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As Peter concludes his first letter to the persecuted and suffering church, he shares about the ability and power in throwing all of their concerns and cares upon God because God cares about them. He continues with his second letter to the same group of believers a little while later and begins by sharing about the divine nature that they have in God and how they must apply and live out what has b...

In chapters 3 & 4 Peter continues his encouragement to all who are harassed and endure hostility for their faith, sharing on the importance of our own attitude toward those in our lives, including those we live with in our own homes. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

As the disciple that Jesus calls to pastor His sheep, Peter writes a letter that encourages believers living in persecuted lands and who are suffering in various ways. Peter releases hope and encouragement to believers everywhere who are harassed by the enemy. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Matt shares about some of things God has shown him for 2024, so that we can "make straight paths for our feet" as a fellowship. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Lead Pastor, Matt Peterson shares some of the highlights from 2023 for our fellowship, along with an encouragement to not live in the past, but to be present with the Lord, look to Jesus and live for the eternal. He also encourages us to make a plan to dedicate and discipline our body, minds and spirit to following Jesus in 2024. WATCH HERE - https://youtube.com/live/eXc78ZYMg4E GIVE HERE - https:...

Jesus is the greatest treasure and He is the answer to our problems, the source that satisfies need, the hope we long for and the God that is near and loves us. Mankind searches for outside aliens, and coming Mahdi's, but the Messiah has already come and we can all know Him. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Jesus is the centerpiece of all history, the creator who made the universe and all seen and unseen, and the one who holds our lives and everything else together. His desire is that He be given first place in everything in our lives and we are those who put our lives in His service. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

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The seedbed for offense is unmet expectations and complaining, and the results of being offended can be the loss of hope in Jesus. One way to remove the opportunity for offense is to cultivate a lifestyle of thankfulness. Gratefulness removes many gardens of offense and is one thing God desires of us. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Offense intends to derail you from following Jesus and from being where He wants you to be. From the disciples and John the baptist, we can see how offense attempted to take them out, and nearly did. In this message, Matt shares how we can keep from unintentionally being taken out by idealism, and unmet expectations on God or others. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Israel & the Jews | The world is focused and triggered by what is going on in Israel right now. In this timely message, Lead Pastor Matt Peterson shares about how Israel and the Jews, along with their land, their purpose and calling have been a focus of God for 4000 years. We are culminating toward the end of days, and Israel and the Jews are still being threatened, while God re-establishes them a...

Jesus said that if we abide in His word, we will know truth and that truth will set us free. Knowing the inspired words of God is a light that illuminates our pathway through this life, and will help keep us from deception and sin. We desperately need the scriptures to be in us and to make a plan to daily read and ingest the precious words of God. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

We are the house that the Holy Spirit lives within. From inside us, He speaks, communicates with and shows us things that are on the heart of God for us and others. The life of a believer is one of discovery - discovering the language of God and participating with Him in encouraging and building up others. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

A Christian isn't just a follower of the ways of Jesus, it is also knowing Jesus personally, hearing His voice and growing in relationship with God. As we kick off our GT series on hearing God's voice, Matt shares about his personal journey in hearing God's voice and the adventure of hearing God. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Awake Children's Pastor, Debbie Peterson authentically shares through scripture and experiences with the Lord that the resurrection of Jesus opens the way for us to be set free from darkness and live in an expectant HOPE! GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

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The seven feasts that God gave Israel to celebrate, prophetically proclaim seven even greater acts of God in the earth. Four of these have taken place, and we are nearing the last three. This harvest time of the year is the celebration of the return of Jesus, and those who are His are to be preparing and eagerly awaiting the sound of His trumpet. Learn More at awakechurch.com GIVE HERE - https://a...

The invisible God that has cathedrals, sculptures, and paintings of Him around the world, is not somewhere distant from us. He is here. He is near. He is personally involved with you and your life, while also planning and doing things throughout the world.

God calls his own to live from the place of TRUE IDENTITY that was restored to us through the Cross. The world trains us to get our identity from what we do. If we do NOT change our beliefs to mirror what God says we will be enslaved to wrong believing and wrong doing. WATCH HERE - https://www.youtube.com/live/-zPAM6oDZOc?si=Go0LJqW-X4F_YfOZ GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Jesus sees and knows us individually, but also views us as a small part of His very own large, global body that resides throughout the earth. In order for His entire body to be healthy and thrive, each individual person is to love one another and to put their gifts to work in serving and helping others. In this way we love Jesus and will see His body change the world. WATCH HERE - https://www.yout...

Our Outreach Leader, Eric Hamm shares about the importance of fervent prayer and how we as a church can help to uncap the well of prayer in Winston-Salem. We also launch our September 24/7 Prayer Initiative and discuss how it will work in the month of September.

Awake Kids hosted a parenting class with guest speaker, Kristen Carmitchel. Kristen is part of the Awake Church family, is the School Director for a local Christian school, and was recently commissioned as a Colson Fellow. This class is an empowering and helpful class for any young adult, parent, or adult equipping young hearts and minds to live out a Biblical worldview.

Supernatural Power of Forgiveness Complete freedom is the calling of every believer. To be free, we must not only receive forgiveness from God for our own sin, but completely forgive those who have harmed us as well. Jesus has shown us how, by His Spirit, we can employ the supernatural power of forgiving others. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ANmxcyZ6WUQ?si=hG3-HtKmh8M87tPo GIV...

In his final words to the Romans, Paul encourages the church to encourage and build up one another, while persevering and finding encouragement in the God of Hope. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvx2wb3Xd6Q GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

In this special live event for those in the first part of adulthood, Steve Witt gives insight, tools + encouragement for mapping out a meaningful life. Steve Witt is the Senior Leader of Bethel Cleveland, an author and an Awake Church Board Member with a passion to see believers come into their God given potential.