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The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman PRESSED   Have you ever had a bad day? Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (Vietnam) was a Catholic archbishop held by the communist government for 13 years, nine of them in solitary confinement.   -  choosing God rather than God's works.   -  He refused to wait for release. He wrote that he would not wait, but would live each present...

The David Alliance TDAGiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman What if when conquered does not follow a natural growth pattern. The pattern isn't linear, it's exponential — the breakthrough FROM WHAT IF is slow and doubted and mocked, but once it actually happens, everything after it moves faster than anyone predicted. The years of ridicule aren't proof it won't work — they're often the price of admiss...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman YOUR FAITH WALK IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF “WHAT IFS”    XNY is supposed to be hard. That causes us to be dependent on God!    "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." -- Christopher Reeve **A faith walking power filled Christian is an ordinary individ...

The David Alliance TDAGiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman What if when conquered does not follow a natural growth pattern. The pattern isn't linear, it's exponential — the breakthrough FROM WHAT IF is slow and doubted and mocked, but once it actually happens, everything after it moves faster than anyone predicted. The years of ridicule aren't proof it won't work — they're often the price of admiss...

The David Alliance TDAGiantslayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman What if…they gave up What if after succeeding but being doubted they gave up What if after being called liars they gave up What if?    But here is the beauty of the story!  The Acceleration   Here's where it gets powerful for your "how fast things take off" point:   1903: The Wright Flyer's first flight covered 120 feet in 12 seconds — a di...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman What if?   The press called it before they even tried. On October 9, 1903 — just 69 days before the Wright Brothers and the Kitty Hawk —  New York Times published an editorial titled "Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly," declaring that a working flying machine might be developed "by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and me...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I A...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I A...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I A...

The David Alliance  TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Accuser     Do you inhale or exhale when you putt?      THE ACCUSER - THE RATT      START WITH A WARNING… **If you do not understand how the accuser works you will be used by him and for his purpose without even knowing it.       Here is how it works:  People play the VICTIM - Why me, me oh my, waaa waaa waaa, poor me.     Then they turn i...

The David Alliance TDAGiantslayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman THREE  "Dirty Little Secrets" Worth Naming   1-  If there's one unifying tactic underneath all ten, it's this: the accuser rarely needs to invent new material — he just recycles truth without context, timing, or grace. Most of his accusations contain a kernel of something real (a real failure, a real hurt, a real Scripture) — which is exact...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com Garth Heckman 10 Ways the Accuser Attacks Faith 1. Rehearsing Your Past He whispers your worst moment on repeat — the affair, the addiction, the abortion, the thing you did at 19 — long after God has already forgiven it, hoping shame will convince you that grace has an expiration date. (Revelation 12:10 — he accuses "day and night") 2. Redefining God's C...

The David Alliance  TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Accuser   Do you inhale or exhale when you putt?    THE ACCUSER - THE RATT  START WITH A WARNING… **If you do not understand how the accuser works you will be used by him and for his purpose without even knowing it.   Here is how it works:  People play the VICTIM - Why me, me oh my, waaa waaa waaa, poor me.   Then they turn into the VILLIA...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com Garth Heckman Accuser Do you inhale or exhale when you putt?  THE ACCUSER - THE RATT    START WITH A WARNING… **If you do not understand how the accuser works you will be used by him and for his purpose without even knowing it.   Here is how it works:  People play the VICTIM - Why me, me oh my, waaa waaa waaa, poor me. Then they turn into the VILLIAN - T...

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The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com   Garth Heckman ASK   John F. Kennedy - ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what can you do for your country…. Great line, too bad it wasn’t his… but it still screams the idea of asking….   JFK’s head schoolmaster in catholic chapel actually came up with that line… and JFK modified it.    Title Idea: "The Divine Exchange: What Asking Rev...

The David Alliance   THOUGHT: Jesus's Questions Expose What We Believe, Not What We Know     LUKE 5     Jesus first ask of a disciple - makes no sense. Peter objects but obliges.   **What Jesus exemplified - He stood in the boat and preached, and it drew a multitude of fish to him.  APPLICATION: Jesus: “Follow my ask and watch what I can do.”       5 YEARS AGO I WAS FILLING OUT PAPER WORK FOR PATE...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman IT WAS… A SERIES OF UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS!    Jesus asks impossible things ("you feed them"),    -  and people ask Him impossible things (water-walking).       Jesus asks us uncomfortable questions (Why give to the dogs what was meant for the children)    -  We ask him questions we can rationalize (God I know you understand, I know you ar...

The David Alliance TDAGiantslayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman ASK   John F. Kennedy - ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what can you do for your country…. Great line, too bad it wasn’t his… but it still screams the idea of asking….   JFK’s head schoolmaster in catholic chapel actually came up with that line… and JFK modified it.    Title Idea: "The Divine Exchange: What Asking Revea...

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The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE THEIR DAD PROUD. How? By being creative in how we perform.    John 1:3 and Colossians 1:16 both identify Christ as the one through whom all things were created. This connects creative imagination directly to the person of Jesus, not just an abstract "God"   Quit thinking “I’m not creative”. As a follower of Jesus you...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman CREATE   We see the success, but I think we all enjoy the “early create” stage. Any success starts with creation.    BE LIKE DAD Humanity is made in God's image, including creative capacity Genesis 1:27 — being made in God's image includes reflecting His nature, and part of that nature is creativity itself.  humans build, invent, compose, a...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.co m Garth Heckman CREATE   We see the success, but I think we all enjoy the “early create” stage. Any success starts with creation.    BE LIKE DAD Humanity is made in God's image, including creative capacity Genesis 1:27 — being made in God's image includes reflecting His nature, and part of that nature is creativity itself.  humans build, invent, compose,...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman CREATE   We see the success, but I think we all enjoy the “early create” stage. Any success starts with creation.    BE LIKE DAD Humanity is made in God's image, including creative capacity Genesis 1:27 — being made in God's image includes reflecting His nature, and part of that nature is creativity itself.  humans build, invent, compose, a...