August 2019 - Page 3 of 3 - The Prodigal Pig

Me: Looks like some kind of factory.

Prodigal: I am not sure what is inside but, the art work on the outside is pretty!

Me: Well I know of another kind of factory.

This is from the book A Praying Life by Paul Miller

Your heart can become a prayer factory because, like Jesus, you are completely dependent. You needed God ten minutes ago, you need him now. Instead of hunting for the perfect spiritual state to lift you above the chaos, pray in the chaos. As your heart or your circumstances generate problems, keep generating prayer. You will find that the chaos lessens.

Time with God in prayer is time well spent and, it can be done anywhere at anytime. You can even have your eyes open during prayer!

Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name.

Jeremiah 33:2

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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Me: Howdy!

Prodigal: I just finished listening to some hymns.

Me: Which one?

Prodigal: I need thee every hour.

Me: Let me share some background.

This is from the book Great Women of the Christian Faith by Edith Deen

Annie S. Hawks, who wrote “I Need Thee Every Hour” In 1872. She was born in upstate New York, and resided for many years in Brooklyn, but the facts of her life are obscure.

It is easy to bring pride in the picture and want to be known. You want to be known as helping other Christians. Today, God wants to bring you another message. This is about serving and people don’t really know. It is about doing without thousands understanding what you are doing. We serve and God gets the credit. That is our focus.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.

John 16:13