Monthly Archives: September 2024

No Rest

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Prodigal: We’re sitting for a spell.

Me: Remember not all will rest when you are resting.

This is from the book What Luther Says: An Anthology, Vol 1 by Ewald Plass

The devil takes no holiday; he never rests. If beaten, he rises again. If he cannot enter in front, he steals in the rear. If he cannot enter at the rear, he breaks through the roof or enters by tunneling under the threshold. He labors until he is in. He uses great cunning and many a plan. When one miscarries, he has another at hand and continues his attempts until he wins.

Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Jennifer Van Allen

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The Real Truth

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Me: Look out for counterfeit.

Prodigal: I know what is real.

This is from Waiting from Ben Patterson

The American banking association once sponsored a two-week training program to help tellers detect counterfeit bills. The program was unique–never during the two-week training did the tellers even look at a counterfeit bill, nor did they listen to any lectures concerning the characteristics of counterfeit bills….All they did for two weeks was handle authentic currency, hour after hour and day after day, until they were so familiar with the true that they could not possibly be fooled by the false.

We need to study, meditate on, and apply God’s Word until we are so familiar with it that we cannot be fooled by anything less than real truth.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: I’ll be here till the cows come home.

Me: That sounds good!

Today we have a short video devotion on Proverbs.

click here to watch the video

Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly. (ESV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Cross

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: This is a beautiful cross!

Me: Yes, I have a great story about the cross.

This is from Christianity Is Christ by W.H. Griffith Thomas

Holman Hunt, a surrealistic artist, painted the interior of a carpenter’s shop, with Joseph and the boy Jesus working. Mary was also present. As Jesus paused in His work and stopped to stretch Himself, the sun made a shadow of the Cross on the wall. Another of his pictures is a popular engraving which depicts the infant Jesus running with outstretched arms to His mother, the shadow of the Cross being cast by His form as He runs. Both pictures are fanciful in form, but their underlying idea is assuredly true. If we read the Gospels just as they stand, it is clear that the death of Jesus Christ was really in view from the outset of His earthly appearance.

Psalms 121:2

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Surrender Your Will

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: This one might take some patience.

Prodigal: Yes, but it will be worth it.

This is from the book The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer

Anyone who might feel reluctant to surrender his will to the will of another should remember Jesus’ words, “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The sinner prides himself on his independence, completely overlooking the fact that he is the weak slave of the sins that rule his members. The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle Master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.

Romans 8:3

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org