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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Everybody wants a magic pill or a secret formula to get the most out of life. The truth is that it comes down to just a few simple things - but first we gotta wake up, pay attention and look at our watch————
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
3 Biggies
Eph. 5
14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” 15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Redeem the time… we just talked about the power of redemption, but this is a new insight to what it means. Remember redemption is not just getting back what was taken from you, but getting even more… being purchased to be set free in order to gain all that God has for you.
so we are to redeem the time. What are the 3 key components of our time?
Sleep, Health/nutrition and spiritual walk
What does verse 13 say? Wake up!
Poor sleep
use a C-Pap if you have too, cut out caffeine, wear an light blinder to block out light for sleep, sleep in a different bed if you partner keeps you up, buy a better mattress, a better pillow or kick the dog out of the room… but sleep
Reasons Why Sleep Is Important
- Reason 1: Helps brain function.
- Reason 2: Keeps emotions in check.
- Reason 3: Reduces disease risk.
- Reason 4: Keeps weight under control.
- Direct correlation to your strength
Pay attention to how you walk - be wise
Overweight….
Im not talking nutrition. You can eat lard everyday and if it helps you keep your weight down that will be of better benefit than eating well and being overweight. The simple benefit of being lean is of far greater benefit to your health than eating healthy. Get what Im saying??? Stay lean regardless of what you eat to do it… lean with muscle, not skinny fat. (more on that at a later date) but to have nutrient dense food and eat healthy but still be over weight is far more dangerous than eating junk food and staying lean.
Anxiety, depression, poor self esteem
Bad brain health -slows cognitive thinking
Can cause early dementia
Sleep apnea, high blood pressure and pre-diabetic
3rd but most important in redeeming is the time… where am I going with this?
Bad faith.
Notice I did not say not enough faith or reading and praying… yes that is a necessity but unless you have the right faith to activate the word of God in your life its simply filling up your car with gas every day and never running the engine.
We waste so much time with bad faith.
How many people in todays world simply read and pray only in an attempt to tap into an energy or a faith that they want simply for their own desires, goals and gifting. We read and pray to know God, and to make him known PERIOD. Does he want to be a part of our successes and trophy’s? Sure, but that is the side bar to what he really wants… he wants us obedient and busy making disciples.
I don’t have faith in me or my goals or dreams or future plans… Do I have goals, dreams and future plans- of course. But my faith is active and alive through his spoken word in my heart that I obey.
Bad faith is simply applying Gods principles to your priorities over Gods.
I hope this is enough to chew on today and until tomorrow Keep slaying giants.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 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
Col. 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
In Whom - In Christ we are once and for all time (forever and ever) liberated (note that "we have" is in the present tense indicating that Christ's redemption is our present and continuous possession! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!) because He has paid the redemption price in full (see Commentary on "It is Finished" in John 19:30) with His infinitely, inestimably precious blood (1Pe 1:18, 19-note). Beloved, in light of this great doctrine, we need to learn to daily walk in His glorious gift of freedom, not under a burden of legalism (cp 1Jn 5:3) but motivated by an attitude of gratitude and love which generates the obedience of faith
AND
Christ paid the ransom price (see lutron/lytron used only twice in NT = Mt 20:28, Mk 10:45) with His blood (1Pe 1:18-19-note, 1Pe 1:20-Note; 1Cor 6:20-note; Rev 5:9-note), freeing us from the curse of the law (Gal 3:13; 4:5) and releasing us from bondage of sin into the freedom of grace (cp Ro 6:14-Note).
WE didn’t just get back to broke… zero.
REDEEMED NOT JUST TO BE BACK TO PAID, BUT TO BE FREE.
IF YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR A SLAVE… THAT IS NOT FREEDOM.
REDEMPTION IS ABOVE AND BEYOND: YOU PAY THE PRICE TO PURCHASE THE SLAVE AND THEN YOU SET THEM FREE!
Eph. 1:7 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
GK = abundance of all things including riches and property and things!
APPLY THIS IN 3 WAYS
-1 Begin to worship God as a redeemer it unlocks a new understanding of who God is and what he wants to do in your life, ministry, finances, relationships,
- 2 Practice and believe for redeemed Relationships.
YES WITH GOD
BUT NOW WITH OTHERS IN YOUR LIFE
Tim and Melissa… God wanted to redeem those relationships. And he has! It is better than ever.
- 3 Choose to see yourself as redeemed?
The world can’t say they are redeemed.
They might say “this is mine, I want what’s mine, I am going after it - I earned this
I had to grind
I worked my tail off
its all based on the flesh -
The mindset is all of me body soul and spirit, My health, my wealth, my mind… Yes I put in the good works… trusting God to redeem my effort through his Holy Spirit.
You buy the boat, you repair the sail, you hire the men to run your ship, you train, study and even purchase the food for the long voyage… but its God who sends the wind. He redeems your work with the wind…. but you gotta put in the work.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 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
Hard to believe facts…
The supreme court of the united states has a basketball court on its top floor… and its nicknamed the highest court
Harvard might be hard to get into with a 4.5 percent admittance rate, but try this on for size: only 2.6 percent of Walmart applicants are accepted.
It officially takes 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Well, at least according to engineering students' scientific endeavor at Purdue University,
50% of Christians say they are deeply committed to practicing their faith but only 11% have a biblical worldview.
73% of churched Millennials believe they are gifted at sharing their faith, but half of them (47%) think it is wrong to share the faith with someone of a different faith.
Only half of America’s pastors (51%) have a biblical worldview.
In 1631, a publishing company published a Bible with the typo “Thou Shalt Commit Adultery.” Only 9 of these Bibles, known as the “Sinners’ Bible” exist today.
China is not only the largest producer of textiles and manufactured goods in the world; the country is also the largest producer of Bibles.
Now some people find it hard to believe that there is a God… but even more distressing or even shocking thing I have ever heard of… EVER E V E R !!!!!
The son of God, Jesus, the perfect, spotless, innocent, righteous, holy, all powerful, all knowing, beautiful one… gave up his life for my sins. He paid the price for redeeming me from the curse of the sin and shame and death. God didn’t look the other way, he didn’t bribe off the courts with a pizza and a few bucks, he gave his son for my sacrifice. And it wasn’t a quick painless bullet to the head… it was excruciatingly painful… and evil and twisted… I have a beautiful 4 year old granddaughter… I would absolutely fall to pieces, and I mean completely lose it, if my son said “Dad because of your sin we are going to strip, beat and murder your granddaughter… so you can be forgiven.
She is the most innocent loving sweet caring person I know on earth… and her love for me is unending… I couldn’t do it. But my granddaughter doesn’t even hold a candle to Jesus. Unbelievable that God would love me so much that he would give his own son in my place for the price to be paid for my sin. I told you it was crazy talk.
I hope today you take time to realize just how amazing it is that God loves you so much that he gave his son to die on the cross for your sins so that you could have a relationship with him, God the father.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 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
I don’t want to waste my life… I don’t think anyone does. So I have been on a quest to find out what allows someone to get the most out of their life… What I am talking about is how do I make the biggest impact I can make in my life time.
Have you ever asked yourself what does it take to make an impact on the world, or at least a bigger impact through my own life?
I have learned one thing in my 57 years here on earth, the greater the impact you want to make I must practice these three things… Now I am not saying this the final 3, or that there may not be a few others… but for the most part I think Im on track. What are they?
Number 1…
- To make a greater impact in and through my life I must learn to say No more.
It would seem counter intuitive to do less and expect more… but trust me its not. There is a power in saying no that allows you the time, effort and energy to say yes to the things you are passionate about. The things you know God has called you to do.
I would imagine one of the curses of having lots of money is that everyone has a cause they want you to get behind… well guess what? We all have something that is even more valuable than money - thats time. On your death bed you won’t wish for more money… But I bet you would take more time in a heart beat.
So to get the biggest bang for my buck with my time, I have promised to say No to 5 things for everything I might say yes to. Or I tell myself to only say yes to one thing a day…. or even make rules that if I say yes to one thing, I must eliminate something else in my life. What I am trying to say is that to speak NO is more important than speaking 5 languages.
What does Scripture say “redeem the time”
Eph. 4:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is
If we truly want to use our time better we better realize that God has some things he wants us to say yes to and other things he wants us to say no to. More often than not, No is better than yes.
Number 2 If I want to make a bigger impact with my life
- there are friends I need to break away from.
I have lots of friends… now I am not saying to make them enemies, but what I am saying is that I must have a very specific goal behind every friendship. I just posted to a friends post about this stating that I believe out of 10 friends, you should have 3 you pour into (you might call that discipleship), 4 that you are equal with for support and friendship, and 3 that pour into you (personal mentors)
You know Jesus wasn’t everyones friend. He had a best friend, John, He had 3 close friends Peter James and John, He had 12 that he called disciples or friends, he had 72 that were other disciples… more like business associates, and he had 120 that were on the outskirts but followers. Now he had thousands that wanted his attention… but he never felt pressured to break out of those circles. Every friendship, acquaintance and person he met fit his purpose. You should try it!
Number 3
- do what you’re good at and leave the rest behind…
Here is a secret to be good at something means you must first be bad at it. I know people say if you love what you do you will never work another day of your life…. ok, but what if what you love doesn’t pay the bills. And honestly, skill trumps passion. I would rather do what I am skilled at, good at, then simply what I love… So I gotta know what I am good at before I worry about what I am passionate about…. look right now I don’t know anyone who is hiring for people who want back rubs while listening to 80’s hair metal and eating donuts…SO IT LOOKS LIKE IM GONNA STARVE… but what am I passionate about… Can I get good at it? Because typically what I am passionate about I get good at and I fall in love with. You study the disciples lives and they were not good at being followers of Jesus. Arguing, fighting, posturing who is better more liked, who will sit with the Jesus in heaven, can’t heal people, doubt Jesus, forget his works… They sucked at being disciples… but they were passionate about it… and in time they got good at it and fell in love with it and even gave up their lives for it.
So there you go, Say no, make friendships purposeful, and find your passion… and impact awaits!
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 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
nuke
As a long time, forever, follower of Christ… I mean I started following Jesus at the age of 4… I many times sit back and contemplate… why is my Christian walk not easier… when does the massive breakthrough happen when life does not get me down, and circumstances no longer push my buttons… when I no longer wrestle with my flesh… when do I just feel happy and joyful and full of wonder…
I guess I want to a finish line. Break the tape and enjoy the spoils of this journey.
However I must remember that being a Christ follower is understanding I must embrace the daily conflict of spiritual war. Ephesians 6 talks about the perils of spiritual warfare and how we must be on our guard 24/7. So what gives… how can we ever find peace when in war?
This may sound strange to some unless you have actually been in war. I have friends who were in the Vietnam war and they would say that in the midst of hell on earth many times after a fire fight, they would enjoy the peace of night… the pitter patter of rain… it was almost like the war made times where there was no gunfire or madness even more intensely calm and … might I say it even enjoyable. They say
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. You can enjoy the strength that pain brings even more when the pain has left. But you still gotta go through the pain… Accept the pain, learn -move on and be thankful for the extra strength… and keep warring on!
God does promise us rest in the midst of trial… but that doesn’t mean that trial ends… we just simply get a break at times in God.
If you read all of Ephesians 6 you get a wave of insight and emotion that prepares you for war… I always hear Eminems song lose yourself when I read that portion of scripture
Look
If you had
One shot
Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?
Yo
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
You know but the lyrics are out of Ephesians 6
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God,
Ok, Im not Eminem… im not even milk chocolate… but the point is at the end of this chapter The apostle Paul says peace to all those in the faith.
Its like a parody in a movie… someone hands you a gun and says “there gonna try to kill you, don’t die, keep your head down… oh and have fun and peace”.
Really?
Men if you are not involved war 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… and they might never give you a rest.
War, Rest and then War on!
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 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
Everyone likes affirmation, but what we need is validation. You can be told your a good driver (wether you are or are not) but validation comes from authority. You get a drivers license and you are now validated. It doesn’t matter if your neighbor, friend, teacher, boss or even parent thinks you are a bad driver… you have been validated by THE authority… the DMV.
Every movement in the world today clamors for validation (BLM, LGBQT, Feminism, global warming pick a topic - pick a soap box etc…) Many get affirmation… from politicians, a whole lot from the media and entertainment… but affirmation falls short of what they really want and really need. And when affirmation seems to fall short and they never truly get what matters - that is the fathers validation they then roar against those who do not affirm them and even get angry at those who do have the fathers validation.
65% of the the average Black family households have one parent. 25% of White family have only one parent. 45% of hispanic families have one parent.
And the father project reports that even when a father is present in body, many of them are absent in engagement. It is almost worse because the father is there but doesn’t care enough to engage in love, affection, conversation or even in attendance to life moments in the child’s life. In any case there are millions of kids growing up without affirmation, let alone validation.
Obviously its great when you have your fathers affirmation and validation… but what even trumps that is your heavenly fathers validation…
because once you have the fathers validation you don’t care who affirms you.
When Jesus was asked to teach us to pray he said pray like this, “Dear Daddy”
God is our Daddy, Daddy validated his love for us because well he is THEE authority and he also gave us the ultimate license… it was Christ on the cross. You know when you get pulled over you show your valid drivers license…. well when any doubt comes into your mind wether or not god loves you (i.e. your Daddy) just pull out Jesus on the cross… yea, here’s my validation. He put his son on the cross to show me how much he loves me.
When you want to really up your game in the daddy validation department just start reading scripture in the New Testament and replace Gods name with Daddy.
Romans 8:31 If God be fore us who can stand against us. If Daddy is for me, who can be against us.
John 3:16 For Daddy loved me so much that he gave his one and only son to die for my sins.
1 Cor. 3:16 Do you not know you are Daddy’s temple and the spirit of Daddy dwells inside you.
1 John 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him
Ok, I think you get it. So now act like it. I can honestly say that I never actually had a problem with peer pressure growing up. I was never tempted to do drugs, drink, party etc… the simple fact was that I knew my parents loved me and for some reason it just was more than enough to allow me to say no to stupid things. Now 50 plus years later I can say the same thing about how Gods love works in my life… he is my Daddy. Im good with that and what anyone else thinks doesn’t add or detract from that validation.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 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
Lets get deep for a moment shall we? I believe self responsibility is the key to a deep and meaningful spiritual walk with God. And it is also the reciprocal action to one who has a deep relationship with God. What I mean is, the more you take responsibility in who, how, why, when, where you build your spiritual walk the more you in fact want to look at those and build them even more. The fact is a responsible life builds a greater life that is responsible.
Its this simple…
Can you agree with these statements
I am responsible for my prayer life
I am responsible for the depth of my prayer life
I am responsible for my time in Gods word
I am responsible for how well I know Gods word
I am responsible for my lack of obedience to God
I am responsible for not listening to God
I am responsible for the lack of growth in my spouse and kids lives…
I am responsible for the lack of Gods power I see in my life
I am responsible for my behavior when it does not line up with Gods word or character
I am responsible for my actions, reactions and responses
I am responsible for an attitude and mindset that does not line up with Gods word
Why are these so hard to accept? Because its all on us. As soon as I read these I want to line up a few excuses and let myself off the hook… but responsibility in my walk with God does not let me do that.
You know its a proven fact that those who accept the problems in their life and take responsibility for them also accept and take responsibility for their successes and their wins.
What’s the point?
Scripture is so clear: Joshua says in Joshua 24:15 Choose ye this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house we will serve the lord. Joshua is stating the spiritual wins and losses in his life are due to the choices he has made.
Just by uttering those words I am confessing I will be held responsible for my whole life… it must look like it is serving God in every area.
Prov. 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
The hard truth is this, if I am unwilling to take responsibility for my spiritual walk, then I don’t really want a deep and meaningful spiritual walk. I must realize that I have chosen to be content with a half way, watered down, luke warm pansy wanna be poser Christian life. And worse yet, why would you want that? Why talk of day dreams but live in nightmares.
G.K. Chesterton — 'The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.'
Another great philosopher said “with great power comes great responsibility” Thank you uncle Ben from spiderman… but that is actually backwards. The biblical truth is that with great responsibility comes great power… and a pretty good walk with God as well.
Responsibility is not finding all the things we are bad at and just simply accepting them - thats just fault finding. Responsibility is knowing what in our life does not line up with Gods word - yes in every area of our life - and choosing to go to God with it, confess it, ask for his Holy Spirit to empower you to move on and make a plan to do just that.
Do you want to change your life? Responsibility is the only way out.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 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
I have had quite a few business’s.
BAD T shirt company
Black and White Productions company
Vivid YP source
SouthSide Bully Gym
SouthSide Bully supplements
Harmony Church
WellBuiltBody clothing company with website and youtube channel
If had a brand… What would it be for? Fitness
what would be your logo - I have had 4 different lions drawn for my well built body clothing company
Your colors - Orange, white and black
your tag line - Sweat Loud
What would you want your head sponsor to be or look like. My guy would be an older bearded powerlifter with a smile that was almost a surprise smile. The woman would be beautiful but innocent looking.
The kid/teenager would be aggressive and muscular… both boy and girl.
My theme music would be drum dominated with gritty metal guitar.
My commercials would be about making everything better… in body and soul
Here is some real life branding advice…
#1: Define your brand and become an expert.
SouthSide Bully was dark, hard, gritty and hardcore
#2: Establish a presence.
Social media, events, clothing, giveaways
#3: Generate brand awareness through networking.
Connect with others in your field… its not competition, its coalition
#4: Remember the 3 Cs of branding. Clarity, consistency, constancy. Be clear in who you are and are not. Don’t sugar-coat your qualifications.
#5: Get feedback from those who know you best—at work, at home, anywhere.
Are you hitting the mark with your brand.
NOW GUESS WHAT… YOU HAVE A BRAND
Let me ask you this… How much work have you done on your brand… YOUR brand meaning YOU. My brand is Garth… what is my brand like? How is it doing? Is it hitting its mark.
2 Cor. 5:17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
WHEN I COME TO CHRIST… i now get to start a new brand for Jesus.
who will I be
what will I stand for
My colors… Red and white
What will I be known for? It won’t be whining, social media banter or captious behavior, it won’t be for my bench or my religious soap box… it will be for wanting to reach as many people for Jesus as possible.
My music? simple Strypers song: Makes me wanna sing
What would change in your mindset, lifestyle and habits and words if you thought of yourself as the brand setter for a follower of Christ.
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 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
Im normal, average, not necessarily smart, not extremely educated, and there was very little advantage being born in my family… but man am I going to make an impact.
Acts 3 Peter and John going to the temple… doing what they do. Same old same old.
A man with a dire need hits them up…
Hey uh can you spare me some change… he is a beggar, he is a cripple. Peter and John pull out their pockets, empty a gum wrapper, some lint and a kernel of wheat that somehow got in there… and tell him we ain’t got no money, but we will give you what we do have.
And they heal him.
Get up in Jesus name and walk! BOOM! It happens. Now a crowd gathers because a dude who could not walk for 40 years is now got his own instagram account where he is jumping and shouting and praising God. eat your heart out kneesovertoes guy.
The religious leaders are not happy… two reasons:
one they are preaching Jesus and two the sadducees don’t believe in the supernatural… that would be a hard one to argue at this point… or you would think.
They lock up Peter and John and now in Acts 4 they share something that is quite remarkable out of the lips of the religious leaders. They say this
13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.
So check out the scene… they see a miracle, in fact the man they healed is standing their with them.
They see the boldness, they see that they are ordinary, they see that they are uneducated… but what also do they see?
They recognized that these men had been with Jesus. They saw what really mattered… time with Jesus.
Lets flip the script… would it have mattered if they saw that they were well educated, well informed, highly influential, financially secure… would they have pinned the miracle on one of these traits????
Oh, they have both graduated from Harvard… no wonder they can do miracles.
WAKE UP - not a chance. the difference maker in the eyes of the world is that they see you have spent time with Jesus and you have the power to back it up!
It is not enough to just spend time with Jesus, you have to step out and do the work and God will do the rest.
Hello? If you walk with the miracle worker you better walk in the miraculous or no one really cares. If you don’t speak life, deal life, give life… it don’t matter.
Here is the recipe for the miraculous…
Spend time with Jesus
Be filled with the Holy Spirit
Always be prepared to preach the gospel
and then in your day to day routine just step out in faith…
NOW people will notice you have been with God. Not because you argue theological points on social media, not because you wear a Christian t shirt, not because you don’t go to movies…
Get where I am going with this.
But to put a final nail in the coffin… they ask him (the high priest and the religious leaders) in who’s name do you do this… These were the same religious leaders who were against Jesus on the night of the crucifixion.
Peter and John say we do this in the name of Jesus.
Peter and John set a precedent - Do all things in the name of Jesus… what a way to live life!
When your heart bleeds religion -you nit pick and are captious… yeah you know who Im talking to. But when your heart is simply to share the gospel and make Jesus known to a dying world… God has a tendency to show up.
Ok, so you’re average, you’re normal, you are just like everyone else…. Be the one who spends time with Jesus, is continually filled with his Spirit and who is always ready to share the gospel… and watch what happens.
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 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
The children of Israel have out and away from Egypt and been in the desert for a year… and now God says send in 12 spies to the land of Canaan. The promised land.
Numbers 14:8,9,10
8If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. 9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!” 10But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
The spies gave a true report in the natural.
But God wanted them to believe him and give a report of the bounty he had for them. the Blessing he had prepared for them.
Joshua here in verse 9 says do not rebel against the Lord.
Rebel HB = Mawrad
Its an interesting word… it has the connotation that you are really working at trying to excuse your disobedience.
you ever meet people like that? So why don’t you attend church? Well, its really the only day I have to catch up on stuff and to spend time with my wife.. and I actually do get into the word on Sundays and have my own quiet time… chatter chatter chatter Mawrad…
Why don’t you tithe? Oh why I absolutely believe in it even though it is an OT concept, but right now we have decided to give our money to other needs outside the church (like your fishing hobby?) Mawrad…
Why don’t you ever share Christ with others… well it’s not my gifting - my gifting is the gift of helps… and … mawrad…
I don’t really have a porn problem, I am in a sexless marriage so yea once and awhile I may look at porn but it’s not habitual… I know guys who can’t live with out it… Mawrad
These spies are working overtime to convince Moses why they can’t take the Land that GOD PROMISED THEM… HELLO? HELLO? DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEMSELVES AND MOSES THAT WHAT GOD SAYS IT NOT TRUE!
Joshua then puts it into what I like to say as a little ghetto talk… he says…
and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us.
We are going to eat their lunch! These giants, they will be a meal… yes a supersized meal, but still a meal for us!
It makes me wonder if Jesus had this in mind when he taught the disciples how to pray… give us this day our daily bread.
Again in street slang: let me eat my giants today. Let me devour my problems today. May they nourish my faith!
The Lords prayer…
Give us this day our daily bread… my giants - y problems, my struggles… are my meals that God has prepared for me!
Remember because Israel didn’t trust God to feed their enemies to them - they had to wander 40 more years.
Don’t put off eating todays giants… you never know how long it will be until you get another chance!