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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
The David Alliance
Qualities of a great leader
- Tactically Aggressive (loves a good fight)
- Strength of Character
- Steadiness of purpose
- Acceptance of Responsibility
- Energy
- Good health and strength
George Patton cadet, April 29th, 1909
Qualities of a great leader
- Tactically Aggressive (loves a good fight)
Ephesians 6 having done everything to fight, stand and then keep standing. Gird up, strap up, load up, step up and step out. Be aggressive and loving.
In the gym last week. a young kid wanting to talk to me AGAIN… but I challenged him do you know where you are going when you die? He kept changing the topic, I kept challenging him to answer the question.
- Strength of Character
1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander
- Steadiness of purpose
Matthew 28:19 Go and Make Disciples
Go - aorist - continually
Make - aorist - continually
We are to continually make disciples in all we do, wherever we go, whomever we talk to AT ALL TIMES NO MATTER WHAT.
*you know your purpose - now go do it!
- Acceptance of Responsibility
God expects us to take responsibility for our actions—
Don’t shirk, don’t blame, don’t whine, don’t complain, don’t point fingers, don’t bring excuses
take responsibility for your life.
He aids those who do (Proverbs 28:13).
AND Every human being will have to give an account for his or her life and actions AND GUESS WHAT… excuses won’t cut it. (Galatians 6:4-5; Hebrews 4:13).
- Energy
Now I am not sure exactly what Patton meant by this… but for me knowing and watching the men who make the biggest difference in the world for Jesus they have an energy beyond just physical. They have a calling that they understand, a purpose that drives them in the morning when they get up.
My energy comes from my purpose and my calling.
My purpose is to Seek first the Kingdom of God and all his righteousness
My calling is to reach as many people for Christ as possible… guess what - these are your purpose and calling as well.
Now my mission is built around my place as a pastor, my time at the gym - in and around my network…
And finally to do this as an example to my family.
- Good health and strength
1 Cor. 3:17,17 our Bodies are temples
What do you put in Gods temple?
pictures, music, food, hobbies,
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
The David Alliance
Do you find yourself getting cranky more and more… I think of the movie the run down with The Rock, in the beginning in the bar scene he takes out all the football players and the skinny QB says
What’s with all the hostility… you should have taken option A.
Can get moody in their old age… you know the old Get outta my yard old man…
Do you find yourself getting cranky as you get older… I sometimes do.
Abraham Morgentaler, MD, founder and director of Men’s Health Boston medical clinic, says he often sees other side effects in his patients. “Men with low testosterone find that their emotional reserves are lower,” he says. “They have a shorter fuse. In popular culture, people link male anger with high testosterone, but as a rule we see it more in men with low testosterone -- most commonly when levels are dropping. That’s when men get cranky.”
Now why does mens T get lower? Is it just simply age related… to some degree yes, but thats not the whole picture. You have obesity, a beer gut, poor nutrition, poor sleep, high cholesterol, lack of exercise, a stagnant lifestyle… but note:::: These are all under your control outside of you getting older.
But the question is this… can you choose to affect your own mood good or bad?
Londons global university
1. Wake up earlier
Set your alarm to go off 15 minutes before you normally get up. This extra time will enable you to have a more organised and productive day.
2. Make a friend smile
Making a friend smile is a great way to improve your day. Why not send them a funny video online or send them a text to see how they are doing.
3. Have a quick tidy up
Clear space, clear mind! Make some time, even if it’s only for 5 minutes each day to tidy your environment - your mind will thank you.
4. Write a diary entry
Writing can help you to process your own emotions and feelings. Set a time each day to write these down, and you’ll instantly feel better.
5. Smile at the first stranger you see
Never underestimate the power of a smile! It costs you nothing, but can make someone’s day and will also leave you feeling warm inside.
6. Take a walk
If you are feeling stressed or worried, taking a short walk outside will raise your mood and can also calm you down.
7. Look through old photographs
Looking at old photographs is the ultimate lockdown mood-booster! They will bring back memories and make you feel nostalgic.
8. Put some laundry on
Laundry can be very easy to put off, but the feeling of doing some is much better for your mind than the negative feeling of putting it off.
9. Listen to music
It is well known that music can boost happiness and reduce anxiety. Put on your favourite album and you will notice yourself humming, smiling and dancing in no time!
10. Light a candle
The smell and flicker of the flame on a burning a candle can help with relaxation. Scented candles that use quality essential oils can also induce quality sleep.
11. Eat at least one healthy meal
Unhealthy snacks can be tempting, but your body and mind will thank you for eating at least one healthy meal with fruit and vegetables each day.
12. Do something nice for someone else
Whether it’s walking someone’s dog or giving someone a book you no longer need, small acts of kindness can go a long way and will help you to feel more positive.
13. Do the washing up before you go to bed
Cleaning the dishes after you’ve eaten or before bed is often the last thing you’ll feel like doing, but get into this routine and the next morning will be much more pleasant!
14. Put on an outfit you love
Even when you’re at home all day, putting on some clothes you love will instantly lift your mood and will make you feel ready for the day ahead.
15. Make sure you get enough sleep
Most of us need about 8 hours of sleep a night to repair and renew our bodies, so make sure you get this if you want to wake up feeling refreshed and energised!
These are all good, but what does scripture say… and again these are some practical and good ideas…
- Repent: What, wait… why? What did I do to repent of? You are living according to your moods and not the word of God. So repent and ask God to forgive you for living by the flesh.
Remember we are not physical bodies with a spirit, but rather we are a spirit living in physical bodies. You must live by the spirit.
Take control
Did you know that in Christ, you can take control of the emotions that used to control you? The Bible commands us,
"Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:13)
DON’T WAIT FOR YOUR EMOTIONS TO CHANGE TO CHANGE YOUR EMOTIONS… sounds crazy right, but we live that way. The truth is you YES YOU get to choose your mood and your mindset.
Finally don’t live by your emotions, live by the spirit of God.
"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish." (Galatians 5:16-17)
it can’t get any more clear… Scripture says don’t live by your feelings… why do we hate this? because it tells us that we… yes WE have a choice to live above our feelings and live according to the spirit. That is hard only because we have for so long lived by our emotions and feelings.
What’s the point? Back to simply this… you only have yourself to blame - God gave you his spirit and the direction to take - NOW its your move!
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
The David Alliance
Some people read Gods word and it has some impact..
There are others who read Gods word and along with it a rehma word comes along with it and that person gets a greater move of God in their life in that area. They hear the voice behind the word of God. Faith comes by hearing.. that word there is the rehma, the spoken word of God… we should all push into be able to hear more of God speaking to us.
But in the same way there is a voice behind most things… The bible says you cannot serve God and Mammon at the same time Matthew 6:24
Mammon is money… but back then it was also a demonic demi god. Interesting because Jesus said there is a voice behind the voice… there is a voice behind the mammon, behind the money.
Look there is a voice behind the circumstances, behind the problem, there is a voice behind the events in our life… and many times we do not recognize the voices…
many times it our own head and fears
many times it is demonic
Satan loves to intimidate… why? because he knows he is not stronger or more powerful than the power that is in us… so he has to intimidate us to disbelieve the power in us, the authority in us, the potential in us. And if we believe the voice he wins without ever lifting a finger because we back off, give up, live in doubt, lack taking action…
Think of all the ways the enemy has intimidated us in the past few years.
Masks, shots, more shots… more and more shots, social distancing, AI, Global warming, earthquakes, food shortages… the US fracturing over ideals and groups, Digital currency, Wars, more wars, Israel and Hamas Iran Russia, the mark of the beast, RED STATES, Blues states, Trump, inflation is skyrocketing, trangendersim and LGBQT++… and it never ends!
When we look in scripture at when God moved we see many things that were intimidating at that time.
The storm was intimidating
The Red Sea and the Egyptian army breathing down your neck was intimidating
The lion the bear were intimidating
The demoniac running at Jesus was intimidating
Goliath was intimidating
Thousands of hungry people with only a few chicken nuggets is intimidating
Imprisoned and chained is intimidating…
What is intimidating you… or trying to?
your empty bank account
your relationship with your kids
Your runaway son
Your daughter who is sleeping around
your father who has cancer
your job, your health, your lack of power, your self esteem, your broken down car, your empty shelves, your stove that does not work… your marriage, your wife who is controlling and cold, your husband who is careless and cruel.
Now that you know what is intimidating you… ask this question…. what is the voice behind the intimidation.
Now just simply ask God to speak louder than the other voices. Ask God to stir you to take action… steps of faith in the direction of the intimidation so that it will break and your answer will flood in.
People don’t like you when you are not intimidated… the enemy stirs them up.. because he won’t intimidate us, but others might… I could care less what satan thinks…but I might care what my boss thinks, or my wife, or my family or my neighbors… Satan is a sneaky piece of poop~
What is the voice behind the voice?
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
The David Alliance
What is the code you live by?
- 1 No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it. go with another person to confront them.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
do not covet another mans wife.
3. Never be seen with cops. fake Xns
4. Don’t go to pubs and clubs. you are a sitting duck looking for trouble
5. Always be available for Cosa Nostra is a duty – even if your wife is about to give birth.
You are always serving God no matter where, when or with whom
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
Keep your word when you commit to being a Christ follower
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
She is to be served like Christ served the church
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
Your word is your bond to man or God
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
Remember where you came from and respect the legacy of others.
10. People who can’t be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn’t hold to moral values.
You can’t be a follower of Christ if you lack the resume of a believer. It must show up in all you do and all you are!
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
The David Alliance
You can change a lot of things about yourself. Weight loss, education, speed, hair color, your job, your pay and even your strength level… but there is one thing a woman and a man can’t do…
A woman can’t become a man and a man can’t become a woman…
*Hey here is a thought… you can’t change your sex. You cut things off, you can sew things on, you can pump your body full of hormones, drugs and you can dress any way you want… but it will not change your sex.
My grandpa used to say “you can paint a pig purple, but that don’t make him a grape”. I would add… go ahead and paint it purple, call it a grape and squeeze that grape and feel free to drink whatever “juice” you get out of that grape… but you will find out quickly… its a pig.
In short, the Bible teaches that God made us male or female, and no matter our own feelings or confusion, we should act in accordance with the biological reality of God’s good and PERFECT design. Transgenderism falls short of the glory of God and is not the way to walk in obedience to Christ.
There are three Scriptural foundational principles that lead one without excuse to this conclusion.
1. Only 2 genders… or Gender Binary - binary means 2.. only two.
The Bible knows no other, creates no other, makes room for no other gender categories besides male and female.
Scripture has many beautiful pictures of how these two genders express themselves… and even has some strong opinions on when they are expressed wrong… there are still only 2 genders. Scripture is clear, you are either Male or Female
2. Gender Identity
Many want to believe that transgender Christians can embrace God’s design for men and women, but they also believe that who God created them to be does not correspond with the sex assigned to them at birth.” I don’t doubt that there are persons like this out there (and in our churches). While some people embracing a transgender identity may do so on a lark, many strongly feel that only by living as the opposite sex can they full embrace their true self.
The question is not whether such persons and feelings exist. The question is whether the is of our emotional or mental state equals the ought of God’s design. Most Christians reject this thinking in a host of other areas, from eating disorders to unbiblical divorces. We understand that following Christ means dying to ourselves (Matt. 16:24),
3. Gender Confusion
The third building block follows naturally from the other two. If the binary of male and female is God’s idea, and if we are meant to embrace, by divine design, our biological and creational difference as men and women, then it stands to reason that the confusion of these realities would be displeasing to God. And so we see clearly in the Bible that men should not act sexually as women (Lev. 18:22; Rom. 1:18-32; 1 Cor. 6:9-10), that men should not dress like women (Deut. 22:5), and that when men and women embrace obviously other-gendered expressions of identity it is a disgrace (1 Cor. 11:14-15). We do not have an inalienable right to do whatever we want with our physical selves. We belong to God and should glorify him with our bodies (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
The David Alliance
Satan wants you to celebrate what is unnatural - because he knows it will eventually destroy you.
Innocence, purity, sinless is Godly… it is in our DNA, we want it, but the demonic wants to corrupt it.
Innocence is natural and Godly and desired by a husband to be.
There are twins… who you going to marry? The one with the history or the one with no history…
Jude 4 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
LEWDNESS - "unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence"
The God/demon of Ishtar/Ashtola the wife of Baal. She is also called the transformer… it says she grinds away the masculinity of men. She says she has the power to turn men into women and women into men. and de-womanize women… take away motherhood, femininity,
1 Cor. 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
Jews - a humble servant Messiah who would come and be crucified… NOT OUR KING
Foolishness - Greeks/Romans lived according to their pagan guttural desires. Gluttony, sexual appetite of sex with anyone, all, anywhere, any time, for any reason… their temples had 9K prostitutes they called priests…
Jesus says to be my disciple you will kill your fleshly desires, sex will be only for a man and a woman and its in marriage…
What if your son came home and said “hey mom and Dad I became a Clepolistic Lavenger what is that? Its a new religion… all I have to do is tear my tongue out with a pliers, and walk backwards on my knees for the rest of my life… You would think he was deceived, a fool, absurd.
Marriage/sex by Jesus just a man and woman in marriage… iron clad.
Matthew 19:4, 5 Jesus said Sex is between a man and a woman in marriage. Just before that he says God created just a man and just a woman.
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
From the Humans right Campaign
Conclusion
All things considered, it is important to remember that throughout church history, new information about people and the world have frequently led Christians to reconsider their beliefs. This need not be a reason to distrust Scripture, but rather should serve as an invitation to wrestle with the contexts of the biblical writers and our own lived experiences. As it stands today, there are millions of faithful Christians around the world who have come to recognize the work of God in and through the relationships of LGBTQ+ people As New Testament Scholar Daniel Kirk has pointed out, Christians today would do well by the tradition of the apostles and our current witness in the world to recognize that theological abstractions aside, God has already clearly embraced LGBTQ+ people into full communion, and it is now the church’s responsibility to simply honor that reality and rejoice (Luke 15).
Parable of the lost sheep, coin, Lost son
BUT THEY LEAVE OUT THE PART OF THE CHAPTER THAT TALKS ABOUT REPENTANCE!!!!
**The person who feels fat… binge and purge, weighs only 80 pounds… but she feels fat. Those that love her would tell her the hard truth… you are killing yourself, you are not happy… quit going by your feelings.
BUT PASTOR THERE IS NO VERSE THAT TALKS ABOUT BULIMIA AND OR ANOREXIA?
- That would be there type of excuse or reasoning!
Genesis 19 Lot and Sodom and Gomorra
Two angels visit Lot to save his family.
The men of the city find out there are two new fresh men and they storm Lots house demanding to have them for their own sexual practices.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”
Old and Young - Lads - young boys!
Sodom and Gomorra destroyed like so many other cities and cultures that were destroyed
Gen. 19:4 They had groomed their boys to want sex with other men.
God out of his mercy saves Lot, but not his wife who was hot… his daughters were marrying idiots- they did not flee.
The daughters get Daddy drunk to have sex with him…
WHAT DO WE LEARN… you can be a Christian in an anti Christ culture, but it will still change your children!
*Im not celebrating Halloween… its about the culture I want in my home.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
The David Alliance
Gen. 1 God created man and woman
Act like a man - My Gkids punching the boy in the mouth… ice cream
My Dad taking me in the car to fight the kid who tore my kite.
How did we get here?
Men were not held accountable.. divorce
Sexual revolution - evil’lution
take prayer and the 10 commandments out of schools
Teach evolution over creation
Now secular reports conclude:
According to Dr. André Van Mol—the co-chair of the American College of Pediatricians’ Committee on Adolescent Sexuality and a contributor to Public Discourse on transgender issues—in the overwhelming majority of cases, the desire to switch one’s gender identity is closely connected to adverse experiences in childhood. More broadly, studies have reported a high frequency of childhood emotional and physical neglect and abuse among transgender-identifying individuals.
NOW - tie this into a sexually deviant world that promotes sex at every turn. The National Human Trafficking hotline has identified since 2007 almost 400,000 cases of human trafficking in the US alone… that we know of!
The US Government report states that at anytime in the world there are more than 27 million victims engrossed in human trafficking.
EVery generation is becoming more LGBTQ++
Millenials ages 27-42 = 10% identified
GEN Z ages 11-26 18% identified
Just recently 40% of students are LGBQT at brown university
This is just simply a slow growing apostasy of the scriptures… The research shows that kids are being groomed.
Transgender is not a psychological problem… it is a sin problem. And I feel incredibly sorry for those who have been sold this lie!
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
The David Alliance
It would be hard for you to impress me… whoa whoa whoa… hold on - not for any reason you may think… in fact thats the point… if you want to impress me, its probably by something most of the world over looks.
If you have been following the podcast for any period of time, or even maybe from the beginning you realize that this podcast was based on research I did over the course of a few months and the three things I found out about men..
- Men are incredibly lonely
- Men only change when there is trauma
- Masculinity is in short supply due to the lack of fathers in the last 60 years.
It is the perfect recipe for disaster… men don’t have fathers to turn to… they have not been taught how to have deep meaningful relationships with other men BECAUSE they have not had a Dad -role model this for them, they have become emasculated by the media and overbearing women AND…. they can’t change without major catastrophic trauma… and even then they most of the times choose not to change. Again this is why I have said to men for years… you choose your trauma while you can, or it will choose you.
It seems almost too late to do anything about it… but again there is God!
David Shepherd boy, warrior, King… was a forgotten son. He was the youngest of seven brothers… his father was not a good father… and in fact when studying the story you might say Davids father was almost completely absent from his life. He had no close relationships growing up as evident by his brothers response when he came to battle.. so what did David do in order to become an amazing Manly man… yes a poor husband… but still a man used by God. Well David had time on his hands watching those sheep. What did he do in that time alone? Here is the stripped down bare bones outline slash work out for being a man.
He journaled, he prayed, he worshiped and he challenged himself by taking on bears and lions and he took on his meaningless job with purpose and focus as if serving God himself.
I will state this again… he journaled, he prayed, he worshiped, he challenged himself (Bears and Lions is definitely choosing your own trauma) and he worked a meaningless job as if God depended on it. And he became a man… what would have happened if he had not done that and stood in front of Goliath… Im not sure, but I think it would have been ugly.
No great plan, no great science behind it… just daily disciplines and all for a God he knew. Consistency was the factor that made it happen, it was what God noticed you might say… so you sit here and you listen to the podcast and you think Im not going anywhere special, and Im not anyone special, I have no great annointing, I am not the first name that someone would mention is a Mans man or a man of God… - but what you may have, what I hope you have is consistency… consistency in what matters. Reading, praying, obeying and choosing your own trauma…
1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
God is telling Samuel “hey you see all the dudes on instagram, tik tok, facebook, twitter and the like… the ones with the sweet ride, stacks of cash, 6 pack abs, hot flashy women, guitar wizards, rock stars, or even those with the big flashy ministry and churches, seemingly great marriage… God says I don’t look at that. I look at the heart… is the heart consistently going after me. God is saying I am more impressed by the guy who seeks me, loves me and consistently chooses my way over any other guy out there that might grab the worlds attention.
What impresses you? I bet it doesn’t impress God… and maybe what impresses God doesn’t impress you.