{"id":598,"date":"2015-06-07T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T18:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2015-06-05T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T14:32:33","slug":"we-are-a-people-of-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"We Are A People Of Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-043-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"05-03-15 043\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-043-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-043-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 Howdy Prodigal, who is your friend?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 This is Mr. Soldier and he is a great friend to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 How is he a great friend?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 Well when ever I need to go someplace that might be dangerous for me, he comes along for my protection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 That is a blessing and I think we all need friends like that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Discerning the Right Decision by Gaspar Anastasi he talks about our friendships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Divinely appointed relationships are also a place of protection.\u00a0 Personally, I&#8217;m going to have anointed men and women of God whom I trust around me, people who can hear God and bear witness with my spirit before I make a major move.\u00a0 A lot of people are afraid of accountability, but God has made us people of relationship for a reason.\u00a0 I need the gift that&#8217;s in you and you need the gift that is in me.\u00a0 Maybe at the moment, my emotions are too wrapped up in the problem for me to hear from God clearly.\u00a0 I need you to help me cut through Satan&#8217;s snares and entanglements and make a right decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I look back over these past five years and I see my divinely appointed relationships.\u00a0 How amazing it was that I met each one of you.\u00a0 How amazing it was that we took time to know each other.\u00a0 I have laughed with you.\u00a0 You have seen me with sorrow.\u00a0 You have seen me in the valley.\u00a0 You have seen me on the mountain top with God&#8217;s glory.\u00a0 You encouraged me, you supported me and you helped me grow.\u00a0 You were my place of protection.<\/p>\n<p>How grateful\u00a0I am to God for my divinely appointed relationships!\u00a0 The journey would not have been as wonderful without you.\u00a0 I want you to know the love I have for you.\u00a0 You are valued in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Job 16:20<\/p>\n<p>My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pout out tears to God<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Me:\u00a0 Howdy Prodigal, who is your friend? &nbsp; Prodigal:\u00a0 This is Mr. Soldier and he is a great friend to me. &nbsp; Me:\u00a0 How is he a great friend? &nbsp; Prodigal:\u00a0 Well when ever I need to go someplace that might be dangerous for me, he comes along for my protection. &nbsp; Me:\u00a0 That &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=598\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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