{"id":9875,"date":"2026-02-01T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:58:22","slug":"lord-take-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9875","title":{"rendered":"Lord, Take Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9325\" width=\"586\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211226_105906-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Now that beats all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Yes, it does, but don&#8217;t let the devil get a foothold.<\/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\">Before I entered the pulpit the other Sabbath morning, the dear deacons and elders of my church gathered around me for prayer.  One of them said, &#8220;Lord, take him as a man takes a tool in his hand when he gets a firm hold of it and then uses it to work his own will with it.&#8221;  That is what all workers need:  that God may work through them.  You are to be instruments in the hands of God, while you actively put forth all the faculties and forces that the Lord has lent to you.  Yet never depend upon your personal power, but rest alone upon the sacred, mysterious, divine energy that works in us, by us, and with us on the hearts and minds of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 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