Our vision and purpose is to be a church that is fresh, real, and powerful! Below is compilation of messages from Jurgen & Leanne Matthesius, our C3 team, and other world-class guest speakers!
The C3 Church San Diego // AUDIO podcast is truly a blessing to listen to. With a focus on building a strong relationship with God, this podcast provides the blueprint for not only a good relationship with God but also with family, friends, and coworkers. It equips listeners with the tools to fight against the enemy and encourages them to live a life of faith and courage. One of the best aspects of this podcast is that it features both male and female pastors, giving diversity and allowing different perspectives to be heard. The messages delivered by these pastors are powerful, courageous, and unique, inspiring listeners to deepen their understanding of the Word.
One of the worst aspects of this podcast is that it may not be for everyone. Some people may find the teachings too deep or challenging as they present truth in its raw and pure form. Additionally, some listeners may prefer a different style or approach to preaching. However, this is subjective and may vary from person to person.
In conclusion, The C3 Church San Diego // AUDIO podcast is highly recommended for those seeking spiritual growth and encouragement. The messages are biblically grounded and speak truth in love. Whether you are new in your faith journey or have been walking with God for years, this podcast will impact your life in profound ways. The dedication and hard work put into creating such a wonderful resource by Pastors Jurgen and Leanne are commendable. This church stands for truth, love, and empowerment, ultimately changing lives for the better.

God has given us an intentional window of time to rise up and see His Kingdom advanced, if we are obedient and willing to answer His call. In this message you will learn how to take advantage of God's timing and execute His will, as exemplified by Queen Esther and how it relates to modern times.

Be inspired to speak words that bring life, learn the systems that God created with His words when He created the heavens and the earth. Systems that bring life.

In this message, "The Wise Heart, Kayla explore why the breakthrough we're seeking is rarely a matter of more information, but a matter of deeper alignment. Kayla learned that a divine strategy in the hands of an undeveloped heart can lead to pride, which is why God often waits to check our character before He hands us the map to our solution. Join her as she discusses how to trade our own logic for a "Fierce Trust" and how the "insulation" of Agape love allows us to safely carry the weight of supernatural wisdom

In this message, Ps. Matt talks about the power of prayer, the pursuit of prodigals, and the kind of church God is calling us to be in this season. Through real God stories, Scripture, and raw preaching, this message calls believers to move beyond comfort into unity, boldness, and resurrection power. If you're hungry to know Jesus—not just know about Him—and to see faith activated with miracles, healing, and testimony, this one's for you.

The storms of life are not meant to break us, it reveals the foundations our lives are built on. This message will encourage anyone going through a difficult season to stand on the foundations of God's word, prayer and community.

God is turning the page and inviting us into a new day. Like the dawn, Awaken is stepping into a brighter day of freedom, identity, miracles, community, and divine empowerment. This message carries hope bringing, darkness-breaking power.

This message will help us better understand the Lord's plan for our lives. His will, doesn't have to feel like a mystery. If we can learn to know His voice, hear his voice and be obedient to it, we will live the extraordinary lives He has destined us to live!

Tune into this message from three incredible leaders from our Awaken Bressi campus as they share their testimonies of how God gave them lasting victory and freedom in their lives.

Be inspired and equipped to move in your faith in the realm of shameless persistence in prayer.

This message calls you to launch beyond routine faith and step into God's space—a life of real encounter, power, and freedom. This message reveals how preparation, community, and cutting old cords help you break through spiritual resistance and into true freedom.

This message is how God meets His people at wells already dug—places of provision, destiny, and divine encounter. A personal invitation to come drink the waters from the three wells at Awaken Church.

This message takes us into the night Jacob wrestled with God, where honesty, surrender, and a limp led to his greatest breakthrough. It's about the kind of change that doesn't just alter your life; it reshapes your legacy. If you're tired of cycles and ready for something real, this message is for you.

Many of us still believe in God—but have we allowed Him to drift from the center? This message reframes what it means to be a House of Miracles, showing how God's presence brings life when He is honored as Lord and His order is embraced. Discover how re-centering God in your home and life creates space for transformation that flows outward.

God gave us a unique identity and a unique purpose. As we discover it and speak God's promises over our life, we will live in our calling. As we pursue God, He writes our story and what a masterpiece it is designed to be.

Is there an ancient Biblical mystery that lies behind the events of our times? Is there a Biblical template that gives us revelation on what is really take place? What is the prophetic we are in right now? And what do we need to know to prepare for and overcome in the days ahead?

Freedom is one of the greatest gifts we have been given as children of God, but many Christians are not living free. In this powerful message filled with worship Ps. Michael provides some insight on how to break free and stay free with a heavenly purpose.

The Kingdom of darkness operates in the dark. Unless we as believers expose darkness and bring into the light it will continue to wreak havoc on Christians and non-Christians. In this message, Ps Jon discusses the importance of exposing and casting out darkness.

The Freedom Journey marks the moment when seasons of delay end and God's promises come alive—moving us from hope deferred into vision realized and into a life that finally bears lasting fruit.

Whether we understand or acknowledge the existence of a kingdom that exists outside of the Kingdom of God, does not change the reality that the kingdom of darkness is a very real, a very powerful, and prevalent threat to our lives as believers. We need to understand how to overcome and overthrow the enemy who seeks to steal, kill and destroy our lives. We have been given authority over all the power of the enemy, but we need to know how to use that power to be free!

If the Holy Spirit could examine our hearts today, would he find a healthy heart? Or would he find blockages that need to be removed & repaired so we can be healthy and whole again?

Ps. Matt unpacks the biblical idea that God's promises are paid for—but still must be occupied—through a powerful teaching on inheritance, spiritual warfare, and freedom. Drawing from Genesis 15, Ps. Matt challenges the belief that God's best doesn't comes without resistance. He confronts generational cycles, spiritual complacency, and the lies that keep believers from fully stepping into what Jesus already purchased. This message is a bold call to partner with God, fight for freedom, and possess the life you were promised.

Freedom Fighters confronts the unseen war many believers are fighting without realizing it. The enemy is real, spiritual oppression is real, and freedom is available through Jesus Christ. This message calls the church to wake up, stand firm in spiritual authority, and contend in prayer for freedom, healing, and restoration

In this powerful message, Pete Tirado reframes freedom not as a one-time moment, but as a daily inheritance found only in the presence of Jesus. Through the story of the woman with the issue of blood, Pete reveals how faith, desperation, and identity collide when someone dares to reach for Christ in the middle of the crowd. Blending biblical depth with raw, modern-day application, he explores how Jesus doesn't just heal bodies—He restores dignity, belonging, and purpose.

The first collaboration GOD created was humanity, and the first target of deception was not man alone, but mankind together. Because once partnership is disrupted, unbelief rises, deception gains access and your freedom is hijacked. Satan tries to make us take a bite of our own demise and then make us believe we don't have any control. If we are controlled enough to take the first bite, then we have the control to get free thru Christ. Don't Bite church

Experiencing Freedom in Christ requires us to live in true identity instead of being an imposter of someone else.

Three powerful Emerge Men have a refreshing word. Lean in and get ready to go to another level in your walk with God!

God never intended His people to live or serve in their own strength. Paul tells Timothy to be strong in the grace of Christ, and Jesus promised that we would receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon us. This message is about living, serving, and fulfilling God's purpose through the power He provides.

This is an uplifting message focused on taking faith over fear into the new year.

How to establish legacy in a family through real estate, faith, and prioritizing biblical principals for creating wealth and achieving success.

Krysten shares about her journey to freedom and uncovering wounds of the heart from childhood. Learning to cry out to God and being completely set free from fear, anxiety and all demonic torment. She finishes her message by sharing how to step into your God given purpose and assignment.

There is no greater pre-requisite in life to being successful than to have vision. Both vision for your life and vision to see what God has in store for you.

God is building two things; His Church and your life. Ps Jon discusses how these two things work together to accomplish the vision of the Kingdom.

Be inspired to build the visions God gives you according to the heavenly blueprint so God can come and fill that space.

Fearless is a concentrated call to begin the year by setting things in order—cleaning the vessel, filling the house, and making room for God's new wine. This message challenges us to leave the comfort of the old behind, embrace sanctification and consecration, and receive a fresh vision that increases our capacity for faith, freedom, and fruitfulness. As we step into a new year, God is calling us to be fearless—filled with His Spirit, aligned with His will, and ready to rise, advance, and take territory no matter what comes.

In this message, Ps. Samuel Deuth unpacks the powerful and confronting book of Haggai, calling believers to realign their priorities at the start of a new year. He challenges us to examine where we've been building our own agendas while neglecting the house and purposes of God—and how that misalignment can lead to frustration, lack, and unrest. Through Haggai's message, Ps. Samuel reveals how honoring God first unlocks blessing, peace, and divine partnership in every area of life. This episode is an invitation to seek the Kingdom first, rebuild with intention, and step into a season of renewed vision, favor, and impact.

With every new year people feel compelled to make resolutions to change things about themselves. However, a very few number actually follow through on these decisions for very long. In this visionary message, Ps. Michael helps us see that what we need is reformation not resolutions, and the keys to lasting change are found by flipping the script used by most people.

On Vision Sunday, we align our God-given dreams under the vision of His Kingdom. As we seek first God and commit to His house, we discover that vision written in alignment releases God's provision in every area of life: finances, health, relationships, and purpose. This message calls us to stop writing in vain and begin writing faith-filled, Kingdom-first vision for 2026.

On Vision Sunday, Ps. Mike Yeager challenges us to lift our eyes beyond our present circumstances and trust the promises God has spoken over our lives. Through the story of Israel standing on the edge of the Promised Land, this message invites us to step forward in faith and SEE clearly future God has already prepared for us that we must have FAITH to step into.

What if delighting in the Lord has less to do with emotion and more to do with alignment? In this message, we uncover a deeper understanding through scripture and the powerful truth that God doesn't just fulfill desires, He authors them. And what He authors is faithful to complete! This message invites you to realign your heart, trust the process, and believe again that what God started in you and in our city, He is faithful to finish.

Part two of Ps Lisa's message "Miracle on 2nd Street", Three Miracle Wells talks about the three wells of Awaken Church. In this message, Ps Lisa shares three testimonies for the three wells and how it has impacted Awaken Church, El Cajon.

A special and inspiring message from Ps. Samuel Deuth about making sure we take praise and thansgiving into our 2026!

Biblical hope isn't wishful thinking or a feeling. It is a confident expectation or assurance based on a sure foundation in Jesus Christ. We are meant to live with great anticipation that something wonderful is about to happen. Let hope reinterpret your circumstances.

It doesn't matter how bleak things may seem at the moment, when God shows hope and breakthrough come with him. One encounter with God can not only change everything but bring everything to its best conclusion

Be inspired to let go of all of the baggage and weights that are slowing you down so you can run with purpose and endurance the race God has set before you in 2026.

Preparing for New Wine invites us to clear space in our hearts, habits, and thinking so God can do a fresh work in us. It's not about loss—it's about alignment. As we release what's behind us, we step into a new season with faith, freedom, and expectancy.

In this shredder sunday message, ps katy ministers around the story of the Israelites crossing over into the promised land: what it took to cross over, what it took to possess the land and fully live out the promises of God. Fast forward to today: God wants us to partner with Him to release, remember, and respond in order to have Gods best for our 2026!

Like the Israelites at the edge of the Promised Land, Shredder Sunday is about releasing what holds us back so we can step into God's promises for 2026.

In this message, Brandon shares a personal journey of how unresolved pain from his childhood led him to make inner vows that quietly shaped his relationships and decisions. Real transformation begins when we trace those patterns back to their root, faced old wounds, and invited God into the process of forgiveness and healing.