The David Alliance

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Garth Heckman

BAD MAMA JAMMA PRINCESS WARRIOR FOR JESUS

The Life of Deborah - she is a prophetess. 

She is serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor during a tumultuous era.

My sister Cheri - was like Deborah

Can a woman be a prophet, leader, counselor, warrior? 

1 Cor. 11:5 women prophetesses - cover your head… just a sign of submission. Its not a Moral issue, its a heart issue. 

This is how they showed the principal of showing they were under the submission of their husband and the leaders in the church… but was what that meant in their day. 

What is the line of authority in scripture: 

Children submit to your parents - husband wife

A woman must be under the submission of a husband or a the authority in the church. 

But a man must be under the authority of God.

A woman says: I don’t want to be under a mans authority…

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A MAN THINKS…

I don’t want to be under Gods authority.

The issue is not wether or not a woman can have gifting, power, spiritual authority, purpose, meaning, calling… 

But it must be under the guidelines of authority of the home or church. WHY? 

A few reasons:

Has to do with Gods ordained order 1 Cor. 11:3

Gods order of creation 1 Cor. 11:8,9

It honors the presence of watching angels 1 Cor. 11:10

It is in line with the nature of the fall 1 Tim. 2:14

*Women might say: that’s just not fair - there are a lot of things that are not fair. But they are Godly.

   -  Well pastor this is easy for you to preach because you are not a woman.

***let me let you in on a little secret: it would be very easy for a man (and many do) to just let the wives run the house. It is hard for a man to ask his wife to submit.

He has to be like Christ

He has to hear the voice of God

He has to lead

And even then… many women will not submit to him. 

So the man just checks out… you live your life, I’ll live mine. 

I will just not talk and follow orders… I still get to watch football, hunt, go out with the boys.

THOUGHT….

You know when God created Eve as a helpmate: That meant, that Eve was the secret weapon to Adam being all that he could be.

BUT SHE HAD TO BE UNDER HIS AUTHORITY.

Ladies you have the same power, gifting, importance, leadership, insight… NAME IT. But if you do not learn how to submit to a mans authority you will never create the environment or atmosphere where things become all they can be in your family, faith and finances.

A wife who submits to a GODLY husband in all areas creates an environment where a man can run for miles through brick wall after brick wall…. HER SUBMISSION TO HIS AUTHORITY creates an atmosphere of blessing!

But when she is not submissive - she is like a dripping faucet.

It slowly sucks the life out of a man. 

MEN YOU NEED TO BE TUNED INTO GOD, SEEK HIM, KNOW HIM, SERVE HIM - but women you need to recognize it in your man and honor it and submit to him. 

My bow: Matthews V3 - but without the string….

There is a lie out there… that says

If I am not in charge I am inferior, I am not important or equal in authority…. TOTAL LIE: BECAUSE JESUS DID THIS. 

Judges 4 and 5 is a story of a 

Bad Mother… Literally! 

Deborah is one of the most prominent figures in the Book of Judges (chapters 4 and 5). 

She serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor and a little snarky during a tumultuous era… but submissive to her superiors and to God

READ Judges 4

Barak is a military leader from the tribe of Naphtali, the son of Abinoam from Kedesh. He appears in Judges 4 as the man Deborah summons to deliver Israel from Canaanite oppression.

The setup: Israel had been oppressed for twenty years by Jabin, a Canaanite king, whose army commander, Sisera, had 900 iron chariots. Deborah, a prophetess who was judging Israel at the time, sent for Barak and told him God commanded him to gather 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor. God promised to draw Sisera and his chariots to the Kishon River and give Israel victory.

His hesitation: Barak said he would go only if Deborah went with him. She agreed but told him the honor of the victory would not be his, because the Lord would hand Sisera over to a woman. Some readers see this as a lack of faith, while others see it as a reasonable wish to have God’s prophet beside him. Either way, it sets up the ending.

The battle: When Barak led his men down from Mount Tabor, the Lord threw Sisera’s army into panic, and Barak pursued the chariots, so that the whole force fell by the sword. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

The twist: Sisera took refuge in the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, and she killed him in his sleep with a tent peg. When Barak arrived in pursuit, Jael showed him the dead commander, fulfilling Deborah’s prophecy.

Deb calls Barak to go to war against Jaban and his 900 chariots of steel - tanks! On the flat - suicide.

Jaban’s general is Sisera

God sends a flood - the chariots are useless…

Barak kills all the soldiers

Sisera flees on foot to Jaels tent

Key Milestones & Role

Sit Under the Palm: Faithfulness in Daily Duty (Judges 4:45 

Deborah didn't begin her story on the battlefield; 

she began by serving faithfully where she was placed listening, counseling, and judging under the palm tree.

Application: Great callings often start with quiet consistency in daily tasks. Are we faithful in the smaller assignments God has currently given us?

Deborah spoke with authority to Barak 

But it was under Gods authority not Hers.

Deborah did not call him to action - rather she said “God is calling you to action”

Deborah was willing to hear God

Be used by God

And trust God by going into battle with Barak… she submitted to Barak - even though she was the prophet at the time. 

Here is a challenge - are you raising your boys to know how to be submissive to God? - by Dads example.

Are you raising your girls knowing what it means to be submissive to their husbands? By Moms example. 

**You might be the next Deborah OR you may be raising the next Deborah. 

The David Alliance

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Garth Heckman

BAD MAMA JAMMA PRINCESS WARRIOR FOR JESUS

The Life of Deborah - she is a prophetess. 

She is serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor during a tumultuous era.

My sister Cheri - was like Deborah

Can a woman be a prophet, leader, counselor, warrior? 

1 Cor. 11:5 women prophetesses - cover your head… just a sign of submission. Its not a Moral issue, its a heart issue. 

This is how they showed the principal of showing they were under the submission of their husband and the leaders in the church… but was what that meant in their day. 

What is the line of authority in scripture: 

Children submit to your parents - husband wife

A woman must be under the submission of a husband or a the authority in the church. 

But a man must be under the authority of God.

A woman says: I don’t want to be under a mans authority…

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A MAN THINKS…

I don’t want to be under Gods authority.

The issue is not wether or not a woman can have gifting, power, spiritual authority, purpose, meaning, calling… 

But it must be under the guidelines of authority of the home or church. WHY? 

A few reasons:

Has to do with Gods ordained order 1 Cor. 11:3

Gods order of creation 1 Cor. 11:8,9

It honors the presence of watching angels 1 Cor. 11:10

It is in line with the nature of the fall 1 Tim. 2:14

*Women might say: that’s just not fair - there are a lot of things that are not fair. But they are Godly.

   -  Well pastor this is easy for you to preach because you are not a woman.

***let me let you in on a little secret: it would be very easy for a man (and many do) to just let the wives run the house. It is hard for a man to ask his wife to submit.

He has to be like Christ

He has to hear the voice of God

He has to lead

And even then… many women will not submit to him. 

So the man just checks out… you live your life, I’ll live mine. 

I will just not talk and follow orders… I still get to watch football, hunt, go out with the boys.

THOUGHT….

You know when God created Eve as a helpmate: That meant, that Eve was the secret weapon to Adam being all that he could be.

BUT SHE HAD TO BE UNDER HIS AUTHORITY.

Ladies you have the same power, gifting, importance, leadership, insight… NAME IT. But if you do not learn how to submit to a mans authority you will never create the environment or atmosphere where things become all they can be in your family, faith and finances.

A wife who submits to a GODLY husband in all areas creates an environment where a man can run for miles through brick wall after brick wall…. HER SUBMISSION TO HIS AUTHORITY creates an atmosphere of blessing!

But when she is not submissive - she is like a dripping faucet.

It slowly sucks the life out of a man. 

MEN YOU NEED TO BE TUNED INTO GOD, SEEK HIM, KNOW HIM, SERVE HIM - but women you need to recognize it in your man and honor it and submit to him. 

My bow: Matthews V3 - but without the string….

There is a lie out there… that says

If I am not in charge I am inferior, I am not important or equal in authority…. TOTAL LIE: BECAUSE JESUS DID THIS. 

Judges 4 and 5 is a story of a 

Bad Mother… Literally! 

Deborah is one of the most prominent figures in the Book of Judges (chapters 4 and 5). 

She serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor and a little snarky during a tumultuous era… but submissive to her superiors and to God

READ Judges 4

Barak is a military leader from the tribe of Naphtali, the son of Abinoam from Kedesh. He appears in Judges 4 as the man Deborah summons to deliver Israel from Canaanite oppression.

The setup: Israel had been oppressed for twenty years by Jabin, a Canaanite king, whose army commander, Sisera, had 900 iron chariots. Deborah, a prophetess who was judging Israel at the time, sent for Barak and told him God commanded him to gather 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor. God promised to draw Sisera and his chariots to the Kishon River and give Israel victory.

His hesitation: Barak said he would go only if Deborah went with him. She agreed but told him the honor of the victory would not be his, because the Lord would hand Sisera over to a woman. Some readers see this as a lack of faith, while others see it as a reasonable wish to have God’s prophet beside him. Either way, it sets up the ending.

The battle: When Barak led his men down from Mount Tabor, the Lord threw Sisera’s army into panic, and Barak pursued the chariots, so that the whole force fell by the sword. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

The twist: Sisera took refuge in the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, and she killed him in his sleep with a tent peg. When Barak arrived in pursuit, Jael showed him the dead commander, fulfilling Deborah’s prophecy.

Deb calls Barak to go to war against Jaban and his 900 chariots of steel - tanks! On the flat - suicide.

Jaban’s general is Sisera

God sends a flood - the chariots are useless…

Barak kills all the soldiers

Sisera flees on foot to Jaels tent

Key Milestones & Role

Sit Under the Palm: Faithfulness in Daily Duty (Judges 4:45 

Deborah didn't begin her story on the battlefield; 

she began by serving faithfully where she was placed listening, counseling, and judging under the palm tree.

Application: Great callings often start with quiet consistency in daily tasks. Are we faithful in the smaller assignments God has currently given us?

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

BAD MAMA JAMMA PRINCESS WARRIOR FOR JESUS

The Life of Deborah - she is a prophetess. 

She is serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor during a tumultuous era.

My sister Cheri - was like Deborah

Can a woman be a prophet, leader, counselor, warrior? 

1 Cor. 11:5 women prophetesses - cover your head… just a sign of submission. Its not a Moral issue, its a heart issue. 

This is how they showed the principal of showing they were under the submission of their husband and the leaders in the church… but was what that meant in their day. 

What is the line of authority in scripture: 

Children submit to your parents - husband wife

A woman must be under the submission of a husband or a the authority in the church. 

But a man must be under the authority of God.

A woman says: I don’t want to be under a mans authority…

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A MAN THINKS…

I don’t want to be under Gods authority.

The issue is not wether or not a woman can have gifting, power, spiritual authority, purpose, meaning, calling… 

But it must be under the guidelines of authority of the home or church. WHY? 

A few reasons:

Has to do with Gods ordained order 1 Cor. 11:3

Gods order of creation 1 Cor. 11:8,9

It honors the presence of watching angels 1 Cor. 11:10

It is in line with the nature of the fall 1 Tim. 2:14

*Women might say: that’s just not fair - there are a lot of things that are not fair. But they are Godly.

   -  Well pastor this is easy for you to preach because you are not a woman.

***let me let you in on a little secret: it would be very easy for a man (and many do) to just let the wives run the house. It is hard for a man to ask his wife to submit.

He has to be like Christ

He has to hear the voice of God

He has to lead

And even then… many women will not submit to him. 

So the man just checks out… you live your life, I’ll live mine. 

I will just not talk and follow orders… I still get to watch football, hunt, go out with the boys.

THOUGHT….

You know when God created Eve as a helpmate: That meant, that Eve was the secret weapon to Adam being all that he could be.

BUT SHE HAD TO BE UNDER HIS AUTHORITY.

Ladies you have the same power, gifting, importance, leadership, insight… NAME IT. But if you do not learn how to submit to a mans authority you will never create the environment or atmosphere where things become all they can be in your family, faith and finances.

A wife who submits to a GODLY husband in all areas creates an environment where a man can run for miles through brick wall after brick wall…. HER SUBMISSION TO HIS AUTHORITY creates an atmosphere of blessing!

But when she is not submissive - she is like a dripping faucet.

It slowly sucks the life out of a man. 

MEN YOU NEED TO BE TUNED INTO GOD, SEEK HIM, KNOW HIM, SERVE HIM - but women you need to recognize it in your man and honor it and submit to him. 

My bow: Matthews V3 - but without the string….

There is a lie out there… that says

If I am not in charge I am inferior, I am not important or equal in authority…. TOTAL LIE: BECAUSE JESUS DID THIS.

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

BAD MAMA JAMMA PRINCESS WARRIOR FOR JESUS

The Life of Deborah - she is a prophetess. 

She is serving as a prophetess, leader, and wise counselor during a tumultuous era.

My sister Cheri - was like Deborah

Can a woman be a prophet, leader, counselor, warrior? 

1 Cor. 11:5 women prophetesses - cover your head… just a sign of submission. Its not a Moral issue, its a heart issue. 

This is how they showed the principal of showing they were under the submission of their husband and the leaders in the church… but was what that meant in their day. 

What is the line of authority in scripture: 

Children submit to your parents - husband wife

A woman must be under the submission of a husband or a the authority in the church. 

But a man must be under the authority of God.

A woman says: I don’t want to be under a mans authority…

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A MAN THINKS…

I don’t want to be under Gods authority.

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

[email protected] 

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

"The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It's over 2,700 feet tall, with more than 160 floors. When people see it, they look up.

I want to go this way God - Great were going this way (points in opposite direction)

But here's what most people don't know: for more than a year, there was nothing to look at.

18 months went into planning and executing the foundation.

NOTHING TO LOOK AT FOR 18 MONTHS!

ONCE THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID - A NEW FLOOR EVERY FEW DAYS!

The speed above was paid for by the slowness below.

If you feel like you're in the digging season of your life, a season of prayer that seems unproductive, faithfulness that isn't noticed, or a marriage being rebuilt quietly, you may not be behind. You may be in the part that decides everything else.”

The unseen work is not impressive

The unseen work is REAL 

The unseen work is nothing people rush to see

The unseen work is not talked about

The unseen work is quickly forgotten when the building stands

Once the building stands you never see the unseen work again

*The foundation is what is unseen…

Same as in your life

Big idea: Everyone is building something. 

  -  What matters is what it rests on, 

  -  how deep it goes, 

  -  and whether it survives the test.

Your life: what is it built on

How deep is your life?

Will it survive Gods ultimate test? 

*A CHALLENGE THIS WEEK: LOOK FOR FOUNDATIONS IN SCRIPTURE.

The Lords prayer: Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who have sinned against us. 

**This was taught before the cross. How were people’s sins covered at this time?

Everything God has done - he has first laid a foundation: 

The foundation is only as good as the person who builds it

2. The foundation is a person, not a program

I cracked my head open for a foundation… not kidding, and I don’t mean “I cracked my head open as in a lump and some blood… No I MEAN I CRACKED MY HEAD OPEN… AS IN SKULL CRACKED OPEN”

ITS HARD WORK PEOPLE

Foundations are hidden, slow, and costly - and I’m not talking about buildings…. Im talking about YOU!!

GOD WILL DO LONG DEEP WORK IN YOU…. ITS RARELY FAST… in order for you to be all that you can be in him. 

Think of this:

Foundations are not noteworthy… no one goes to visit a foundation.

They are not meant to be on display.

They are slow, tedious and detailed.

They are very costly.

And finally after all this… they are hidden. No one sees them. 

BUT THE PROCESS ALLOWS YOU TO KNOW THE BUILDER INTIMATELY 

In Jesus time seasonal streambeds (wadis) that are dry for much of the year but flood violently in the winter rains. Sand and gravel build up in those beds and low areas… and can look solid and easy to build on.

BUT WHEN THE FLASH FLOOD COMES - 

TWO THOUGHTS:

YOU BETTER KNOW WHERE YOUR ARE BUILDING AND HOW TO PREPARE. If you are called to the entertainment business, pro athlete, business mogul… the pressures are great, the floods are powerful - you better have a deep foundation. 

**HERE IS WHAT IS INTERESTING… ALL YOU WOULD NEED TO DO IS TAKE TIME, EFFORT, HARD WORK AND DIG IN THAT EXACT SPOT AND YOU WOULD HIT LIME ROCK… A SOLID FOUNDATION! 

**THIS SUGGESTS - ITS NOT THE LOCATION - ITS THE FOUNDATION! 

AND FOUNDATIONS TAKE TIME!!

NEW ZEALAND MARRIAGE SURVEY 

Marriage survey… happiness declines. Marriage ruins everything… 

MICHIGAN SURVEY

but at the 30 year mark… it is better than you ever thought possible. 

**ITS NOT WHO YOU MARRY, ITS HOW LONG YOU are willing to BUILD THE FOUNDATION WITH THEM. 

The David Alliance

[email protected]

Garth Heckman

"The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It's over 2,700 feet tall, with more than 160 floors. When people see it, they look up.

I want to go this way God - Great were going this way (points in opposite direction)

But here's what most people don't know: for more than a year, there was nothing to look at.

18 months went into planning and executing the foundation.

NOTHING TO LOOK AT FOR 18 MONTHS!

ONCE THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID - A NEW FLOOR EVERY FEW DAYS!

The speed above was paid for by the slowness below.

If you feel like you're in the digging season of your life, a season of prayer that seems unproductive, faithfulness that isn't noticed, or a marriage being rebuilt quietly, you may not be behind. You may be in the part that decides everything else.”

The unseen work is not impressive

The unseen work is REAL 

The unseen work is nothing people rush to see

The unseen work is not talked about

The unseen work is quickly forgotten when the building stands

Once the building stands you never see the unseen work again

*The foundation is what is unseen…

Same as in your life

Big idea: Everyone is building something. 

  -  What matters is what it rests on, 

  -  how deep it goes, 

  -  and whether it survives the test.

Your life: what is it built on

How deep is your life?

Will it survive Gods ultimate test? 

*A CHALLENGE THIS WEEK: LOOK FOR FOUNDATIONS IN SCRIPTURE.

The Lords prayer: Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who have sinned against us. 

**This was taught before the cross. How were people’s sins covered at this time?

Everything God has done - he has first laid a foundation: 

The foundation is only as good as the person who builds it

2. The foundation is a person, not a program

I cracked my head open for a foundation… not kidding, and I don’t mean “I cracked my head open as in a lump and some blood… No I MEAN I CRACKED MY HEAD OPEN… AS IN SKULL CRACKED OPEN”

ITS HARD WORK PEOPLE

Foundations are hidden, slow, and costly - and I’m not talking about buildings…. Im talking about YOU!!

GOD WILL DO LONG DEEP WORK IN YOU…. ITS RARELY FAST… in order for you to be all that you can be in him. 

Think of this:

Foundations are not noteworthy… no one goes to visit a foundation.

They are not meant to be on display.

They are slow, tedious and detailed.

They are very costly.

And finally after all this… they are hidden. No one sees them. 

BUT THE PROCESS ALLOWS YOU TO KNOW THE BUILDER INTIMATELY