02-11-2025 part 1: The David Spoon Experience 02-11-25 part 1
The imperative focus of this discourse is the exhortation to "speak faith" into our circumstances, a theme prominently articulated by Dr. David Spoon. He expounds on the necessity of articulating one's faith in the face of adversity, emphasizing that our words in connection with God's power hold the power influence our outcomes. By citing the biblical narrative of Jesus cursing the barren fig tree, Dr. Spoon elucidates the significance of direct communication with our challenges, encouraging us to address our difficulties with unwavering faith. The dialogue further explores the profound implications of prayer and belief, suggesting that a genuine, faith-filled petition can yield transformative results. Ultimately, we are invited to foster an unwavering trust in God’s sovereignty and benevolence, thereby enabling us to navigate life's trials with conviction and assurance.
The discourse presented by Dr. David Spoon intricately examines the profound concept of faith as it pertains to our everyday circumstances. The conversation is rooted in the biblical narrative of Jesus cursing the fig tree, which serves as a metaphorical illustration of the power of faith when confronted with doubt. Dr. Spoon elucidates the necessity of speaking directly to our situations, advocating for a vocal expression of faith that acknowledges God's omnipotence in our lives. He posits that just as Jesus addressed the fig tree, we too must articulate our challenges and petitions with a clear and unwavering belief in God's ability to intervene and effect change. This episode serves as a clarion call for listeners to embrace a faith-filled dialogue with their circumstances, invoking a sense of urgency to engage actively with their spiritual journey.
Takeaways:
- In the pursuit of faith, we must actively engage our belief in God and speak to our circumstances with conviction.
- Jesus exemplified the importance of faith when he directly addressed the fig tree, illustrating our need to vocalize our faith in prayer.
- The teachings of Jesus encourage us to believe that God can intervene in our lives, moving the metaphorical mountains we encounter.
- Our prayers should reflect a partnership with God, trusting in His will and timing rather than our own desires for immediate gratification.
- Recognizing and acknowledging moments when God answers prayers can deepen our faith and encourage others in their spiritual journeys.
- Faith, when combined with action and spoken words, has the potential to manifest significant changes in our lives and circumstances.
Transcript
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Speaker A:You know every ounce of me that we would all take a deep breath, a breath of confidence, a breath of trust.
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Speaker A:And that we would not try and scurry about, but instead we would fix our eyes on you.
Speaker A:Since you are the king of the universe, Jesus, you are the Prince of peace.
Speaker A:Bring your priesthood and your prince position into our lives, that we may be at peace after all.
Speaker A:That's what you told them every time you showed up.
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Speaker A:We pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior.
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Speaker A:We wanna go Back to Matthew 21.
Speaker A:We had a really cool teaching last week.
Speaker A:I wanna go back to it.
Speaker A:Cause there's a part of it that I didn't talk about.
Speaker A:Some people are gonna scratch their heads.
Speaker A:Listen, I love you, remember that, but I always found this part fascinating and I dodged it before and I'm not going to dodge it this time.
Speaker A:So I want to make sure we're kind of all together there.
Speaker A:And this has to do with Jesus cursing the fig tree.
Speaker A:We talk about all these different elements.
Speaker A:We talked about faith.
Speaker A:We talked about understanding that you can't have faith and doubt and expect something to emerge out of that.
Speaker A:If you think of faith is three points and you think of doubt as minus three points, and you put them together, you got nothing.
Speaker A:So we have to do a better job of having faith.
Speaker A:And there's no question about that, that Jesus is teaching that to his disciples.
Speaker A:In fact, in verse 21 of chapter 21, he says, I assure you that's Jesus way of saying, I am double dog telling you.
Speaker A:So you get this.
Speaker A:Have faith and don't doubt.
Speaker A:And if you do that, you can do things like this much more than even this.
Speaker A:You can say to the mountain, may God lift you up and throw you into the sea.
Speaker A:And it will happen.
Speaker A:If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Speaker A:I'm not sure why we're having a difficult time with that.
Speaker A:I think the bigger problem is that people often will ask for things that are oriented a little bit more selfish oriented.
Speaker A:And that's not what the Lord's talking about.
Speaker A:He's not gonna give you something that's gonna aid your flesh.
Speaker A:He's not gonna give you something that is gonna be, what's the word I want?
Speaker A:He's not gonna give you something that's gonna make your flesh tingle.
Speaker A:Those are the prayers that he says no to, which is what James referred to when he says, you ask and you do not receive because you ask amiss that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Speaker A:God's not answering that.
Speaker A:You're not getting that one from the Lord.
Speaker A:He answers things that are in the framework of his kingdom.
Speaker A:That's why the prayers we bring to God are submitted to him.
Speaker A:So that his kingdom come, his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Speaker A:But I still want to go back to this one point and I don't want you to miss this.
Speaker A:It's a little goofy, but it's kind of cool.
Speaker A:So if you look at this, Jesus goes up to the fig tree, correct?
Speaker A:He notices the fig tree besides the road.
Speaker A:He went over to see if there were any figs on it, but there were only leaves.
Speaker A:He said to it, may you never bear fruit again.
Speaker A:And immediately the fig tree withered up.
Speaker A:Let's understand that.
Speaker A:In the Gospel of Mark, we understand it was over a 24 hour period, but Matthew, when he does it just goes right to the conclusion, okay, Jesus cursed the fig tree.
Speaker A:The curse came on the fig tree.
Speaker A:It began to wither and die.
Speaker A:Matthew skipped straight to that.
Speaker A:And then Mark explains, it happened over more time, but within 24 hours, which is exceptionally fast for any piece of fig tree to die from the roots.
Speaker A:It's amazing.
Speaker A:But that's not even the point.
Speaker A:I want you to pick up on this.
Speaker A:And I hesitate to highlight it, but I can't because I have to give the full counsel of God.
Speaker A:And I don't want you to lose your mind and I don't want you to go freaking out and I don't want you to go write a letter to the editor.
Speaker A:We don't have an editor, so it really doesn't matter.
Speaker A:But you have to acknowledge this.
Speaker A:You have to be with me in this.
Speaker A:Jesus looks at the fig tree.
Speaker A:It's not happening.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I understand there's different interpretations of the fig tree is, or whatever the case may be.
Speaker A:Of course it could just be a fig tree.
Speaker A:We're just going to say that for right now.
Speaker A:But.
Speaker A:So Jesus pulls up to it and goes, hey, you know what?
Speaker A:You're not doing anything for me right now.
Speaker A:You're not going to be doing anything for anybody ever.
Speaker A:That's it?
Speaker A:But please hear this.
Speaker A:Don't lose your mind.
Speaker A:He spoke to a tree.
Speaker A:Oh, you can tell me he didn't.
Speaker A:But yes, he did.
Speaker A:He spoke to a tree.
Speaker A:Did you hear what I said?
Speaker A:He spoke to a tree.
Speaker A:He told the tree, you're done, You've had your wrong, it's over, you're done.
Speaker A:I just find that amazing.
Speaker A:I don't care.
Speaker A:I don't care if that seems weird to other people or doesn't seem weird to other people.
Speaker A:It seems weird to me.
Speaker A:Jesus spoke to the tree.
Speaker A:Mr.
Speaker A:Tree, your time is up.
Speaker A:Like, what?
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I think I'm even more amazed that the disciples didn't go, you know, you're talking to a tree.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I'm just being honest with you.
Speaker A:But the component here that we skip over is simply this.
Speaker A:Jesus actually spoke to the tree.
Speaker A:That perhaps is an indicator that you and I should speak more specifically to our circumstances and the things that are within them.
Speaker A:After all, that's what Jesus did.
Speaker A:He spoke specifically to the circumstance.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:In many instances, he brings it to the Father.
Speaker A:In this instance, he went right to the source.
Speaker A:Hey, Mr.
Speaker A:Tree, your time is done.
Speaker A:Bye Bye.
Speaker A:And I find that amazing.
Speaker A:I'm the kind of guy that thinks of that and goes, that's just weird.
Speaker A:But maybe there's a truth, a correlation, that we should speak a little bit more to our circumstance with the mouth of faith.
Speaker A:Because it's in the very next thing when they're all freaking out.
Speaker A:The disciples in verse 20 were amazed that they saw this and they said, how did it happen?
Speaker A:Jesus told them, I assure you, if you have faith and don't doubt, you could do things like this and much more.
Speaker A:Would you think he's teaching that for nothing?
Speaker A:We go through our circumstance and we just go, oh, woe is me.
Speaker A:Maybe we should say, in the name of Jesus, the peace of God and the will of God be done.
Speaker A:Maybe we should speak more to it.
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:Don't get too weird on it.
Speaker A:But, you know, it's kind of cool, isn't it?
Speaker A:Yeah, it's pretty cool.
Speaker A:But the idea that Jesus spoke directly to the tree does give us a little bit of leniency to speak to our situations.
Speaker A:The faith that Jesus is telling us to have, maybe that's part of the connection, that when God said to Jeremiah, when Jeremiah said, I am but a child, and God said, say not you are a child, maybe him speaking that, that he was a child was reducing his own faith, his own ability to encounter and do the things that God wanted him to do.
Speaker A:It's not name it and claim it.
Speaker A:I can't stand that.
Speaker A:But it is agreement with God, and maybe we should get into more of an agreement with God in the words that we use.
Speaker A:I'm not confident that you get to do that all over the place.
Speaker A:So let me say this real quickly.
Speaker A:Red light turn green.
Speaker A:I'm not sure that applies.
Speaker A:But something that has to do with your provision, your subsistence, your life, your existence, I think that's more in line.
Speaker A:And it's not to be flesh tickling.
Speaker A:I think that's fair to say.
Speaker A:But you can't tell me he didn't speak to a tree, because he did.
Speaker A:But then he says this in verse 22.
Speaker A:If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, prayer shows you immediately.
Speaker A:Let's just talk about this right now.
Speaker A:If the fact that it is in prayer, it is this communion with God, it is this connection with God, you're not doing it by yourself ever.
Speaker A:Apart from Jesus, you can do nothing.
Speaker A:But there is this commitment that Jesus makes to us, saying, if you have faith, if you genuinely have faith, you can do much more with God than you think you can do.
Speaker A:And that's where it comes into play for us.
Speaker A:I believe that God can do anything.
Speaker A:He can't sin, but I mean, I believe he can do anything, right?
Speaker A:But I don't always believe God wants to do things for me.
Speaker A:And that's the fight that I have to have.
Speaker A:I have to believe that God likes me enough.
Speaker A:And the thing that I'm petitioning is right before him.
Speaker A:And that's why I submit it to Him.
Speaker A:But I still have to have this confidence that he wants to because he loves me.
Speaker A:And that's part of that fight we go through as well.
Speaker A:So why I'm bringing this up and why I want to make sure you catch this is because he says, you can say to the mountain, may God lift you up and throw you into the sea, and it will happen.
Speaker A:And if you believe, you'll receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Speaker A:Now, again, a lot of people use this passage for self gratification, self glorification, or selfish purposes.
Speaker A:And that's wrong.
Speaker A:That's sin.
Speaker A:That's not going to happen.
Speaker A:That's not okay.
Speaker A:That's not what the Lord's talking about.
Speaker A:And the truth of the matter is I don't know a lot of people.
Speaker A:I don't know a lot, doesn't say anybody, but I know a lot of people that look at the mountain that they have.
Speaker A:And they, you know, if it's an actual mountain, they don't really need to move it.
Speaker A:But the mountain can certainly be understood as mountains in their lives that need to be exercised with faith that the faithfulness of God will prevail.
Speaker A:I think we can understand.
Speaker A:I don't think it's that difficult.
Speaker A:And I don't think it's wrong, as most scholars will say, that Jesus is talking about the mountains in our lives.
Speaker A:Is he talking about a literal mountain?
Speaker A:I've heard that debate for a while.
Speaker A:I think it's a useless debate.
Speaker A:I think the debate is simply when you do things with God, all things are possible, but sometimes you have to believe it.
Speaker A:So much so that you can even speak it and hear it and still believe it.
Speaker A:So he's telling us that we need to have faith in these engagements.
Speaker A:He's telling us that we didn't have faith in these moments where we're in partnership with God, in these moments of prayer, even speaking to the situation, being specific enough to know specifically where our faith is going.
Speaker A:And I go back to the blind men and yes, I do it because I think it's right, Jesus, these blind men are there.
Speaker A:It's like, what do you want me to do for you?
Speaker A:Why did he ask that question?
Speaker A:They were blind because Jesus wants them to specifically state what they need.
Speaker A:That's why.
Speaker A:And it's like, why?
Speaker A:What do you want?
Speaker A:We want to see.
Speaker A:Do you believe that I can do this?
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:The combination is what brought it forward.
Speaker A:So here it is.
Speaker A:If we're looking at a mountain, if we're looking at an issue, if we're looking at a situation and you're saying, may God lift you up, the phrase may God already tells you you're in submission and partnership with God.
Speaker A:And it has to be with God.
Speaker A:I'm trying to make sure everybody understands this.
Speaker A:This is no self actualization.
Speaker A:I can't stand that stuff.
Speaker A:It has to be in partnership with God.
Speaker A:It has to be understood.
Speaker A:Apart from Me, you can do nothing.
Speaker A:And the fact of the matter is, apart from God, we can do nothing because every breath comes from God.
Speaker A:But it's just as ludicrous for us to say that God doesn't answer prayer when Jesus makes it absolutely clear that we will receive what we ask for in prayer.
Speaker A:Now prayer, of course, is the very nature of prayer is dependence on the Lord.
Speaker A:And our dependence comes from the Lord.
Speaker A:Our victory is in the Lord.
Speaker A:It's not in our own strength.
Speaker A:And we don't need to create new Formulas out of this.
Speaker A:People don't go, I want to say it this way and do it this way.
Speaker A:And A and B.
Speaker A:That's not what we're talking about.
Speaker A:We need to operate in faith with God.
Speaker A:If we don't operate in faith, guess what happens?
Speaker A:Not much, because it takes faith as the vehicle that God has chosen to work and to see the things of God.
Speaker A:And without faith, it's impossible to please him.
Speaker A:And what the Savior is telling you and I, in a daily format.
Speaker A:A daily format format, you'll get to that later, is to operate in faith.
Speaker A:So as you're encountering what you're encountering, no, the devil's not more powerful than God.
Speaker A:No, you can't do this stuff on your own.
Speaker A:No, it's not about you.
Speaker A:In the context of all things point towards you.
Speaker A:No, no, no.
Speaker A:But it is this.
Speaker A:Do you believe.
Speaker A:Do you believe that God can handle it?
Speaker A:Do you believe that God can move the mountain?
Speaker A:Do you believe that God can change the circumstance?
Speaker A:Is it in fact in you to say it only takes a moment for a miracle and God brings the moment?
Speaker A:Is it in you to say it and to believe it?
Speaker A:That's what Jesus is talking about.
Speaker A:I find it amazing.
Speaker A:I find it extremely fascinating.
Speaker A:I find myself guilty, not having the amount of faith I should have.
Speaker A:I tell the Lord on a regular basis, I'm sorry I don't have more faith for all that you've done for me.
Speaker A:I'm sorry I don't have greater faith and I don't stand in that faith.
Speaker A:Do you know what I'm talking about?
Speaker A:If you have been in Christianity for any amount of time, you know exactly what I'm communicating.
Speaker A:We need to stand in faith, operate in faith, speak it in faith, trust God for it in faith.
Speaker A:We need to do this in partnership with God, and by golly, we need to believe because Jesus told us to have faith and don't doubt.
Speaker A:And you can do things like this and much more.
Speaker A:Jesus said, get that.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:We'll take our break and then we'll come back.
Speaker A:You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on Kaam 770, the truth station here in Texas.
Speaker A:Short break.
Speaker A:We'll be back.
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Speaker A:What is the David Spoon experience?
Speaker B:Ephesians, chapter 5.
Speaker B:Ephesians, chapter 5.
Speaker B:Our words will justify us or condemn us.
Speaker B:And we understand our words will justify us and condemn us because they reveal our hearts.
Speaker B:So therefore, in conclusion, that our words justify us or condemn us because they reveal our Hearts we need to remember and operate and function in Ephesians, chapter 5, verse 20, which says this.
Speaker B:And actually you can even look at verse 19.
Speaker B:Speak to one another in Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Speaker B:Ephesians 5:19.
Speaker B:Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the faith, Father, for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker B:Because you know that by your words you're justified and condemned, because you know they reveal your heart.
Speaker B:You ought to make sure that you follow the scriptures that Paul commands us to follow.
Speaker B:And you ought to be being thankful in everything.
Speaker B:You ought to be being thankful in everything.
Speaker B:And if you are thankful in everything, that will be a part of your verbalization or your speech, and that will be a revelation as to what's in your heart.
Speaker B:Are you a thankful Christian for everything?
Speaker B:And you say, well, Dave, I'm thankful that he saved me, but I'm going through this trial and I don't like it.
Speaker B:I'm not so thankful for the trial.
Speaker B:And I say, I understand.
Speaker B:I understand that again, not a new revelation coming right here.
Speaker B:Romans, chapter 8, verse 28 tells you the ticket, the method, the system by which you can be thankful in everything.
Speaker B:Dave, I should be thankful in a divorce proceeding.
Speaker B:I should be thankful that my brother is a drug addict.
Speaker B:I should be thankful that I'm going bankrupt.
Speaker B:I should be thankful that these terrible things are happening or that I should be thankful that I can't sleep?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:I think you should read Romans 8:28 with me and respond to this.
Speaker B:And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him.
Speaker B:So I think the answer is, can you be thankful in all those things?
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:For going through a divorce?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:But that God is going to work into your lives, good things through this process?
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:If you don't believe that God is going to work things that are good into your lives and your tr, you don't believe anything he says.
Speaker B:Because one of the greatest premises that Jesus laid down is, and I caught this just earlier this week, let not your hearts be troubled.
Speaker B:There will be trouble in the world.
Speaker B:I've overcome the world.
Speaker A:It's like.
Speaker A:But Jesus said, don't let your heart be troubled.
Speaker B:As though we had a choice.
Speaker A:We do.
Speaker A:We do.
Speaker B:And we should be thankful in all of it while we're going through for.
Speaker A:The actual drug addiction?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:But that God's not going to give up on the person.
Speaker B:He's going to work good out of it.
Speaker A:The David Spoon experience.
