02-18-2025 part 2: The Inseparability of God's Love: A Deep Dive
Dr. David Spoon elucidates a profound theological tenet in this enlightening podcast episode: the unwavering nature of God's love, which remains unassailable by any circumstance, including death and life itself. He meticulously analyzes Romans 8:38-39, asserting that no entity, whether celestial or infernal, and no temporal concern, such as fears of today or worries about tomorrow, can sever the bond between the believer and the divine. Through this discourse, we are reminded of the permanence of God's affection, which transcends our failures and existential trials. This episode serves not only as a theological reflection but also as a source of comfort for those grappling with the uncertainties of life. As we engage with Dr. Spoon’s insights, we are compelled to appreciate the depth of love that God extends to each individual, irrespective of their circumstances.
The discourse provided within this podcast episode delves into the profound teachings of Romans, specifically focusing on verses 38 and 39. The speaker articulates the conviction that nothing, whether it be life or death, can sever the bond of love that exists between the believer and Jesus Christ. This assertion is underpinned by the Apostle Paul's unwavering belief in the constancy of divine love, regardless of the circumstances one may face. The speaker emphasizes that trials and tribulations, whether they arise from the temporal nature of life or the inevitability of death, do not diminish God's love. Furthermore, the commentary explores the significance of fear and anxiety in the human experience, positing that these emotions, while natural, cannot alter the eternal love that God has for His creation. The episode invites listeners to reflect on their own perceptions of divine love and challenges them to embrace the assurance that it remains unbroken through all trials, thus providing a robust theological foundation for understanding God's unwavering commitment to humanity.
Takeaways:
- Dr. David Spoon emphasizes that nothing, including life and death, can sever our connection to God's love.
- The Apostle Paul asserts in Romans that our fears and worries cannot diminish the love that God has for us.
- Understanding that God's love remains steadfast, regardless of our circumstances, is crucial for spiritual resilience.
- Spoon reflects on the transformative power of experiencing God's love, suggesting it serves as a gateway to deeper faith.
- The discussion includes an exploration of the theological implications surrounding life, death, and divine love.
- Spoon encourages listeners to engage with their faith actively, reinforcing that God’s love is unconditional and eternal.
Transcript
And now for something completely different.
Speaker A:Here's what's coming up this hour on today's Experience.
Speaker A:It's not the right day, but it's supposed to be wild and wonderful.
Speaker A:What's gonna happen?
Speaker A:We have no idea.
Speaker A:Tuesday.
Speaker A:I got the wrong introduction.
Speaker A:Isn't that funny?
Speaker A:I have the wrong day.
Speaker A:It's Tuesday.
Speaker A:Wait, let me check with Jam and Jacob.
Speaker A:Jam and Jacob.
Speaker A:Is it Tuesday?
Speaker B:Yes, it is, David.
Speaker B:It is Tuesday.
Speaker A:All right, good.
Speaker A:It's Tuesday.
Speaker A:So we're going to dive into the book of Romans because I had the wrong intro.
Speaker A:I tell you guys all the time, I make so many mistakes, you can't even count them.
Speaker A:We're going to dive into verse 39 of Romans in chapter 8.
Speaker A:But we're going to step back again to analyze verse 38 as well as 39 so that we can make sure we catch the actual, absolutely most profound blessing.
Speaker A:Some people think the most profound blessing in the New Testament text.
Speaker A:And Romans 8:38 says, I am convinced that nothing can separate us from his love.
Speaker A:So then the Apostle Paul proceeds to list a few remarkable thoughts that challenge our understanding of love.
Speaker A:What?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:His first assertion he makes is that death, death cannot separate us from his love.
Speaker A:Our death will not be the end of experiencing the love of Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:In fact, it will actually serve as a doorway to getting to know him and be loved by him and connected to him even more deeply.
Speaker A:And then he mentions, life can't separate us.
Speaker A:Life is filled with many trials.
Speaker A:Even Job noted, a man's days are few and full of troubles, yet that cannot sever us from the love of God.
Speaker A:And then finally, as Paul winds it down, he continues to say that neither fears for today or worries about tomorrow can halt the love of Jesus from reaching us.
Speaker A:None of the fears, worries, or frustrations can eliminate the love that God has for us.
Speaker A:Listen.
Speaker A:Here's the hidden gem in this text.
Speaker A:It's to realize that Paul is speaking both about today and tomorrow, encompassing time itself.
Speaker A:None of time's passings can change the love that Jesus has for you or for me.
Speaker C:David Spoon's life has been an experience.
Speaker C:While growing up in a Jewish family, he made a wrong turn towards Jewish.
Speaker C:Then David Spoon found Jesus Christ and his life completely changed.
Speaker C:The more he studied the Gospel, the more he wanted to share his experiences with others.
Speaker C:After 35 years of ministry, David discovered a new path of service.
Speaker C:He joined kaam and this radio program began.
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Speaker A:Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics, entertainment and current events, personal revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities, and oy vey, so much more.
Speaker A:Now remember, it's not professional radio.
Speaker A:You guys know that.
Speaker A:I mean, did you just hear me do the intro?
Speaker A:I read the wrong day intro.
Speaker A:I'm such a professional.
Speaker A:Look, it's just radio.
Speaker A:But what's cool about it is that we can engage together, have fellowship, connect to each other, pray for each other, love with each other, laugh with each other, cry with each other, and embrace as the Lord connects us together.
Speaker A:In fact, Jesus said, a new commandment I give you that you love one another.
Speaker A:By this shall all men know you are my disciples.
Speaker A:By your love one for another.
Speaker A:It's a testament testimony, even as we're just doing it naturally, which is how it's supposed to be.
Speaker A:And so we're just simply bringing it this way.
Speaker A:What can we do for you?
Speaker A:How can we help you?
Speaker A:How can we bless you?
Speaker A:That's all we're asking you.
Speaker A:You can email us, by the way.
Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Or you can call us.
Speaker A:What?
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Talking to Jam and Jacob is like sharing a cheat meal on your diet with your favorite person.
Speaker B:Thank you, David.
Speaker B:Happy Tuesday.
Speaker A:Happy Tuesday.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I should have that piece of paper removed.
Speaker A:It said Wednesday on it.
Speaker A:I'm like, wait a second, it's not Wednesday.
Speaker A:Speaking of Wednesday, we have a modified schedule.
Speaker A:We will not be here tomorrow.
Speaker A:We will be live on Thursday.
Speaker A:But tomorrow will be a replay, an exceptional replay, I believe.
Speaker A:But thank you, by the way, for helping me remind the audience I am not that bright.
Speaker B:You had to remind them that it's not professional radio.
Speaker A:It's just radio.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:It's just.
Speaker A:I mean, it is.
Speaker A:I mean, you know, strings, cans.
Speaker A:I mean, that's all we got, folks.
Speaker A:That's all we have.
Speaker A:I'm just pointing that out to you, by the way.
Speaker A:Did you have any.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:You did have pizza.
Speaker A:You had pizza this weekend.
Speaker A:Is that right or what'd?
Speaker A:You have this week?
Speaker A:I didn't ask you that.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Did you what'd you have this weekend for food?
Speaker B:I had Reese's this weekend.
Speaker A:Oh, congratulations.
Speaker A:Oh, oh, wait, wait.
Speaker A:Good job, brother.
Speaker A:Good job.
Speaker A:Very, very good.
Speaker B:Yes, I did good.
Speaker B:Not eating healthy.
Speaker A:Yeah, no, no, still good job.
Speaker A:I still like it.
Speaker A:I've been on a diet for it's going to be two years next month.
Speaker A:But every once in a while you got to go.
Speaker A:And if you don't.
Speaker A:That's right, you're going to lose your brains.
Speaker A:All right, so here's and I'm going to be on a diet for the rest of my life is the way things are going.
Speaker A:Because when I do lose my brains, it doesn't take much.
Speaker A:All right, let's go back to this, what we're talking about.
Speaker A:Why would you email us?
Speaker A:Why would you text?
Speaker A:Would you call us?
Speaker A:Why would you be that brave?
Speaker A:Well, it can be for a praise report and we would love to hear can be for a prayer request and we would love to share it and be a part of it.
Speaker A:It could be for something you just want to something that's on your heart and mind.
Speaker A:Great.
Speaker A:Awesome.
Speaker A:It could be just this thing that the Lord blessed you with and you just want, hey, I saw this.
Speaker A:It really helped me.
Speaker A:Cool call Share it.
Speaker A:It might be for a trivia question.
Speaker A:How about this?
Speaker A:Was the prodigal son the older or the younger son?
Speaker A: Luke: Speaker A:Was the prodigal son the older or the younger son?
Speaker A: Luke: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Or you can send an email.
Speaker A: younger son according to Luke: Speaker A:Now, as way of reminder, I want people to remember, as we just mentioned, we are on a modified schedule.
Speaker A:Tomorrow will be a best of.
Speaker A:Don't let that discourage you.
Speaker A:We've had as we get as many emails on replays, you'd be amazed.
Speaker A:Somebody was like, oh, I was just wondering about this.
Speaker A:And then that was on the replay and it's like, nobody can set that up but the Lord.
Speaker A:Lord, that's just cool stuff.
Speaker A:I mean, who doesn't love that?
Speaker A:Also, don't forget FEB buddies listening to Hearing people talk or we're talking about different people.
Speaker A:We talked about Al and his family earlier and then Angelina as well as Rosalind and Robert.
Speaker A:We've talked about a bunch of people.
Speaker A:And you hear about them, hey, take them on as you're bed.
Speaker A:I don't care how late it is in the month.
Speaker A:You just pray for them.
Speaker A:And by pray for them, you mention them before the Lord.
Speaker A:You don't have to know everything about them to pray for them.
Speaker A:You don't have to know everything about them to love them.
Speaker A:After all, many people love you and they don't know everything about you.
Speaker A:That's the truth, isn't it?
Speaker A:All right, so here's our trivia question.
Speaker A:Straightforward.
Speaker A:The prodigal son, older or younger son?
Speaker A:We do have somebody on the line ready to answer a trivia question.
Speaker A:Let's send them on through.
Speaker A:Knock, knock.
Speaker A:This is David.
Speaker A:Who am I talking to?
Speaker D:This is Gary.
Speaker D:How are you today?
Speaker A:Doing pretty good, Gary.
Speaker A:How are you feeling?
Speaker A:Any relief in the thing that you're dealing with?
Speaker D:No, I've got these health problems and I've got this other thing or things I'm dealing with.
Speaker D:So we might pray about all of it.
Speaker A:I'm gonna.
Speaker A:I'm definitely gonna.
Speaker A:We're definitely gonna tag it again.
Speaker A:Let's deal with the trivia question first.
Speaker A:And here we go.
Speaker A:According to Luke 15, 11, 32, was the prodigal son the older or the younger son?
Speaker D:I believe he was the younger.
Speaker A:That is correct, Amundo, sir.
Speaker A:And a part of you wants to say, yeah, well, because he's younger, so he's more immature.
Speaker A:But then the prodigal brother comes in and messes up, too.
Speaker A:So, like, yeah, not entirely.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:It's like, doesn't matter if they're younger or older.
Speaker A:Seems to kind of work that way out by itself.
Speaker A:Let us pray for you and ask the Lord to help in your circumstance and in your health.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Okay, let's do it.
Speaker A:Father, we come before you right now.
Speaker A:We thank you for Gary.
Speaker A:We ask you to bless Gary.
Speaker A:He's got a couple things going on.
Speaker A:First and foremost, we come before you on his behalf as his family to ask you to bring healing into his body.
Speaker A:He needs health.
Speaker A:He needs a touch from you.
Speaker A:It's not coming from anywhere else.
Speaker A:It's got to be from you.
Speaker A:He needs the miracle power that comes from you, and you have plenty of it.
Speaker A:And we ask you to bring that miracle power into his life.
Speaker A:And, Lord, we ask you to touch him by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker A:And Revive him and restore him and heal him from top to bottom and everything on the inside as well.
Speaker A:And Lord, we lift up his situation, which is past his ability to kind of navigate it.
Speaker A:He needs your help.
Speaker A:He needs things to be simple.
Speaker A:He needs the flow to be easier.
Speaker A:He needs this to be less complex.
Speaker A:He needs it to be simplified, and he needs to win in the situation.
Speaker A:Well, you tell us we are more than conquerors in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:So, Father, manifest that for him in this circumstance and bless him as he is our brother.
Speaker A:And we pray that blessing on him, his physical life as well as his situational life, that you would pour grace into his life from heaven.
Speaker A:We pray this in the only name we can pray in.
Speaker A:In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Speaker A:Amen and Amen.
Speaker D:Amen.
Speaker D:Thank you very much and I'll be praying for all of you.
Speaker A:Thank you, brother, and God bless you.
Speaker D:God bless you.
Speaker A:Bye bye.
Speaker A:All right, we're going to do our DNA.
Speaker A:Man, I had good DNA.
Speaker A:I just had a great time today.
Speaker A:D D stands for draw closer to the Lord daily.
Speaker A:Daily.
Speaker A:So I want to make sure that we don't try and communicate some kind of legalism in this.
Speaker A:I really do want to be careful.
Speaker A:So you see what I'm saying?
Speaker A:So in that when I'm asking you guys or trying to encourage you to pray and I'm trying to get you to do a devotional time, separated time, you don't have to do it perfectly.
Speaker A:You don't have to do every minute.
Speaker A:If you're like, okay, I really like to spend 15 minutes with the Lord.
Speaker A:Oh, they got 10 minutes, I gotta go.
Speaker A:It doesn't mean you can't spend five minutes with the Lord later.
Speaker A:So I don't want you to get legalistic.
Speaker A:I had that happen today where I spent the first 30 minutes in one place and I'd spend the other 15 minutes in another place.
Speaker A:And the Lord was so with me.
Speaker A:And by that I mean his presence was just really strong.
Speaker A:And what I'm trying to say is just want to pursue him.
Speaker A:He'll work out all those little details.
Speaker A:Maybe that's a nice way to say that.
Speaker A:You don't have to be legalistic about it, but you do have to pursue.
Speaker A:The Bible's very clear.
Speaker A:James 4, 8.
Speaker A:Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.
Speaker A:Is that he can't draw near to you first.
Speaker A:No, that's ridiculous.
Speaker A:But what God wants you and I to recognize is that we need to be pursuing.
Speaker A:He's already pulled Us towards him.
Speaker A:We need to move towards him.
Speaker A:Get that Draw closer to the Lord daily D and never be ashamed of Jesus or His words.
Speaker A:Never be ashamed of what he had to say.
Speaker A:I will tell you right now, I'll give you a very interesting prophetic word right now.
Speaker A:The media and Hollywood, by and large, academics and politicians will become more fierce against Christian truth.
Speaker A:The idea that things are changing to the degree that they won't try and outlaw the word of God is not correct.
Speaker A:Ultimate plan for the enemy is to absolutely quench or try to stab, though he won't, the word of God and make everything about the word of God hate speech.
Speaker A:That is their goal.
Speaker A:They don't care what you think, but Jesus cares.
Speaker A:He cares for you.
Speaker A:He cares about you and he wants you to never be ashamed of the Gospel.
Speaker A:That is what he calls from all of us.
Speaker A:So d Draw closer to the Lord daily N Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words and a Always be ready.
Speaker B:To serve.
Speaker A:You are ready, right?
Speaker A:You are ready right now?
Speaker A:Well, Dave, I know, but I got to do this thing at 5:00.
Speaker A:What if God knocks on your door at 4:59?
Speaker A:You ready?
Speaker A:Well, I know, but I got.
Speaker A:Are you ready?
Speaker A:That's all I'm asking.
Speaker A:And the reason I say that is because his priority is top priority.
Speaker A:And I think that's a right position to be.
Speaker A:When we are called to seek first the kingdom of God, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind and love our neighbor as we love ourselves.
Speaker A:Are we ready to honor our King?
Speaker A:That's it.
Speaker A:D Draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.
Speaker A:A Always be ready to serve.
Speaker A:All right, let me bring this up to you.
Speaker A:We're in Romans.
Speaker A:We are in chapter eight.
Speaker A:We are in the close of chapter eight.
Speaker A:Which means that next week we'll be getting into chapter nine.
Speaker A:A rooney.
Speaker A:For those that don't know nine Aruni is nine with a rooney on it.
Speaker A:Here is what it says.
Speaker A:And here's where we left off on verse 37 and 38.
Speaker A:And then we'll key in on verse 39 after Romans 8:37.
Speaker A:No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us.
Speaker A:You are overcomers, you are victorious.
Speaker A:Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Jesus who loved us.
Speaker A:Here's my question for you.
Speaker A:How are you and I overcomers?
Speaker A:How is it that we can understand God's generosity?
Speaker A:How is it that we can stand in a place where nobody can level an accusation against us because we are God's property.
Speaker A:How is it that we come to understand and are convinced that God causes everything to work together?
Speaker A:How is it that he gave us Jesus Christ and how will he not also give us everything else?
Speaker A:How is all of these things?
Speaker A:How is this victory ours?
Speaker A:It is ours through Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:It is not because you stand up and have a T shirt.
Speaker A:It is not because you get up and have a specifically cool saying.
Speaker A:It is because of Jesus.
Speaker A:And just so you can know how specific this is, every breath you take is a gift from God.
Speaker A:And as a person taking breath as a gift from God, who knows that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Speaker A:Everything that you do and prevail through is through Christ.
Speaker A:And when somebody like an atheist who's only got a quarter of their brain operating says, does that mean every failure is Christ's?
Speaker A:The answer is no.
Speaker A:The victory is in Jesus.
Speaker A:The failure is in ourselves.
Speaker A:That's how it goes.
Speaker A:Yes, I'm talking about somebody specific.
Speaker A:That's not the point.
Speaker A:The point is simply this.
Speaker A:It is through Jesus that all of these things take place.
Speaker A:Apart from me, you can do nothing.
Speaker A:He's talking about kingdom work in me.
Speaker A:You can do everything and all things are possible to him that believes.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:That's a very cool thing.
Speaker A:All right, we'll take a short break, then come back.
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Speaker A:Teaching time.
Speaker A:I don't know how we're going to do the breaks, Gabriel, so just look at me, I'll let you know.
Speaker A:I mean this is the best I can tell you because I'm going to teach you something that I hope I there's no way I can teach this.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:I can't teach the worth, I can't teach the value.
Speaker A:But I'm going to do my best to share with you my heart in this process.
Speaker A:As American people, as people who live in America, we have been granted the right to pursue happiness.
Speaker A:And I want to make sure you understand what this means.
Speaker A:We have a preamble to United States Declaration of Independence.
Speaker A:And the preamble to the Declaration says we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights and that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Speaker A:Now I do want to point out it does not say life, liberty and the provisions of or for happiness.
Speaker A:In other words, the rights that we have.
Speaker A:And the preamble is that we get to pursue happiness, not that it's provided for for us by the government.
Speaker A:So that's kind of an important point for people to recognize.
Speaker A:It would be nice if they quit, try to quote, quit trying to quote our founding fathers and then say they're entitled to something because of that provision.
Speaker A:Because it never says that.
Speaker A:Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.
Speaker A:Thank you for joining us here at Kaam 770 the Truth Station here in Texas.
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Speaker A:Getting ready for your next trivia question.
Speaker A:Here it is.
Speaker A:Out of Exodus 18:2 Zipporah was whose wife?
Speaker A:Zipporah was whose wife?
Speaker A:Joshua, Moses, Jacob or John?
Speaker A:Zipporah was whose wife?
Speaker A:Joshua, Joseph, Jacob or John whose wife was Zipporah?
Speaker A:If you think you know.
Speaker A:By the way, Exodus chapter 18, verse 2.
Speaker A:If you think you know, you're welcome to reach out to us.
Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: That's: Speaker A:Or.
Speaker A:Or you can send an email.
Speaker A:Davidemustincrease.org okay, there's your question.
Speaker A:Zipporah.
Speaker A:Whose wife.
Speaker A:Whose wife was.
Speaker A:Yeah, pretty straightforward.
Speaker A:Joshua, Moses, Jacob or John.
Speaker A:There it is.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:Okay, in the meantime, we're gonna go back to the text.
Speaker A:Cause this part of the text is phenomenal.
Speaker A:And again, I don't care what anybody says.
Speaker A:When people say they can teach the worth of this, they're absolutely wrong.
Speaker A:Here is what Paul says under the leading of the Holy Spirit, after He finishes verse 37, which despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Jesus Christ, who loved us.
Speaker A:Verse 38.
Speaker A:I am convinced.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker A:I am convinced that nothing can separate us from his love.
Speaker A:Death can't and life can't.
Speaker A:This is the new living translation.
Speaker A:But it's not very complex to figure it out.
Speaker A:He is absolutely convinced the Greek is solid as can be.
Speaker A:He is absolutely convinced that nothing can separate him or us from the love that God has for us through Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:So the most important thing for Christians to pick up on is that when you blow it, you did not eradicate the love that Jesus Christ has manifested for you.
Speaker A:You did not eradicate the love that the Father has for you in Jesus Christ when you blew it, when you said the wrong thing, did the wrong thing, thought the wrong thing, and kept on thinking the wrong thing.
Speaker A:Sometimes thinking the wrong thing is more temptation.
Speaker A:It's what you do with it.
Speaker A:And that what Paul is saying, directed verbal plenary process with the Holy Spirit communicating is he is convinced that nothing can separate us from his love.
Speaker A:And that means things that happen.
Speaker A:And that also means stupid things that we have done, said and thought doesn't separate you from the love.
Speaker A:Does it make God happy?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Is God really super psyched that you're doing stupid things?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:But he doesn't love you less.
Speaker A:And this is an issue that Satan often uses.
Speaker A:We're going to take our collar in just a second, but I want to make sure you understand this one point.
Speaker A:This point's a huge, huge point for Christian.
Speaker A:There are times where we do not do the best that we can do.
Speaker A:In fact, if there's a little bit of honesty, like every other person in the Bible, there are times where we put our hands in our pocket, we kick the dirt, we go, oh, shucks.
Speaker A:And you just know you're not doing what you need to be doing.
Speaker A:But that does not change God's love for you.
Speaker A:He doesn't love you less now that he knows you.
Speaker A:That is One of the number one issues I have to deal with when I'm helping and encouraging people, they think, well, I know.
Speaker A:But now that he's gotten to know me, he knows everything you're going to do tomorrow and a thousand years from now, and loves you the same.
Speaker A:Understand?
Speaker A:Let that liberating truth wash through your system.
Speaker A:Satan is the accuser.
Speaker A:He's Satan.
Speaker A:The word is adversary.
Speaker A:Primarily, technically, devil is accuser.
Speaker A:It's like he.
Speaker A:That's all he does is accuse you.
Speaker A:He.
Speaker A:He's in adverse position to you, trying to get you to miss out on the most important point in our faith.
Speaker A:God loves you and Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker A:Isn't that cool?
Speaker A:All right, somebody ready to answer a trivia question or what do we got?
Speaker B:We have Sergio with a question.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:All right, so let's send him on through.
Speaker A:Knock, knock.
Speaker A:This is David.
Speaker A:Is this Sergio?
Speaker F:David?
Speaker F:Yes.
Speaker F:Good afternoon.
Speaker F:How are you?
Speaker A:Good, brother.
Speaker A:How are you doing?
Speaker A:Good, good.
Speaker F:Just trying to stay warm and stay safe out here.
Speaker A:Yeah, that's a good idea.
Speaker A:Staying warm is a good idea.
Speaker F:Yes.
Speaker F:Hey, David.
Speaker F:So I'll get right to the point.
Speaker F:And it was kind of amazing how what.
Speaker F:The subject matter that you were talking about almost segues into the question that I'm going to ask.
Speaker F:So here over the weekend, I had a.
Speaker F:I had one of my aunt pass away.
Speaker F:She was.
Speaker F:She was a very older person.
Speaker F:But my question to you is this.
Speaker F:As I.
Speaker F:As I'm trying.
Speaker A:As I.
Speaker F:As I'm trying my hardest to try to be on this journey, to be Christ, like, how.
Speaker F:How do.
Speaker F:How do you know that another person also chose that without you even discussing that with that person?
Speaker F:And now that person is no longer here?
Speaker F:I mean, do you just.
Speaker F:Do you just pray for their soul?
Speaker F:Do you.
Speaker F:I mean, are there any.
Speaker F:Is there a protocol after the person passes away and.
Speaker F:Yeah, that was my question, David.
Speaker F:So thank you for all you do.
Speaker F:And I'll get your answer off the air.
Speaker A:You got it.
Speaker A:All right, first, let me.
Speaker A:I'm gonna answer Great job by Sergio.
Speaker A:We're gonna just answer that question.
Speaker A:We still have an open trivia question.
Speaker A:If we don't go to break, we don't go to break.
Speaker A:I don't care.
Speaker A:What is my trivia question?
Speaker A:No, I already forgot what our trivia question was.
Speaker A:Oh, oh, oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Zipporah was whose wife?
Speaker A:Joshua, Moses, Jacob, or John's wife?
Speaker A:Your answer is in Exodus 18:2.
Speaker A:That's still open.
Speaker A:But listen to the question that Sergio asked.
Speaker A:It's an Excellent question.
Speaker A:So he's trying to figure out what happens when you've got somebody that you've been praying for and you're not sure if they're in that in the faith or not.
Speaker A:And let's go forward and be at least somewhat honest.
Speaker A:There are some groups, mostly the Catholic faith has an idea that you can in fact pray for those people and intercede for those people and make a change for some of them.
Speaker A:The Mormon faith has a completely different and deeper process where they actually do do baptisms for people that are dead and so on and so forth.
Speaker A:All that's fascinating.
Speaker A:Interesting.
Speaker A:It's not biblical, but it's fascinating.
Speaker A:Here's what it is, and this is the truth.
Speaker A:And if people don't like it, it's tough because this is the truth, right?
Speaker A:Number one, only God knows who makes it and who doesn't.
Speaker A:In the context of we can be relatively confident in brothers and sisters, I think that's a fair statement.
Speaker A:But ultimately, only God knows.
Speaker A:Nobody's going to deny that only God is the one who knows the absolute.
Speaker A:Number two, once a person has passed or once they've died, there is no, oh, well, they'll get another shot or whatever.
Speaker A:It's like they'll get purgatory, this, that, whatever, rubbish.
Speaker A:Not biblical at all.
Speaker A:Ridiculous.
Speaker A:The whole idea of purgatory comes about because somebody said, I don't think God should do it that way.
Speaker A:Hey, here's a great answer to that.
Speaker A:Tough.
Speaker A:God's not asking your permission or anybody else's permission.
Speaker A:How he sets up the program and he doesn't care if you agree or not.
Speaker A:And you think, well, that means a lot more people are going to hell.
Speaker A:Jesus said that.
Speaker A:Jesus said, narrow is the path, few that be that find it, wide is the road to destruction.
Speaker A:Many are upon it.
Speaker A:So Jesus already said that.
Speaker A:I'm not sure what the issue is.
Speaker A:That's correct.
Speaker A:And then here's the other part of that.
Speaker A:And you're thinking, well, I know, but does it mean that somebody who's never heard, here's my response to that.
Speaker A:We'll just nail them all at the same time.
Speaker A:Somebody who's never heard the gospel, don't you think God is fair?
Speaker A:Don't you think he has a right way to.
Speaker A:To nail that down?
Speaker A:Do you think he's righteous in everything?
Speaker A:But that one question.
Speaker A:Don't you trust him for righteousness?
Speaker A:What about somebody who's never heard?
Speaker A:That'll be up to God.
Speaker A:He knows how to do it.
Speaker A:What are you worried about?
Speaker A:You trust Him.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Good.
Speaker A:Leave that there.
Speaker A:So wait, so there's going to be no purgatory?
Speaker A:No purgatory.
Speaker A:So if somebody gets baptized for the dead, that's not going to count.
Speaker A:Not going to count.
Speaker A:What happens if they never heard the gospel?
Speaker A:Do you trust God?
Speaker A:Okay, cool.
Speaker A:So now let's go back to the real brass tacks of Sergio's question.
Speaker A:And that is simply this.
Speaker A:Well, what about somebody that you've even witnessed for, you, prayed for and you're not sure, you don't know.
Speaker A:Yes or no?
Speaker A:There's multiple responses to this.
Speaker A:The first response is you don't know.
Speaker A:That's why I said only God knows.
Speaker A:You don't know if they made a decision.
Speaker A:You don't know at the last minute.
Speaker A:You don't know a person who's done something to self inflict.
Speaker A:If they at the last moment went, God, please, you have no idea.
Speaker A:It only takes a moment for a miracle.
Speaker A:And it only takes a moment with the thief on the cross illustrating to make the right call at the right moment to be a part of the paradise of Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:Okay, so then what do we do, Dave?
Speaker A:Well, while they're alive, you obviously pray and you obviously look for opportunity to share.
Speaker A:Get ready.
Speaker A:Here's your big answer.
Speaker A:A lot of people aren't going to like it.
Speaker A:I don't care.
Speaker A:What do you do for somebody that you didn't really get a chance to and you don't really know?
Speaker A:Here's what I do, and I want to say this, Sergio.
Speaker A:It's not really a protocol.
Speaker A:It's really how people handle it.
Speaker A:Here's what I do.
Speaker A:I hope that's what I do.
Speaker A:There's no way I can know that a person that, you know, they made that.
Speaker A:If I am unaware now, if a person has professed Christ, that's different.
Speaker A:We can understand that.
Speaker A:I mean, ultimately, again, only God knows.
Speaker A:But if somebody has made a decision or made a proclamation of Christ, even if it was earlier in their life and the last part of their life was really kind of, what's the word I'm looking for?
Speaker A:Horrendous.
Speaker A:That doesn't mean they denied Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:It doesn't mean that they didn't seek to walk with him.
Speaker A:You don't know all of those innuendos.
Speaker A:We don't know those innuendos.
Speaker A:And to make those calls, that's a very, very bad idea.
Speaker A:And that person who made a genuine commitment to Christ Jesus doesn't love him any less.
Speaker A:That's not going on.
Speaker A:We just talked about that.
Speaker A:Death does not stop that, that love.
Speaker A:But what I do when I'm dealing with people who are in my life or in my realm is I hope you think, well, that doesn't give a shirt.
Speaker A:I know, but here's the deal, and let's be.
Speaker A:I just want to be so honest about these things.
Speaker A:When you get to heaven, there's going to be no sorrow.
Speaker A:You understand that, right?
Speaker A:Zero.
Speaker A:So when you get there, it ain't going to matter.
Speaker A:I don't mean that rudely.
Speaker A:I'm saying it's not going to have an impact on you.
Speaker A:So what's important to understand is to share while you can.
Speaker A:If they've made some kind of profession to faith, you should stand in that.
Speaker A:You should believe.
Speaker A:Even if later on in life they did really poorly.
Speaker A:That doesn't mean they didn't believe.
Speaker A:That doesn't mean they didn't have a genuine faith.
Speaker A:You don't know if at the last moment, the last gasp of breath, they didn't say, Jesus, you don't know.
Speaker A:So I hope, and I will tell you something, Whoa.
Speaker A:I don't know if I should do this.
Speaker A:So I hope that my mom is there.
Speaker A:She never acknowledged Jesus to me, but she heard a lot of the gospel, right?
Speaker A:And I've always had this hope, right, for my mom.
Speaker A:Now I also know if I get there and she's not there, whatever that process is, God's going to keep me in the palm of his hand.
Speaker A:But I had something happen, and it only happened once.
Speaker A:And my mom has been passed on for 18, 19, 20, 17 years.
Speaker A:Okay?
Speaker A:So it's a long time, right?
Speaker A:The Lord.
Speaker A:I've had a couple of really fascinating dreams in my life, and very few, I would say, are prophetic.
Speaker A:But in one dream I had when I was in between ministry and radio.
Speaker A:Did you hear what I said?
Speaker A:In between ministry and radio, I had a dream that my mom was at a church that I went to, and she was planting flowers on the outside of the church in my dream.
Speaker A:And the first thing I said is, what are you doing?
Speaker A:I'm surprised you're here.
Speaker A:And then she said, actually, what are you doing?
Speaker A:Why aren't you doing what you're supposed to be doing with the church?
Speaker A:And I thought, uh, oh.
Speaker A:So I wrote this dream down.
Speaker A:I actually shared this with Rob and Cindy Laffler, because for some reason, Cindy was on my mind and she'd been praying for my mom all this time and so on and so forth.
Speaker A:And I just increased my hope that my mom made it.
Speaker A:I can't definitively say she made it, although she did hear a lot of the gospel and was very open to it, much more than people realize.
Speaker A:But I always thought it was amazing that God spoke to me to get me back into ministry through my mom, during a dream where she's at a church that I went to.
Speaker A:I always thought that was bizarre.
Speaker A:Is that a definitive.
Speaker A:That's my hope.
Speaker A:But my trust is in God and in his faithfulness and in his righteousness and how he pulls it together.
Speaker A:Do I understand every nuance of every person's theology?
Speaker A:I've heard all the theologies.
Speaker A:I just trust God more than man's systematic process, that's all.
Speaker A:I just have a greater confidence in God according to his word, that he is in charge of all of it.
Speaker A:And so that's what I live by.
Speaker A:So, Sergio, my most direct answer is by hope.
Speaker A:That's how I function it.
Speaker A:And no, there's not a purgatory.
Speaker A:And no, the baptism for the dead is not going to save somebody.
Speaker A:And if a person ultimately rejected Jesus Christ between that last second of death until whatever, they're not getting in, know what?
Speaker A:Jesus made it clear.
Speaker A:I am the way, the truth and the life.
Speaker A:No man comes to the Father but by me.
Speaker A:Oh, that's not fair.
Speaker A:Here's God's response.
Speaker A:Tough.
Speaker A:It's my game, play it.
Speaker A:That's what he says.
Speaker A:Well, if I was God.
Speaker A:Well, you're not.
Speaker A:And that's the point.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Zipporah was whose wife?
Speaker A:Joshua, Moses, Jacob or John?
Speaker A:She was Mo's wife.
Speaker A:That's whose wife she was.
Speaker A:We'll take a short break and then we'll come back.
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Speaker A:Let me read this thing from Pastor Ray and then we'll do the trivia question and then we'll see what happens because I have no idea.
Speaker A: th this year,: Speaker A:He's my good friend and I can't wait to see him up in heaven.
Speaker A:This one's titled Joy, Expectation and Delight.
Speaker A:How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Speaker A:I gain understanding from your precepts.
Speaker A:Therefore I hate every wrong path.
Speaker A:Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Speaker A:This is Pastor Ray's devotional.
Speaker A:I often see people go through a spiritual drought.
Speaker A:More than once I have found myself in this dry, dark place where God seems far away and we feel even farther.
Speaker A:It's like being the children of Israel once again wandering in the wilderness, trying to find our way.
Speaker A:That's when I cling to the belief that we are being strengthened and matured through it all.
Speaker A:How we survive the wilderness experience of our lives depends on our attitude towards God's word.
Speaker A:Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible and I get such a kick out of reading it because King David got so excited writing about it.
Speaker A:Of all the things he gets excited about writing about the laws of God, he sang about them.
Speaker A:He put statutes of the law to music.
Speaker A:He positively exulted in them.
Speaker A:In Psalm 119, verse 14, he compared God's testimonies to the riches.
Speaker A:In verse 15 he declared, I will meditate on your precepts.
Speaker A:In verse 24 he says, Your testimonies are my delight and my counselors.
Speaker A:David was on to something.
Speaker A:He loved God's Word and he knew that the secret to enjoying life even in the wilderness, was to turn to God's Word with joy, expectation and delight.
Speaker A:As children we struggle to mature under our parents authority.
Speaker A:When we're spiritually born again into the family of God, we become children again.
Speaker A:Reparented oh what a great line that is reparented by our Heavenly Father.
Speaker A:As we grow toward maturity and learning to trust Him.
Speaker A:Allow His Word to light your way and the wilderness will not seem so daunting.
Speaker A:Let His Word guide your feet and you will never get lost.
Speaker A:Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.
Speaker A:Thank you for joining us here at Kaam 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
Speaker A:That's Ka Men 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
Speaker A:That was an excellent question.
Speaker A:I hope that answer helped somewhat.
Speaker A:That is my only desire is that it would help you draw closer to the Lord and understand the truth.
Speaker A:Here is your next trivia question.
Speaker A:In the Book of Matthew, who told Joseph in a dream the baby's name was to be Jesus?
Speaker A:Matthew 1:20 21 who told Joseph in a dream the baby's name was to be Jesus?
Speaker A:Who told him that who named him?
Speaker A:If you think you know.
Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Or you can send an email.
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Speaker A:So the idea behind that is that we count on people to support.
Speaker A:Now we look for that and we appreciate that.
Speaker A:But you're not going to get a whistle, you're not going to get a donut, you're not going to get a Lamborghini.
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Speaker A:And that's where it is.
Speaker A:We hope that that's sufficient for you.
Speaker A:2 Corinthians 8, 3 I testify according to their ability and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord.
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Speaker A:He mustincrease.org Confused by what's happening right now.
Speaker A:He must increase.org hemustincrease.org hey Doc, we better back up.
Speaker A:We don't have enough roads to get up to 88.
Speaker A:Roads.
Speaker A:Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:You don't need roads.
Speaker A:Hey, the roads that we're going to, they're gold.
Speaker A:I just want to point that out.
Speaker A:They're gold.
Speaker A:See, the streets will be gold.
Speaker A:Imagine if, just think of your street right now where you live.
Speaker A:What if that was all gold?
Speaker A:Just think about that for a second.
Speaker A:You'd be like, you're like, wow, right?
Speaker A:I mean, I wonder if you could still play like you know, you know, like foosball and stuff on there.
Speaker A:Because it's gold.
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker B:It'd be a sight to see.
Speaker A:It would be.
Speaker A:I mean, can you imagine?
Speaker A:And then there's any light that reflects off that, you'd be like, ah, right.
Speaker A:Just thinking that probably won't happen to us.
Speaker A:But I think that's pretty darn funny.
Speaker A:Don't you think that's funny?
Speaker A:It's like, wow, okay.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:All right, so what else we got?
Speaker A:All right, that's it.
Speaker A:Your question, Pretty straightforward.
Speaker A:Is what's the straightforward?
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:In the book of Matthew, who told Joseph in a dream the baby's name was to be Jesus?
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:If you think, you know, you can respond specifically.
Speaker A: -: Speaker A: -: Speaker A:Make sure if you're giving an answer to that, that there is a pronoun attached to it.
Speaker A:If you're using a pronoun in the answer, that's a hint for people to understand what I'm trying to say.
Speaker A:Make sure there's a pronoun attached to it if you're using a pronoun in the answer.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:That's all I'm going to give you on that one.
Speaker A:Okay, let's see.
Speaker A:We've done that.
Speaker A:We've done that.
Speaker A:You want to do history?
Speaker A:Let's do history real quick.
Speaker A:And then we'll just finish off because we're not going to break for the rest of this show.
Speaker A:So go ahead and do history.
Speaker B:Let's go live faith in the past.
Speaker B:Let's go let bake in the past.
Speaker A:All right, now I'm gonna confess that I do not know what this is.
Speaker A:I'm gonna say what it is, but I have never had it.
Speaker A:It's National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day.
Speaker A:I've never had that.
Speaker A:I don't even know what that I mean, I assume it's a flounder stuffed with crab.
Speaker A:I mean, is that.
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker B:Yeah, I've never even heard of that.
Speaker A:Me neither.
Speaker A:I'm not sure I've ever read that before.
Speaker A:That's just a weird one.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:It's also Pluto Day, because in theory, this was the day that Pluto became a planet.
Speaker A:And then, of course, it's unpluto day because they took it away.
Speaker A:It's the only.
Speaker A:Can you imagine being the only planet ever in all of human history to be stripped of your status as a planet.
Speaker A:That's sad.
Speaker A:Don't you think?
Speaker A:That's sad.
Speaker A:Like, poor Pluto.
Speaker B:Poor Pluto.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Oh, that's sad.
Speaker A:Today is Thumb Appreciation Day.
Speaker A:I have no idea.
Speaker A:I'm just gonna move on.
Speaker A:Today is also my.
Speaker A:One of my favorites.
Speaker A:Not everybody's favorite, but my favorite.
Speaker A:1953.
Speaker A: D movie opened on this day in: Speaker B:That's a cool one for you because I know you have a huge 3D movie collection.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Love it.
Speaker A:Love it.
Speaker A:I have 137 or 138 3D movies.
Speaker A:It's just like, you know, it's just.
Speaker A:I love it.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:My poor wife.
Speaker A:We saw that one.
Speaker A:I go, we didn't see that for 10 years.
Speaker A:Because I remember.
Speaker A:Well, anyway.
Speaker A:All right, let's move on.
Speaker A:So your trivia question.
Speaker A:What was the trivia question in Matthew?
Speaker A:Who told Joseph in a dream the baby's name was to be Jesus?
Speaker A:And your reference?
Speaker A:Matthew 1, 20, 21.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker A:The show doesn't always go the way we think, but that's okay.
Speaker A:That's what we love about the show.
Speaker A:Here's the thing.
Speaker A:I want to finish up on this text.
Speaker A:And here's what Paul said.
Speaker A:We only got through the first part of it.
Speaker A:He says this.
Speaker A:He says, I am convinced that nothing can separate us from his love.
Speaker A:Death can't and life can't.
Speaker A:Angels can't and demons can't.
Speaker A:So it should be noted that in life we have quite a few trials.
Speaker A:Job said, a man's days are few and full of trouble.
Speaker A:And so we need to understand that whatever you go through in life, the ups and the downs of it, that's okay.
Speaker A:Because that too will not separate you.
Speaker A:Why?
Speaker A:No, but this person doesn't like me.
Speaker A:That doesn't mean that Jesus has any less love for you.
Speaker A:But this person was mean.
Speaker A:They did this, this, did this, this, this, this, this, this.
Speaker A:None of those things change that.
Speaker A:Jesus loves you.
Speaker A:I want to make sure everybody hears me in that.
Speaker A:Because what he goes to next is mind boggling in the text.
Speaker A:So he says, death and life.
Speaker A:You're just thinking, gosh, death, really death, that's not going to change it.
Speaker A:Nope.
Speaker A:Life.
Speaker A:No, nothing in life.
Speaker A:That's not going to change it.
Speaker A:Then he says this.
Speaker A:The angels can't and the demons can't.
Speaker A:He just took it to the supernatural realm.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Angels and demons are real.
Speaker A:Or Jesus is a liar.
Speaker A:So there's no if, ands or buts with that Being said, angels.
Speaker A:And as cool as that is, because we like the angels, that doesn't change it.
Speaker A:If you have a visitation from an angel or not, that doesn't change it.
Speaker A:If you have a visitation from a demon or not, that doesn't change it.
Speaker A:Either this demon attacked me or I had all these bad thoughts or had this terrible dream.
Speaker A:None of that changes the steadfastness of the love of God.
Speaker A:That doesn't change a thing.
Speaker A:The next one, he says, is the coolest one.
Speaker A:I can't believe I'm getting all this.
Speaker A:I'm not even getting to verse 39, which is hilarious.
Speaker A:The next one, though, is by far the coolest.
Speaker A:He says this.
Speaker A:Our fears for today and our worries for tomorrow.
Speaker A:And even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
Speaker A:All of the demon, darkness, evil, yuck, that can't separate you.
Speaker A:But catch this.
Speaker A:All of our todays and all of our tomorrows, even what we feel fear and struggle with or what we have anxiety over, all of those things are an absolute reality in our walk.
Speaker A:We fight through them.
Speaker A:Jesus tells us on a regular basis, fear not, right?
Speaker A:He tells us specifically in the Sermon on the Mount, don't take no thought for tomorrow.
Speaker A:Be anxious for nothing.
Speaker A:These are things that we process through, that we go through as Christians.
Speaker A:But what Paul writes and oh, the Holy Spirit, just so wise, he writes and says, look, whatever happens today.
Speaker A:Wait.
Speaker A:Whatever happens tomorrow doesn't change the love that God has for you.
Speaker A:Listen, time cannot change the love that God has for you.
Speaker A:All that may happen, all that will happen, all that could happen, all the worrying and the fearfulness and all this other stuff everywhere along the lines, all that.
Speaker A:I got it, I got it.
Speaker A:But listen to what the text says.
Speaker A:Nothing can change that love.
Speaker A:Not now, not tomorrow.
Speaker A:How many tomorrows?
Speaker A:All of them.
Speaker A:Nothing can change the love that God has for you.
Speaker A:Stop letting Satan reduce it.
Speaker A:God's truth makes it clear.
Speaker A:All right, all right.
Speaker A:We have somebody.
Speaker A:Do they want to answer their trivia question?
Speaker A:Okay, so we are going to give them that chance.
Speaker A:Don't forget what I'm saying to you.
Speaker A:The love of God is more sure than the foundation of the earth.
Speaker A:How about that?
Speaker A:All right, let's have that person buzz on through.
Speaker A:Knock knock, this is David.
Speaker A:Who am I talking to?
Speaker H:Hi, Dr.
Speaker H:David.
Speaker H:This is Joy Ann.
Speaker H:We sure appreciate your message today.
Speaker A:Thank you so much.
Speaker A:It's very kind of you.
Speaker A:Are you ready to give us an answer for the trivia?
Speaker H:Yes, sir.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:In the book of Matthew, who told Joseph.
Speaker A:In her dreams, the baby's name was to be Jesus.
Speaker H:It was the angel of the Lord.
Speaker H:Was that Gabriel?
Speaker A:Ah, let's go with angel of the Lord.
Speaker A:That's correct.
Speaker A:Let's start with that one.
Speaker H:Okay.
Speaker A:Now there's some contention that.
Speaker A:Okay, well, that was probably Gabriel, and probably because he's the chief messenger.
Speaker A:So we get that out of that, odds are good.
Speaker A:But the text says clearly an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and does not give him a pronoun.
Speaker A:So you can say probably, but definitely the angel of the Lord.
Speaker A:That's what you can say because there.
Speaker H:Are only two angels mentioned in the Bible.
Speaker H:Gabriel and Michael is my understanding.
Speaker H:And Gabriel talked with, of course, Mary.
Speaker H:So I just wasn't sure.
Speaker A:Yeah, no, and that's a really.
Speaker A:It's a really good bet, in fact, when.
Speaker A:When Gideon.
Speaker A:It wasn't Gideon, was it?
Speaker A:Was it Gideon's parents?
Speaker A:Well, I can't remember.
Speaker A:Is Gideon's parents or not?
Speaker A:When they tried to get the angel to give his name, he was like, you don't need to know that.
Speaker A:You wouldn't understand it anyway.
Speaker A:Like, oh, what does that mean?
Speaker H:Amen.
Speaker H:Anyway, yeah, I'm a little scattered right now because we are juggling two caregiving issues, so.
Speaker H:Hey, would you just pray a prayer?
Speaker H:Dr.
Speaker H:David, I know we don't have much time for my dear friend Beverly who broke her leg.
Speaker H:She's 92, and just some care decisions for her.
Speaker H:And then also for my dear friend Martha.
Speaker H:I'm going to go take her for legal help tomorrow regarding her sad marriage.
Speaker H:And we just want that meeting to go so well.
Speaker H:I have a godly lawyer helping her.
Speaker A:Is that Beverly is the first one, Is that correct?
Speaker A:Yes, Beverly.
Speaker A:Yes, that Beverly and Martha.
Speaker H:Beverly's the one that broke the leg.
Speaker H:My friend Martha had marriage issues and needs legal help now, so I'm gonna go with her.
Speaker A:Okay, you got it.
Speaker A:I'll pray for him right now.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker H:Favor.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker A:Thank you, Father.
Speaker A:We come before you right now.
Speaker A:We worship you.
Speaker A:We praise you.
Speaker A:We thank you.
Speaker A:We are asking for first for Martha to have wisdom and favor and an attorney who knows.
Speaker A:Knows how to properly protect and watch over and do it with a righteous and good spirit so that there's not any kind of vengefulness there, but an appropriateness, Lord, a protection, a wisdom.
Speaker A:And we pray for Beverly.
Speaker A:Oh, she's got physical ailments.
Speaker A:She needs help.
Speaker A:There needs to be wisdom in her care.
Speaker A:Those are very difficult decisions, and nobody likes to have to make them.
Speaker A:But, Lord, with your wisdom, these decisions can be made with great confidence.
Speaker A:So we're asking you to give that wisdom that comes from on high so these decisions could be made in a proper and respectful and right spirit and right manner.
Speaker A:We pray that you would protect Cordelia as well as Joanne and their situation helping people and keep them safe over these next couple of days.
Speaker A:And bless the people they minister to with your grace and love.
Speaker A:We pray that in Jesus name, amen and amen.
Speaker H:Amen.
Speaker H:We receive that.
Speaker H:Thank you, Dr.
Speaker H:David, and praying for you to have a wonderful day with your wife tomorrow.
Speaker H:You deserve that day.
Speaker A:Thank you so much.
Speaker A:I really do appreciate it.
Speaker H:Your blessing, praying for you.
Speaker H:Okay, bye bye.
Speaker H:See you everybody.
Speaker A:Bye bye.
Speaker A:God bless.
Speaker A:All right, folks, that'll do it for today.
Speaker A:You've been listening to the David Smoot Experience right here on Kaam 770, the true station here in Texas.
Speaker A:It'll be a little more than the 24 hours.
Speaker A:I'll see you on Thursday, but tomorrow it's a good one.
Speaker A:God bless you.
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