The David Spoon Experience explores the profound truth that God often uses challenging circumstances, such as famine, to bless and guide His children, as exemplified in the story of Abraham. Through a detailed examination of Genesis, David Spoon emphasizes the importance of recognizing and commemorating God's presence in our lives. He encourages listeners to keep a record of their spiritual experiences, highlighting that these moments can serve as reminders of God's faithfulness during tough times. The episode also touches on the significance of being patient in our spiritual journeys, as growth occurs in stages, allowing for both successes and setbacks. With engaging anecdotes and insights, this episode invites listeners to deepen their relationship with God and recognize the joy that comes from their faith.

Dr. David Spoon’s insightful discussion centers around the biblical figure of Abraham, illuminating the profound lessons embedded within his journey of faith. The episode opens with the striking idea that a severe famine—often perceived solely as a calamity—was a divine setup to bless Abraham. Spoon elaborates on how God orchestrates circumstances for His glory and our benefit, prompting listeners to reconsider their own trials. This theme of divine providence continues as Spoon transitions into Abraham's interaction with Pharaoh, highlighting the complexities of human behavior and the unwavering nature of God’s protection. He skillfully weaves in personal anecdotes, illustrating how these biblical narratives resonate with contemporary experiences of faith and failure, thus making the ancient text relevant to today’s audience.

Another key theme is the importance of recognizing and commemorating God’s presence in our lives. Spoon encourages listeners to build their own “altars,” metaphorically speaking, by keeping a journal of spiritual encounters. This practice is not merely about documentation but serves as a means to foster gratitude and awareness of God’s continuous work in our lives. By reflecting on God’s faithfulness, individuals can find strength and encouragement during difficult times, reinforcing the idea that even in moments of uncertainty, God remains a steadfast ally. As the episode unfolds, Spoon’s engaging narrative style, filled with humor and warmth, creates an inviting atmosphere for listeners, making complex theological concepts accessible and relatable.

Towards the conclusion, Spoon emphasizes the power of community in faith, inviting listeners to share their personal stories and prayer requests. This segment highlights the significance of mutual support among believers, fostering a sense of belonging and shared experience. The episode wraps up with a light-hearted banter about sports and sweets, reminding audiences that faith and joy can coexist in every aspect of life. Overall, this episode serves as an enriching resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of faith, encouraging a holistic approach that encompasses both spiritual depth and everyday joy. The blend of serious reflection and light-hearted conversation makes it a compelling listen, leaving audiences inspired and equipped to navigate their own spiritual journeys.

Takeaways:

• The famine that Abraham faced was used by God to bless him, illustrating divine providence.
• Abraham's deceptive plan to protect Sarah highlights the complexity of human actions in faith.
• God's protection over His children remains constant, even amidst their mistakes and failures.
• Creating altars and commemorating God's visits is essential for spiritual growth and gratitude.
• The Christian journey is a process of stages, requiring patience and trust in God's timing.
• True joy comes from salvation and the promise of eternal life, despite life's trials.

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

It's marvelous, monumental, most fascinating, massively mind bending Monday as we join our hearts and minds as one, drawing closer to the king of Kings and glorifying his name.

Back into Genesis we go.

Picking it up in chapter 12.

Going to start around verse 10, a little bit before, but at verse 10 it states, there was a severe famine in the land.

So Abraham went down to Egypt to wait it out.

There was no food and Abraham figured, you know what, the best place to hang out is going to be to go down to Egypt because it'll have more food there since there's none around here.

It turns out this was actually from the Lord.

Listen to what I'm going to say to you.

Listen to this line.

Listen to this statement.

The famine was used by God to bless Abraham.

Just let that sink for a second.

The famine was used by God to bless Abraham.

That's a biblical truth, non escapable.

Next, as they're traveling, Abraham told Sarah, you're an extremely beautiful woman and they're gonna see you and they're gonna say, hey, let's kill this guy and take the gal.

But instead, here's my plan.

I want you to tell them you're my sister, to be straightforward about it.

Genesis 20 shows that they are in fact brother and sister, but only half brother and sister.

That said, Abraham's approach was still very deceptive.

But in verse 17 it says, the Lord sent a terrible plague on Pharaoh, his household, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

God has a standard that will not change when his children are involved, even when they mess up.

Okay, that means you and me.

When his children are involved and even when they mess up, God will protect them and judge those who come after them.

Pharaoh had no right to approach or even try to claim Sarah, by the way, because Sarah was also a child of the most high God.

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 he joined KAM and this radio program began.

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

Lessons for surviving, living and prevailing.

Isn't that nice to prevail?

Sometimes we're getting into that survival mode.

Other times we're living, we're doing it the right way, and other times we're just.

We're doing awesome.

And prevailing politics, entertainment and current events.

Well, we'll cover some of that.

Personal revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities, so much more.

Now, remember, it's not professional radio.

And to prove it's not professional radio, we're going to talk to the man behind the curtain of professional radio.

Maybe our own very own wizard of Oz.

Our very own Jam and Jacob.

Jam and Jacob.

Is the David Spoon Experience professional radio?

No, it is not.

David.

Nice curtain, by the way.

Nice, nice.

I'm loving the movie references.

Friday it was Top Gun, and then now it's wizard of Oz.

You can't beat it.

You can't beat it.

Will you see what's next?

All right.

Anyway, bottom line is, it's not professional radio.

Come on, you guys know.

I mean, if you're new to the show, let me help you out.

It's not professional radio.

You're lucky if it's two cans and a string.

Okay, we are asking, though, how you doing?

What's up?

What's happening?

And you can reach out to us by email.

David must increase.org that's David must increase.org it's an email and it works.

You can text us.

Not Texas, text us.

Talking to Jam and Jacob is like knowing that your spiritual radio family has your back.

Oh, that's nice.

Thank you, David.

Happy Monday.

Happy Monday to you, my friend.

So I did check in with you on this and we'll just verify it with everybody because I too did the same thing on this weekend.

Did you have the very highly sought after Reese's candy?

Yes, I did.

Yay.

Good job.

I clap for eating unhealthy.

Yes, exactly right.

I too had that as part of my leftover birthday present.

Noel bought me a couple of extra Reese's.

So I had those over the weekend and it was delicious.

That's all I'm gonna say.

And no, we're not spokespeople for Reese's.

Okay.

There are people like, are you spokespeople for Reese's?

No, I just like it.

Right.

And I like the commercial when the guys got the chocolate and the guy's got the peanut butter and they run into each other and one guy's like, hey, this is a good idea.

Anyway, we could have a recess sponsor.

Right?

That trivia question was sponsored by Rhesus.

Alright, back to the text.

That's great.

Oh, that is a great idea.

All right, here's the bottom line.

You can reach out to us, you can text us, you can call us, you can email us.

Why would you do that?

Praise report.

How about, what has the Lord done for you?

What has happened in your life that has changed things for you?

It could be something.

Maybe you've got an anniversary you're celebrating, just happy to be with the person you're with.

Maybe you just had answered a prayer.

Maybe you're just sensing that the peace of God that passes all understanding is keeping you share that.

People love to hear that.

It blesses them.

Maybe you got a prayer request petition.

We prayed for Cordelia.

We'll keep praying for people.

We'll never stop praying until the Lord fully returns and we're done.

But until then, we'll keep praying for the kingdom of God to advance into earth, that his will would be done, that his kingdom would manifest on this earth.

That's what we're praying for.

Maybe you've got something you want to share, something on your mind.

Maybe you've got an answer to trivia.

I don't know.

Maybe you do, maybe you don't.

Here's your trivia question.

Who said, what is truth?

Who said, what is truth?

Jesus, in his response or in his setup, said, to this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world that I should bear witness to the truth.

Everyone that is of the truth hears my voice.

But who responded by saying, what is truth?

John, chapter 18, verses 37 and 38.

By the way, just another verification that Jesus is the truth.

Right?

Because everyone that's of the truth, he said, hears my voice.

Aha.

If you think, you know.

Or.

Or you can send an email, David, that he must increase.

You can do that too.

I Do need to tell you, and it's a couple of weeks away, But I'm just letting you know that next week we have a fill a show where we're being preempted by a massively important sports event.

So that's a week from Friday.

We'll give you more details as we get closer to that.

But that has nothing to do with this week.

And who knows?

If the Lord comes back between now and then, you won't have to worry about it.

Get it?

That's kind of a joke.

All right, we do have somebody ready to answer a trivia question.

So let's do this.

Let's send that person through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Oh, this is your little brother.

Hello, little brother.

How are you?

I'm okay.

Okay.

All right, well, let me set up the question, then you can knock it out of the park for everybody.

Here we go.

Jesus said, to this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world that I should bear witness to the truth.

And everyone that's of the truth hears my voice.

This person replied, what is truth?

Who was that?

The person who can fly the airplane.

That would be the pilot.

Pilot.

That is correct.

That is correct.

That's one of the things.

There's an old joke about why Jesus doesn't want people flying in airplanes because he said, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Anyway, that's just a thought there.

How are.

How art thou, brother?

What's going on?

I don't know.

I'm just feeling a little discouraged today.

Yeah, I don't.

Did you have a good Sunday?

Did you have a good church service?

I'm sorry?

Did you have a good Sunday?

Was yesterday good?

Oh, yes, excellent.

Ah, see, Shabbat, Saturday, Sunday, they were excellent.

Ah, so the enemy doesn't like that.

So then he's naturally gonna attack you on the downtime.

That's part of his tactic, right?

Let's pray that the Lord will restore the joy.

Let's do it.

Father, we come before you right now.

Lift up our brother Samson.

Most of us are aware, but it's easy to forget.

For us, Lord, we got so much going on in our little brains, in our little hearts.

But, Lord, the enemy waits.

And he waits for us to drop our guard and then just comes in and attacks.

Especially after good and productive and fruitful and spiritually filled with blessing times, the enemy comes in on the back door.

So we're just asking for Samson that you would fill his heart with joy that the joy of the Lord would be his strength.

And he would not allow the enemy to take away from that joy, but instead go right back into your presence, knowing that that joy from your presence is his greatest strength against the world, against his flesh, and against the enemy himself.

So bless him with this joy that comes from your presence.

Fill him up and let it give him a recharge in his batteries so he can be ready to go, ready to be used by you and to honor your name.

And let no news that's sent against him sent to disappoint him.

Let none of that have impact because he keeps his focus on you.

We pray that in Jesus name, amen and Amen.

Amen.

Thank you, brother.

You are welcome, my bro.

God bless you.

God bless you too.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

All right.

DNA.

Why?

Because without it, I can't do the show.

You think?

What do you mean?

Well, I do the DNA before and if I didn't do it, I couldn't do the show.

I'm just telling you, I just do a replay if that happened.

D Draw closer to the Lord daily.

See, I'm trying to think.

Every day that has a vowel.

Is that a good one?

See, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Every day that has a vowel.

You should spend time with the Lord.

Okay, Work it out, people.

Work it out.

Draw closer to the Lord daily.

And by drawing closer.

And I do think it's important for you to understand I am talking about separated time.

It doesn't mean you can't do it while you're driving.

I'm not saying that.

But what I am saying is you can't be so focused on 10 different things that there is that God is coming in at number 11 or number 12.

He is supposed to be number one.

So let us make that the priority.

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

Well, his righteousness is through Jesus Christ.

So that should give you a clue right there.

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

Cannot stress enough talked about last week.

They're just trying to make the Bible hate speech.

Well, if they make it hate speech, tough.

Because we're not going to be ashamed of the word of God.

Doesn't matter.

Not ashamed of the Gospel.

Never ashamed of the Gospel.

I'm not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.

For.

For it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.

To the Jew first and then to the Gentile.

Never ashamed of what Jesus had to say.

Never ashamed of the Word.

Of God.

There's a lot in humanity to be ashamed of.

Starting in the garden and then just working its way down.

Never be ashamed of Jesus or his Word.

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

A.

Always be ready to serve.

Ready to serve.

I gotta tell you, I'm getting into this, so my devotions are a little different than some people.

So what I do is I basically, I'm reading from six different books in my devotional time when I'm reading, because that's just how it works out for me.

And so on this day, today I was in First Peter, chapter one.

And there's that passage in the classic King James that says, gird up the loins of your mind.

And that means, be in your brain, in your mind, in your being, in your thought processing.

Be ready, be alert, be prepared.

And that starts with the attic upstairs.

Between your left and right ear, between your left and right nostril, between your left and right pupil.

That we have a mind that's ready to honor our King, to be used for anything, but that we are conscious enough of the Lord to be directed by the Lord and not so caught up in our own stuff that it swallows us whole.

Okay?

That's what it is.

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

A.

Always be ready to serve.

Always be ready to serve.

I just want to do a backup before we get into verse 10 of Genesis 12.

I do want to back it up to where the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him he's going to give him all this land and all this offspring.

And in verse eight, basically.

Basically, it's verse eight, it says this and Abram not yet Abraham, so forgive me when I crosses over.

Abram built an altar there to commemorate the Lord's visit.

Abraham built an altar there to commemorate the Lord's visit.

That's actually the rest of verse seven.

After that, Abraham traveled southward and set up camp in the hill country between Bethel and the west of AI to the east.

And he built an altar there and worshiped the Lord.

Then Abraham traveled south by stages towards the Negev.

It's like five things I can teach out of this, and maybe I'll come back to this.

The first thing I want you to catch is this.

The Lord appeared to Abraham, showed him all these cool things.

Abraham built an altar there to commemorate the Lord's visit.

If you need clarity to understand why you should have a journal, this would be it.

Abraham built an altar to to acknowledge the visit of the Lord.

The last time the Lord visited you, did you write it down?

Did you make some kind of notation?

Did you reference it?

Did you check it out?

The last time we were in prayer and were obedient before the Lord and his presence swept over you, did you commemorate?

Did you say, thank you?

Did you acknowledge it?

Did you build an altar to him?

That's what it's talking about.

Isn't that cool?

Hey, when the Lord visits, commemorate it, because he visits you and it changes you, Dave.

But I'm praying.

I just.

I sense him.

Cool.

Write that down.

So the next time you're in this situation and you're like, I don't seem to be able to get my connection to the Lord, you can look back and go, oh, look, I do have a connection to the Lord.

I wrote it down.

It's not what have you done for me lately, God.

It's thank you for everything and anything you've ever done for me, God, commemorate it.

Just like Abraham did by building an altar because the Lord visited him.

But that was massive.

If God visits you and comforts you in the night, that is a visit.

Commemorate it.

That's the least that we can do.

Okay?

All right.

Take a short break, then come back.

You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the true stationary in Texas.

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What is the David Spoon Experience, you say?

I'll put it to you like this.

Do you love a good joke?

That's pretty bad.

What do you call an animal that doesn't practice what it preaches?

A hippocritopotamus.

Come on.

Do you love being able to ask questions, comments, or having someone to pray for you?

Do you have an opinion, a comment, a thought or a question?

We don't want it to die of loneliness.

We want it to have a chance.

And last but not least, do you love some trivia?

All right, we got our trivia question.

Who made clothes out of leaves that were sewed together?

Somebody want to answer the trivia question?

Okay, hold on, hold on.

Here you go.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

We're talking to Mary.

This is Al.

This is Brother Ace.

This is Eric, this is Deborah.

Now, if that doesn't make you curious, maybe you should tune in and check it out for yourself.

Think of me as the big brother that won't go away.

That's me.

Tune in to the David Spoon experience weekdays at 1:30pm on 7 70K, double.

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Dr.

Robert Jeffress.

Doctor, are you there with us?

I'm here with you, David.

I'm so glad that you're here.

I gotta ask you this question.

You know, I get a little fiery, especially when Christians are being accused of things that are false.

And that happens all the time, especially in the media.

And I think if you remember our very first time we ever talked, I told you how impressed I was with you that you are able to keep your spirit steady.

I appreciate that so much.

You're a good friend.

I appreciate that.

Here's the thing that drives me absolutely batty, which is where I need your help.

Now.

I understand this situation with Tim Tebow.

He was going to do a dedication for you.

He got a lot of personal, apparently from the media.

The media accused you of being homophobic and antisemitic, which for me, I mean, it was.

I guess when I first heard it, I was overwhelmed.

First of all, anti Semitic is a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile towards Jews.

You've been on my show now this is three time, and I'm as Jewish as they come.

Yeah, well, David, I mean, the charge of antisemitic comes from saying that everyone, including Jews, must trust in Christ in order to go to heaven.

That is hardly anti.

In fact, I have a Jewish friend in New York who called me this week.

She's not a Christian, but she said, I don't understand all of this.

Said, I don't believe in the New Testament.

But you do.

You're simply saying what the New Testament says.

And you know, David, we've said before, you know, Jesus said, I'm the way, the truth and the life.

No man comes to the Father but by me.

And I remind people, Jesus was not a Southern Baptist evangelist.

He was a Jewish rabbi.

And yet you look at what he said, what the apostle Paul said, the apostle Peter.

Here are the three most prominent men of the New Testament, every one of a devout Jew.

And yet they said there's one way to God and that's through faith in Christ.

That is not anti Semitic.

Oh.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's K double amen.

770, the Truth Station here in Texas.

Ooh, tough trivia question coming up.

Which Old Testament minor prophet prophesied that 30 pieces of silver would be used to portray to betray Jesus and would end up buying a potter's field?

Which Old Testament minor prophet prophesied that 30 pieces of silver would be used to betray Jesus and would end up buying a potter's field.

Matthew 27:6 through 8 if you want to hunt it down.

Matthew 27:6 through 8, if you think you know, by the way, you can ring a dingy, give us a call.

One ringy dingy.

Or send an email davidcrease.org so there it is.

Which minor prophet in the Old Testament prophesied that 30 pieces of silver would be used to betray Jesus and would end up buying a potter's field?

Your reference point in the New Testament is Matthew 27:6,8.

If you think, you know, you can reach out to us.

In the meantime, we're going to do a very quick Jake's take because we do have something happening tonight.

Let's fire away.

All right, my friend, it is Jake's take.

Time.

What do we got on tap for tonight?

Well, tonight the Dallas Cowboys are at home at Arlington, taking on the Cincinnati Bengals.

And David, I have the Dallas Cowboys winning a close game tonight at home and continuing their winning ways.

They've, they've won some games lately, had a really bad losing streak, but they're picking it back up and I think it continues.

They win tonight.

You know, I do believe you're right.

I'm actually sporting my Dallas Cowboys shirt today.

Yes.

Yes, I am.

And I do believe they're going to win.

I think if they win, that would be three in a row because, because I think they won the last two, if I remember right.

So that would be very good.

So we're hopeful for that and see how that goes.

We'll see how that goes.

But let's see if the shirt is good luck tonight.

That's right.

If not, I really don't want to burn it because it cost me $18.

And I just, you know, see, I'm the guy that you go to like a restaurant, like, I mean, a fast food.

Right.

Right.

Let's say it's a whataburger or whatever.

And then you have like a quarter of your hamburger and maybe six french fries left.

Right.

For whatever reason, you didn't eat it.

I'll keep it in the fridge for a week before I'll throw it out.

Oh, yeah.

Especially with fast food now.

There's nothing cheap about it.

Right.

You get a fast Food, meal.

And it's like $15.

It's like what happened, Right?

So sad.

Anyway, excellent job there on Jake's take.

Let's reiterate our question.

Which prophet prophesied that the 30 pieces of silver used to betray Jesus would end up buying a potter's field?

What minor prophet prophesied that?

Minor prophet.

And we determined that by length of text.

So the major prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel.

They have the largest amounts of text.

All the other prophets are considered minor.

Not less significant, less material.

It's just how it split up.

And as Jesus was using the Septuagint when he was teaching, because that's what he used 92% of the time, he just didn't seem to have a problem with that, did he?

Oh, I guess not.

Hmm.

Interesting.

Okey dokey, let's pick it back up.

We do have somebody who thinks they are ready.

You have just a couple more seconds.

Do we have somebody ready to answer the trivia question?

We do.

Let's send them on through.

Knock knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David, this is Ms.

Robertson.

Hello, Ms.

Robertson.

How are you?

It's good to hear from you again also.

All is well.

Thank you for asking.

All is well.

Well, God bless you.

You are a blessing.

I'm going to give you a chance for you to bless other people by telling them the answer.

Here we go.

Which prophet prophesied that 30 pieces of silver would be used to betray Jesus and end up buying Pottersfield?

It's a minor prophet and the reference point is Matthew 27, 6, 8.

Which prophet was it?

I'm scared to answer, but I read it in the Bible and if I'm not mistaken when you say property, you gotta kind of got me confused.

I saw where it says the chief priest.

No.

So in the Old Testament.

Okay, there's Old Testament.

All right, now wait.

You're gonna get this because I'm gonna help you get this, okay?

In the Old Testament, really close to Malachi, but not Malachi.

Really close to Malachi.

But not Malachi.

Kind of like the book before the book, before Malachi, there was this prophet.

And he prophesied Micah M, I, C.

Okay, I cannot pronounce it right.

And it starts with a Z.

Oh, Zacharias.

Zacharias.

Correct America.

Now, I will bet you a trillion dollars that you will never forget that trivia question.

The rest of your life.

You'll be in church, the pastor will be preaching, and they'll go, do you know what reference it is for Jesus?

And 30 pieces of silver.

You're going to stand up and go, zechariah, I know it for a fact.

I should have known that when he closed his mouth and it was just something else from there.

Thanks, David, for reminding me.

God bless you.

God bless you too.

Bye bye.

God bless.

Bye bye.

Come on.

Is that not fun?

Yes, it's fun.

All right, let me just do this 12 minute thing and then we'll jet into this newer teaching that I want to get into.

But I want you to hear this one thing.

So after we just talked about Abraham and remember we said he built an altar to commemorate the Lord's visit, which I think is very important, by the way, just in case you understand, it's very important.

But then look at.

So he built an altar to the Lord.

That's verse seven.

Now look at the end of verse eight, it says this.

Abraham traveled southward and set up a camp in the hill country between Bethel and the west of AI on the east.

There he built an altar and worshiped the Lord.

Let me explain something to you.

I mean, I'm explaining it to you.

You gonna explain?

Are you gonna mansplain it?

Are you gonna womansplain it?

No, I'm gonna Bible explain it to you.

Ready?

Abraham set up another altar and worshiped the Lord there.

He wasn't worshiping the altar.

He was using the altar to worship the Lord.

And what he did was he was giving acknowledgement.

And he was making sure that in his own mind, his own heart, his own being, he was giving God the appreciation for God's faithfulness.

Now what's amazing about this that people will miss is actually, I think by the time it's said and dead, Abraham set up at least three, maybe four, but at least three altars.

Here's the thing.

He does it so he can say thank you.

I mean, I know people don't.

Well, that's not what it.

No, no, you don't understand.

He built that altar unto the Lord.

He worshiped the Lord at that altar.

At the other one, he commemorates the Lord's visit.

He's giving acknowledgement to God.

That's what this example of faith, this man who was from Genesis 12 and all through the New Testament, you don't have to spend a long time figuring that out, built altars to the Lord to say, thank you, I worship you, I love you, I appreciate you.

Your visits are awesome.

You're fantastic.

To me, that's what it is and that's what we have to be like.

And if we're truly people of faith believing that God actually loves us, then we'll do it gladfully.

You think, well, how do I build an altar?

Hey, here's a great way to build an altar.

Ready?

Watch.

One time I'm going to give you the altar.

Building 101.

Go in your closet, close the door and talk to God.

You just built an altar.

Get it.

Oh, it's so good.

It's so good.

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

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Teaching time.

I don't know how we're going to do the breaks, Gabriel, so just look at me.

I'll let you know.

I mean, this is the best I can tell you because I'm going to teach you something that I hope there's no way I can teach this.

I can't teach the worth.

I can't teach the value.

But I'm going to do my best to share with you my heart in this process.

As American people, as people who live in America, we have been granted the right to pursue happiness.

And I want to make sure you understand what this means.

We have a preamble to United States Declaration of Independence.

And the preamble to the Declaration says we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Now I do want to point out it does not say life, liberty and the provisions of or for happiness.

In other words, the rights that we have in the preamble is that we get to pursue happiness, not that it's provided for us by the government.

So that's kind of an important point for people to recognize.

It would be nice if they quit try to quote quit trying to quote our Founding Fathers and then say they're entitled to something because of that provision.

Because it never says that.

And if you can't shout sight, you'll have to face a penalty.

And as with every oh welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770, the true station here in Texas.

That's K double Amen 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Get ready for your next trivia question.

Philip heard the Ethiopian eunuch reading from the prophet.

Which prophet was he reading from?

When he read he was led as a sheep to the slaughter.

Your reference point.

Acts, chapter 8, verse 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34.

Philip heard the Ethiopian eunuch reading from one of the major prophets.

He was reading he was led as a sheep to the slaughter.

Which major prophet was it that Philip heard him reading from?

Or you can send an email davidcrease.org I'm going to send you up to the website, just remind you of this passage.

And I want to say this.

I just, I got to get this off of my heart.

What did you say?

You got stuff off your chest?

I got to get this off my heart.

It's more in my heart than anything else.

I ask you guys for money and I hate it.

But I am trying to do better before the Lord and the Lord keeps chastising me because I don't do it well.

But I can't stop because I'm not going to disobey God just to make everybody happy.

But I got to do it with a better attitude.

So you guys need to Pray for me that I have a better attitude responding to what the Lord wants me to do, whether I want to do it or not.

See, that's kind of like.

See, we all go through that.

All right, your scripture for the giving.

Second.

And by the way, on the website, there's so many cool things on the website.

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Second Corinthians 9, 6, 7.

The point is this.

Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly.

Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion.

For God loves a cheerful giver.

Whatever you do, make sure you have the right attitude when you give to the Lord.

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

He must increase.org he must increase.org what's the matter, Colonel Sanders?

Chicken.

Sorry, sorry.

I'm sorry.

I find it funny, okay?

I saw that movie with my folks.

I mean, that's how long ago.

All right, Philip.

Oh, by the way, I did have an anniversary on Saturday.

I forgot to say something about that.

On Saturday, I had an anniversary.

I knew I forgot something.

It was 50 years ago Saturday that I was bar mitzvahed.

Wow, 50 years ago Saturday, this last Saturday, that was bar mitzvahed.

I looked it up in the Old Detroit Jewish News, and I found the rabbi.

I always tell people there was a rabbi from Great Britain who spoke at my.

During my haftarah.

They spoke during the service, and that's why the whole place was packed.

In fact, I found out who the rabbi was, got information from him.

He was actually voted the number one.

Number one Jewish scholar in Great Britain.

Oh, wow.

How about that?

That's why it was.

Does it feel like that long ago?

50 years?

It feels like 500 years.

It doesn't feel like 50.

Feels like 500 years ago.

So I could probably still do my haftarah, but it's been a long time anyway.

All right, so you got your trivia question.

I thought that was cool.

What prophet was Philip?

What prophet was the Ethiopian reading from when Philip heard him?

And this is the portion he was reading, he was led as a sheep to the slaughter.

Your reference point is going to be Acts chapter 8, verse 30 through 34.

If you want to reach out to us, you can.

In the meantime, I want to share something with you that I just now discovered that I was hesitant to share.

And now I'm not going to be hesitant to share because I got verification.

So in my new living translation.

So I use multiple translations for you guys to try to figure it out.

Okay, I'll just give you a kind of a quick list.

I use niv, nlt, esv, the BSB, which is Berean Standard Bible, King James, New King James, New American Standard.

I use the NASB from 77, legacy bio, the amplified Bible, Christian Standard, and Holman.

I also every once in a while use the American Standard, but English Revised, God's Word translation.

Good news.

I also use Majority Standard Bible, Net Bible, Newhart, English Bible, Webster's Bible Translation.

I love them all.

I just love them.

One of the most accurate but less fun to read is the Net Bible.

I was turned down this by one of my teachers in my master's class who's like, they did a really good job.

Da da da da da da.

So in my NLT it says this and I'm bringing it up for a very particular reason, so just bear with me.

It says in verse 9 in the NLT then Abraham traveled south by stages towards the Negev.

And so I wasn't going to say anything about that because that's nlt and I thought sometimes they're a little softer in the translation.

And if you look at the other ones, it says Abraham journeyed on continuing towards the Negev or New King James going on still towards the Negev, towards the South.

But the NET Bible and I was very surprised by this just a couple minutes ago that says Abraham continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.

And the Net Bible is very, very meticulous.

And so with having the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established, I feel much more comfortable to share this with you.

In verse 9 of Genesis 12, the NLT and the net Bible say that he journeyed in stages.

And I think it's really important for, for you and I to understand that that is exactly how your walk is.

You don't just become a Christian and all of a sudden there's nothing left and you've achieved everything.

And I think it's fair for every one of us to be honest and say it does seem like it goes in stages.

And in those stages there are different emphases.

Sometimes there are things in our life that we would do really good that are polished, maybe, so we do them better, and some things that we're doing poorly that God has us work on, so we'll do better in general.

But it is by stages.

It is step by step.

We have confirmation for that in 2 Corinthians 3:18 that it is step by step and glory by glory.

And see, the reason I wasn't sure is because how they say it in this is the phrasing going on still means that it was step by step or journeying or stages.

And here's what I wanted to say, and I wasn't sure I was going to share it, but I'm glad the Lord's allowing me to your Christian walk is by stages.

We talked about this last week.

There's a road that's mapped out for you, a trail that's mapped out for you, and you go point to point.

And when they have a race, they have various points or stages, like, you know, like the bicycle race, where you reach a certain point, reach a certain point, reach a certain point.

That's how the Lord is building us to be Christ like.

And you don't need to be disappointed if you're not perfect in execution, because that's part of the growth during the stages.

But each and every stage adds to your character of being like Jesus us, even the ones that we do poorly in, because we know we're doing poorly and we want to do better.

And so while the Lord is teaching us, he's still taking us through this process stage by stage, step by step, learning by learning, so we don't need to be impatient.

God is not failing in his perfect timing and making us Christlike.

We are positionally Christ like now, and he's making us practically working out what he has declared us to be.

And we do it step by step and in stages.

My admonition and I fall into this foolishness is I try to speed it up.

And if you're wondering, Abraham obviously didn't remember this lesson, because when it came time for the Promised Child, he and Sarah both said, let's beat it up.

And then they got Ishmael out of it and it was a disaster.

We need to be patient as we're going stage to stage, and trust that the Lord Philippians 1:6, that he who has begun a good work in us will complete it.

He'll finish it.

He'll take us all the way, and he'll keep working on us.

He's not behind in moving you along.

He knows exactly where you need to be in your Christian journey.

After all, he's the author and the finisher, the completer of our salvation.

Trust him, his steps and his stages, they're perfect.

Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Our trivia question, right, is straightforward.

Which prophet was the Ethiopian reading from that Philip heard which major prophet?

And he was reading from the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, verse 7.

That's who he was reading from.

Okay.

All right.

Take a short break, then come back.

You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 7, the true station here in Texas.

Shortbreak.

We'll be back.

Don't go anywhere.

This is really important stuff, so I don't want to, by any means, fail to communicate it.

So I'm going to kind of run it back through so you can follow it and just pick up on a point or two.

As they rode, they came to some water.

And the eunuch said, look, there's some water.

Why can't I be baptized?

You can.

Philip answered, if you believe with all your heart.

And the eunuch replied, I believe Jesus Christ is the son of God.

So he can.

Right?

So he ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down to the water and Philip baptized him.

When they came up out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught Philip away.

The eunuch never saw him again, but went on his way, rejoicing.

I want to just.

And then I got one more point.

That's why I split it up this way.

Here's the thing.

And I know it's ridiculous to say, but I'm going to say it to you, and it's important for you to recognize there's a lot of trials going on right now in the world, in your life, in your family, in different people's lives.

I understand.

It happens for me, too, okay?

I got a daughter who's going through the mill.

I got a son who's recovering from COVID You know, you've got all these things going on, and people that we love having a hard time going through the up and the down.

And you know that there's a lot of that stuff going on.

I understand.

But there is another part of me that also understands this text.

The eunuch never saw him again, but went on his way, rejoicing.

Why was he rejoicing?

Because he saved.

That's why.

And all the stuff that we go through, it's a drag.

It's like.

But there is coming this moment where the fullness of the redemption of the salvation that's been granted to us by grace received by faith from the Father, through the Son and by the Holy Spirit.

We're going to get the fullness of that.

We'll be dancing on streets of gold.

There won't be any more pain, there won't be any more sorrow.

There won't be any more memory of all of the ridiculousness.

And it will be awesome.

And if that's not a reason to rejoice, then we have lost our minds.

We're going through a difficult spot and not every spot is difficult, let's at least be honest.

But if you're going through it for 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 years, it has its moments.

But there is a salvation that is eternal, that doesn't have a limit to the number.

And this is, and I still say that what, what Rick Warren wrote in the Purpose Driven Life, that first page is the best page of the entire book.

You know, your life is like a 1 16th or 1 32nd of an inch on a hundred mile long piece of tape.

That's what this life is.

And it's important for us to understand that we have a cause for rejoicing.

And for all of the pain and the sorrow, there's nobody that ought to rejoice more than us.

The David Spoon Experience sometimes.

Hallelujah.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's K double.

Amen.

770, the true station here in Texas.

See if you guys catch these little things that happen in the show.

We just did that trivia question about Philip and the eunuch and then.

What was that, Phil?

But Philip and the eunuch, sometimes they're for me.

I just want to say that right off the bat.

I'm just going to be honest with you.

Sometimes the Lord does that for me.

That's just the grace of God.

All right, anyway, let's get to our next trivia question.

You guys should be able to get this one pretty straightforward forward.

I have confidence in you.

Your reference point.

Acts, chapter 7, verse 57 through 60.

Who said Lord Jesus?

Acts 7:57, 60.

Who said Lord Jesus, receive my spirit first true outside of Christ.

Murder of the New Testament.

Technically, technicalities, you know what I'm saying?

Who was that?

Acts chapter 7, verse 57 through 60.

Who said Lord Jesus?

Actually, I do want to mention the part that was spoken prior.

Full of the Holy Spirit, he could see heaven opened.

He said Lord Jesus, received My spirit.

Who was that?

Acts, chapter 7, verses 57 through 60.

If you think you know, you are welcome to call as soon as I find the piece of paper that has our phone number.

Oh, here it is.

It takes me a while.

Or send an email david@he must increase.org.

pretty straightforward.

Which person, after seeing the heavens opened, being full of the spirit, he said, lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

I don't think he mumbled it.

I'm going out on a limb there.

I'm going to take a liberty there.

I don't think he went, lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

I think he said, lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts, chapter seven, verses 57 through 60.

Who said that?

In the meantime, we are going to do a little bit of history because I got something really cool.

Let's go live faith in the past.

Let's go live faith in the past.

All right, now, we want to make this declaration now for people that are like, you know, I don't like Christmas.

I don't like to celebrate it.

You don't have to.

You're welcome to do whatever you do unto the Lord, but that doesn't mean you rain on anybody else's parade, okay?

So you can hold that belief and we will not judge you.

And other people will hold different beliefs, and you will not judge them because those are not the things of fellowship.

By the way, today is, in fact, Christmas card day.

So there you go.

I mean, there it is right there.

You think that's good?

This is much better.

Today is also National Pastry Day.

Hello.

Right?

I mean, is that just brilliant?

Hello.

Hello.

I mean, that's just the best.

The cartoons were awesome.

They were great.

Come on.

And this one, which I thought is really funny, I did not catch this before, and so I've mentioned this multiple times, but I just found something I did not see before.

So bear with me.

This is really funny.

Okay, let me just finish this.

American computer pioneer, US Navy rear admiral.

That's actually where the term came from.

But what I did not know was her name.

And you just can't make this stuff up.

Her name, this Navy rear admiral, was Grace Hopper.

And what's so funny about that is how close that is to Grasshopper.

And it's a bug.

That is just.

Is that hilarious?

Just the chances of that happening, too.

Grace Hoppa.

Grasshopper.

And they found a bug.

Come on.

That's fine.

You can't make stuff up like that.

That is just.

That's a clip.

We're gonna have to.

We're gonna have to, have to pull that one as a Grace Hoppa.

All right, your trivia question.

Oh, that's just too funny.

Your trivia question.

Where's my trivia thing?

Which person who filled with the Holy Spirit, saw heaven open, said, lord Jesus, receive my spirit?

Acts 7:57, 60.

so here's what we're going to do on the Abraham deal, because I'm going to wait to teach this next Monday because I think it's a really good idea.

Here's what I want you to catch, right?

In Abraham's engagement with God, he honored God each time the Lord was like, you know, speaking to him, guiding him, directing him.

And what I want to say to all of us is, and this is not to build idols, so don't get weird or anything.

It's just there should be this recognition that when the Lord speaks to you, even when you're reading His Word and the word leaps off the page and you know exactly what I'm talking about.

It's like you're reading it and all of a sudden the text becomes alive, really almost catching us off guard.

And we're like, wow, I never saw that.

That's fascinating.

And you just know there's this exchange between you and the Lord that he's teaching you and growing you and developing us and all these things.

We ought to have some kind of recognition for that.

We ought to have something inside of us that says, you know what, Lord, I'm going to jot this down.

I'm just going to take a piece of paper and start jotting down these little things.

These are things from memory.

That's actually, I have.

And it's just like every time the Lord does something now I'm writing it down because then when I'm struggling, I go back and it reminds me how faithful he was.

And with the period that I'm going through, the stage that I'm going through is tough.

It encourages me that God has always pulled me through.

So I'm only asking you guys to do this, not to be weird about it, but to help all of us kind of grasp we really need to be actively appreciative in the moments that the Lord opens up our eyes, opens up our heart, opens up our mind and speaks to us or that he's just present with us.

It's just something we should do.

I really do believe that.

All right, so in your trivia question, who was the guy who saw filled with the Holy Spirit, saw right into heaven?

Now you'd have to like that because he was filled with the Spirit, so he could see right into heaven like that and said, lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And that was Stephen.

Acts, chapter seven, verses 57 through 60.

That's the answer.

All right, we're done for today.

You've been listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the true station here in Texas.

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Then we'll come back, More insanity with Spoonanity.

Talk to you then.

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