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Wait

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Prodigal: This project is going to hell in a hand basket.

Me: You might have to start some things over.

Prodigal: That is going to take some time.

Me: Sometimes we have to be patient.

This is from the book When God Says Wait by Elizabeth Laing Thompson

When God says, “Wait,” He doesn’t tell us for how long

When God says, “Wait,” We face one of life’s greatest tests.

When God says, “Wait,” We have decisions to make.

When God says, “Wait,” We can control only two things: how we wait, and who we become along the way.

Wait on God, and you will not be disappointed.

Exodus 15:1

I will sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: The smell of summer.

Me: Yes, very refreshing.

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

T’was

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Prodigal: That bell pepper looks good!

Me: The last one was good!

This is from Anna Shipton

Say not, “Twas all in vain,

The anguish and the darkness and the strife;

Love thrown upon the waters comes again

In quenchless yearnings for a nobler life.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 1 Timothy 6:3 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodialpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

The Heart

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Prodigal: I’m just sittin’ a spell.

Me: I’m with you.

This is from I. Williams

The heart that trusts forever sings,

and feels as light as it had wings,

A well of peace within in springs–

Come good or ill,

Whatever to-day, to-morrow brings,

It is His will.

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. Matthew 9:12 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: About to eat.

Me: Let’s watch this first.

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

To Be Saved

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Prodigal: Just thinking today.

Me: What about?

This is from the book The Soul Winner by C.H. Spurgeon

I ask you what was there in Paul, by the grace of God, that may not be in you? What did Jesus do for Paul more than He has done for you? He was divinely changed; so have you been changed if you have passed from darkness into marvelous light. He had much forgiven him; so have you also been freely pardoned. He was redeemed by the blood of the Son of God; so have you been–at least so you profess. He was filled with the Spirit of God; so are you, if you are truly such as your profession of Christianity makes you out to be.

Owing your salvation to Christ, being debtors to the precious blood of Jesus, and being quickened by the Holy Spirit, why should you not bear the same fruit from the same sowing? Why not the same effect from the same cause? Do not tell me that the apostle was an exception and cannot be set up as a rule or model for more common folk, for I will have to tell you that we must be as Paul was if we hope to be where Paul is.

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Acts 13:34 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Just Suppose

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Prodigal: Now if that don’t beat all.

Me: What?

Prodigal: Just what I heard.

This is from God’s Psychiatry by Charles L. Allen

Just suppose that here was only one real believer on earth and that during an entire year this one believer made one convert. Then there would be two. Suppose that during the next year these two made one convert a piece, then there would be four. Suppose that the next year these four made one convert a piece, then there would be eight. Suppose that they kept that pace of each winning one every year, how long would it take to convert every person in the entire world?

It has now been two thousand years since our Lord was on earth, Has that been enough time? Actually, there has been time enough, with just one wining one other per year, to convert sixty-five worlds like this. Starting with just one and doubling each year, at end of just thirty-one years there would be 2,147,483,648 souls filled with God’s righteousness. The next year they could convert another world the size of this one.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Ecclesiastes 6:1 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodialpig.com

www.faithincounsleling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

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Prodigal: Time for a peach!

Me: Sounds yummy.

This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

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Proverbs 11:9

The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Prayer

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Prodigal: It is time to pray.

Me: Yes, and today we need to pray for our nation.

God of our fathers in Whom we trust and by Whose guidance and grace this nation was born, bless the Senators of these United States at this important time in history and give them all things needful to the faithful discharge of their responsibilities.

We pray especially today for our President, and also for him who will preside over this chamber.

Give to them good health for the physical strains of their office, good judgement for the decisions they must make, wisdom beyond their own, and clear understanding for the problems of this difficult hour.

We thank Thee for their humble reliance upon Thee. May they go often to the throne of grace as we commend them both to Thy loving care and Thy guiding hand.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Solitude

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Prodigal: Out here by myself today.

Me: Solitude it a good thing, it can help you be with God.

This is from the book Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard, Phil Hodges and Phyllis Hendry

Solitude is truly countercultural and therefore a challenging behavior to adopt. Furthermore, solitude draws us into the very place so many of our activities seem designed to help us escape: being truly alone with God and without an agenda. It is a rare and often unsettling feeling to stop doing and just be. Yet as strange as it feels to actively seek opportunities to “cease striving” (Psalm 46:10 NASB), the result of doing so consistently can be life changing. We can find clarity in the silence.

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org