{"id":2042,"date":"2016-12-20T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2016-08-20T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T15:37:35","slug":"training-to-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2042","title":{"rendered":"Training to Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-30-15-183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-30-15-183-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"12-30-15 183\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-30-15-183-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-30-15-183-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 Howdy!<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 Shh!\u00a0 The baby is sleeping.\u00a0 I was just watching how precious he is.<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 We must not disturb the baby.\u00a0 Lets go to the other room.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today we share from Great Women of the Christian Faith by Edith Deen<\/p>\n<p>This is from a letter that Susanna Wesley sent to her son.\u00a0 She is the mother of John Wesley<\/p>\n<p>Consider well what a separation from the world, what purity, what devotion, what exemplary virtue, are required in those who are to guide others to glory&#8230;I would advise you to arrange your affairs by a certain method, by which means you will learn to improve every precious moment&#8230;Begin and end the day with Him who is the Alpha and Omega, and if you really experience what it is to love God, you will redeem all the time you can for His more immediate service.<\/p>\n<p>Endeavor to act upon principle and do not live like the rest of mankind, who past through the world like straws upon a river, which are carried which way the stream or wind drive them&#8230;Get as deep an impression on your mind as is possible of the constant presence of the great and holy God.\u00a0 He is about our beds and about our paths and spies out all our ways.\u00a0 Whenever you are tempted to the commission of any sin, or the omission of any duty, pause and say to yourself &#8220;What am I about to do?\u00a0 God sees me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 23:1<\/p>\n<p>The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Me:\u00a0 Howdy! 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