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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities
10 things to know while being used by God
-1 Your character will be tested more than your competency
You don’t need to know how to read a spreadsheet or pass any test per se’ you can be used by God just the way you are… but your character will be tested. Do you want to be used by God more than sleeping with your girlfriend. Do you want to be used by God more than sharing gossip about someone. Do you want to be used by God enough to tithe in hard financial times. Do you want to be used by God more than you want to make up excuses? Do you want to be used by God more than sleeping in and skipping your quiet time.
Its not a skill level - its a will level!
- 2 To be great you must know how to lead people and Leading people is more difficult than learning sign language in mandarin
Here is another secret. you must learn to lead yourself in order to best lead people. But once you get that down, leading people is still hard. But its a must if you want to be used mightily by God. Name one person in scripture who was used by God in mighty ways who didn’t have to lead people. EVEN JESUS who could do anything had to lead people… and it wasn’t easy with the disciples he chose.
- 3 Strategy is as important as mission and vision
Like anyone who writes Goals… who cares until you write out a strategy to do those goals. Goals are just imaginary wish tales from fairyland unless they have actual steps in place to get them done.
If you don’t know how to implement a strategy you will fall into the trap of continually changing the vision, mission, purpose or smoother buzz word… but if you can implement a strategy you will get a lot done in the kingdom of God regardless of what you call it.
- 4 You will be tempted to cheat on your family because you love God
I worked for an evangelist who was known through out North America and parts of the world. He spoke to millions, he recorded dozens of albums, he led millions to Christ and his family is a farce. None are truly living for God and even more insightful is that none of his kids get along with each other. Truly disastrous…. but he would tell you right up front that ministry was more important than family… and to him it was… unfortunately his family paid the price and is still paying the price.
My Dad used to say “if Jesus already died for my family… why should I crucify them again over ministry”.
- 5 Mentors are not optional
You cannot grow without mentors, accountability partners and leaders in your own life. Find those who are more spiritual than you, more biblical than you, smarter than you, more like Jesus than you, more on fire than you and more in tune with his spirit and gifts than you and soak up what they got.
You know a world class athlete has had up to 15 different coaches in their life to get them to that level. Coaches on nutrition, speed, agility, weight training, coaching for their position, their sport and for the mental aspect of the game. AND THATS JUST SPORTS… we are in the game of spiritual warfare - take it seriously and get a mentor, coach, partner!
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities
In the movie 3 O’clock high we see a perfect blend of anxiety, peer pressure, intimidation and young love to make it a fun movie for you to watch with your kids… but today we are talking about just one simple line in the move that steals the show!
The movie is truly a classic. the young Jerry gets in trouble with the bully Buddy and he tries everything to get out of fighting him… nothing works and finally he pays off the bully…thinking he has now solved all his problems… but wait, you quickly realize in this scene that the fight was not the real problem… the real problem was the FEAR of fighting. Once Jerry pays off Buddy, Buddy snaps at him with disdain and says “You’re the biggest pussy I ever met in my life,” says Buddy. “You didn’t even try. How does that feel?”
It actually shakes Jerry to the core and he tells Buddy the fight is back on… If you want to know what happens I suggest you rent the movie. Its worth it.
Hey I am not here to brag. I have been in my fair share of fights… but there is one day I backed down from a fight and honestly it still haunts me more than any of the beatings I took in the other scrapes. I wish to this day I could go back and step up to that guy and go at it.
I didn’t even try… the worse feeling in the world might be just those words uttered as we are in heaven and Jesus looks at us and says “you didn’t even try!
Rev. 21:18 the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Oh wait a second I forgot the first part of the verse… The cowardly and the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
And this is Jesus stating basically “you didn’t even try”… you coward.
Remember what we talked about a few days ago…
2 tim. 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power
So how does one step from being a coward and fearful in their walk with God to being filled with his power? Well Fear leaves when action starts.
You are afraid to witness? Then witness and watch the fear leave
You are afraid to pray for someone? Then pray and watch the fear leave.
You are afraid to speak out in faith? Then speak out in faith and watch the fear leave.
Its simply this… when we allow the Holy Spirit to take over we get out of the way. He’s not afraid, he is not fearful, he does not coward… and he is in us. He flows with his boldness in us.
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities
What is the perfect spot on earth to spend the rest of your life? I could quickly answer either a guitar shop or a gun shop or even cabin in the woods… but Scripture has something else to say about what the perfect earth looks like.
Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
What is the perfect spot on earth? About 15 years ago my wife and I had a vacation off of an island and it was absolutely stunning. White beaches, blue ocean water, I had a couple of ice cold non alcoholic beverages listening to Van Halen with some great books, it was 90 degrees out, a private beach just for Kim and myself, and it didn’t hurt that my wife was in a stunning white 2 piece bikini and look smoking hot… that night we went out for fresh seafood and listened to a great blues band and later had some of the best ice cream imaginable… It was a slice of heaven as they say.
But honestly, thats not even close to what heaven is like, it’s almost incomparable.
Reading today verse 10 in the Lords prayer he says Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. So God clearly wants us to have heaven on earth… but is it white beaches and a woman in a bikini? Nope, not even if its my wife in a bikini LOL
Heaven on earth is simply 2 things:
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
What exactly does that mean… lets be honest we should probably know if we are going to pray it… right?
Your kingdom come… it means Gods way of doing things. In certain countries things are done certain ways… we drive on the right side of the road in the USA… but that is not the way they do things in Europe. Each country - each Kingdom has their own way of doing things.
we are called to pray that Gods kingdom ways are done on earth.
How are relationships handled in Gods kingdom? What are Gods standards? What are his laws and rules and what are his expectations in his kingdom? Then we should want those on earth…
Have you ever prayed over an area in your life and asked God to establish his kingdom in that area of your life here on earth? Its quite profound actually. You are not asking for your answer, your goals or dreams to be met… but rather Gods ways to be brought into that situation.
Secondly it says heaven on earth is Gods will gets done. I laugh when people say “well I’m sick because its Gods will, and he is teaching me through this and I can be an example to others” REALLY? Is that how it works in heaven? Gods will in heaven is that we get sick or have financial problems or we have bitterness or hate towards others… NOPE. Gods will on earth as it is in heaven means - it aint happening skippy. If you don’t see it in the will of God in heaven then it has no place in your life here on earth.
SO WE PRAY!
It does not mean that my life is perfect like it would be in heaven, but it does open the door that I can pray and believe and push it more in that realm. I refuse to accept the worlds will, sins will, satans plans or even my own mindset… I will pray for Gods will and his ways to be done on earth in my life. Why is this such a powerful concept?
BECAUSE IT’S GOD WHO TELLS US TO PRAY THIS WAY.
its not some fanatical hyper faith preacher- name it and claim it, blab it and grab it, speak it and keep it,
Its THEEE SON OF GOD - Jesus himself who says believe it, pray it and expect it.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities
Blendtek youtube channel… they blend batteries, cotton candy, gravel, and even an iphones and even an iPad and more…
Psalm 108:1 My heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
My heart is steadfast… Hebrew = my heart is fixed. It will not be moved, this is central to my being. It’s who I am… this is me. I got to do this because its not just in me… its actually me. My heart only operates in one way… it is a praise producer, it is a praise supplier, it is a praise machine for God.
I will praise God at all times, in all things, for any reason, during any season, bad, good, bland, confusing… whatever the time. I will praise him.
I will make music and I will brag on all the good things during all these other times.
Get it? When its good I will praise him, when its bad I will praise him, when its ok, bland, hard, easy, taxing, tiring, when it gets old, when I don’t know what to do, when I win the lottery or when I lose my spouse… IM SET, I WILL PRAISE HIM. PERIOD.
Blendtek videos… no matter what you put in them its all going to come out in a million pieces. I love these videos, you can literally watch them for hours…they blend the star wars toys, markers and the justin beiber DVD, toy and book set… every thing comes out in pieces….
This should be the picture of our heart. No matter what happens in our life, our heart turns it into praise.
But catch this… This psalm has the majority of it about all of Gods good things. Look I get it, we often hear things about praising God when its tough, yep we are- but we often forget to praise him in the good times as well. It’s like this for many of us - we question God in the bad times, we cry out to him etc… or we thank God for the good times and quickly move on… but this Psalm is saying in the good times don’t just thank him, but praise him.
You know I have found that it comes across weird to many people when I thank god and praise him in the bad times… but it is even more confusing to some people when I praise him during the good times. They almost half expect me to take credit or to simply say thanks and move on. But I praise him… I take days praising him in my words, in my social media posts, in my day to day conversations… to anyone who will listen I praise him for the Good stuff…
Why? because thats where my heart is!
Take time this week to set your heart in place for praise.
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities
World War 1… it was called nerves
World War 2 it was called shell shock
Now we call it PTSD
Today Im going to call it what the scripture calls it and that is lacking a sound mind… No I am not saying PTSD is not real, in fact it is very real. But scripture has a few things to say about all of this….
Regardless of what you call your nerves, fear or trauma scripture has plenty to say about it… today we look at
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
The Greek word translated as “fear” can also be translated as “timidity” or “cowardice” or just plain old loss of control. Life can be intimidating, when things don’t work out, when the tribulations of this life come, we do not have to be intimidated by them, even though we want things to be different. When things are seemingly out of control we can have a sound mind.
Power - Miraculous physical strength and in Miraculous spiritual actions. Dynamite.
Love - What God desires or plans in excess - thats his spirit inside you…
Sound mind - Think like God, respond like God, control your thoughts like God would think… You don’t panic, you don’t fear, you don’t look for the bad, you don’t let the worst play out growing and contaminating your faith.
Here’s what is crazy about this verse… and that is the verse that follows it. Paul says So don’t panic, instead join me in sufferings for Jesus and for his gospel.
You might say, but If I don’t suffer for the gospel, I wouldn’t need his power, love and sound mind… so I will just skip the whole thing. Ok, but you never experience the power of God in all of these areas.
It’s like all the times I have been the hospital for surgery… its 18 and counting. I had to experience the pain in order to understand the power of morphine.
I think most Christians don’t experience his power, love and sound mind because they play it safe and there is no reason for you to experience it. It is specifically saved for those who share the gospel.
In the midst of political fractions and panic, 40% inflation, the media promoting race wars, LGBTQRS and AEIOU lies and agendas…. Wars in the world, commerce across the world is crumbling and the terrorist attacks… it would be easy to just hole up and focus on you and your safety - stay in your lane and don’t cross any boundaries. What a waste of power love and a sound mind. NOW is the time to sow the gospel and to share Christ. Now is the time to experience his power in all areas of your life because you share in the sufferings of his gospel.
There was a famous Pilot in WW I who kept a diary of his fears and it later became a book and many people studied it… it makes me think of all of my journals that I have kept through out the years… there are a lot of stories and not all are good of filled with victory in Jesus… but on the other hand there are plenty where I stepped out for Jesus and felt his power love and sound mind. Those are the stories we should be making- so go for God, go for the Gospel!
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
You are so spoiled…. no no no… not exactly. You see it as spoiled, but the true is that I am far from spoiled… Im actually blessed… which honestly is far greater than spoiled.
our God is a good god, a fantastic God a “as I like to say it” CRAZY ABOUT YOU type of God….
While the world is going crazy, lets not forget what is going on behind the scenes…
Jesus had to leave… that is why he gave us the HS because he had something important to do. He had to go and get the you know what ready…
John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well. 2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.…
John 14:2
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
Many GK Multitudes… its so many that I can’t even really keep track.
Bazillions - to many to count!
Rooms GK Mansions
Why a Mansion? Because God is a God of excess for those he loves and has called by name. You may disagree… but I ask you- why would he send his son (the most extravagant gift ever) to die on the cross for you? For me? Because his love is excessive, extravagant, overflowing….
So he’s not interested in just building a house for us… he is building a mansion.
Prepare GK Prepare a guest room, a celebration, an event
Not just a quick prep, clean up and go… but a life changing, all out, out of the box, look what I just did for you. ITS A BIG DEAL.
For you GK a very particular place just for you. It will be custom made with you in mind. Not just generic mansions like track housing from world war II.
Think of it this way… billions of people, we are all different looking, different desires, wants, tastes, ideas etc… it is limitless as to how unique we all are. Well that is the same type of uniqueness that is going into our mansions… Yikes mama sita.
What is the point of todays podcast…. GOD LOVES YOU! AND IF YOU KNOW HIM…
YOU ARE BLESSED
V. 12 12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
1 Thes. 5:17 pray without ceasing….
Matthew 6:9-13
9 Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
10
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
11
Give us today the food we need,[a]
12
and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
13
And don’t let us yield to temptation,[b]
but rescue us from the evil one.[c]
‘why is the lords prayer so short? Because prayer and communion are two different ideas in scripture. Walk in the spirit, pray in the spirit and Pray are all equally important and to be used… but walking in the spirit is the filling - it is the always and again… the constant in our discipleship journey…
Its kind of like this… you have a manual that has all the directions and insights and diagrams. You have a problem that the manual can solve. You think over the manual and you declare to your team we will do this. Then in the middle of working on the solution you say out loud to your team “We have to do A to get to B to handle C”.
So we know scripture, We know what scripture says about the problem, we state what scripture says about the problem. In applying scripture it seems tough so we cry out to God in response to what his word says.
I know this is quirky - but the point is, we don’t have to quote the whole manual or bible to the problem to get to the solution. We must simply know it enough to know exactly what scripture says about that specific problem. We apply it and pray over it. All separate steps.
Let me say it one more way… just to confuse you even more LOL. Don’t think of prayer as your main course of action to get to know God. Communion with God goes way beyond prayer and actually happens when we walk in the spirit… not pray in the spirit - though that is important, but rather we are aware of who God is in our day to day routine.
If you are the kind of person who prays to get to know God… well that is commendable, but what about the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day? If you read scripture to know God, again that is great- but it could just end up being an encyclopedia of theology if you don’t actually commune with God.
What’s most interesting to me about the Lords prayer is that the disciples had to ask Jesus how to pray… you would think that would be one of the first things Jesus would bring up to his disciples… right?
ok, guys you are all in on this, so lets work on how to pray - do it like this STEP 1… But he didn’t.
Maybe it was because they were in communion with him daily, all day all the time everywhere… Maybe that was the point. Sure you can pray, but why not first work on just being here with me while I am actually here with you.
AND NOW THAT HE WENT TO HEAVEN HE IN TURN SENT HIS SPIRIT TO ABIDE IN US… So maybe the point is to learn to abide with the Holy Spirit all the time while he is here with us all the time.
Don’t get me wrong and misquote me-=- prayers is important, but abiding is the key.
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Act your age and not your shoe size… My sister used to say that to me when I was younger… but at the time my shoe size was actually larger than my age… well now what?
1 Cor. 3:1 -4
3 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people.[b] I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. 2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, 3 for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? 4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?
You never sin once you are a Xn… uhm no.
You were never a Xn in the first place if you sin…uhm no again.
You can in fact be a Christian and sin… not just sin, but live a life of sin even after your accept Christ. You are filled with his spirit, but no longer controlled by his spirit! This is called being a baby.
But here is what I want you to Notice about this… there’s something here… if someone is not spiritual or controlled by the spirit you can’t really talk to them, you cannot connect with them because they are not on your level. There are certain things that they will not have register because they are controlled by the flesh. Paul said “when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ”
Now this can sound like I am pushing the emperors new clothes line, but the truth is I have many times found myself in a group of Christians and even ecumenical pastors and there is not much I can really say to the group because they are not spirit filled… and in fact are quite Babyish in their faith… I know I know it sounds like I am posturing and bragging- I’m not- its just the honest truth. And in the same way I have a few pastors that walk much deeper than I do and probably see me as a little underdeveloped in my faith… and could talk over my head spiritually speaking… I get it and I am pushing into grow beyond that… thats the point of this right? Not to stick with milk, and not to go from milk to meat, but to go from milk, to pudding, to bread, to fruits and vegetables and ultimately to meat.
I also find it interesting that they are not talking about worldly things… They are arguing about Christian things… but its still wrong because its in the flesh… its still babyish. Paul nails it on the head with verse four… you are acting just like people of the world. May our prayer today simply be- quit acting like the world… quit acting like babies…. start allowing the Holy Spirit to control you and act like a grown up.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Chris Rock and Will Smith… hhmmmm not sure which side I fall on. Maybe Chris could have asked if he could tell a joke about his wife… that might at least given Will time to respond rather than react. and Im not saying it was wrong or right, or just or fair or deserved… shoot pick a word - Im just not sure. But if it was me in my younger years it would have been bad… now, Im not so sure. Im not afraid to go stand up for my wife- but is there a better way.
The point is “Will Smith was offended”
We live in a society where people are easily offended… Now again I am not saying that will should not have been offended, but it does bring up the point that this younger generation (wow does that make me sound old?) they are called snowflakes, teardrops, weenies… you get the point. But what does scripture say about being offended?
Mark 4:17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Fall Away = Stumble
Gk = to cause to stumble, to give offense
Usage: I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.
But why are they offended… they are rootless. They at one point received the word of God into their hearts… but it did not take root, it did not grow… So they became offended when times got tough.
First… how does the word of God grow in our hearts and minds… well we know in John 15 that God is the gardener. He tends to the seed and that we must also be plugged into Jesus. HERES A GOOD POINT, LOTS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW CHRISTIANITY, AND THE BIBLE… BUT THEY ARE SHALLOW IN THIER WALK AND THEIR TIME WITH JESUS.
Here is another reason we can become offended… we forget the warning… oh yea.. your going to be offended. I know Will Smith offered an apology to Chris Rock, but what if he had known ahead of time what was going to be said… and was told hey they are going to offend you - don’t take the bait.
So here is your warning. In life you are going to be offended by your wife’s ex, your old boss, the guys at the shop you talked behind your back… by the pastor who said one thing and did the other- continually… you will be offended by the far left liberal nut job politician - ok you get my drift.
If I told you today you will have the chance to be offended
but if you bite on it you will take a leap away from Christ in your intimacy - and in turn make satan really happy… I doubt any of us would take the bait.
Look I grew up in the church… I have seen multiple people come and go from church to church to church to church… because the pastor or the church worship leader or the youth pastor wasn’t Godly… ok, truth be told they left because they were offended and acted like a child.
There was a slight offense… you know like “they didn’t ask my wife to be the childrens pastor after all she has poured into the work”… or the pastor used me as an example in his sermon- he just didn’t use my name. or the church board didn’t ask me if I wanted to bid on the job they were looking to hire someone for…
These are tiny little pebbles that get into our craw and begin to wear us out and irritate us and we chew on it… and we walk away offended.
Hey Dudley here’s an idea- take the pebble out and get rid of it…. but you can’t because you have the word of God but not the spirit of God working in your life. Mountains out of molehills has become a standard in todays world.
Here is a little secret satan doesn’t want you to know… an offense is usually a non-issue - but then he whispers into our ear how we deserve better. The truth is we don’t want what we deserve- we want Gods grace.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Look at the occupation of men from 1950 depressant versus women. Much like Tucker Carlson talked about
Look at the drop of men’s testosterone over the last 50 years much like Reese has talked about
Fatherhood in todays OR LACK OF FATHERS IN THE HOME has hit as high as 60% with many who have fathers at home still face fathers that are absent in their upbringing and are not present mentally, emotionally or spiritually.
Boys used to grow up under a fathers tutelage working with him, talking to him, be disciplined by him, being taught by him, They were in a sense changed in and through the Godly model of fatherhood…. but without fathers boys grow up not working, lack of courage and manhood mindset, not prepared how to themselves be a father and worst of all- lost in life because of this perfect storm.
So how do men change in todays world? Primarily through one pivot in life….
Men only change through trauma… Today I am asking you to choose your trauma!
Why did God choose David?
Handsome, stood out, cream of the crop, great warrior, smart, great job, Great with a sling, tons of experience
No and in fact, most of these things he shared in common with other boys his age or he did not pick them up and learn them until later in life… he was in a sense a lost boy.
Take for instance even his own father didn’t acknowledge him.
When the Prophet Samuel came to Jesses house (that was Davids father) he said get your boys. They all marched into the living room standing there. and from the first one down they went from great to just ok, to not favorable at all… and David had even walked in yet…. Why?
His dad didn’t even consider him a son, let alone a King
TO NOT HAVE YOUR OWN FATHERS APPROVAL…
Why did God choose the least of the least? Was it simply to prove a point? Well kind of… Not to prove that he can use the worst… though God can… but rather
To prove all you need is to want God. You don’t need your fathers approval - oh its great, its wanted, some would say it’s needed, its not, but it is a huge deal in boys and mens lives…
God wanted to prove to YOU, that you don’t need anyones approval - rather all you need is what David had…
David was a man AFTER Gods own heart
…. that literally means he went after God….
He wanted what God wanted, he wanted God, he was willing to do anything to get to know Gods heart.
I might say it like this… David chose his trauma and his trauma was he realized how much he needed God, how little he knew of him and how much his future and his life depended on him knowing God. He didn’t run to God when he had cancer, or when his wife ran off with another man, or when he lost his job, or when finances went down the tubes or when he hit a midlife crisis… No those traumas choose us, David instead chose his own trauma. He focused on how little he knew God.
Now thats a good trauma. Have you ever panicked at how little you know God. Have you ever had a sense of trauma at how little you have experienced him? Years ago in the middle of an emotional and mental crisis, I was on a missions trip in Mexico and I locked myself in our car with a gallon of water in the 90 degree heat and told God I was not coming out until he met me…
14 hours later… he met me. I chose my trauma.
What will you be willing to choose in order to know God and know what he has for you in your life?
I challenge you today men AND women… choose your trauma carefully before it chooses you.