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Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Wake the faith up
The Kimberly diamond mine was for decades the largest diamond mine in the world… it was named the big hole… so big you could see it from space… and it was dug out by human hands…. but the back story is quite crazy….
Kimberly diamond mine in Africa is the largest diamond field in the world. The man who at first owned the land had it as a farm. he sold his farm to go out and try to find diamonds... if he could find only one diamond he knew his family would be set due to how impoverished they were. For ten years he went out and looked everywhere... even in other countries and finally was so distraught after 10 years killed himself.
The man who he sold the farm to was out one day and saw an unusual rock in the stream on his property. He took it in to the hut and put it on a shelf. Later that week a missionary came by and started to talk to him and noticed the rock... it was a nice size. He asked the man where did you get this rock? The man said out back in my little stream. They went out back and looked in the stream and the missionary said "before I was a missionary I was a jeweler, and this rock contains the rarest of the rare diamonds. Worth millions... and your whole back yard is littered with them.
The other man wasted his life looking for what he had right there at his home. How many in todays world are looking for a bigger house, better spouse and bustier blouse... and you will look back and realize I had happiness at home if I was only willing to look hard enough and do the work.
2 Corinthians 9:8-15 NLT
And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.” For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Wake the faith up
1 Kings 18
The Nation of Israel is vacillating between serving God and serving the idols of the day, god has been patient… but even now the other nations are starting to look at Israel in wonder…
Famine
Elijah gets called out as the troublemaker
Choose
Called out those opposed to God
Sacrificed
Exhibited the power of God
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Wake the faith up
When the new wave of the baptism of the Holy Spirit hit America between 1900-1906 it brought in a wave of Supernatural healing, tongues, prophecy, faith etc… and due to that many churches started up and stamped one of those as their claim to fame and yes many grew to mega churches before we ever used that term. There were churches that set up shop as miracles church, some were prophecy churches, some were healing churches… all good…. but the problem they all died over time…
We see it today… many churches are built on the best worship, the coolest hippest services with multi media, some with young energetic Gen z preachers who have great taglines in their sermons… and again many of them will die over time…
Why? Well it is the same reason you may have your own faith dwindle and falter over time…
you ran after the attributes of God and not after God. There is nothing wrong with any of the things I have mentioned above wether its miracles, tongues, cool worship, techie services or hip pastors…. There is nothing wrong unless you seek the experience and the phenomena over God himself.
Make it a point to seek the gift giver over the gift…
Imagine if you will you had the choice to be given 50k or to become friends with the multi billionaire who was offering the 50K…. If you are smart you would take friendship over funds any day.
When you ask yourself “what do I need from God”… its always good to first ask… How much do I need God? and if you can honestly answer that you feel like you have a greater desire for the need than for God… you are in trouble.
This was one of the issues in King Saul life… he began to run after what God could provide and not after God. When Samuel came to him and said “what is this bleating I hear”… i.e. why did you keep the plunder and the animals…. and Saul gave his excuse but it was more about taking Gods victory and using it to gain the support and popularity of his soldiers… And Samuel says Obedience is better than sacrifice…. in todays world we would say Obedience to God… keeping him number one is way more important than seeking him so that you look good in the eyes of others.
Hey its friday… ask yourself, are you seeking needs more than needing God?
Garth Heckman David alliance…
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
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Wake the faith up
In the movie the Sixth Sense, a line from that move became famous in and of itself. It was in fact… you know it -say it with me “I see dead people”.
what if I told you I see dead people… no really, I am being 100% serious. Every day I see dead people.
A Parent tells you what you love hear
A Teacher tells you what you have to hear
A politician tells you what you want to hear.
A Leader tells you what you need to hear
A Christ follower Tells everyone what God wants them to hear in and through the power of Christ
When you talk to someone what is your motivation?
Look we all remember being younger and taking to that cute guy or girl… there was a hidden motivation. Talking nicely to the teacher hoping to influence our grade… talking sweetly to our Father hoping to get a nod that we can go to that party, use the car or go on that trip.
How about when you don’t know someone… and you choose to talk to them… what is your motivation?
I saw a TV show that played a practical joke on people coming out of a supermarket… a Mom would be carrying her baby in a baby seat and walking out to her car with a grocery cart, talking on the phone distracted. She would pretend to be frazzled and load up her groceries and get in her car leaving her child in the carrier on roof of her car… then she would start the car and start to pull out of the parking lot… people would run, yell, scream and literally jump in front of this car… They had to get this woman’s attention… they had to tell her something… what was the motivation?
To save a life.
They didn’t know her, they didn’t know the baby.
They didn’t care if it was a nice car or a piece of crap. They didn’t care if she was white, black, tan, blue or green. They didn’t care if she was trans, bi, try or tree… not sure what tree is- They didn’t care if she was the same religion or a cult or a an atheist…
They just wanted to save a life.
Look there are multiple motivations to share Christ…
We get a reward
We are obedient
We see others in heaven
We give them eternal life
But ultimately the person running to the car is thinking only one thing… Save a LIFE!
1 Cor. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Perishing.. GK those that are being destroyed. i.e. death is certain… you are dying, you will die.
hey are are all wondering what it takes to have the courage to tell people about Christ… There are people we see and wonder why they aren’t embarrassed to share Christ, why they would share to someone who is so obviously anti Jesus… Why? why share? What is the motivation… yeah I think we know. They see a person ready to die.
Listen to Pauls heart here in Romans 9:1-4
9 With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. 2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief 3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.
What a powerful voice Paul puts to the gospel. I gotta ask myself… am I willing to die so that others may know Jesus… that is my prayer. But it goes beyond just a martyr’s death… it means dying daily to my fears, wants, desires, excuses… it means being willing to see dead people - and knowing its my job to bring them back to life. thats my prayer for you today… and thats my prayer for me today.
Keep slaying giants.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wake the faith up
Cravings may be a sign that your are deficient in certain nutrients… The debate lingers on, but there is some evidence to seem very very possible. You may be low in iron and crave read meat or spinach… I don’t know that I would ever be so low on iron that I would crave cooked spinach… raw, all day, cooked… Id’ rather eat vomit.
But hunger pains and cravings tell us something… about us. what is the most hungry you have ever been or the most thirsty? I remember one time walking from my friends house to a 7-11 store in 102 degree heat… yea, not a good idea… I was so thirsty that I broke into a pole barn… no water, nothing but a small can of sprite with only about 2 swallows worth of sprite in it… I didn’t care it was warm, old, someone eless spit in it on it… I was soooo thirsty I did not care… what did that say about my level of thirst?
You know we are hungry and thirsty for spiritual things… but we may not fill it with the right things…
Let me read you a quote out of John G Lakes writings…
Matthew 5:6. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Mt. 5:6). Blessed is another word for happy.
Hunger and thirst is a good thing… if its for righteousness. Cravings are good if they are for good healthy foods. You are blessed if you are hungry for more of God. Hunger can push you farther than any other desire except air… that trumps food and water… but not by much.
Have you ever been so hungry for God that you break into a pole barn and read a bible that does not belong to you…ok, bad example. but how hungry for God are you?
I think sometimes we bypass Gods best by praying for his best without the hunger for it. What do i mean? We pray for more power, more financial blessing, more wisdom a better marriage etc… none of this is wrong but it doesn’t come out of a hunger for righteousness but rather a hunger for an easier life. But if you hunger for more of God, those things may or may not come… but it won’t matter, all that matter is that you have more of God.
Right now you are going through pains, troubles, problems, relationship issues… and you are not seeing these as hunger pains. God thank you for the problems…. Look no food is a problem… but the hunger pains drive you to get a job, make money buy food… Pain and problems are bad, but they drive you to seek God for of him… than it’s good.
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Wake the faith up
As Waren Weirsbe said “Satan is deceptive, he likes to use Gods vocabulary but not Gods dictionary”.
The book of Colossians is written to a new church/body of believers.
They are facing all kinds of consuming messages from their community and political and religious world… They really want to know Gods will in all matters…
In Col. 1:9-15 Paul is saying “GOD WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIS WILL, UNDERSTAND IT AND KNOW HOW TO EXECUTE IT = Thru the spiritual realm.
How to know Gods will?
Paul tells them to seek out conferences, visions, dreams, the next hot evangelist and the opinions of influencers on Social media, go to a lot of different churches - NOT!
There is Gods general will - seen clearly in scripture. We see what he desires for all of us. To serve, to make him known, to glorify him, to sacrifice for him…
But then there is His specific will for each of us - BTW his specific will never goes against his general will.
So how exactly does God want us to serve, sacrifice, glorify, love… in what job, in what gifting, in what area of church or relationship… and how do I do it, when, where… these are all the specifics of his personal will for us… but here is why many times we don’t see it… Paul shares a secret in Colossians 1:11 through endurance and patience.
*Pushing in and not giving up…
Rich Buhler (insert joke there) in his book new Choices new boundaries realized that everything that caused him to grow in his life was due to problems along with perseverance and pushing in. Every Good thing, everytime you find yourself right in the middle of Gods will… you will realize it did not happen by accident - it happened because you faced some unknown, some problems and you persevered and pushed into them and through that God brought you into the center of his will.
The life of Joseph right? Problem after problem after problem… and he was not even the cause of them… but he pushed in, persevered and knew that What others meant for harm God meant for placing him in the center of his perfect will.
Today, push in, persevere and thank God you are entering into is perfect will.
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Wake the faith up
https://www.watermark.org/blog/5-characteristics-godly-dad
My grandson just came back from his first ever kids bible camp… When arriving home on the bus with a smile on his face he announced to his dad, I heard God speak to me…
he hears my prayers and he is proud of me.
Five things a father does for his kids…
#1 A Godly Father protects…
#2 A godly father whoops his kids…
#3 A Godly father provides…
#4 A Godly Father loves
#5 A Godly Father prays
What is one thing you catch yourself doing that you now look back on and do… and think, wow I am just like me dad…
Didn’t really care what he was wearing when mowing the lawn, working out, wore the cheap K mart sneakers…
A Godly father doesn’t just pray, but he reads his bible, he quotes his bible, he prays with his family with his wife. He prays with his kids individually.
Now I am going to say something that some people disagree with… some would say don’t just pray and read your bible so you kids can see you… Now I get the sentiment… but I also think you should read and pray so your kids do see you.
Look, if its just for show and it does not influence your behavior… your kids will know you are a phony… but if you truly do read, pray and obey - then be all means do it in such a way that your kids will catch you doing it.
I grew up hearing my dad praying and speaking in tongues in the basement… it was such a feeling of security to know my Dad prayed, he worshiped and he lived it. I am glad I have those memories now of him living it out. And I do he same. I have my first quiet time in the mornings at 4:30 am… many mornings my grandkids will come down close to the end of my time… they will catch me reading, praying, listening to worship music… they will also catch me setting up my table at night for my quiet time. I usually put out my journal, my bible, my book, my speaker and my coffee cup so that I can just wake up walk into the kitchen and roll.
It is just so they can see me doing it OR is it really a time of connection for me with Jesus… the answer is yes.
So you might ask if i pray and if read my bible what would be the best version… or translation.
Well my Dad put out his own translation… it was awesome. it was called the Warren Heckman Translation of the Bible… it came with legs, arms, a mouth, eyes…. yep it was my Dad. His example of his walk with God was the best translation ever. So I stress again let your kids see you reading praying and obeying… but mostly let them see it transform your life.
To be fair there were many times I would come home and see my mom on the front porch steps reading her bible. And because of that when she would say I don’t think this is right or that is right… and later on I would see that she was spot on…. many times saving my life and even saving me heartache and money… I knew by that example I wanted to learn how to read and pray and obey and hear Gods voice.
So what should a father do? Let me state it this way… he should do whatever it takes to raise Godly kids starting with his own quiet time, his own example.
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Wake the faith up
https://www.watermark.org/blog/5-characteristics-godly-dad
Five things a father does for his kids…
#1 A Godly Father protects…
#2 A godly father whoops his kids…
#3 A Godly father provides…
#4 A Godly Father loves
If you don’t actively love your children—or don’t make it clear that you love them—then they won’t want to listen when you try to teach them. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1)
I believe 99% of most fathers are trying to some degree… they want to be a good Dad, they want to provide for their kids, they want to be kind, gentle, patient…They want to appear smart in front of their kids… and all of this you have little to no control over…. but what you do have??? What you do have trumps all of that…
Imagine your kids 15-20 years from now talking about you as a father to their friends or co-workers… and it goes like this… Yea, my Dad was a simple man, we didn’t grow up with a lot… he didn’t have a very good job and it was about all he could get with his limited education. He wasn’t known for anything exceptional… he was average. But one thing he did do for me… He made sure I knew how much he loved me. Hugs, verbal affection, sacrifice… there was never a night he was home that he didn’t tell me he loved me and gave me a hug before bed.
I call that a winner. I call that a great and Godly Dad.
Did you know that a father who is not there is creating a vacuum for his daughter, and a Hole for his son. If you don’t love your kids how will they know how to love their kids… seems pretty simple yet many of us miss it.
I was walking out of a church on a Sunday… a little boy heard the pastor told the men of the church to tell their families they loved them….
Yea and so does a pimp… but we both know he doesn’t love them. Your kids only know if you tell them.
Three ways you must love your kids
Time - Time is the foundation for great communication, for connection and trust.
I always tell parents that great communication is like catching a shooting star in the sky flying by. You don’t just schedule 20 minutes tonight between 11:20 and 11:40 NO NO NO if you want to catch a shooting star racing across the sky with it’s tail on fire.. you gotta just plan on sitting out there every night for hours… you never know when it will happen, but it takes time! It takes time to build great and loving communication with your kids - and your wife BTW. But time screams at the top of its lungs… I LOVE YOU.
2ndly you must tell them Verbally and in written form. I still have cards from my father and mother from being in high school with the words they wrote to me about their love for me. I have heard stories of men who still have that one card where there dad said I love you… it gives a physical manifestation of what boys hearts want to hear.
Physical love and affection… I could go on and on about how important this is to a child… for instance a father who lives in the same house as his daughter and gives physical affection delays her puberty up to 18 months… that is 1 and a half years extra to help her grow mentally, emotionally and spiritually before her body is expected to act like a woman… along with the expectations of the world.
If you physically touch your kids and tell them you love them you create bursts of new brain cells, dendrites, synapses….
it builds their immune system, it creates an impenetrable self esteem and confidence…
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Wake the faith up
https://www.watermark.org/blog/5-characteristics-godly-dad
Five things a father does for his kids…
#1 A Godly Father protects…
#2 A godly father whoops his kids…
#3 A Godly father provides… he pays the bills - its all about the benjamins and the roberts and the Lauras and the shelleys, madisons, in my house the Reeses and the Ryans and the grandkids…
1 Tim. 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Provide… not just pay the bills and work hard, but think ahead of what is coming, to prepare and be ready.
Now let me state the following up front. Our kids today are spoiled rotten. pihones, iPads, ipods, i wants and i needs… sports equipment, travel, clothes, hobbies, movies, cable, internet, apps agendas and so much more… and lets not forget food, eating out, uber, School supplies… it is never ending, but our kids live in abundance… I do not care who you are - if they are living in the ghetto they still have more than most kids around the world.
So when it says you must provide I am talking about working in such a way that you are paying their basics… food, clothes, healthcare needs and maybe just a few extras… if you can do more than that - great… and maybe not great.
Because you also need to provide for them the opportunity for them to work if they want something. Provide for them an allowance to fill full tasks around the house and get paid for it. Provide for them responsibilities that give them ownership.
So yes, provide for their basic staples, provide for some basic wants… BUT ALSO provide for them ways to start to learn how to work.
NEXT provide for them examples of you working and sacrificing and trying to better yourself.
Do you provide an example of reading, bettering yourself, working a second job,
Do you provide an example of a husband that takes care of his wife.
Do you provide an example of how to save and how to spend.
A few years ago my wife texted me and said we are out of money, She reminded me we don’t get paid for a few more days and my son needed some money in an emergency. We were texting… I said go upstairs to my room, get this bible off the shelf and look inside and take what you need. She texted back a few minutes later… where did you get all this money?? I thought we were broke? I said we are broke… but that is my emergency money for times like this. She texted me back about an hour later… thank you for being so wise to save money for times like this, I won’t ever take any without asking and your son was amazed we had it to give… you are a good dad and a good provider.
NOW THE FACT IS AT THAT TIME I WAS WORKING 3 JOBS… THIS WAS JUST 4 YEARS AGO… I DID NOT FEEL LIKE A GOOD DAD OR A GOOD PROVIDER…
Why? only because I was looking at the worlds example of what a wealthy father could afford his kids… and not what God calls us to do.
Yes there are many lazy deadbeat, lousy Dads out there… but there are also many that are beating themselves up because they don’t have an extra $1200 for their son to sign up for hockey… I get it.
That is why you are called to provide more than just money… provide care, love, opportunities and more as God directs you.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wake the faith up
https://www.watermark.org/blog/5-characteristics-godly-dad
Five things a father does for his kids…
Today is Number 2… A good father whoops his kids… well ok, he disciplines his kids.
Discipline comes in many forms… today we will highlight my favorite… physical discipline… such as spanking.
“Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him” (Proverbs 13:24).
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11).
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. (Proverbs 23:13-14)
- 1 Have expectations and discipline in place before your kids break those rules.
*You didn’t make your bed… spanking… no, have realistic and well known expectations.
Would I spank my child for not making the bed… no, but if they did not make their bed out of rebellion I might just in fact spank my child.
- 2 Explain why you discipline
Always follow up with physical affection and verbal affection and love.
- 3 Do not discipline in anger
Ephesians 4:26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- 4 Finish with a vision of who your son will be… in doing so you are letting them know you are disappointed in what they did, but you are not disappointed in them - AND you still believe in them and their future
Eph. 6:4 Fathers do not exasperate your kids…
Par-or-gizo GK anger, yes… but it also means give up, you wore them out…
I have met kids that are now adults and they basically said I was disciplined in such a way that I began to believe I would never live up to my Dads standards or Gods… so I just gave up trying.
Why try… Im will never make Dad or God happy, so give up and just make myself happy… and in doing so they give up on Gods vision for their life.