{"id":7388,"date":"2022-10-04T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2022-10-02T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T15:39:26","slug":"facing-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7388","title":{"rendered":"Facing Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7069\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20191228_165239-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I would love to sit and jaw with you, but I got to be moving on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  One more think before you go, and this might help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:I reckon I can give you a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book David:  A Man of Passion &amp; Destiny by Charles Swindoll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So often, when facing our giants, we forget what we ought to remember and we remember what we ought to forget.  We remember our defeats and we forget the victories.  Most of us can recite the failures of our lives in vivid detail, but we&#8217;re hard-pressed to name the specific, remarkable victories God has pulled off in our past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Focus on the victories you have had with the Lord in the past.  That will help your faith during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippians 2:1-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.  Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.  Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.<\/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>Prodigal: I would love to sit and jaw with you, but I got to be moving on. Me: One more think before you go, and this might help. Prodigal:I reckon I can give you a second. 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