Under Many Difficulties

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: I sure am wore out from all these pumpkins.

Me: You are almost done.

This comes from the book Joy n Christ’s Presence by Charles Spurgeon

Beloved, it is not always easy to get at Jesus. It is very easy to kneel down to pray, but not so easy to reach Christ in prayer. Perhaps the cries of your own child have often hindered you when you were striving to approach Jesus. Perhaps knock comes at the door when you most wish to be alone. When you are sitting in the house of God, the person seated in front of you may unconsciously distract your attention. It is not easy to draw near to Christ, especially when you come directly from your workplace with a thousand thoughts and cares about you. You cannot always unload your burdens outside and go into the sanctuary with your heart prepared to receive the Gospel.

Ah, it is a terrible fight sometimes, a real fight with evil, with temptation, and I do not know what else. But, beloved, do fight it out!

1 John 4:15

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: Just shootin’ the breeze today.

Me: Let me join ya.

This is a video devotion about Proverbs

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Proverbs 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

The Tale

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: What a cozy spot.

Me: A perfect place for a tale.

Prodigal: I am ready to listen.

This is from the book Why Jesus? by Ravi Zacharias

The tale would go something like this:

In the beginning, God.

God spoke. But that was a long time ago.

We wanted certainty-now.

For this, only Reason and Rationalism would do.

But that was not enough. We wanted to “test.”

So we went into the senses and found the empirical.

But that’s not what we meant by testing. We really meant “feeling.”

So we found a way to generate feeling into the picture.

Truth was framed into a scene.

But the scene was left open to interpretation. Scenes are not absolute.

So the story was told as an art form.

But the reader still didn’t like it, because he was not the author.

So he read the story while he sat in a reconstructed and deconstructed cubicle to make of the story whatever he wished.

But what does one do with the long reach of the empirical?

The best way was to find a blend between the empirical and the satirical and end up with God again.

The only difference was that God could not be the storyteller.

We still needed God.

So we became God.

Are you going with your on tale today? Or you going to stick with God’s truth? Your choice. Your turn.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Facing Giants

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: I would love to sit and jaw with you, but I got to be moving on.

Me: One more think before you go, and this might help.

Prodigal:I reckon I can give you a second.

This is from the book David: A Man of Passion & Destiny by Charles Swindoll

So often, when facing our giants, we forget what we ought to remember and we remember what we ought to forget. We remember our defeats and we forget the victories. Most of us can recite the failures of our lives in vivid detail, but we’re hard-pressed to name the specific, remarkable victories God has pulled off in our past.

Focus on the victories you have had with the Lord in the past. That will help your faith during this time.

Philippians 2:1-4

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org