The David Alliance

The David Alliance

By Garth HeckmanReligion & Spirituality
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  • Attack Attack Attack

     

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    We saw satan cast down in 2 ways in scripture.

    first from his position in heaven, and secondly he was cast down into the heavens…

    There are levels of heaven as we understand in Ephesians 6. So he is now at war in the heavens leading principalities, powers, governments and systems in and through his rank in the heavens.

     

    Don’t for a second think that satan has no plan. he is a well informed and well educated enemy. He has dominions under his command and has rank and file of fallen angels that are now demons. They don’t just haphazardly shoot arrows at you.

    The word Arrow in the Greek used in Eph. 6 is actually a root word we use for missiles. They are specific, well planned thought out attacks on our weaknesses.

     

    So how do we fight back. Here are 3 things that as men we can do specifically. 

     

    Ask yourself these 3 questions:

    WHAT IS YOUR BAIT?

    When hunting or fishing, a good gamesman uses the right bait to lure his prey (Worms, Apples? Buck fever Rut potion) another animal might use the tactic of faking an injury or even making the sound of another animal in distress luring an unsuspecting victim into its grasp. 

    What are your weakness? or let me put it this way… How would YOU track YOU?

    When your sex drive is not being met?

    When finances are tight? 

    When you compare yourself to others? 

    When you are angry?

     

    You gotta ask yourself what is your bait? What is your weakness?

     

    Once you identify them now you can really start to go to work. 

     

     

      2  - WHEN are you weak?

    When your wife won’t have sex with you… do you pout and justify porn?

    When you don’t have enough money, do you doubt God and stress out quit tithing and being generous.

    When you compare yourself to others… someone gets a new car, job, home, toy… do you go and spend money you don’t have?

    When you are angry do you take it out on your wife and kids or over eat?

     

     

      3 - What is your plan of attack… don’t just defend, but attack! 

     

    Recognizing your bait and your weakness is the part everyone does… the part no one typically does is put together a detailed plan of attack against the enemy.

    It would be like going to the doctor and getting an X ray. He takes the x ray, shows you what is the matter, what will happen if you don’t deal with it, gives you some solutions and then you go home and just hope it works out by knowing the information.

     

    Men here is the secret: The attack should be offensive. What do I mean by that? 

    ok, so you are dealing with lust… don’t just pray God help me not see boobies… 

    your plan is offensive. Yes pray God strengthens you, and pray his grace frees your mind to focus on him. But also have a plan that if you start to lust you go on the attack.

    You will go and share the gospel with someone, you will write a check out for a missionary, you will memorize a new verse in the bible. You will call and pray for your pastor or someone in church. You will visit someone in the hospital and pray for them. 

    And finally your last act of offensive attack is quoting Gods word over your temptation and speaking faith into it. But you have his words ready and memorized and at the tip of your tongue.

     

    So here is a scenario: 

    You are driving down the road and a beautiful woman is jogging, you just got into a fight with your wife and your mind immediately starts to think of this woman jogging…

    Attack: Pull over to a gas station, share Jesus with someone, pull over and call a friend and pray for them, begin to immediately thank God for his word and what it says about you and your wife. Prov. 18:22 he who finds a wife finds a good thing. 

     

    This is my mindset when tempted: oh so that is how it is satan…oh ok, your going to pay - and I let him know if you attack me- I attack you and what you stand for. 

     

    11 min
  • Pay the Price

     

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    How bad do you want it.

     

    Those who know God the best, used by God the most and walk in victory on a more consistent basis have learned one thing matters more than anything else.

     

    Time with God!

     

    I have to set up a meeting a few times a year with someone to find out how I am doing in my spiritual walk. It is a brutal meeting, it is painful and it is nothing but honesty… and that meeting is with me! 

     

    Yes me! I ask myself questions like: 

    Am I really meditating on Gods word when I read it?

    Is my prayer time just meandering and repetition?

    Am I really putting enough time into seeking God?

    Am I really dealing with my sin?

     

    But the key in all of these is “am I willing to pay the price… and that price is almost always more time with God”. It takes time to build intimacy, it takes time to hear his voice, it takes time to press into his presence, it takes time to meditate on his word. 

     

    In the ESPN series The Last Dance, talking about Michael Jordans life and legacy. There is a clip in the series where they talk about the Detroit Pistons and how they were the bad boys… they had what was called the Jordan rules. Simply put: you attack him. So in this short clip they interview a celebrity author, black professor who is just a cool dude, he is the kind of guy you would like to just hang out with… but anyway. He has one little sentence that just stands out to me he says something like “How bad do you want it? Are you willing to get hurt just to score a basket? 

    Sometimes men we have to ask ourselves the same thing.. and deal with the honesty.

    How bad to you want to be like Jesus?

    Maybe you are honest and you say… well yea, I would, but I need to get my career going, and make some money and hit the gym and be a Dad and a husband and go hunting etc…   

    But at least be honest and say “I do, but I don’t want to make the sacrifice”. 

    Or you can answer I do… but I am not making the sacrifice yet… and I need to.

     

    I was just recently on a zoom meeting that was with about 25 business people… We are being mentored by a very successful business person. I was at first shocked at how honest our mentor was with each of us. He basically called many of us out on our BS. He even put up on a screen a spread sheet and ran someones numbers real quick and said “not to embarrass you Mr. Williams, but your numbers don’t add up, you are talking BS”. 

    I loved it and hated it… my turn was coming up soon.

    But at the same time I was thinking “I am paying for this? and I am paying a big some of money for this???”

    ABSOLUTELY. 

    Because I know me- and I need honesty and I know I need to pay a price if I want something to be the best it can be. 

     

    Yesterday we talked about mentoring. How many of you are willing to be mentored to grow in your spiritual walk? How many of you are willing to sacrifice a hobby, some TV time, your computer, your early mornings etc… to connect deeper with God? 

     

    Here is the sad state of affairs in most peoples lives. They connect with God a few flashes a week… never really pushing in until there is a problem. How many of us miss the obvious in the Gospels where it says and Jesus got away by himself as was his custom. 

     

    Ever try to sneak something through customs when you are traveling? 

    If your custom is meeting with Jesus for daily long extended periods of time… you won’t get away with much and you will definitely be more like him.

     

    My final word on this subject: Life is busy. We all have the same amount of time. You will have to sacrifice somewhere in your life to find time to be more like Jesus 

    MY FEAR???

    Many of you will never realize just how worth the sacrifice is… there is no better trade in life. 

    10 min
  • Mentor Me!

     

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    How to find a discipleship/mentor partner for the real world.

     

    I can’t think of a better way to become more like Jesus in my walk then to read, pray, obey and have a mentor! 

     

    No matter what the role in life you play, your chance of success is a hundred times greater with a mentor…

    Here is one stat just regarding businesses… if you start a business and have a mentor you are more than 70x likely to be in business 5 years later… 

    93% of all successful startups said it was due to mentoring. 

     

    Now I would imagine most followers of Christ who are really truly growing are being mentored.. and  yes a bible study group counts… but one on one mentorship is so much better. 

     

    Jesus had 12 disciples and they all were different personalities and styles. He discipled them all perfectly… But we will never find Jesus on earth to mentor us… but we can still find a quality mentor. 

     

    It was shared at the TDA conference by 2 of our speakers that I had mentored them… which brought a few requests of me to mentor men who were at the conference… sooo…

     

    If you are a pastor… find a pastor with experience

    If you are a business person ….

    If you are newly married… find someone who is married for years

    If you are single…

    ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS MY MAJOR ROLE IN LIFE THAT MIGHT HINDER BECOMING MORE LIKE X AND FIND A PERSON IN THAT ROLE. 

     

    First off… you are interviewing them. Don’t take the first guy who says yes… find out what they are about. 

     

    I would ask them how much they read.

    How many books a week or month?

    What kind of books?

    What kind of podcasts or YT channels do they listen to and how much?

    Here is a critical question: What do you do with the information you digest in reading and listening?

     

    Find out what their biggest spiritual lessons have been the past few weeks, months, years and the biggest lesson they have learned in life… these should be spiritual lessons. 

     

    Ask them for the last 4 times God spoke to them and what it was about or for whom. 

     

    Will this be formal or informal?

     

    Have you mentored others and if so what did they get out of it? 

     

    How available are they for you? How available do you want them to be?… Even Jesus had to get away from the disciples on a regular basis. Will they be available in person, email, text, phone call etc…

     

    What are the expectations they have for you? 

    Read a book a week, Write a paper, track your quiet time, start a prayer journal, meet with you and your wife once every 3 months

    10 min
  • Nuclear War 4

     

     

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    When you sin Its about Jesus - Run to the light

     

    NOW LETS ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AND IN UNISON “ITS ABOUT JESUS”. 

     

     

    John 8 the woman caught in adultery.

    They bring her before Jesus and he could have cast a stone… but instead he wrote on the ground. 

    *he was in the temple… the ground is stone! 

     

     

    Exodus 24:12 God writes the 10 commandments.

     

    Jesus is stating right here “I gave the commandments, and I am the only one who can keep them… thus I am the judge and jury”. 

     

    Go and sin no more…

    They bring her to the light…

    Go and sin no more

    Will she still sin - Yes…

    Go and sin no more

    Does God berate her knowing she will sin again?

    NO - Go and sin no more

    When you sin a 1000 times and bring it to the light he says “GO AND SIN NO MORE!”

     

     

    Final warning:

     

    You may walk out of here and not sold on this…

    In a sense you are going to rebel and still try to take it on by yourself…   DANGER DANGER DANGER…

     

    James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 

     

    SATAN WANTS YOU TO REBEL AND DO IT ON YOUR OWN SO YOU ARE NO LONGER UNDER GODS AUTHORITY…

    you must submit… then he will flee

    Double minded? I want the light, I don’t walk in the light! 

     

     

    9 min
  • Nuclear Warfare 3

     

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    John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

     

    v.21 so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

     

     

    Here is our weapon of choice… expose it!

    RUN TO THE LIGHT!

     

    There is a difference between struggling in sin and living in darkness 

    VS.

     struggling in the light! 

     

     

    Take it to God, Run it through Gods word and move on.

     

    Major Breakthrough… Satan battling my mind that Kim was having an affair… This went on for a few weeks and I was just going nuts…

    one day in my car driving God said “what if Kim is having an affair… what does my word say? I said well you words says that you restore, that you heal and that you will carry me by your grace to continue to love her and not leave her and nothing she does can change my love for her”

    AND IT WAS LIKE “BOOOOOM” The air cleared…

    Not only did I realize Kim was NOT having an affair 

    I immediately realized this was satan

    I also had a massive grace bomb go off inside me

    I ACTUALLY WENT HOME THAT NIGHT and told my wife if you ever have an affair - Im not leaving you, I told you I would love you for ever and I will! She looked at me weird and said with a smile “ok, but Im not ever going to have an affair”… I said “I know, but I needed you to hear that for me”. 

     

    Run to the light of Christ, and his word. 

     

     

    APPLY THIS! 

    Wrestle with God in the light

    Do you openly talk to God about it…

     

    Porn star at the gym! 

     

     

    APPLY THIS!

    Do you openly share your struggles with other strong Christian men?

     

     

    Stay in the light

    The light destroys the works of the devil

     

     

    APPLY THIS!

    When you mess up satan wants to make it all about you and what you did.

    ITS NOT ABOUT YOU - ITS ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE DID!

     

     

     

     

    Whats your sin? - Let me hear it?

     

    Its about Jesus.

     

    NOW LETS ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AND IN UNISON “ITS ABOUT JESUS”. 

     

    11 min
  • Nuclear Warfare 2

     

     

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    We don’t fight to simply stay alive…

    We don’t fight to simply win…

    We as men of God fight to destroy! What does 2 Corinthians 10 say again?

    We are to destroy, destroy, take prisoner and demolish and make our enemy obey us.

    That sounds like total dominion… yep! 

     

     

    2 Cor. 10:2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

     

     

    TACTIC #2

    He is a bully he can make you feel like your missing out and inadequate - Reese punching kid who was going to rape the girl

     

    He is in your mind - he drops thoughts in and and then blames you for having them. - think of a red elephant at the circus (how dare you think of a red elephant) - These are strongholds… what we repeatedly think.

     

    STRONGHOLDS. what we repeatedly sow into our thought life.. and don’t adjust according to the word of God.

     

    How many times have you felt guilty for thinking something that satan dropped into your mind… and you just stew on it.

    Run it through the word of God. 

     

     

    TACTIC #3

    Shame is his weapon

    He wants you to live in fear - fear of missing out, not having enough, being different, unaccepted,

     

    Condemnation - exposes with shame, overblown and gives no hope

    Conviction - specific, sweet and an offer to help

    Condemnation - Look what you did!

    Conviction - Look what Jesus did!

     

    Let me ask you a question…

    Why do we as men hide our struggles and our sins?

    I BELIEVE IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON SATAN USES AGAINST US.

     

    Pride & Image…??? MAYBE????

     

    NOPE! Its because we don’t believe what Jesus did on the cross!

    9 min
  • Nuclear Warfare

     

     

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    2 Cor. 10:2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

     

     

    Jon Barr - BLACK BELT MAGAZINE - slip kick

    If you catch me I will kill you

     

    Jon would say: Some of the best preparation you can do to get ready to fight is to study your enemy! 

     

     

    5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

     

    FIRST - 

    ????What are those arguments and pretensions satan uses against us!????

    SECONDLY HOW DO WE DEMOLISH THEM?

     

     

    Satans tactics

     

    Tactic #1

    Question God and or lie about him

    you can’t trust God

    He doesn’t love you

    He has forgotten about you

    You are not good enough

    Others are more spiritual

    You will never be the man of God you want to be

    You will never measure up

    If I live for God my wife will flip

    Others will always do better than you

    You will be just fine

    God will understand

    You are better than most 

    You have plenty of time to make things right

     

     

    Does his business in the dark… (your mind is dark without the word of God in it) 

    He asks for a bit and then eats the whole thing…

     

    9 min
  • Do something Dangerous!

    Gun Raffle for a 9mm Beretta 

     

    Friday night: Big Kick off

    7pm Worship

    7:30 Daren Mehl: Free from Homosexuality and the power of God.  speak (1 hour)

    Short break

    one worship song

    8:45—9:30 Garth speak: Nuclear Spiritual Warfare (1 hour)

     

     

     

    Saturday

    9am Worship

    9:30- 10:30 Jason speak: The Mans personality (1 hour)

    10:50- 11:30 Austin speak: The second amendment (40 minutes)

    11:30 Lunch

    12:30-1:30 Phil Gwoke: Racism and Ruin (1 hour)

    1:45-2:30 Joe Bezzotte speak:Safety in unsafe times (45 minutes)

    2:45-3:45 Erik/Brandon: Fit for Faith (1 hour)

    4-5 Garth Speak: Man up (1 hour)

    Gun Raffle

    8 min
  • The truth about the truth

     

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    TDA Conference May 21st & 22nd at HillSpring Church

    BAMF Bad Action Messiah Follower 

    Sessions on: the 2nd amendment, Total safety in your home and person, the Homosexual agenda, Health life and fitness, The mans personality, Spiritual nuclear warfare, Making it happen! and fantastic praise and worship! AND WE ADDED A SPEAKER FROM BRIDGEWORKS… Phil Gwoke speaking on Race Relations…

    Starts Friday night at 7pm

    Saturday 8am - 4pm

    FREE, and a gun raffle etc…

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    She needs the fair grade on a curve or she does not get at least a B and will not get a scholarship.

    This kid is cheating.

    This is the most popular and cool student in school

    They are dating your best friend

    There Dad is the principal

    Your Dad is the principal… yes that means he is your brother! 

     

     

      - 1 Do you know the truth?

     

    Do you know all the facts?

    Do you have multiple trusted sources?

    Do you see any patterns?

    Are you taking just one persons opinion?

     

     

      -  2 Truth is truth regardless of the situation

     

    2 plus 9 = Eleven. Wether it is sunny, cloudy, green, hungry, mad or wet… circumstances may change but the truth does not. 

     

     

     

      -  3 Do you have the faith to act on the truth

     

    Truth can bring relief and it can bring danger. 

    I know the truth and it sets me free… Jesus said that.

    But now I am free to do what is right… that’s the risk! 

     

     

      -  4 Your faith level has 2 components:

      - a Your faith is based on your level of relationship with God

     

      - b The bigger the faith the bigger the reward…and loss, but also reward.

     

    MIT and Harvard school give their graduate students a test of how to make choices:

    And they basically are taught to follow these questions.

    What are the risks

    What are the potential rewards

    What would you do

    Why

     

    They have found clarity in just simply asking these 4 questions. How much more simple and rewarding life would be if we just sought out the truth.

     

    Start first by seeking out the giver of truth, the source of truth and truth himself. Jesus Christ! 

    10 min
  • Diapers, Brain Surgery & Confidence

     

     

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    TDA Conference May 21st & 22nd at HillSpring Church

    BAMF Bad Action Messiah Follower 

    Sessions on: the 2nd amendment, Total safety in your home and person, the Homosexual agenda, Health life and fitness, The mans personality, Spiritual nuclear warfare, Making it happen! and fantastic praise and worship! AND WE ADDED A SPEAKER FROM BRIDGEWORKS… Phil Gwoke speaking on Race Relations…

    Starts Friday night at 7pm

    Saturday 8am - 4pm

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    Psalm 56

    We see in 1 Sam. 21 David had some great victories, a quick rise to fame, he built a fan base… now The King who once befriended him is trying to kill him, he is alone, on the run and ends up in the hands of his true enemies the Philistines. 

     

    Here in Psalm 56 he shares his heart, his hurts, his fears, his worries… but then in the middle of this he says this:

    This I know: God is on my side! 

     

    Look its one thing to say this on a sunny day, stocks are up, driving a new car, marriage is rocking the bed regularly and you are healthy… 

    But this is one of those great divine set ups we see in scripture…. things are horrible… but - BOOM!

     

    That David teaches us something through.

    Even when its bad… God is good… he is on our side.

    How did he build this confidence?

    Here are 3 things from his life…

      -  He was faithful in the small things: Watching sheep, fighting off bears and lions…

    Its not enough that others look at us and see that we are faithful in the small things… it is imperative that we ourselves can see ourselves as faithful. 

    Our own self doubt is fed by haphazard living…

    commit and get it done! 

    You might say… but a bear and a lion don’t seem like small things.

    See this is the secret we miss: They are not small at the time… but when you are standing in front of Goliath who is 8 feet tall, 450 pounds is waving a spear that weighs 70lbs oh… and his army is behind him screaming war cries… you at that point realize Lions and tigers and bears were small things… 

    Be faithful in the small things.

     

     

      -  2 He looked back on past victories.

    When he took on Goliath he pointed out to his brothers and the King his past victories…

    Again, lets look at the secret we might miss here… he is really looking back on Gods victories that he gave David. 

    I face something big, I build my confidence by looking at what God has gotten me through in the past

    Cancer, bad marriage, financial ruin, family relationships…

    Now when things are bad I can walk in confidence because of seeing the past victories. 

     

     

      -  3  he was himself

    you want to feel a lack of confidence that is overwhelming? Try to be someone you are not. Try to be your brother, your Dad, your neighbor, the cool guy at work etc… 

     

    When David faced Goliath the King wanted him to put on his armor… but David tried it on and realized… this is not me! 

    It may have looked impressive and even held some type of authority to it as far as what others saw… but it slowed him down… that’ll kill your confidence. 

     

    Im not the best teacher… but Im me

    I am not the best husband… but Im me

    I am not the best guitar player or singer… but I’m me

    I am not the best graphic artist, but I am me

    Im not the best at memorizing scripture… but I am me

     

     

    Confidence

    Many people we know are hurt terribly by little things we call “social slights.” It is a well known psychological fact that the people who become offended the easiest have the lowest self-esteem.  It is the person who feels undeserving, doubts his own capabilities, and has a poor opinion of himself who becomes jealous at the drop of a hat.  Jealousy, which is the scourge of many marriages, is nearly always caused by self-doubt.  The person with adequate self-esteem doesn’t feel hostile toward others, isn’t out to prove anything, can see the facts more clearly, and isn’t demanding in his claims on other people.

    The Psychology of Winning, Dr. Dennis Waitley,p.39

     

     

    Tongue in cheek 

    confidence is what you have when you don’t fully understand what’s going on! 

    Pretty accurate right?

    But the truth is… wether or not I know what is going on, God does. Thus I can be confident! 

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