This episode of the David Spoon Experience focuses on the theme of recognizing and responding to the miraculous works of God in our lives. David Spoon emphasizes the importance of acknowledging God's power, especially in the context of young people's enthusiastic praise for Him, which often contrasts with the legalistic attitudes of some religious leaders. The discussion highlights the tendency of legalistic individuals to focus on rules rather than the joyous expressions of faith and gratitude. David shares personal anecdotes about transformation and the visible impact of God's work in people's lives, urging listeners to reflect on which parts of the spiritual armor are easiest for them to put on. Throughout the episode, the call to hope and partnership with God is a central theme, encouraging listeners to seek divine guidance in their personal and spiritual journeys.

Exploring the intricacies of faith and community, David Spoon’s show provides a rich tapestry of insights on living as a Christian in the modern world. Beginning with a light-hearted yet profound inquiry into the spiritual armor outlined in Ephesians 6, Spoon invites his audience to reflect on which component they find most accessible. His engaging storytelling style, enriched by humorous anecdotes, fosters a sense of camaraderie among listeners as they navigate their personal faith journeys. This segment transitions smoothly into a prayer for those seeking new job opportunities, demonstrating Spoon’s dedication to uplifting his audience and fostering a supportive community.

As the episode progresses, Spoon delves into the contrasting attitudes of the Pharisees, who, despite witnessing Jesus’s miracles, remain trapped in their legalistic views. His pointed commentary sheds light on how such mindsets can obscure the beauty of faith and the joy of worship. Spoon draws compelling parallels between the biblical narrative and contemporary issues, emphasizing the spiritual awakening among younger generations compared to the often rigid perspectives of older believers. He advocates for a more open and accepting approach to faith, urging listeners to celebrate and support diverse expressions of worship rather than critique them. This analysis not only challenges listeners to introspect about their faith practices but also encourages them to foster an inclusive environment within their communities.

The episode concludes with an interactive trivia segment and a heartfelt prayer for a listener’s friend, reinforcing the themes of connection, support, and the transformative power of prayer. Spoon’s enthusiastic and relatable approach ensures that listeners are not only entertained but also inspired to engage more deeply with their faith and the community around them, leaving them with a renewed sense of hope and purpose.

Takeaways:

• David Spoon emphasizes the importance of living life as a Christian and exploring spiritual reflections.
• The podcast introduces the concept of 'Buddies', encouraging listeners to pray for someone each month.
• Spoon discusses the significance of recognizing the miraculous events that happen around us, regardless of beliefs.
• He highlights the tendency of legalistic people to miss the joy of God's miracles due to their focus on rules.
• Listeners are encouraged to embrace hope and make decisions in partnership with God for better clarity in life.
• The episode also discusses the need for prayer in difficult times, particularly for those facing job challenges.

The views expressed on the following program are designed to amplify those of the speaker and are not necessarily those of kaam, DJRD Broadcasting, or its sponsors.

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When it's cold outside.

I've got my.

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

It's Dr.

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

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But the Bible teaches there's a time to laugh, and I've talked to some of you, and you could use a good laugh.

The review of the goofy news which proves Jesus is coming back sooner than you think.

We hope before this show is over, life lessons for our faith that we could actually use probably won't if we sit on our blessed assurance.

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

Well, because God said so.

And then just a few minutes ago, Don said so.

So that's good, since he's the owner of the station.

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

Living this life.

Oh.

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

My name is Dr.

David Spoon.

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

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

Here is the key to the show.

We don't know what we're doing.

We've been telling you that for almost six years.

I see no reason to think that's gonna change.

We have no idea what's gonna happen.

You know what?

We don't care.

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

So here we go.

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

Here's a good one.

I want you to think about this.

Consider this.

You might even have to look it up in the Bible.

It's one of those things you got to consider.

Here you go.

Which part of the armor?

In Ephesians, chapter 6, which part of the armor is the easiest for you to put on?

Let's talk about the armor.

Which part of the armor is the easiest for you to put on?

If you don't know what the armor is, you got to go to Ephesians 6.

There you go.

So we're asking that question.

We're asking questions about what it is when we're living life as A Christian.

How do we handle that?

Well, it's a fair question.

Sometimes we talk about the negative side of things.

Hey, let's flip on the other side here.

Keeping it simple, which part of the armor is easiest for you to put on?

If you have a response to that question, an opinion, a comment, a thought, or your own question, here it is.

Don't let it die of loneliness.

Just reach out and give us a holla.

Talking to Jammin Jacob is like talking to a person that you can.

Thank you, David.

Happy Tuesday.

Happy Tuesday to you, my friend.

I'm sure you had a chance to talk to Don and somewhere in that conversation came up Philadelphia Eagles, since that is his home of origin.

So I know one person who's really happy about the Super Bowl.

So that's the, that's Don.

Between David, Jennifer, Jacob and Don, that's one out of four.

Well, he mentioned that in the Super Bowl.

I think more people than ever before will be pulling for the Eagles in the Super Bowl.

I think that's probably true.

I'm going to say he's probably correct about that.

All right, anyway, let's get into the different things that we got going on.

I do want to put a couple of things in your guys hearts and minds.

We're going to be bringing back the Buddies process.

You're thinking, what's the Buddies process?

In February we're going to start doing FEB Buddies.

So Feb Buddies means that while you're listening to the show, somebody calls in or somebody that I mentioned, something goes on and you hear a person's name, whether from me or from somebody else, however it happens and you commit to praying for that person throughout the month.

That doesn't mean you have to pray perfectly.

It doesn't mean you have to pray 16 hours a day for that person.

But Paul said, I mention you in prayer, it'd be nicer if we could kind of operate more of the biblical aspects of these things.

But if there's somebody that you come across and it's like ding, ding, ding, that would be your fed buddy.

You pick it.

It's between you and the Lord who that's gonna be and you pray for that person throughout the month.

That's coming up relatively soon.

The other thing is we're gonna be Praying for Jeanette in a little bit.

She's going through.

She got through a lot of migraines and different physical things.

We're gonna be praying for her a little later on in the show.

But I want to start off this particular segment praying for people and their jobs.

Some people are looking for new opportunities and ventures.

Some people are reaching out.

They're looking into this new year, thinking this is a great time for this to take place.

We only want what the Lord wants.

We don't want.

You know, if we just get what we want, there's going to be a lot of problems.

Okay?

What we want is what the Lord wants.

We want to do these things in partnership with God.

So there's many people out there who are looking, are looking to make changes, are looking to step into something new, are looking to transition or go up, go back, whatever the case may be, we need to do this with the Lord.

So I'm gonna pray over everybody, including Shell and including Noah, our very own Robo producer from days on past, looking for some opportunities.

Let's pray that the Lord gives favor for these people.

Can you use your faith with mine and bring it together?

I know you can do this.

Do this with me.

Let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now, and I just want to thank you and praise you for the opportunities that you have given each of us throughout this journey.

In fact, some of those opportunities certainly didn't deserve it.

You blessed us in those opportunities.

You blessed us in places to serve, to honor you, to do well, to do right, to do a righteous job with all our heart.

And, Lord, we have people that are looking for something that's new.

They're looking for something that's different.

Maybe a change, maybe a growth, maybe a different direction in there.

Maybe a more clarity, Lord, for what they need to be putting their hands to.

Lord, I understand that you understand it because you understand us.

But I understand that same feeling of going, is it this?

Is this?

So, Lord, here's my prayer for all of us.

Partner with us and don't be the silent partner.

Be the primary partner and guide us and direct us.

Your word teaches clear that if we lack wisdom, we can ask you and you will give it without finding fault.

And we believe you.

We trust you.

We ask for your wisdom and your help in making decisions.

Make it clear where we should step, what we should put our hands to, where you want us to be and what do you want us to do so that we can do the best that we can to live for your glory.

And to live in that partnership and connection with you.

Father, I ask you in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, that you would make known to those that need to know what it is they should be doing, where it is they should be doing it, and how to go about that whole process.

Be the majority partner in these relationships.

We throw ourselves before you and ask for the wisdom that comes from the King.

And we pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Amen and Amen.

Okay, okay.

It's all right.

All right.

All right.

Here we go.

So we are in Matthew for those who do not know.

And this is going to be.

I don't want to say it's going to be a little fiery.

Maybe a little fiery.

Could be a little fiery, we'll see.

But for those that do not know, we are in Matthew 21, and we're picking up in verse 15, verse 15.

And here we go.

If.

And here's what it says in verse 15.

Remember, we just came out of this situation where Jesus was flipping over the tables and he was driving out the animals and he was knocking things over.

He drove off the animals with a whip.

We already talked about this.

Jesus a pacifist.

Not likely.

And so here he's cleaning it up.

He's telling the church to clean it up.

In verse 14 of Matthew 21, we find out that the blind and the lame came to him and.

And he healed them there in the temple.

That's what the temple is for.

So now he's going to get a response.

What?

Somebody's going to respond to that?

Yes.

Verse 15.

The leading priests and the teachers of the religious law saw these wonderful miracles and even heard the little children in the temple shouting, praise God for the Son of David.

But they were indignant and asked Jesus, do you hear what these children are saying?

Yes.

Jesus replied, haven't you ever read in the Scriptures?

For they say you have taught children and infants to give you praise.

Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.

So much in this that we want to get into.

But let's start with this.

The leading priests and the teachers of the religious law saw the wonderful miracles that Jesus was performing.

Before you get weird on it, let's just understand.

Jesus cleans up the church or cleans up the temple, and he starts healing people who are blind and are lame, and they're coming to God in the temple.

There's the whole general purpose there.

And so the leaders, the leading priests and the teachers of the law, they saw what was taking place.

So I want to make this point.

It should be noted even from this text that people witnessed the miracles of Jesus whether they were believers or not.

They knew it was happening.

Even if they didn't accept Jesus as Messiah, they could not deny that something extraordinary was taking place.

When I became a Christian and the Lord delivered me in the initial phases, my family was kind of like, whatever, right?

Just a phase he's going through.

Then when the Lord delivered me from drugs and I stopped doing drugs and I was on fire for the Lord, they actually said to me, you are a completely different person now, unfortunately, because at that time they could not accept Jesus as the Messiah or made the decision not to.

They wished I was the old drug dealing Dave.

That's too bad, because the Lord made me born again.

And so what I'm trying to say is they even could notice.

They knew something happened, but that doesn't mean they said yes to Jesus.

They just knew that something happened.

They even testified to it.

You're completely different.

My point in telling you that is people see the miraculous power of God.

They see when you have those incredible bursts and moments of compassion and wisdom and insight and truth, and they know it's past you, they know something's going on.

That doesn't mean they say yes to Jesus, but they know it.

And so what we want to focus in on is how the Pharisees, and remember, these are very legalistic people.

This is not all the rabbis of today.

That's absurd.

These people just had so much power.

These are much more the politicians than they are the rabbis of today.

And so the idea behind this is these people who are watching Jesus, they're getting legalistic.

And what happens when you get legalistic?

Can I drop this in your.

I just got to drop this in your lap.

What happens?

Legalistic people focus on the wrong things.

I want you to hear what I said.

Legalistic people focus on the wrong things.

They heard the children in the temple shouting, praise God for the Son of David.

Now, I don't want you to think little children and have this in your mind.

These are five, six and seven year olds.

That's actually not correct.

Anybody who was 20 years or younger was considered a little child.

This is much more likely 13, 14, 15, 18, that type of person.

And they're shouting.

Technically they could have even been in their early 20s, but that's a whole separate thing.

So the idea here is they're shouting and they're giving praise.

So here what they're doing.

What are they doing?

Are they focusing on the miracles.

Are they focusing on the change?

Are they focusing on the awesome things that God is doing?

No, they are focusing on their legalism.

So if you have a legalistic Larry or a legalistic Lynette, it is simple understanding.

They focus on the things that are true to them, but not to God.

As Don said, they operate out of their truth, not God's truth.

So the Pharisees were indignant because these young people were shouting and praising God for all the miracles that were taking place.

These young people were joyful.

They were excited to see the power of God manifesting.

I don't think it should surprise any of us that high schools and colleges are having their own set of revival while the people who are at post 40 are having their own set of chosen frozen attitudes, while these younger people are hungrier and hungrier for God.

I'll drop one in your lap that just came out the other day.

Ready?

The percentage of young men and women that want to have sex before they're married has dropped substantially in the last five years.

There's nothing you can say.

Why?

Because God is doing something.

And all of this promotion for sex and sex sells and it's all about sex is starting to wither on the vine.

That's the truth.

It's statistically true.

And believe me, nobody in Wall street wants that to happen.

That's not going to help them, but it will help the nation have a righteous heart before God.

So instead of.

What was that title on the news thing?

Instead of Girls Gone Wild, it's now Girls Gone Bible.

And it's changing why?

Because God is changing it.

Because revival comes from God.

That's why.

So I want you to catch that.

But now here's the thing I want to jump on because, you know, I have to.

The Pharisees were focusing on the enthusiasm and the praise and the happy and the awesome awesome that these young people were experiencing.

And listen to this.

They were upset.

Listen to this.

Because the young people were praising God.

I want you to think about that.

I want you to stop for a second.

I want you to stop.

Don't stop.

Don't try and compartmentalize everything.

Stop.

Stop.

They were mad because the younger people were praising God.

Now how bizarre is that?

Okay, so let me get this straight.

You guys are upset because the younger people are saying, praise God.

Praise God for the Son of David.

Praise God for the miracles.

Praise God for the Messiah.

You are mad that they're happy about God.

Now take that same truth and stick it into denominations and you'll Catch it right away.

If the Lord is doing something in one group that's different than another group.

So praise the Lord.

May God's name be honored.

Well, it's not something I like.

Tough.

What if it's something God likes?

Do you want to find yourself fighting against God?

Why?

No.

But he's only doing it with that group.

So what?

At least he's doing something.

I mean that should be the attitude of everybody.

And they were getting mad because these people are praising God.

So they're actually accusing Jesus of doing something wrong.

Wait, because the people are acknowledging God?

Uh oh, does that.

It can't just be me.

That seems stupid, right?

I use that word a lot because I am one.

But come on, that just doesn't seem right.

You're mad because God is doing something.

Wow.

Wow.

Two words.

Therapy.

That's the two words.

Here's your first trivia question.

Let's see if you can get this.

This should be straightforward.

This is what it is.

Watch therefore for you do not know what hour is coming.

What is that blank?

That is the question.

If you think you know.

Of course.

If you think you know.

I had a brief talk with Don.

I'm just telling you now as we're going to coordinate a meeting with Deb in the next week or so.

The giving is still way, way down.

Way down.

Probably the longest drought we've been through.

Praise the Lord.

That means a river is coming.

That means that the thunder is going to go off and the lightning and the rains are going to come pouring down.

I'm just looking for people to be a part of those rains if you get what I'm saying.

Do me a favor, check out the website.

There is some cool things.

By the way, updated the interview between Noah and I.

It's pretty cool.

I just want to make sure everybody knows that that you're praying for us.

If you can give, great.

If you can't, don't worry.

Do not give past anything the Lord's ever told you to do.

Not do anything distant from the Lord.

Do not do anything that the Lord doesn't give you affirmation or direction from or obedience to from his Word.

It's very clear.

But we will ask you, if you can't give to us, you can pray for us.

And if you like the show, I need you to do that.

That's all there is.

2 Corinthians 8, 3.

I testify according to their ability and beyond their ability.

They gave of their own accord.

Make sure when you give, you do it of your own accord and you do it unto the Lord.

That is what is important.

Doing it right before the Lord.

Get that?

All right.

Check out the website and see if you can give there.

Hemustincrease.org Prayer request hemosinqueries.org Praise report.

He mustincrease.org Looking to give to this ministry.

Hemostincrease.org Confused by what's happening right now.

He must.

Increase.org Hemustincrease.org Abominable.

Can you believe that?

Do I look abominable to you?

Why can't they call me the Adorable Snowman or.

Or the Agreeable Snowman for Christmas, crying out loud.

I'm a nice guy.

Adorable Snowman.

That's pretty funny.

Come on.

That's pretty funny.

That's funny.

All right, Your trivia question, by the way.

What is your trivia question?

Your trivia question.

Oh, yeah, I remember.

Watch.

Therefore, for you do not know what hour your blank is coming.

Somebody is on the line to answer the trivia question.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Happy Tuesday, David.

This is Curtis, my brother.

Hey, Curtis.

How are you, bro?

Man, I'm great, my friend.

How are you doing?

I'm doing wonderful.

I'm doing really good.

I'm kind of glad we don't have to do the drip, drip, drip thing anymore for the pipes.

So I'm a little happy about that.

I must confess.

It's like, that was enough.

It's funny how much those little drips will make your water bill go up too.

You gotta love that.

Exactly.

Right?

Like, what happened?

Oh, yeah.

But that's better than pipes bursting, so there's no question.

I actually have a relative who lives in Michigan, and they didn't do the drip, drip, drip when it went to 18 degrees and the pipes burst.

So they were not Too happy about that.

They were telling me, oh, man.

I'm like, keep it dripping, Keep it dripping.

Anyway, let me set you up, and then you can go from there.

You ready?

Yes, sir.

All right, watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your coming.

What is that?

Your Lord.

That is correct.

Amundo, sir.

It could be, Lord.

It could be Master.

Any of those derivatives from the word Lord.

That is correct.

And Jesus is like, look, you don't know what hour your Lord is coming.

And that is true collectively.

Okay?

Everybody says, oh, I know what time.

No, you don't.

And it's also true individually.

So it's like, keep that in mind, Right?

Absolutely.

How you doing, brother?

Anything we can pray for you about?

Do I have time for a quick prayer request?

Yes, absolutely.

Absolutely, brother, Absolutely.

I would like to send up some prayers for my sweet friend Robin.

She.

We talked before about her.

She's still struggling with the tapering.

And then, as if things weren't bad enough, a couple of weeks ago, she lost her job.

So.

Because she worked from home, so she's a.

She's really in a.

In a dark place right now.

I've been trying my best to keep her spirits lifted and keep positivity in her life.

And I keep telling her, you know, Jesus is gonna make something beautiful out of you.

He takes broken things and creates beautiful things.

Just hang in there, you know?

And so that's what I've been telling her.

Yeah.

And her name is Robin.

Was it Robin?

Yes.

Yes, David.

All right, let's pray for her right now.

Let's do it.

Father, we come before you right now.

I just want to thank you for our brother.

He's a blessing, and we ask you to bless him and let him know we appreciate him, and we lift up Robin to you.

And, Lord, she needs help, and she's not sure where it's coming from, and she's trying to figure it out.

And if, Lord, if you will, just open her eyes and just touch her heart, give her a great situation that everything turns around, and let her know that that situation turned around because of your grace and because your mercy.

And let her, in that process, call upon you, rejoice in you, and draw close to you.

Challenge her, Lord.

I know maybe she hasn't seen many of your works.

That's cool.

Show her one big one, Lord.

Show her something amazing.

Bless her in just a phenomenal way and let that turn into a praise and a testimony and lift up her spirits, because she's down and she has nowhere else to go but you are the hope for each and every one of us when we get there.

So let that be communicated to Curtis and let him be a blessing.

And then let that be communicated to us as an audience.

We lift that up to you, Lord, because you are that good.

We trust you for it.

In Jesus name, amen and amen.

Amen.

Thank you so much, David.

You're welcome, my brother.

The Lord bless you.

Okay.

You too, David.

Have a blessed day, you and Jacob, my brother, it's always a pleasure.

Thank you.

God bless.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

All right.

All right.

So cool.

All right, so that's cool.

Maybe you'll be pick up Robin.

Maybe that'll be a February birthday.

Maybe it'll be Curtis.

I don't know.

That's what I'm talking about.

Trying to get everybody to think along those lines.

In the meantime, we will break here.

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

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Lord Jesus Christ, I give you my heart.

Pour out your Holy Spirit, for I believe you rose from the dead.

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