{"id":2258,"date":"2017-03-11T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2017-03-01T22:55:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T22:55:45","slug":"a-sense-of-dependence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2258","title":{"rendered":"A Sense of Dependence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160621_210056-e1479951094133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160621_210056-e1479951094133-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160621_210056\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160621_210056-e1479951094133-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160621_210056-e1479951094133-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 Nice bow tie Prodigal!<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 Thanks!\u00a0 I wanted to look nice today.<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 Well I would have to say that you look very nice.<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 What do you have that is encouraging today?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This comes from the book Charles Spurgeon\u00a0 Joy in Christ&#8217;s Presence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet fellowship with Christ remains when you maintain a sense of your entire dependence upon His good will and pleasure for the continuance of your richest enjoyments.\u00a0 Never try to live on the old manna or to seek help in Egypt.\u00a0 All must come from Jesus, or you are forever ruined.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We must stay forever aware that there will be whispers in our ear telling us that the manna will last and we should tried to horde what we know only God can provide us with daily.\u00a0 There will also be the softest direction to turn back into our bondage that we left in Egypt because it looks safe and secure.\u00a0 We must fight this with our dependence on Christ and realize that this is what will give us joy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah 10:3<\/p>\n<p>What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar?\u00a0 To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Me:\u00a0 Nice bow tie Prodigal! 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Prodigal:\u00a0 What do you have that is encouraging today? &nbsp; This comes from the book Charles Spurgeon\u00a0 Joy in Christ&#8217;s Presence &nbsp; Sweet fellowship with Christ remains when you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2258\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Sense of Dependence - The Prodigal Pig<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=2258\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Sense of Dependence - The Prodigal Pig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Me:\u00a0 Nice bow tie Prodigal! 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