Join Dr. David Spoon in a lively discussion as he explores the importance of compassion and connection in our lives, illustrated through the parable of the Good Samaritan. This episode emphasizes that our neighbors are not just those who live close to us, but anyone God brings into our lives, urging us to respond with kindness rather than avoidance. David shares personal anecdotes and insights, encouraging listeners to reflect on their own journeys and the "signposts" that mark their experiences with God. The show also features engaging trivia questions, light-hearted humor, and heartfelt prayer requests, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. Tune in for a blend of spiritual wisdom and relatable storytelling that aims to inspire and uplift your spirit.

A lively and engaging discussion unfolds as David Spoon introduces listeners to the day's themes and topics on the David Spoon Experience. With an emphasis on maintaining a joyful heart regardless of life's challenges, David reminds his audience that their ultimate help comes from the Lord. The show is packed with personal anecdotes and reflections, drawing connections between timeless biblical principles and contemporary life experiences. One memorable segment includes a humorous reimagining of a classic parable, which David whimsically titles 'The Meanie, the Weenie, and Mr. Cool Dude.' Through this light-hearted narrative, he illustrates the importance of compassion and neighborly love, encouraging listeners to embrace their role in helping others rather than shying away from difficult situations.

As the show progresses, David invites audience participation through trivia questions that not only entertain but also educate. A trivia question invites listeners to recall where Jesus lived as a boy, showcasing the blend of fun and faith that characterizes the show. With heartfelt prayers for those in need, including a special mention for Keith Oakley, David emphasizes the communal aspect of faith, urging listeners to share their own prayer requests and praise reports. This balance of humor, spiritual insight, and heartfelt connection forms the backbone of the episode, reminding everyone of the power of community in their faith journey.

The episode culminates in a reflective segment on the journey of faith, inspiring listeners to establish their own 'road markers' as they navigate life's path. Drawing from Jeremiah 31:21, David encourages setting up signposts to remember where God has led them, reinforcing the idea that the journey itself is as significant as the destination. This rich tapestry of themes—from humor and trivia to profound spiritual truths and community support—creates an experience that is both enlightening and uplifting, making for a memorable installment of the David Spoon Experience.

Takeaways:

• The importance of understanding one's own journey with God through personal signs and markers.
• David emphasizes the need for personal connection with the Lord for spiritual growth.
• The Good Samaritan parable illustrates how we should treat those in need around us.
• Encouragement to reach out for help through prayer, especially for health concerns.
• A reminder that mourning can be turned into joy through God's grace and provision.
• The significance of being ready to serve and respond to God's call in daily life.

And now for something completely different.

Here's what's coming up this hour on Today's Experience.

It's fantastic, phenomenal, always fun, usually somewhat fascinating Friday, as we head into the weekend not being afraid, even if the earth gives way or the mountains fall into the sea, because our help comes from the Lord.

First, get ready crime stoppers.

Because it's another fantastic, phenomenal, incredible, outrageous, stupendous, awesome and breathtaking.

Friday.

We start by understanding something that resonates with us because we've driven in cars.

Truth be told, this text makes more sense for us than it does for almost any other generation.

We're going to consider our own signs.

Wow, that's brave.

Next, we're gonna take a brief visit into one of the more classic parables ever taught by Jesus.

I, of course, am renaming it for this particular teaching, which I taught at a junior high school over 40 years ago.

The title of this one's called the Meanie, the weenie and Mr.

Cool Dude.

I never promised anybody who listens to this show a high level of maturity, but I do promise to do my very best to make the word of God applicable.

Finally, this is one of those portions where you'll probably wanna just use a highlighter if you're able to.

Cause we're gonna discover just how good God really is, whether we are young or old.

The Lord is going to teach all of us his own version.

His own version of the Arthur Murray Studio.

That's right, the Arthur Murray Studio.

There's even a great secular song entitled let's Dance that ties in perfectly.

How fun is this going to be?

David Spoon's life has been an experience.

While growing up in a Jewish family, he made a wrong turn towards drug abuse.

Then David Spoon found Jesus Christ and his life completely changed.

The more he studied the gospel, the more he wanted to share his experiences with others.

After 35 years of ministry, David discovered a new path of service.

He joined KAAM and this radio program began.

You're about to hear the David Spoon Experience.

Welcome to the David Spoon Experience.

Local, national and heavenly talk.

Here's what else we're looking at during the show.

Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics.

Entertainment and current events.

Personal revelation, Spiritual observations.

My life's insanity is an oy vey.

So much more.

Now, we've been telling you it's not professional radio, so we are going to talk to the Shazam of professional radio right here, our very own Jammin Jacob.

Jammin Jacob.

Mr.

Shazam.

Is the David Spoon Experience professional radio?

Um, no.

It is Not David.

Wow, you're right.

Shazam.

Did you like that one?

That was a good one.

That was a good one.

Yeah, there it is.

It's just radio.

You're thinking, I know, but that last 25 minutes, you were scorching the earth.

I know, but it was fun.

Besides, it's truth.

And if you love the Lord, you love the truth.

It's just that simple.

So we're just gonna ask you.

What do you think?

Huh?

What do you think?

You okay?

You doing all right?

I promise I won't bite.

972.

Well, by golly, then you'll end up talking to.

Jamming.

Talking to Jim and Jacob is like heading into the weekend.

Hello.

Thank you, David.

Happy Friday.

Happy heading into the weekend.

Happy heading into the weekend, my friend.

Should be a very interesting weekend.

We will be doing Jake's take.

That will be something that is very important for us to cover.

Again.

Again, I'm pointing out to the audience, please be in prayer for little Burt.

If Bert is not doing better by Sunday and Monday, I'm gonna probably have to do a replay and take him in.

So we're just kind of working through this process.

He's having a hard time breathing.

And I was doing better just towards the end.

But, you know, something you gotta really keep an eye on.

So that's really uncomfortable now.

I'm gonna tell you in a second why it is you would wanna reach out to us by email or by text or by phone.

And then after that, we're gonna pray for Keith Oakley.

Okay?

He's one of our brothers who listens to the show and he needs prayer.

So we're gonna pray for him.

Then we're gonna.

Then we'll do our trivia.

So I'm kind of giving you the lay of the land and how things are going.

Let's start off by understanding why you would reach out to us.

You could reach out to us.

Cause you, in fact, have a praise report, something that's going on.

And the Lord blessed you this Christmas, this New Year's, you just got this sense, hey, you Know what?

I think I really got this connection with the Lord.

I'm really walking in this.

I just wanna give him praise or.

I had this happen.

I had this answered a prayer.

It was such a blessing.

It was awesome.

I got time with family.

I never thought I was gonna get.

It just worked out great.

I got this really deep discussion with this person, whatever it might be.

Giving honor and praise to the Lord is exactly how we're supposed to respond to that.

It strengthens it in you.

It blesses other brothers and sisters.

Cause they hear God being active and it glorifies the Lord.

Maybe you've got a prayer request.

Keith called in and he needs prayer for health.

We're going to pray for him and we'll pray for everybody for health.

Why?

Because God heals.

Does he heal when you snap your fingers?

No.

God is not your genie.

He's the Lord God Almighty.

And we petition him with faith and expectation.

But we also do it with a spirit of submission.

Like Jesus who said, not mine, but thy will be done.

So we can pray as well.

You can share something that's going on, something that's really phenomenal, something that happened that was just unique or something that the Lord revealed you or scripture.

And maybe you'll answer Bible trivia.

But right now we're going to go into prayer for Keith Oakley.

And I want you to take your faith and mix it with mine.

And let's pray for our brother.

Let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now and we thank you and we praise you.

We thank you, Lord, that you are sovereign, that you are in control, that you rule the universe.

And we thank you and praise you for your kindness.

For your graciousness in allowing us to be your children.

We're not worthy.

Lord, you're way phenomenal.

We're way blessed.

And we lift up Keith Oakley to you right now in the name of Jesus.

And you've touched him before and we're asking you to touch him again.

By the power of your Holy Spirit poured out in the name of Jesus.

That you would touch Keith and he would know he's being touched by you.

And you would speak life into our brother and hope and healing.

We ask your blessing in his life and the peace that passes all understanding.

To keep his heart and his mind firm in you.

We pray this in Jesus name, Amen and amen.

Right?

Right.

And we see Amen.

Because amen is either yes, let it be, or so it shall be.

Those are all great things and reasons to say amen here.

By the way, is your first trivia question.

Let's see if you can get this rolling, and then we'll get into some of the teaching again.

Bert having a little bit of a hard time breathing.

And so we're just in prayer for my little dog.

No, I don't think it's the most important.

Praying for Bert's not the most important thing, but it's important to me, and because of that, it's important to the Lord.

That's just as simple as you can make it.

Let's do this trivia question.

Where did Jesus live as a boy?

Was it Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem or Bethany?

Where did Jesus live as a boy?

Was it Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem or Bethany?

The answer is in Luke, chapter 2, verse 39, 40.

Luke, chapter 2, verses 39 through 40.

Where did Jesus live as a boy?

Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem or Bethany?

Or you can send an email davidemustincrease.org There you go.

All right.

Straightforward.

Where did Jesus live as a boy?

Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem or Bethany?

Luke 2,39,40 is where you'd get that reference point.

In the meantime, we will do our DNA while I hit the microphone with my hand.

I hope you heard that.

That was pretty good.

Didn't hurt.

But it does show you how bad I am at this stuff.

It does show you.

It does.

Like, I'm really bad at this stuff.

Right?

Okay.

We're getting ready to do the DNA, but somebody is calling in.

So we'll do the perfect trivia question.

Stall.

The perfect trivia question.

Stall right here.

And what we're going to do is we're going to do our DNA while somebody tells Jam and Jacob whether they're ready to answer the trivia question about Jesus.

And if they're ready to answer, we'll give them that chance to do so, as he is now putting them on hold and looking at me and saying, dave, I do believe we have somebody that's gonna answer the trivia question.

Is that correct?

It is.

All right, let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

This is Brandon.

Hi, Brandon.

Can you do me a favor to turn your radio down just a little?

Cause it'll echo if you got the radio on.

Oh, okay.

Okay, thank you so much.

I appreciate that.

Okay, so tell everybody your name again.

Go ahead and fire that off again.

Okay.

Yes.

Brandon.

Brandon.

All right, Brandon, here you go.

I'm gonna set you up for it, and then you tell me what the answer is.

Here we go.

Where did Jesus live as a boy?

Was it Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, or Bethany?

It was Nazareth.

That is correct.

Amen.

Yes, you are right.

It was Nazareth, Nazareth, Luke 2, 39, 40.

And in fact, in Acts, chapter 2, in chapter 3 and chapter 4, they say Jesus of Nazareth.

I mean, they specifically say that as one of his titles.

It's used multiple times.

So it's very interesting to note that that that's how the early disciples even identified them, so that people could know.

Excellent Job, sir.

Very, very good.

Yeah, and in the Old Testament it says that, but Jesus himself, He.

He actually spoke about it when he actually.

I think it was when he first preached, when he was actually announcing who he was before the.

Before the people.

It was a Nazareth, wasn't it, when that was.

That happened?

Yeah, he was.

He was.

Now, here's one of the funny things about that, and this is something that people, they do miss this, but I'm just going to share it because people.

So Jesus was from Nazareth.

He wasn't a Nazarite, he was a Nazarene because a Nazarite took a vow and they couldn't drink wine or anything like that.

But a Nazarene didn't take that vow.

So isn't that interesting?

Okay.

That's kind of cool, huh?

Yeah, it is.

That's cool.

It is.

Excellent.

Excellent job.

Excellent job, brother.

I appreciate it.

Yeah, no problem.

Thank you.

All right, God bless you.

You too.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

That was fun, right?

Yay.

We love stuff like that.

All right, let's get into it.

Here's our first teach.

I'm going to make this really easy.

Oh, wait, we do have to do our DNA.

Sorry, like, my teaching is more important than DNA.

Isn't that funny?

All right, here we go.

DNA.

DNA are the building blocks of what we are as Christians.

Here it is.

D.

D stands for draw closer to the Lord Daily.

Daily.

And so we just make it this simple every day that ends in Y.

Spend some time with the guy in the sky.

Okay, cool.

Wait, here's another one.

I love this one.

This is really my favorite.

Every day that has a vowel in it.

Spend time with the Lord.

Oh, wait, here's another one.

This is my favorite one, though.

This is my favorite.

Every day you get to breathe, Spend time with God.

Now, how Much time should that be?

I don't know.

You have to work that out between you and the Lord.

I mean, where you do it, when you do it, all that stuff, but just spend it.

Because the key is connecting deeply, unimpeded, like, no interference, no distractions with the Lord so that it's you and the Lord.

Not only will your life be better, will your preparation for anything he wants you to do be better, but everybody around you will be better because you're better, because you're doing it with the Lord.

It's like that's the key in this.

We gotta be connected.

It's just so important.

That's why the scripture talks about Jesus separating and separated for hours and hours.

Spent the night in prayer on a mountain by himself.

Because that communion sets everything else up.

Right relationship creates right ministry.

Draw closer to the Lord daily.

D N Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

It is the world's mission when they are influenced by Satan, to shame the word of God.

Satan has been trying to distort the word of God from from the garden.

Yea, hath God said, well, is that really what he said?

Are you sure that's what he meant?

That's been going on from the beginning.

Jesus said in Luke 9:26, if you're ashamed of me or my words, then I'll be ashamed of you when I come in the Father's glory with angels.

It's like no way around that.

And Jesus title.

What is it?

In John 1:1:1 and 1:2, Jesus is called the Word of God.

Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

D Draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

A Always be ready.

To serve.

To serve.

You're ready, you're ready.

If you're spending time with the Lord and you're not ashamed of what he has said, and you're more mindful of him than just the things you have to do.

Look, I have the same kind of lists, the same kind of chores, the same kind of things that I have to accomplish as everybody else.

But if I get so caught up in it and I leave no room for God in the day, how am I being ready?

And it doesn't mean every three seconds you need to turn to the Lord.

But it's not a bad idea to say every so often I'm here, I want to be used being ready.

And it's just like, I mean, ready, set, go.

We got to be ready first.

That's the whole key.

Always be ready and think, well, I can't always be ready.

So my son said, yes, you can.

Jesus says, you can.

So was he wrong?

I don't think so.

Maybe it just is.

The idea is to focus a little bit less on us and a little bit more on whatever the Lord wants.

Right.

D Draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

A Always be ready to serve.

Very cool.

All right, so instead of going to the break, which I'm supposed to do, I'm going to teach this little teaching because I just really appreciate it.

We're getting new phone calls from new listeners.

We got new people texting in already, like new year, just breaking out the way we hope it will.

This is called our own signs.

This is kind of a goofy title for a ddddd for those that don't know, ddddd is Dr.

Dave's devotional Diamonds of the day.

These are things that Lord, you know, I commune with the Lord and there's something that comes in the scripture, and I write some stuff down and think, wow, that's really cool.

I hope I can share it.

And that's what these are, those moments where I get to share them.

Set up road markers for yourself.

Establish signposts.

Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled.

There's a short one, but it's sweet.

Set up road markers for yourself.

Road markers and signposts are indicators of where you've been in your journey with the Lord.

And the scripture says to keep them in mind.

Keep the highway in mind.

Keep this traveling in mind.

The Lord is brought you from point A to point B.

What did he do with Israel?

He took them out of Egypt.

The bondage through the wilderness, the cleansing into the promised land.

We go through stages in our journey with the Lord, and the Lord is telling you and I, hey, make signposts.

Make little markers to remind you where I've taken you from, where I am taking you, what I'm taking you through, and where I am ultimately gonna take you.

And make sure you keep them in mind.

Keep the highway in mind.

The way that you have traveled.

Do you know how many things the Lord has done for you?

And you say, oh, he's done so many things.

And then the next tough question would be, have you written any of those down?

Do you have a signpost on that?

Do you have a little marker that indicates that that helps you remember?

Or do you just put it all in one big pile?

The Lord is the one who's telling us, hey, set up road Markers.

Hey, put up signposts.

Keep that highway in mind.

Where I've brought you through the way that you've traveled, I've taken you through it.

Don't forget it.

And that's what the Lord wants us to do, to remember where he's brought us from, where he's bringing us to, and all of the in between.

And he's like, I'm doing this for you.

Make sure you take note of it.

Keep in mind what I've brought you through and that will help you focus on where I'm bringing you to.

I mean, that's really what he's trying to communicate, right?

That's not too complex.

That's kind of a simple.

All right, all right, we'll take our break and then we'll come back.

By the way, you're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on Kaam 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Short break, we'll be back.

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What is the David Spoon Experience and God?

There's no room there.

It's like, well, no, no, no, I can not vote for either kingdom.

Well, let me get this straight.

You're not voting for the kingdom of God, therefore you're also trying to be a supporter of the kingdom of darkness.

How does that work?

That doesn't work.

And in lieu of that, you know, I had a discussion with my son.

We were talking about preparation and being ready because you never know when the Lord.

You don't know when that trumpet's going to blow for you.

You don't know at that moment where God's going to go, ding dong, time's up.

And I said, you always got to be ready.

He said, well, you can't always be ready.

It's like, no, you always got to be ready.

Matthew, chapter 24, verse 42.

Be ready, always be ready.

For you do not know the day that the Lord will come.

And that's not just from an eschatological point of view for life.

That's for you individually.

You got to be ready and watchful and aware because this is kingdom stuff.

And there's a kingdom being built to glorify God and there's all the opposing kingdoms.

And it's a pretty straightforward question, which kingdom are you trying to support?

That's the question.

And if you say, well, I'm not supporting any kingdom, then you are opposed to the kingdom of God because you are either helping advance his kingdom or you're in opposition.

And that's where Jesus split the line.

And you think well, that, that doesn't seem fair.

We have a great word around this show that we like to use every once in a while, but with tons of love.

Tough.

It's like it's not whether you think it's fair or not, you know?

Well, I don't think God, a God of love would do it this way or this way.

Too bad.

What, you think you're not God?

That's not up to you.

Well, that's just what the Bible says.

Let me get this straight.

So you believe that God can create the universe, but he can't write a book?

Boy, that argument's going to get lost every single single time.

So my whole point in bringing this up is there's, it's not a contradiction at all.

You're either four in Luke 9, 49 and 50, you're either for the kingdom, advancing the kingdom, driving out demons in the name of Jesus Christ, trying to make declaration for the truth of God, or you're against the kingdom.

Whether you are verbally, physically against it, or whether you are verbally and physically doing nothing, there is no neutral.

You are either a kingdom advancer or you are against the kingdom.

And what is really hard, everybody ready for your noodle to get baked?

Here is the decisions that we make advance kingdoms.

Do we consider our decisions before we make these decisions?

Do we consider what kingdom we are impacting?

Wow.

Isn't that tough?

The David Spoon Experience.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at Kaam 770, the truce station here in Texas.

That's K double amen.

770, the truce station here in Texas.

Getting ready for our next trivia question.

Not a very difficult question.

I feel very confident you will get this.

How many days and nights of solitude, prayer and fasting did Jesus spend in the wilderness?

Is it 3, 10, 20 or 40?

So we've heard from Brandon, a first time caller.

Great to hear from him.

Let's hear from some other people that have never called in.

Give a holler, don't be afraid.

Your answer.

By the way, your reference, Luke 4:1:2, Luke 4:1:2.

How many days and nights of solitude, prayer and fasting did Jesus spend in the wilderness?

Is that 3, 10, 20 or 40?

Luke 4:1 through 2.

Right.

All right.

Kind of fun right there.

Give you that opportunity, see what's going on there.

Let's see, I think Jacob is getting a phone call, so we'll give that a little time.

I will be doing a couple of jokes just to let you know.

So you might as well, just get prepared for it.

For those that are new to the show, this is not your grandfather's radio show.

It's not your grandmother's radio show because it's my show.

So it's not neither one of those.

It's not your grandfather's radio show unless your name is Addybug, Isaiah Anthony Easton, Scott, Anna or Carter Bear, Stella or Cash, then it's your grandfather's show.

But that's those seven.

Only those seven.

Somebody ready to answer the trivia question?

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David, this is Fred.

How are you today?

I'm doing phenomenal, Fred.

How are you, my brother?

I'm doing fine, sir.

Awesome.

Awesome.

I don't know if you got a chance to hear that very first 20, 25 minutes of the show, but man, it was lights on fire.

I thought my ears were on fire.

I mean, I was like, what's going on?

That's awesome to hear.

I hadn't been too long, checked in and already I like what I've heard.

All right, here you go, bro.

I'll set you up.

You tell me what the answer is and how do I know you're gonna get this right?

I am very confident.

From Luke 4, 1, 2, how many days and nights of solitude and prayer and fasting did Jesus end up spending in the wilderness?

Was it 3, 10, 20 or 40?

That would be 40.

That is correct.

Amando, sir.

Excellent job, my brother.

Excellent.

God bless you and happy New Year again.

Again.

Happy New Year to you, my brother.

Love you in the Lord, brother.

Love you too.

Bye bye.

God bless you.

Bye bye.

All right, here we go.

All right, we got to do a couple of jokes, right?

Well, actually we didn't do history last time, right?

So let's do history first and then we'll do the jokes if we have time later.

So go ahead and do the go to history.

Go ahead.

Alright, so for those that do not know, on this day, January 3rd, it is fruitcake toss day again.

Going back to my theory, I know many people get offended by this.

If you are easily offended, the Bible says you need to work on that because it says love is not easily offended.

The fruitcake toss theory is there's only one fruitcake in all of the world and everybody just keeps on passing it to one another.

Another.

Wasn't it fruitcake day last week?

Yeah, you gotta make fun of fruitcake like two or three times throughout the Christmas year and the New Year's.

It's Just like a requirement.

Okay.

But it's also National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day, which.

That's good.

I mean, see, to me, anything that has chocolate, that's the key.

It's not the chocolate covered.

It's just chocolate.

It's like, okay, but chocolate covered carrots, that's not bad.

You'll like this one.

Which is weird because you would think it's like multiple.

Multiple years ago, but it's only like, you know, 65 years ago.

So it's like, wow.

They were the state.

1959.

So that's like, wow.

That's like, you know, 65 years, 66 years ago.

Right.

Weird for football fans.

1983 and this tape.

Tony Dorset of the Dallas Cowboys made the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history, tying Bob Gage.

Did you know that?

I didn't know that.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, I think that was the 103 yarder.

He was three yards deep or something.

Let's see.

1777, on this day, American General George Washington defeats British General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.

Very prestigious now.

That and the community college.

Kind of the same thing.

All right, and then finally, today is JRR Tolkien Day for those that are interested in the literature.

How's that?

Good one.

Not bad.

All right, ready?

Anything else going on?

You okay?

No, I prefer the chocolate covered strawberries, but I do like chocolate covered cherries.

I do, too.

Yeah, I do, too.

You're 100% right.

Actually, where Noel works at Tom Thumb, they always have chocolate cover coverage.

Strawberries, that's like one of their big things.

And they make them.

They take days and days and days and they make them and they sell them all out.

You'd just be amazed they're all gone.

I mean, rarely does she get to bring any home, which is kind of a drag.

Well, I'm just being honest.

All right, so let's get into our.

What are we.

We're already at the mark, aren't we?

Way past.

You know what?

Let's take our break because I've got this massive, massive teaching I want to do.

Let's take a break right here and then we'll come back.

You're listening to the David's Moon Experience right here on Kaam 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Short break.

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Now I want to pull this out of Jude.

Jude only has one chapter.

Jude is the letter before the Book of Revelation.

Revelation singular.

It's the last letter before the Book of Revelation and this is what it says in verses 17 through 19.

I want you to listen to this and then I want you to think about today, all the stuff that's going on.

I'm not going to go overly political.

I want you just to think consider the landscaping that we're all living in right now, the landscape of society.

It says this.

But you must remember, beloved, that the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, they said to you in the last times there will be scoffers following their own ungodly passions.

It is these who cause divisions, worldly people devoid of the Holy Spirit.

Now listen to that.

This is a prophecy that is being brought up by Jude, who is a brother to Jesus, won't even identify himself that way.

Brother to James, who was in charge of the church after the James of Peter.

James John died in Acts 12.

In Acts 15, the other James kind of ascends to the position of power, so to speak.

And he's not in charge of everybody, he's just kind of leading the show.

And like Peter did in the early church.

And this is Jude, his brother and the brother of Jesus.

And he's telling you, you got to remember what the apostle said.

The apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He's so humble when he writes that.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at Kaam 7, the truth station here in Texas.

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Getting ready for your next trivia question.

We will play the horn.

We haven't played the horn in a long time, but we're going to play the horn on this one.

Here is your trivia question.

Is the book of Mordecai in the Old Testament, the New Testament, or neither?

Is the book of Mordecai in the Old Testament, the New Testament, or neither?

Or you can send an email.

Davidemustincrease.org is the book of Mordecai in the Old Testament, the New Testament or neither?

That is the question.

In the meantime, I'm going to send you up to the website.

As you often know, we are a ministry that exists on giving.

So I'm gonna now try to manipulate you into giving.

No, I'm not.

All right, here's what we're gonna tell you.

Nancy's asking.

Seriously, it's funny.

Nancy.

All right, so here's what I'm trying to tell you.

We need giving to keep doing the ministry.

That's it.

You don't need to really get a lot deeper than that, do you?

I mean, you know, hey, that's what we need.

If the Lord puts it on your heart, great.

If he doesn't, no problem.

If you're not sure, awesome.

Pray and ask.

I mean, what we say is visit the website, check it out.

If you're a giver, it's great.

If you never give, you should be a giver and you should be giving to home base, which is your church.

We are a fellowship and we're here to encourage people to draw closer to the Lord.

That's what we do.

If you like it and you want to give to it, and the Lord blesses that or says okie dokie, great.

If not, don't worry about it.

Still, enjoy everything and anything you can from the ministry.

Check it all out on the website.

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Cool Whip?

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You mean Cool Whip?

Yeah.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

You're saying it weird.

Why are you putting so much emphasis on the H?

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I'm just saying it.

Cool Whip.

That might be my third favorite one.

I'm just saying.

I just think that's funny.

All right, your trivia question.

That's right.

I have to ask these questions.

We gotta make sure we get everybody going on.

This is the Book of Mordecai in the Old Testament.

The New Testament, or neither?

In the next segment, we're going to do Jake's take.

In the meantime, we're going to do a teaching that I did 40 years ago.

Wow.

You ready for that?

All right, is the Book of Mordecai Old Testament, New Testament, or neither?

By the way, if I forgot to give the phone number, that happens.

Or send an email davidemasincreased.org now, somebody is ready to answer trivia questions, so you're gonna get spared for about a minute and a half.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, David.

Happy New Year.

This is your little brother.

Hello, Samson.

How are you, bro?

Good.

All right, let me set you up on the question, and then we'll go from there and see what's happening.

All right?

The question's pretty straightforward.

I'm not really feeling like you're going to have too much trouble with this.

The Book of Mordecai, is it Old Testament, New Testament, or neither?

Oh, it's in the Book of Mormon.

Stop it.

Stop it.

No, it's not in the.

It's not in the Old and the New Testament.

You are correct, sir.

Ah.

Only our audience would do that.

All right, my friend, what is happening with you?

How art thou?

Oh, thou.

Wait, where'd you go?

He just disappeared.

Okay, now we gotta wait for him to call back.

Oh.

Oh.

Give him a sound.

I'M gonna give him a couple seconds because I am gonna be teaching on meanie weenie and Mr.

And you're going to think, really, you're going to teach this something you taught in junior high?

Yeah, actually I taught this in junior high assembly and I remember it and have used it on a regular basis once a week for over 40 years.

That's how important it is.

But let me send.

Let's have our brother Samson come right back in because if he was going to share with us, send him on through.

Knock, knock.

Samson, that you?

Yes.

Okay.

That's okay.

All right, not a problem.

All right, talk to me about what's going on with you, bro, because we want to pray for you.

Yes, I desperately need a prayer and God's miracle today.

There is something really urgent and I have to leaning on God.

Okay, let's believe the Lord for a miracle.

One of the things that we believe is.

And one of the things that the Lord has been sharing with a lot of people is get ready to receive.

And then when I asked the Lord what does that mean?

He said to believe.

So here we go.

I'm believing it.

Let's pray.

Let's pray for it right now.

Father, we ask you right now in the name of Jesus that you would bring a provisional and a incredible set of miracles for our brother Samson that his situation can be changed.

Because Lord, we are absolutely confident in your goodness, that it only takes a moment for a miracle.

And we ask for you to bring your graciousness, your kingdom, your touch, your resources into Samson's life.

That instead of having fear, he would have great confidence.

Instead of being concerned, he would have a sense of peace that you would help him replace the spirit of fear and unsurity and discomfort and challenge and anxiety with a peace that passes all understanding.

Because his heart and his mind are kept in you.

But Lord, he needs you to respond.

He needs the activity of God to manifest.

We're just asking you in the name of Jesus to be his source and his resource and to help him get through and to help him have confidence in your faithfulness.

Please help our brother out of this situation that he can find the deliverance he needs.

For you are a God who rescues us.

Rescue Samson in Jesus name.

Amen and amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank you.

That's exactly what I needed.

All right, my brother.

God bless you.

God bless you and Shabbat shalom.

Shabbat shalom.

All right.

All right.

Let's do this teaching phenomenal, I think.

Just get ready for this, okay?

It's called Yes, I retitled it this Further Junior High.

I don't want to hear about it.

Meeny weenie and Mr.

Cool.

Dude, you don't get a doctorate by not coming up with nifty names.

That's not true, but it's funny.

Jesus replied and said, a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and they went away, leaving him half dead.

And by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan who was on a journey came upon him, and he saw him and felt compassion and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them.

He put him on his own beast and brought him to the inn and took care of him.

On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, take care of him, and whatsoever you spend that when I return, I'll pay you.

Now which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers hands?

And the lawyer said, the one who showed mercy toward him.

Then Jesus said to him, go and do the same.

Now we all know this story.

We've heard it taught many, many times.

Unless you're a newer Christian.

Okay, I want to point out a couple of things that you cannot miss in this story that are critical.

Number one, there are many commentators and many teachers that say about this commentary that this road that they're traveling on, this road going from Jerusalem to Jericho was a dangerous road and people were it's dangerous to go on it.

My only comment to all those commentators is then why was everybody in the parable traveling on the road if it was so dangerous?

It's not like the priest is going with a loaded gun.

But anyway, let's just skip that.

That's just a little side note.

For most people, Jesus asks the question and the answer is more fascinating than we think.

He says, who is my neighbor?

And in telling the story he teaches that the Samaritan came upon him.

So what was the difference between the Samaritan and the Levite and the priest compared to the Samaritan?

Well, the Levite and the priest went on the other side went out of their way to avoid the connection.

Not only did they not help, they went out of their way.

They crossed the other side of the road just so they wouldn't be confronting or coming upon this person.

They just didn't want to see him.

And what Jesus teaches us, what did the Samaritan not do?

He didn't go on the other side of the road.

He didn't do what it took to avoid.

He came upon him and then he had compassion on him.

And what I think is missed, and I'll use this in a practical application, is your neighbor is anyone that God brings into your universe as you're traveling down the path.

And your goal is not to move the path to avoid encountering them, which is what the Levi did and what the priests did, did they moved or changed their path just so they didn't have the encounter.

Whoever God brings into your universe as you are traveling on the path towards him, that is your neighbor.

That's why when they do things and it's like you can't make any real connection to somebody who's on the other side of the world, but you've never seen a picture, never heard, never anything.

There's like no connection.

It's whoever God brings into your universe that's your neighbor.

And what you don't do is go out of your way to avoid them.

Instead, you want to be, as God calls us to be, a genuine neighbor with a heart that's willing to care.

That's the big key in meanie weenie and Mr.

Cool Dude.

Okay, all right.

Very simple.

All right, we'll take our break and then we'll come back.

We'll make sure to do Jake's take when we do.

You're listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kaam 770, the true stationary Texas.

Short break.

We'll be back.

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Now if anybody gets offended at this, I apologize that you have no sense of humor.

Okay, like that.

That's a good line.

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Alright, here's the first one.

A pastor was leaving his area and was saying farewell to his congregation at the church door for the last time.

He shook the hand of an elderly lady as she walked out.

She said, your successor won't be as good as you.

Well, nonsense, said the pastor in a flattered tone.

No, really, said the old lady.

I've been here under five different ministers and each new one has been worse than the last.

Ouch.

Ouch.

But this one, this is the one that's going to offend people, which is irony, right?

Because that's more offensive than this is.

And this is just too.

And if you guys get offended at this, I, you know, take, take a week off the show.

It seems there was a minister who had just all of his remaining teeth pulled and new dentures were being made.

The first Sunday he only preached 10 minutes.

The second Sunday, he preached 20 minutes.

But the third Sunday he preached an hour and 25 minutes.

When asked about this by some of the congregation, he responded this way.

The first Sunday, my gums were so sore it hurt to talk.

The second Sunday, my dentures were hurting a lot.

The third Sunday, I accidentally grabbed my wife's dentures and I couldn't stop talking sometimes.

Hallelujah.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at Kaam 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.

That's Ka.

Amen.

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The Truth Station here in Texas is your last trivia question.

We gotta get on it because we only have so many minutes left in the show.

Which of Jesus disciples walked on the water with him?

Andrew, Peter, James or John?

Which of Jesus disciples walked on the water with him?

Was it Andrew, Peter, James or John?

Or you can send an email.

We get everybody's email.

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Again, which of Jesus disciples walked on the water with him?

Andrew, Peter, James or John?

Your answer in Matthew 14, 28 and 29.

In the meantime, we're gonna do Jake's take.

All right, my friends, tell my friend.

Tell everybody the big news.

Of other lines.

David.

Yeah, well, I mean, it's as big a game as you can get, so just lay it on the line for.

Well, let's, let's start with the Cowboys.

That's the game with less stakes for this football season.

The Cowboys play Washington in Arlington Sunday.

Going to get my pick real quick.

I have the Washington commanders winning.

I know, I know they're playing the Cowboys, but I do have Washington winning that game.

Wow.

I am going to go with the Cowboys.

A surprise pick because I feel like they need something.

So I'm going with.

So you're.

The game is the.

We need something Cowboys.

That's what I'm going with.

I am going feel bad, actually.

I do feel bad for them.

I do.

Go ahead.

All right, then you hinted at it.

The big game is Sunday night.

The Minnesota Vikings facing off against the Detroit Lions.

Both had the same record, so there's a lot at stake here.

There's playoff seating at stake.

Possibly the winner of this game goes on to win the Super Bowl.

Who knows or makes the Super Bowl.

I'm going to give my pick here.

I'm going to pick the Detroit Lions to win.

I am also being from Detroit for 17 years, also 16 years, also going to pick the Detroit Lions, which would then make them the number one seed instead of the number five seed.

Yes.

And the game's in Detroit.

So that's the, that's one of the big reasons why I'm picking them.

If the game was in Minnesota, I think I would go with the Vikings, but I'm going to go with the Lions Sunday night.

I agree with you.

And let's just say go Lions.

Okay, that's all I'm going to say.

I'm going to leave it there.

All right.

Good job.

Excellent work.

We have our trivia question out there.

Make sure I don't forget to give it the question which of Jesus disciples walked on the water with him?

Andrew, Peter, James or John?

In the meantime?

This is entitled Grace against Grief.

They will come and shout for joy on the height of of Zion.

And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord.

Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd.

And their life will be like a watered garden.

They will never languish again.

Verse 13.

Then the Virgin will rejoice in the dance, and the young man and the old together.

For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort and give them joy for their sorrow.

Wow, what a passage.

Radiant with joy.

They will be radiant with joy.

Wow.

What do you get to see?

They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion.

They will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord.

Radiant with joy because of the goodness of God.

Let me just help you out real quickly.

Has God been good to you?

That's a reason to be radiant with joy.

Joy comes because of his goodness.

Joy comes because of his presence.

Joy comes because of the answer to prayer.

Remember, Jesus said, ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

And the joy of the Lord is our strength.

Yeah.

He says, this is amazing.

His supplies, the grain, the new wine, the oil, the young of the flock, the herd.

His supplies will strengthen us.

God's supply will strengthen you.

But the key is this one moment.

He says, I will turn their mourning into joy.

I will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

Mourning into joy.

That discouraging darkness into joy and joy for their sorrow, which means happiness out of our grief.

How could God do that?

He's God.

Is anything too hard for the Lord?

That was the question that was asked to Abraham.

No, that is the answer.

Wow.

Grace against grief.

Get ready for it.

Get ready to receive.

Which of Jesus disciples walked on the water with him?

Was it Andrew, Peter, James or John?

Get it?

Great.

All right, folks, you have been listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kaam 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Taking a 72 and a half hour break.

More insanity of his then lay me down in peace and sleep for you have made me.

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