The David Alliance

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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Ethan Supplee the overweight obese actor in remember the titans… he has lost well over 200 pounds and not just lost weight he has become a certified gym junkie hard core! He posts on twitter and instagram his workouts and then tags this line to it… KILL THE TWIN. 

What does he mean by that? He means kill the guy you used to be so the guy you want to be can live. 

Do you want to be the thermometer… you become who you are with. They have no spiritual hunger, you have no spiritual hunger, they have no discipline, you have no real discipline, they don’t take care of their bodies, you don’t take care of your body, they talk crass and void of spiritual substance and you fall in line, because you are a thermometer rather than be the thermostat. Look when I go to my parents house they have the heat on in the summer… well at least it feels that way. But I don’t get to change it… If I wanna get cooled down I go for a drive and go get some donuts, or coffee or just meander a bookstore. They set the temperature and I eater like it or I don’t. But they aint changing it. If people are going to separate themselves from me, its because I make them uncomfortable… I am the thermometer, I do not nor will I ever change my temperature for them.

Look you can be a chameleon or a Chrysalis. One changes color to match its environment the other finds an environment that will force it to change. DON’T MISS THE POINT, YOU GET TO CHOOSE!  

Choose who you want to be. Be specific, picture who you are. I have a little slogan that I say to myself. Blue bible, blue suit, blue music, blue balls, blue skies… I won’t go into detail but it is a slogan that continually reminds me of who I choose to be OR RATHER who I choose to go after… that is the picture in my mind, in my prayer life and in my goals and actions… that choice of who I am becoming. 

I even picture what my life will be like when everything lines up with my vision. The types of sermons I will preach with the authority I will have, the places i will speak, the car I will drive, the conversations I will have with my grandkids, the manifestations of God I will have… I can even taste it… even smell it I picture it so detailed. I see myself with a more intimate relationship with jesus than I have ever had. 

Without a vision the people perish. 

Chose ye this day whom you will serve, choose this day the picture you want to be. 

Will it be hard? Of course, I know there is a cross to carry, but I will carry it. Oh my twin wants me to put it down and take the easy road… but I can’t do that because that is not the vision I have. I have already envisioned hard times, and problems, but I also envision myself overcoming them. So I embrace the hardships knowing I am actually embracing the process and the testimony that will come with it. 

I have chose to listen intently to Gods voice and do what he says so that I can be who he wants me to be and so that I can do what he wants me to do. 

Remember Peter… he was a man of action, bold, timid, loudmouthed, tempered, and a quitter. He was willing to walk through the fire for jesus… well until it got hot. Then he bailed, in fact he made so many bad choices the last few days of Jesus before he died and after he died, he decided to go back to his former self, his former vision… he went back to fishing… his old life. But Jesus calls him out on the beach. He says Peter do you love me? he asks Peter 3 times and Peter gets a little testy.. he says Jesus you know all things you know I love you. And Jesus says than choose your future… actually he said Feed my sheep. But that is exactly what he meant. Yo Pete you were meant for a different life, a different vision, you we’re meant to go t

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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I still remember playing in the summer as a kid in the back yard… sweaty, grass stained, sun boiling down on you… and when I was just about to fall over dead, I would run to the garden hose and turn that sucker on… I would hand it to my friend to drink first… and it would be the water that had sat in the hose… warm, sometimes even hot… Grosss

But that water that came out a minute later… AAHHHHHH ice cold garden hose water… nothing better. 

 

YOu might be a redneck if…

You might be a LWC lukewarm Christian if…

You love Worship on Sundays but you don’t worship during the week.

You love a great sermon, but it does not move you to do anything that week.

You are so incredibly thankful for Gods grace, but you are not convicted about your sinning.

You never seem to be able to tithe 10% but you always seem to have money for pandora, Netflix, Starbucks, a movie, dinner with friends, the newest iPhone and or your phone bill.

You can see a phony miles away but you are not moved an inch by your own hypocrisy. 

You never seem to have time for Church, but you would never miss the game, or Tonyas birthday party or the gym.

You believe everyone should know Christ, but you have never ever ever led anyone to Christ… well… because its just not your spiritual gift. 

You find it easier to beg God or even blame God than to simply be thankful for his death on the cross for you… his amazing love just seems trifle. 

You are mad because Jesus super sauce, steroid injection Jesus, the magic genie Jesus doesn’t seem to work at blessing you and making your life fall in line with your desires. 

You would definitely draw the line at actually moving to another country to be a missionary… I mean don’t those people have missionaries already? uh, unless it was Hawaii because I hear lots of those people still need Jesus. 

You are thinking of bailing on your marriage because I didn’t realize it was going to be this hard and that I would have to work at it and besides my partner is not who I thought they were…. “you want me to pray about it???? thats not gonna help. 

You find it easier to jump on the bandwagon of social causes, and political agendas and the latest media soap box… be it BLM, save the planet, baby seals, whales, prairie grass, vegan, pro abortion/ women rights, defund the police, anti trump, the unfairness of the work world…. or whomever media starlet stands up against the crowd… how dare them think for themselves… anyway, you are more empowered by that than by the simple commandment go into all the world and preach the gospel. 

You know why you are lukewarm? Rev. 3:16 you are neither hot nor cold, you are lukewarm so I will vomit you out of my mouth.

You can do your own study on that verse if you don’t believe me, but this is what this means.

You are lukewarm… you are just like everybody else. So either Get hot and heal people the the power of the Holy Spirit or get cold and refresh them with the Holy spirit… but please don’t be like everyone else.

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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Having a vision for your life might be the worst advice ever given… or maybe the best. Why might a vision be so destructive … starting out tantalizing - and lets face it, most at one time had a vision for their lives, but they just failed to execute that vision. But anyway… if you don’t have Gods vision for your life- that might be the beginning to the end. The beginning to ultimate loneliness. There might be nothing worse than having a vision where you drive nice cars, are married to that smoking hot spouse, live in a mansion, run a multi million dollar company…. slip yourself into your favorite vision- maybe its a famous actor, musician or athlete. BUT IF ITS NOT GODS VISION FOR YOU…. you could waste years of your life and still feel cheated. Now first off there is nothing wrong with the visions I just mentioned, but again if it’s not born out of a few things that we see in scripture we may play right into the devils hands. 

 

First… what actually is Gods vision for my life

What are the talents and gifting God has given me that might be used in his vision for me

Do I realize my human nature can taint the water in my vision

How will my future vision of my life impact the kingdom

 

Interesting parable in Luke 14 starting in verse 27

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

What is the cross in a sense? It is what God has for you. What his vision is for you…. and he goes on to say this…

28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. 

This last verse… oh man… (if you do not give up your vision for your life and seek mine you will never truly be a disciple of Jesus) 

Count the cost, check your vision, make sure you have Gods vision because he will give you what it takes to pull it off… and if its not Gods vision, you may in fact run out of purpose, meaning and resources to ever fill that void… that hole that is there because Gods vision is missing. 

And to top it off he says in verse 34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.

Jesus is saying… if your life lacks the touch of God, the taste of salt, the vision he has given you- then you wasted your life and all that you did gets thrown out.

Sober words for Monday. Seek his vision!

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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1 These. 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

 

Scientists conducted a study in 2008 to measure the brain activity of people thinking and feeling gratitude. That would be thankfulness. 

What they found was "that gratitude causes synchronized activation in multiple brain regions, and lights up parts of the brain's reward pathways and the hypothalamus. In short, gratitude can boost neurotransmitter serotonin and activate the brain stem to produce dopamine." Dopamine is our brain's pleasure chemical.

 

 

Practicing gratitude and positive thinking on a daily basis throughout the year can change your brain and your life! The same area of the brain that controls emotions and behavior also controls higher-order thinking skills like focus and attention. A person's ability to analyze information can greatly benefit from keeping the brain happy through positive thinking and gratitude. Dopamine is our brain's pleasure chemical. The more we think positive, grateful thoughts, the healthier and happier we feel.

 

Maybe scripture has something here when it says give thanks in all circumstances… But seriously - all as in everything, as in even the bad? 

Look I am no superhero, but I have had my fair share of bad days. Broken neck… barefoot water skiing out of my life forever- and it was my life.

My Fiancé broke up with me - and she was my life.

Arms paralyzed - could not hold my new born son

Bankruptcy

Cancer

Cancer

Brain tumor

Failed church plant

Sisters brutal fight with alcoholism ending in her premature death

My Son now recently having his “Christian” wife walk out on him

My other son battling his demons with drugs, the law, crime…

My wife battling depression and chronic back disability

and trust me I could go on and on… but in everything give thanks. It does a body good, and in fact it does a body soul and spirit good.

In giving thanks to God in all things I am admitting we live in a sinful world, but that God is still ultimately in control and worth serving regardless of circumstances. and as verse 18 says, for this is Gods will for you.

He wants us to proclaim to the fallen world, to the sinful world and to the demonic world that he is worthy to be praised… so that we also prove his worth in our life and our tongue regardless of what is going on. Is God worthy of praise and thanksgiving… just watch me! 

And what happens? in v. 19 it says you will not quench the spirit, it means you will have Gods spirit in greater form in your life by giving thanks… because what is the secret of thanksgiving in hard times????? it is the ultimate act of faith… and his spirit shows up big time! Through faith we move mountains, through faith we heal the sick, we see financial blessings, through faith we see revivals…

Think Thanks, in all things!

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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Its thanksgiving weekend, So no podcast on Thursday or Friday, but until then these next 2 days we are going to go Thanks on Thanks.

 

Thousands of letters sent each year to God end up in a sorting office in Jerusalem. According to the Associated Press, the letters arrive from all over the world in the city's undeliverable mail department."We have hundreds of thousands of letters sent either to God or Jesus Christ, and for some reason they come to Jerusalem," said post office spokesman Yitzak Rabihiya.In one letter an Israeli man asked God for 5,000 shekels ($1,000), to ease his poverty. Postal workers were so moved that they sent him 4,300 shekels."After a month the same person wrote again to God," Mr. Rabihiya explained, "but this time he wrote, 'Thank you, God, for the contribution, but next time please don't send it through those postmen. They're thieves; they stole 700 shekels'."

 

 

1 Chronicles 16:8

"Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!"

What am I thankful for? First off the top of my head I am thankful for two boys who absolutely keep me proud, and full of laughter. I have a great sense of humor and they both can make me laugh harder than anyone. My oldest has slapstick humor and my youngest is a dry wicked cutting humor. I love their wit and hang on edge for the next silly word. On thanksgiving day you can bet we will all be laughing our heads off with all three of us kicking it.

 

Next I love my grandkids. My G’dogs (thats what I call them) are the best. They smother me with kisses, affection, love, smiles, laughter and smart remarks. For only being 8 and 4 they are at the top of my list for who I want to hang out with. 

 

Point is… don’t wait to give thanksgiving and don’t wait to tell others you are thankful for them. Thats what this week is really about. I will end with this story.

 

An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to

ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing;

45 years of misery is enough."

"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says.

"We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call

your sister in Chicago and tell her." Then he hangs up.

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck

they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She calls

Phoenix immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are NOT getting

divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother

back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO 

YOU

HEAR ME?"

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says,

"They're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own fares."

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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Not sure if you are a Ronnie Coleman fan, but he was probably the greatest Body builder of our day. And all the while as he was winning Mr. Olympia he still worked his day job as police officer…. Can you imagine getting pulled over by a 350 pound shredded officer Coleman. Talk about power…. but than again he had something even greater than that… he had authority. 

 

Angels and demons!

 

Pro 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a

wicked man rules, the people groan.

 

Luke 20:1-2 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. 2"Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?”

 

Matthew 1:22 The people were amazed because jesus taught with authority unlike the pharisees and scribes. And in v. 23 jesus casts out a demon. 

 

Luke 10:19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

 

Power is:

Greek: Dunamis

Def: “Inherent power;” “The ability to act;” “Having the might/efficiency/ability to do something”

The source of our power is Pentecost: Acts 1:8 “You will receive power (Dumanis) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you...”

Authority is:

Greek: Exousia

Def: “Ruling power;” “Being authorised to act;” “Having the right to do something”

The source of our authority is the delegated authority of Christ, which He regained from the devil through Calvary’s victory.

 

He has given us authority over all power, all supernatural demonic power. 

 

So you might think… so we don’t have power just authority? No no there are plenty of scriptures that point to our authority and power… but it is interesting here that Luke states that all we need is Gods authority to step over and crush the enemies power. Oh we have the power… but I will admit sometimes I don’t feel like it, so I rest on the fact i don’t even need Gods power when I am walking in his authority. And all that takes is him continually revealing himself to me… that I have the authority. 

I am now in a place that when I don’t get answers to prayer I get mad… why? not just because I don’t get the answer but because I know, I KNOW- I know, I have the authority. So when answers fail me, I ask God to show me again his authority in me. Reveal it again and again so that my power is activated and my faith is energized and my mind and heart catch up with my authority. 

 

hey, today, don’t worry about stepping out in power, just know that you as a follower of Christ can step out in his authority. 

The skinny little cop has as much power as the Ronnie Coleman Cop… because he has the same authority.

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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Satan… could it be satan? Dana Carvey and the church lady.

 

Eph. 6:12 says we are not wrestling, struggling against flesh and blood, but against despotisms, against the power and against the Master spirits and the world rulers of the present darkness against the spirit of forces of wickedness in the heavily (supernatural) sphere. 

 

The reason you struggle in this world is simply due to sin and satan and his forces. Hey if it wasn’t for them life would be grand… but that is the problem - they do both exist. 

But why do we need to understand this topic of satan.

  - First, satan is real despite what the world will tell you… he is just a man made concept, he is just the personification of evil.

  - his objective is to pervert, obstruct and overthrow the plan of God.

Pervert - started with Eve,

obstruct - stop our prayers in the heavenlier

overthrow - he first tried in the heavens against God and he continues to this day until God ends him. 

  -  he seeks to gain worship that belongs to God. This is how the whole madness started in the heavens and why he got the boot from heaven. He finds his worth through the praise of others. (if you do the same you are acting in the demonic)

 - Fourth, He hates exposure and will do everything in his power to cloud the fact of his existence. and his works. He works through lies, he is the father of lies, white lies, half truths and misinformation. 

  - fifth the Bible urges the Christian community not to be ignorant of his devices (his evil purposes) 

You don’t know what you don’t know and satan would love to keep you in that way.

You must be spiritually aware in todays world now more than ever. This is why the scriptures tell us to be aware… we do that by a daily dependence on God, his Spirit, other followers of Christ and the church and Gods word.