Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

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I realized the past few weeks why I am so worn down… im not doing what I am supposed to do. I understand that I have a few things in my life that motivate me and give me energy.

I am solar powered

I need a good book

I need music to play or listen to

I need affection from my wife

AND… I need to be actively sharing the gospel.

The past few weeks I have not been 

***WHICH MEANS I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE TEMPORAL!

Living Like Forever Is Real

THE RUBIKS CUBE HAS OVER 4 QUINTILLION CHOICES BEHIND SOLVING IT. 

But it can be done in 3.08 seconds if you make the right choices. 

Life is filled with choices… but its not the choice itself its the why behind it that matters. 

Are your choices eternal? 

Big Idea: Eternity is not just where we’re going—it’s how we’re meant to live.*

THOUGHT 1:

THE PROBLEM WITH MOST CHRISTIANS IS SIMPLY THIS: 

SHORT-TERM THINKING

We live in a culture obsessed with *now*.

Same-day delivery. Instant downloads. Microwave patience.

We’re trained to ask:

* “How does this make me feel right now?”

* “What do I get immediately?”

* “What’s in it for me today?”

But the Bible keeps interrupting us with a different question:

The child who asks a 1000 questions: why why why why why…. 

The Bible asks the same question over and over.

    -  Is it eternal? 

**“What lasts forever?”**

Paul says,

“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)