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Me:\u00a0 Gathering around the ole fireplace.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Yes, we are!<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Well then let me share about faith so we can use it today.<\/p>\n

This is from the book\u00a0 Believe and Rejoice by James P. Gills, M.D.<\/p>\n

That is the essence of abandoned faith to the Lord: giving everything wholeheartedly to Him–every worry, concern, desire, and goal.\u00a0 It is a faith that is not just in our minds; it is a faith that believes all the promises of God.\u00a0 We must have a total abandonment spiritually, totally trusting in the Lord.\u00a0 The joy in our hearts that comes from abandonment to Him keeps us from worrying about the cares of the day, the politics of the day, and the cynicism of the day.\u00a0 It lets us be concerned only about being totally abandoned and surrendered to the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is when you can do no more.\u00a0 You have tried with your own wisdom everything and nothing has changed, then you are tempted to despair.\u00a0 No, now is the time for the Lord to work!\u00a0 We surrender and we trust.\u00a0 We trust and not worry because the Lord will give us faith and then He will act.<\/p>\n

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 53:6<\/p>\n

Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

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

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

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