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Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Garth Heckman
TDA
Luke Merril killer sermon on dealing with anxiety at CLC college… the link is in my notes…
https://www.youtube.com/live/mJ8t8cr5kNs?si=zS3G66ixcAg115uy
Michael Keaton Knox goes away
Matthew 24:42-51 being prepared being ready at all times before the lord comes back…
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. .
Jude 1:7 ESV
Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Luke 21:11 ESV
There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
- The Good News will be preached throughout the earth (Matthew 24:14).
- There will be wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6).
- There will be false messiahs and false prophets (Matthew 24:23-24).
- The antichrist will appear (John 2:18).
10 Reasons to Be Prepared for Anything with the end times in mind.
In today's rapidly changing world, being prepared for unexpected events can significantly improve your quality of life and resilience. Here are 10 reasons why:
- Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires can occur without warning. Being prepared can help you protect yourself and your loved ones during these crises.
Do you have non-perishable food? Do you have a months supply of water?
- Personal Emergencies: Medical emergencies, accidents, or job loss can happen to anyone. Having a plan in place can help you cope with these challenges.
I have taken quite a few first aid and first responder classes… I have a pretty good first aid kit in my car and a bug out bag… Did you know you can learn a lot on Youtube regarding personal emergencies and being prepared… look into it.
- Economic Uncertainty: Recessions, inflation, and market volatility can impact your financial stability. Being prepared can help you weather these storms.
Do you have fool proof investments? Cash on hand? Do you have more than 2 streams of income?
- Political Unrest: Civil unrest, political instability, or social upheaval can disrupt your daily life. Being prepared can help you stay safe and secure.
Do you know your local fire and police? The sheriff?
- Technological Disruptions: Power outages, internet disruptions, or cyberattacks can significantly impact your daily routine. Being prepared can help you adapt to these challenges.
Do you have a solar charger? Solar panels? Do you have a wood burning stove? Do you even have wood? Do you have 100 gallons of gas stored for your vehicle?
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Garth Heckman
TDA
Luke Merril killer sermon on dealing with anxiety at CLC college… the link is in my notes…
https://www.youtube.com/live/mJ8t8cr5kNs?si=zS3G66ixcAg115uy
Sometimes paranoia is just having all the facts. William S. Burroughs
So can paranoia be debilitating… yep, so can fear, pleasure and even exercise…
Anything can be toxic if it runs your life, but thats not what we are talking about. A healthy paranoia is the defender of truth. It is the mental and spiritual prepper, it keeps us safe and even alive… remember when the whole world is running off a cliff - its the person who is running the opposite direction that seems to be crazy…
- Prepare your mental health: Engage in activities that promote responding and acting accordingly… as well as relaxation and well-being.
If you have ever taken any marksmanship classes you often learn about dry firing. You just have your gun unloaded in your holster and during the day at home with no one around you practice pulling your gun out and firing at objects in your house.
This is simple mental preparation.
I will sit at my table and I will shoot anything that is an animal on TV… aim ready shoot… prepared, I will also walk mentally through the stages of having to pull my gun and shoot people, or how to avoid an attacker… how to distance myself from a knife attack etc… prepare!
I can’t remember who said it but the quote is…
Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed and terrified.
You are overtired, stressed and terrified when you fail to prepare.
As I always say (and its on my 1441ff website) its never to late to prepare but if you are not prepared.. its always to late.
- Build powerful relationships: Surround yourself with supportive people who can teach you, inform you, coach you and even doctor you up… as well as comfort you and give new perspectives.
Paranoia means I have a list of go to friends who can cover my back in any type of emergency.
I have prayer teams ready,
I have go teams ready
I have anti terrorist teams ready
I have a lot of powerful relationships… and its due to a healthy paranoia.
- Trust your intuition: Listen to your instincts, but don't let fear dictate your decisions.
John Katzenbach said “Create delusion. Establish doubt. Feed paranoia.”
But the more you are prepared and truly paranoid in the best possible way… you are less likely to fall under delusion, you are less likely to doubt what you know to be true… and the only thing that your paranoia will feed is a hunger to continually stay prepared.
By adopting these approaches, you can maintain a healthy balance between awareness and peace of mind.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
Bassist Geezer Butler went further in-depth on the song’s meaning in 2013 saying, “Basically, it’s just about depression, because I didn’t really know the difference between depression and paranoia. It’s a drug thing; when you’re smoking a joint you get totally paranoid about people, you can’t relate to people. There’s that crossover between the paranoia you get when you’re smoking dope and the depression afterward.”
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.
Sound mind GK SOPHRONISMOS
Prudent, self disciplined, sound mind, thinking with behavior that fits the circumstances, Thinking ahead, safe minded….
it's understandable to feel cautious or vigilant in today's world, but excessive paranoia can lead to unnecessary stress, anxiety, and isolation.
So lets call this healthy skepticism and awareness or the Four P’s
Paranoid
Practiced
Prepared
Powerful
When I drive my cycle I drive paranoid… my motto is everyone out here is trying to kill me… why? Because it keeps me alive!
Take a few days and read through the chapters of 2 Samual through 1 and 2nd kings… you will see smart leadership and dumb leadership. Some kings served God, they were paranoid going into battle… they would ask the prophet… is God with us? Will we win? Many times the prophet would tell the kings how to practice prepare and exemplify Gods power….
Here are some ways to stay informed and safe without succumbing to excessive fear:
- Stay informed: (a healthy dose of paranoia will help you stay informed) Be aware of current events and trends, but avoid excessive consumption of negative news.
Be aware of the newest ways that they are targeting children and women…
Tying up a puppy and leaving it out by itself at a street alley or corner…
Women at Walmart being asked to move their cars by employees…
- Practice critical thinking: Evaluate information from various sources and consider different perspectives.
Have you practiced scenarios with your kids, wife and loved ones…
When someone calls and sounds like your wife or husband and they need you to immediately put a thousand dollars in an account…. Do you have a question you would ask them?
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
Hopefully everyone has experienced the feeling of being attractive…
Who do you attract?
My wife will tell you I attract a lot of young girls and strange or odd people.
Who do you attract?
Who does our church attract?
WE HAVE TO START HERE…
- **The prodigal story, boy takes his $, spends it, eats slop, comes back begging, Father takes him back in
BUT THATS NOT HOW THE STORY STARTS
AGAIN…WHO DO YOU / WHO DO WE ATTRACT?
JESUS ATTRACTED SINNERS WHILE THE
RELIGIOUS REPELLED THEM.
*The quote: you are so full of what is right, you have lost the ability to love.
Jesus didn’t just come to save the lost… but to love the lost… to the point of eating with them (be a part of my family)
*What’s worse? Being lost? Or not knowing your lost?
The pharisees could see who was lost…
- But they could not see who was loved…
- But they could not see they themselves as lost.
Jackie Robinson in 1947 broke the color barrier… but it took Pee Wee Reese his friend and second basemen of the Dodgers to break the hate.
May 13th 1947 the Dodgers are playing the Cincinnati Reds….
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Jesus starts by waiting
Jesus ended by waiting
Jesus went from the Desert to the Garden… and had to wait in both situations… But he waited and was strengthened by angelic beings.
But don’t miss the point!
- His first wait was for the launching of his ministry. Miracles, teaching, signs and wonders,
- His second wait was for death.
Waiting has an incredible way of killing our flesh!
My parents used to make me wait 30 days until I would spend money on a big ticket item. I still practiced that today and what wisdom.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
HOW DO I GET THROUGH THE WAITING?
- 1 GAURD WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits," declared the Psalmist, "I wait for Yahweh; I wait and put my hope in His word. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning - more than watchmen for the morning" (Ps. 130:5-6). In biblical times, watchmen vigilantly guarded the city.
Waiting can sometimes eat away at our faith.
- 2 Ask for confirmation…
Bosu ball in my backyard up against my window.
- 3 When waiting, ask yourself what you know about God to encourage yourself and build patience and strength.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
birds have three methods of flight.
Flapping is keeping their wings in constant motion, like a hummingbird, to counteract gravity. Flapping keeps them in the air, but it is a lot of work.
Second is gliding. Here the bird builds up enough speed, then coasts downward a while. It is much more graceful than flapping, but unfortunately it does not get the bird very far. Reality in the form of gravity sets in quickly. Gliding is nice, but it does not last.
The third way is soaring. Only a few birds, such eagles, are capable of soaring. Eagles's wings are so strong that they are capable of catching rising currents of warm air - thermal winds that go straight up from the earth - and without moving a feather can soar up to great heights. Eagles have been clocked at up to 80 m.p.h. without flapping at all. They just soar on invisible columns of air.
- 4 Seek to understand What you get out of waiting.
Isaiah 30:18 “For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”
Justice - He will make things right.
Wait for his justice and you will be blessed.
Another thing you get out of waiting is compassion and strength to help others
Waiting Waiting Waiting - to get healthy through all my cancer and chemo… waiting… waiting…
Walking out of Barnes and Nobles across from the Burnsville mall. A young 17 year old girl was ejecting vomit all over the front of the outdoor entryway…. Mom wanted to help, but she herself was fighting vomiting by simply being grossed out. Every time she would start to walk up to her to comfort her - her daughter would launch a rocked of vomit… this beautiful young slender girl had vomit for days… I ran in to the cafe, grabbed the pitcher of water and a huge handful of napkins… I stood there and held her hair and gave her napkins to wipe her face - again and again and again…. Then she sat and tried to breathe in some fresh air all the while I rinsed the vomit off the front with a few pitchers of water… Her mom was so thankful… she thought I was a doctor, or medic or nurse… I said “No but I did just spend the last few years throwing up… so Im kind of good at the clean up”.
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
THE DAVID ALLIANCE
GARTH HECKMAN
GET A ROPE
- WAIT IN SCRIPTURE - LANDING IN A WHIRL…
- WAITING LIKE A WOMAN IN LABOR
Psalm 27:14 says, “Wait FOR the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
HB Kaw-Vah strain to pull to tension…
You are on one end of the rope and God is on the other… you wait on him. You strain and pull to tension until you are both pulling together.
THOUGHT #1
WAITING ON GOD PUTS US INTO ALIGNMENT WITH HIS PERFECT WILL
THOUGHT #2
Waiting means that we give God the benefit of the doubt that he knows what he is doing
THOUGHT #3
Waiting on God increases my strength
Waiting is like holding a heavy weight… statically… it’s more than you can bench, but you can hold it. It resets the RAS and CNS… and pretty soon you can handle it.
Do you know why prayer meetings are not popular because it’s all about waiting! Imagine me saying hey come over and let’s just wait a few hours and do nothing but just wait.
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
TODAY I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ON…. (JUST WAIT A MINUTE IN SILENCE)
NFL…. Yea baby… so sorry about the Packers QB getting hurt….
Happy to see Harbaugh help the bolts
And was also happy to see Derek Carr light it up a little… who knows…
Im puzzled about the Patriots… hmm I thought Bengels would be better…
Minnesota won… playing against quite possibly the worst team in the NFL
And then there are my BEARS… Im not gonna lie….
240million… Dak Really? Over 4 years… but only 230 of it is actually guaranteed… so you know.
Hardest thing in the world… breaking a horse? Climbing into the ring of a UFC match? Rehabbing from two shoulder surgeries in less than one year?
NOPE: It’s simply this… waiting on the Lord.
Whats the longest you have ever waited?
I waited for 9 hours in California in an emergency room for my broken ankle.
Waiting in line for one of the first Sony Walkmans at the Dallas Galleria. The line was out the door, down the mall down the wing, down the other department store… I stood for 2 minutes and finally walked all the way up to the front (past foot locker, past cadelles pretzels, past orange Julius, past Sabarro pizza, past Spencers gifts, past hallmark cards, past Waldens books, past the CD shop and radio shack… at the front they were taking names because they had run out of headphones. They just had one under the glass and one demo one on the counter… it’s batteries had run out. I asked if they would sell the demo, the guy asked his manager, he said yes, he said its not new so give him 25% off, the kid next to me got all snarky… but I asked first. I got them and walked out in about 7 minutes…
I MANIPULATED THE WAITING PROCESS… HOW MAN OF YOU KNOW IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY WITH GOD???
Noah waited 120 years
- Abraham and Sarah waited for a son (so did Rachel and Hannah).
- Joseph 30 years waited for a promotion.
- Moses 40 years waited to lead the Israelites out of slavery.
- Joshua waited for the Promised Land.
- Ruth waited for a husband.
- David waited to become king.
- Elijah waited for rain.
- Job waited for suffering to end.
- Paul waited for release from prison.
- Jesus waited 30 years for his ministry to start
Waiting is an investment into our walk with God and it’s the only type of investment that is made simply through waiting.
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
Fear not…
The media sells fear…
1. Increased Engagement: Fear is a powerful emotion that can drive audience engagement. When people feel scared or anxious, they are more likely to pay attention to news stories, click on articles, or watch videos. This increased engagement can lead to higher viewership, listenership, or readership, which can translate into more ad revenue.
2. Sensationalism and Clickbait: Fear-inducing headlines and stories can be more sensational, making them more likely to be shared and clicked on. This can help media outlets increase their reach and attract new audiences. Additionally, fear-based content can be used to create clickbait headlines, which can drive traffic to websites or social media pages.
3. Agenda-Setting: Media outlets can use fear to shape public opinion and influence policy decisions. By focusing on certain issues or threats, they can create a sense of urgency and prioritize them in the minds of the public. This can put pressure on politicians and policymakers to address these issues, even if they may not be the most pressing or important problems facing society.
3 ingredients for fire
Fuel - crisis
Heat - uncertain times
Oxygen - Fear
Fuel - crisis - Fear not… welp… there goes the fuel. No need to worry about a fire without fuel.
Heat - uncertain times - If you live your life daily for Christ… there are no uncertain times. He is in control who prays daily to the father… because the father is in control.
Oxygen - Fear - this is what you breathe and its what others breathe. When you live with fools you live foolishly… when you live with those who fear… they breathe oxygen into your fear making it hotter and hotter…
Do you remember the scene in Castaway with Tom Hanks when he is trying to make a fire… he is rubbing a stick numerous ways and is just about to give up when the stick cracks open leaving basically a canal for air to get into and wa-la fire!
There are any cracks in your life where you let others speak fear/oxygen into your life… it will cause the fear to grow and grow…
And don’t forget what does fire do - only two things. Destroy and purify. If you trust God then the fear of this world will only purify your walk even more… and if not… it will destroy the peace that you have.
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
Have you ever played those trivia games… asking random questions….
What song was recorded by 3 different artists and all had it on the billboard charts…
Marvin Gaye Gladys Knight and the Pips and credence clear water
NFL - 2 more days
Everything you need to know is just before you… you just don’t know it yet.
Think of every bible character and what they needed to know… they did not know it until they knew it and didn’t know it until they knew it… Im not trying to be funny or witty - its just the truth.
Abraham and Sara were told she would have a baby… she was 90 when she had it…
- she knew she was to have a baby
She wanted to have a baby
She waited to have a baby
But what she didn’t know was that it would take until she was 90… thats what would have helped… but she didn’t know it until she knew it.
Joseph was going to lead the then known free world and be the second most powerful man in the world…
He knew this…
What he didn’t know was he would be betrayed
He did not know he would be lied about
He did not know he would be accused and jailed
He did not know he would be forgotten…
He did not know he would lead the world, reunite his family, his brothers would kneel before him…
What he did not know was all that needed to happen in order for Gods vision to be fulfilled.
Its what he did not know that was before him that he needed to know, but did not know until it happened.
I can confuse you even more with the story of Issac, Paul, Peter, John, the demoniac…
The point is… you need to know more in order to attain and obtain all God has for you. But you don’t know it yet because you don’t know it yet.
Ok, garth just for kicks and giggles lets pretend I understand what you are saying… how do I do this exactly.
Don’t give up. You will never know what you need to know if you give up. And if you don’t give up… in time you will realize what you did not know and now in fact do know… and what it actually meant for your destiny.
I wanted my sister to live
I wanted my first church plant to explode
I wanted my marriage to be perfect
I wanted to be the healthiest person I know
I wanted to have everyone I pray for healed
But what I did not know in those areas is now what I know and the mission it has launched me in.
How did I end up knowing…? I did not give up. I kept serving him regardless of the outcomes, regardless of the situation I found myself in, I kept loving him regardless of my circumstances.
Do you really want to know? Do you? Then you will be willing to wait until you know.