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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Paul says,
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary,
Temporary - pros-kee-ross
Fleeting, non important for the task,
WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS OLD SHOPPING FOR A CAR. MARRIED 3 YEARS, BUT NEVER BOUGHT MY OWN CAR.
… I was looking at sound systems
… I was looking at paint color
… I was looking at rims and stance
MY DAD WAS LOOKING AT
… mileage
… monthly payment
… accident history
… gas economy
… the dealers reputation….
I WAS LOOKING AT THE FLEETING.
If eternity is real—and the Bible says it is—then living only for the moment- THE FLEETING is the most dangerous way to live.
1 Eternity Is More Real
Than the Moment
**Scripture:** 2 Corinthians 4:18
Paul doesn’t say the visible world isn’t real—he says it’s **temporary**.
Temporary doesn’t mean unimportant. It means *not ultimate*… NOT THE PURPOSE
Going on a cruise in 2 weeks… my wife “what are you going to pack”.
My wife packs for a month if we stay 3 days in a hotel…
Illustration: The Hotel Room
You treat a hotel room differently than your house.
You don’t remodel it.
You don’t get a bigger TV for it
You don’t hang family portraits.
You don’t panic if something breaks.
Why?
Because you know **you’re not staying long**.
Many of us are rearranging furniture in a world we were never meant to settle in.
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
I realized the past few weeks why I am so worn down… im not doing what I am supposed to do. I understand that I have a few things in my life that motivate me and give me energy.
I am solar powered
I need a good book
I need music to play or listen to
I need affection from my wife
AND… I need to be actively sharing the gospel.
The past few weeks I have not been
***WHICH MEANS I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE TEMPORAL!
Living Like Forever Is Real
THE RUBIKS CUBE HAS OVER 4 QUINTILLION CHOICES BEHIND SOLVING IT.
But it can be done in 3.08 seconds if you make the right choices.
Life is filled with choices… but its not the choice itself its the why behind it that matters.
Are your choices eternal?
Big Idea: Eternity is not just where we’re going—it’s how we’re meant to live.*
THOUGHT 1:
THE PROBLEM WITH MOST CHRISTIANS IS SIMPLY THIS:
SHORT-TERM THINKING
We live in a culture obsessed with *now*.
Same-day delivery. Instant downloads. Microwave patience.
We’re trained to ask:
* “How does this make me feel right now?”
* “What do I get immediately?”
* “What’s in it for me today?”
But the Bible keeps interrupting us with a different question:
The child who asks a 1000 questions: why why why why why….
The Bible asks the same question over and over.
- Is it eternal?
**“What lasts forever?”**
Paul says,
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Matthew 14:22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. 23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said.
So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
31 Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”
32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.
The power was in the word from God… not in Peter, or his hopes or aspirations, NOT EVEN HIS OWN PERSONAL BELIEF… it was in the word of God.
Peter understood authority and submission to it.
Peter is saying, if you command it, I will submit to your authority and follow your words.
**But Peter didn’t just walk out of the boat, he didn’t just take anyones word… he said “Jesus if it is you command me”.
Look, there are waves, wind, spray, its night time, maybe one lantern, shadows everywhere… who is this? A ghost? A shadow? A demon? A…a…a… is it Jesus.
Before you jump ship - make sure you are following Jesus - and following his command.
The Goal was Intimacy, not Magic Notice the full phrase: "Command me to come to You."
The original phrase in the greek is “if it is you Command me to come to you” - he did not ask to walk on the water, he did not say Jesus I want to walk on the water… he knew safety was with Jesus!
Peter didn't want to walk on water for the sake of a thrill; he wanted to walk on water because that was the only way to get closer to Jesus. The miracle was just the method of transport; Jesus was the destination.
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
A few times I will get an email about all the things I miss in a podcast over a topic or a portion of scripture… Look I only get 7 minutes before you lose your attention… so focus on the seven minutes… and don’t get distracted. It’s Gods word, focus on that and not on what is not being said…and that’s where we are going today!
Matthew 14:22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. 23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said.
So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
31 Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”
32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.
PETER DID NOT SAY “LORD LET ME WALK ON WATER” HE SAID COMMAND ME TO WALK ON WATER…. Touch the heavens, speak from the throne of God and make it happen by your words and your words alone.
Peter doesn’t know much… but at this point he does know one thing: If Jesus commands it- it will happen. If he speaks the word- it will fulfill its purpose. **THIS IS WHY HE NEEDED TO HEAR JESUS SPEAK THE WORD.
It is important to note that Matthew also includes several "summary verses" (e.g., Matthew 4:23, 14:14) stating that Jesus healed "many" or "all" who came to Him, implying the actual number of miracles was in the hundreds or thousands.However, the specific, detailed accounts recorded up to Matthew 14:28 are as follows:
- Cleansing a Leper (Matt. 8:1–4) Jesus commands be healed
- Healing the Centurion’s Servant (Matt. 8:5–13)
You don’t need to come just say the word
- Healing Peter’s Mother-in-Law (Matt. 8:14–15)
- Casting out demons with his command
- Calming the Storm at Sea (Matt. 8:23–27)
He commands it to be calm
- Casting Demons into a Herd of Pigs (The Gadarene Demoniacs) (Matt. 8:28–34)
He commands them into the pigs
- Healing a Paralytic (Matt. 9:1–8
Speaks take up your Matt and walk
- Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood (Matt. 9:20–22)
- Raising Jairus’ Daughter from the Dead (Matt. 9:18–26)
- 10.Healing Two Blind Men (Matt. 9:27–31)
- 11.Healing a Mute Demoniac (Matt. 9:32–34)
- 12.Healing the Man with a Withered Hand (Matt. 12:9–14) He tells him to hold out his hand
- 13.Healing a Blind and Mute Demoniac (Matt. 12:22)
- 14.Feeding the 5,000 (Matt. 14:13–21)
Jesus commands the disciples you feed them.
**THIS WAS THE SET UP FOR PETER!
He knew that all authority was subject to his voice, his words, his authority. Nature, Supernatural and Physical.
- 15.Jesus Walking on the Water (Matt. 14:25–27)
- 16. Peter walking on Water
Things we learn: Peter did not jump out of the boat on emotion… any emotion he felt would have been fear, uncertainty in the storm.
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Matthew 14:22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. 23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said.
So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
31 Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”
32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.
WHUH? 32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped.
WHAT IS THIS TELLING US?
NO TEST, NO TESTIMONY
NO MESS, NO MESSAGE
NO STORM, NO STORY
…SURE YOU ARE IN THE CALM OF THE BOAT WITH JESUS… BUT WOULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN BETTER IN THE STORM?
I had a man in my office a few years ago trying to push a multi level marketing program on me (no problem with those) but I asked him “what are the biggest tests and challenges you have had in life”.
He said I am very blessed I have had none…
IF THATS TRUE… WHAT A NON BLESSED LIFE, BORING LIFE!
GIVE ME THE STORY OF THE STORM!
World Series of Poker
Jack Straus one chip one chair.
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
OT Expectation
Psalm 36:7 (The Hebrew word for expectancy)
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
**Covenant Culture**
The phrase *“LOVING KINDNESS/steadfast love”* translates the Hebrew word **ḥesed**, which refers to **covenant loyalty**, not mere affection. In ancient Israel, ḥesed described God’s faithful commitment to His people despite their failures.
UNDER YOUR WINGS
* **Intimacy** – closeness, not distant protection
* **Nurture** – like a mother bird covering her young
* **Divine Presence** – God is actively involved, not passively watching
Protection
**Key connection:**
* Psalm 36 describes what God *is*
* Jesus reveals what God *does*
* Humanity’s problem is not access, but **unwillingness - LACK OF TRUST/ OR EXPECTANCY to come under His covering**
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
Expectations
Craig Randall drives a garbage truck in Peabody, Massachusetts. in a garbage container one day, he noticed a Wendy's soft drink cup bearing a contest sticker. Having won a chicken sandwich the week before, Randall checked it, hoping for some french fries or a soft drink.
Instead, he peeled a sticker worth $200,000 toward the construction of a new home, reports U.S. News and World Report (11/6/95).
What we get out of life depends a lot on what we look for. Are we more likely to see each experience as trash or a potential treasure?
Maybe you’ve played this game before… Look around and find everything green. Now close your eyes and tell me what is blue.
**What are you looking for?
Puppy watching is a life of expectation… is he going to chew my chair, poop on my chair, pee on my chair, jump from my chair… every move he makes is a move of expectation on my part.
Christmas is a time of EXPECTATION
Children expecting… waiting… knowing there will be presents under the tree.
I used to get up Christmas morning at 4am!
**have you lost that loving feeling… of expectation
FAITH, HOPE, EXPECTATION
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith… you have faith that in the future you will get married and have a family.
YOU GET MARRIED: You now hope to have a baby.
YOU GET PREGNANT: you are expecting.
There are signs/evidence you are pregnant.
**Living in a state of signs… building expectation.
Eager Anticipation of the Future
- Romans 8:19 (NIV):
"For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.” FULLY REDEEMED.
*(This highlights the intense, longing nature of the anticipation for the final redemption.)
Earnest expectation--A single word in the Greek, and a very striking one. It means, literally, a straining forward with outstretched head, just as we might imagine the crowds outside a race-course straining over the ropes to catch a sight of the runners; an eager, intent expectation. The same word is used once again in the New Testament (Philippians 1:20).
God expects us to expect!
Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Expectation creates participation…
Expectation creates participation in Gods plan
Jesus reveals a principle here: If we truly expect God to act for us, we must be willing to let Him act through us.
If I claim to trust God for provision, favor, and breakthrough, but refuse to be a vessel of those same things to others, then I am not operating in expectation—I am operating in self-interest.
If my faith stops at “God, do for me,” but never reaches “God, flow through me,” then I am not trusting God—I am trusting my own control. Real faith doesn’t just ask; it allows.
Option 4: Illustrative and Relational
The Golden Rule is not just about behavior—it’s about belief.
If I expect God to respond when I call, I must also be willing to respond when He calls on me.
Faith that only receives but never releases isn’t faith at all—it’s spiritual entitlement. But when I allow God to use me for others, I demonstrate that I truly trust Him to take care of me.
Expectation without participation in Gods plan is not faith.
**Remember whatever you look for you see, you find- and you can enter into - expectation is looking through Gods spirit.
VERSE 12 “For This Is the Law and the Prophets”
This is massive.
Jesus is saying:
- The entire Old Testament ethical vision
- Every command about justice, mercy, love, and holiness
…can be summed up in this one relational principle.
In other words:
If you get this right, you are living out the heart of God’s law.
This aligns with Jesus’ later words:
“Love the Lord your God… and love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matt. 22:37–40)
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
NOW LETS LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE TEXT IN LUKE 1
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. 30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.
36 And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.
38 Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her.
The Whole Christmas story is filled with fear… and Wonder… but fear none the less
Angel to Zach “Don’t be afraid”
Angel to Joseph “Don’t be afraid”
Angel to Mary “Don’t be afraid”
Angel to Shepherds “Don’t be afraid”
It seems to me that sometimes when God is at his finest work we might be a little afraid when we do not understand how or why!
A PLAN OF EPIC PROPORTIONS… and yet people are still afraid. Wether they know him or not, trust him or not - there was fear they had to overcome.
Zach did not believe
Mary did believe - but both came with fear
Both Zach and Mary had doubt… but Zach got zapped… why not Mary?
I have an idea… v. LK.1:38 Behold I am a servant of God…
Zachariah was a priest… head knowledge, but not much heart knowledge.
Mary not much head knowledge, but great heart knowledge.
*Mary did not ask in doubt, but rather with the intent of … ok, so go on, what further instruction do I need to know.
Zach said let me tell you why this won’t happen. Mary said… how will this happen?
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Catch this first: …The natural mind is speaking into the Supernatural… this never turns out good.
*Rather the natural mind needs to be in line with the supernatural.
The Mahotmetan writers suggest that Elizabeth was 89 years old… what does that say in the natural?
1 Cor. 2:13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…
What did Zechariah not believe? They would have a baby? It would be a great man of God? He would be filled with the Holy Spirit? In Elizabeths womb?…
He had prayed… maybe it was believable to have a son (or not) Maybe he just doubted the greatness of his son’s calling?
**Don’t miss the point - they prayed for a son… God is so good, he gives us more than we pray for?
Not just a son - but a son of history!
Eph. 3:20,21 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
We pray, we ask, we think…. And he still goes above what we even ask for!
He was struck mute… in the greek the word means deaf and mute.
**As a punishment? NOPE - as confirmation that this is real. And to protect him from speaking against God.
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
The Mahotmetan writers suggest that Elizabeth was 89 years old… what does that say in the natural?
Luke 1: 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
**Blameless but childless
Historically in these times it meant that Elizabeth was cursed, a sinner punished by God.
Only God knows your heart, your prayer your need
You can be blameless and wonder to God… what is happening.
You can be blameless and others won’t see it.
advanced in years. GK Pro-bay-ee-No elderly saints
8 So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
There are over 20,000 priests and Zachariah is old… probably has given up on many of his dreams…
Being able to go into the Holy of Holies
Having a Child
10 And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, (STARE AT HIM) standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
He’s praying but not for a child… that has long passed!
Luke 1:18 And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.
19 And the angel replied to him, I am Gabriel. I stand in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent to talk to you and to bring you this good news.
20 Now behold, you will be and will continue to be silent and not able to speak till the day when these things take place, because you have not believed what I told you; but my words are of a kind which will be fulfilled in the appointed and proper time.