmost souls Thy spirit breathe,
Of power, of calmness, and of love.
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:9 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: What a nice night.
Me: I agree!
This is from S. Longfellow
I look to Thee in every need,
And never look in vain;
I feel Thy touch, Eternal Love,
And all is well again:
The thought of Thee is mightier far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 1 Peter 1:4 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This stuff spreads like fleas in August.
Me: It sure does look like it.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 13:13 He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: It’s been a coon’s age.
Me: That is ok, don’t mean it will not be as sweet as honey.
This is from the book I Will Never Leave You by Hugh and Gayle Prather
A real relationship, one in which two people love each other to fulfill themselves rather than withdraw from each other to fulfill themselves, is unquestionably a haven from fear- although it is not a protection from the world’s dangers. It is a movable home, a place of peace, a true source of wholeness. Once it becomes the goal of two people, it not only lasts but grows stronger and lovelier with every effort.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:5 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.com
Me: Look at what I am creating!
Prodigal: Creating is great, but God’s creation is amazing!
This is from the book Man Does Not Stand Alone by A. Cressy Morrison
The existence of our world and mankind defies all mathematical calculations of chance! This was driven home to me many years ago when I came across an illustration from a noted scientist. As I recall, he was a former president of the New York Academy of Sciences. It went something like this: “Let’s say I have ten pennies and I mark each one with a number (one to ten), then place all ten in your pocket. I would ask you to give your pocket a good shake so the pennies are no longer in any order in your pocket. What chance would I have to reach in and pull out penny number one? One in ten. Let’s say I put the penny back. Then I reach again into your pocket and draw out penny number two.
My chance of doing that would be one in a hundred. Putting the penny back, if I were to reach in and draw out penny number three, my chances would jump to one in a thousand. If I were to continue to do the same thing, in successive order, right up through number nine, do you know what my chance would be by the time I got to the number ten and pulled it out of your pocket? One in ten billion. If I pulled that off you would say, “The game is fixed!” My answer: “You’re right….and so is creation.”
Psalms 121:5-6
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: How did it go?
Me: I was sopping wet from my head to my toe.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
