David Spoon emphasizes the importance of recognizing that everyone has a ministry, regardless of their visibility or audience size. He encourages listeners not to underestimate their roles in the Kingdom of God, explaining that even small acts of faith and service can have significant impacts. Through personal anecdotes and a discussion on the concept of spiritual down payments, David illustrates how God has secured each of us as His own through the Holy Spirit. He highlights the transient nature of our earthly struggles, comparing them to a tent that will eventually be replaced by a permanent dwelling in heaven. With humor and insight, he reminds us that the challenges we face now are momentary and light compared to the eternal glory that awaits us.

Dr. David Spoon takes listeners on a profound journey through faith and personal experience in this engaging podcast episode. The narrative begins with a light-hearted yet thought-provoking monologue that sets the tone for a discussion on the significance of recognizing one’s personal ministry, regardless of how grand or humble it may appear. Spoon emphasizes that everyone is called to be a minister in their own right, challenging the misconception that ministry only exists within the confines of a church or in front of a large congregation. He articulates that every individual has a unique role in God's kingdom, underscoring the importance of understanding and embracing one’s spiritual gifts as part of a larger divine plan.

As the conversation progresses, Spoon delves into a metaphorical exploration of life's challenges, comparing them to a 'down payment' that God places on each individual. He draws a parallel between financial transactions and spiritual ownership, asserting that God has put a down payment on each of us through the Holy Spirit. This analogy not only highlights the secure nature of our relationship with the divine but also instills a sense of hope and purpose in listeners who may feel lost or insignificant in their daily lives. The discussion shifts to personal anecdotes, where Spoon reflects on his own life experiences, including moments of doubt and the overwhelming nature of modern life. He recalls his journey from struggle to finding solace and direction through faith, encouraging listeners to stretch their faith and trust in God's promises, even in the face of adversity.

The episode culminates in a powerful prayer segment, where Spoon intercedes on behalf of listeners facing their own battles, be it anxiety, depression, or personal loss. By sharing prayer requests and lifting them up collectively, he emphasizes the importance of community and support in the Christian walk. The episode wraps up with light-hearted banter and witty humor, leaving the audience with a renewed sense of purpose, the understanding that their struggles are temporary, and a compelling reminder that they are indeed ministers of the Gospel, equipped to make a difference in their environments. This podcast not only serves as a source of encouragement but also a call to action for individuals to embrace their spiritual roles and support one another in faith.

Takeaways:

• Everyone has a unique ministry, regardless of how big or small it seems.
• The down payment God has placed in us is the Holy Spirit, confirming our worth.
• Life's challenges are temporary and insignificant compared to the eternal glory we will receive.
• It's important to share praise reports to glorify God and encourage others.
• Reflecting on past problems helps us realize the current struggles are also temporary.
• Maintaining a positive attitude in difficult situations can lead to unexpected blessings.

And now for something completely different.

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

Do you like how I drew that out so that it took more time?

Pretty good, huh?

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 seas, because our help comes from the Lord.

First, it's Friday.

I love Fridays.

First lesson is understanding how we can continue to operate in ministry in any way, shape or form.

Now, I know many people out there don't think you have a ministry.

You're wrong.

You're incorrect.

Biblically, you have a ministry like any every other person in the kingdom of God.

You just don't call it a ministry because you're not in front of 500 people every Sunday morning.

You are a minister and you have a ministry.

And we're just going to discuss what might help you maintain this.

Next.

For a real estate example or a car purchase example, there is often a requirement in order to obtain ownership.

That requirement is commonly referred to as a down payment.

Spiritually, with the financing in place, God puts a down payment on you and me, securing his purchase of every one of our very own lives as his possession.

Cool, right?

And finally, in closing out this week's teaching, we will deal with the heaviness of things being heavy.

Now listen to.

This really will help you.

There's a fancy way of saying that everything we're going through is nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I will direct you to your own youth and remind you that when you had problems at 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, you thought those problems were the end of the world.

And as you grew up and moved forward, you found out that wasn't the case.

That's because they were.

That's because they were short and only minutely impactful in our lives compared to what you're going through now.

Did you get that?

What you're going through now makes those things seem insignificant.

And yet the things we go through now are also very insignificant.

That, my friends, is a big hint for every one of us.

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 Kam 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 revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities, and oy vey, so much more.

Now remember, it's not professional radio.

Ladies and gentlemen, to prove it's not professional radio, we will talk to the Caesar of professional radio, our very own Jamming Jacob.

Jamming Jacob is the David Spoon Experience professional radio?

No, it is not.

David, by the way, you make an excellent salad dressing.

I just want to point that out as the Caesar.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

And that, that intro, that is so true.

Like, it's funny looking back at certain situations, it's like certain things and you think, why was I stressing about that?

Isn't it amazing when you're 9 or 10 and it was like your entire world that consumed you, right?

And now like you're in your 20s or 30s or 40s or 50s, where they're going, really?

It's like you just like.

It's almost like you can make fun.

Of yourself to some degree right at the time.

It's.

It.

It feels so significant.

Like, is this the most important thing ever?

Then you look back, you're like, why was I stressing about that?

And then we're.

We're going to do the same thing now.

Yep, same thing.

We're going to stress about something and then years from now, look back, why was I stressing about that?

Yep, exactly.

Excellent observation.

See, that's Jacob is where he is now.

Listen, you gotta be thinking, okay, Dave, what are you looking for?

I'm looking to find out how you're doing.

What are you thinking?

Where are you going?

Hey, if you want to, you can email us.

It does work.

Really.

Or, or.

Or you can call us just like Curtis.

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

Talking to Jammin Jacob is like heading into the weekend.

A little delay there.

I know why you delayed, isn't it?

It's because you have to work this weekend, don't you?

Maybe.

Maybe.

Hello, David.

Happy Friday.

Happy Friday to you, my friend.

You did an excellent job.

That was a great Observation, by the way.

And I'm glad you shared that.

You should have.

You are free to share those things.

So I want to make sure you know that.

Good job.

Yeah.

You got it.

Yeah.

You should have changed it to you're talking.

Or was it like talking to Jamie?

Jacob is like working on the weekend.

Working tomorrow.

He is in the studio.

Okay.

Anyway, that doesn't roll off the tongue as well.

It doesn't have the right flow.

Something missing with that.

Here's the bottom line, folks.

Why in the world would you text us?

Why in the world would you email us?

Why would you call us?

We're going to make that very clear.

But before I do.

Okay, no, I'll just make this very clear here it is.

The reason that you did any of that is maybe to share a praise report.

And I'm going to share something, I promise you, if I can share it.

Right.

You're going to go.

No way.

Right.

Okay.

I know you're thinking, but you're just going to have to bear with me.

Okay.

But if you have anything going on that the Lord has blessed you in a grace and what we call people are like, well, that's like a small thing.

It's like, fine.

Call it a gracelet, a grace.

That's like a small bracelet of grace that you put on your wrist.

The idea behind that is to acknowledge everything.

Remember, Eva, every victory acknowledged.

That doesn't mean every big victory.

It means every victory.

And you want to do that.

You want to share it because it honors God first and foremost.

It blesses others and it fortifies, it strengthens it in your own life.

So there you go.

Four praise reports.

You got a prayer request.

We're going to pray in just a second.

Jeff's friend Neil is going through some struggles.

We're gonna pray for him in just a minute.

But if you've got something you wanna pray for, you are welcome to call the show, or you're welcome to text the show, or you're welcome to send an email and we'll pray for you.

Sometimes we get those requests in after the show.

We still pray for you.

Still people praying for you.

We're not gonna stop doing that.

Okay.

Sometimes we do it on the show, sometimes we don't.

But we are committed to carrying one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

That's our commitment.

That's what we want to do.

Because you want to know why?

That's what Jesus wants us to do.

That's why.

It's just that simple.

There's nothing.

I'm nothing else to it.

Okay.

Additionally, maybe you got something you want to share.

Maybe you got a scripture.

Maybe get some on your mind, your heart.

That's cool.

And we're going to do trivia, because trivia is a lot of fun.

Before we do any of that stuff, I want to pray for Neil, who's Jeff's friend.

And I want you to take your faith and I want you to stretch it with my faith, so to speak.

And then let's ask the Lord for his friends to help his friend.

Let's do it.

Father, we come before you right now, and there is nobody like you.

I am just so in awe of your graciousness, so in awe of your kindness, even as you manifested it to me today.

I am just so deeply appreciative, Lord.

And Lord, we petition you for Neil.

Neil's having a hard time.

He's having panic attacks, which are very, very scary, Lord.

And there's that sense, an impending sense, and it just overwhelms.

We are asking you to break the power of the panic in Neil's life.

We ask you that instead of him going through that panic attack, there would be a settling, There would be an establishment, a situation where there's the spirit of calm and that the wind and the waves would die down and his insides would not try to be pushing into his outsides, and he would find rest.

Because you offer rest.

And we ask you to bring your healing power into Neil's mind and his body and his emotions and have mercy on him.

We thank you for that.

Jeff's praying for his friend, but we're asking you to bless Neil in this way.

And we have other people, Lord, that are really hurting, struggling, a lot of anxiety.

Lord, we speak peace.

We speak confidence.

We speak trust, we speak fixed vision on you.

So those moments of anxiety don't knock us over.

He told us we don't have to be worried.

We don't have to be afraid.

Help us to operate in your truth and help us to do it in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior.

Amen and amen.

Okay, now here's what we're going to do.

I'm going to share my trivia.

I'm going to share a trivia question.

Then I got to do a little caveat from the earlier teaching.

I forgot one really good line that I wrote, and I forgot to tell you the line.

So I just want to do it because sometimes I'm not that smart.

Okay?

And then I'll share my story, and we'll just see where it goes.

I don't know where it's going to go, but here it is.

Here's your trivia question, Samson.

Actually, no, I'm going to do this one.

No, no.

Samson.

Samson took hold of two middle pillars upon which the temple stood.

This is Samson in Judges 16.

He bowed himself with all his might and the house fell on all the people and all the dignitaries that were there at that situation.

What did Samson say before the pillars were pushed?

What did he say as he was pushing the pillars and as everything came crumbling down?

What did he say?

Judges 16, 29 and 30.

Judges 16, 29 and 30.

What did Samson say as he was pushing the pillars and everybody was fading?

What did Samson say?

If you think you know.

Additionally, you can text.

What?

You can text.

Yes, because the text is working.

Thank you.

Davidmasincrease.org so Samson, okay, had his hands on the two pillars which held up the roof.

People were on the roof and under the roof.

He's pushing them with all his might.

And the house fell on all the dignitaries and all the people that were there.

What did Samson say just before it all fell?

Judges 16, 29 and 30.

I'm not going to say what Al said, but man, that's funny.

I'm just going to tell you that.

All right, now take a deep breath.

I did not add this in my teaching earlier and I really wanted to and I wrote this line.

So I think it's really important for me to share with it or I'm going to be mad at myself.

Remember we were talking about in second John how Paul or John said it's not a new commandment.

I write you right when he says that.

Right.

But then we bring in Jesus new commandment he gave to the disciples.

The reason that John was saying it was not a new commandment was because it was 60 years ago that Jesus gave that commandment.

And I forgot to bring that up.

And I thought that was a really good point.

See, for John, it wasn't a new commandment.

He heard it 60 years ago.

All right, that's just for me.

I had to say it because I had to get it out of my system.

All right, leave that.

I'm going to do this.

This is going to be a major mind blower.

For some of you.

So Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the temple stood.

He bowed himself with all his might, and the house fell upon the dignitaries and all the people.

What did Samson say just before that happened?

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

And now I'm going to tell you this unbelievable, bizarre story.

And I know you're going to think I'm crazy, but that's.

All right.

Ready?

Okay.

We.

I had to get a new phone, and as you know, if you listen to the show yesterday, I was not getting texts.

Okay.

So we do have somebody calling in, so I might give them an opportunity to share because this story is.

It's really going to.

I might take a good 10 minutes on this story.

I'm not kidding.

So let's just see if they have an answer to trivia.

Do they have an answer to trivia?

Okay, you know what?

Let's take the trivia question and answer and do that first.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, David.

This is John.

Hi, John.

How are you?

Okay.

It's good to hear your voice, my brother.

It's always good to hear your voice.

I love it when you call in.

Thanks.

One of my favorite things that ever happened on this show was the thing about the kid sneezing in his face.

I find that to be one of the funniest things ever.

I was like, wow, that's great.

I don't know what I was thinking.

That was pretty good, though.

Dude, that's right up there with.

You could take that on an act and do that on a comedy show.

That was funny.

Hi, my brother.

Let me set it up for you.

Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the temple stood.

He bowed himself with all his might.

The house fell on the dignitaries and all the people that were therein.

What did he say before the house fell?

Well, I may not have all of it, but I know he said, remember me.

That is part of it.

And then what else did he wanted to do?

He wanted to.

He wanted to what?

Revenge.

He did want that out of his eyes or something.

That's good.

But he did want that revenge.

But he wanted this to happen because they had done that to him.

And so he just said, you know what?

They're all going to die, so let me.

What?

Oh, die with him.

That is correct.

Amendo, though.

That's it.

Oh, okay.

That was it.

See, why I wanted you to catch that is because, Sam, he already knew it was over.

And nothing was happening.

So he said, let me die with the Philistines, right?

He just wanted it.

Okay, I want my revenge, so to speak.

I want my vengeance.

I want this to take place.

I want to be remembered.

Let me die with them.

And we'll just take this whole thing done.

We'll be done.

And he killed more people in that one act as a judge than he killed all combined together.

There must have been thousands, I guess.

Thousands upon thousands.

And it's funny because we keep thinking it's a.

It's a little bit here, a little bit here.

Sometimes the Lord has you do one thing at one moment.

That's the big deal.

And it's like, that's how it goes.

Wow, that fascinating.

You know, the little boy who was leading him to the pillars, I thought, did he get away?

You know, I mean, I don't know.

I don't know.

That's a great.

Well, you have really good.

Really thoughtful question.

I don't know if it got away.

It doesn't say that.

You know, doesn't say.

Right.

Get away before I do something.

I don't know.

Yeah, no, somebody had to get away because they had to write it.

So, I mean, somebody got away, but I mean, it's just like, wow.

Amazing.

Amazing stuff.

Excellent, though.

That's exactly the tract.

How you doing otherwise, brother?

Oh, okay, okay.

I thought I'd just grab a quick bite, listen to you, and get off to work in just a few minutes.

Well, you make sure that at work you remember two things.

The Lord loves you and is your partner at work.

And number two, that work won't last forever.

Right.

Good to hear from you or good to talk to you, I guess.

Yeah, no, it's good to hear from you and it is good to talk to you.

I love it when you call in, so I want you to know that.

Okay.

All right.

Thanks, brother.

All right.

God bless you, bro.

Bless you, too.

Bye.

Bye.

All right.

All right.

So we're not going to break.

You have no chance.

If you miss this, it's your fault.

I'm just telling you right now.

We'll break after I tell the story, but I don't know how long the story going to go.

So for many of you who are listening, yesterday, you know that I had to get a new phone, and the phone wasn't exactly working, and so texts weren't coming in.

And it's like, that's not a big deal because usually when you take your number or when you take your stuff and transfer it to a new phone, it usually takes about 24 hours, which I didn't have a problem with.

That's fine, except for when we first transferred it.

It all worked right away.

And that stopped working.

So I was like, that was a little more disappointing.

So this morning, Noel got up about 5.

She got about 5:30, meh, about 5:00.

I got up about 5:30.

And so I started getting all my stuff together because I knew I was going to call the company that I dealing with and try and figure out what's going on with the phone.

Because it turned out not only was I not getting texts, but when I was sending a text, it was using the assigned number the company gave me and not the number that I brought over with me.

So instead of getting my normal number for people that know me, they were getting a completely foreign number.

And I was like, wow, what's going on there?

I'm sending my text and they're like, who is this?

And it's like, I've been testing these people for 10 years.

It's like, wow, that's weird.

So I called the company up, okay?

And this very nice gal named Raven, that's her name, we started talking and we were talking about the tech and she was.

And so it took quite a bit of time because we had to do an update on the phone and different things like that.

Just to give you an idea, we got into such a conversation.

We started talking about what her longest phone call was as a tech person.

And she was telling me two hours was my longest call.

Just so you can know.

She was with me a little over two hours combined in all the time.

So you should think that's kind of funny.

So we're going through these different elements, we're going through these different things.

And I keep saying she'll say, what is the phone saying?

I said, well, it reads this way.

And she goes huh?

And she goes, what about this?

It reads this.

She goes, huh.

So she went to the tech, the tech guru, tech for the entire company.

And they're talking back and forth and she comes back to the phone and talks to me.

So she's like, she's a tech person, but she's using the expert tech to help her find out what's going on.

Because she's getting not discouraged, she's just mystified.

She's like, what's going on?

So while we're talking, I'm not even kidding, if you know me at all, this is my worst area of life.

Tech.

And waiting on tech is the.

Noel calls me Magneto because anytime I get involved with tech, I destroy it.

That's what's going on.

For whatever weird and so bizarre reason the Lord, and I'm telling you it wasn't me, gave me this exceedingly large, abundant gift of patience.

And I'm encouraging her as she's getting discouraged as the tech person, which again, I've never done that before in my 46 years of being a Christian ever.

So I'm just telling you right now.

And I know as it's happening, something weird is going on right here.

Something bizarre is not.

This is not the normal sink.

So we would talk and then she would have me restart the phone and she'd call me back.

And we did this from 6:30.

Let me just give you an idea.

Till 9, 6 in the morning.

Till 9.

I'm not kidding you.

She got in at 7:30 in Tampa.

She's in Florida.

Right.

6:30 our time, left the message, they called me back.

So we've been doing it back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

And I just can't figure it out because normally by now I would have thrown the phone, I would have started building, you know, wood campfires and I would have done smoke signals.

I'd been quit, I'd been done.

You just don't know me.

You would have thrown it away and said, oh, whatever, I'll just live like a caveman.

I would have started taking string and start putting string in all places and get a can and just hope it works.

I mean, that was.

So this is going on now.

I'm not kidding you at all.

So while I'm having these back and forths, you know, I look up a couple things on the Internet because I'm just like, I just like, there's got to be something somewhere.

And so I come across a few of these different things and none of them are consistent.

So she's thinking that we're going to have to hard reset the phone.

That's going to take another 45 minutes.

Not just a regular reset, a full hard reset complete.

You have to reinstall everything on the phone, Everything.

Right?

I said, well, before I do any of that, I have a 45 minute meeting that I have to get to.

And she goes, well, that's good because I have a fire drill that I have to go to.

I'm not kidding.

I'm telling you exactly what happened.

And she says, that's perfect time.

I said, all right, well you go do what you got to do.

I'll do what I got to do and then call me back.

Well, my 45 minute meeting was my Bible reading, okay?

So I was reading Philippians, chapter 2, verse 25, 31 through 7.

I did my Bible reading and it was just phenomenal.

I mean, it was just great, great.

And I probably should have done my Bible reading earlier, but the Bible reading helped my spirit and everything.

And then I had this thought from some of the stuff I read and some of stuff that she said, and I thought I'd try it.

So she calls me back, right?

I'm telling you.

And so we're talking and I said, how was the fire drill?

She was like, really long.

She goes, it was really long.

And she said, she goes, it's amazing.

You're just being so nice about everything.

And she kept, you know, she was amazed.

And don't kid yourself, I was amazed that I was being nice.

I'm telling you, this is not me.

Then I told her what I was doing during the 45 minutes and I told her I've been doing it for 27 years.

I spent, you know, I spent an hour with the Lord every day.

And she's just like, you can just tell she's soaking it in and she's just like, wow.

You can tell that it's just making this impression now before you think she got saved?

She didn't get saved.

Slow down.

She is in Target, though.

I'll just say that she's from one place where not a chance to.

She's in a whole nother place now while I'm talking to her, I said, I want to try this one thing.

And I absolutely believe it was the Lord that gave me this.

And so I tried it.

And what I did was I stalled the app.

I'm not going to tell you exactly what I did.

I cleared the cache, I undid the app update, then I went back in and did an update on the app and it worked.

And so I told her what I did and she was freaking.

She's like, what do you mean it worked so we didn't have to do the phone update.

And I just said, well, I really get the impression I should do this.

And she's writing it down so they can use it for the company.

I'm not just so bizarre.

And we're talking and I was like, yeah, I just think God was giving grace.

And here are the numbers there.

And then I text a bunch of people, is this my number?

It's like, yeah, it's your number, it's your number.

It's like, wow.

And it was the Lord.

I'm not Kidding.

It was the Lord that just gave me this grace and she had.

It was so impressive upon her that she sent me a text afterwards and she's like, wow.

And she's amazed.

And I'm telling you, when you and I function in this DNA and we talk about DNA and I'm going to bring this into it and this way we're not going to do the DNA, but you know, the d.

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

A always be ready to serve.

I'm telling you, just being there, receiving end of a tech call, you can be serving God.

You just don't think of that.

Who would think that?

And let me explain something to you.

I don't think that it's just something God wanted to do.

I doubt it will ever happen again.

I would be very surprised.

But this spending time with God, draw closer to the Lord spent 45 minutes in his word and never being ashamed that you're doing that.

I was spending time with the Lord, reading His word.

God created the universe.

The dude can write a book.

And then being willing to be kind and a blessing and a vessel, which normally I wouldn't do those things.

And I'm trying to tell you this was out of me and having it make an impact.

I knew as soon as it happened this is the Lord making an impression on her.

And I got stalled on a phone for a couple of hours so God could say hello to this girl named Raven.

What will happen from here, I have no idea.

I'm not in charge of any of it, but God is in charge of it.

And when we're dealing with people and interacting with people in business, in life, the idea that you can be a vessel is absolutely true.

I want you to get.

I just, I'm pleading with you to get past this notion that you can't do it or you're not able to.

None of it was pre, you know, thought of prior.

And in fact, my first DDD said, for this says 2 Corinthians 4, 1.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not give up.

We've all received mercy.

And because of this mercy, we never give up.

And we all have a ministry.

It may not be in front of 500 people.

It may be just talking to one person one time, I don't know.

But you are a minister.

You think I want that?

You're more out there.

You have that out there personality.

My out there personality.

If my wife was in the room while this was happening, she she would have had.

I'd have to call the hospital.

She would have freaked out because I was being nice.

And past 15 minutes on a phone, which is really good, you have a ministry and no matter what you're doing or where you're going, you need to make yourself available to the Lord.

And maybe nothing will happen.

And maybe it'll be a tech call or maybe it'll be somebody stopping by and trying to sell something.

And you just say to them, as you say yes or no or whatever, just say, hey, the Lord bless you.

I mean, you don't know.

But to be available, to be ready, to be ready to serve.

This draw closer to the Lord element is the most important thing because it then produces the ability not to be ashamed of His Word and to always be ready to serve.

And you're a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Sorry that you don't have a special microphone, sorry you don't have a special suit, but the Holy Spirit lives inside of you and you are here now for purpose.

So not that you're always going to do something, but you have to be ready because it could be as something as weird as a tech call that God wants to use you in.

You get that?

So knowing that we've done our DNA d draw closer to the Lord daily, which led to never being ashamed of Jesus or his words.

God, I'd share with her.

And this being willing to serve and to share, and that's what the Lord wanted.

I don't always get that right, folks.

But today when I hung up the phone with her, I just looked up to heaven and said, number one, thank you for that encounter.

And number two, thank you for fixing my phone.

You think I am kidding?

I was so happy when I was praying.

It was unbelievable wits.

That is one of my sayings, by the way.

Not just unbelievable, unbelievable wits.

That is because I am Yiddish.

Anyway, listen, you are a minister.

Draw closer to the Lord.

Never be ashamed of his Word and be ready to serve.

That is what the Lord wants.

Okay, we will take our break here and then we will come back.

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Hey there.

It's amazing Jennifer.

And I am helping out the David Spoon Experience.

As you may know, I basically run the KAAM radio station.

Amazing.

And Dr.

Dabe is looking for a few good people to join and become representatives, ambassadors and stewards of this here radio ministry.

Now, you may be thinking, well, I'd love to get Involved.

But I'm not very qualified for ministerial positions.

Well, the truth is that because you are a child of our Heavenly Father, that you trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and you seek to live by the power of the Holy Spirit, you have all you need to be a part of this ministry.

But Jennifer, don't I need to be perfect?

No, just go to hemustincrease.org that's he must increase.org click on the three lines at the top right of the website and then click on the Ambassador's initiative link.

Just fill out the form and we will reach out to you.

But sorry, no parking tickets will be paid for you as an ambassador through this position.

You are on your own with that.

It's incredible and it's never been done before.

And you can be the first person in your neighborhood to win.

What is it?

It's a contest.

How do I play?

It's simple.

And there's three ways to win.

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And it's free.

You can also send an email to davidspoonmediamail.com and write the word Jesus in the subject line.

Or you can go to YouTube and give a comment on any video.

But you have to use the word Jesus.

This is your chance to win and it's free.

What do I win?

You can win 100 thank yous right on air.

It's incredible.

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But it's only for a limited time.

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Thank you for listening to the David Spoon Experience.

The David Spoon Experience.

Bottom line is what I'm about to share with you does not, does not, does not, does not mean that churches are bad.

There are a multitude of great churches.

Jesus had an address to seven churches in the book of Revelation, right?

Multiple of those churches were excellent.

Everybody had something they can improve on, change, grow in.

Only two of those churches were super, super bad.

The idea behind that is never take.

What I'm about to share is how the church is at large.

This is no indictment on the church of God, the Bride of Christ.

Never, never, never think of the church that way.

The Lord God Almighty loves the church.

If you don't love what God loves, if you don't love who God loves, that's a whole separate issue that you have to deal with.

You understand that?

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

And as with every.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's Kaaman 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Here's your next trivia question.

True or false?

Joseph had two sons and their names were Manasseh and Ephraim.

True OR FALSE?

Genesis 48:1 Joseph had two sons and their names were Manasseh and Ephraim.

True or false?

Genesis 48.

I hope that didn't come off trying to be bragging or anything like that.

I'm telling you it was more to my amazement than anything else because I'm super bad at those things.

And it was just this one moment that God poured the grace and the patience on.

And I don't know, I just believe the Lord just did that.

And normally I would not be the vessel for that.

That's a really nice way of saying that.

I hope you caught what I was trying to say just there.

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

And the website has lots of cool stuff on there.

But we are still it's always the same thing in ministry.

We exist by the donations and I love it when people give.

But then we always have more that we're putting out later.

And it's not a never ending, it's just never ending.

And so if you're able to give, that's great.

If you're not, do not worry about it.

Do not have even a second thought.

We just ask you, hey, do us a favor and pray.

Pray for us.

Pray with us and ask the Lord to keep that opportunity going for us.

And even pray that you'll get in the position of the Lord.

Maybe they'll bless you.

You can give great, great, great.

We don't have any problem with that.

I don't have anything.

I just don't like asking for money.

But God commands it within the framework of scripture.

So I do it.

Just like I am getting into the kingdom sometimes whining and complaining.

That's all I can say.

If you're able to give, that's great.

Besides that, on the website there is a ton of great stuff.

If you've never been there, check it out.

Check out hemustincrease.org Prayer request Hemust Praise report He must increase.org Looking to give to this ministry.

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

He must increase.org he must increase.org hey, Doc, we better back up.

We don't have enough road to get up to 88.

Roads.

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

That's right.

Where we're going, we don't need roads because our roads will be gold anyway.

We do have somebody that wants to answer the trivia question.

And so we are going to send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, Shabbat shalom, David.

This is Samson.

Hey, Samson.

How are you?

Good, Good.

All right, you ready for the trivia question?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

I just feel strongly you're going to get this.

True or false?

Joseph had two sons, and their names were Manasseh and Ephraim.

True or false?

Well, it is true.

It is true.

That is correct.

That's right.

Manasseh and Ephraim are part of the clan.

Genesis 48.

1.

That is true.

Very, very good job, brother.

Very good job.

How are things going?

Things are going okay.

Things are better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, that's for sure.

Oh, that's classic.

All right, my brother, what can we pray for you about?

Pray for my sister.

She just arrived to visit us for a bereavement visit, but she's having some, like, an upset stomach, basically diarrhea.

So just pray that God will restore her and give her the strength and the rest that she needed while she's here with us.

Okay, let's pray.

Let's do it.

Father, we come before you right now.

We thank you for Samson, and we ask you to bless their family as they're meeting.

And, Lord, they've been through a lot.

And because they've gone through a lot, there's a lot of stress that's probably unspoken underneath.

And most people get that feeling, Lord, that, you know, there's.

You got to be careful what everybody says.

You don't want to say anything out of sorts.

At the same time, you want to love each other, support each other, help each other.

But there's wound and there's pain in what's been going on.

So we are asking that you would help Samson's sister to have a real sense of calm and comfort.

I think, even past the calm, Lord, I would say the comfort.

Because as I think about it, she needs you to hug her and put your arms around her and have her get that sense of confidence and let the family be able to strengthen one another and bless one another so that their time and their visit would be effective and productive and a blessing for each of them with.

We pray that you would help this family, guard this family, protect this family, and pour your love into this family that they might enjoy your graces even right now.

Give Samson strong courage, strong confidence in your grace and mercy.

We pray this in Jesus name, Amen and amen.

Amen.

Thank you, David.

You are welcome, my brother, and God bless you, and you have an excellent weekend.

Okay?

Shabbat shalom to everyone.

All right.

Thank you, bro.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

All right.

So.

And again, just keep praying for one another.

That's what we do, right?

Yep.

Okay, ready?

I love this.

This teaching is so good.

Okay, we're gonna do this teaching.

Okay.

All right, Here we go.

Second Corinthians, chapter 5, 1 through 5, says this.

For we know that in our earthly house, for we know that if our earthly house, a tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens.

And in fact, we groan in this one, longing to put on our house from heaven, since when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

Indeed, we who are in this tent groan, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

And the one who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Holy Spirit as a down payment.

All right.

The two big things in this that come from that.

I mean, there's so many things, so I shouldn't say that, but two things that I pull out of this is that talks about in the body we're in now, we groan.

In the tent we're in now, we groan.

There's groaning.

I mean, I don't want to say that in a mean way.

There's groaning.

We are not where we want to be.

I don't find that bizarre at all.

We are.

You know when people are like, yeah.

Do you ever feel like you don't belong?

Yeah, every five seconds, I'm thinking, I'm still on Earth and not in heaven with God.

I'm feeling like I don't belong.

Right?

And it's like here in Second Corinthians 5, you find out that's part of Scripture.

That's part of it.

In Hebrews, chapter 11, it talks about them not wanting to make their plant, not wanting to make their home on earth, but they're looking for a city whose builder and maker is God.

We groan.

We're Looking for something that's different.

We're looking for something that's better.

There's nothing bizarre about that.

That's what we want.

We don't want to be a citizen of this worldly world.

We want to be a citizen of heaven and the new heavens and the new earth.

That's what we want.

So while we're going through that, there's some moments where it's like, yikes.

And every one of us goes through this.

Every person who's a genuine Bible believing, born again Christian is like, not only is this not everything, I want the everything, I want this temporal thing to be done.

And that's what Paul's talking about, about how our current body is a tent.

The reason he uses the word tent is because I don't know if you know this or not, but a tent, you put the tent up, you put the tent down.

A tent doesn't typically last forever and ever, right?

It's kind of a short term housing unit.

Ooh, that's a good, A tent as a short term housing unit.

And so we're groaning and it's like, no, we don't want this.

And so we want what's coming, we want what's next.

But what Paul says under the leading of the Holy Spirit is God is the one who's prepared us for this thing.

In other words, inside of you that need to have it be different.

In other words, let me rephrase it.

The reality that this is not it.

God's the one that has prepared you so that you know that you know it's not it.

You know this is, this is not only is this not it, this is the short side of all of it.

This is the little part of the stick, not the good part.

And then he says this in verse 5.

The one who prepared us for this very thing is God, who gave us the Holy Spirit as a down payment.

So let's get something straight.

Typically when you buy a, make some kind of purchase in general, the general rule, you will put a down payment on it, whether it's real estate for earnest deposit, whether it's a car, whether it's furniture, whatever the case may be, you'll make some kind of payment for a big, a big, a bigger purchase.

You'll put some kind of down payment.

God has put a down payment on you.

I, you just gotta catch this.

You have to, have to, have to, have to catch this.

God put a down payment on you.

Is that just incredible?

See, he purchased you through the blood of Jesus.

Then he put a Down payment on you by putting the Holy Spirit inside you and the Holy Spirit inside you is the proof of the purchase.

Think about that.

That's the proof.

The word of God makes it absolutely clear.

Our plumb line, our rule, our bottom line.

Spirit led, but Bible grounded makes it clear that the Holy Spirit inside of us.

That's the down payment that God paid for you and for me to guarantee the completion of the purchase.

Just think of it in those terms, like, whoa, right?

Whoa is right.

God paid for you, put it down.

Payment for you will complete the purchase in his perfect time, but your ownership is steadfast.

No returns.

Get it?

Cool.

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

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And God's like, there's no room there.

It's like, well, no, no, no.

I can, you know, 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 is going to get lost every single time.

So my whole point in bringing this up is 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're either a kingdom advancer or you're against the kingdom.

And what's really hard, are you 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're impacting?

Wow.

Isn't that tough?

The David Spoon Experience.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's KAAM N770, the truth station here in Texas.

One more trivia question, two jokes and then one final teaching.

Please keep in mind I will not be texting anybody till after four.

Okay?

Just letting you know, that's kind of our new little thing for us.

Here's your trivia question.

You should be able to get this one.

Naomi had two sons.

One of the names of the wife of one was Ruth.

What was the name of the other son's wife?

Ruth.

Chapter one, verse three and four.

So Naomi, she had two sons and the two sons had two wives.

One of the wives names was Ruth.

The book of Ruth.

What was the other wife's name?

Ruth.

Chapter one versus three and four.

If you think you know the answer.

David.

So it's pretty straightforward.

Naomi had two sons and they Each had a wife.

One of the wives names.

One of the wife's names was Ruth.

What was the other wife's name?

Ruth.

Chapter one, verses three and four.

If you think you know the answer, that's a pretty good question, actually.

I kind of like that because it's like, ooh, that's kind of approaching it a little differently.

All right?

And we're going to kind of speed it up just because we have to.

So I think what we'll do is we'll go ahead and take the call, and then we'll do the jokes and then the final teaching.

So try and get to it if you can.

If you got the answer, send it in.

But I can't.

Wait, wait, wait.

So you have to do the best you can.

And we'll send that person through.

So let's go ahead and do that.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David.

I'm.

Excuse me, Dr.

Spoon.

This is for you.

That's okay, Fred.

You never have to call me Dr.

Spoon.

That's fine.

All right, my brother.

Let me set it up for you.

Okay, here we go.

Naomi had two sons, and they each had a wife.

One of the wives was Ruth.

What was the name of the other wife?

The other one.

Her name would be Oprah.

It is correct.

Amundo.

But let me help on one thing.

It's actually Orpah and Oprah, her actual name.

Her parents even said we named her that, and they had gotten it wrong.

It's actually O R P A H for Orpah, but they thought it was Oprah, and that's how they named her.

That's real.

And people are like, that's not true.

I saw her say it on.

Live, on air.

Of course it's true.

So is that hilarious?

So some people will say Oprah, but it's really.

Or pra.

Orpah.

That was a great question.

A really great question.

Fascinating, though, right?

It's like we rarely cover that.

Absolutely.

How are you doing, by the way?

I'll hang up, Dr.

Spoon.

Have a nice speaker.

Sure.

All right, my brother.

God bless you.

Love you and the Lord, man.

All right, so Fred right there for us.

Keep Fred in prayer.

Fred's got big ministry.

He's just touching into it in different places.

He's already in ministry.

He's just got other ministry.

All right, two quick jokes.

Ready?

You ready?

Sure.

You ready?

Are you feeling good?

Okay.

All right, this one's a little.

The second one's better, but this one's pretty funny.

Sydney is talking To Alan, Sydney said, I must have sneezed 50 times today.

Do you think there's something in the air?

Alan's response?

Yes, your germs.

All right, this was a good one.

Just bear with me.

Ready?

Did you hear what happened to the optometrist?

He fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself.

There you go.

That's pretty good, right?

All right, here we go.

Last little teach.

You gotta go into your weekend with this.

This will help you.

Second Corinthians 4:17.

And we know.

It's amazing because the theme has been the same.

2 Corinthians 4:17.

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

Well, wait.

What?

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

Momentary.

That's the same thing as the tense groaning.

It's like it's short.

It's like, well, it doesn't feel short when you were 12, just like Jacob was saying, it didn't feel short then, yet it was when you were 15.

It didn't feel short then, and yet it was now that you're 50.

It doesn't feel short now, and yet it is.

It's your 60.

Doesn't feel short now it is.

70.

Doesn't feel short now it Is.

80.

Doesn't feel short now it is.

It's light.

It's not heavy.

I'll ask Jacob this question real fast.

Jacob, do you know what a bullway is?

Do you know what a bull away?

No.

It's about £2,000.

That's about what a bull away is.

So the idea behind that is.

It's a joke.

See?

Bull away.

How much does a bull away.

See that?

You can use that anytime you want.

A bull away, it means it's.

That's heavy.

Light is where we're at.

Not heavy like that joke.

It's a pretty good one.

So here's the thing.

It's momentarian light now.

Oh, he zapped me on that.

Good for you.

What's coming is eternal and heavy.

That's what you gotta get.

It's short and light now.

It's long and heavy.

Next.

Do you see what he's trying to do?

He's like, look, you can't even put these on the same plane.

What you're going through now is a drag.

I agree.

I groan with you.

But what we're going into makes it highly insignificant.

And that's where we lose, because we don't use that that's where we lose the helmet which is part of our armor.

The hope of what?

What's the helmet?

The hope of salvation.

We're spending eternity helmets.

The hope and the idea behind this is this light feather like short bummer of a mode is going to be wiped out by an absolute eternal heavy duty weight forever response.

And that's what we have to remember because it's easy to forget.

It's easy to use all of our five senses to try and come up with how we endure it all.

But the most important part is the spiritual part because we are going to go, we're doing stuff forever and it's going to be for those of us who are plowing for the kingdom, laying 30, 60 or 100 fold going to be so amazing.

Just going to be awesome.

That is absolutely incomparable.

Isn't that cool?

All right.

All right, folks, you've been listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Taking a 72 and 1 half hour break.

Then we'll come back, more insanity with spinati talk to you.

Then I will lay me down in peace and sleep.

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