Scoffing

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: Sometimes we need to start out the day with a song to the Lord.

Me: Yes, Jesus paid it all and all to Him I owe!

Prodigal: I will sing that one with you.

This is from the book Vocabulary of Faith by Hampton Adams

Do not be hindered by those who scoff if you are about to adventure in this faith. There are plenty of people who scoff at love, but there are plenty more who are not affected by their scoffing because they know the strength and inspiration and peace of a love that has filled their days.

To capture the love of God and you spirit is filled with the faith that He does love you. To start your day and end your day knowing that this love has not changed. How would that change how you interacted with others. How would that change how you view yourself?

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: Your speakin’ truth now.

Me: Amen, Amen.

This is a short video devotion.

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Proverbs 7:3

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. (ESV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Jennifer Van Allen

The Lamb of God

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: I’m plum tired after all that work.

Me: Take a breather and we can talk about Christ.

This is from the book Exceeding Gratitude for the Creator’s Plan by James P. Gills, M.D.

Martin Luther declared: Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.” Those who do not “choose” to receive the imputation of Christ’s righteousness by faith in Him alone find themselves “trying harder” to live a Christian life–and failing miserably.

We are not meant to try and be perfect. Christ is already perfect for us.

Psalms 91:1-2

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

People Need Each Other

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: Looks like you got some fine friends there.

Prodigal: I sure do!

This is from the book How Can I Find You, God? by Majorie Holmes

People need each other so much, God. We need you, but we need each other, too. In a very human sense we need each other.

You don’t want us to be lonely, you give us people, many people (too many sometimes!). And out of the many you lead us to the few, the precious few we can really talk to.

And as we talk about things that really matter–troubles, hopes, confidences, things we wouldn’t dare share with anyone else–we go deeper. With a friend like this, who loves and understand us, we begin to talk about like and its meaning.

We talk about you.

Sometimes we discover you together. Two children groping, stumbling upon exciting aspects of your nature we couldn’t have found alone. And we look at each other amazed and marveling.

Or one of us will lead the other. The wise one (not necessarily the older) who has known you longer and more constantly, or more vividly experienced you….And this is so wonderful, to have a friend, man or woman, who walks confidently on his or her spiritual journey and says, “Come on, don’t be afraid.” Who, without preaching or inferring superiority, will help to clear the path and guide the way.

I have such a friend, Lord. I have several such friends. How can I ever thank you enough for them? They are surely a part of your plan for drawing each of us back to you.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org