{"id":4399,"date":"2020-01-03T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2019-12-19T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T14:45:57","slug":"courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=4399","title":{"rendered":"Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180303_121016-e1536689874754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3971 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180303_121016-e1536689874754-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180303_121016-e1536689874754-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180303_121016-e1536689874754-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180303_121016-e1536689874754-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:&nbsp; Sometimes I am not sure if I can handle all that the Lord has given me this day.<\/p>\n<p>Me:&nbsp; Just pray and attempt small steps and not big.<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:&nbsp; Yes, I agree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is from the book God Will Make A Way<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Felicitas was a noble, rich widow in Rome during the rule of Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; She had seven sons, each of whom had accepted Jesus as his personal Savior.&nbsp; When Publius, the prefect of Rome, threatened Felicitas and her sons with death unless they worshipped false gods and denied Jesus, Felicitas replied that her sons knew how to choose between everlasting life and everlasting death.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, the sons were brought before Publius, who demanded that they denounce their faith in Jesus Christ.&nbsp; Even as these demands were made, Felicitas encouraged her sons to stand firm and she reminded them of the everlasting and great reward that awaited them should they be killed.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, they were executed, The eldest was scourged with studded leather thongs until he died.&nbsp; The next two were beaten to death with clubs.&nbsp; The fourth was flung from a cliff.&nbsp; The last three were decapitated.&nbsp; When the last of her sons had died, Felicitas praised God that He had given her seven sons whom He counted worthy to be among the saints in paradise and martyrs for His cause on the earth.&nbsp; Then, after prolonged and excruciating torture, she herself was beheaded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>John 3:13<\/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; Prodigal:&nbsp; Sometimes I am not sure if I can handle all that the Lord has given me this day. 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