Jesus Christ’s central message was the “good news about the kingdom of God,” which was all about flinging wide the doors to heaven. If the doors to God are wide open, and if our own order of the world doesn’t matter anymore, what does? Losing our own superiority and identifying our need for God will help us receive Jesus’ great blessing, which is waiting for all.

Being thankful usually comes after we have received something first. We tend to think that gratitude is a something we give to somebody else. In this standalone sermon we’ll explore the power of expressing thankfulness and how God uses gratitude as a gift in our lives.

Anytime you step up committing to do what God has called you to, you can expect to experience opposition. In our final episode of our Above and Beyond series, we will learn how Nehemiah not only faces both external and internal opposition but rises above to fulfill his God-sized vision.

Every great movement of God has a group of people who sacrificially gave of their lives to see the vision become a reality. In episode 6 of our series in Nehemiah, we discover the power of a personal commitment. There can be no real progress made until first there is a deep personal commitment.

We’re stoked to welcome Phil and Diane Comer to Awakening this morning! The Comer’s are longtime friends of Awakening. They are pastors, church planters, encouragers, writers, and disciple-makers.

Many start out well, but few finish well. We all want to hear Jesus say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” What does the path to staying faithful look like?

In the fourth installment of our Above and Beyond series we discover a vital yet often overlooked prerequisite to living above and beyond the status quo. For us to a life filled with significance we need a strategic plan. There is an old adage that says, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” As we continue our study in the book of Nehemiah, we will learn how to develop a strategic plan so that we can live out our God-given purpose on this planet.

How do you move from feeling stuck in life to living out your God given purpose on this planet? In part 3 of our series Above and Beyond, we will discover how a single step of faith has the power to not only get you unstuck but position you to experience the power of God in your life.

A dependent spirit leads to an accurate view of God and an accurate view of ourselves.

In the next six sessions, we will examine the conditions that characterize those whom God strongly supports; those whom God uses to make a significant impact using the life of Nehemiah as our model.

When we see how diverse and different Jesus’ table is, and how different our own group might be, we start to realize this might be harder than we thought. If we all sit down at the same table, how can we maintain unity over the long haul? How do we commit to one another when we have more differences than similarities? And why is it worth it?