Awaken Church

Opposition resurfaces again, and there are attempts to distract Nehemiah. There are lies that are being spread about him, fear intensifies, but even when Nehemiah has every reason to stop, he keeps going.

If the enemy cant stop the work from the outside, he will join the work. Even though God's people were being attack from the outside, the work continued to move forward. But the work came to a stop the minute the people started battling with each other. Nehemiah hears the cries of the people and he leads the people to repentance, justice, and restoration.

When you give your life to Jesus, you are born again, you have new life found in Him. But you are also born into a battlefield. And the moment that we start building our lives around Him is the moment we start battling.

There are extraordinary days and there are ordinary days. And the Bible talks about both. Here in Nehemiah 3, we read a list of names and work that the people did. And while we there are extraordinary days ahead, Nehemiah 3 is all about some ordinary work.

Verse by verse review of Nehemiah 2:9-20

Nehemiah grieved over his city, prayed about what to do, and then in God's timing, he had faith enough to do something about it.

When tragedy and suffering hit, Nehemiah does the first things first; he prays. What we learn from this prayer is not just how to pray, but to pray when life doesn't go the way we think it should.

If you have ever broken a bone, you know how painful that can be. The more you walk with God, He will in the same way break your heart for something, and it might be painful, but it will be worth it in the end! God will use you wherever you are and whatever job you have.

When Jesus said, "It is finished," these were not the words of a victim; these were the words of a victor! These 3 powerful words show us that salvation is now complete in Him!

For some people, their view of God is that He does understand what its like to feel the emotions of this world. But what Jesus says on the cross shows us that He undertands us more than we might think.

For some people, their view of God is that He does understand what its like to feel the emotions of this world. But what Jesus says on the cross shows us that He undertands us more than we might think.

Our next session of Jesus' famous last words. Was Jesus forsaken by God? Why did Jesus say this? During this message we will explore Jesus' reference to Psalm 22 and prophecy in the Bible. We will also discuss how Christians can approach the feeling of being abandoned.

In the final moments of Jesus' life on this earth, Jesus shows His concern for those closest to Him. And even though this third phrase seems a little out of place, it gives us a beautiful picture of the heart of God.

Many people can have doubts as to whether they are saved or not. But as Jesus is hanging on the cross, He tells us everything that we need to know so that we can have the assurance we need to know that we will spend eternity in heaven with Him.

You are invited to spend time with the God of the universe! And Mary shows us what it means to spend time with Him, and to stay connected to Him.

Being a follower of Jesus starts with making sure that we have a relationship with God through Jesus. Peter in Luke 5 shows us some marks of what it looks like to have a relationship with Jesus!

What does a follower of Jesus look like? For many of us, we would answer that question one of three ways: by what we do, know, or feel. But what we will see is that following Jesus isn't complicated; it's simple. When we look at Jesus's life, we see that it's about relationships!

1 Cor. 11:26 Luke 22:14-18 Psalm 118:19-24

Many of us sing Christmas songs as we put up our tree, wrap gifts, or make cookies. But even though we hear the songs, even though we sing the songs, we can mess up the lyrics to the songs. The Angels song is about the Gospel, and we might know the Gospel, but are we living it out?

Simeon provides an example of a life defined by the vision that God had given him. A person transformed by the Gospel will walk in the vision that God provides to His own.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to wait. We often ask more questions and feel more defeated in times of waiting. But in those seasons of waiting, God is still working.

We sing many Christmas songs. Some are fun, and some are rich with the truth of who Jesus is. Mary sings what could be the first Christmas song at a time when her life was upside-down.

Reading a Proverb a day will change your life. Using Proverbs 16 as an example, let's walk through the daily application of Solomon's words.

We know that words are powerful and can affect how we live and what we think about. Revelation 22 is God's final words to us. And these words help us endure until He returns again!

When you think about heaven, what comes to mind? In Revelation 21, we see that the best is yet to come! We get a look at our future home!

There is a lot of debate when it comes to the Millennial reign of Jesus. But one thing that is not up for debate is that the future is NOT up for grabs, it belongs to Jesus, Satan is defeated, and those in Christ will rule and reign with Him!

For Christians, the end of Revelation does not disappoint! There is joy and singing because Jesus wins! And we are invited to the greatest feast and the greatest battle.

The world's economic system is destroyed, leading people to deep loss because they invested their lives in it. These are people who gained the whole world but lost their souls.

Just as God told Joshua to build a memorial to remind the people of His faithfulness and provision, its healthy for us to pause and remind ourselves of the same thing.

As we wait for our King to come for us, we have to refuse the advances of anyone or anything that would take our eyes off Jesus.

Anything that God creates, Satan makes a counterfeit of. Just as there is a Holy Trinity, there one day will be an unholy trinity that is trying to deceive the world.

Many of us know that we should tell others about what God has done in our lives but often we make excuses as to why we can't. In one of the darkest times on the earth, God provides 2 bright lights, 2 witnesses, to warn people and share the Gospel. This chapter encourages us today how to be a witness for Jesus!

The messenger of God must take God's message into his very life and being

Revelation puts vivid images of things we already know that are in the Bible. We know that sin leads to destruction and needs to be punished and Revelation shows us that. But even in the darkest ties on earth, God has mercy for people.

Revelation 6 ends with a question, who can stand? Revelation asks that question from a big-picture perspective, but we have asked that same question on a personal level. Revelation 7 steps in and answers that question for us. 

The goal of the book of Revelation is to help you understand the arc of human history. John, wants us to know and see where life is headed and to live with the end in mind.

John is invited into the throne room of heaven not just for a tour, but he's given some insight into the throne room of Heaven. We zoom in on a scroll with some seals on it… we see the plan of redemption that leads to worship.

Encountering Jesus will produce repentance, trust, and worship in His people.

In this final letter to the church, Jesus calls out this church for being lukewarm. Jesus wishes that this church was good for something. How do we avoid being like this church, by letting Jesus in.