Prodigal: We are idle as jackdaws.
Me: It is ok for now to take a break.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I like how that goes together.
Me: Sometimes things just come together.
This is from Lloyd John Ogilvie
Peace is the result of grace. It literally means, “to bind together.” In other words, the peace which comes from unmerited, unearned love can weave and bind our fragmented lives into wholeness. And the civil war of divergent drives, which makes us feel like rubber bands stretched in all directions, is ended. The Lord is in control. He has forgiven the past, He is in charge of now, and shows the way for each new day.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Just praying.
Me: That is a good thing.
This is Gelasian Sacramentary, A.D. 490
O God, the Life of the Faithful, the Bliss of the righteous, mercifully receive the prayers of Thy suppliants, that the souls which thirst for Thy promises may evermore be filled from Thy abundance. Amen.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:2 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Watcha doing?
Prodigal: Idle as jackdaws. Sometimes we need that.
Me: Amen
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 12:26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: What a beautiful sky!
Me: Yes, it is.
This is from G. Macdonald
When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awful loving-kindness.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.come
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: You’re as pert as a cricket.
Me: It’s the new fabric with the design. I am excited about it.
Prodigal: I think it will be beautiful.
This is from the book How Can I find You, God by Marjorie Holms
I try to remember this when I question why you didn’t lead me to it long before….For everything there is a time and a season…..I probably would have resisted, shrugged, tossed it aside, or thrown up blocks that kept me from comprehending.
No, back of everything is a cause is a cause is a cause, all in a complex yet logical web of wisdom that I recognize finally as the hand of my personal God.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that , when we shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: That fits you like bee to a clover.
Prodigal: Thank you!
This is a short video devotion.
Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Your lookin’ good!
Prodigal: With those words, might get stuck on m’self.
Me: Let’s share about God then.
This is from the book Imaginations: More Than You Think by James P. Gills, M.D.
May each of us be lovers of God! May the Spirit quicken us, so that we have hope and belief in all the promises of God, and may His Word become real within our lives. Let us cry out and seek an intimate relationship with Him, so that He is with us, He is in us, and He is seen through us!
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I have been busy with the cotton.
Me: I will share with you while you work.
This is from the book Finding Peace for Your Heart by Stormie Omartian
Twenty Reasons to Fast
To purify and cleanse the spirit, soul, and body.
To receive divine guidance and revelation.
To seek God’s face and have a closer walk with Him.
To hear God better and to understand His will more fully.
To invite God’s power to flow through you more mightily.
To establish a position of spiritual strength and dominion.
To break any bondage that is on you.
To receive clarity of mind.
To be free of evil or debilitating thoughts.
To break through depression.
To weaken the power of the devil in your life.
To stabilize you when life seems out of control.
To be strengthened in your body and soul.
To break the lusting of the flesh after anything.
To discover gifts God has placed in you.
To be released from heavy burdens.
To establish a clean heart and right spirit within you.
To be set free from negative emotions.
To find healing.
To gain strength for what you don’t have the ability to do.
Psalms 30:2
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: The Lord is Good!
Me: Amen!
This is a short video devotion from Proverbs
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
