Dr. David Spoon dives into the theme of hope amidst challenges in this engaging broadcast. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing that how things start is not always how they end, drawing parallels between the journey of faith and the life of Jesus as he predicts his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Listeners are encouraged to maintain their faith and resilience, regardless of the adversities they face, with the reminder that "Sunday is coming," symbolizing the promise of resurrection and hope. David invites audience participation through trivia and personal reflections, fostering a sense of community and shared faith. Throughout the episode, he underscores the necessity of prayer and drawing closer to God, reinforcing that true strength lies in steadfastness and trust in divine purpose.

Dr. David Spoon’s latest broadcast invites listeners into a conversation that transcends mere entertainment to touch on the very essence of faith and resilience in the face of adversity. Opening with a humorous inquiry about the title of a potential first book, Dr. Spoon skillfully transitions into a serious discussion rooted in the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus predicts his suffering and resurrection. This juxtaposition of light-heartedness and gravity sets the tone for an episode rich with spiritual insight and personal reflection.

As the narrative unfolds, Dr. Spoon delves into the implications of Jesus’ predictions, emphasizing the dichotomy of the disciples’ immediate despair and the ultimate hope found in the resurrection. He passionately articulates that while Jesus’ journey to the cross was fraught with betrayal and pain, it was also a necessary pathway to redemption. This theme resonates powerfully with listeners, particularly in a contemporary context where many may find themselves grappling with their own “Fridays”—moments filled with grief, uncertainty, or hardship. Dr. Spoon’s insistence that “Sunday is coming” serves as a rallying cry, encouraging the audience to embrace hope and maintain faith regardless of current circumstances.

Throughout the episode, Dr. Spoon weaves humor into his theological reflections, making profound truths accessible and engaging. He challenges listeners to recognize the ongoing spiritual warfare that exists in today’s world, urging a commitment to prayer and community as essential tools for navigating life’s challenges. By the end of the episode, the message is clear: while the weight of suffering may feel overwhelming, it is the promise of resurrection and hope that empowers believers to persevere. Dr. Spoon’s infectious enthusiasm and heartfelt sincerity leave an indelible mark, inspiring all who listen to press on in faith, confident that the best is yet to come.

Takeaways:

• David Spoon emphasizes the importance of living in hope, focusing on the resurrection rather than the crucifixion.
• He encourages listeners to engage in prayer during all circumstances, not just during hardships.
• The podcast discusses the significance of sharing praise reports to encourage others and glorify God.
• Spoon highlights the need to remain steadfast in faith, especially during challenging times.
• A key takeaway is that how we finish in our faith matters more than how we start.
• The episode reminds us that despite trials, we should keep hope alive, as 'Sunday is coming.'

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Hello, everybody.

When it's cold outside, I've got my monthly.

Here's what's coming up on today's experience.

It's Dr.

Dave's devotional Diamonds of the Day, also known as DDDD is where my daily devotions become some of our spiritual reflections.

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But the Bible teaches there's a time to laugh.

All right, that's my time.

The review of the goofy news which proves Jesus is coming back sooner than you think, and we can't wait.

Yay.

Come back, Lord Jesus.

Life lessons for our faith that we could actually use.

Probably won't if we sit on our blessed assurance.

Humor that will force you to think, why does this guy have a radio show?

Why not?

Aha.

Also, Bible trivia for fake and yet somehow real cool prizes, your phone calls and more.

Welcome to the David Spoon Experience, local, national and heavenly talk.

My name is Dr.

David Spoon, and I'll be your host for the next 5,400,000 milliseconds.

Get ready for one of the more bizarre experiences on live radio.

Here is the key to the show.

We don't know what we're doing.

We have no idea what's going to happen, and we don't care.

But for the next few minutes, I want to talk hope with you.

So here we go.

We're asking questions about living life as a Christian.

That thingy right there.

Every once in a while, we do questions that are very challenging, very, very convicting, even.

This will not be one of those cases.

Here's your first question.

What would the title of your first book be?

If you have not written a book, or if you're an author and you've written a book, what would be the title of the next book?

What would the title of your first book be?

Or what will be the title of your next book?

Something in you, Something you want to communicate, something you want to share with people, believers, unbelievers, family, everybody.

What would be the name of your first book?

You're thinking, that doesn't seem very spiritual, more spiritual than you may be aware, because it identifies kind of where we're at.

Hmm.

Here it is.

If you, by the way, have an answer for that, an opinion, a comment, a thought, or a question, please don't let it die of loneliness.

We do consider that to be sad.

Just give us a call.

Talking to Jam and Jacob is like talking to a person that you can count on.

Oh, that's so sweet.

Thank you, David.

Happy Tuesday.

Happy Tuesday to you, my friend.

So I just want everybody to know, I do not know what happened in football yesterday.

Do not text me.

Do not say anything.

Jam and Jacob's going to do Jake's take in the next segments of the show.

In the meantime, if you excuse me, I was reading in my book today.

And so we read for what, 35 minutes?

Almost 40 minutes.

Yeah, it was a lot of reading, a lot of reading.

My throat's a little scratchy.

You're just going to have to put up with it.

And if you can't put up with it, then I'm very, very sad and I'm going to take my ball and go home.

In the meantime, what I'm trying to tell you is if you want to reach out and call us, you can do that.

There you go.

Additionally, you can send an email.

David, he must increase.org David, because that's my nameust increase because that's what our ministry is based on.

He must increase.org is our whole existence because we want to have Jesus more in our lives than we do right now.

David must increase.org is the email.

So you can call us, you can text us, you can email us.

By the way, it's great to have Aunt Deb back.

She was out of town for a while.

She is back in the ballgame.

Very, very cool.

I do want to let you know there are reasons to call us, to text us or to email us.

You might be thinking, what are those reasons, Dave?

Good question.

Well, one of them is simply so that you can answer that question.

What would be the title of your first book?

Or if you're an author, what's the title of your next book?

And then the other thing is that maybe you've got a praise report.

Why is that important?

Because let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

If God has redeemed you and blessed you and given you great favor, you ought to acknowledge that.

Not trying to guilt you, I'm trying to encourage you.

You don't have to speak brilliantly, but sharing it is very helpful.

Praise reports, bless people, they encourage it in your own life because you're reinforcing it.

And then on top of that, they glorify the Lord.

So it's a win, win, win.

Now maybe you got a prayer request, you got something that prayer and we need to get through this, we need to get to this.

Maybe it's not something that's really hard, maybe it's something that's really good.

You just need to know what to do.

That's good too.

The thing is we've got to get out of this mindset as Christians saying we pray when things are just tough.

You should be praying all the time.

It says pray without ceasing.

You should be praying when things are tough, you should be praying when things are not tough.

You should be praying when things are great.

You should be praying when things are not great.

You should be praying in the beginning, in the middle and at the end of everything.

Because all that does is make sure that you have God at the center of what you're doing.

That's just a good idea, right?

So if you've got a prayer request, we want you to reach out to us.

You can call us, text us, or email us, or even if you've got a scripture or something that's going on in your heart and mind, you just want to share it, right?

We're not against politics.

I don't like people saying that that's not true.

We're just against it being a God designed government.

Right?

I mean that's what you ultimately want.

A theocratic, pure theocratic, not a fake one.

And, but we do want to be aware, you to be aware that our goal here is to encourage people to draw closer to the Lord because it doesn't matter what happens if you draw closer to the Lord, that's the right answer.

Always, every time, no matter what people say, what God says is what counts.

And drawing near to him, that's the key.

So you can have a prayer request, a praise report, maybe you've got a scripture you want to share, something that's on your heart and mind.

Not a problem.

You're welcome to reach out and share that with us.

Additionally, before we jump into the text, as you know, we're going to do Bible trivia in a little bit, plus maybe some jokes and some other stuff.

I do want to give another shout out to Liz.

So Liz is somebody that has been listening to the show and she is a participator and I'm going to tell you this and you better be really listening because this will blow your mind because she just sent me an email if you're looking to get a massage.

She is a professional, professional massage person.

Professional, professional.

Her number to set something up just so you can know.

So I just encourage you in that and just want to let her know how much I appreciate her stepping out in faith.

She believes the Holy Spirit's leading her.

She wants to respond to that.

That's going to be about 90% of what we're going to be talking about in the second hour.

So you should definitely get prepared for that in the meantime and forgive me if I've got a little bit of a gruff voice, you can get through it.

Every host has done it ever.

Here's where we're at in scripture and I want to make sure you understand.

I will tell you that on our book, by the way, Jacob helping me out.

We're about 74% done of the meat of the book.

So we started in October 22nd.

We're going to be done with this before the end of the month.

That's two and a half months faster than the last book.

So that's pretty good.

I'm happy about that.

Now into the text we go, Matthew chapter 20.

And picking it up at verse 17 and this is where Jesus predicts his death.

As Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, he took the 12 disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him when we get to Jerusalem, he said, the Son of man will be betrayed to the leading priests and teachers of religious law.

They will sentence him to die and then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, whipped and crucified.

But on the third day, he will be raised from the dead.

So I want to make sure everybody is on board and know what's going on.

We're more than halfway through this first gospel and Jesus is going to Jerusalem.

So Jesus takes a moment and pulls his disciples aside privately and he says, this is what's going to happen.

Now think about that.

If you're a disciple of Jesus Christ and you have put all of your eggs in the basket of Jesus and you have left family and home and business for a season anyway, and you are following Jesus and the one that you are following the Messiah, something's going to happen to him that's going to be so challenging.

So he tells them ahead of time, look, they're going to kill me.

Now, there's a couple of different places in scripture where this is mentioned.

Of course, the first time it's mentioned in Mark, Jesus has to rebuke Peter because he doesn't want that to happen.

It's not that he didn't want him to happen because Peter's bad.

He just has in mind the things of man and not the things of God.

Jesus is telling them ahead of time.

So for those that have a struggle on the eschatological side of things, about the end times and so on and so forth, Jesus tells his disciples what's going to happen to him.

Jesus tells us what's going to take place.

Is it going to be the exact way that this group interprets or this group interprets?

Who knows?

Who wouldn't be?

For there's a trumpet.

We're out, we're done.

I mean, who wouldn't want that?

I mean, everybody wants that.

If it doesn't happen that way, you need to be strong in the faith.

Okay, fine.

They didn't get it the first time he came.

I'm not sure they're going to get it the second time.

But he does tell us things ahead of time for us to be prepared.

What he does tell them is this.

And this is where it gets really intense.

He tells them, we're going to get to Jerusalem, and this is a city that should celebrate my arrival.

And when I get there initially, they're going to.

Isn't that great?

Initial arrival.

It's going to be great.

He's going to be coming into Jerusalem.

People are going to be so happy, Right?

But it doesn't stay that way.

Did you hear what I said?

It starts off, it's going to be really good when they get to Jerusalem, but it ain't going to stay that way.

And this is a substantial Christian lesson that how things start off is not always how they Finish.

And why that's important for you and I to understand is simply for this reason.

Tenacity, bulldoggedness, a determination.

We have things going on in our country, and people are more favorable, feeling a little more comfortable, depending on the political spectrum.

But the warfare is not over.

Satan did not go pack his bags and go to Aruba.

And it doesn't just stop where it is now.

There's more coming, and we need to be aware of it, and we need to be fortified.

And in fact, if, in fact it happens even close to any of the schools of thought on eschatology, it's going to get worse.

And you should know that as a Christian, perhaps the Lord will pull us out fly by fly.

We're gone, it's done.

I, of course, would prefer.

Who wouldn't want that?

But if he tarries, then we are to occupy until he comes.

And how things start off is not always how they end.

There's an old saying in golf.

You drive for show, but you putt for dough.

And what that means is the drive is what everybody looks at when you hit the golf ball.

Like, ooh, what a great drive.

Ooh.

But the only thing that counts is when you put the ball in the hole, and that's the putting time.

It's how we finish, not how we start.

And in your faith, I want to say this really forcefully, in your faith, it is how you finish.

Paul said, I finished the fight.

I have stayed the course.

The enemy is going to try and push Christians over.

If you've never had spiritual warfare take place in your life, it just shows you how good he really is, because he is a thief.

And if you've ever been robbed of your faith, God's not the one robbing it.

So the enemy is against us, and we need to be aware of us.

And he's prepping these guys, tell them it's going to get tough.

You guys have to really hang in there.

And you know their attitude, right?

We can do anything.

We can do anything.

Right.

That doesn't exactly pan out that way.

It doesn't mean they abandoned Christ in the sense that they no longer believe, but they didn't necessarily hold.

Certainly true of Peter.

Right.

So we need to remember that we need to be steadfast.

I think it's great that a lot of people that I'm connected to have a sense of, you know, there's a hope and there's a confidence, and I think that's fantastic.

And I don't want to rain on that parade, but I will not Allow in my life or any other person's life that I engage with the ability to think that nothing else could happen.

You need to be prepared.

In fact, one of the things I was thinking is that, man, if anybody's considering anything a political vigil, you should be praying even more now.

We want our leaders to be directed by God.

You don't want the media directing anything.

They're the biggest bunch of liars in the world.

You don't want Hollywood doing it.

They're actors, they're fake.

You don't want academia doing it because they're only doing it for their own prestige.

And you don't want politicians to do it because they say one thing and do another and do what's expedient.

It's like, no, as Christians, we take it to the Lord.

We show the warfare.

We bring it on our hands and knees with faith and with confidence, trusting that God will change things.

Who he uses is awesome.

Never forget, he can use a donkey to rebuke a prophet, but we still need it to be its origin source of God.

So it's not just where we're at now.

It's where we're going to finish.

And that's a big, big deal.

And then Jesus goes on to tell them, I'm going to be betrayed by the priests and the teachers of the law.

Listen to this.

Listen to this.

Because I'm going to stop here and do the trivia question, but listen to what I'm going to say.

He's making it clear that there will people that use law and lawfare against him.

It didn't start with Donald Trump.

It's been going on for thousands of years.

Same thing, no different.

Does that mean Donald Trump's like Jesus?

No.

We're all subject to that warfare.

That's why you have to stand firm in your faith.

Get that?

All right, take a deep breath.

Cool.

All right, here you go.

Here's your first trivia question.

True or false?

The lame man that Peter healed when he was on his way to the temple gate, the lame man was at the gate called Beautiful.

Is that true or false?

Acts, chapter 3, verse 2.

Acts, chapter 3, verse 2.

True or false?

The layman that Peter healed when he was going into the temple to pray, that gate that he was at is called Beautiful.

True or false?

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The lame man that Peter healed when he was on his way to the temple.

Acts chapter 3, verse 2.

That gate that he was healed at is called beautiful.

True or false?

That's the question.

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He must increase.org prayer request emos increase.org praise report looking to give to this ministry.

He must increase.org confused by what's happening right now.

He must increase.org he must increase.org I was just gonna go back in the water, but now I'm not.

I was getting ready.

I was going to go swimming today.

I was gonna go swimming today.

Not now, not now.

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The lame man that Peter healed when he was on his way into the temple to pray, the gate that he was at was called beautiful.

True or False.

And what we're talking about is what Jesus said and why is that important?

Of course it's always important.

Listen to what he's saying.

As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took the 12 disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him.

When we get to Jerusalem, he said, the Son of Man will be betrayed by the leading priests and the teachers of religious law.

They will sentence him to die.

They will hand him over to the Romans, be mocked.

He'll be whipped, crucified, but on the third day, he'll be raised from the dead.

Wow.

Now look at what's going on.

Jesus is telling everybody, listen, these people are going to make up charges against me.

Everybody see that?

I just want you to make sure you see what Jesus is trying to tell you.

They're going to lie about something that he did and charge him in the law.

So you have basically priests who are going to be representing the people using false claims, that they represent God and false charges.

Now, just in case you're wondering how that can happen, just take a look at the political landscaping.

And you see it happened to a prominent person.

Donald Trump is like, you don't think they can do that to Christians?

You're wrong.

That's why you stand in the truth.

That's why you stand firm.

Will we have to go through.

I hope not.

I hope we don't have to go through it, but if we do, we're not going to abandon the faith.

That's my point.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say?

And so Jesus then tells them, listen, the religious leaders, this is what they're going to do.

They're going to falsely accuse me, they're going to lie about me.

And then Jesus says this, which is so amazing.

He said, then the Romans, the actual government, will carry out the penalties.

So what you get to see, before you get into eschatology, what you get to see in the gospels is false religious people and the government working hand in hand to try and stop truth.

That's what you see.

To try and shut down God's Messiah, the government becomes the instrument of the infliction of the pain and suffering that was going to be brought against Jesus by these false representatives of God.

And they manipulated the law for their own benefit.

But then Jesus also says this, and this is the part that I just want to be in that moment when he has that private meeting with the 12.

Then Jesus says this, they're going to hand him over to the Romans.

He's going to be mocked, he's going to be whipped, he's going to be crucified.

But on the third day, he will be raised from the dead.

You just want to go, did you guys get that part right there?

Hey, guess what?

Jesus, he's not going to stay on the cross.

It might be Friday, but Sunday is coming.

It might be Friday because the crucifixion is dark.

But you know what's coming after that?

Resurrection.

And so sometimes I think Christians get caught on the Friday.

Hey, stop that.

He said, the very last thing he said is, but third day raised from the dead.

Isn't that the thing we should be focusing on?

It's not Christian existentialism.

Paul said, if we only have hope in this lifetime of being Christians, we're of all men most miserable.

That's in the scripture.

What we need to recognize is even if there's going to be tough times, even if there's going to be challenges.

It's Friday, but Sunday is coming, and we need to live on in Sunday.

You can't live on Friday.

And what I mean by that is you can't live on the crucifixion side.

You can't live on all the downside.

You can't live on all the negative.

Look, none of that stuff's going to be good.

They're going to mock him, they're going to whip him, they're going to spit on him, they're going to beat him.

All of that's bad, right?

But out of all of that emerges this eternal life with God unmatchable, unchallengeable, the quality of which we cannot even entertain in our own minds.

Hey, you got a Friday going on right now.

Here's my answer.

Sunday's coming.

You got a lot going on right now.

Sunday's coming.

It's a promise from Jesus.

All things work together for good.

To them that love God, that are called according to his purposes.

In all these things, we are more than conquerors.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Sunday is coming.

Live in the Sunday, not the Friday.

Live in the resurrection, not the crucifixion.

For the hope that was set before us.

Yes.

Right.

Yes.

All right.

What was the layman that Peter healed him?

What was the gate called when Peter went in there to the temple gate?

Was it in fact called Beautiful?

Was that the name of the gate?

It was Beautiful was the name of the gate.

Must have been a very beautiful gate.

That's what I'm going with.

All right.

Okay.

We're going to take our break and then come back.

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Ephesians, chapter 5.

Ephesians chapter 5.

Our words will justify us or condemn us.

And we understand our words will justify us or condemn us because they reveal our hearts.

So therefore, in conclusion, that our words justify us or condemn us because they reveal our hearts, we need to remember and operate and function in Ephesians 5:20, which says this, and actually you can even look at verse 19.

Speak to one another in Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

Ephesians 5:19.

Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Because you know that by your words you're justified and condemned.

Because you know they reveal your heart you ought to make sure that you follow the scriptures that Paul commands us to follow.

And you ought to be being thankful in everything.

You ought to be being thankful in everything.

And if you are thankful in everything, that will be a part of your verbalization or your speech, and that will be a revelation as to what's in your heart.

Are you a thankful Christian for everything?

And you say, well, Dave, I'm thankful that he saved me, but I'm going through this trial and I don't like it.

I'm not so thankful for the trial.

And I say, I understand.

I understand.

That again, not a new revelation coming right here.

Romans, chapter 8, verse 28 tells you the ticket, the method, the system by which you can be thankful in everything.

Dave, you mean I should be thankful in a divorce proceeding?

I should be thankful that my brother is a drug addict?

I should be thankful that I'm going bankrupt?

I should be thankful that these terrible things are happening or that I should be thankful that I can't sleep?

No.

I think you should read Romans 8:28 with me and respond to this.

And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him.

So I think the answer is, can you be thankful in all those things?

Yes.

For going through a divorce?

No.

But that God is going to work into your lives good things through this process?

Absolutely.

If you don't believe that God is going to work things that are good into your lives and your trial, you don't believe anything he says.

Because one of the greatest premises that Jesus laid down is, and I caught this just earlier this week, let not your hearts be troubled.

There will be trouble in the world.

I've overcome the world.

It's like.

But Jesus said, don't let your heart be troubled.

As though we had a choice.

We do.

We do.

And we should be thankful in all of it while we're going through for the actual drug addiction?

No, but that God's not going to give up on the person.

He's going to work good out of it.

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