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Me:\u00a0 How is Alyson?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 She’s thinner than store-bought thread.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Don’t be jealous of her though.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 I will try not to be.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book\u00a0 Slaying the Giants in your Life by David Jeremiah<\/p>\n

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The city of London had both F.B. Meyer and Charles Haddon Spurgeon, two living legends.\u00a0 London was barely big enough for the two of them.\u00a0 But then in 1904 the great preacher G. Campbell Morgan came to town.\u00a0 Morgan was a world-class Bible expositor, and all of London was buzzing with his arrival.<\/p>\n

“It was easy,” said Meyer, “to pray for the success of G. Campbell Morgan when he was in America.\u00a0 But when he came back to England and took a church near to mine, it was something different.\u00a0 The old Adam in me was inclined to jealousy, but I got my heel upon his head, and whether I felt right toward my friend, I determined to act right.”\u00a0 Meyer began to pray for his pulpit rival, day and night, even as he worried about losing members to the hot new preacher in town.<\/p>\n

F.B. Meyer later explained, “My church gave a reception for Morgan, and I acknowledged that if it was not necessary for me to preach Sunday evenings I would dearly love to go and hear him myself.\u00a0 Well, that made me feel right toward him.\u00a0 But just see how the dear Lord helped me out of my difficulty.\u00a0 There was Charles Spurgeon preaching wonderfully on the other side of me.\u00a0 He and Mr. Morgan were so popular, and drew such crowds, that our church caught the overflow, and we had all we could accommodate.<\/p>\n

God not only rewards us when we pray for our enemies and (as Meyer did) act upon the feelings we intend to have, He often brings miracles about in our lives.\u00a0 The weed of jealousy is deep and firmly entrenched, but if you want to drive it out quickly, simply do this:\u00a0 Pray for the person you envy.\u00a0 Pray for him daily.\u00a0 Pray for him even if your teeth and fists are clenched.\u00a0 See if God doesn’t honor your faith and change your heart.<\/p>\n

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Proverbs 12:20<\/p>\n

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.<\/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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