This podcast episode delves into the concept of complete dependence on God, highlighting that true victory in life comes when we trust in His power rather than our own abilities. David Spoon shares personal anecdotes and biblical references, including the story of Gideon, where God reduced his army to just 300 men to demonstrate that victory is achieved through divine intervention, not sheer numbers or human strength. Listeners are encouraged to relinquish control and allow God to lead, emphasizing that He can do what we cannot. The conversation also touches on the importance of sharing praise reports and prayer requests, fostering a community of support and faith. With humor and relatable storytelling, this episode invites reflection on how to better align our lives with God's guidance and powers.

Takeaways:

• David Spoon emphasizes the importance of revisiting timeless truths in spiritual teachings, noting how some messages are worth repeating for their enduring relevance.
• Listening to God and surrendering control is crucial, as true victory comes from complete dependence on Him rather than our own efforts.
• The story of Gideon illustrates how God can achieve victory with a small number of faithful followers, highlighting the power of divine assistance.
• David shares personal anecdotes about his life experiences, demonstrating how God's guidance can lead to unexpected blessings and opportunities.
• Understanding the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees is about recognizing the dangers of false teachings that can lead believers astray.
• Prayer and community support are vital, as sharing personal victories and struggles can encourage others in their faith journeys.

Emphasizing the theme of divine empowerment, the David Spoon Experience offers listeners a compelling narrative about the necessity of surrendering to God’s will for authentic strength and victory in life. David Spoon shares insights drawn from his own experiences and biblical teachings, creating a rich tapestry of understanding around the significance of relying on God, especially in daunting circumstances. The episode draws heavily on the stories of biblical figures such as Moses and Gideon, illustrating how their victories were rooted in their dependence on God’s power rather than their own abilities. Spoon’s recounting of Moses lifting the staff during the battle against the Amalekites serves as a metaphor for the Christian journey—where maintaining faith and reliance on God is crucial to overcoming life’s battles.

The interactive nature of the show fosters a sense of community as listeners are encouraged to engage with their own stories, providing praise reports and prayer requests. This communal aspect highlights the importance of shared faith experiences in building a supportive network among believers. Spoon’s humor interwoven with profound spiritual insights creates an inviting atmosphere that resonates with the audience. The call-ins from listeners not only provide entertainment but also reinforce the message that faith can manifest in everyday life, making the show relatable and authentic.

By the conclusion of the episode, David Spoon underscores a vital takeaway: believers must actively pursue a deeper relationship with God, characterized by trust and dependence. He reinforces that true power comes from God, who desires to demonstrate His might in the lives of those who submit to Him. This call to action is both a challenge and an encouragement for listeners to reflect on their own walks of faith and to embrace the transformative power of a life committed to God.

Enough for something completely different.

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

It's wild and wonderful.

What's gonna happen?

We have no idea.

Hey, let's sit back and enjoy the ride.

Can I get a wowzer bowser Wednesday because God's in charge of this crazy bus called the christian journey.

First, welcome to the Wednesday edition of the David Spoon experience, where we often take time to review the classics.

And by classics, I think you understand by now I'm referring to messages that I've shared in the past, teachings that continue to hold value and relevance for me.

Some messages, though delivered previously, bear bear repeating.

In other words, hearing of a second time is good because there are countless timeless truths in much of this.

This particular message has been shared on this radio show before, but certain truths need to be revisited.

We are going to examine a fascinating the pathway to God's power.

Now imagine what it would be like if we could fully understand what it takes for us to tap into the incredible power of goddess.

God be nothing short of phenomenal and miraculous.

So we're talking about setting the stage for the Lord's power to shine through in every situation we encounter.

I wish I could sit here and tell you that after you hear this message, I can personally guarantee you will automatically walk in God's power.

Unfortunately, I can't.

But here's the good news.

God can.

And he promises us that if we follow what we're going to review today and apply it in our lives, we will see his power at work.

David Spoon's life has been an experience.

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

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

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

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

He joined KaAM and this radio program began.

You're about to hear the David Spoon experience.

Welcome to the David Spoon experience.

Local, national and heavenly talk.

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

Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics, entertainment and current events, personal revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities, and so much more.

Now, remember, it's not professional radio.

And just in case you're wondering, how do we know it's not professional radio?

We're gonna ask the current ruler of professional radio, the ruler.

And I'm not talking about a stick that's twelve inches.

We're talking about the ruler of.

Of professional radio.

Our very own Jammin Jacob.

Jammin Jacob.

As the ruler of professional radio, do you decree that the David spoon experience is or is not professional radio?

It is not professional radio, David.

There it is.

The ruler from the ruler himself.

The ruler.

Not twelve inches on a stick.

The ruler has spoken.

There you go.

You like that one?

That's a good one, right?

Don't get a crown.

That'd be a bad idea.

All right, here's the bottom line.

The bottom line is it's just radio.

Come on.

But we are asking you, what do you think?

So you can email us during the show.

David mustincrease.org dot.

That's David mustincrease.org.

That's right.

You can give us a call anytime.

Yeah, that's right.

Talking to Jammin Jacob is like waking up and feeling like you got a great night's sleep.

Thank you, David.

Happy Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday to you, my friend.

Did you get a good night's sleep last night?

Yes, I did.

Yes, I did.

How about you?

Not so much.

The dog was very, the dog was very active.

He was active at 243 50 and then six.

So all night long?

Pretty much, yeah.

Yeah.

And see what Bert does.

Just people go, no.

So Bert sleeps on the bed with us.

We don't.

We don't.

We've been doing this for so long, it doesn't matter.

And he does this new thing now where he sits there and he puts his paws like right by your face and then he whines a little bit.

First he goes.

And then once you are stirring, he licks you right in the face.

Doesn't even just.

And you're just like going.

Doesn't matter what the dream is.

The first thing you're waking up to is seeing that face.

It's a face only a mother can love.

Anyhow.

I just want to point that out.

That's what goes on in our house.

Why would you bother to send us an email?

Why would you text us?

Why I, in fact, would you call us?

It could be.

It could be because you have something that the Lord has done in your life and you want to share it and we want to participate with you in that.

Share it.

It's a praise report.

Let the redeemed of the Lord, say so, have you had an answer to prayer?

Did you have a situation that turned out a thousand times better than you thought and you brought it to the Lord in prayer and, wow.

Well, share that.

That helps other people in their situations.

Plus it honors the Lord.

Maybe you've got a prayer request.

Got something going on just like that and you need prayer for it.

Let's pray about it.

Let's bring it before the Lord.

That's what we're supposed to do.

That's how you do it.

It could be that you have a scripture you want to share, something that's just on your heart and mind.

It's just like, oh, this really, it's really impacting me, you know, it's just really, and I wanted to share it and I wanted to kind of get everybody connected in it.

Cool.

Let's do that.

Our gear, our slant, our bent, our approach is to encourage one another and strengthen each other in the Lord as we see the day of Christ getting closer and closer.

And it is.

So we need to be strengthening one another and blessing one another.

We'll even do some Bible trivia.

We'll do that in a minute because we do have somebody that's calling in.

Right.

And we want to give them a chance, see what's going on with them, make sure that all is well, what's taking place.

So let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, this is the guy from the Wonder Bread factory.

The wonder bread factory.

Because you've been, you've been smelling the sweet aroma for free.

So now you need to repay us back.

Believe me, they did pretty well.

Yeah, the environmental protection services.

That's great.

That's great.

How are you, brother?

How was the rest of your day yesterday?

We were praying for you.

It was fabulous.

Thank you for praying I was able to make it home.

I say thank you, Lord, because I was feeling so physically exhausted and I said, lord, I need to finish my work and safely be home with my daughter.

Amen.

Amen.

And so by the grace and the goodness of God, you safely got home and you got to make sure you're there safely with your children, right?

Yes.

Awesome.

That's just a praise report by itself, isn't it?

Isn't it just a relief by itself that, that God graciously protected and watched over and kept you safe and brought you to where you wanted to be?

Yes.

Isn't that, that's just great.

That's a real praise.

People should recognize that.

People don't realize if it was up to the enemy, it wouldn't go that way.

But because it's in the Lord's hands, it can go that way.

Yeah.

Awesome.

To be honest, there was a few, few mile.

I didn't know if I was driving.

Wait, wait, wait.

I feel like, yes, I'm driving.

You mean, is that.

That's an issue of being tired.

I have that happen every time I drive.

Am I driving?

Well, then why is this guy trying to cut me off anyway?

I have to have it every day.

Oh, that's hilarious.

That's hilarious.

What else is happening, brother?

Did you just want to share that?

That's a great share, by the way, because people need to know those things matter.

No, that's truly like the Lord.

I believe he was with me and give me the strength, and I was able to do it my work and was safely picked up, my daughters, and we were safely home.

That's so good.

Isn't that.

Isn't that sense of peace and that sense of safety?

Bible says safety is of the Lord.

Isn't that just marvelous?

Yes.

Awesome.

Yeah, I have few little jokes because I'm happy.

Well, at least you had the foresight to say they were little.

Anyway, what do you got, brother?

What do you got?

The first one is, what's a Christian's favorite shot?

What's a Christian's favorite shot?

Holy communion.

Holy communion.

That's the shot.

Oh, my gosh.

You know, you get a little shot.

I gotcha.

I gotcha.

Jacob had to think about it.

He's the one that gives you the authority to know what else you got for us.

All right, the next one is one catholic boy went to a confession booth, and while he was in the confession booth, so he told the father, father, I'm so addicted to the facebook.

And father replied, son, I'm so sorry.

I don't follow you.

All right, there you go.

I don't follow you.

Oh, my gosh.

Good job, brother.

I'll give you more props on the second one than on the first one.

Okay?

Good job, bro.

You there?

You still there?

Okay, he's there.

Yeah, I'm there.

All right.

I give you props on the second one more than the first one.

I just want to let you know that.

All right?

Okay, one last one.

Oh, you got another one.

Wow.

Three.

What is appropriate attire for church service?

What is appropriate attire for church service?

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

Holy jeans.

What was that?

Holy jeans.

Holy jeans.

You could wear Levi, then you'll be part of the holy jeans.

Holy Jean.

Oh, Levi.

Oh.

All right.

That was.

That was like.

That was a.

I think that was a mercy clap on that last one.

That's what I'm gonna give you.

Okay.

I'll take it.

I'm happy.

I can take it.

All right, brother, good job today.

Okay, you wanna give me trivia question?

The real trivia question?

Yeah, I'm gonna give it to the next person.

Okay.

All right.

That's fine.

All right, my brother, thank you for everybody for praying.

And I'm praying on a daily basis for our David Spoon experience ministry and for David Spoon and his family.

And I love you all.

God bless you, brother.

We love you, too.

God bless.

Bye bye.

All right.

See, sometimes you get phone calls and it's just fun, too, right?

That's part of it.

All right, I am going to do a trivia question and I'm going to do DNA.

But here's your trivia question.

And Samson is so good at trivia.

So I'm giving this up to other people that also answer.

Here it is.

The spies who spied out the land of Canaan said it flowed with what numbers.

Chapter 13, verse 27.

The spies who spied out the land of Canaan said that it flowed with what numbers.

1327.

You can also call in just like Samson did.

In the meantime, we're going into DNA.

D stands for draw closer to the Lord daily.

So I did another deep dive on the word daily, and I couldn't believe this came up out of the Webster dictionary, but it said daily is every day.

Wow.

Really threw me for a curve.

Draw closer to the left.

I know, right?

Whoo.

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

Never.

He says it in the gospel of Mark.

He says it in the gospel of Luke.

Never, never, never be ashamed of what Jesus had to say, ever.

Or he'll be ashamed of us when he comes in the glory with his father.

I mean, it's from the father.

Just keep that in mind.

Never be ashamed.

The world will try to shame you for believing in the word of God.

Here's the key.

Ready?

Don't receive it.

There you go.

That's how you do it.

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

A.

Always be ready.

To serve.

Just ready to go.

Ready to go.

We had a wonderful illustration of that from Rosalind on Monday.

It's just being ready it's just, it's, even if you're, even if you've got something lined up, okay, here's a great example for that.

I have the show lined up, right?

And even still with having the show lined up, sometimes things come about and it's like, ooh, I didn't, I wasn't thinking, you know, in that way.

But the Lord wanted to do it, and we just want to let him do it.

Always let him do that.

In your life, if you think, well, it's gotta be like this, the ducks have gotta be lined up, everything has to be perfect.

Let me explain something to you.

You would do a lot better in life just being ready for whatever the Lord wants, then, compared to making sure every one of your ducks is perfect, because what the Lord wants is truly perfect.

And you just wanna be ready and he might wanna use you to do this, that, or whatever.

I'm not saying what it is.

It could be for ministry, it could be intercessory.

Prayer can be for communion with him.

It could be just to show his love by serving somebody.

It could be anything.

But you gotta be there.

And instead of making everything happen the way that we think it should happen, all us type a personalities, instead of doing that, it's this trust that his stuff is best.

That's what it's all about.

That's the DNA.

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

A always be ready to serve.

Your trivia question, by the way, for those who do not know your trivia question, the spies who spied out the land of Canaan said it flowed with numbers.

Chapter 13, verse 27 would be your answer.

And we are not going to exit yet because I want to get a little bit into where we're going on this discussion, and that is the pathway to his power.

I've mentioned this multiple times.

Cause sometimes in a Christian's walk, like my walk, I was learning the word of God, but didn't really have much pastoral help in the beginning, I wasn't really connected to a church, so I was just really finding my way through, so to speak, trying to find the Lord.

And the Lord would try and teach me and for me to get it, this is how stubborn I am.

For to me to get it right, he had to give me various dreams.

Those dreams that I received from the Lord were awesome.

They are not as authoritative as the word of God.

I don't know how to say this to people any clearer.

When somebody has a dream, prophetic or not, instructional or not, encouraging or not, it is not more sure than the word of God.

The word of God is the plumb line.

And as a bapticostal, I'm totally open to God speaking through dreams, but I'm totally open for the spirit leading, but I am absolutely bible grounded.

And that is how every one of us needs to be.

The Lord can do whatever he wants, but he's never going to do anything contrary to his word, ever.

Okay?

So as I'm going through the process, I'm having this dream.

And in this dream, the Lord in his mercy.

Now, we do have somebody calling in, but the Lord in his mercy was trying to teach me to stop trying to control.

Have you ever gotten in that place where you tell the Lord, I'm going to follow you, I'm going to obey you, you are my lord, you are my savior, but you have a harder time going.

So I'm going to take my hands off of this and let it just go with you.

Well, that is one of my issues, that I have to take my hands off of things.

And in James four seven where it says, submit yourself, therefore, to God.

Resist the devil and he will flee.

The reason the devil flees is because we submit to God.

And then God's power and God's life and God's influence is working through us, and that gives us the ability to prevail.

But it's based on the surrender.

It's based on the yield.

It's based on the, I leave this in your hands, and too many of us try to take it from the Lord or never give it to the Lord.

You know that passage, cast your care unto the Lord and he will care for you.

Some of us cast it unto the Lord like a yo yo.

And we throw the yo yo up.

But remember, there is a string attached to it, and then we bring it right back down.

That is not what he wants.

He wants us to surrender to him, to yield to him, to say, yes, lord.

All right.

Okay.

Somebody is on the line.

I assume they're gonna answer trivia or something about those lines.

Let's bring them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, Doctor Spoon, this is Fred.

How you doing?

I'm doing wonderful, Fred.

How you doing?

I'm doing fine, sir.

All right.

Are you ready for this one?

I feel in my heart you will get this?

I think so.

Okay.

The spies who spied out the land of Canaan said that it flowed with milk and honey.

Milk and honey?

That is correct.

If I know David, can I give just a little little small illustrations.

That's all about meeting our basic needs and even beyond that.

But there's an illustration that my former pastor gave.

He's with Delore now, but he.

We talked about.

He talked about a store in Memphis, and I'm from Memphis, Tennessee, and there was a store, and it's still there now, called a squab.

Other places, they sold you anything that you needed.

If you needed pots, a squab sold pots.

If you needed food, a squab.

Soul food.

Listen, if you needed clothes, a squab.

So close they became so confident they.

That they had what you needed that they built a gigantic pair of COVID up coveralls and placed them in the front of the store.

And they put a sign up under those coveralls that says, if you can't find it here, you're better off without it.

And that's the way it is in the Lord.

If we can't find it in Jesus, we're better off without everything we need is found in Jesus.

He's got it all.

Amen, brother.

Amen.

Good preach.

Good word.

Hey, I do have a listener who wanted to know, and this is just a personal thing, you can answer if you want to, but he wants to know if you know.

Pastor battle, do you know who that is?

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

Okay.

That's all I want to know.

So, Ken.

Yes, he does.

Okay.

I don't know.

I don't know who these people are.

I'm just giving that.

I'm communicating one person to another through the show on radio.

I understand.

Yes.

Memphis is a great city for the gospel, and there's a lot of great preachers that came out of Memphis, and we just love you.

David, let me speak for you.

We just love your humor.

We love your teaching, your preaching, everything you putting out, we love it.

And we love you, David.

Thank you so much for being you.

Thank you, brother.

I appreciate it deeply.

I really do.

God bless you.

God bless you, too.

Bye bye.

Excellent word there from Fred.

Does a phenomenal job.

He's just really on fire lately, isn't he?

Love it.

Okay, so milk and honey.

You have to like that.

That's phenomenal.

What a great illustration he gave.

We'll take our break and then come back.

You're listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kaam, 770, the truth station here in Texas.

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What is the David Spoon experience.

Imagine yourself on a rocket ship racing at a thousand miles an hour into space.

Once there, you can sense the power and the presence of the majestic and the divine.

You forget about your troubles and your fears, and you just float in peace without a worry in the world.

There are no struggles, no pain, no discomfort.

It's soothing, calm, comfortable.

But then the show starts and you realize that none of that stuff has anything to do with the show.

What were you thinking?

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Here is your only hint.

Her initials, from a biblical point of view, are a wonderful candy that many of us have eaten.

Okay.

Like that.

That's a good.

That's a good.

You know, it's a wonderful candy that many of us have eaten.

And I would even say some of them have peanuts in them.

All right, anyhow, bottom line, see if you can figure that out.

No, no.

Just gonna leave it there.

Somebody's calling in.

They're gonna rescue me for myself.

Thank you.

That's very nice of you guys to do that, by the way.

I love it when you call and rescue me.

Do you like my intro, though?

I lost my piece of paper.

That was good.

It's like, what am I doing?

What am I saying?

I have no idea.

All right, so we're gonna have somebody answer the trivia question.

Is that right?

Yep.

Here we go.

Send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, David.

Will Rogers.

Hey, Will Rogers.

How are you?

I'm great.

I hope you're better.

I'm doing pretty good.

Doing pretty good today.

I appreciate that.

Except the introduction.

My piece of paper I normally read, it was stuck underneath a book.

It was like, wait, where's my intro?

So anyway, it was kind of a phony moment.

All right, my friend, here you go.

Here's your trivia question.

Who called Jesus Rabboni?

And the hint was a great candy that a lot of people like.

Well, I'll tell you, I didn't know.

Until you gave me the hint.

Say that again?

I didn't know what it was till.

You gave the hint.

Mary Magdalene.

That is correct, sir.

It is Mary Magdalene.

I thought that was a pretty good hint.

Right?

Two initials.

Yeah.

I like peanut.

Eminem.

That's good.

It's got peanuts, right?

Eminem, I like that.

I like all of them.

I was like, you got it.

Good pickup on that, Will.

That was a good pick.

I wanted people to catch that.

Way to go.

Very, very astute.

Good job.

Yes, sir.

You have a blessed day.

All right, thank you, brother.

God bless you.

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 K Men 770 the truth station here in Texas.

We got another trivia question.

We're just all over the place today, but I like these shows cause they're just like, who knows what's gonna happen?

All right, here you go.

This is a pretty good one, but you might have to look it up perhaps.

Here's your trivia question.

After the angels had announced the birth of Jesus Christ and they left the shepherds, what did the shepherds do?

Luke chapter two, verses 15 through 16.

After the angels had announced the birth of Christ and they left the shepherds, what did the shepherds do?

Luke, chapter two, verses 15 through 16.

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

She sent this in during the show and I want to share it with everybody.

And I love that she shared this.

So I want you to listen to me.

Okay?

I just had some of this conversation with Don.

So Don came in and him and I talked for about 20 minutes or so before the show started.

And we were just chatting back and forth, talking about family.

And we have, it's really good fellowship and I just, we talked about voting and I'm, you know how I am, my position.

I'm not changing it.

It's not going to go anywhere.

It's very simple.

And I actually said the same thing to don.

Look, if a person, for conscience sake, cannot vote, you never ask them to breach their conscience.

That's just something you never do.

Romans 14 makes that absolutely clear.

If a person doesn't vote because they're lazy, that's a sin.

If a person doesn't vote because they're not thinking their vote counts, they're uninformed.

If a person is just uncomfortable because it's a breach between what they think is connection to the world, that's, like I said, entirely different.

But the biggest thing, and him and I were laughing about it is simply, if you don't vote, you cannot whine about it.

Okay.

So Jeanette sent me an appraise report and I just want to share it.

She said, God gave me the strength to vote yesterday.

It's not a big deal to some people, but it is for me.

Jeanette struggles physically, and she is just blessed to be able, by the grace of God, to participate and to vote.

So you can't say, well, if you're not actually able to, then that is actually.

That's highly legitimate.

But she even went out of her way, is giving God acknowledgment and praise that she was able to participate and vote.

And we encourage you to vote.

We'll never tell you who to vote for, but I will tell you, you must do everything you do, every decision you make in connection and in alignment with the Lord.

There's no if, ands or buts about it, okay?

There's no.

No goofy anything.

Okay?

I'm just saying that's straightforward.

Okay.

Now, on the trivia question, we did ask the trivia question, and I do have somebody on hold.

Thank you for letting them bear with me.

I asked the angels, you know, after they told about the birth, about Christ, what did the shepherds do?

We have somebody ready to answer a trivia question?

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David.

Hi.

Hi.

This is Deborah.

And I think I have the answer.

You think you have the answer?

You know, Fred called in, and I'm so glad he called in to answer the other question, because he blessed me.

He blessed me.

Amen.

Like you say, he's on fire.

Yeah.

After the angels came and told those shepherds, if I'm correct, they followed the star to find the little baby in the manger.

And they brought him some gifts, frankincense and myrrh.

Okay?

Is that part of it?

That's not what happened.

But let me tell you how you're gonna get there, okay?

You're talking about the wise men.

And the wise men followed the star.

So before that process, the shepherds who were out there, the angels popped open in the sky, and with myriads and myriads of angels, they made the declaration of the birth of Christ.

And they told the shepherds, which, by the way, is a phenomenal teaching, because who found out first?

The people that were in charge or the servants?

The servants found out first.

They were the shepherds that heard it first.

And they.

What did they do once they heard that?

If you want to verify it, what do you do?

How do you verify it?

How do you verify it?

You go and look in the word.

But for them, they were told that Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

How would you verify that if you were a shepherd, you would go to.

You would go to Bethlehem, you would go see it.

You would go check it out, right?

Exactly.

That's what you would do.

So what happened?

Oh, you're welcome.

So, for the shepherds, they were like, wait, this big thing just happened.

The Christ was born, the messiah was born.

Let's go see.

And they went and checked it out, and that's when they found out.

They were like, all right.

The Lord told us first.

Yay.

Exactly what it is.

That's good, though.

And see, the wise men?

That's a great.

We'll talk about that as we get to Christmas.

Cause there's some really cool stuff about the wise men.

I mean, just some really fascinating stuff.

Like, nobody ever talks about how a star ends up sitting over a house.

Ah, that's wild.

And in the morning, I go out with my doggie, and I look at the stars, and they're awesome.

And I just thank God for blessing us with his artistry.

Amen.

Isn't it awesome?

The graciousness, the goodness of God.

We can't count how many things he's done for us.

We could never give enough thanks for all the graciousness he's showed us.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Well, I know I've taken much of your time, so thank you so much for being a blessing to all your listeners.

It's my privilege.

My privilege.

And thank you for calling and being a blessing to the audience.

Thank you, sir.

Have a good day.

God bless you.

God bless you.

Bye bye.

All right.

Fun stuff, right?

Okay, so I'm supposed to break.

I'm not breaking.

That's right.

I'm not breaking.

Now I got to get to this.

This thing is so cool.

I want to get to this because it's really important.

Listen, certain people in the christian faith have an easier time, and I've mentioned this before, walking in a complete sense of dependence.

And then other people have a much more difficult time, don't they?

I mean, that's just the truth.

It's hard sometimes.

And for me, ironically, and I don't know if you guys can relate to this or not.

For me, I have a harder time in specific areas.

So, like, some areas that I walk in, I just like, oh, the Lord will handle it.

Right?

It's, like, super easy.

And then there's other areas where I'm like, uh oh.

So that's kind of, like, the tension.

And I kind of think that's probably true for a lot of people.

Here's the thing.

That I'm going to use.

I'm going to use this story, and I'm going to use it on purpose.

So that you can understand how powerful the Lord really is in these things.

In Exodus 17, if you remember this story, Israel was in a warfare with Amalek, and they were fighting.

And so Moses told Joshua, hey, I'll pick it up in verse nine.

Choose some men, go out and fight the army of Amalek.

And tomorrow I'll stand at the top of the hill, hold the staff of God in my hand.

So JoshuA did what moses had commanded.

And fought the army of Amalek.

Meanwhile, Moses and Aaron and Hur.

Climbed to the top of a nearby hill.

As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage.

But whenever he dropped his hand, the amalekites gained the advantage.

So Moses arms soon became too tired.

So he could no longer hold them up.

So AarOn and her found a stone for him to sit on.

They stood on each side of moses, holding up his hands.

So his hands held steadily until sunset.

As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle.

After the victory, the Lord instructed moses.

Write this down on the scroll as a permanent reminder.

And read it aloud to JosHua.

I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.

Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh Nisi, which means, the Lord is my banner, for those that don't know.

And I was just studying this today, which just tells me how bizarre this is.

A banner is a rallying point in an army.

It's a point of rallying and infusing encouragement and regeneration.

So as Moses held up the staff, Israel would prevail, because it was that staff that was representing.

And specifically showing complete dependence on the Lord.

And so the idea is that Israel could not beat this army without that staff.

And that staff was the inspiration, by the way, to cross the Red Sea.

But there's this formula that's connected, and I don't like formulas, but I'll give you one anyway.

And that is simply this.

To become victorious, Israel had to first be dependent on the staff of the Lord being seen.

And you have to do the same thing, and I have to do the same thing.

It's like, I know I can quote scripture ad nauseam.

I mean, just to be honest, in a lot of cases.

And guess what?

That doesn't change the reality that there's too much pride and too much roughiness in me.

I'm using roughiness in a weird way.

But it's like, I just.

I need to be like, look, I need to be more dependent in those things that I'm trying to be more independent on.

I want you to really catch that.

There are things that I need to be more dependent on, that I need to operate in less of my independence.

Now, I'm not saying all independence is bad.

Obviously, freedom is a great thing, and there's all that stuff.

But you and I just, in this honest kind of christian realm, know, look, you're not gonna beat that army unless the Lord's staff, the Lord's image is connected to it.

And if we wanna be more victorious, we need to learn how to be better dependent on the Lord.

I got a message for you.

It's really straightforward.

God doesn't lose, okay?

He never loses.

He has a perfect record.

And there's this dependency that we need to really live in and really understand.

I want to point this out about King David.

I would say he's my namesake, but that wasn't true.

My parents didn't name me David because of King David, although I tell people from time to time I was named after a king because it's funny.

But the idea is that David, when he faced Goliath.

I'm just asking you real quickly, right?

David did not function independent of God.

There is no way David, independent of God could have beat the giant.

In fact, when David went to war with Goliath, can we just all be honest?

Because nobody in the world could imagine this.

Goliath had a sword and David had rocks.

You know, you've heard that expression, don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

Okay, this goes way past that.

And what he was depending on was the Lord.

Cause you're not supposed to be able to beat this ch.

And by the way, Goliath wasn't a rookie.

He was a champion.

He had killed multiple people and had been in multiple warfares.

And David, to that point, have killed lions and bears.

You know, tigers and lions and bears.

Oh, my.

I mean, he'd only been killed, but David was dependent on the Lord.

And he took what he was comfortable with, ironically, because he was comfortable slinging.

And he trusted that God would infuse that to give him victory over a Goliath.

You have goliaths in your life.

Let me explain to you.

In the beginning of this process, David tried to put on the armor that Saul offered him, and he wasn't used to it.

So he couldn't fight in it.

He couldn't do it.

So he had to go with what he was connected in the Lord with, and you and I have Goliath that we have to face.

And instead of trying to put on some new armor or some new approach or some new thing, we have to be dependent on the Lord using the things that we're comfortable in the Lord with and we know that God can take those things and help us be victorious.

And wait, wait.

I'm not.

Just think about the simplicity of this.

You have something you have to tackle, so to speak.

You have something you have to overcome by yourself.

You can do decent but not always victorious.

And sometimes you can't even do decent, but with God you have the never lose formula.

So stop trying to do it on your own.

Stop telling God.

And this is the thing that I do.

I'm sure I'm the only Christian in the world who does this.

Stop telling God.

I'm going to commit it to you.

And then within five minutes or 15 minutes, then I'm doing everything I can in my power to get it done.

See, that is not trusting.

I'm going through the book with Jacob, the faith that pleases God.

And I found 400 trillion mistakes.

I always find mistakes.

I think it's that Lord's funny thing with me.

So anyway, I'm going through it and I'm rereading the story about when I got a job.

I told this before and it's true, there's nothing to change.

My mother told me if I didn't get a job, I was getting kicked out of the house.

She wouldn't have done it, but I knew she was serious when she's dropping lines like that.

So I was decided I was going to get a job.

There's no, indeed, there's no, you know, you know, there's no websites, none of that stuff's going on.

What do you do?

You grab the classifieds.

You grab the classifieds and you read them, right?

So I'm doing that and then I stop and I say, you know what you keep telling me, Lord?

That I can do things in this dependence thing.

I'm going to stop.

I'm going to put the paper down.

And I did and I said, I'm asking you to bring me a job.

I don't know how else to do it.

I don't know what else to say.

I'm just asking.

I'm not going to do all the things that I normally do to make it happen.

I'm going to ask you to bring me a job.

That's it.

I'm done.

Bring me a job.

I'm done.

I walked out the front door.

Ben, who was the landscaper at our house, said, dave, do you need a job?

I said, yes, I do.

And I worked for Ben for two and a half years, on and off.

And he was a Christian.

Only God could pull that off.

Sometimes you have to put the classifieds down.

Sometimes you have to stop trying to make it happen.

Sometimes you have to let it go and let the Lord do it.

And what's amazing about that is he had a job waiting for me 200ft away.

I didn't even know it, but he did.

That dependence on the Lord, especially for those of us who don't do a good job of that, that's your victory, that's your praise, that's your moment.

You get it.

That's powerful, isn't it?

It's like, wow.

And you remember when you used to be like that?

Well, let's get like that again.

How about that?

All right.

All right.

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

You're listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kam, 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Short break.

We'll be back.

Don't go anywhere.

Hey there.

It's amazing.

Jennifer and I am helping out the David Spoon experience.

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

Amazing.

And Doctor Dave is looking for a few good people to join and become representatives, 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 hemustincrease.org.

dot 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, the christian faith is being attacked.

50 years ago, people would disagree with Christianity, but with a sense of respect, those days are over.

The rage.

The flesh the enemy.

And the atmosphere of sin is growing and growing.

Jesus said in Matthew 24, the love of many will grow cold.

And if it's not the end now, it's certainly a lot closer than it was yesterday.

You may be from a baptist background.

David Spoon has that.

You may have a pentecostal background.

He has that too.

You may have a non denominational background.

Yep, he's got that as well.

You may be from the church of Christ, Presbyterian, Methodist Church of God or some other denomination.

But if you're looking for a show that's Bible based, spirit led and a bit nutty, give David a listen for a while.

If you like it, great.

If not, no worries.

The David spoon experience.

What is the David Spoon experience?

John 724.

Stop judging by mere appearance and make a right judgment.

That's all?

That's all.

Good.

From one corinthians six two.

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

You can't say christians can't judge.

They're commanded to.

Here it is right here.

Ready?

Here's the bowling ball knocking down the pins every day.

As Christians, we have to judge what is appropriate, proper, healthy and useful.

Also what people we believe we should hang out with, trust, believe in or let influence.

We have to judge that on a regular basis.

When you choose your church, you're using your judgment abilities.

Bazinga.

Bazinga.

Bazinga.

Bazinga.

I love that because, listen, when you're choosing your church, you have to decide to pick one over another.

Oh, here's the key.

You're gonna hate me.

Ready?

Here it is.

If we have no ability to judge, we can't vote.

Welcome back to the David Spoon experience.

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

That's k double amen, 770, the truth station here in Texas, where we have another challenging trivia question.

See if we can get this one in.

This is a challenging one.

Okay.

When Jesus told his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, what was he referring to?

Matthew, chapter 16, verse twelve.

When Jesus told the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, what was he referring to?

What was he specifically keying in on?

He said, told the disciples, be aware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

What was he talking about?

Matthew, chapter 16, verse twelve.

And if you think you know Matthew, chapter 16, verse twelve.

So we haven't done history or jokes for a while.

So let's do Jacob.

Let's do history.

All right, so today is national Boston cream pie day.

So I just don't see how anybody can complain.

Is that impossible to complain on that right there?

No, no, you can't complain with that.

You can't complain about that.

All right?

Somebody's getting offended at this.

This is not intended to offend anybody, but I am telling you this so you can know.

It's a piece of history.

Don't get mad at me.

1992, on this day, a woman was detained for having an unusually large buttock.

She was attempting to smuggle a pound and a half of heroin in her clothing, and so they arrested her because apparently it was obvious.

So I'm just gonna leave that there.

You can all just figure that out on your own.

Today, by the way, is also.

People are like, why would you bring that up?

It's in the history.

I didn't write the history today, and I'm only gonna do this for one person and one person only, because everybody now is just horrible at this.

But today is supposed to be tv talk show host day, and there's only one person that deserves to be recognized of all the others, and that is Johnny Carson, who was the actual, the king of late night television, because all the rest of them are just pathetic.

That's all I'm gonna say.

But Johnny Carson, he was great.

Okay?

That's all I'm gonna say.

Just gonna leave it there.

The only time that I find the late night talk shows, like, on my tv is when I lead whatever channel on is for, like, if, like, I'm watching, like, Sunday Night Football, and then I just leave the channel on and I come back, I'm like, oh, that's on.

And then I'll change it.

It's just terrible.

And he was.

I mean, it wasn't perfect or anything that, but he was.

He was brilliant at asking questions.

He was entertaining, and he was totally equally offensive.

He wasn't one sided, which was really great.

I'm actually surprised the talk shows now are still, like, going on to.

Cause I don't.

I mean, does anybody really watch them like they used to?

Funny.

You should say that because there has been some discussion in some of the broadcast companies for getting rid of the talk show hosts.

Oh, there you go.

There you go.

Wanna know why?

Cause they're not Johnny Carson, that's why.

Okay, what day was it yesterday that we missed?

You mentioned after the show.

Yeah.

What was it?

It was.

Oh, pretzels.

Yeah.

Pretzel day.

We missed pretzel day.

I know, that's sad.

I like pretzels.

I like that.

I like.

I like peanut filled pretzels.

I like soft pretzels.

Hard pretzels.

I like all the.

I like all those pretzels.

I like the pizza one.

Do you want the pepperonis on the pretzel?

That one's good.

Oh, yeah, that's good too.

Thanks.

Now I'm hungry.

Thank you very much.

Okay, back to the trivia question.

When Jesus told his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees to what was he referring?

And then David mustincrease.org is the email.

We're going to probably have some disagreement on the answer to that trivia question, so I'm just going to give you the answer that's coming out of the book.

Instead of getting mad at me, you can get mad at the that wrote the book.

Here's this last purposeful teach that I want to get in before we stop and are done for the show.

This is judges chapter seven, verses four through seven.

But the Lord told Gideon, there are still too many of you.

Bring them down to the spring and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not.

When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the Lord told them, divide the men into two groups.

In one group, put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs.

And the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths into the stream.

Only 300 of the men drank from their hands, and all others got down on their knees and drank with their mouth in the stream.

The Lord told Gideon, with these 300 men, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites.

Send all the others home.

So I think we don't understand that.

There were quite a few people that Israel could count on, and God stripped them down on purpose to 300 people against what many have considered to be 142,000.

Did you hear what I just said?

There is no way that 300 people can defeat 142,000 unless God is involved.

And with God being involved, because Gideon trusted in the Lord, the Lord poured confusion into the Midianite camp and they killed one another.

From that point of view, 300 might not even have been needed.

From that point of view, it didn't matter because it was the Lord.

And you're thinking, but that's not how you should run a campaign.

That's not how a military campaign should go.

And here's the response.

God doesn't care.

But that's not how a normal person would approach this thing.

A normal person wouldn't put away the newspaper.

They would do, God doesn't care.

And in your life, if you want to impress God, have faith to believe that he not only can, but that he will do it.

Don't get stuck on a well.

He can do it.

You got to believe he will do it.

You get that?

We're going to get to this caller in a second, but I want you to catch this complete dependence on the Lord.

He doesn't need your help.

Did you get that?

All right, we have somebody.

Do they want to answer the trivia question?

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hello.

Hello, David.

This is Alan.

Hello, Alan.

How are you?

I'm good.

Okay.

I'm blessed and highly favored.

Blessed and highly favored.

What an excellent, excellent statement.

Let me set you up on the trivia question.

We're going to have a little bit of.

A little bit of tassel with this.

Because some people.

We've got a couple different directions, but let me share it.

Jesus told his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

What was he referring to?

To sin.

No, but what is it that they were doing?

Here, let me help you.

They were doing.

They were communicating in such a way.

And so Jesus wanted them to be careful because of their.

Of their.

What was it that they were offering people?

They wouldn't tell me.

Do you remember your first grade instructor?

What did you call her?

My teacher?

Yes.

So now, there you go.

So that's what Jesus was talking about.

Jesus, yeah.

I knew I was going to pull it out of you.

Jesus told them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.

He was concerned about their doctrine or their teaching.

Teaching that it was false and antichrist oriented.

And anti God oriented.

And that's what he was talking about when he was talking about the leaven.

Gotcha, David.

Good teaching.

You have to think about it.

Because he's like, you put a little leaven in that and it's going to just destroy everything.

And false teaching does exactly that.

Right?

Yeah, I know.

Back when they had the passover a little bit leaven would have.

Would have missed the whole.

The whole.

Correct bread.

That's right.

That's where that reference was.

By the way, how are you doing?

Missionary?

Why?

Is everything going well?

It's going well.

I'm.

Like I said, I'm just blessed and highly favored.

Amen, brother.

And we will get together.

Water in the grass.

It's all dying.

Love it.

Love it.

And I take it you got that response that I sent you in regards to your reach out.

Did you get that?

No, I didn't.

But I'll check it out.

I know that.

All right.

Make sure to do it.

All right, I'll check it out.

All right.

My brother and I want you to do me a favor.

I want you to be blessed in the Lord.

Blessed in the Lord.

You got it.

All right, my brother.

Thank you.

Blessed and highly favored.

Thank you much.

All right, take care.

Have a blessed day.

Thanks.

Bye bye.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, you've been listening to the David spoon experience right here on KAM 770, the true station here in Texas.

22 and a half hour break, then we'll come back.

More insanity with spinnanity.

Talk to you then.

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