Ep 97: Over My Dead Body!

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What can a recipe on a
gravestone teach us about our

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spiritual legacy?
Let's talk about that here in a

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SEC.
Hey friends, welcome to the

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show.
I'm Daniel Dowpp, and this is

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for your Sunday morning drive.
It's a short podcast with the

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goal of hopefully providing you
with some messages that can help

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recenter your mind on some
spiritual things so that you can

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better step into worship.
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Before we get started today,
there is some exciting news I

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wanted to share with you.
I was recently on the Dear

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Church podcast with Chris
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If you haven't checked out Dear
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and subscribe.
Our episode is episode 351

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Digital Ministry.
I've linked to that in the show

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notes today and I encourage you
to check out that episode and

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all of the great content that
Chris puts out there.

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Well, I think that's everything
that I have for you this

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morning.
Let's let's go ahead and get the

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show on the road today.
This is episode 97, Over my dead

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body.
Let's go to church.

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Are we there yet?
Recently my tick tock algorithm

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took a break from sending me
Dungeons and Dragons content and

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delivered to me a content
creator that visits graveyards.

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One of the hallmarks of her
content is tombstone recipes.

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I had never heard of this
before, so maybe you haven't

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either.
Here's the breakdown.

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The idea seems to have
originated with a good joke

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about closely guarded family
recipes.

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You know the ones Grandma's
Christmas cookies, maybe your

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aunt's meatloaf.
Or maybe it's that dessert that

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Sister Watts her face brings to
the potluck that everyone wants

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to know how to make.
And whenever you asked them for

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that recipe, we are likely to
get the same answer.

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You can have it over my dead
body.

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Well, in this case, the love
took the dearly departed

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seriously and published the
recipe for all to read on their

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gravestone.
Quite literally, they stuck it

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over their dead body.
And I'll be sure to share some

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pictures of this on the web page
for today's episode.

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Now this got me to thinking,
what are some recipes?

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Maybe what are some aspects of
life that we cling to with the

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same mentality?
And I can't help but think that

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we sometimes do this
spiritually, that we hang on

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into some things so tight and
refuse to give them up.

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Yes, with vice and sin,
sometimes we hold on to those

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things.
But I also think we do this with

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the good news, the recipe, if
you will, for making Christians.

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And while your knee jerk
reaction may be to roll your

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eyes at that statement, think
about it for a moment.

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Many times we are willing to go
to the ends of the earth for our

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brethren and maybe even for the
stranger.

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We sacrifice our material goods.
We welcome people into our

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homes.
We invite them to share a meal

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around our table.
We pray for them.

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We go out of our way to serve
them.

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All of which, let me assure you,
are good, godly things that

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please the Father.
But when we are presented with

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an opportunity to teach and
share the gospel, to talk to

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them about where they are as it
relates to salvation many times

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and understand I speak from
experience here because I have

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struggled with it too many
times.

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Our response is me share the
good news, me have a Bible study

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over my dead body.
And then we dig in our heels and

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we shut our mouths and we end up
missing such a wonderful

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opportunity for personal
spiritual growth, and we deny

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someone the opportunity to learn
the recipe that will change

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their life.
The prophet Jeremiah says this

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when talking about the desire of
teaching the edicts of God.

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Jeremiah 20 verse 9.
But if I say I will not remember

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him, nor will I speak anymore in
his name, then in my heart it

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becomes like a burning fire shut
up in my bones.

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And I am tired of holding it in,
and I cannot endure it.

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Oh, that, that is the way we
felt about God's Word.

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Like that secret family recipe,
the gospel is best enjoyed when

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served and shared with others.
And Jesus has both the bread and

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the water that we must share.
In John 635, Jesus says to them,

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I am the bread of life.
The one who comes to me will not

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be hungry, and the one who
believes in me will never be

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thirsty.
You know, when a recipe is that

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good, we can't help but share
it.

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And friends, believe me, the
good news is indeed that good.

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How can we help but share it?
I know it can be scary.

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I know it can be hard, and I
know it can be hard, awkward,

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but think about what you and
your neighbor would be missing

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out on if you hoard it to
yourself instead of sharing it

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with them.
What do we want to be our

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spiritual legacy?
A table full of family and

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friends that we can rejoice in
knowing their salvation is

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secure or the spiritual
equivalent of a last ditch

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effort on a tombstone.
All because we couldn't overcome

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our fear for a Savior that
overcame it all for us.

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Don't wait for a tombstone to
tell the story that we should be

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telling today.
So while we still have time,

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share the recipe.
Share the richness of the good

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news of Jesus Christ.
You can do it.

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Don't hoard the bread of life
because if it satisfies forever,

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it deserves to be served today.
Well, those are my thoughts for

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your Sunday morning drive.
Now it's time to share yours.

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Our discussion questions for
this week are what is the

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biggest hurdle that you face
when sharing the gospel?

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Who can you turn to for help in
overcoming these obstacles and

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who can you share the gospel
with this week?

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Hey, thank you for listening.
I hope you have an awesome week.

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Share the gospel with somebody.
I know you can do it.

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And if you do, let me know how
it goes.

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I'll be praying for you and I'll
see you Sunday.