{"id":13915,"date":"2026-02-19T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=13915"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:40:11","slug":"the-conditions-of-spiritual-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=13915","title":{"rendered":"The Conditions of Spiritual Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20241224_175616-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prodigal:  This truck has some power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me:  I know of some other type of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is from Walking in the Spirit by A.B. Simpson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the prime condition ever is that we ourselves are walking in holiness and obedience, and pleasing the Holy Spirit for our own life.  We cannot expect to impart to others what we do not possess ourselves.  There is nothing tells on human souls like reality, and men instinctively know whether we have experienced what we teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.  (Isa 40:31) KJV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: This truck has some power. Me: I know of some other type of power. This is from Walking in the Spirit by A.B. 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