The caveat to being forgiven by God is that we in turn forgive others. Jesus refused to get bitter in the midst of His crucifixion and forgave His offenders. Following Jesus means that we stay in a place of constant forgiveness toward others, and He has given us the Holy Spirit to help us supernaturally release to others the kind of forgiveness that we have received.

In this two-part series on Forgiveness, Matt shares about the beauty and power of the forgiveness that is offered to us through the person of Jesus and the sacrifice of His life. It takes humility to receive what we don't deserve, but without receiving by faith what Jesus has done for us, we are stuck with our mountain of sin, and kept from the life of the Son.

What does the Abraham, the father of our faith, have in common with Rahab, a prostitute? In this message, David finishes the second part of the study of the James passages about faith and works.

The law of supply and demands says that when supply is high, value is diminished. When supply is low, the value rises. The body of Christ has a high supply of voices, but a low supply of hands and feet. The value of laborers is at an all time high. In this message, David Olinger preaches from the book of James, “faith without works is dead.” This is a challenging message to our fellowship to step out and be the hands and feet of Jesus.

A short study in the life of a shepherd tending his sheep. The Lord as our Shepard, leads us, protects us, defends us, nourishes us, refreshes us, and lovingly pulls us back on life's trail when we slip or fall. He even rewards us for following him.

We get to have a relationship with the Creator, the most important and powerful being in the Universe. We are His children and He hears our prayers, our requests, but He desires to know us and wants us to desire to know Him. Knowing Him means adopting a posture of listening for Him daily and an adventure for our lives.

An Encounter with The Living God has full Power to alter our lives into the greater Glory we have been designed to live in this lifetime. God is ALWAYS up to something good in our lives. Continually coming into agreement with this simple Truth opens the doors of our destiny, truly letting the King of Glory come in!

Staying on the path of life with Jesus is our life. Along the way there will be a pull toward one of the ditches of Legalism or Lawlessness on either side of the road. There are also the tensions in life between opposing things that are difficult, but Jesus helps us live in the tension and He is the answer for every paradox.

The world's prisons are full of fatherless people. In our spiritual lives there can be a lack of health where we don't see our Heavenly Father the way that He is, or have a healthy relationship with Him. Jesus fulfilled His mission on the earth by being rightly related to His Father, and we can also. The Father is love and in love He provides for us and disciplines us for our good to help us live fully alive.

Bobby Conner's message to Awake Church