The David Alliance

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   Heb.10:32 Don’t ever forget those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. 33Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. 34You suffered along with those who were thrown i...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       GRIT WITHOUT GRACE  1 COR. 13:1 BUT  WITHOUT  LOVE  YOU  ARE  A CLANGING  CYMBAL.      3. The Path Back: Remember, Repent, Repeat Jesus doesn't just diagnose the problem; He provides a three-step recovery protocol in verse 5: Remember: Look back at the "height from which you have fallen." Recall the early days when the fire was natura...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       Deigo Garcia Diego Garcia is a remote island located in the central Indian Ocean, just south of the equator. It is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago and forms part of the British Indian Ocean Territory   Many have lived through this scenario: a parent enters a Childs bedroom. Explains they are getting a divorce. The reason:...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       John 18 Jesus before Pilate on trial for his life…. Innocent, guiltless, perfect and all knowing      1. **Stop explaining yourself — it gives away your power.**      Explaining every decision or boundary seeks permission and invites debate, doubt, and unnecessary energy drain. Destiny doesn't wait for approval; over-explaining hands...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     Its not how you see yourself… Its not how others see you, its how you THINK others see you that changes your behavior.   IMAGE The bulldog’s nose is slanted backwards so that when it is in a fight it can bite down, hold on and still breathe.   IMAGE TL Osborn- was told one week how much he was like Jesus in every way.  the next week he...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       Lk. 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”   Now you might find yourself - like many of us at times - asking… God what do you want from my life? What is my life about? What should I be doing with my life? I think this verse if pretty clear - it answers those questions. I have found personally and in many conversa...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       The Snow Storm of snow storms… 14-18 inches and counting plus 45 MPH winds. But people didn’t miss the gym today…    Great weekend… a nice Sunday to just hang out and relax. Ate a lot of food, good work outs… finally got my ischial Tuberosity to calm down… did some deeds at 550 and had very little discomfort. My next birthday is in 4...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       2 Kings 22 2 Chronicles 32 ISAIAH 22   An old Jewish legend – and nothing more than a legend – says how it was that Sennacherib’s sons came to kill him. Sennacherib was troubled at how God seemed to bless the Jews so much, and tried to find out why. Someone told him it was because Abraham had loved God so much that he was willing to s...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   2 Kings 22 2 Chronicles 32 ISAIAH 22   Hezekiah is not panicking but he is trying his best to keep his people safe from the Assyrians. They are brutal people. They kill the army, then maim the remaining citizens as if to mark their territory… you can see why Hezekiah is wanting to do anything he can to spare his people from this terror. ...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       2 Kings 22 2 Chronicles 32 ISAIAH 22   He Promoted Obedience to God’s Law   He restored:   * The priesthood * Temple offerings * Tithing systems   The nation became spiritually and economically stable.   How powerful is tithing… when you start it you will see blessing and then the enemy will come at you!  Don’t tithe if you don’t want...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       2 Kings 22 2 Chronicles 32 ISAIAH 22   2 Kings 18:5 "Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.”   Hezekiah’s reign was defined by a radical, almost stubborn reliance on God during a time of national crisis.   He became king after one of Juda...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       If you want crazy results you gotta train with crazy people. If you wanna be rich you gotta hang out with rich people, if you want to be smart you gotta hang out with smart people and if you want to be Godly… you guessed it - and thats where we are going today.      My Granddaughter has one functioning kidney…  Since birth, her non-fu...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     Nice shoes…     Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.   Would you give up your shoes to follow Jesus? Your wardrobe, your education, your house, your friends, your spouse, your dreams, goals amibitions…  WOULD YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING?     ...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     The Best football names in the NFL Dick Butkus — Sounds like a no-nonsense enforcer (and he was one of the most feared linebackers in history). Bronko Nagurski — Old-school powerhouse name that matches his legendary fullback/linebacker dominance. Johnny Blood — Rugged and mysterious; fits a tough early-era player perfectly. Frank Zombo...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       I have spoken to groups of 20k, I have spoken to a 1000 dentists, I have spoke to professional sports teams, I have spoken to kindergartners and I have even spoken to men in prison… like Jeffery Dahmer… but nothing could have prepared me for that day…     INTRO: I stood in front of a group of boys who were all under 18 and were in pri...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     What do you want for your kids? Happiness? Great life? Money? Health?    Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous person falls seven times and rises again,   Rising After the Fall: The Resilience of the Righteous Scripture: “For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.”(Proverbs 24:16)...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       A lot of pastors recently have told me they are burning out, they are looking for different churches, bigger churches… one of the reasons is because they are tired of people coming to church… they give them everything they can on Sundays and through church… and then people leave. But now thats what the pastor is doing… he is walking o...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com         Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy one to those who send him.”** – Proverbs 10:26 (NASB)   When Laziness Becomes a Liability***     Most of us have experienced irritation that lingers: – Smoke burning your eyes – Sour vinegar shocking your teeth   Solomon compares laziness to these two deeply uncomfortab...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       Proverbs 3: 31  Don’t envy violent people     or copy their ways. 32  Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,     but he offers his friendship to the godly. 33  The Lord curses the house of the wicked,     but he blesses the home of the upright. 34  The Lord mocks the mockers     but is gracious to the humble.[c]     Proverbs 3...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       That viral video features a young girl named Jessica, and it is widely known as "Jessica's Daily Affirmations." In the video, which was originally recorded in 2001 but became a massive internet sensation years later, Jessica stands on her bathroom counter in front of the mirror. She energetically pumps her arms and shouts positive phr...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     Ever say something that immediately provoked a beating? Just one slip of the lip and you got jacked? Not me, but my buddy did, sitting in the stands of a high school football game… smarted off to the wrong person… clip, down goes Frasier…    Prov. 18: 6 A fool's lips walk into a fight,     and his mouth invites a beating.   16 A man's g...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com           Phil. 3: 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the [a]false circumcision; 3 for we are the true [b]circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, 4 although I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     Would you rather game: Would you rather put your hand in a blender with lemon juice or kneel on a drill bit in salt water?  Would you rather have a billion dollars and be the fattest ugliest person in the world, or be poor the rest of your life but be absolutely ravishingly beautiful?      Proverbs 15:16 Better is a little with the fear...