{"id":5977,"date":"2021-07-25T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T14:52:22","slug":"praying-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5977","title":{"rendered":"Praying for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20181117_132258-e1557860960170-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5590\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20181117_132258-e1557860960170-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20181117_132258-e1557860960170-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prodigal:  Your looking a mite skinny, so I will cook while you share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me:  I think I got the good end of the stick on that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is from the book The Quest for Character by Charles Swindoll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no more significant involvement in another&#8217;s life than prevailing consistent prayer.  It is more helpful than a gift of money, more encouraging than a strong sermon, more effective than a compliment, more reassuring than a physical embrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need your prayer today.  Just a quick prayer that I will continue to follow the Lord.  At times the enemy of God would like us all to doubt.  That enemy would like us to become distracted.  Prayer helps ourselves and helps others to fight in this battle.  So as I continue today,  I need a prayer from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalms 27:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: Your looking a mite skinny, so I will cook while you share. Me: I think I got the good end of the stick on that one. 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