Prodigal: There’s no dollar sign on peace of mind.
Me: Amen!
This is a video devotion on Proverbs
Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: This garden is fine as a daisy.
Me: Yes, it is beautiful.
Everything in Christ astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and his will confounds me. Between him and whoever else in the world, there is no possible term of comparison. He is truly a being by himself….I search in vain in history to find the similar to Jesus Christ, or anything which can approach the gospel. Neither history, nor humanity, nor the ages, nor nature, offer me anything with which I am able to compare it or to explain it. Here everything is extraordinary.
Napoleon
Even with power you can humble yourself to acknowledge how great Jesus really is.
John 17:13
But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I declare, that is a happy face!
Prodigal: Yes, look at how much joy there is!
This is from the book God’s Psychiatry by Charles L. Allen
When we look at Jesus’ face we know it was a happy face. Little children ran to get in His lap and clasp Him around His neck. People invited Him to their parties. Seeing God in Christ, we are not afraid of Him; instead we want to be closer to Him. We listen as He says, “Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more.” (John 8:11), and we are ashamed of our sins, we want forgiveness, and we come to Him repenting and asking for His cleansing.
We look as “he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). Though it meant death, He would not go back on the high purposes of His life. Seeing Him puts the steel in our own backbones to make the right decision. We watch as He walked seven miles to Emmaus to give hope to the downhearted (Luke 24:13-32), or as He gave a new chance to His friends who failed Him (John 20:19-31), and we take new heart and new hope.
How wonderful it is to see God. To encourage the early Christians who were bearing almost the unbearable John says to them that those who are faithful “shall see his face” (Rev 22:4). The promise of seeing Him compensated for any sacrifice.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: That is beeutiful!
Me: I love it, wanted to share that, not every cloud brings a storm.
This is a video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 8:21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasuries. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Where did everybody else go?
Prodigal: They took off like two hound dogs backed into a porcupine.
Me: We will just continue without them.
This is from Ellen Vaughn
Far too often we trivialize the holy, perceiving God as an extension of ourselves. God is white, just like us. Or black, or Asian, or Hispanic, or whatever. He’s from North America. Or not. God must be a Republican. Or a Democrat. Or most assuredly an Independent. We unconsciously assume He’s whatever we are, just bigger, though He shares our little biases, quirks, and opinions. No. God is huge. Mysterious. Multidimensional….We live in a land that has largely lost a sense of holy reverence, let alone the transcendent. Most everything is assessed by the criterion, “how does it affect me?” In a supremely self-referential culture it’s hard to conceive of anything that is so wholly Other.
That is why today, you think God is not powerful enough. You think He is like you. God can do so much more than you can. That is why we can trust Him with this day.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Gee whiz! What a great garden!
Me: It is beautiful, and amazing.
This is from the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
There is a paradox here. As long as Dick does not turn to God, he thinks his niceness is his own, and just as long as he thinks that, it is not his own. It is when Dick realises that this niceness is not his own but a gift from God, and when he offers it back to God-it is just then that it begins to be really his own. For now Dick is beginning to take a share in his own creation. The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.
Anything can be a distraction from the Lord. Even how nice people say you are. Pride can increase because of how nice you are. Before long you expect verbal praise from others about your niceness. Then you start making decision so that you hear more about yourself and not necessary what God wants you to do. It is great that you have a kind heart, but you may be drifting from the Lord.
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them.
MATTHEW 15 : 30
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
