{"id":5648,"date":"2021-03-13T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T12:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5648"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:30:20","slug":"hymn-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5648","title":{"rendered":"Hymn Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5463\" width=\"344\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_111441-e1556306182162-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  How is the gardening going?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I just singing a long and the day flies by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Maybe this will help<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Sunrays of Help by Dr. Albert Garner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Sweet Hour of Prayer&#8221; and are content with 5-10 minutes daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Onward Christian Soldiers&#8221; and wait to be drafted into His service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing&#8221; and don&#8217;t use the one we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;There Shall be Showers of Blessings&#8221; but do not come out when it rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Blest be the Tie That Binds&#8221; and let the least little offense sever it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Serve the Lord with Gladness&#8221; and gripe about all we have to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;I Love to Tell the Story&#8221; and never mention it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;We&#8217;re Marching to Zion&#8221; but fail to march to Worship or Sunday School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Cast All Your Cares on the Lord&#8221; and worry ourselves into a nervous breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;The Whole Wide World for Jesus&#8221; and never invite our next-door neighbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;O Day of Rest and Gladness&#8221; and wear ourselves out traveling, cutting grass or playing golf on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sing &#8220;Throw Out the Life-Line&#8221; and content ourselves with throwing out a fishing line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be ye steadfast unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.  Let us put away our inconsistent living, go all out for the Lord every day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Corinthians 15:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: How is the gardening going? Prodigal: I just singing a long and the day flies by. Me: Maybe this will help This is from Sunrays of Help by Dr. Albert Garner We sing &#8220;Sweet Hour of Prayer&#8221; and are content with 5-10 minutes daily. 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