The David Alliance

TDAgiantslayer@Gmail.com The David Alliance  Garth Heckman The battle of David and Goliath was never really about David and Goliath. It was the culmination of Israel's spiritual decline under Saul, and the first visible sign that God had already been at work preparing a different kind of leader — one after His own heart.       1 Samuel 17 41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer a...

TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   The David Alliance Garth Heckman VERY FAMILIAR STORY -   *TIED TO MY NOTES TODAY   THE BUILD UP and DEMISE OF ISRAEL    THE PEOPLE WANTED A MAN OVER GOD (They wanted a King)… Here is an old quote: when more than one votes… you can assure its the wrong decision. It wasn’t a King that was truly the problem -  BUT RATHER following a man, that was the problem. It was the peo...

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The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Are you able to ask for directions? Why do men get made fun of for not asking for directions… I have never had a problem with asking for directions… but I guess some men do. Hmmmm weird, but anyway there is a myth out there called    The Myth of the Maverick Gentlemen, let’s be honest about something. For most of us, asking for help doesn’t...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   Garth Heckman Driving with Kim in the car when we were first married. I pulled a gun on a guy in a corvette!  I was on my way to Youth Group - I was the youth pastor.   Judges 6  11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bot...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor  Taking up your cross" is often viewed through a lens of submission, but when analyzed through the mechanics of character and endurance, it reveals itself as a high-level feat of internal power. Here are three talking points on why this act represents the ultimate expression of strength: 1. The...

TDAgiantslayer@Gmail.com The David Alliance  Garth Heckman   The Busy Man's Substitute     There is something about a man that would rather build something than bow to something. Give a man a mission and he'll work himself to exhaustion. Ask that same man to sit quietly in prayer for thirty minutes and he'll suddenly remember seventeen things that need to get done first. We are, by nature, doers....

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   Garth Heckman Point 1 — Your Voice Creates Identity in Those Who Have Never Heard Their Name Called Right One of the deepest wounds of fatherlessness is not just the absence of provision or protection — it is the absence of being named. A father's voice is the first place a child learns who they are. When that voice is gone, the void doesn't stay empty...

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   Garth Heckman 1. Discipline over Impulse: * Weakness is being a slave to your temper or your ego. Strength is having the capacity for fury but the character for peace. The man who cannot control his temper or ego is not free—he is owned. Every outburst hands your power to the moment, the person, or the slight that triggered it. Real strength is keeping...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    Canker sores   Mark 6:10 Also He said to them, “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. 11 And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say t...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor      Acts 14 19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor      Two mistakes in a mans life… caring about what everybody thinks… and Not caring about what anybody thinks. Both are extreme traps… What if you cared about what certain men in your life thought… men who were involved in a deep spiritual walk, men who were committed family men, men who we...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor      Ever stop and ask someone for directions and they start out calling out numbers, highways, street names etc… and your like whoa wait just a second… how about you give them to me like this…   Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 ...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    Jesus spoke the truth even when it hurt. To the Pharisees, to the people of didn’t understand he was the bread of life, to the disciples… who do people say I am.. to Peter - get behind me satan, to Peter again you will deny me… he did not hold back. I belive he always spoke it in love, bu...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com     The NFL Draft….    Yesterday I got a new computer… no more lag time, no more excuses, no more late podcasts…   #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    Westside training… its not how fast or how strong, its how long     1. Endurance Builds Christlike Character and Maturity   The Bible repeatedly links endurance (or perseverance) w...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    What’s the best bible? NIV, NLT, GV, NASB, KJV, NKJV, IOU, NBA, NFL or the one I love the Wuest translation…. But you wanna know truly the best bible version? Its the one you read.  Wuest Study bible is the best near greek experience in English for a bible.    1. The Crisis of Identity (T...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    So what is it, Garth? What’s the most powerful question to ask as a salesperson? And I’m not talking about open-ended or close-ended questions here. You see, after being in the sales industry for 22 years, and coaching over forty thousand salespeople … I can tell you with no hesitation th...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    Here are 5 of the all-time greatest commercial catchphrases (often called slogans or taglines). These have endured for decades due to their simplicity, cultural penetration, and ability to stick in people's minds—frequently ranking at the top of advertising historians' and critics' lists...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    2. Poor Sleep and Chronic Stress Disrupted sleep and elevated cortisol (stress hormone) are major saboteurs. Poor sleep increases hunger hormones (ghrelin), decreases fullness signals (leptin), and promotes fat storage—especially around the midsection. High stress from work, life demands, or...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       #The brotherhood manifesto #TripleCsurvivor    Paul says to run the race… most men are not in shape to run.. and yes it will affect your walk with God.    Here are the 5 biggest obstacles to weight loss that men commonly face, drawn from patterns in a mans life -  While men often have physiological advantages like higher baseline musc...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com   THE MAN   ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MULTI MULTI MILLIONAIRE… HIS FIRST QUESTION TO ME RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE “IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY WOULD YOU GO TO HEAVEN?  I ASKED HIM WHY HE STARTS EVERY CONVERSATION LIKE THAT? AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION I SAID “HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AFRAID IT MIGHT COST YOU YOUR REPUTATION, BUS...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       Going to see G3 and not being able to get up front… but looking for a bathroom upstairs I walked in on him - “your Joe Satriani… Yes I am”.    Mark 2 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no mo...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com       Sermon Psalm 103:5    who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. NIV   Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. KJV   He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s! NLT       Desires/mouth/Glory/years/….souls des...

  Some pharisees even argued that it was illegal to pray for someone on the sabbath.    When is the sabbath? The determination of the "actual" day of the Sabbath depends on the religious and historical context, as different traditions observe it on different days of the week. Judaism: Saturday In the Jewish tradition, the Sabbath (Shabbat) is the seventh day of the week. It commemorates the biblic...

Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com           Mark 2  23 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. 24 But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?” 25 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and h...