City Awakening Church

Everybody wants to find joy in life, but the problem is we’re often trying to find it in the wrong places. Our greatest hindrance to finding joy isn’t our circumstances, it’s that we’re trying to find joy in all the wrong places. There’s nothing this world can offer us that can replace the greater eternal joy Christ offers us. We hope you enjoy this message from Pastor Louis!

Pastor Louis shares that both skeptics and believers need hope at some point in life, and the good news is the Christmas message is all about hope!

God is lavish, pragmatic, and sufficient. He is the greatest giver, who gave the greatest gift, to meet our greatest need. He knew exactly what we needed and gave Himself to meet that need.  Jesus' sacrifice wasn't just practical - it was perfect and powerful. We hope this message from Pastor Zack encourages you!

In this message, Pastor Louis shares that when we focus on giving ourselves glory, it’ll rob our hearts of peace in so many different ways. The more you walk with Jesus and trust in him, the more you’ll enjoy a transformed, peaceful, good news life. Don't settle for lesser glories that can’t change your heart, bring peace, or truly satisfy, when you have the opportunity to walk with the great...

Both skeptics and believers were created to love, but sometimes we love the wrong things. God grieves the sinful corruption and destruction that our misplaced love, our self-centered love causes in our lives, marriages, families, and relationships. In this message, Pastor Louis points us to the good news that we can go to the Savior to receive his forgiveness, guidance, and love. Our human narrati...

Generosity can be displayed through your time, talent, and treasures, but you’re going to fail at that. Both skeptics and believers are going to fail at being generous, fail at loving God and our neighbors to the degree God requires. Pastor Louis reminds us that the more we see Jesus as the generous savior who saw us and was willing to stop to save us, the more generous we will be.

The book of Revelation ends with Jesus giving the world an invitation to enjoy eternal restoration. Pastor Louis repeatedly taught through series that we can find hope and peace in Jesus, as we’re living in a world of chaos. It’s repeatedly taught us that no matter what happens in our lives and world, Jesus is still in control. It’s repeatedly taught us that sin, sickness, suffering, sadness, deat...

Revelation 21:9-22:5 Louis Tamburro Heaven is a place full of joyful perfection, beyond our greatest imagination, and the good news is anyone can enjoy this heaven through faith in Jesus. In John 3:16 Jesus says whoever believes in him, will not perish but shall have eternal life. If you put your faith in Jesus, if you believe he died for your sins on the cross, then you’ll get to enjoy the beauti...

Revelation 21: 1-8 Louis Tamburro We need to remember this world isn’t our heaven, it’s a lesser view of heaven that’s been distorted by sin and death. We aren’t seeing the world as our Creator originally intended us to see it, instead we’re seeing a distorted view of the world that’s full of sin and death, tears and pain. But Jesus came to bring clarity back into our lives again. He came to give...

Revelation 20:11-15 Zack Casey  You can either plead guilty now or be found guilty later when you stand before the throne of God. The day will come when you stand in the courtroom before the great white throne of God, and then it will be too late to change your destiny. But today, you can still choose to put your faith in Jesus and accept the gift of his salvation.

Revelation 20: 1-10 Louis Tamburro  Sometimes it feels like darkness is winning in our lives, and we can easily get discouraged when that happens. This text can help shine some light into that darkness, because it teaches that Jesus is coming back to end all the darkness in our lives. The darkness we experience in our lives and world is real, the battles we fight in our lives and world are real, b...

Revelation 19:1-21 Robbie Alderman  God will defeat his enemies in an instant when he returns and we will worship him forever.

Revelation 18:1-24 Louis Tamburro  Revelation 18 is about seeking fading treasures in a fading kingdom. It’s about how we can either seek fading treasures in a fading kingdom, or seek eternal treasures in a forever kingdom. This text confronts us with the sobering reality of how quickly things can crumble. Jesus died for our sins on the cross, but then he rose again on the 3rd day to prove he has...

Revelation 17:1-18 Louis Tamburro Both skeptics and believers are sometimes seduced by things in this world, and so what are those things for you? This text is about being seduced by things in this world that we think will give us lasting pleasure in life, but it never does. It might give us pleasure in the moment, but it’s a pleasure that never lasts. Revelation 17 teaches us Jesus is the only tr...

Revelation 15-16 Louis Tamburro As we study this text we’ll learn there’s several good reasons for God’s wrath and judgement. The good news of the eternal gospel , is that Jesus suffered God’s wrath for our sins on the cross so we don’t have to suffer God’s wrath in hell. So even though God’s wrath and judgment is necessary, the good news is anybody can be saved from God’s wrath through faith in J...

Revelation 14 Zack Casey God is not a God of chaos, and he does not want us to be overcome with worry and fear. That’s why we’re looking to the book of Revelation to learn how to have peace in a world of chaos. We believe that God wants us to have peace. He wants us to know that even in the absolute worst of times, He is still in control, He is still good, and we can still trust him. 

Revelation 13:11-18. Louis Tamburro We all have people or things we’ll sometimes treat as a savior when life gets hard. This message is about trying to find peace in a false savior, worshiping a false savior, when life gets hard. If you seek a temporary savior you’ll get a temporary salvation, but if you seek an eternal savior you’ll get an eternal salvation. Jesus is the only incarnate, fully hum...

Revelation 12:18-13:10 Louis Tamburro Both skeptics and believers have current and future things we’re concerned about, and there will always be metaphorical antichrists, false saviors promising to give us peace and joy in life. But there’s only one, true, eternal savior named Jesus Christ. We need a real Savior for our current worries, and a real Savior for our future worries. Revelation 13 teach...

Matthew 6:19-34 Louis Tamburro In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching on how we’re to live our lives and in today's text he’s focusing on how to live a content life, a simple life, when it comes to our wealth and possessions. If you want to eliminate some of the hurry and worry in your life, then start living a simple life which can break the cycle of overworking to feed our excessive...

Genesis 2 Robbie Alderman  What we’re learning specifically from the life of Jesus today, is the importance of practicing Sabbath. Jesus gives both skeptics and believers an invitation to find rest. Sabbath isn’t just a command, it’s a prescription.  

Mark 1:29-38 Louis Tamburro At this point in the book of Mark, Jesus is doing ministry with some of his disciples. He’s working hard in ministry, and the text  describes a very busy day in the life of Jesus. He’s slammed with all kinds of people wanting his time, and as we study this text we’ll learn about the following three things: 1st The importance of work , 2nd The importance of silence and s...

Matthew 11:28-30 Louis Tamburro We’re starting a new 5 week teaching series we’re calling The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry , and it’s about how to have peace in a world of hurry .  We need to learn from the life of Jesus, to live an unhurried life like Jesus. The burdens of life are way too heavy for us to carry on our own. The good news is we don’t have to carry them on our own, because Jesus of...

Psalm 27 Emmanuel Bellon When we are in a battle it is hard to believe that it will ever come to an end. When we are in a period of blessing, we sometimes expect it will go on forever. But the Christian life is not like that there are battles and blessings. We know that King David went through a lot of battles in life. In this psalm he teaches us how to face the battles of life.

Psalm 26 Robbie Alderman Life gets hard and evil surrounds us in this life. We must remind ourselves of God’s goodness to us and the faithful love he has shown us by sending us Jesus. In this psalm, David is putting himself on trial and using the fact that he walks and stands with Jesus as his witness as the source of evidence in this trial to show that he is safe.

Psalm 25 Zack Casey In Psalm 25, David is in a season of waiting. When we pray for something, or face a crisis, or ask for guidance, we want an immediate response. But in Psalm 25,  David is going to teach us something about this season of waiting that we will inevitably find ourselves in.