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
Prodigal: Carrying this is abuse.
Me: I don’t think so…….
This is from The Strong Family by Charles Swindoll
Since ours is a day of extremism, it is necessary to clarify a few distinctions for there to be complete understanding. First there is a distinction between abuse and discipline.
ABUSE DISCIPLINE
Unfair and unexpected Fair and expected
Degrading and demoralizing Upholds dignity
Extreme–too harsh, brutal Balanced–within limits
Torturous–leaves scars Painful–but leaves no scars
Results from hatred and resentment Prompted by love and concern
Creates terror, emotional damage, Leads to healthy respect of and
and resentment of authority for authority
Destroys self-esteem; leads to horrifying, Strengthens self-esteem; leads to the
damage and the inability, later in life, to individual’s ability to later discipline himself.
maintain responsibilities.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I got some wisdom for you.
Prodigal: I’m all ears.
Me: Make sure you taste your words before you spit them out.
This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon
It is not our way of putting the Gospel, or even our method of illustrating it, that wins souls, but the Gospel itself does the work in the hands of the Holy Spirit. We must look to Him for the thorough conversion of men. A miracle is to be worked, by which our hearers will become the products of the mighty power that God worked in “Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power” (Ephesians 1:20-21). For this glorious power, we must look outside of ourselves to the living God, must we not? We desire thorough conversion, and therefore we must rely upon the power of the Holy Spirit. If it is a miracle, God must work it, that is clear. It is not accomplished by our reasoning, persuasion, or warning. I can come only from the Lord.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. Jeremiah 50:22
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I’m starved as a barn cat.
Me: Let’s finish the game first.
This is a short video devotion on proverbs.
Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I still have a ways to go.
Me: One step at a time.
This is from the book God’s Psychiatry by Charles L. Allen
There is a good story of four men who climbed a mountain. The first complained that his feet hurt. The second had a greedy eye and kept wishing for each house and farm he could see. The third saw clouds and was worried for fear that it might rain. But the fourth fixed his eyes on the marvelous view. In looking away from himself and from the valley below, the little worries which made the others so unhappy were unnoticed.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Isaiah 31:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That one has a keen mind.
Me: Yes, Mam, she does.
This is from Imagine Heaven by John Burke
The intimacy of love God has for us is hard to comprehend. The only comparison comes by analogy-the connection we feel with a best friend, the oneness we want with a spouse, our tender love and desire for our children–and yet there’s an intimacy that we seek with each other that always eludes us. We can never be as close, as intimate, or as one with another person as our souls crave. That’s because the oneness we crave will only be found when we are united by God with God.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. Acts 9:19 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That’s fine as frog hair.
Me: I agree!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:11 Honest weights and scales are the LORD’s, All the weights in the bag are His work. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Mighty big of you to come with me.
Me: I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This is from the book The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience by Jeremy Pierre
Faith is the means by which the gospel is received; thus, faith is at the center of heart transformation. God designed people from the very beginning to base their entire experience on what he says about them and their world. People ought to interpret the world as God interprets it, value the objects he values, commit to what he says is worthy of commitment. But because sin has corrupted people’s hearts, they are unable to believe God’s words on their own. Only the Holy Spirit can give the gift of faith and thus the power to change, and he does so through Scripture as the Word of God. Faith is how God restores his design for the human heart so that people can commune with him and reflect his character. This is true both for initial conversion as well as ongoing union with Christ.
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. Joshua 24:8 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Look at what I did today!
Prodigal: Your as smart as a whip!
This is from Antoinette Goetschius
When I am sore beset, I seek some quiet place,
Some lonely room or barren windswept hill,
And there in silence wait apart until
I see again the smile upon God’s face,
Until His presence floods me like the dawn,
And I can hear His whispered, “Peace be still,”
And know again the strength to His will.
I turn to take my load and find it gone.
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Isaiah 7:11 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Who is gonna win?
Me: God!
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
