Prodigal: The stars look great!
Me: Yes, they took some time, but were worth it.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 6:13
He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: You are looking fine as a daisy!
Prodigal: Well, thank you!
Me: I am trying my best.
This is from the book The Power of A Woman’s Words by Sharon Jaynes
It is easy to laugh at men’s ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man or woman who speaks such a word.
It is almost over. Then another plan will start, it will have its own challenges. God will grow you in new ways. The Lord has been preparing you for this time. Do not worry. You are with the Lord and the Lord is with you. The Lord loves you and you will not fail.
Revelation 4:11
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I have been waiting for you.
Prodigal: What is on your mind?
Me: I have some questions for you.
Personal accountability is invaluable. Recently, I was encouraged to hear about a minister who meets once a week with a small group of men. They are committed to one another’s purity. They pray with and for each other. They talk openly and honestly about their struggles, weakness, temptations, and trials. In addition to these general things, they look one another in the eye as they ask and answer no less than seven specific questions:
The Bride by Charles Swindoll
Exodus 20:12
Honor our father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: The Lord brings the increase!
Me: Amen, thank you for all Lord.
This is a short video devotion on proverbs
Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth;
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Only water today.
Me: Why?
Prodigal: I am fasting.
Me; Let me encourage you in your fast.
This is from the book Finding Peace for Your Heart by Stormie Omartian
God designed fasting to bring us into a deeper knowledge of Him, to release the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives, and to bring us to greater health and wholeness. Fasting blesses every area of our mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional lives. It breaks down strongholds that we are not even aware the enemy has erected against us. In fact, the Bible says certain spirits can be broken only through fasting. When Jesus’ disciples asked why evil spirits din’t submit to them, He replied, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting” (Mark 9:29). Fasting is like getting a holy oiling so the devil can’t hold on to you.
Participating in a fast soon would be a good idea. It is time to spend goo time with the Lord and also work on the spiritual.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates the body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Sometimes we need to be reminded of what the Lord says is true.
Prodigal: Yes, there are so many different ideas of what will help.
Me: You can never go wrong with the direction the Lord will take you.
This is from the book Jonathan Edwards: Men of Faith by David J. Vaughan
Edwards understood that to be effective in the pulpit he needed to do more than simply master the mechanics of sermon preparation and the techniques of preaching. He also needed something beyond his solid knowledge of the Bible. What Edwards sought in private was communion with God. If he was going to preach effectively–with power– then he needed the touch of God. Not content to utter speculative truth alone, he strove to acquire a personal and experiential knowledge of the doctrines he proclaimed. He grasped the simple but profound fact that his inner life was interwoven with his outer work. Ministers should “earnestly seek after much of the spiritual knowledge of Christ, and that they may live in the clear views of his glory….Ministers should be much in seeking God, and conversing with him by prayer, who is the fountain of light and love.
Minister’s heart should be in the right place and pride should be forced away by understanding that God has given us everything. God is the one to be worshiped and not God’s servants.
Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodialpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
