The promise of the Father is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. He was sent to fill us and to enable us to do what we cannot do on our own. This baptism is for us today, for every person who wants Him. He changes us, ministers life to others through us and testifies of Jesus. The Spirit of God isn't scary, but God's wonderful presence inside of us.

Pentecost is the fulfilled prophecy of Jesus baptizing in the Holy Spirit. It came 50 days after Jesus was resurrected and initiated the start of the ministry of the Holy Spirit on the earth, inside of us! The secret plan and weapon of God was for Jesus to prepare a home for the Holy Spirit to live within, so that the world could be changed. God's great surprise includes you and I as the unexpected homes and carriers of God.

The Enemy of our lives is seeking to plant weeds in our life garden. I am sharing tools to weeding out our gardens and planting intentional seeds of life.

There are so many people that believe God has “cut them from the team” because of a mistake. There are those who have stopped contending to fulfill their purpose because of a past failure. God is so much more willing to work with our mistakes than we realize. In this message, David talks about becoming a servant, and a willing participant in the work of the Kingdom.

We are warned that deception will be rampant in the last days, leading to a falling away and loss of our faith. In this message, Matt shares some ways to remaining free of deception so that we can protect the precious truths that we have been given and remain in the love of God.

The raising of Jesus from the Dead changed everything and empowered all who follow and believe in Him to live fully alive. What was dark and full of death, changed to life, power, victory and hope for all into all of the future. We are celebrating not just a good man, but the Champion who loved with all that He had, ransomed all of mankind and arose from death with victory over death, hell, fear and the grave forever.

Jason Upton's message to Awake Church

Jesus doesn't just desire for people to follow and believe Him, but He has invited us to live united with Him. He gave us a picture of the power of living united with Him through the analogy of a vine that produces grapes, and invited His followers to take another step and actually live in Him. When we live and abide in Him, the juice and power of Christ flows through us and our lives will be fruitful.

Love is the greatest, unfailing power that we have. As believers, we are to live in love and love others lavishly. Our job isn't to try and convict people of sin, but to encourage everything that breathes and entrust people to the One who loves them even more than we do. Often, people don't get to hear how much they are loved from others until those words are shared at their funeral, when they are no longer there. We are to let love reach its destination and share it with others now.

Tracy Evans’ message to the Awake congregation.