{"id":3492,"date":"2018-10-01T08:50:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2018-10-01T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T12:54:46","slug":"father-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=3492","title":{"rendered":"Father of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170310_112914-e1504915428519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170310_112914-e1504915428519-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170310_112914-e1504915428519-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170310_112914-e1504915428519-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170310_112914-e1504915428519-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 I think you should try one of those burgers with donuts and everything on it.<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 I&#8217;d just as soon bite a beetle.<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 Haha, I will not force you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is from the book\u00a0 The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is nothing good, nothing holy, nothing beautiful, nothing joyous which He is not to His servants.\u00a0 No one need be poor, because, if he chooses, he can have Jesus for his own property and possession.\u00a0 No one need be downcast, for Jesus is the joy of heaven, and it is His joy to enter into sorrowful hearts.\u00a0 We can exaggerate about many things; but we can never exaggerate our obligation to Jesus, or the compassionate abundance of the love of Jesus to us all.\u00a0 All our lives long we might talk of Jesus, and yet we should never come to an end of the sweet things that might be said of Him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t you come with me and spend all our long lives speaking of Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 John 1:3<\/p>\n<p>Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father&#8217;s son, in truth and love.<\/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 I think you should try one of those burgers with donuts and everything on it. Prodigal:\u00a0 I&#8217;d just as soon bite a beetle. Me:\u00a0 Haha, I will not force you. &nbsp; This is from the book\u00a0 The Pursuit of God by A. W. 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