{"id":7635,"date":"2023-02-28T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:07:40","slug":"true-desires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7635","title":{"rendered":"True Desires"},"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\/02\/20191228_112022-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7024\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191228_112022-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191228_112022-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191228_112022-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191228_112022-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191228_112022-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  That youngin&#8217; has more energy than a hare on huntin&#8217; day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Well he is sitting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Let me get my story in then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Wisdom from the Psalms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember thinking, when I first became a Christian, how wonderful prayer would be.  All I would have to do was let God know what I wanted, and He promised that I would have it.  I began searching my life for the true desires of my heart, and was surprised to find that they weren&#8217;t cars, money, or houses, but love, peace of mind, and happiness.  The more I prayed, the more I became aware that the true desires of my heart were the desires of Jesus&#8217; own heart.  They had been there all along, but I had never recognized them before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer is not a way for us to make ourselves wealthy and prosperous.  The Christian&#8217;s mind should be set on higher things.  When we pray to the Lord, always remembering to say, &#8220;Thy will be done,&#8221; we will find the truth of Christ squarely centered in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psalm 37:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.<\/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: That youngin&#8217; has more energy than a hare on huntin&#8217; day. Prodigal: Well he is sitting now. Me: Let me get my story in then. This is from Wisdom from the Psalms I remember thinking, when I first became a Christian, how wonderful prayer would be. 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