Awaken with Blake Lorenz

As Paul addresses the Romans to wake up from their sleep, he gives us seven foundational truths to keep us awake and on fire for Jesus.  In this episode we will address what these practical applications are to keep us from mediocre Christianity and to wake up with a purpose and mission every day.

Paul in Romans 13:11-14 gives us seven reasons on why believers remain asleep when there is work to be done.  We need to know these dangers and make sure we lay the proper foundation in our lives to build a life that is alive and doing the will of our Father and not our own.

Since the beginning of the church on Pentecost the challenge is to keep believers awake to the vision of Jesus.  Our tendency is to fall asleep on the job.  Jesus has given us His teachings on how we should live in this season of His return.  We are to wake up the believers to this plan.

After our consecration to God we need to spend time alone with God.  Daniel is a prime role model of how to live a life of consecration.  The more you invest with God, the greater He will use your life for His glory.

Our journey back to Bethel with Jacob.  Bethel is God's symbol  for us as His gateway to heaven.  That gateway today is Jesus.  Our return to Bethel is a time of renewed consecration where we put away any idols in our heart, a new cleansing, and when we put on a new garment or put on Christ.

God calls us to consecrate our lives to Him as witnessed in the life of Jacob.  This needs to become our first priority after we have become a follower of Jesus.  This call to consecration deepens in the years as we walk with Jesus.  Is God calling you to Bethel for a new level of consecration?

Revelation truth leads to a life of consecration to God for His plans and purposes.  This leads to Holy Spirit power and a life of love and service to Jesus full of joy and adventure and wonder.

This ties together what we have studied in Matthew 24 and 25.  Jesus knows He will be betrayed and arrested, then killed shortly.  Therefore, He has told His disciples His death is not the end, but a prelude to His return as King.

Genesis 35 connected with Matthew 25 gives us insight into how we need to put into action the words of Jesus relating to the  new covenant and the nations.  Jacob's stone and Genesis 35 teach us to pray for our nation, coupled with Matthew 25 how to vote and minister in Jesus' name.

There are three major covenant promises in Genesis.  One concerns personal salvation, the second relates to families, and the third concerns nations.  We need to know these teachings to help prepare the way for Jesus, especially the third relating to the nations.

We will review and discuss the signs of Jesus' return.  The beginning of sorrows are identified as they intensify announcing He is ready to come on His second trip from heaven to earth.  We have a calling and anointing to prepare the way.

There is no doubt that Jesus is coming back.  He tells us and the signs He promised are clear and evident we are in the season of His return.  What a day that will be!

Jesus gives us insights into how we can know the truth in this age of deception.  We need to know Jesus intimately, who He is and what He has done for us.  We need to feast on His words and know the prophecies of His return.

Jesus warns us three times not to be deceived in the season of His return.  Charismatic leaders, antichrists and false prophets will deceive us concerning His return.  We see in our day how we are being deceived by politicians, the news media, social media, scientists, religious leaders.

Jesus speaks wonderful words to those who love and serve Him faithfully, "Well done good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Master." We were created for joy, so expect to find joy and share it with others.

In this fifth parable that Jesus gives in teaching us how to live in the season of His return, He gave us insight into how we should use the resources God has given us in this life.  God gives us gifts and abilities to fulfill our responsibilities in serving our Creator.

This fourth parable of the ten virgins reminds us what it means to be ready for His return and the danger of not being ready.  It is a wake up call to the church for those whom Jesus knows and does not know.  How we can be certain Jesus knows us.

This third parable of Jesus teaches us how to serve Jesus in obedience to His word.  How we are to disciple our families and give them the spiritual food for this season of His return as opposed to the evil and unfaithful servant who disregards the return of His Master.

This second parable of Jesus teaches how we are to be watchful and ready for His return.  We are not to be so consumed with this world and our selfish living that we are not prepared for His return.  How can we live so that we are ready!

This teaches on why we believe Jesus is the Messiah and why we know He is coming again.  We will use Scriptures, prophecies, and testimonies to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and is coming back for us.  His love triumphs over all the sin, death and evils of this world.

Jesus makes it clear in this first of five parables concerning the season of His return that He expects us to know this season.  That also means to know the Scriptures and prophecies that concern His Second Coming with the ability to share this with others.

We will discuss what it means to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.  Why this is essential to have in order to live as Jesus taught us to live in this season of His return.  God continues to pour His Spirit upon believers to use us to prepare the way for Jesus' Second Coming.

As Paul addresses the Romans to wake up from their sleep, he gives us seven foundational truths to keep us awake and on fire for Jesus.  In this episode we will address what these practical applications are to keep us from mediocre Christianity and to wake up with a purpose and mission every day.

Paul in Romans 13:11-14 gives us seven reasons on why believers remain asleep when there is work to be done.  We need to know these dangers and make sure we lay the proper foundation in our lives to build a life that is alive and doing the will of our Father and not our own.

Since the beginning of the church on Pentecost the challenge is to keep believers awake to the vision of Jesus.  Our tendency is to fall asleep on the job.  Jesus has given us His teachings on how we should live in this season of His return.  We are to wake up the believers to this plan.

God comes to us to awaken us to His plans and invites us to join Him in the redemption of the world.  As our Lord awakens us, we are to know the season in which we live, so we can best prepare the way for the return of Jesus.  Our challenge is to journey together in this great adventure.

Jesus's last words focus on life.  Revelation 22 begins with the river of life and the tree of life.  The last chapter ended with the Book of life.  Jesus has brought us out of death to life to live as God has life.  No more curse, but only the blessings of God flow in our relationship with God and the Lamb. The words quoted from Jesus speak His final words to us.  “Behold, I am coming quickly!  Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”  Jesus wants every believer to live as though He is coming today. Be ready and be about our Father's business.  Part of preparation is awakening those around you to this call of Christ to live a lifestyle that honors and pleases our Father in heaven.

You and I can look at Revelation and see that humanity had a need.  We were trapped in a sinful world that persecuted and killed those who believed in God and tried to live out their desire to honor and please their Creator.  So, they cried out to God to set us free and avenge their suffering. God had a plan from the beginning to save us from ourselves.  In His sovereign love for us, He devised a plan of action that required Him to become one of us in order to rescue us from our own sinful rebellion. Thus, Jesus would become the Lover of our soul to rescue us from our own destruction.  This would produce a love for Jesus in us that would carry us through to the perfection of God's image restored in us for all eternity.

We are coming out of the covid pandemic.  What a battle it has been for physical and spiritual life.  In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus gives us one of the greatest weapons to fight this battle of faith.  The evils of Babylon are now world wide.  Our war for salvation is Global. The words of Jesus give us the weapons to win this war for they pierce the human heart with the light of God. As Moses went up on the mountain to meet God, Jesus sat on the mountain and the people came to Him to meet God.  Let us unlock the treasures of His words to walk in triumph over the forces of evil.

In this podcast I share my story of why I know Jesus's return is imminent.  What would you do if you knew He was coming soon.  We are the last generation before this great prophecy will unfold.  We see the signs of the preparation of His return all around us. What are you doing to help prepare the way for our King to come?  What is your body of believers doing?  God's favor can be on your life.  You can live a life of great adventure for Jesus if you partner with Him and hear His voice and obey. Here am I Lord, send me!

I was reminded that we, the remnant Body of Christ, are part of the greatest movement for good over evil in the history of humanity as we exalt Jesus Christ.  The ways of the world are so corrupt and entangled in the system of Babylon, we cannot clean it up by our own efforts nor can we participate in their methods by using evil to defeat evil. Jesus's way is the only way to life and blessing and freedom.  Let us explore what this means.

We live in disturbing and challenging days.  The judgments of God against the evil of this world are unfolding before our eyes as revealed in Revelation.  We can often struggle with the tragedies and tribulations that these judgments bring, but Revelation 15 says the saints in heaven are rejoicing in these acts of God.  For Jesus is fulfilling His promise to avenge the martyrs' cries in Revelation 6. This is our role model for how we should respond.  Jesus is preparing to make all things new.  Satan and his demons will be judged and so will those who reject God and His Son.  We need to stand strong and share the hope of Christ in these days that lead to the return of Jesus.

Since my recent mission to Cuba I have been inspired by what I experienced and saw as church after church was baptized in the Holy Spirit and Fire.  That fiery baptism continues to spread throughout that beautiful island. To gain a better understanding of this baptism promised to us by Jesus through the words of John the Baptist, I traced the history of this God ordained movement from Acts to today.  We will discover what this means for the world and the return of Jesus Christ. Have you been baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire?

The halls of heaven are rejoicing in the Supreme Court's decision on abortion, while the secular humanists of Satan are shouting with clinched fists against the decision.  Their anger, hatred and threats reveal the true nature of their belief to impose their world domination on the followers of Christ.    The Bible prophecies that the abortion issue will be a sure sign that Jesus's return is imminent.  History testifies to this prophetic fulfillment that will happen in the season of His return.

Heaven sees the Supreme Court's decision on abortions as one worth rejoicing.  Yet, the world of secular humanism fights to see how many new ways they can kill babies.   Revelation tells us that God's judgments  are righteous acts against the evils of Satan and humanity.  They are sent to move people to repent.  However, as we are seeing today the world is not repenting but rebelling against God's truth and love.  This will bring further judgments until Jesus comes to make all things new.  Life will triumph.

Abortion is perhaps the worst and most effective of Satan's weapons against the followers of Jesus Christ.  This legal killing of babies can only be promoted in secular humanistic nations.  It is driven by the antiChrist spirit which seeks to replace Jesus and God with a person who represents Satan.   This end time war is in full throttle on many fronts.  This war for global domination is aimed at those who love Jesus and believe in His Divinity.  The antiChrist spirit undermines truth.  Those who deny Jesus are liars, but Jesus has won this war for truth.  He is coming soon to put an end to this war.   Let us study what this war looks like today!

As I watched the news an ominous darkness came over me.  I heard the voice of the Spirit speak to my spirit.  In this message I share what I received from the Spirit of God concerning the prophecies unfolding today. Wake up and know the season in which we live.  The return of Jesus is imminent!

The return of Jesus is one of life's most important puzzles to solve.  God has given us the Holy Spirit to reveal this truth to us.  Let us look at the world situation in order to understand where we are in the timeline of His return.  You will be amazed at what we can know and apply to our lives in this season of preparing for the Second Coming of Christ.

The woman in the wheelchair crippled with arthritis began to prophesy as I had laid hands on her to be baptized in the Spirit.  She said this Holy Fire would spread throughout Cuba.  Before I left I was told it had spread to 28 churches in the Las Tunas District.  We are contending with God that this will cover the entire island of Cuba. We are believing God will take the lid off of every believer and church and city in Cuba.  For all of the people to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.  God is doing it.  Listen to this story!

This is a personal experience I had in Las Tunas on Saturday morning.  The weight of God's glory fell upon me and kept crushing the inner division of my life out of me.  It was a time of intimacy and cleansing of my inner being to restore God's oneness within me. I have seen this happen several times in my 40 years of ministry.  In Zambia at the close of one of our crusades, the glory of God fell upon the entire church.  All of us suddenly found ourselves lying on the floor of the church weeping and wailing before God for over 30 minutes.  When we arose to our feet puddles of tears of glory were evident throughout the sanctuary.

When you study Scripture you discover marvelous treasures that enrich your life and inspire you to act as Jesus commanded us to live. For example, what motivated the earliest believers to take the salvation message of Jesus to the nations of the known world? Their love for Jesus inspired them.  The knowledge that He was God's anointed Savior to save us from our sins and God's wrath in order to reconcile us to God and that Jesus commanded them to make disciples in every nation moved them to sacrifice all.  They were to share His truth in all the world, then He would return to establish God's kingdom on earth forever. We need to understand and know how we fit into this global plan of God's redemption, then give all we can to see this happen as we partner with God.

God's hand of favor is upon the nations of Cuba and Zambia and Israel.  I have seen this with my own eyes.  God desires to awaken us to His hand of favor in our lives.  The story of Joseph reminds us that God gives us dreams and visions for our future to build His kingdom. Despite betrayal, rejection, injustice and even prison, Joseph remains faithful to believe in God and the dreams He has given him.  In the end Joseph saves nations, his family, and line of the Messiah as God's vision for his life unfolds in victory.  God will do the same for you!