Me: I just read something. Jesus turns a test into a testimony.
Prodigal: Amen to that!
This is a short video testimony.
Proverbs 8:27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Well that is fine as a daisy.
Prodigal: Yes, I’m excited to find out all that is in this box.
Me: Remember to thank others.
Prodigal: I will.
This is from the book No Easy Road by Dick Eastman
One one occasion, Muller traveled to Canada for a speaking engagement. Dense fog settled upon the ocean and the uncertain vessel floated motionless on a silent sea. Soon Muller knocked anxiously on the captain’s door expressing, “I must be in Toronto by Sunday.” The captain quickly replied, “In no way can this vessel move without assuming great danger of colliding with another.”
“I understand,” said Mr. Muller, “but in forty years of Christian service I have not failed to keep an appointment. I must be in Toronto Sunday!” He then asked the captain to join in special prayer that the fog lift. Embarrassed, the captain agreed. They knelt and Muller calmly asked God to lift the hindering fog. Somewhat intimidated, the captain said a simple prayer to please his anxious passenger. He no sooner began when Muller stopped him. He gently touched the captain’s shoulder saying: “You need not pray. You do not believe.”
Startled, the seafarer rose to leave the cabin with this unusual passenger. Walking out on deck, a look of sheer astonishment spread over the captain’s face. The fog had completely lifted. George Muller silently stood by with a “just as I expected” look.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalipig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: Nothing has changed with the plants yet.
Me: No, but the growth will happen, just wait and see.
This is from the book Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we desire to be conformed to Christ.
We also will seek prayer when we need to change. God called me to forgive. It really was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to ignore the conviction in my spirit. I wanted to pretend that I had forgiven. God does not want our spirit to dry up like the leaves in fall. No, He wants us to grow, become alive. He had given me several different verses on forgiveness. I finally stopped the running. I acknowledge the call. I dropped to my knees in prayer. In that instance, I pray. I pray because I cannot forgive alone. I pray because my spirit needs help to focus on the things of God at this time. I pray because God, I need to change.
LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 25:1
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Wanted to share some good words today.
Prodigal: Let’s hear.
Me: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
This is a short video devotion.
Proverbs 8:26 Before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. (ESV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: Y’all are an interesting bunch.
Prodigal: Don’t forget to look at the heart.
Me: That should be our focus.
This is from Pastor R. Kent Hughes
How did Christ accept you and me? He accepted us with our many sins, prejudices, and innumerable blind spots. He accepted us with our psychological shortcomings and cultural naivete. He accepted us with our provincialisms. He even accepted us with our stubbornness. This is how we are to accept one another.
There is someone who needs to feel accepted. They need to feel accepted by you and accepted by God. They need to feel the warmth of love from you. God will show you that person. Then take time to really pay attention. Take the time to make a difference in their lives.
Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
PSALM 98 : 5
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
