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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master
By Tom Chiarella
What skills should a man of God master?
First what is a man of God?
Man of God is a biblical title of respect applied to prophets and beloved religious leaders. The term appears 78 times in 72 verses of the Bible, in application to up to 13 individuals:
1 Kings 18: 20-21
It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud; for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
PS. 115:4Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
5They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
6They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
7They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
8Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.
Jeremiah 10:2 5“Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”
Acts 17:22 You worship an unknown God, you worship in ignorance.
Matthew 7 Ridicule and Mock
3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? 5You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.…
Let me be completely blunt. In todays world we think that to be a man of God we have to know our bible inside and out, have supernatural powers flow from us, lead a ministry, be able to defend our faith, preach, teach, evangelize etc…. Bottom line- the world is so crapped out and pathetic that all you need to do to stand out like a man of God is be able to call out sin! Do it in humor, do it in love but just do it!
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master
By Tom Chiarella
What skills should a man of God master?
First what is a man of God?
Man of God is a biblical title of respect applied to prophets and beloved religious leaders. The term appears 78 times in 72 verses of the Bible, in application to up to 13 individuals:
But today the word Man or masculinity is as abrasive to some as the word God. Put them together and you could get fireworks. And what blows my mind even more are many of the well intentioned stupid Christians who think Masculinity is not Godly.
For example, Masculinity receives labels such as "toxic," and the idea of the patriarchy is condemned. Contrary to these mainstream beliefs in the world, the Bible does speak of men highly. All of Jesus' apostles were men, the Bible was written primarily by men, and according to Scripture, men are to be the head of the household, they are to lead, sacrifice and even be the ones willing to give up their lives for their families.
What’s a man?
"After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him, 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my will.'" (Acts 13:22)
Be like Jesus…
ok, yea but Jesus was peaceful, loving, merciful and gracious - he was, and we should practice the same. But Jesus also rebuked the Pharisees using harsh language, He made fun of them, He said if someone harms a child they should be drown at sea… and lets not forget Jesus is coming back to establish his rule and reign… and it won’t be through voting, or peaceful manners… he will come back to crush and annihilate his enemies. There are dozens of men in the bible mentioned for their exploits in battle… Godly men.
Do we need a balance? For sure - but in todays world we have swung so far over we have put Jesus in a pair of plaid pants, a lemon yellow sweater vest and penny loafers….
- Defend your character in serenity.
Approach another man and be able to confidently and calmly disagree after being attacked verbally by the other men.
*Perg - You can’t call me lazy.
- Mock sin (not the sinner, but boldly mock sin)
Porn… are you kidding me, you can’t get a woman to marry you and learn to please her? (well I like variety… no you like not having to be responsible proving your character to the same woman… you keep moving around so you don’t have to change…. so I guess you are irresponsible and can’t please a true woman. Dude you seriously need to understand what a poser you are) Porn is like a badge one wears stating I have to watch it because I don’t have a happy wife at home to do it with.
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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desire
deny
daily
Death
Devoted to it
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(V. 26 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?)
Destiny
**WHAT IS YOUR ETERNITY WORTH?
(Hebrews 1
1:14 This world is not my home)
Larry Norman “just visiting this planet”
V. 26 For what will a man be profited (what will be his destiny) if he gain the whole world but forfeit his soul-life. Or, what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul-life?
Your life at best is 90 years old… and most likely Jesus is coming back in the next couple years anyway…but regardless…. 90 years compared to eternity.
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(V. 26 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? = WHAT IS THE PROOF?)
Demonstration - Proving by showing evidence
If you were convicted of being a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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(V. 27 and then He will reward each according to his works. )
Dividends - share in an amount to be divided
*Well you earned it
*Well you deserve it
****INTERESTING - this means for the good we do as believers
AND FOR THE BAD AND NON BELIEF OF THOSE WHO CHOSE NOT TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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Whine… Well they got all their money selling baggie snatchers. They had a rich dad, I don’t have enough time, talent, brains, friends, Im tired, I don’t like my looks, I don’t like my job…. My life sucks, My hair is falling out, I will never afford a house, a horse a mouse….
its just the life I live….
Matthew 16:24-27
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
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(v.24 pick up your cross)
Death =
(take up your cross)
The cross is something you choose for Christ. It is not a hard season in life. You are choosing to deny yourself and do what God wants you to do. It is a price you choose to pay.
You take up your cross to do what Jesus did… love others, serve others tell others about Him!
The cross was horrible… but it also was understood that this person deserved that…. they chose by committing the crime - they were choosing the CROSS!
I RIGHTFULLY AND JOYFULLY PICK UP MY CROSS… It is what I deserve in following Jesus.
It is a pleasure to suffer for Jesus!
Ps. 96:2 Sing to the Lord; praise his name.
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
3 Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
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(v.24 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me- Devotion
Devotion (follow me)
You are choosing Jesus as your identity. AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT!
TWEET THIS
*Your devotion will become your identity!
You understand someones identity by their dress, words, actions, goals…
My identity is denying myself and choosing to suffer to make known the love of God.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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Matthew 16:24-27
Yesterday we talked about you gotta desire it… meaning you gotta seize it and take it. There are no feelings involved.
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(V 24 let him deny himself,)
Deny = GK (absolute surrender)
Its not living as a hermit, but rather choosing not to focus on yourself but rather focusing on what God wants. Its no longer about you… it is not about me anymore!
Freedom comes from not being self absorbed.
but understand denying yourself is for this purpose
When you focus on serving LOVEing REACHING others… you are truly focusing on freedom.
It is a mind shift,
heart shift
and spirit shift.
*Kyla had a hard life… she struggled as a single mother, young kids, financial limitations, No father around, little education, she was overweight, ridiculed as a young woman growing up- she longed for a different life…
Niles had a great life, money, thriving business, marriage, adoring kids, popularity, the esteem of people around him, the cabin, the boat, the vacations people dreamed about… - but he also longed for a different life…
Neither cared if they lived or died… And then both had the same experience that changed their lives.
Fires in their homes… at first overcome by smoke they were ok with just dying. But then they realized they had those they loved that needed to be saved. They coughed, crawled, eyes stinging, flesh burning… knew that had to do whatever it took to get their families out safe…
Instantly in less than a second the the thought of just giving up and dying turned into a tsunami of incredible will and power to LIVE and LIVE for OTHERS.
The secret sauce to Living for God is denying yourself in order to live and love others!
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(v. 24 ESV you must do this daily)
Daily - If you diet one day… zilch
If you work out one day… zilch
If you save money one day… zilch
If you do anything just one day typically it will mean nothing.
Choosing Jesus is a great first step… but it must be done daily.
CREATE a system of daily habits to Daily follow him
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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Becoming a follower of Jesus brings us to one of the greatest paradoxes that the world will ever know
Matthew 16
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
*Just before this portion of scripture to his disciples Jesus states this it was exactly what he was and is and is going to do. He must suffer many things and then be killed… truly this is losing ones life to live. He gave the example. (Wuest)
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(24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me)
Desire = its needed GK = TO SEIZE WITH PURPOSE
No feelings involved - you understand and you seize it
The worlds desires are quickly waning.
YOU
ARE
SEIZING THE
COMMITTMENT
What is your commitment to fishing?
********THIS YEAR I CAUGHT A 54 INCH MUSKIE
DESIRES…. INTERESTING…. FISHING….
I like to fish…
I want to be a professional fisherman…
One does not simply become a professional fisherman. It is the most dangerous job in the world.
You must know water conditions for fishing,
for the boat,
weather conditions,
be physically fit,
operate heavy machinery,
work with some of the most stubborn people in the world, navigate losing friends year round,
and losing body parts.
Where’s your desire?
I think most just want to fish
and not actually be fishermen/women.
What is your desire to follow Christ?
A one time decision and only when it is easy?
OR
A fisher of men - serving God no matter what!
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
MMM and no podcast the last week of the year!
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us and encourage us to be what we know we could be.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you have that person, you have all you need… but today I want to encourage you to be that person…see what I did there?
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Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
Amplified :and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds,
This verse actually leans toward encouraging people we do not know. The word for consider is the word
Ka-ta-NO- eh-O
It means to see beyond what you know into what God is revealing to you.
When The Pharisees tried to trick Jesus on Luke 20:23 it said he perceived their trick… it was revealed to him. We get a spiritual insight into someones life that will encourage them and we may not even know them.
Yesterday at Chipotle with my grandson a man and his wife walk in, he is probably 65. And God shows me over his head the word “mentor” I ask God what that means and said this man has been given an opportunity to mentor young men and he is created for that in this next new chapter in his life. So he goes to walk out…
Now you might say “I want to do that or have that happen to me… I want God to speak to me so I can encourage someone” GREAT- but it starts first in the natural. You walk up to someone you know or don’t know and encourage them. Tell them they have a beautiful smile, that they seem like they are in tune with their kids, that the guy at the market is a hard worker… Tell the guy at the gym he has a great build… Find the good in people and thoughtfully encourage them.
You will quickly find that God will then start to reveal his voice to you in new ways regarding how to encourage someone.
When you feel like God has given you a specific word of encouragement for someone you need to know 3 things.
1`- They may not react the way you want them to. Thats ok, you are doing it for them and not for what you get out of it.
2 - You might be waaaay off on what you say to them. It might be nice and encouraging and even have some specific details… and you might say does that speak to you or does that mean anything to you… and they may say NOPE. Don’t let the disappointment of the moment keep you from staying open to what God wants to do in your life through encouraging others.
3- You might say something and be absolutely right in how you encourage them… and then if you are like me and so many others that i have talked to, you may push it… you might say “Hey I want to encourage you in your relationship with your wife, just keep loving her and let God take care of her past” - they may light up because it is exactly what they needed to hear and so you now have a confidence to speak more… DONT! Not unless you are completely certain it is from God.
The temptation is at that point you now try to really pump them up with your own minds point of view - like - “your marriage will be better than it ever has, you two will be in ministry together, you will have 4 kids who change the world…. NO NO NO NO just encourage them with what you know God put on your heart.
Obedience brings more power and more clarity.
Therefore encourage one another… IN THE LORD… not in you!
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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catholic woman… we can’t because it goes against tradition. DANGER DANGER DANGER…
A Winthrop Arkansa Man jumped out of a passenger window of a car moving at 60 mph, being severely injured. He jumped out to retrieve his cigarette that someone had thrown out the window… when asked what he was thinking he stated I live in a car and typically get in and out through the window… I guess I was just to use to it. Now you may call that stupid, but I call it stagnant.
Erwin M. Soukup has compiled what he terms “The Seven Steps to Stagnation”:
1. We’ve never done it that way before.
2. We’re not ready for that.
3. We are doing all right without trying that.
4. We tried it once before.
5. We don’t have money for that.
6. That’s not our job.
7. Something like that can’t work.
Soukup admits that “there’s probably an eighth step, but we’ve never looked
it up before.”
But what exactly is stagnation? I believe it is truly as simple as being out of balance. You are stuck in one place… and you might say “well that sounds like balance to me”. No really, not at all. Because you are saying that it is never moving, and never moving does not mean balance, it means you are stuck. If I have a scale and it never moves no matter what I put on it… thats not balance, that is error. I need to learn to see stagnation in my life as error - not balance.
Larry Osborne asks the question in his book Contrarians guide to knowing God. Is there anything so out of balance in my life that it is harming my health, relationships or walk with God? Again if you are feeling stagnant, you are out of balance. Lets get back to that scale again. There are two types of scales we use when we weigh ourselves. The one where we stand on it and the numbers just show up on the screen. And then there is the type we see at the doctors. It has weights and measures on it and everytiome someone stands on it they have to slide the two weights around playing with them until the arm is perfectly parallel and balanced. That is what our lives should look like each day when we get up. God you are the weights and your word moves them. What do I need to do to become balanced today, this week, this month and this year. What do I need to do to be balanced in life. Is there stagnation in my life… am I stepping on the scale and holding the arm in place on my own because its comfortable. Look it would be nice if we got on the scale and could control it… and actually we could… but as nice as it would be, it would also be dangerous. you don’t want to be your own balance keeper.
We talk a lot as Christians about Repentance but not a lot about Change. There is no repentance without change. Repentance is simply stating to God… Hey I don’t want to change, and I need your help to change. Im stuck, will you unstuck me. And if you are willing to trust and obey him, he will in fact unstuck you.
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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There are some great quotes out there on goal setting… I have filed 100’s of such quotes. They stir me… but they also remind me that goals are not enough… what is missing is key- and thats where we are going today.
A new twist this year, rather than work on goal setting as my priority (and it still is, but hear me out) I am going to first write out my strategy and process on how to better take care of myself physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually) And by doing so It will increase my productivity my outcome and my chances when it comes to my goals.
Think of it this way, If I simply try to drive myself to achieve my goals but do not have the energy in my whole being to do so I am actually going to slow down over time due to not having the fuel to complete these.
It is definitely putting the cart in front of the horse.
Goal achievement will not produce the long term energy to create the life you want. However, if you learn how to create energy in your life you will have a much easier time reaching your goals.
You may or may not have heard my podcast on goals are overrated - and they are to some degree. In that podcast I talked about building a process and a strategy to create the life you want… but along with that you must have the energy to still pull off the process and the strategy.
Ok. so how do you create that energy?
Food?
Exercise?
Sleep?
Mental food?
Spiritual food?
Emotional food?
The key is creating space through out the week to find time for some nourishment in these areas.
Everyday we find time for food, but maybe the food choice needs to change.
Every day or at least 3 times a week we should find time for exercise… is it hard? Then find exercise that you enjoy… volleyball, racquet ball, swimming…
Sleep… Want to know why you hate mornings? Because you hate evenings… you say, No I love evenings I love to stay up late… thats not love, thats abuse. If you change your sleep habits to go to bed early, get up early you will notice a huge change in your energy.
What are you eating mentally? I read a book a week not just to be smart or learn more, but because I actually understand that my mental state needs food. I don’t always eat meals because they taste good, but rather I need food.
Emotional food is really key because it actually is the control center for the other energies. So who do you talk to weekly to build you up emotionally. What do you do to refresh your emotions, make you laugh, question and meditate. its all important for your health and your energy.
And finally what are you feeding your spiritual life. Scripture, sermons, podcasts and most importantly prayer time and obedience to his word and his voice.
look there are a bunch of big fat liars out there telling you if you know how to write a goal, if you know how to execute the goal if you have big enough goals…
But the truth is if you don’t have the energy to execute it won’t happen. Or let me put it this way… if you have all the energy in the world - you might spin your wheels quite a bit, but you will probably create a better life even without goals then if you have no energy and lots of goals.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson has said “life belongs to the energetic…. notice he did not say the young, but the energetic. Lets make it our first goal to be energetic… having fed all our states of being.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
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The brand, logo or as some say the Mindshare.
When you think of McDonalds you think of the golden arches. Nike has the swoosh, Apple has the apple,
My two favorite logos that I love are the Jordan logo… He is mid air slamming the ball, but my all time favorite is the Van Halen black, white and red stripes. its on his original Frankenstein guitar, its on the The best of both worlds album, it is kind of represented on Diver Down but you can find it used on Shoes, hats, guitars, stickers - anything that has the black and white and red stripes is immediately Van Halen.
When you use the red, black and white in other forms and it reminds you of Van Halen you have what is called mindshares. It’s worth millions and why people have their logos trademarked. McDonalds may be worth 194.5 Billion market shares… and it is as of today. But it’s mindshares are worth TRILLIONS. Meaning you are known through out the world simply by a big yellow M. look, i can create a logo of a big purple z and it will mean nothing… no matter how cool the logo is, it has no mindshares.
So the point is, you have a logo, you have mindshares… what reminds people of you? What do you remind people of?
Ecl. 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.
What a great mindshare… just think about the guy who goes out running and comes back sore and stiff and in pain… and someone comes and rubs Painstop ointment on him and as it moisturizes and soothes and stops the pain and brings relief - he says “wow this reminds me of my Friend Ty Peterson”.
Or you are parched from digging holes and putting in fence posts all day in Texas… and a truck rolls up with a cooler full of ice cold drinks, Gatorade, Mt. Dew, Monsters, ice tea… and as you grab your favorite and suck it down you think “wow this reminds me of my buddy Scott Askew”.
I want my logo or my mindshare to be a person who loves to share Jesus, who is quick to pray for people… people they don’t even know. I want people to see a neon light at night and say “wow that reminds me of Garth”. When people see a person enter a dangerous situation, or when a snake handler picks up a cobra or a lion tamer walks into a cage… I want them to think of me going into the most hostile area to tell people about jesus. When people get a bonus, or find money or even get a free gas card… I want them to think… this is probably from Garth… that dude loves to give away money to those in need.
What do you want your logo or mindshare to be? Guess what… it doesn’t happen by chance. It’s gotta happen by choice. You get to choose. Listen to
Prov. 22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
You get to choose what your name means by your daily choices… you choose your name, your reputation by your daily choices… makes sense right?
As Yoda has spoken… Choose wisely young Padawan
Here is a warning… you can work years forming a mindshare, a reputation and you can ruin it in a matter of seconds.
My grandpa tells a story of his church years ago… before it was the thing to do, they put on a huge Christmas program with kids, adults, choir, animals the whole deal. They spent thousands of dollars… and again this was before such a thing was popular. The whole city of Kansas was talking about it. Opening night with a live orchestra… lights go black, a man dressed as an angel is being led down by a wire from the balcony… the place is packed, people are in awe, the music is lightly playing in the background… and half way down the cable lowering the guy down snaps and he picks up a wave of speed and slams into the back wall… well he is mic’ed up and he lets out a MF’er GD… in a second thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours, 20K mailers… everything wasted… because the only thing people remembered was the first few seconds…
Ecc. 10:1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
So in Solomons day when they wanted perfume they didn’t just go buy their favorite smell of the day… you had to make it and it sometimes took months to do so. So after all that prep you have it made… and then comes along some dead flies… just a few and it ruined everything you worked so hard on.
Pick a great name to work on. Choose wisely and pray God protects you from YOU!