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\"12-30-15<\/a><\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 What are you doing Prodigal?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Putting away the groceries.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Thank God for money to buy food.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 I always forget to thank Him for the little things sometime.<\/p>\n

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This story is from Breakfast for the Soul compiled by Judith Couchman<\/p>\n

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My husband Louie and I had many questions about asking for daily resources when we began to explore petitionary prayer.\u00a0 We were in seminary, and had turned down a job with a regular paycheck so we could be free to do deputation work for the school.\u00a0 We were doing what we wanted to do, and what we felt God wanted us to do–so we were happy.<\/p>\n

Then one day we had to face the fact that we had hardly any food left…and no money to buy more.\u00a0 Our need was specific, and real–so, putting our questions aside, we decided to take our need to God.\u00a0 I remember how uncomfortable we felt, kneeling and praying together for something as practical and unspiritual as our next meal.\u00a0 But we did it, believing that if God didn’t approve of it, He would somehow let us know.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, during a study break, Louie walked down the hill to our mailbox and brought back a letter from a church we had visited months before.\u00a0 As he opened it and read–“Sorry to be late–thanks, and God bless!”–a check for forty dollars fell to the floor.\u00a0 Forty dollars!\u00a0 We couldn’t have been more thrilled if it had been 400.\u00a0 For it wasn’t just money, it was an answer to a specific asking prayer—and for us, a new understanding of what it meant to pray for our daily bread.<\/p>\n

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Psalm 78:25<\/p>\n

Man did eat angels’ food:\u00a0 he sent them meat to the full.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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