Prodigal: My word! It’s been a busy day.
Me: Yes, it has.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 13:25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
but the belly of the wicked suffers want. (ESV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This one is different.
Me: Yes, it is nice
This is from Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measure or far away.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That bread has had a good reputation.
Me: A tasty reputation!
This is from Charles Spurgeon
Do I address any servant of God here who is afraid of losing his reputation? This is not a reason which will stand examination. My brother, that is a fear which does not trouble me. I have lost my reputation several times, and I would not go across the street to pick it up. It is often seemed to me to be a thing that I should like to lose, that I might no longer be pressed with this huge throng, but might preach to two or three hundred people in a country village, and look after their souls, and stand clear at last to God about each one of them; whereas, here I am tied to a work I cannot accomplish–pastor to more than five thousand people! A sheer impossibility! How can I watch over all your souls? I should have an easy conscience if I had a church of moderate size, which I could efficiently look after. If a reputation gets one into the position I now occupy, it certainly is not a blessing to be coveted. But if you have to do anything for Christ which will lose you the respect of good people, and yet you feel bound to do it, never give two thoughts to your reputation; for, if you do, it is already gone into that secret place where you should most of all cherish it. The highest reputation in the world is to be faithful–faithful to your God and your own conscience. As to the approbation of the unconverted multitude, or of wordly professors, do not care the turn of a button for it; it may be deadly heritage. Many a man is more a slave to his admirers than he dreams of: the love of approbation is more a bondage than an inner dungeon would be. If you have done the right thing before God, and are not afraid of His great Judgment Seat, fear nothing, go forward.
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. Luke 7:3 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This is fine as frog’s hair.
Me: I like it too!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: We are enjoying our sweet treats!
Me: I reckon we all need a treat sometimes. I will share some spiritual sweets!
This is from the book Joy in Christ’s Presence by Charles Spurgeon
And when you draw near to Christ and have a sweet season of communion with Him, tell it to your fellow believers. After hearing a sermon, take home spiritual food for those in your family who could not attend church that day. God grant that you may always have something sweet to tell about what you have known of precious truth.
Whoever you may be, though you may be nothing but a poor “somebody,” if you have touched Christ, tell others about it. In this way, they may come and touch Him, too.
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. Ezekiel 23:45 (KJV) |
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Apple season!
Me: Yes, it is
If Jesus is the Bread of Life, loss of Jesus means starving. If Jesus is the Light of the World, loss of Jesus means darkness. If Jesus is the Good Shepherd, loss of Jesus means wandering alone and lost. If Jesus is the resurrection and the life, loss of Jesus is eternal death. And if Jesus is the Lamb of God, sacrificed for our sins, loss of Jesus means paying that price for ourselves.
Rebecca McLaughlin
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Psalm 69:6
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: How God makes things grow is amazing!
Me: Yes, it is!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, and for lack of justice there is a waste.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: The water is so pretty!
Me: Yes, it is.
This is from Plenty for Everyone by Corrie Ten Boom
We do not surrender to the Lord because there is nothing left but Him, rather because it is a great joy to jump into the ocean of God’s love. When an empty bottle is thrown in the ocean it immediately if filled with and surrounded by the water. When Christians surrender to Jesus Christ, they are filled with and surrounded by God’s love, knowing joy unspeakable and full of glory. It means getting progressively more acquainted with Jesus Christ Himself, and what a wonderful Savior He is.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Psalm 69:2 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That is a lot of rain!
Me: Yes, it is
This is from Henry Ward Beecher
There is no such thing as preaching patience into people unless the sermon is so long that they have to practice it while they hear. No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurly burly world and taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying low and riding out the gale.
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. Psalm 69:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: She’s so wet behind the ears, he’s still on strained peas and applesause.
Me: We all have to start somewhere.
This is a video devotion.
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
