The David Spoon Experience 9-4-24 part 2

1) As many of you know, on Wednesdays, I like to pull up and teach classic messages that I've taught before and have thoroughly tested and implemented. However, today is going to be something that we haven't done before. Today, I'm going to share with you a new message that the Lord has given me. It is not a sermon, but it is a word, and it is a word for today. 
2) One of the things that is important for people to understand is that a person is made up of many influences. We have sayings that we all stand by, and some are more powerful than others. For example, we are what we worship, we are what we think, we are what we eat, and we are like those we hang around. 
3) In a certain sense, none of those are incorrect. So today, I want to focus on the people that we hang around. I don't want to do this from a legalistic point of view; I want us to understand something and make it as practical as possible. If we hang around with foolish people, we tend to become foolish, but the opposite is also true. 
4) Because we are Christians, we have a strong desire to hang around with other Christians, but most specifically, to hang around with the Lord and be in fellowship with Him. What's very important about that is that we understand that Jesus holds all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Therefore, if we hang around with Jesus, we're going to have the ability to know more than we know through education and experience. Wow, is that a challenging thought. Little campers, do your best to try and follow. Here we go...