{"id":9873,"date":"2026-01-06T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9873"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:28:41","slug":"miraculous-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9873","title":{"rendered":"Miraculous Method"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9109\" width=\"508\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_081648-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Watcha doin&#8217;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Just killin&#8217; time.<\/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 The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ours is the miraculous method that comes of the endowment of the Spirit of God, who chooses His ministers to perform wonders in the name of the holy Christ Jesus.  We are sent to say to blind eyes, &#8220;See,&#8221; to deaf ears, &#8220;Hear,&#8221;  to dead hearts, &#8220;Live,&#8221; and even to Lazarus rotting in that grave, &#8220;Lazarus, come forth&#8221; (John 11:43).  Dare we do this?  We will be wise to begin with the conviction that we are utterly powerless for this unless our Master has sent us and is with us  But if He who sent us is with us, &#8220;all things are possible to him that believeth&#8221; (Mark 9:23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are about to stand up to see what you can do, it will be wise of you to sit down quickly; but if you stand up to prove what the Almighty can do through you, then infinite possibilities lie around you!  There are no bounds to what God can accomplish if He works by your heart and voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Job 12:3 (KJV)<\/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: Watcha doin&#8217;? Prodigal: Just killin&#8217; time. This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon Ours is the miraculous method that comes of the endowment of the Spirit of God, who chooses His ministers to perform wonders in the name of the holy Christ Jesus. 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