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Prodigal:\u00a0 Will you buy this selfie stick for me!\u00a0\u00a0 I really really want it!<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Why don’t you buy it?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 It would be best if you buy it for me!<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Sounds like your itchin’ for something you won’t scratch for.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book by Slaying the Giants in your Life by David Jeremiah<\/p>\n

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This is a truth I come to see with more clarity each passing year.\u00a0 We worry so much about appearances; God worries so little about them.\u00a0 This is another subject Jesus returned to constantly:\u00a0 the superficiality of the surface; the seriousness of the heart.\u00a0 We’re all wrapped up in pubic perception, but God’s steady gaze never wavers from the heart.\u00a0 God loves us most deeply when we drop the pretenses, forget our all-important facades, and come to Him not like the proud Pharisee but like the trembling tax collector:\u00a0 “Lord have mercy on me, a sinner!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If no one gives you applause. If no one thanks you in a crowd.\u00a0 If no one sees the effort that went behind the service.\u00a0 Then you are most blessed.\u00a0 God has seen the heart and the reward will not be the approval of the people around you but the approve of the King Himself!<\/p>\n

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1 Samuel 3:19<\/p>\n

And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.<\/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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