City Awakening Church

Revelation 21:1-8 Louis Tamburro History ends with separation and salvation. The bad news is Jesus warns us that history ends with separation, but the good news is he offers his hand for salvation so hell won’t be our final destination. If you’re a skeptic will you receive his hand for salvation? Will you put your faith in him today, believe he died for your sins on the cross, and make him the cen...

Revelation 1:8-18 Louis Tamburro A day will come when Jesus will prove he’s greater than your greatest afflictions, but it’s a promise only for those who put their faith in Jesus. 

Hebrews 12:1-13 Alex Robinson We have what is necessary to endure in our faith.

Philippians 4:4-7 Emmanuel Bellon The Joy of the Lord is our strength in all circumstances.  1.Joyful faith rejoices in the Lord 2.Joyful faith forbears with others 3.Joyful faith in Jesus overcomes anxiety 4.Joyful faith rests in the peace of God

Luke 16:1-13 Louis Tamburro Generosity entails using your wealth beyond yourself. The primary message of the bible is that Jesus is a generous giver of grace, a generous giver of salvation. He’s the eternal friend who not only gave up his wealth, he gave up his entire life to die for our sins on the cross. He did this so we could have eternal friendship in heaven with him. His death on the cross p...

Luke 19:1-10 Louis Tamburro Generosity includes using your power and influence to help others. Our generosity should flow from knowing our sinful souls were in a position of eternal poverty, but Jesus generously offers us salvation from his position of eternal power. Our hearts have way more reason to be filled with joy than Zacchaeus knowing Jesus didn’t just sacrifice his reputation for us, he s...

Luke 9:57-10:2 Louis Tamburro Generosity entails serving, instead of being the one served. The greatest example we have of this is Jesus and the generosity he displayed on the cross. In Matthew 20:28 Jesus said “I came not to be served, but to serve and give my life up as a ransom for many.” He came to serve us even to the point of dying for our sins on the cross. He gave his entire life up for yo...

Luke 14:7-24 Louis Tamburro Generosity isn’t just about wealth, it’s also about your hospitality and forgiveness in your relationships.

Ephesians 4 Zack Casey Every Christian is called to maturity in Christ through unity in the body and purity in the flesh. We don’t come to Jesus and continue to live the same way we did beforehand. Pastor John Stott says that, “Because God’s people are called to be one people, they must manifest their unity, and because they are called to be a holy people, they must manifest their purity.”

1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Louis Tamburro It's a historical and biblical fact that churches have issues, but it’s also a historical and biblical fact that there’s still a lot of beauty in churches. Do those of us gathered here have issues? Yes we do, but the beauty of the church is we can help walk through those issues together. Do those of us gathered here have hardship issues? Yes we do, but the...

Acts 2:1-2 Louis Tamburro The Spirit descended, so the ministry of Jesus can keep spreading in and through us. If you’re a believer you’re already filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. But too often we neglect to utilize that power, we neglect to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives. 

Acts 1:1-11 Louis Tamburro The ascension of Jesus means there’s hope, in the daily intercession of Jesus. Do you need hope? Do you need hope in your life? What burden are you carrying, what problems are keeping you up at night?  As one scholar put it “You may think you’re at the end of your rope, but you’ll never be at the end of hope.”    Whatever your problems are, you can always find hope in th...

Luke 23:13-43 Louis Tamburro Jesus stood in our place for our sins, so we can enjoy eternal paradise with him. Are you carrying a cross of fear and uncertainty, wondering if you’ll end up in eternal hell, or eternal paradise in heaven? The cross shows Jesus loves you and is willing to save you. Are you carrying a cross filled with sin, shame, regret, wondering if Jesus will still love and forgive...

John 17 Zack Casey Jesus wants to the world to know him, and he wants the Church to make him known. We can live with confidence because we have a God-ordained purpose, and we have a Great High Priest to help us fulfill that purpose.

Luke 15 Alex Robinson 1.     God doesn’t disparage the lost but graciously seeks them out. 2.     Those close to God celebrate the lost being found.

Matthew 16:13-24 Louis Tamburro The Christian life is meant to be impactful not comfortable. So are you living a comfortable life or an impactful life? Are you living a life and message that’s comfortably aligned with the culture, or living a life and message aligned with Jesus to impact the culture? Are you living a comfortable life that doesn’t push back darkness, or living an impactful sacrific...

Matthew 5:21-42 Louis Tamburro This text reveals that sometimes Jesus’ timing isn’t our timing. But it also reveals that his compassion still remains even in the delays. The good news is Hebrews 13:8 says “Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever,” which means the same Jesus we in the text, is the same Jesus available to us today. It means you can approach him today just like Jairus and the...

Mark 4:35-41 Louis Tamburro Jesus will always do 1 of 2 things in a storm. He’ll either calm the storm, or help you make it through the storm, but either way you’ll make it through the storm. If you put your faith in him, if you turn to him in your storms, he’ll either calm the storm saying be still , or he’ll calm you saying be still so I can help you through the storm. Do you have faith in the r...

Matthew 5:1-12 Louis Tamburro Happiness is found in the stability of Christ, not the instability of life.  If you want to have a happy life, you need to root your happiness in something more stable and secure than your situations. You need to root your happiness in the stability and security of Jesus. Jesus doesn’t promise us an easy life, he promises us a blessed and happy life...Blessed and happ...

Matthew 4:1-11 Louis Tamburro Temptations will come, but Jesus can help you overcome, since he’s already overcome Satan, temptation, even the sting of death with the power of his resurrection. We don’t have that kind of power, but Jesus does. Jesus has the power to help us overcome whatever temptation’s wrecking our lives, our marriages, our families, our relationships. But we have to rely on him...

Matthew 3 Emmanuel Bellon Nothing is as frustrating as being in a situation where you cannot make any change. Fortunately, God has created a way for all humanity to come to him regardless of our condition. He has given us the gift of repentance so we can turn him and follow his plans and purposes for our lives. You can trust God to forgive every sin and give you a fresh beginning. If you follow th...

Matthew 1:1-17 Alex Robinson Jesus was and is everything that the Bible says he would be.

Jonah Louis Tamburro It’s hypocritical to receive grace, but then refuse to extend grace. We need to grow in being quicker at extending the very grace we’ve received from Jesus to others. The message of Jonah is for us to lay our paddles down, it’s to submit our lives to Jesus, because he’s a sovereign God who loves, saves, and can change our sinful hearts. So let’s receive his grace today, and le...

Hosea Louis Tamburro God’s love remains faithful and willing to save, even on the days when you’re unfaithful and failing to follow. Have people been unfaithful to you, failing to love you like they should? Have you been unfaithful to people, failing to love your spouse, your children, your parents, your friends and neighbors like you should? Have you been unfaithful to Jesus, failing to love Jesu...

Daniel 6 Louis Tamburro Find your strength from above, not from within. Daniel shows that having strength in your prayer life, can give you strength in the lion’s den. Having strength in your prayer life, can give you strength in your hard days, and some of you’ve been having hard days.  The good news of the gospel is Jesus went into the lion’s den on our behalf, when he died for our sins on the c...