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28th Jan 2025

01-28-2025 part 2: The Generosity of God: Assurance in Troubling Times

God is for us, and this truth resonates deeply throughout today's discussion. Dr. David Spoon emphasizes the importance of faith in God's generosity, reminding listeners that if God did not spare His own Son, He will surely provide for our needs. The episode features heartfelt prayers for individuals facing life's challenges, particularly Martha, a beloved friend who is navigating a difficult situation after her husband broke his vows. Dr. Spoon encourages believers to trust in God's unwavering support and to seek hope in the midst of despair. Through personal anecdotes and biblical insights, he illustrates how prayer can be a powerful source of comfort and strength in times of trouble.

Listeners are treated to a rich exploration of faith, provision, and the nature of God's love in this enlightening broadcast. David Spoon delves into Romans 8:32, articulating the profound implications of God's willingness to sacrifice His Son for humanity. This act of love becomes the cornerstone for understanding the depth of God's generosity. Spoon challenges the common misconception that God may withhold blessings from His followers, encouraging a mindset rooted in the belief that God is eager to provide for our needs. The episode weaves together scriptural insights with Spoon's personal journey, illustrating how his past struggles with faith mirror those of many listeners today. By fostering an open dialogue about prayer, Spoon invites listeners to share their own experiences and requests, creating a community of support and encouragement. Ultimately, the message is clear: God's love is abundant, and His desire is for us to experience the fullness of that love in our daily lives.

Takeaways:

  • God's willingness to sacrifice His Son highlights His generous nature towards us.
  • When we face difficulties, we should remember that God is always for us.
  • Believers can find comfort in knowing that God hears their prayers and cares.
  • Faith is crucial; we often doubt God's willingness despite believing in His power.
  • Our relationship with God grows through daily closeness and trusting His plan for us.
  • Sharing our struggles with others invites prayer and support, fostering community.
Transcript
David Spoon:

And now for something completely different.

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

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It's totally terrific, totally transforming, totally triumphant Tuesday as we find unity from the Father, through the Son and by the Spirit, all for the glory of God Almighty.

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First, it's marvelous time.

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Simply marvelous.

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We are in Romans, chapter eight.

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We're going to pick it up at verse 32 with a quick look at verse 31.

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And this is where the passage truly goes out of sight.

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The phenomenal word of God in verse 32 says, Since God did not spare even his own son, but gave him up for us all, the first declaration of this verse highlights God's willingness to sacrifice.

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We need to think of it in these terms.

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God is like a person sacrificing their son on behalf of someone else's welfare because they love that person.

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But next, God is so generous that he gave up his Son for us.

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How then will he not also provide for us in all the other things?

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So what's the problem?

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It's the same problem I have and the same problem you have.

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The problem lies on our end.

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We often see God as withholding.

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We have faith that God can, but we doubt that God wants to.

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Did you hear that line?

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We have faith that God can, but we doubt that God wants to.

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That's the kind of faith we operate with.

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And because of it, we experience less of his generosity.

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Yikes.

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Finally, in verse 34, he explains that after making us right with him through Jesus and the redeeming work of Jesus, Jesus is now sitting at the right hand of the Father, interceding and praying for us.

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He is seated in the highest place of honor, right next to the Father, and he leans over to whisper on our behalf.

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Doesn't get any better than that.

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Jesus speaks to the Father for you.

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And I guess what, his ministry never ends.

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David Spoon's life has been an experience.

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

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

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

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

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He joined KAAM and this radio program began.

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You're about to hear the David Spoon Experience.

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Welcome to the David Spoon Experience.

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Local, national and heavenly talk.

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

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Lessons for surviving, lessons for living and lessons for prevailing politics, entertainment and current events.

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

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Just so much more.

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Now, remember, it's not professional radio.

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We talked to Professor Plumb about that yesterday.

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It's just radio.

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That's all it is.

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And we're asking you, what do you think?

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How you doing?

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You can email us davidmustincrease.org that's davidemustincrease.org you always give the email, you always give the text, you always give the phone numbers.

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What's the reason?

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New people.

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Or in fact, you can call us amazing.

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Talking to Jammin Jacob is like sharing a cheat meal on your diet with your f favorite person.

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Thank you, David.

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Happy Tuesday.

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Happy Tuesday to you.

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I just got to check with you.

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Did you have anything phenomenal over the weekend?

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Anything extraordinary?

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Just the regular.

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Anything that, like, stands out for you at all?

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Just out of curiosity, just checking in with you, Justine, if you did anything extra there, anything.

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I wanted to wait to see how long you would go with that.

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Nothing, Nothing too special.

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Didn't have any Reese's this past weekend, so a little disappointed there.

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But, yeah, just nothing.

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Nothing too crazy.

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What about you?

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Saltwater taffy from England.

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That's what we had.

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Really?

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Yep, yep, yep.

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Salt water taffy from England.

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So it's very hard to explain the whole thing, but let's just say it was excellent.

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Just excellent.

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You know, you can't eat.

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Saltwater taffy is really good, but you can't eat like 900 pieces.

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You know, you gotta have a couple of pieces and then kind of let it go is excellent.

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So it's just one of those weird things that happened, you know, because their family came in, they brought some saltwater taffy from England, and so they left it for us.

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I don't think I've ever had that before.

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I will try and sneak you a piece if there's any left.

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Odds are, you know, we'll see.

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But I mean, one way or another, I'll try it during the show.

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If that happens.

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We'll have a live food review.

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We'll have a live review of the saltwater taffy from England.

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Now, isn't that.

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Wouldn't that be fun, right?

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That'd Be fun.

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Okay, live.

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Jam and Jacob, food review.

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Jam and Jacob.

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Does the food.

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Love it.

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Here's the bottom line.

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Why in the universe would you guys out there give us a holla?

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Why would you call us?

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Why would you text us?

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Why would you email us?

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Well, one, you're a little bit weird because you're listening to this show in the first place, and that makes you a little weird no matter what you say to me.

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Number two, maybe you've got a praise report.

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Got something going on, and it's like, you know what?

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I want to share this.

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Share it.

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It's always a great thing because it glorifies God.

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And that's like a big key of us breathing.

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Right?

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You can have a praise report.

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You can have a prayer request.

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Because we believe prayer works because it does work for those that are trying to figure it out.

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Yeah.

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When you pray and you have faith and you trust and you believe, God does miraculous things and it only takes a moment for a mirac.

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And some of you are just like, but to believe.

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But to believe.

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But that's what Jesus wants.

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To believe.

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And to have faith is mentioned more than love.

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I'd just like to see somebody argue with that.

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Anyway, my point is making it very clear.

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Jesus wants us to believe.

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Believe what?

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That all things are possible with God.

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That's one.

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So bring your prayer request.

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Maybe you've got something you just want to share, something that's just blessed you, something that really encouraged you.

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Awesome.

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Share it.

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Maybe.

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Maybe you have an answer to trivia.

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You guys better get this one, because if not, take my ball and go home.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the blank of God.

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Ephesians 2:8.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the blank of God.

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Ephesians 2:8.

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If you think you know the answer, give us a holler.

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Or you can send an email.

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Davidemustincrease.org so some people might say, you know, I've heard that trivia question on this show before, and my response to that is, you will hear it again.

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Because it is important for us to continually absorb, meditate, focus on, and stand in the truth.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the blank of God.

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Ephesians 2:8.

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In the meantime, we will, in fact, do our DNA.

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Are you ready for our DNA?

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Here we go, people.

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Get ready.

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D stands for draw closer to the Lord daily.

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Daily.

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Just hang out with the Lord.

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You know what?

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You don't even have to put.

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You don't even have to call it devotions.

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You don't have to.

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Actually, somebody that I absolutely admire, they don't like that term, the way it comes off to a lot of people.

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And I understand that.

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I don't even have a problem with it.

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You just gotta hang out with God.

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That's what you gotta do.

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He created you to hang out with you.

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So when you're hanging out with him, you're touching into your purpose of existence.

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Now consider that.

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Consider the ramifications of that.

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You think, well, what do you mean?

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He created me to have fellowship.

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He didn't create Adam because God was like, you know, I really just don't feel like doing the yard today.

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So I think I'll just create some people and let them do the yard.

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That was not why Adam and Eve were created.

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God came in the cool of the evening, which is the cool of the day, which was the evening time, and fellowshipped.

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That's why man was created.

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And when you hang out with God and fellowship with God, you're touching to your purpose of existence.

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That's why it makes everything right, no matter what's going on.

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

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Luke 9:26.

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If anybody is ashamed of me or my words, I will be ashamed of him.

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When I come in, the Father's in glory with the Father's glory is what he said.

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And if you're ashamed of what Jesus had to say, he'll be ashamed of you.

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to Revelation:

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And you think, well, how is that?

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Because John, chapter one, verse one and two, says that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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, all the way to Revelation:

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There you go.

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Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words ever.

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

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A Always be ready to serve.

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Are you ready?

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Did you ever have somebody pick you up?

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You're going on a trip?

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Let's say you're going to a football game, a baseball game, a hockey game, or you're going to a concert or school play, or you're going to.

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You're just gonna go shop together, you're just gonna go do this, you're gonna run errands together, whatever, and they come and pick you up.

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It's a pretty simple thing.

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When the person pulls up in the car, are you ready?

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You ready to go?

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That's all I'm asking.

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That's all God wants.

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Are you ready?

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You ready to get in the car?

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Ready to go?

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Ready to hit it?

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Let's go road trip.

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I mean, ready.

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That's so simply what's being asked in whatever capacity there is to be ready.

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Isn't that cool?

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That's just a great way to think of it, right?

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Okay.

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

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A Always be ready to serve.

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I am loving this show.

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Just to let you know, I'm having more fun than all of you.

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Ha ha.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves.

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It is the blank of God.

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We just kind of ran out of time.

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I want to make sure you understand what this says in verse 31 of Romans 8.

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This is out of the NLT New Living Translation.

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It'll say a little different.

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Some other translations.

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That's all right.

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You're a big boy or girl.

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You can handle it.

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What can we say about such wonderful things as these?

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He was talking about all of these wonderful things, the things that all work out together for good.

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The fact that the Holy Spirit prays for us with words that cannot be uttered.

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The reality check that in verse 18, whatever we're suffering through now is not worthy to be compared to the glory that's coming after.

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And so the apostle's writing and he's kind of doing accumulation.

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It's like, look, all this great stuff.

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The Holy Spirit speaking deep in our hearts.

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And we know that what's coming is totally awesome.

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And we're children of God, and we're going to share in his glory.

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And there's nothing you're going to go through that's Even worth to be put on the same plane.

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And, oh, by the way, God is going to cause all things to work together for good.

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And this is all because he wants you to share in him and share with his glory.

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And it's phenomenal.

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And then he says this.

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What can we say about such wonderful things as these?

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Kind of dropping it on everybody.

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What do you got to say about all that?

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And here's his conclusion.

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Here's how he concludes the matter up to this point in verse 31.

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If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

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If you are a child of the most High God, God is for you.

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Who can be against you and who cares?

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Because God is for you.

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I know this is kind of crazy math.

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And I'm one of those people that very, very committed to this principle of life, okay?

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Numbers don't lie.

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People that use numbers lie.

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Studies don't lie.

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People that write the studies lie.

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The lying is in the people, not in the other things.

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And here's the greatest thing you got to know about math.

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Is all math perfect the way that we think it should be?

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No.

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I'll tell you why.

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Why?

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Because God plus you equals majority, period.

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That's not a lie.

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That's the truth.

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That goes way past.

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That's not factual.

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Let me explain something to you.

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God and you.

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That is majority.

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Because God is majority, period.

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And so if God is for us, who can be against us?

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Who cares?

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God is for you.

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If he was against you, if he was against you, you'd have no chance.

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But he's not.

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That's why he's given you 9,000 chances.

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That's why he's definitively told you time and time again he loves you.

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He reaffirms his love more than we reaffirm love for people in our lives or pets or anything else, including ourselves.

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Because he is that, that good.

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He is that kind.

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He is that gracious.

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Do you understand?

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Think of this.

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Think of this.

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God is for you.

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Okay, that's good.

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Yeah, that's good.

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Of course it is.

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It's not only good, it's phenomenal.

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What can you say to all that?

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Well, I think we could start off by saying thank you maybe more often than we say, what about now?

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What about now?

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What about now?

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Maybe we can say thank you.

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I don't know.

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Crazy me.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves.

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It is the blank of God.

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And the answer is gift of God.

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It is the gift.

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Your salvation is a gift.

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Say thank you when you get A gift.

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

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

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Short break.

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We'll be back.

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Don't go anywhere.

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What is the David Spoon Experience?

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She thought he was a gardener, sir.

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She said, if you have taken him away, tell me where you've put him and I will go and get him.

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Mary, Jesus said, now you think.

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Three words.

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Come on, Dave.

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Mary, Jesus said.

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She turned to him and cried out, rabboni, which is Hebrew for teacher or it doesn't matter if your translation says master.

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Rabbi, that's not.

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She said, Mary, she responded, master, Lord, you see, the resurrected Jesus Christ speaks the name of his sheep.

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And Jesus knows your name.

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My sheep, Jesus said, know my voice and they hear me.

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And you were going along in your journey.

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Maybe you were young and you were in church.

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Maybe you were young and somebody brought it to you.

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Maybe you were in middle.

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The middle part of your life.

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Maybe in the later part of your life.

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But at some point, Jesus said your name.

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He said, david, Tiara, Tiffany, Noel, Joshua, Ashley.

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At some point, he called your name.

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The risen Messiah spoke your name to you.

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You know what?

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That's when you said, yes, Lord.

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Yes, master.

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Yes, Rabboni.

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It's the most powerful moment because it's the moment that the divine Messiah speaks to you and pulls you from one kingdom, the kingdom of darkness, into another kingdom, the kingdom of light.

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It is the moment that changed everything.

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And Billy Graham had a really good piece on it, said some people can really define that moment, some people can't.

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It doesn't matter.

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It happened.

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For those.

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That was kind of like a metamorphosis, but it happened.

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And in the economy of God, it happens more specifically.

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And maybe the person doesn't know the day.

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I know my date, but maybe the person doesn't know the date that he said yes to Jesus.

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But there was a moment where Jesus called your name and you said yes, and that was the beginning of your understanding of his depth of love.

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Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

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The as Ka Men 770, the truth station here in Texas.

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Now, remember, if you want to reach us, you gotta call.

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But after the show, you can use that Texting number.

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So just for people to know that, because that's how we do text during the show.

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Plus, also, you can always email davidemustincrease.org okay, so we do have somebody on the phone.

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Let's go ahead and send them through.

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Knock, knock.

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This is David.

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Who am I talking to?

Ann:

Hello.

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Hello, Is this Ann?

Ann:

Dr.

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David?

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Yes.

Ann:

I wanted to call.

Ann:

This is the elderly lady that calls you and asks you for prayer.

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Yep.

Ann:

How I'm struggling with something again.

Ann:

I'm worried.

Ann:

I just found out Sunday, and then I didn't get all the details until last night.

Ann:

It's concerning my sister.

Ann:

And, you know, I've told you that she helps me to get my groceries and.

Ann:

And, you know, does things to try to help me out because I'm by myself, you know.

Ann:

Well, she had something that's come up.

Ann:

Well, she come by one day last week, and I noticed that her bottom lip was swelled up real, real big.

Ann:

But she never did explain nothing about what was going on.

Ann:

And she'd been to the doctor.

Ann:

So then I found out I got to talk to her last night, and she went to the dermatologist, and she had a red spot on one side inside the lip, and then a white spot on the other side.

Ann:

And so he asked her, she went to a real good dermatologist if she'd been out in the sun a lot and if she had been using anything, you know, to protect your lips from the sun.

Ann:

And she said, well, yeah, she, you know, she does.

Ann:

She does all that.

Ann:

And so anyway, he thinks that it's caused from the sun, but he was also kind of hinting around it could be cancer.

Ann:

So he gave her some kind of medicine to put on it for two weeks to try to dry the two places up.

Ann:

It looks bad.

Ann:

It's swells real big, you know, and she said it hurts to talk and eat.

Ann:

She has to drink through a straw because it's bothering her a lot.

Ann:

So this medicine she has to use for two weeks, and she said one side does look a little bit better.

Ann:

But then he wants her to come back when she gets through with that.

Ann:

Madison was then put Vaseline on it to keep it from drying up, I guess.

Ann:

But then she's got to go back and see him again.

Ann:

So then he's going to determine, you know, what to do further on.

Ann:

But it, you know, me being by myself and I'm worrying about her because I depend on her so much.

Ann:

And she checks on me, calls to see if I'm all right, if I need Anything, you know, And I told you, nobody else does that.

David Spoon:

Right, Right.

Ann:

And, you know, I just can't lose my sister.

Ann:

She's healthy.

Ann:

She is very healthy person.

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Well, let's.

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We should pray for her.

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Let's pray for her, for the Lord to heal that.

Ann:

Okay.

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Like, let's pray that the Lord.

Ann:

I don't want her, you know, I don't want anything to happen.

Ann:

I don't want it to be cancer.

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I got you.

Ann:

If it is, that she can go to a real good cancer doctor.

Ann:

Because, you know, people get all these spots on their bodies that from the sun, and they go and have them lasered off, you know, their arms, their ears, the men that work out in the sun all the time.

Ann:

I know man that, you know, has to go through all of that.

Ann:

So I'm hoping that they can, you know, take care of this.

Ann:

And it doesn't stop praying, get worse.

David Spoon:

Okay, what's her name?

Ann:

Leona.

David Spoon:

Well, let's pray for Leona right now.

David Spoon:

How about that?

David Spoon:

Let's do it right now and ask God to help.

David Spoon:

We need to do that.

David Spoon:

We need God's help.

David Spoon:

So let's pray.

David Spoon:

Let's pray.

David Spoon:

Father, we come before you right now and we thank you for Ann, and we ask you to bless Ann again.

David Spoon:

I'm asking you, Lord, and I'll keep asking you, that you would give her this courage inside of her, this strength and confidence that even though she's feeling frail and feels that at times things are kind of like, very difficult, that, Lord, you would let her know that you are with her and that because she fears you, that your angels encampeth around her.

David Spoon:

And she doesn't have to be afraid.

David Spoon:

She can stand firm in her faith, trusting you.

David Spoon:

But she has her sister Leona, and Leona has got an issue, and it's a serious issue.

David Spoon:

We're hoping it's not as serious as it could be, but it's still very difficult for Leona.

David Spoon:

It makes hard for Leona to be able to help Ann or for Leona to do anything.

David Spoon:

So we're asking you in the name of Jesus and by the stripes that come through the body of Jesus Christ, according to 1 Peter 2:24 and Isaiah 53, 5, that by his stripes we are healed, that you would bring healing power into Leona's mouth, into that lip situation.

David Spoon:

Lord, we do pray that the doctor would have wisdom and use all of that wisdom that you've granted that is on the right side of things, and that would turn out to be a blessing.

David Spoon:

But we are asking you to accelerate the process and let Leona recover much more quickly than anybody anticipates.

David Spoon:

And we'll know it's because you're touching her, Lord.

David Spoon:

We don't have the power to do it, but you do.

David Spoon:

All things are possible with you, Lord.

David Spoon:

And so we offer up our faith, a prayer of faith, saying, please bring your healing power into Leona, into her situation, into her lip.

David Spoon:

Bring that healing power and let her recover quickly.

David Spoon:

And please pour upon Ann's heart a comfort and a protection so she can feel safe because you're with her.

David Spoon:

We lift up this family.

David Spoon:

We ask you to bless them.

David Spoon:

We ask you to watch over them, protect them, and let them know they are loved and cared for and prayed for.

David Spoon:

And you respond to that because you are the king of the universe.

David Spoon:

Take care of your daughter.

David Spoon:

Take care of your other daughter.

David Spoon:

Heal them, help them, encourage them, strengthen them and restore them.

David Spoon:

We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

David Spoon:

Amen and amen.

Ann:

Amen.

Ann:

I thank you.

Ann:

I should have said Rosie.

David Spoon:

Oh, was that her name?

David Spoon:

Rosie?

David Spoon:

I think.

Ann:

I think the name Rosie.

David Spoon:

Well, you know what?

David Spoon:

It's okay.

Ann:

I'm just not really thinking too straight today.

David Spoon:

Well, that's okay, because God knows her name.

David Spoon:

That's the thing to remember, right?

Joy Ann:

Yes, sir.

Ann:

All right, Anne, I thank you very much.

David Spoon:

You're welcome.

David Spoon:

God bless you.

Ann:

God bless you, too, sir.

David Spoon:

Okay, bye bye.

Ann:

Bye bye.

David Spoon:

All right, so there's another person that would be really good person for you to pick up as a Feb buddy, praying for Ann.

David Spoon:

Right.

David Spoon:

She's got a lot of things going on.

David Spoon:

Why don't you pray for Ann?

David Spoon:

That'd be great.

David Spoon:

That'd be awesome.

David Spoon:

By the way, I want to pray for Jeanette real quickly because we did say we're going to pray for her.

David Spoon:

She got through her migraine, but she gets migraines.

David Spoon:

And so let's stay on the same vein because we want to be taking care of one another.

David Spoon:

Don't you if you're hurting, do you want somebody to be praying for you?

David Spoon:

Do you want somebody to care about you when you're hurting?

David Spoon:

Okay.

David Spoon:

What a man sows, that shall he also reap.

David Spoon:

And so those that are refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

David Spoon:

And in that same principle, when you're praying for other people, you'll have other people praying for you.

David Spoon:

That's pretty good, right?

David Spoon:

So let's pray for Jeanette.

David Spoon:

Father, we lift up Jeanette to you.

David Spoon:

We do.

David Spoon:

Thank you for Ann and for her sister Rosie.

David Spoon:

And we just Ask you to bless them in that situation.

David Spoon:

Comfort Ann.

David Spoon:

But we lift up Jeanette to you, who's getting through the migraines and she's having super, super victories in different places, but still gets through these challenges on a constant basis.

David Spoon:

So, Lord, we are asking you just to give her freedom from that pain, that migraine pain that really takes over and kind of shuts her down.

David Spoon:

She needs help and she needs encouragement.

David Spoon:

Not just from us, Lord, she needs it from you.

David Spoon:

So for Jeanette, encourage her, lift her up, put a song in her mouth, a new song in her mouth, put her feet on the rock and bring healing power for the things that she's going through, these afflictions.

David Spoon:

Let the enemy be cast aside and let your grace and your healing power prevail.

David Spoon:

Her heart is for you, Lord.

David Spoon:

Show her your heart is for her.

David Spoon:

We pray for her in Jesus name.

David Spoon:

Amen and Amen.

David Spoon:

Okay, cool.

David Spoon:

I like this.

David Spoon:

I like it because we're doing teaching and prayer, which is kind of like my overall preference, just in case you're wondering.

David Spoon:

I do want to just enter into the verse.

David Spoon:

We'll do it for about two or three minutes and then we'll do our quick exit and then we'll do some of the other things that we're going to do.

David Spoon:

Here is verse 32.

David Spoon:

Since God did not spare even his own son, but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ also give us everything else?

David Spoon:

Before we get into the depth of that, here's the thing.

David Spoon:

Sometimes in Christianity we get these thought processes going.

David Spoon:

And so I actually believe some of these are either demonic or sin oriented.

David Spoon:

I know it's terrible to say that, but it's true.

David Spoon:

And what we think is that God had to make a play for humanity, so he gave us Jesus Christ, but after that, he doesn't really.

David Spoon:

There's nothing after that.

David Spoon:

And you see, what I'm trying to get to is we allow that thinking to sink in and we've got to be careful against that because that's just the enemy trying to thwart the true image of God.

David Spoon:

And right here in scripture, you see, right in the scripture, God didn't.

David Spoon:

I mean, he didn't spare his own son and he gave us Christ.

David Spoon:

How won't he take care of everything else?

David Spoon:

But we get stuck in.

David Spoon:

Well, he had to save us.

David Spoon:

So, yeah, Jesus is for everybody, but doing something special for me, I don't know.

David Spoon:

That's the enemy.

David Spoon:

That's not God.

David Spoon:

That's the enemy.

David Spoon:

Attacking faith.

David Spoon:

Yes, that's exactly what the verse says.

David Spoon:

In fact, it's not just there.

David Spoon:

John 1:16.

David Spoon:

How will he not give us one blessing after another since he gave us Jesus?

David Spoon:

The whole point of this is to understand God's continual graciousness.

David Spoon:

No, he doesn't do it the way you tell him to.

David Spoon:

He's not lame.

David Spoon:

I was going to say stupid, but then I decided to change my mind.

David Spoon:

He gives it the perfect way.

David Spoon:

It should be given in the exact time.

David Spoon:

It should be given, manifested exactly how he wants it to be manifested.

David Spoon:

But no, he's not going to do it according to your timetable because your timetable is not good like his.

David Spoon:

That's why.

David Spoon:

And so we've got to have this attitude, this disposition of, you know, if God gave us Jesus, there's so many things he would love to give us.

David Spoon:

Nothing will be better than Jesus, but there's so many wonderful other things he wants to give us.

David Spoon:

For you and I to think differently is to not listen to the truth.

David Spoon:

That's why God wrote it down.

David Spoon:

Get that.

David Spoon:

Okay, we'll take a short break, come back.

David Spoon:

We got a lot still to do.

David Spoon:

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

David Spoon:

Short break, we'll be back.

David Spoon:

Don't go anywhere.

David Spoon:

Like any person searching for answers, I too have wondered about him.

David Spoon:

He has a weird sense of humor.

David Spoon:

If people are seeking wisdom and insight from the great teachers around the world, would they go to David?

David Spoon:

No, I don't think so.

David Spoon:

Those big ears really don't help.

David Spoon:

Will people enjoy his perspective on culture, politics, food, sports and local and national news?

David Spoon:

I don't know.

David Spoon:

He's just a client.

David Spoon:

Tune in to the David Spoon Experience on kaam.

David Spoon:

What is the David Spoon Experience?

David Spoon:

Bibles are very cool looking.

David Spoon:

You can have them electronically.

David Spoon:

You can have them in your phone, you have them in your computer.

David Spoon:

There's tons of apps.

David Spoon:

There's also cool looking book Bibles.

David Spoon:

I mean, there's a lot of stuff out there.

David Spoon:

It's great.

David Spoon:

Here's the bottom line.

David Spoon:

All that's fancy and fantastic and useless if you don't read it and believe it and process it.

David Spoon:

For those that are trying to figure out, first of all, well, why is it that the Bible is its own unique enemy?

David Spoon:

What's the deal in that?

David Spoon:

Well, the same breath that went into creating Adam, which was creating creation of man, that same breath went into the bible.

David Spoon:

And so 2 Timothy 3:16 says, all scripture is God breathed.

David Spoon:

That's the breath of God.

David Spoon:

And the breath of God that went into Adam is the breath of God that goes into the book, which is why this is a unique book.

David Spoon:

And then people get really upset and they go, well, hold on now, hold on now, Dave.

David Spoon:

The problem there is that there's just so many people that have been a part of writing the Bible.

David Spoon:

In fact, There are about 40 authors spanning about 3,000 years in all different types of positions in life.

David Spoon:

But here is the great thing about Christian faith.

David Spoon:

If you believe that God created the universe, you are going to step out on that big ledge and go, well, if he created the universe, he can probably write a book.

David Spoon:

Well, the amazing part about the book itself is not just the self proclamations of the book, but you get into the prophecies and it is an amazing, amazing element that every single prophecy has been fulfilled.

David Spoon:

Exactly.

David Spoon:

And yet there are some to come and we will see those fulfilled.

David Spoon:

But while you're engaging in the Word of God, here's something you need to be aware of that Christians do not recognize.

David Spoon:

That that word where it says for the word of God is alive is zone in the Greek.

David Spoon:

If we were doing a Greek word, that'd be zone.

David Spoon:

And that word means alive to live.

David Spoon:

Jesus used that word in Revelation chapter 1, verse 18, where he says, behold, I am alive and I live forevermore.

David Spoon:

Same word.

David Spoon:

And the Word of God is alive.

David Spoon:

And you think this is just a book.

David Spoon:

It is just a book.

David Spoon:

Except for when you are reading the Word of God and the Holy Spirit connects you to the Word of God, it becomes something altogether different.

Joy Ann:

Foreign.

David Spoon:

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

David Spoon:

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

David Spoon:

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

David Spoon:

We're going to take a slight detour.

David Spoon:

We're going to pray real quickly for Sabrina Murphy and for her family.

David Spoon:

So we're gonna pray that first and then I'm gonna send you to the website and then we're gonna take a call.

David Spoon:

So just hang in there.

David Spoon:

Cause this is all really cool stuff.

David Spoon:

So Sabrina Murphy wrote, actually she left me a voicemail and said that she needs prayer for herself and her family.

David Spoon:

Like right now they have big transitions taking place, money's tight and her dad may be getting a job tomorrow.

David Spoon:

And so that's really good.

David Spoon:

But they just need to be covered in their situation.

David Spoon:

So let's just take a moment and pray for them real quickly for Sabrina and her family.

David Spoon:

So just stretch your faith.

David Spoon:

And again, as a Feb buddy, you might take this on and say, oh, you know, I'm gonna start praying for Sabrina.

David Spoon:

So here's here.

David Spoon:

Let's just go before the Lord in prayer.

David Spoon:

Father, we come before you right now and we thank you for Sabrina.

David Spoon:

And we ask you, Lord God, that you would help them in this tremendous transitioning period, that while they're going through what they're going through, there would not be that fear.

David Spoon:

And there is a lot of fear for a lot of people, Lord.

David Spoon:

And we come against that because you have not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.

David Spoon:

And so we're asking you to bless the dad, bless the family, bless Sabrina and their whole situation.

David Spoon:

It's difficult, Lord.

David Spoon:

It's difficult not to succumb to the circumstances.

David Spoon:

But that happens, Lord, when we take our eyes off of you.

David Spoon:

So help Sabrina and her whole family to get a strong, fixed vision on you.

David Spoon:

Immovable.

David Spoon:

And we're asking you to help that family and to bless them and to give them the graces they need, the open doors they need, the opportunities they need, the blessings they need.

David Spoon:

And let it come from your hand and let that again be a testimony.

David Spoon:

We're for that, Lord.

David Spoon:

We want more testimonies about you.

David Spoon:

Answer these prayers as only you can, and there will be more testimonies to glorify your name as only you can do it.

David Spoon:

That's what we pray for.

David Spoon:

In Jesus name.

David Spoon:

Amen.

David Spoon:

And amen.

David Spoon:

All right, I am going to send you up to the website and then we're going to take our phone call.

David Spoon:

So let's make sure we all stay on track.

David Spoon:

I've already told you, we had kind of a tough month, about a tough month and a half as it is now.

David Spoon:

And so we're looking for people.

David Spoon:

If you can't give, we're looking for people to pray for us because we need the prayer warriors to petition heaven.

David Spoon:

And yes, we believe God is generous.

David Spoon:

Actually, I think the Lord allows this to create a greater sense of unity.

David Spoon:

That's just my guess.

David Spoon:

I don't know.

David Spoon:

I could be wrong.

David Spoon:

I mean, it could be a bazillion things.

David Spoon:

I'm not God.

David Spoon:

I don't tell him how to do things.

David Spoon:

But one thing I know for sure, if he gave us Jesus, we're in good stead for the other things we petition.

David Spoon:

So check out the website.

David Spoon:

Plus, on the website, there's two interviews that you guys probably haven't seen.

David Spoon:

Plus I added something very, very cool.

David Spoon:

I'm not gonna tell you what it is.

David Spoon:

You gotta look, check it out on hemustincrease.org prayer request.

David Spoon:

Hemostincrease.org praise report hemousincrease.org looking to give to this ministry.

David Spoon:

Hemustincrease.org confused by what's happening right now.

David Spoon:

Hemustincrease.org hemustincrease.org I'm so happy now.

David Spoon:

I'm just happy now.

David Spoon:

Thank you for that sound.

David Spoon:

All right, we do have somebody on the line.

David Spoon:

Let's go ahead and send them on through.

David Spoon:

Knock knock.

David Spoon:

This is David.

David Spoon:

Who am I talking to?

Joy Ann:

Hi, David.

Joy Ann:

Dr.

Joy Ann:

David, this is Joy Ann.

Joy Ann:

I'm just loving the show.

Joy Ann:

Thank you so much for taking my call.

David Spoon:

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely.

David Spoon:

What's happening?

Joy Ann:

Yeah, and listen first, thank you so much for all the prayers you're praying for people.

Joy Ann:

And I love the, the prayer you prayed over.

Joy Ann:

Tyler.

Joy Ann:

Yes.

Joy Ann:

And his marriage needs.

Joy Ann:

I was reading in my Bible today Psalm 118.

Joy Ann:

It's just so beautiful.

Joy Ann:

But there's a verse that says, I called to the Lord in distress.

Joy Ann:

The Lord answered me and put me in a spacious place.

Joy Ann:

And in my Bible I wrote this two and a half years ago.

Joy Ann:

I said, please give me a bigger and safer home.

Joy Ann:

And he has.

Joy Ann:

I'm in my Jesus house right now and I would love to ask prayer for a friend who's in a very similar situation as I was.

David Spoon:

Okay?

Joy Ann:

She's beautiful lady and I saw her, she sent a prayer text to a group of US ladies, Wednesday night prayer group, 20 ladies.

Joy Ann:

And it was such a heart wrenching prayer request.

Joy Ann:

And I'm going to tell her after the show that I called into you all because I know you'll pray and you'll love on this.

Joy Ann:

Dear lady, her name is Martha, okay?

Joy Ann:

She's been married over 30 years.

Joy Ann:

Very faithful, wonderful Christian woman.

Joy Ann:

And she experienced the same thing that I did.

Joy Ann:

And my heart is touched for her, Dr.

Joy Ann:

Dave, because her husband broke his vows to her.

Joy Ann:

And she's so beautiful and lovely and sweet.

Joy Ann:

I mean, I just, I can't think of anybody who's so deserving of a good husband and a marriage.

Joy Ann:

But that doesn't always happen.

Joy Ann:

And in life things do come up.

Joy Ann:

But I, I'm on the back end of all that.

Joy Ann:

My marriage crisis began five and a half years ago and now I'm in a beautiful home and I mean, the Lord is taking care of me, but I'm asking for prayer for Martha.

Joy Ann:

Her four children love her.

Joy Ann:

They know the Lord.

Joy Ann:

But her husband has just gone off the rails.

Joy Ann:

And financially she's now in crisis and she just wants to follow the Lord.

Joy Ann:

But in the text, she said to the group, she said she just does not know how she can carry on.

Joy Ann:

I know that feeling.

Joy Ann:

She says she's so depressed and is crying, but she loves the Lord.

Joy Ann:

So my peers are for this friend of mine.

Joy Ann:

So thank you for praying for her.

David Spoon:

Yeah.

David Spoon:

No question about it.

David Spoon:

That is what you just described.

David Spoon:

And I remember talking to you way back.

David Spoon:

So we've talked for many years at this point.

David Spoon:

And it's important for people to know this kind of thing does happen.

David Spoon:

It's not.

David Spoon:

Nobody wants it to happen.

David Spoon:

Nobody should want it to happen.

David Spoon:

My daughter asked me, dad, why would this kind of stuff happen, like, to us, what happened to them with Easter and so on and so forth?

David Spoon:

And the reason is, and I'm going to be really honest about it, I want people to be really thoughtful of this.

David Spoon:

That is because this world has sin in it.

David Spoon:

And that is the ultimate result of all of these hopelessness, these heartaches, these discouragements, these breaks, these moments, these darkness.

David Spoon:

All of that is what sin actually brought in.

David Spoon:

And that's why I want we should really understand how evil it all is.

David Spoon:

But we're going to pray for Martha because knowing the Lord gives her that advantage that some people will never have.

David Spoon:

And that is there is yet hope for redemption.

David Spoon:

There is hope for restoration, There is hope for healing, and there is hope for a new life.

David Spoon:

No matter how far gone it seems or wherever it is at, the Lord is right there for his kids.

David Spoon:

So I want to pray for her along those lines.

David Spoon:

I don't know all of the information because I'm just hearing it from you now, but what I believe is that God will not abandon Martha and she needs hope.

David Spoon:

That's what I'm hearing.

David Spoon:

And so we want to pray.

David Spoon:

Exactly.

David Spoon:

We want to pray that.

David Spoon:

Yep.

David Spoon:

Okay, let's.

Joy Ann:

Yeah.

Joy Ann:

Her business has languished due to the betrayal, so financially, she's in a very difficult spot, too.

Joy Ann:

So thank you.

David Spoon:

All right, let's pray along those lines.

David Spoon:

Let's do it.

David Spoon:

Father, we come before you right now, and I thank you for Joanne.

David Spoon:

I thank you for how far you've brought Joanne, what a miracle testimony her life has become.

David Spoon:

And I don't want to say that she's gone through it so she can help others, but she's probably gone through it so she can help others.

David Spoon:

And we're just asking you to give her the courage and the wisdom and the insights whenever she's talking with people, to be that blessing, to be that voice of encouragement, to be that voice of hope in your name.

David Spoon:

But now we lift up Martha to you and she doesn't know what she's going to do financially.

David Spoon:

It looks like everything just ceased, like the pipe turned off and there's nothing else coming out.

David Spoon:

And Lord, we are asking for you to protect her financially, of course.

David Spoon:

But before we get to that, Lord, I want to pray for her heart because that's the thing that gets pierced.

David Spoon:

That's the thing that money can't do anything about.

David Spoon:

Those emotional stabs and those wounds are difficult.

David Spoon:

They're life ending for some people.

David Spoon:

So we're asking you not to let it be that way for Martha, but instead that you would birth in her not just a seed, but a tree of hope that there would be birthed in her a large, strong, steadfast hope that would give her this sense of confidence, of provision, of protection.

David Spoon:

Lord, it's as though the tree would be something that gives her shade plus supplies her with food, give her that sense of hope, strong, steadfast, with roots that go deep down.

David Spoon:

We are asking you to break that spirit of fear which we know it's there, Lord, break that spirit of fear, that anxiety, the frustration, but most importantly the desperation.

David Spoon:

Because she feels like she's just been abandoned.

David Spoon:

And she needs to know you will not leave her out on a limb.

David Spoon:

You will not let her go, you will not forget her, you will not ignore her, but that you will help her and she can count on you, she can depend on you, she can lean on you and find strength and she can lean on brothers and sisters.

David Spoon:

And Lord, if you do redemption in that one way and restore it, great.

David Spoon:

But Lord, protect her heart.

David Spoon:

And if there's no redemption on the one end, then give her redemption on the other end.

David Spoon:

Don't let the locusts win and eating away and eating away the field.

David Spoon:

Don't let them win.

David Spoon:

Give her favor.

David Spoon:

Give her favor and grace and let her know the peace that passes understanding.

David Spoon:

Push her past it, Pull her past it any way you got to.

David Spoon:

Get her past it.

David Spoon:

Lord, protect Martha and watch over her.

David Spoon:

Those that are hers and her family bring healing and move out the hurt.

David Spoon:

And we pray this in the only name we could ever ask you in.

David Spoon:

In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Amen and Amen.

Joy Ann:

Oh, amen.

Joy Ann:

Thank you, Dr.

Joy Ann:

David.

Joy Ann:

And you know how the Holy Spirit moves.

Joy Ann:

Ann mentioned her sister.

Joy Ann:

She accidentally called her Leona instead of Rosie.

Joy Ann:

And there is a Leona in my prayer group who we prayed for her husband to be saved and he did get saved.

Joy Ann:

It was such a miraculous story.

Ann:

Such.

Joy Ann:

So, you know, for what that's worth, I think that Leona wasn't an accident when Ann mentioned that, because God does answer prayers for.

Joy Ann:

In a variety of ways.

Joy Ann:

So thank you.

Joy Ann:

Love you.

Joy Ann:

Bless you and all the audience.

Joy Ann:

Thanks for praying for my beautiful friend Martha.

Joy Ann:

And I'll keep you posted.

David Spoon:

Okay, awesome, awesome.

David Spoon:

Let her know we'll be praying for her.

Joy Ann:

Okay, thank you.

Joy Ann:

Appreciate it so much.

Joy Ann:

Bye.

Joy Ann:

Bye.

David Spoon:

All right, so that's another person that some people can listen to, right?

David Spoon:

They can say, hey, I'm going to pray for Martha, because she's going through that now.

David Spoon:

I know that Joanna and Cordelia are going to pray for her, but that doesn't mean you should pray for her, too.

David Spoon:

And you don't have to spend a lot of time doing it.

David Spoon:

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

David Spoon:

This is where I think, where we intercede for people.

David Spoon:

We think people go, and then they just splash their face with water and hit their head against a piece of wood.

David Spoon:

Stop it.

David Spoon:

Bring your petition before the Lord.

David Spoon:

Ask the Lord to help her.

David Spoon:

Now, I do have a praise report that just came in from Al.

David Spoon:

So we've been praying a lot and we've been asking for praise reports, you know.

David Spoon:

Well, we got one.

David Spoon:

We prayed for Al's daughter.

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Remember the lease situation?

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He just sent a text in.

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I know it's late, but my daughter got her lease approved.

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And the credit mark has been.

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That was bad against her has been removed.

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Praise the Lord.

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Direct answer to prayer.

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That's because God answers prayer.

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That's why we pray.

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Pray.

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We're not doing this because we're religious.

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I'm really anti religious.

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You guys have got to get to know me.

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I'm very not that way.

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I just believe that God really cares and that he loves us.

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And I think what we're missing in a lot of this is maybe more this simplistic understanding.

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Because what we want is we want God to do certain things, certain ways, which is us telling God how to be God.

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That's dumb.

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Okay, you can't do that.

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Don't do that.

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I do it, too, but I come before the Lord and I say, I'm sorry.

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I'm doing this because we do stuff like this.

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Don't do that.

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What you wanna do is you come before the Lord and you bring it to him.

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Just exactly what I read today.

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Again, Mark:

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llenge everybody to read Mark:

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Look at the four ways the fourth elements that were in that teaching that Is so clear that when Jesus knew his time was coming, he comes before it.

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And the first thing he says is, abba, Father.

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Now think of that first thing Jesus says, daddy, dad, dad, that's number one.

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And then the second thing he says is, you can do all things.

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What excellent demonstration and illustration of faith, dad, you can do anything.

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And then he gives his petition, take this cup from me.

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And then he gives his surrender.

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Nevertheless, not my will, but thy will be done.

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That's not a lack of faith to surrender it to the will of God.

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Abba, Father.

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Number one, knowing where you're addressing your prayer, number two, you can do anything.

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That is faith.

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Number three, this is what I want.

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Know what you want, or ask God to help you define it.

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That's why I think Jesus said to those people, like to the blind people, what do you want?

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I don't think it's difficult for people to go, he's blind.

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He wants to see.

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But Jesus wanted them to specify, and they did.

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And he asked that, by the way, more than once.

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So there's got to be something there.

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And then he puts in that surrender.

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Because the will of God is what must be done.

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Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

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That's the way of saying, thy will be done.

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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.

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it to God just there in Mark:

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When Jesus faced his hardest trial, that's how he approached it.

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Abba, you can do anything.

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This is what I want.

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But your will be done.

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I mean, it's not a formula.

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Just do what he did.

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That's all we got to do.

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And you're thinking, you know, I know David, but I know Jesus.

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He loves me and stuff.

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But I don't know if God will do it.

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I just got to say this to you.

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You don't know that God won't do it.

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But if your faith is that lousy that he won't do it, maybe that tells you what you got to know is kind of what I'm trying to say in a nice way, as nice a way as I can say it.

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Here's the deal.

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The deal is we do this show.

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I get to do some teachings, which is fun for me.

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I do a lot of studying.

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So it is a lot of fun, right?

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We do some of these goofy things.

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We talk about saltwater taffy, right?

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We talk about all these different things.

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Hey, here's the deal.

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The deal is we are brothers and sisters, and there are times where you just Got to be brothers and sisters for one another.

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Now, I will tell you right now, I can't believe I'm going to share this.

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I have a strained relationship with family, especially with my family in Detroit.

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But I will say that of late, the Lord has brought my sister and I much closer together.

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She knows exactly where I stand and what I'm there for.

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But she also knows that she can also ask me for prayer.

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Prayer anytime.

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Because I will pray for her no matter what, no matter what's going on.

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I won't pray that the Lord will let her win her political battles.

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I will pray that God will prevail.

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And you know what?

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She appreciates that.

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So maybe after you get older, you get a little better at those things.

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I don't know.

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Maybe.

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Here's what I want you to catch.

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And this was the first thing that I said.

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And I'll probably just redo it next week because it should be done.

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And that is simply this.

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God is generous in this vision that we have, this image that we have.

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It's almost like Pharisaical.

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Like we were talking in the first 25 minutes of the show how the Pharisees were all mad because God was doing healing in the temple.

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Wow.

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And the people, the children were crying out.

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The young people were going, praise the Lord.

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Praise the Lord.

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And they're getting mad.

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It's like, that's how we think.

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Think of God.

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Like, oh, that's not right.

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You shouldn't be praising.

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It's like, what is wrong with us?

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God is doing marvelous things in many lives.

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We should be rejoicing.

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There's more revival going on around the world than we are aware of.

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We just think the world centers around us.

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It centers around Jesus, and it should never center anywhere else.

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That's what it means.

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Seek first the kingdom of God.

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What does it mean to seek?

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Colossians 3, 1, 2.

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Seek the things in heaven.

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Then the next verse.

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Set your mind on things in heaven.

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That is how you seek.

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You set your mind and your heart to it.

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We should be seeking first the kingdom of God.

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How do we do that?

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We set our hearts and minds for God's will to be done.

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That is what it is to seek the kingdom of God.

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That's why.

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Of all the things that happened, you know why?

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It says the books couldn't contain everything that Jesus had to say and do because he did so many miraculous things.

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People's lives were changed.

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That's what God will do for each and every one of us.

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It's amazing.

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I get more disappointed in myself that I don't have more confidence in God.

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Like, what is wrong with me?

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Not only did he save me, he keeps me and he still loves me.

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It's amazing how good he is to us.

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Just remember that if you don't get anything else out of this show, get that God is good to you.

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Be sure to be thankful.

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

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

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More insanity with spinanity.

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Talk to you then.

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David Spoon

David Spoon was born and raised in a Jewish home in Detroit, Michigan. He attended a private Hebrew school called Hillel Hebrew Academy. David was bar mitzvah-ed at the age of thirteen. Not long after, he was involved in drug abuse and trafficking. After hearing the Gospel for the first time at age seventeen, David accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. A few months later, David had a dramatic experience with God. Immediately set free from years of excessive drug use, he committed himself to ministry and to furthering the Kingdom of God.

He attended Arizona Bible College, Northern Arizona University, and Life Pacific College, graduating summa-cum-laude in their Ministry and Leadership program. He also graduated with honors from Regent University with a master’s degree in Theological Studies and earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in Strategic Christian Ministry at Liberty University.

He is one of a few individuals holding ministerial ordinations from three separate denominations: Heritage Free Baptist Organization, 1981; Independent Pentecostal Ministers Association, 1985; and Vineyard Valley Association, 1988. He was also the Chaplain for the Flagstaff Police Department. In addition, David was the senior pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Flagstaff.

In addition, David started and co-hosted two different live Christian call-in radio talk shows. He hosted the very popular radio show “The David Spoon Experience” on KPRZ 1210 and a show called “To Know Him,” which aired on 88.9 on the F.M. dial-in Temecula, California at 1:00 p.m., Monday through Fridays. He was also the Director of Local Ministry for Salem Media Group in San Diego, California.

David is married to his best friend, Noelle. He has three children and seven grandchildren, plus their two dogs named Levi and Bert. On March 18th, 2019, he started “The David Spoon Experience” in Texas and is growing with his audience of awesome believers and non-believers alike.

He is the President of He Must Increase Ministry, a 501c3 ministry, and is hosting (again) the live daily radio show “The David Spoon Experience” with DJR Broadcasting in KAAM, on the 770 A.M. radio dial. The show is also on various apps and the Internet.

David is a Jewish-Christian, Bapti-Costal, Cal-Minian, Manifold Millennialist.

Just ask him.