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Making men MEN again. The David Alliance will help you slay your giants.
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Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you.
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do.
Genie Mayo at a youth conference 25-30 years ago at Ascension Convention had a youth pastors luncheon. She asked all of us to write down questions we had… Before she asked for questions she asked how many of us wrote down a question “how many hours a week do you work?”
*She told us that having a great youth ministry was 90% hard work!!!
Wishes do not respond to wishing. But only respond to definite plans and definite actions and constant persistence.
*Codependency is when 2 people hang around each other and enable each other to get worse… you will never reach your vision with codependent friends.
5 Biblical Reasons to Work Hard
The Bible places significant emphasis on the value of hard work. Here are five reasons why:
- Stewardship: God has entrusted us with talents, abilities, and resources. Hard work is a way to be good stewards of what He has given us. (Matthew 25:14-30)
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
In the last dance with Michael Jordan and the Bulls yes, I watched it 30 plus times… A reporter comments to MJ, yeah you know Utah pushed Shack into a corner thats how they guarded him… you know how hard that is… to which MJ reply’s I aint shack… yeah, but I aint shack…
Today I want you to remember this one line… I aint’ Jesus… yea but I aint Jesus….
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
Don’t eat with Friends you wouldn’t starve with
Proverbs 18:24 states, “A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”
- This is not talking about Jesus… its talking about friends.
We can have many friends…
BUT RARE… VERY RARE… MAYBE ONLY 1 WILL BE THE FRIEND THAT WILL STICK CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.
Sticks closer… HB daw-bake clinging, cleaving… a work to stay connected. Thats why I think its a friend and not Jesus.
If you want a friend you can starve with you must be willing to
- Encourage honesty and don’t shy away from it or whine, no excuses, no hurt feelings, no “well you don’t understand”…
- You must be willing to act and change or they will pull away… no one of quality wants to waste their time
- You have to be willing to ask to go through hard times with them… ask them for hard assignments and hard advice ask them for opportunities where you will be tested.
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
December 7th 1963 the debut of instant replay created by the genius of Tony Verna a producer-director instant replay creator…
Started originally due to his frustration of dead spots during the game. It seemed to kill the momentum of the game… after a play on the field they would seem to just watch players walk back to the huddle, or walk off the field… no real mood swing up to build anticipation in the game. When it was debuted at the Army Navy game in Philadelphia people loved it. It seemed to make the game go faster.. and now fast forward almost 61 years later… and now it has slowed the game down… now we have instant replay to check plays, check calls and check first downs, check personal fouls… it seems to have slowed the game down…
The point is simply this… we sometimes don’t understand the precedent we are setting by starting something new. It may start out as a really good idea in its infancy, in its immediate answer to a problem. But what happens when that answer or that innovation becomes a habit to the point of becoming a burden. It stops the point of the whole game… enjoyment.
What have you started in your life that grew from an answer to a habit to a pattern to a lifestyle that now kills that which you were trying to achieve.
A better paying job to relieve stress and pay bills… now become the constant chase of greed for more
The drink with the boys to unwind is now a life of drunkenness
Saying yes to your kids because it was easier than disciplining them… leads to a life of disaster in their lives
Sleeping in for rest and recuperation leads to lethargy and weight gain….
Whats the long game…
King Saul started out being chosen by God and anointed by Samuel to be the first King of Israel… His reign was a microcosm. And the lineage of kings i.e. the macrocosm… shows much the same. What Israel started out wanting… and that was to have a king like everybody else… turns into the worst decision of their lives…
So whats your long game? What do you want to look like? Live like? And what have the choices you have made up to this point to solve those options created in your life.
Saul says something incredibly painful at the end of his reign when Samuel tells him God has removed him from his position as King. Saul says “I cared more about what the people thought than what God thought”. Meaning… he created a life of people pleasing which worked at first but later became his downfall removing him from Gods blessing and his presence.
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
The David Alliance
Garth Heckman
August 16th 17th End times conference… still room to attend.. but you must register in advance!
Prov. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Sharpens a mans face… what exactly does that mean… it means if you have men or mentors in your life who pour into you and are honest and direct and hold you accountable it will affect how you see the world. It will affect your face….
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian
The seven mindsets of mental toughness that must be modeled and mentored through other men… if you want to be on the fast track.
Competetive, a competitor will find a way to win.
Confident, Have a can do attitude.
When I compete in my own mind I am the favorite.
Control. Maintain pose, concentration and emotions under pressure and challenges.
Committed , focus time and energy on your golals and dreams be self directed and highly motivated.
Compusure, know how to stay focused and deal with adversity.
Courage, must be willing to take a risk. It takes courage to grow up and achieve your full potential.
Consistency, possess an inner strength they often play their best then the feel their worst. There are no excuses.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the direct result of high intention, sincere effort and intelligent directon, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities… and friends who will mentor these for you and hold you accountable to them.
Men if you are not involved in deep friendships then you are not growing. If you are not growing you are not leading and if you are not leading then you are following when you are following you are at the mercy of whomever is leading. Garth Heckman
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
1 Cor. 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. 14 If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
The frames of ordinary houses back in Christ day were made out of wood, hay and clay… all combined to create a house. If there was a fire, the wood, hay and stubble/clay wold burn up and also turn to dust and powder. But the temple was built out of cut stones and adorned with jewels and fine stones… in a fire these would all last.
We know scripture says people perish without a vision… so what does a vision entail for those of us who know we will be facing a fire… here is a simple plan I employ from a man of God perspective.
5 things:
1- Your mind… ie. A vision of who you want to be in your body, soul, spirit as a follower of Christ. How does this live out in your family, your business your Xn walk.
- 2 A daily list of what you will do in order to walk in that vision
- 3 Monthly to do list… these are more of your goals… your to do for your Ta Da!
- 4 Yearly you check your habits or as I like to think of… your systems.
- 5 Life… take time to compare your past life 1 year, 2 year, 5 year, 10, 15 20 years and ask yourself if you are leaving a legacy.
Now ask yourself this question… at this point right now, if you face a fire… you die, what will last, what will be eternal? Only those that you led to Christ through living out your vision.
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
1 Cor. 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
We talked about the apostle Paul… horrendous life of torture, unfair evil against him… and suffering… yet he said Imitate me… be like me… he never blamed God and always shared Christ as his main purpose in life.
Who is a man… a man’s man?
Now I know all but one of the disciples were martyred and they are men of men… but what I mean is those men who had to deal and are dealing continually with seemingly overwhelming life circumstances… but still push forward and hold no ill will. They did not let their plight- no matter how hard or unfair it was stop them from fulfilling their purpose.
Nick voicheck… What were the thoughts he had growing up… never married, no kids, no job… Now speaks to millions, beautiful wife and kids. Extremely financially set for life… impacting kids and audiences around the world.
Be like Nick… he’s a man.
Nelson Mandela - falsely accused, life sentence for standing up against apartheid- 27 years in prison… and never an ill word towards those who did that to him. And then he still went after life with ambition to change the world. Democratically Elected as the first black president…
He is someone you should be like.
A man in Turkey was imprisoned and told to deny Christ… he would not, they torutured him continually, he would not do anything other than tell his captors how much Jesus Loved them. They brought in his wife and raped her repeatedly and he would not deny Christ… he instead preached Gods love to her while the guards continuously used her… they finally killed her. He would not deny Jesus. They brought in his young son… who was confused. They tried to convince his son that his father did not love him… they tortured his son… the man would still not deny Christ. They killed his son… and the man wept for the guards to come to Christ… Thats a man - be like him
I broke my neck in 3 places, I have had 4 tumors… still 2 are in my head - one in my brain. My arms have gone paralyzed and my stomach has had over 20 hernias, I have had 3 cancers, 20 surgeries, 16 months of chemo, I have gone bankrupt once, I have had friends and family turn on me. My marriage at one point almost ended. My youngest son ran from God and lived an extremely sinful life. I have been fired from a church after lies were told. I was forced to leave another church due to untrue allegations about me hitting on a women sexually. I have an enlarged heart that causes a few problems… and the list could go on and on. I know of others that are still far and above me in the “life is unfair” category… I say this humbly… I don’t care about any of this- or what has happened to me. I simply want to reach people for Jesus and I hold no ill will towards Christ… we live in a sinful world… satan knows I am all in for Jesus… so I get it… Im a target.
I hope you can say what I am about to say… Be like me! Be like Jesus.
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
INTRO: Giving it all to Jesus rolls off the tongue so easily… Im going to give Jesus my all… but when we realize what that really means… well its a lot harder… what does serving Jesus really mean? Loving others… and yet still we find it hard to understand that fully… and thats where we are going today.
Hans Seleai Doctor Scientist endocrinologist and author… the leading expert of the study of stress and its affect on the body… said his life goal was to earn his neighbors love…
He understood that one of the leading ways to clear stress out of ones life is to serve and love others… and part of that was to raise people up.
He uses the example of self esteem is wanting to give yourself away. Like a farmer who only has so many seeds, if he hordes them they will rot and he cannot possibly tap the potential of all those seeds. But if he gives them away to others who can also plant them, he has now multiplied himself and his gifts and talents. These people will add nuances, ideas, fertilizer, different climates… all leading to greater and greater and more thriving gifts and talents out there. And guess what… you will not only enjoy portions of their harvest, but you will enjoy simply watching others grow seeds you passed along to them. You will get so much more in return than just other seeds and goods, you will see a legacy grow and truly feel and understand your value as a creation of Christ.
Philippians 2:6–7
6 pwho, though he was in qthe form of God, did not count equality with God ra thing to be grasped,17 but semptied himself, by taking the form of a tservant,2ubeing born in the likeness of men.
That language is so important. Paul defined the kenosis, or self-emptying, by using the word “slave.” All the way down, Jesus was the One who was face-to-face with God, pros ton theon, as it says in the gospel of John. Then, He prayed in John 17 to be restored to that pros ton theon, face-to-face with God, because He had made a slave of Himself, voluntarily submitting to the will of the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit.
One of our fundamental flaws as humans especially if we call ourselves Christians… is that of not wanting to serve or slave for Jesus but just the opposite and wanting to be served by everyone INCLUDING JESUS. But if you don’t give yourself away in service to others for God, by God and in Gods love YOU WILL NEVER FIND YOURSELF. YOU WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER KNOW HOW VALUABLE YOU ARE - you will never feel it down in your soul, your bones…
You might think I am arrogant and egotistical… I can be… but most of the time you are simply picking up on me in the cradle of Gods value and love… that I have learned by serving others. Whats the secret to an unshakeable self love and self esteem? The secret is serving others.
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page.
August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
INTRO:
If someone asked you a simple question… would Jesus drop a bomb on a city? OR would Jesus pull the trigger on someone breaking into their house… how would you respond?
YESTERDAY… at a coffee shop. Olga from Bulgaria…
Is he in the bathroom…
We can’t ask would Jesus pull the trigger… it would make no more sense than asking would Jesus take medicine.
Jesus does condone violence as seen in Matthew 18:6 and in the end times he uses violence for his purpose.
He gave us life which is the greatest gift next to his son we could receive. He asks us to protect life, in the womb, out of the womb to the tomb.
If I was to quantify wether or not I want to take someones life I would say 99.9% of me does not want to take a life. But within the same scale 100% of me wants to stay alive and protect my family. So by a mere .01% I will choose to defend myself.
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Amplified: Blessed (enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God! (Amplified Bible - Lockman)
1. To preserve peace where it is—...
2. To restore it where it is not—…
Jesus brought the ability to have peace between Man and God through a violent death…
This would be a terrible picture of what peace was if you actually thought it meant pacifism.
Christ through the end times allows, and calls upon and even dictates to his angels to act out violence on the earth… why? To bring about repentance and peace to the world.