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Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
8 reasons why you shut your mouth and quit sharing your life and struggles with your woman…
And what you can do about it… this will be a series…
Silence is not strength. If You choose to not deal with hurts and issues realize you are choosing the easiest thing To do -not the hardest or most brave… and definitely not the healthiest way to deal with issues.
Yes we all have stuff to deal with and we all have stuff to bury… but should we?
And Why Do we??
4 - you were taught to internalize things
Next door neighbor…. Professional athlete…baseball in the backyard
5 - sometimes men don't share because they don't understand the dynamics of a healthy relationship. And maybe the partner doesn't either so they're both stuck in emotional lockdown.
Partners share all things in a healthy relationship.
The more healthy a relationship the more you share your intimate moments, details and insecurities… even sins - typically a sign of health. AND NOT just share them but work thru them.
6 - Another reason is he just may not trust you. He knows you just cant keep a secret due to your own insecurities.
He sees you with others… they ask you (your wife) to not say anything… and you say OH I WOULD NEVER… but than you do, so im not going to say anything to you im not worried about sharing with others even if you promise me you wont.
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
8 reasons why you shut your mouth and quit sharing your life and struggles with your woman…
And what you can do about it… this will be a series…
Silence is not strength. If You choose to not deal with hurts and issues realize you are choosing the easiest thing To do -not the hardest or most brave… and definitely not the healthiest way to deal with issues.
Yes we all have stuff to deal with and we all have stuff to bury… but should we?
And Why Do we??
Yesterday was #1 she may use it against you.
TODAY…
2 - He may not want her to worry about him, or to think less of him.
What happens if you tell your wife that you are tempted to talk behind someone's back at work so that you get the promotion. Or that you are struggling with porn or lust or that you haven't read or prayed for a few weeks. Your first concern is how she will then see you and how that will then affect your relationship. And don't get me wrong she will see you differently but depending on what the woman is made of, she will either encourage you convict you reject you or silence you.
A great conversation to have with someone before they are your Wife is to find out what you can and can't share with them and how they would respond. Remember, maybe one of David's wives should've asked him because you are king and can have him do anything. should I be worried about you finding other women?
3 - he may not share his true heart because it's about you, his wife and he knows you can't handle it. This is the number one issue in most relationships.
Women who grew up in homes of divorce, do not handle, confrontation well at all. And it will manifest later in their own marriage.
My wife comes from an upbringing where her mother had four different men in her life, and they were all very dysfunctional and even evil. But they all - but one, were divorced from her mom. Let's just say early on my wife, could not handle confrontation no matter how minor it would be. We had to work through this and be honest we still are.
When you share the truth with someone because you love them and want what's best for them and they don't receive it, they can't handle it and they pull back or blame -overtime you shut down, and your love them can even dwindle.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
8 reasons why you shut your mouth and quit sharing your life and struggles with your woman…
And what you can do about it… this will be a series…
Silence is not strength. If You choose to not deal with hurts and issues realize you are choosing the easiest thing To do -not the hardest or most brave… and definitely not the healthiest way to deal with issues.
Yes we all have stuff to deal with and we all have stuff to bury… but should we?
How do you deal with your hurt especially from the one you love the most.
1 - She uses it against you later on.
She herself may be wounded. And when people use your weaknesses as weapons against you- it can cause a man to shut down in a millisecond?
Then he distrusts others… even other trusted men.
Here is a different perspective from the word of God when we talk about sharing the gospel and being rejected. The Bible tells us that we will be despised and rejected for sharing Christ so we aren't shocked when it happens. We're still cool to do it because it's the right thing. And the same way we are still call to share our hurts our emotions and our feelings with our loved ones even if they won't except it or even if they use it against us. But knowing this text some of the sting out of it when it happens.
An illustration are used to use regarding this point is when I would go to speak to a large group of teenagers before walking out on the stage will be introduced. I would unzip my zipper. It wouldn't take more than a few seconds, and Kids would start yelling your zippers down your zippers down. They will expect me to become incredibly embarrassed, but instead, I would simply reach in my pocket and pull out a note and ask one of them to read it into the microphone, and the note would say this, I know my zippers down why are you looking. Kids would laugh, but then I would explain to them that I'm not embarrassed because I knew it was down. I knew what was happening and I was prepared. If you have the Same mindset when you share your intimate hurts and feelings with your spouse, it lessens the blow if they choose to ever use it against you.
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
How did they make it
200,000 people diverse as any city… but they were the only Christians…
You get dropped off in some city, sexual sin is promoted and practiced…. Drugs, paganism… anything goes… and your the only Xn…. How do you not only make it but thrive?
1 Thessalonians says they experienced salvation with not just words but also in power… it allowed them to practice…
Holiness and no compromise.
Holiness? Sounds very antiquated in todays world… yes and lets talk ab about how to can our own rutabagas…
the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16 NLT
But in today's world, it sounds too simple, too naïve and too abstract. What exactly does it mean?
The truth is when you truly study holiness, you might end up feeling like you are dressed up in a costume and calling yourself a Christian because the fact is you really aren't holy when you understand what it means in scripture.
I believe when one looks at scripture, you understand that holiness goes beyond simply doing with the Bible says. You can obey all the commands, and still not be holy, you asked how does that work?
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24 NLT
Being holy goes beyond rules and regulations and cuts to the heart. Are you selfish in any of the things you choose to do or say or where you go? The truth is holiness in some sense of the word is different for me than it is for you. Yes we both confess the same Jesus and we both follow the same Scriptures and commands however he might call me to stand out in different ways in how I would I choose to do it. The question you can ask in anything you do or say, or for any motive is this is this truly selfish or is this truly godly? And then ask God to give you guidance into what to do or to say in order to stand apart and be Holy.
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
This Friday surgery… another shoulder replacement, reattach the super spinouts, and work on the labrum. They say 6-8 months rehab and recovery.
My goal has always been at 60 to still bench over 400, squat and deadlift over 600… totally on track with deals and squats… but bench… oh my my… maybe not. But please pray for me!
Acts 27: 18 The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard. 19 The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard. 20 The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.
21 No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss. 22 But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down. 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me, 24 and he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’ 25 So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said. 26 But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”
I read verse 25, 26 and always see Paul at that moment like Carl Spackler aka Bill Murray in Caddy Shack…
And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
Total consciousness: the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life
What if we took slices of history out of our life from the future and looked at it with this attitude…
2 years from now… This is written in your pre-history… yes, your wife will get cancer and it will affect your finances greatly and you will struggle to keep your job…But be of courage, God is good and he will use this in your life to bring about a great peace and a wonderful opportunity to tell others about Jesus… so I got that going for me… so thats nice.
What is this saying… Paul wasn’t believing in God due to the circumstances around him… ship is breaking apart, waves pummeling the sailors, Black clouds, lightening… men in deep fear…
Sometimes in life we must simply believe the best is yet to come simply because of who God is and now what we see or are experiencing at the moment.
The only thing that can get you through the storms, the only thing that can sustain you is Gods faithfulness.
In the middle of hard times (and lets be honest, I don’t know what the future holds) I remind myself of Gods faithfulness from the past. I will tell myself… you will be 4 months behind in your house payment, your car payment and you will have to sell some guitars, and your Harley and your wife will struggle with with her trust in God… You will wonder if you will ever will have enough money… But someone will talk into the bookstore and hand you an envelope with $10,000 in it. And a week later someone else will hand you a check for $10,000… but you will still have some hard times with your son running from God and in jail and guns and drugs… So you got that going for you… so thats nice.
I know 2 things are certain… not death and taxes…
But rather Hard times and Gods faithfulness.
When all resources run out, all earthly wisdom has failed, all friends and family can’t help anymore… when people are actually start avoiding you because they feel drained by your problems…. God will be faithful.
Gal. 6: 9 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Do not grow weary… God will be faithful. God will come through… Don’t quit trusting him, Don’t quit living for him, Don’t quit loving him and Don’t doubt him…. Because in time you will have total consciousness… so you got that going for you… which is nice.
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
The David Alliance
Basket ball game: referee experience as a parent! I couldn’t call the right fouls, people yelling at me, everyone mad at me… when I do call a foul it was on my own son, when I went over to the bench to get some consoling from Kim she looked at me like… “You should be ashamed!”
I WAS FRIED AFTER THAT GAME… FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS… WEERY!
HERE IS A LITTLE SECRET…
The truth is it will never be easier to serve God than right now… history is becoming peeled back and truth will dwindle. As it does the ability to freely serve God will become mountainous.
***WE FAIL TO ENGAGE IN CULTURE WHEN WE ARE WEERY!
Galatians 6:6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them. 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR RIGHT? 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Gal. 6:7-10 WUEST
God is not being outwitted and evaded. For whatever a man is in the habit sowing this also will he reap. Because the one who sows with a view to his own evil nature, from his evil nature as a course shall reap corruption. But the one who sows with a view to the Spirit , from the Spirit as a source shall reap life eternal. Let us not slacken our exertions by reason of the weariness that comes with prolonged effort in habitually doing that which is good. For in a season which in its character is appropriate we shall reap if we do not become enfeebled through exhaustion and fait. So then, in like manner, let us be having opportunity, let us be working that which is good to all, but especially to those of the household of faith.
Do not grow weary
Weary - the will… do not start in the spirit only to sow in the flesh.
Not weary in the flesh as in “physically tired” - but weary in the spirit so you sow into your soul/flesh appetites.
GK ek-kak-eh’-o = to be negatively influenced by the lack of outcome
Doing Good - inspire and motivate someone to do what is lovely… or GODLY
What would keep you from sowing? What would make you give up? What if I said you won’t see the reaping until after you die?
Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Vince Lombardi
Our trials our sin, evil, satanic, lust, the world… but the hardest is Weariness into apathy.
You don’t have to backslide, you don’t have to run from God, you don’t have to fall into addiction or some great sin… to be ineffective you just need to be tired.
If there is one thing that will discourage me more than anything is this… being tired with nothing to show for it.
Impatience is a disease… WHERE IS THE FRUIT?
As Spurgeon said…
The duty is to “do” without knowing “what or when” it will happen.
The context of this verse tells us that there will be times where we don’t feel
Gods blessing,
his favor,
his excitement,
his pleasure
his fruit….
PRE-DANGER (and then 3 dangers)
You must know how to read your emotions
Tell tale signs of emotional drain include:
1. wanting to be alone,
2. becoming sarcastic,
3. over eating,
4. sleeping less and sleeping worse,
5. quick and superficial desires,
6. burnout,
7. hating your job,
8. feeling like home is work,
9. arrogance or I’m not drained attitude ( the scariest problem with this is you don’t see it…it is everybody else’s problem),
It intensifies you’re existent personality quirks into full blown negatives and ultimately weakness.
Being emotionally drained is a lot like having to go the bathroom really bad. You hold it, your bladder is tight, everything makes you feel uncomfortable, and you really can’t enjoy anything until you relieve the pressure. You could be in the middle of your Christmas morning, your birthday, an awards ceremony… but if you really got to go it is almost impossible to enjoy the moment.
WEERY!
Thursday May 23, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
Girls, guns and God
Cloak and dagger Luke 22:36
Females, Faith and Firearms
Broads Bayonets and Bibles…
Clara Butt one of the most world renowned singers in the late 1800’s early 1900’s traveled to Africa and after a concert went and found John G. Lake… Many of you know Lake was one of the greatest healing evangelists of our time. She had heard tell of a young 18 year old woman that was saved under John G Lakes ministry who would pray and then the presence of God would fall on here and she would play the piano and sing songs that were more pure, more pronounced than anything that anyone had ever heard. The lyrics were given supernaturally to this woman by the Holy Spirit and the notes that came out of her mouth were said to be more “pure”. If there is a middle C (and there is) she could sing an even more perfect clear, more precise middle C. The melodies and the vocal quality were like nothing anyone had ever heard before…
Clara asked John G Lake if he could set up a meeting with her… and he did. The outcome was purely dynamic.. the young woman began to sing and Clara found herself in tears… weeping. She said “I have heard that there is a perfect note and you my dear sing them all”. She said I have no understanding nor have I ever been in the realm you sing in and sing about. It was perfection.
Isaiah 61:1
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
1 sThe Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has tanointed me
to bring good news to the poor;1
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and uthe opening of the prison to those who are bound;2
Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
In the OT the spirit of the Lord rested on only certain people… when Christ came it rested on him and we later see it resting on the disciples… almost as if they were renting the spirit while they were out on the town. But now that Christ has been born, died and resurrected….. Now its time for us to rest know that his spirit is not resting on us, but rather in us. But again, our job, our mission our goal is to enter into that space where his spirit centers us. We live in a realm of Gods victory… that sounds cheesy I know. But we rest, we live, we experience the flow of the Holy Spirit the way christ did.
When Clara heard this young 18 year old girl come into the center of who the Holy Spirit was the music was literally astounding - unmatched. That is our continual job- to push into and experience that centering every day… is it possible? Yes? Can I do it… yes, Have I done it? A few times, but that is where I must push in for a very very long time. Thats the goal… to live centered in the perfect note, in his perfect grace.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
How do we live Godly in a Godless society?
Two quick thoughts.. don’t expect non Christians to live like Christians… heck a lot of Christians don’t live like Christians… and secondly you can’t argue someone into the kingdom of God…
Moses Respected Pharaoh
Ripped out of his family…
Raised, worked, lived and THRIVED in a secular environment.
3 things:
He Honored the powers over him without compromising his faith.
He was willing to die for his belief
His ultimate goal was to see people free
Daniel Respected the King
Ripped out of his family…
Raised, worked, lived and THRIVED in a secular environment.
3 things:
- He did not argue over politics - but rather practiced his faith. (You can’t pray…) ok, he goes and prays.
- He did not live according to their norms - diet but rather asked to be tested
- He did not argue over his schooling. He was schooled in the dark arts and dark philosophy of his day.
- Did you know Daniel was 80 years old when he was thrown into the pit of Lions???
Shad Shack and Benny Respected the King
Ripped out of his family…
Raised, worked, lived and THRIVED in a secular environment.
3 Things:
- Friends of a feather/Father stick together
- They Explained to their King their stance and even honored him in how they proclaimed it.
- They had chosen ahead of time to serve God no matter what *before the tests came. Dan. 1:8
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
This past week the NFL Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butler spoke at a commencement and took some heat for his remarks boldly proclaiming a pro-family, pro-God, and pro-life worldview.
The backlash was intense. There were furious columns and very angry tweets. It was discussed and panned by ladies on morning television. The NFL distanced itself from the speech, issuing a statement that “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.”
And, most righteously, people thought he should be fired. A Change.org petition to “Demand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks” had racked up more than 140,000 signatures by 5 p.m. Thursday (though it’s hard to tell how many are just 49ers fans).
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST REACTION OVER?
He praised his wife and Mother for their role in Motherhood and the media trashed him… did they mention his Mother was a physicist… no. HE PRAISED HIS WIFE FOR BEING THE STAY AT HOME MOTHER WHO MAKES THEIR LIFE POSSIBLE. The The New York Post said “you would have a hard time in any locker room wether it be Muslim or Christian not agreeing with him…. And if you cut all of those NFL Christians and Muslims you surely wouldn’t have enough atheists to fill the rosters.
BTW - His NFL Jersey skyrocketed in sales.
In a snapshot this gives such a great picture and insight into what we are facing.
Middle of the road, conservative Xn views:
Cause an inflammatory response.
In a talk I give called the Power of Response I share the insight of Eastern Philosophy… Called
A Mind like Water….
Water always gives the proper response…
But the world is not water LOL.
We are not for a lack of things as the church to buttheads with the world over.
BLM
Racism
Israel
Global warming
Gender and Sexual diversity
Homosexuality
Christian Nationalism
Family structure
Patriarchy
Biblical Authority
Governmental trust and authority
Social Justice
SO HOW DOES ONE LIVE IN A LOST
Depraved AND Warped world?
NOT ONLY LIVE - but win them to Christ?
Joseph respected Pharaoh
Ripped out of his family…
Raised, worked, lived and THRIVED in a secular environment.
3 things:
He had a vision from God
He Worked as if unto the Lord
He Trusted all things would ultimately MGLG