City Awakening Church

Proverbs 18:18-19; 15:18; 25:18-19; 6:6-19 Alex Robinson The Big Idea for today is that we need wisdom for relationships, because how we relate to each other is practice for how we relate to God.  Our personal relationship aren’t just places for us to have fun or pass our time here on Earth. They are the places where we put to the test what we believe and know about God. They are the areas that we...

Proverbs 13:21-22, 24 Zack Casey Men have a high and weighty calling as Fathers that includes the roles of Disciple, Accountant, and Disciplinarian.  These are roles we cannot fulfill on our own. We have to rely on Jesus to guide us and the Holy Spirit to strengthen us. We should start every day on our knees asking for wisdom and for courage for this role. I tell my kids that courage is doing the...

Proverbs 5:15-19 Louis Tamburro Sex is most pleasurable, when we don’t undervalue or overvalue it. When we undervalue or overvalue sex it eventually robs us of pleasure, but when we treat it as the good gift God intended it to be it’ll bring us more pleasure. If you’ve sinned sexually, I want you to know Jesus is willing to forgive you. If you’ve been hurt sexually, Jesus is willing to heal you. I...

Proverbs 30:7-9 Louis Tamburro The big idea is there’s more freedom in scattering your wealth than gathering your wealth. Generosity will bring you freedom but being greedy will bring you misery. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ever gather, because you need to gather to have something to scatter. But if all you do is gather and never scatter, then your wealth will be an enslaving prison to your so...

Proverbs 10:4-5 Louis Tamburro Working diligently is productive, but is it productive for the right reasons? It is if you’re working diligently for Jesus. If you want your work to be eternally productive, if you want it to be fulfilling, then work diligently for Jesus. You’ll still have thorns, but those thorns won’t break you with Jesus beside you. Just as Jesus endured the thorns of the cross, h...

Proverbs 3:18-32 Louis Tamburro We need to use wisdom when seeking justice. 

Proverbs 14:17a, 29-30; 15:18; 16:32; 19:11 Louis Tamburro Anger isn't always a bad thing. It's using anger unwisely that makes it a bad thing. 

Proverbs 1:8-9 Louis Tamburro We need wisdom for every role in the family. We need wisdom and the help of Jesus for every role in the family because I can promise you this: you’ll mess things up regardless of your role in the family. You’ll mess up marriage, not loving your spouse as you should, even throwing daggers with your words. You’ll mess up parenting, not loving your children as you should...

Dr. Bryan Loritts Revelation 2:1-7

Proverbs 2 Alex Robinson The Benefits of Wisdom are not supposed to lead us to despair when we fail, but to give us the hope and joy needed to face the various challenges that life in a fallen, sinful world will throw at us. I implore you today to ask for God’s wisdom and forgiveness found in Jesus either to help you grow even closer to him or for the very first time today.

Louis Tamburro Proverbs 1:20-33 Eventually God’s wisdom will make the world’s wisdom look foolish.  Some of you are skeptics and you’ve been living out of touch with reality, you’ve been living with a distorted view of reality. Some of you are believers and you’ve slipped out of touch with reality, facing everyday life without seeking the help of Jesus. But both skeptics and believers have a choic...

Louis Tamburro Proverbs 1:1-7 We’re faced with choices every day, and some of those choices are small such as what should I wear or what should I eat? But some of those choices are big, such as where should I go to college or what career should I choose? Should I quit my job, or keep my job? Should I date this person, break up with this person, marry this person? Everyday we’re faced with choices....

Luke 24:36-53  - Louis Tamburro The resurrection guarantees we’ll have infinite pleasures beyond this life. It’s the great news of Easter! The great gift Jesus came to give us! The very thing we’re all longing for, which is to experience pleasure and to have those pleasures last! All your sights, feelings, tastes, human senses and pleasures will never last with atheism, naturalism, or Eastern Reli...

Speaker: Zack Casey Scripture: John 4:1-42 Big Idea: God’s heart is one of compassion not condemnation, therefore we (his people) should display that heart to our city. 4 Lessons From Jesus' Interaction with the Woman at the Well:  Jesus was physically tired but spiritually ready. Jesus was drawn to the need instead of being repelled by it. Jesus offered hope as he exposed the true need. Jesu...

Todd Unzicker - Associate Pastor, The Summit Church - Raleigh, NC Genesis 6:5–8 Here is the question I want you to consider, from multiple angles: Are you all-in in the mission of God with your life? Not just are you committed to the church on the weekend, but with the biggest parts of your life. I ask myself, "Am I for the mission of God or the mission of Todd?" Or think of it like this...

Our failures are never beyond the restoring grace of Jesus. Your sins and failures, my sins and failures are never beyond the restoring grace of Jesus. It doesn’t matter how big your sin is, how big your failure is, how big of a mess you’ve made out of your life, you can always start over! You can always have a fresh start, because there’s always a Ch. 21 with Jesus! There’s always a chapter of re...

John 20:1-31 The big idea is that Christianity started with skeptics who were changed by the resurrection. The reason John, the author, tells us all this is so we’ll believe and have our lives changed by the resurrection too. He wants those of you who are skeptics to think, reason, theorize about the empty tomb, but then place your faith in Jesus so your life will be changed too. He wants those of...

Remain faithful to Jesus like Joseph and Nicodemus, even in the silence of Jesus. Does it feel like Friday? Are you living in the despair of Friday, perhaps even feeling the grief and despair of a sin you committed? There’s deliverance at the cross because Jesus died for your sins on the cross. He’ll forgive you if you ask him too. Does it feel like Saturday? Are you experiencing grief, unanswered...

John 18:28-19:16  The truth and authority of Jesus were revealed in the trial of Jesus.

1 Peter 4:1-16 Being an exile is not about surviving a sentence, but stewarding your salvation.

John 19:16-37 The crucifixion appears to be a tragedy, but it ends up being a victory.

1 Peter 3:13-16We’re everyday ministers, with an everyday ministry. We’re to view every day as an opportunity to declare and display our hope. 

1 Peter 2:4-12Ministering Exiles view their identity in Jesus as their fuel for everyday ministry.

Holy living isn’t a suggestion, it’s a command! We’re to walk in holiness, as Holy Exiles. But, it has to start and continue with a relationship with Jesus, because he’s the only one that’s holy. He’s the only God who came to live a...

1 Peter 1:1-9 When you discover your identity in Jesus, you become a Joyful Exile, a citizen of heaven who’s living in the world for greater eternal purposes than the citizens of the world. You become a Joyful Exile who’s received the...