Awaken Life Church

Our level of growth correlates to the depth of our relationship with Him 🙏 so how do we become the mature followers Christ has called us to be? We go All in! 🙌 let’s be challenged to let go, and grow with God 🌱

Ever felt overwhelmed by the unknown? 😳 Life is filled with uncertainty, and the truth is that it's unavoidable 😅 the best we can do is stay close to God, and in Him we will find the courage and strength to boldly go into the unknown 👨‍🚀👣

Welcome to the Stranger Stories season finale! In Part 4: A Tale of Two Prophets, we’re going to look at a strange, tragic, and weird story of two prophets 👥 and we’ll learn about the importance of submitting to God’s authority, and being able to discern what is from God and what is not 🤔

This week on Stranger Stories 💬 a violent battle, a cowardly commander, and a humble tent dweller… What lesson can be learned from one of the Old Testament’s more unusual stories of justice and deliverance? 🤔 let’s find out in Part 3: The Wandering Assassin 🏕️

In this week’s episode of Stranger Stories, a group of youngsters mock a bald guy and are met with tragic consequences ☠️ why is this story in the Bible, and what does it teach us today? 📖 let’s talk about it in Part 2: Furry Vengeance 🐻

New season, new month, new series! ✨ Our Stranger Stories series is back with four more unusual stories from the Bible 📖 in Part 1: Wrestling with God 💪 we’re talking about a strange encounter between a man and God… Let’s see what lessons we can learn 🧐

This Sunday we’re wrapping up woman’s month, and our two part series, with a message that will challenge us to trust God’s promises 😌 we’re going to talk about a woman who tried to help God out rather than trusting His plan 💁‍♀️ and we’ll learn some lessons from her life that we can apply to our own 📖

We’re going to wrap up this Woman’s month with a mini series - She is called 💁‍♀️ in this series we’re going to take a look at two women whose lives God used in a way far greater than they could have imagined. Let’s see what we can learn from their lives 📖

We’re wrapping up our Coffee Mug Christianity series ☕ and in honour of Women's month, we’re going to end this series by looking at the Proverbs 31 woman 💁‍♀️ in Part 5: Strength and Dignity, we’re going to see what this passage really means for women, and how this applies to men too 📖

This Sunday we’re continuing with our series, Coffee Mug Christianity ☕ and we're looking at a popularly quoted verse which many claim as a promise that God will only allow good things to happen to us 😌 In Part 4: Hope and a Future, we place Jeremiah 29:11 back in context, and see if it applies to us today 📖

As we continue our Coffee Mug Christianity series this Sunday, we're going to look at a verse that can bring encouragement to some, yet guilt to others 😅 in Part 3: Always Joyful, we're studying 1 Thessalonians 5:16 😁 let's find out if it is possible to be happy all the time, and if Jesus and the Apostles managed to do it 🤔

This Sunday we’re continuing with our series Coffee Mug Christianity ☕ where we take a closer look at popular verses that us Christians love to quote, yet often missing their proper context. In part 2 we will look at Philippians 4:13, and see if this verse means that we have superhuman abilities that enable us to do anything, and achieve everything? 💪 The answer may surprise you…

Sometimes we enjoy using popular scriptures in our daily lives, without considering its context. We are going to clarify some of these clichés in our new series Coffee Mug Christianity ☕ In part 1 we will look at John 3:16 🧐 if we misunderstand the meaning of this popular verse, we miss the fullness of the good news found in Jesus 🙌

In our second part of our Walking In The Fire series - Face the Heat 🔥 we’ll find out why Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego chose to risk their lives rather than bow to the golden image 🧎‍♂️ and we’ll take away three resolutions from this story that will enable us to face the heat of life’s challenging times 😅

This Sunday we're starting a 2-part series called Walking In The Fire 👣 Daniel 3 tells the story of three men who were thrown into a furnace, but instead of burning, they walked around in the flames 🔥 in Part 1: Don’t Sell Out, we will see the similarities between that story and the challenges we face today as followers of Christ 😅

Two Sundays ago we spoke about being fired up and having the fire of the Holy Spirit burning in us 🙌 but if we are not careful, that fire may be extinguished 🧯 in this message, “Fan the Flames”, we talk about what we can do to keep that flame burning 🔥

We’re celebrating Father’s Day 🎉 it’s often said that the way we view our birth fathers plays a large role in how we view our heavenly Father. This is a great challenge to fathers, but there is great comfort in knowing that we have a Loving Heavenly Father to look up to ❤️ in our message “Fatherhood”, we receive encouragement for fathers, and guidance for sons and daughters 👨‍👧‍👦

On Pentecost Day the Holy Spirit filled all the people and set them on fire for God 🔥 as a result people and places were changed forever. Can this still happen today? 🤔 in this message, Fired Up, we learn what is needed to be on fire for God 🙌

This Sunday we’re celebrating the Feast of Pentecost 🙌 as we talk about the purpose of Pentecost, we’ll discover how it changed our status from spectators to active participants in the Lord’s work of Salvation 🙏

Ascension Day ☁️ although not as popular as Christmas or Easter, it remains a significant day in the Christian calendar 🗓️ in this message we find out why Ascension Matters, and how it influences our lives today 😌

Our church turned 34 on the 21st of May, and we praise God for this milestone 🙌 In this message, we’ll be looking at the importance of remembering and celebrating the special events in our lives 🎉 and be encouraged to remember what the Lord has done for us 😌

As we continue with our series ‘Will God Still Love Me If…’ we'll be talking about depression and mental health 😔 let's take a look at some Biblical characters and how even though they suffered bouts of depression, God loved them and used them ❤️

Every year, we set aside two days to recognize mothers and fathers, and their influence in our lives, but being a parent is a 24/7, everyday of the year 😅 this two-part series (part 2 coming on Father’s Day) focuses on some of the struggles parent’s face. We’ll also see how God is there for them, and how we as a church can support them 🤝

In the world we live in today, with so many challenges, tragedies and uncertainties, tempers seem to be running high all the time. In this message we’ll see how Jesus handled anger 😡 and learn how anger can be a positive or negative force in our lives, depending on our response to the instructions in the Word of God 📖

This Sunday we’re launching a new series: Will God Still Love Me If…❓ As believers we strive to please the Lord with our conduct, yet sometimes we fail and then wonder if God still loves us 🤔 in this series we will look at people in the Bible in similar situations as ours, and see how Jesus deals with them. In Part 1 - If I Mess Up, we will look at how Jesus deals with sexual sin 📖