Awake Church Podcast

described the greatest people as those who serve others. In a world surrounded by a consumer, self-focused mentality, the greatest and most joyful people in the world life in an opposite spirit - looking to give rather than get. There is great reward both here and in heaven for those who commit to a lifestyle of serving others, allowing their giftings, time and efforts to be used for others.

The definition of boldness for the gospel is being willing to initiate the conversation with people about Jesus. A person's answer to the question, “Who do YOU say Jesus is,” determines not only the rest of their life, but also their eternal destination.

Knowing about someone is significantly different than knowing them personally. The unique calling and invitation to every follower of Jesus is to know the Father and the Son - to use knowledge of God as a springboard into relationship, and enter the greatest adventure of all time. Christianity isn't following a system or a manner of living, but a thriving and living relationship where we invite Go...

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Life is about knowing God. Eternal life is about knowing God. The privilege and adventure of our lifetime is found in the invisible realm of relationship with the Creator, Father of all the living, and the King of the Universe. Throughout this series, Matt shares about how we can know Him more.

Life offers opportunities to be offended at every turn, even offended by the way that God does things. In this message, Matt shares about Jesus' blessing of not being offended by how God chooses to do things. It is vital that we aren't serving images in our minds of how something will look rather than denying ourselves and following Jesus daily, leaving the outcomes to Him.

Continuing on with some non-essentials, Matt shares about the essential of the return of Jesus and the Non-Essential of exactly when. He explores a possible timing that sets the course for believers to endure to the end and not be deceived or fall away from the faith before the Savior arrives.

Along with the essential doctrine and reality of who Jesus is, there are non-essentials that we are exploring for the sake of removing unnecessary stumbling blocks for others. Today, Matt focuses on a couple more non-essential elements of our faith, but important issues relating to the sovereignty of God.

We spend the vast majority of our time speaking about essential aspects of spirituality, the gospel of the kingdom, the person of God. Every once in awhile we discuss some non-essential things, that we may disagree upon, but can be helpful to discover, pray about and seek God about. In this message, Matt dives into the first non-essential which deals with the six days of creation and what a day is...

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Throughout every age and every generation, the unspoken internal question persists of "Who am I." The church has struggled in answering this for people and to the degree we have gotten the answer wrong, we've labored in vain, harmed others and not represented God well or lived in internal peace. Internal peace and fulfilling our purpose has everything to do with knowing who we are. Our identity as...

Toward the end of the dark ages just as the Black Plague was fading, a spark was lit through John Wycliffe who believed all should have the scriptures available. This torch was passed to Jan Hus who furthered the message and within another 100 years, a great change began toward getting back to the teachings of Jesus. But this change was slow and fraught with mixture and guns pointed at a wrong ene...

The Body of Christ is a spiritual, living organism that has been on the earth for around 2,000 years. Matt shares highlights of this journey of the Church from the revelation of Jesus to our modern day and how important it is for us to understand our spiritual history.

The Bible isn't primary a rule book, but an invitation to show us how to live in the impossible - to know God, follow Him and live "in the manner that Jesus lived." We need reminded that Christianity isn't primarily about the brain and knowledge, but about the heart, relationship with God and living as new creatures, Sons and Daughters of our Father. All of His children have a calling to live in t...

Just as God grows food in a natural garden when we plant seeds, weed seeds also grow and intend to take over. Spiritually, our minds are a garden of thoughts. Some thoughts grow into fruit that is good, but many grow into weeds that crush, snuff out and take over. We are the gatekeepers of the garden of our thoughts and called to be ruthless with the weeds that want to kill, steal and destroy life...

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As we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, He will lead us with His peace through the fiery ordeals and the tensions in life, creating through us a sound that is beautiful.

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God has bestowed on us such a great love, that we are called the Children of God! This love pursued each of us, won our hearts and paid for our freedom and entrance into His eternal family. We have been awakened to the reality of this marvelous salvation that changes us forever!

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Where fathers are absent, crime and dysfunction thrive. Without the presence of the Father in a believer's life, we can be equally dysfunctional. Jesus came to not only save the world, but to reveal the Father to us so that all who follow Him would live in His love and presence.

In this second message on the life and book of Daniel, Matt shares from chapters 5 through 8, highlighting the "extraordinary" character of Daniel. How he was fully devoted to God, honored and served the godless and harsh King, sought God and was the recipient of heavenly revelation for the whole world to the end of time. This book and the life of Daniel are as relevant for today as it was then.

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