Awake Church Podcast

Paul continues in his letter to the churches in Ephesus, to share about the beautiful mystery of the one new man - Jew and Gentile both united as one saved being by grace through faith, into the dwelling place of God Himself.

In the midst of idol worship, demonic activity and superstition, the church of Jesus is growing in Ephesus. The Apostle Paul writes to these believers, encouraging them in their identity in Christ and sharing with them some of the mysteries of their inheritance.

God created man in His own image, giving him masculinity, strength and ability to work, protect and love well. The life of Jesus shows all men how to be a manly, how to love selflessly, live strong in faith, lead with courage and be the kind of father's we are to be.

God has always wanted to be close to His creation: those made in His image and made for fellowship with Him. As we are now His temple, with His Spirit living within us, our devotion to Jesus means that we exchange our ways for His ways. Our devotion to Jesus means an identity shift, a heart replacement and us choosing to live committed, loyal and fully devoted to Him and His ways.

The world and the enemy attempt to dilute and distract from the simplicity of our devotion to Jesus. In this message, Matt shares some ways that we can stay focused on Jesus.

Lead Pastor, Matt Peterson, teaches on the topic of Healing.

In this episode, Matt dives deep with Brian Simmons, former missionary, teacher, author and the lead translator for the Passion Bible. This episode is full of stories of God's love, miracles from Brian's life, as well as insights into the heart of God and what led him into translating the Passion Bible. Brian & Candice Simmons https://www.passionandfire.com/ -- Learn more about us at https://a...

Knowing someone personally is much different than only knowing about them. The invitation of God to us is to know Him personally, and our eternity is based on this magnificent relational invitation.

In this message, Family Life Pastor, Brian Hedges, gives an overview of the gifts of the Spirit as outlined by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12 & 14, with biblical and personal examples of them in operation.

Guest Speaker, Scott Couch, shares in this Sunday morning message.

From God's grand finale of creation, to the body of Christ referred to as His Bride, women are highly valued and equal heirs of the great salvation Jesus provides. In this Mother's Day message, Matt shares not only about honoring the mothers among us, but to honor women in general as equal partners with incredible calling, purpose and value.

Family Life Pastor, Brian Hedges teaches on the topic of spiritual warfare.

During our semi-annual Outdoor Service, Matt shares part 2 of the Holy Spirit series, diving into the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This Spirit of God is the more of God, the nearness of God and God Himself dwelling in us to change us from who we have been into what He wants us to be.

Special guest speaker Brian Simmons is an author, former missionary and the lead translator of The Passion Bible. In this message, Brian shares about the heart of God and the incredible power of His mercy in our lives.

From the very beginning, God created and gave help to mankind. After Jesus finished His work on earth, His final action was to send the greatest help, the Holy Spirit to live within and aid mankind internally, as heaven's residing power within us. We have the help that we need to do all that He desires to do in the earth through us. The Helper lives inside of us.

One way that God's love is demonstrated to every person is how God has taken great care to plan and then protect the lineage of every person, down through the sands of time, through the great gauntlet of peril throughout every generation to bring them to the earth. Immense unseen resource and great love has surrounded the life of every person, bringing them safely to breathe air. Additionally, bef...

Pastoral Care Pastor, Dawn Bray teaches on the topic of spiritual authority in God, and how to reclaim the areas where we may have given our spiritual authority away.

Easter Sunday is a celebration of the most significant events in history - Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus stepped into human flesh and became the Lamb of God, dying for our sin and paying for our eternal life. He was then buried in a tomb and was dead for three days before resurrecting back to life in His earthly body and rising as a glorified Savior, defeating death, Hell and the...

God is love, love fulfills the law, and it is the love of God that we are invited to abide or live in daily. Apostle Paul describes what love is and what it is not. In this message, Matt goes through the "love chapter" of 1 Corinthians 13, highlighting the magnificent characteristics of love that are expressed through us as we choose to live the way of love.

Guest Speaker, Luke Humbrecht shares out of Ephesians on the theme of Making Space. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Guest Speaker, Josh Young shares how the cure for fear is the revelation of God’s love. On the other side of fear is the life God created you to live. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Love is an unfailing power, and we as followers of Jesus and hosts of the Holy Spirit have the ability to choose to love people in various ways. One of those ways is to celebrate and rejoice in and with others, particularly those in the household of faith.

In this fourth part of The Way of Love series, Matt reads the Apostle John's beautiful understanding of the essence of God and the motivation and action of God all being love. The love that supersedes feeling, emotion where He has chosen to love and demonstrate that love to us. In turn, we are invited to live in His love and share it with others. This is the way of love, choosing to love others fr...

Guest Speakers Lori and Barry Byrne from Nothing Hidden Ministries share on taking spiritual authority as sons and daughters of God.

We have been loved by God with a magnificent love. A love beyond feeling from God, that set in motion the coming of Jesus and His actions of love and sacrifice. Love is an action word. It is not a passive emotion, but action and motion. Loving others demonstrates that we abide in God, and God abides inside of us.