Prodigal: That is as old as the hills.
Me: Yes, it is.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold: and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I might get a notion to stay here awhile.
Me: I might just join you.
This is from Anna Warner
Now, Lord, what wait I for?
On Thee alone
My hope is all rested–
Lord, seal me Thine own!
Only Thine own to be,
Only to love to Thee.
Thine, with each day begun,
Thine, with each set of sun,
Thine, till my work is done.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: Job 5:10 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Busy as a bee today.
Prodigal: It is one of those days.
This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon
Now, you who witness for Christ are often bamboozled. The devil’s lawyers are sure to come to you. He has a great number of them constantly retained in his service. The one thing you have to do is to bear witness to the truth. If you inquire in your own mind, “How can I answer this man cleverly, so as to get a victory over him?” you will not be wise. A witty answer is often a very proper thing. At the same time, a gracious answer is better. Say to yourself: “It does no matter whether that man proves me to be a fool or not, for I already know that I am. I am content to be thought a fool for Christ’s sake and not to care about my reputation. I have to bear witness to what I know, and by the help of God, I will do so boldly. If the interrupter questions me about other things, I will tell him that I do not come to bear witness about other matters. I will speak to only one point, and to no other.”
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. Hebrews 7:19 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I have a hankering for some peanuts.
Me: Sounds amazing!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:15 In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain. (ESV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I have been working.
Prodigal: I can see that.
This is from the book Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
Believer! study the humility of Jesus. This is the secret, the hidden root of thy redemption. Sink down into it deeper day by day. Believe with thy whole heart that this Christ, whom God has given thee, even as His divine humility wrought the work for thee, will enter in to dwell and work within thee too, and make thee what the Father would have thee be.
And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. (Luke 4:43 ) KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Time to start the day with some good ole breakfast.
Me: I agree.
This is from source unknown
It’s not always the red-flag crisis days that are hardest to take. It’s the “oatmeal days.” The ordinary, “zero” days of little or no consequence. The ho-hum days filled with nothing of any particular interest. Colorless. Uninteresting. Unfascinating. Unspectacular. And unfun. The days everyone deals with.
We cope. We wend our way through the tangle of tedious activity and sandpaper people scattered through our day and get no applause, because coping is expected.
Not so during the red-flag crisis times. People tend to rally behind us with loving support. We’re lifted above the crisis and enabled beyond human comprehension at times.
On oatmeal days, after a crisis has peaked, it may seem as if friends have forsaken us, as if God doesn’t care. But the reality will be that life has merely pushed us and our friends one step further in the Christian growth walk.
The God of the crisis times is the God of the oatmeal days, too. Because He said He is. Because He keeps His promises–always. Because we can’t get along without Him. And because we wouldn’t want to if we could.
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. 2 Chronicles 33:13 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodialpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Now, don’t go stirring a hornets nest.
Me: I wont.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I want you to remember something today.
Prodigal: Am all ears.
Me: God never tires of forgiving, but we often tire of seeking his mercy.
This is from the book No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human and visible means, nor rests in any visible end. He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Romans 11:19 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Now that beats all, that get up.
Prodigal: I like it though!
Me: I agree!
This is from the book Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life by Kenneth Haugk
If I am a diligent watcher, if I have spoken and concretely demonstrated the love of God to another, and if in spite of all that, the other will not receive the love of God, then I have done all I can. I have communicated God’s love, and good evangelism has taken place. The criterion for good evangelism is my communicating God’s love as best I can, regardless of whether the other person receives it.
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Eating out.
Me: I do once in a blue moon.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
