Awake Us Now

Awake Us Now is an online ministry sharing the message of God’s love through Jesus Christ, His Son. We have modeled our ministry after the early Acts Church and meet together in home groups. Using live broadcast and on demand video, we worship together each Sunday as one voice of praise and prayer across America. Through pertinent and vibrant teaching, we grow in faith and are encouraged to live each day in the power of the Holy Spirit that comes from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Our ministry has a heart to see revival breakout across America and we look forward to Christ's return.

Prayer for America Day 12 11/04/2024

Big Questions - Israel Reborn: How Significant is it? 11/04/2024

The Living One - Week 30: The Inheritance 11/03/2024

The Living One - Week 30: The Inheritance Scripture: Acts 20:32-38 Pastor continues with the story of Paul’s talk with the leadership of the church in a gathering in the town of Miletus - it is Paul’s farewell speech to this group of believers. Paul finishes his time with these friends and leaders with them all in prayer together. There are tears as the leaders are grieved at knowing they will not see Paul again. Paul knew he had complete his work here and in the surrounding cities and areas. The chapter closes with them walking him to the ship to leave. But let’s focus on one of the words from Paul’s speech as it draws to an end. He talks about our inheritance in Christ. What does inheritance mean in the Bible? The biblical definition of inheritance is speaking of what God gives to us through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:13-14 tells us that when we believed in Christ, Christ identified us as His own by giving us the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the guarantee that Jesus will give us the inheritance He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people. 1 Peter 1:3-4 tells us of an inheritance that comes to us through the death and resurrection of Christ and is an inheritance that can never perish or fade away. Jesus’ death and resurrection is the heart of our inheritance. BUT there’s more! The Essential Fundamentals of the Faith: 1. Deity - Jesus is true man and true God 2. Death - Jesus, the Lamb of God, through His death, paid for our sins on the cross 3. Resurrection - Jesus’ resurrection assures we too shall rise. The resurrection is God’s declaration that the sacrifice of Jesus is accepted. 4. Return - Jesus is alive forever more and is coming back. His second coming- He’s coming back for us. These fundamentals are pointed to in the Old Testament, and are fulfilled in the New Testament. Jesus’ return is the heart of Paul’s teaching and Christ’s return is what assures us of our inheritance. Are you doubting the Resurrection of Christ? Dr. Gary R. Habermas is a scholar of the resurrection of Christ and has written several books. Here are two we suggest for those wanting to read about the evidence of Jesus resurrection: “On the Resurrection: Evidences” And “On the Resurrection: Refutations” Anthony Flew, a renown atheist debated Gary Habermas. Several years later Antony rejected atheism because the evidence for God is convincing. The evidence for the existence of God and for the resurrection of Jesus is powerful and convincing. Many people have never examined the evidence but instead they have just bought into what they’ve been told by the world rather than the things they could have discovered. What does it mean for us that Jesus is alive? What is our destiny? It is NOT as a spirit in heaven. The Bible teaches the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Pastor sites these verses for what the New Testament says about the: Deceased Believers Luke 23:43 - in paradise Philippians 1:23 - with Christ, better by far 1 Thessalonians 3:13-14 - asleep BUT on our destiny we read in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 1 Corinthians 15:22-26, 51-52 Titus 2:13-14 John 5:28-29 that: 1. Jesus will come down from heaven with a trumpet call and a loud voice of the archangel 2. The dead will rise 3. We will be with the Lord forever 4. A new heaven and a new earth 5. Death will be destroyed 6. We will all be changed in the twinkling of an eye - imperishable! Our destiny is to be raised to life forever with God with transformed glorified bodies in a new heaven and a new earth - ALL things new. May the truth that we too shall rise anchor us in our faith in God and give us strength in opposition, joy in the face of loss and assurance in the face of death. https://www.awakeusnow.com Check out the video on our website https://www.awakeusnow.com/living-one Check out the video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOwUarSm3uJrzLI4thAJNXQj Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33756067

Prayer for America Day 11 11/03/2024

Prayer for America Day 10 11/02/2024

Rescued by Truth: Week 44 11/02/2024

Prayer for America Day 9 11/01/2024

Big Questions - Birth Pains? 11/01/2024

Two Year Gospel Study Week 44 11/01/2024

Two Year Gospel Study Week 44 Luke 9:51-56; “Fire From Heaven” Our study today starts with a verse stating that Jesus “resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” Jesus was, without any hesitation, heading to Jerusalem, into the very city in which He knew He would suffer, be crucified and die. Knowing full well what was ahead - He resolutely - without hesitation - headed to Jerusalem. No shrinking back! Jesus was relentless in accomplishing what the Father desires. What does the Father desire? He desires that ALL come to know Him, His love, mercy, forgiveness and life transforming power. God’s desire is that ALL people repent and come to a knowledge of Jesus our Savior. And so to follow through on God’s heart, Jesus is relentless in pursuing the Father’s will and relentless in His pursuit of each one of us. As we explore the next verses we read that the people in Samaria did not welcome Jesus because He was headed for Jerusalem, and they didn’t like where He was going nor did they like the people in that city. Doesn’t this make you wonder how many people have missed out on all Jesus has to offer because they are offended at something He has said, or done or something that the Bible declares. REJECTION: Jesus was rejected over and over again, by: 1. Israel’s leaders 2. His own family 3. Samaritans How do we feel when we are rejected? Bitter? Angry? A desire to get even? Retaliate? The Samaritan’s rejection of Jesus elicited this response from Jesus’ disciples, James and John: “Lord, do You want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” This is not what Jesus wanted and He rebuked them but there would be a day God would send fire from heaven and that was at Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus’ ascension, when the Holy Spirit was poured out. On that day people in Samaria were filled with the Holy Spirit and drawn to the knowledge of Jesus the Messiah. Transformed. Changed forever! Gaining life, forgiveness, hope, peace, and joy. That is precisely what Jesus is still doing and desires to do today, to draw us to Himself, transform us from within and to give us joy and hope because He set His face toward Jerusalem and He went there for each one of US! Jesus rebuked James and John that day, but in the days to come He would also transform them. This is all taking place about 6 months before Jesus’ death and resurrection and about 8 months before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is determined to accomplish all the Father desires and He is still determined to do that today in each of our lives. His desire is to fill us with His Holy Spirit, to know Him and to show His incredible love in the way we treat others. Jesus is working to change the world one person at a time, beginning with you and me! There also is a lesson in not growing weary - maybe we are looking around and wondering how much longer the Lord will put up with all the garbage going on in the world. But then we see the testimony of Jesus’ life and how much our Savior gave of himself to accomplish our salvation. When we see this we too are changed. We realize our attitudes change as well. What God calls us to do through the life and ministry and resurrection of Jesus, is to pray for a different kind of Fire. Holy Fire. The fire of the Holy Spirit! To forgive as we are forgiven in Christ. To love as we are loved in Christ. To serve as Christ has served us. God’s heart is that people return to Him. God’s heart is for Revival! Awakening! What we see in Jesus is the Father heart! Check out our website – everything we offer is FREE!! https:// Watch the video from our website! Watch the video from our YouTube Channel!! St. Luke’s Account is part three of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. The Gospel of Luke takes a look at the life of Jesus, beginning with the well-known Christmas stories. Luke, a non Jew, offers a unique perspective into the story of Jesus’ life. This study is great for large group. small group or home group Bible study. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33249557

Prayer for America Day 8 10/31/2024

Big Questions - Who?... How?... What?... 10/31/2024

Prayer for America Day 7 10/30/2024

Real People, Real God - Manasseh: It's Never Too Late, Until It's Too Late 10/30/2024

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 33 10/29/2024

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 33 This teaching is from Matthew 23:29 - 24:8. Pastor Dodge finishes up looking at the seven woes today with an exploration of the 7th. Jesus continues in this 7th woe to convict the teachers and phrases of being hypocrites. Jesus speaks this woe about acting like they were so much better than previous generations in their treatment of prophets. However Jesus tells them they are not different and that He sees their hypocrisy. Verses 29-32 are Jesus’ prophetic words of judgement over them. Jesus knows what the next days are going to bring - His betrayal into the hands of the religious establishment, turned over to the Romans, crucified. Their ancestors murdered prophets, but those He is talking to will murder the very Son of God. Jesus tells them that He will send them teachers and prophets and sages and that some they will kill, others they will crucify, and others they will flog and expel from town. He tells how they are no better than their ancestors and tells the judgement they will face for this. Jesus tells of His deep anguish in verse 37 as He expresses His deep desire to bring them back to Himself, His longing to draw them under His wing. In verses 38-39 He shares the desolation of the temple. Moving into chapter 24 we delve into the topics of The Temple and The Last Days. As this chapter opens Jesus is with the disciples and they are looking down from the mount towards the temple and Jesus tells them that not one stone of the temple will be left on another, that the temple will be destroyed. Today we know the truth of Jesus’ prophetic word about the temple as about 40 years after Jesus spoke these very words the temple was destroyed by the Roman army during the jewish revolt against Rome. The disciples go on to ask Jesus when the destruction of the temple will happen and what will be the sign of the end of the age. Jesus answers their two-part question with one answer “Watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name claiming to be the Messiah and will deceive many.” The sign of the destruction of the temple and of the end of time is deception. Deception is one of the clear sign of the end of days. Jesus goes on telling of wars and rumors of wars and not to be alarmed as these must happen before the end comes. Jesus tells that nation will be against nation, there will be famines, earthquakes and all these are the beginning of birth pains. So much is contained in the words “birth pains.” Pastor Dodge will pick up with this topic next week! Plan to join us! Visit our website here https://www.awakeusnow.com Watch the video from our website https://wpww.awakeusnow.com/matthew-discipling Watch the video from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOxHZDaamNk9DaM7h7LejJj7 Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. We invite you to join us for our Sunday service every Sunday at 9:30am CT (live or on demand) here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33624067

Prayer for America Day 6 10/29/2024

Real People, Real God - Blind Man: InSight 10/29/2024

Prayer for America Day 5 10/28/2024

Real People, Real God - Glad Samaritan: Now! 10/28/2024

The Living One - Week 29: Warning Words 10/27/2024

The Living One - Week 29: Warning Words Today’s message is a continued study of Paul’s farewell words of encouragement and warning to the gathering of church leaders. Paul shares honestly that he understands his time left on earth is short. He states how he has proclaimed the whole will of God. What is the Whole Will / Counsel of God? CREATOR - We and the world are intentionally created by a pure, loving, holy creator who shows us how brilliant a Creator / Designer He is. His design points us right back to Him, our Designer. CONDITION - Our condition is that - All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. None of us is righteous. CHRIST - we all need a Savior and that Savior turns our lives around. Christ is the prophesied Messiah: Deity - God Death - on the cross for us - paid the price of our sin by taking it on Himself that we might be saved. Resurrection - His resurrection ensures our victory over death. We will be raised on the last day when He returns. Returning - He will return and we will have eternal life with Him forever. Paul encourages the leaders to take care of themselves and the flocks God has given them. They are to be shepherds of the church of God. Paul warns them of the spiritual war that is all around and to be cautious not to fall prey to the eternal and internal threats against the truth of God’s word. Paul closes by telling them to be on guard because remaining on guard is a life and death matter. Not just a life and death matter temporally (on this earth). It is a life and death matter eternally! (Our eternal destiny). We must be on guard - in Greek this is one word. That word is AWAKE! We need to wake up to the truth of what God says in the Bible. BE AWAKE - be prepared because Jesus is coming back! He will return, so…. Be awake in prayer Be awake in faithfulness to God Do not be deceived! https://www.awakeusnow.com Check out the video on our website https://www.awakeusnow.com/living-one Check out the video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOwUarSm3uJrzLI4thAJNXQj Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33624057

Prayer for America Day 4 10/27/2024

Prayer for America Day 3 10/26/2024

Rescued by Truth: Week 43 10/26/2024

Prayer for America Day 2 10/25/2024

Two Year Gospel Study Week 43 10/25/2024

Two Year Gospel Study Week 43 Luke 7:11-17: “Death-Defier” Jesus is the TRUE Death-Defier, not by doing things that are wild and crazy but by doing things that destroy death, that defy the power of sin and death and decay and the devil. Today’s story is a death defying story that’s a precursor of what’s to come! It’s a story of Jesus raising a person from the dead. This story is only in the Gospel of Luke. Here’s the story - as Jesus and His disciples are reaching the town of Nain, there is a funeral procession of mourners carrying a boy to burial, an only son of a widow. And that day in Nain everything changed! When Jesus saw the woman His heart went out to her. Jesus walked up to the coffin and said to the dead boy, ”Young man, I say to You, Get up!” Then the dead boy sat up alive and talked and people praised God! Interestingly, hundreds of years earlier, this same kind of miracle took place in nearly this same place where Elisha had raised a dead Shulamite woman. This group of mourners now rejoicing would have know that story and are seeing the Scriptures come to life again! They cry out, “God has come to help His people!” They had no idea at the depth of the truth of their words, for God truly had come - Yes God in Jesus had truly come! And He came to “help His people!” Let’s take a look at Jesus and funerals. He attended several in many cities: 1. Three recorded in the Gospels: Main, Capernaum and Bethany 2. Jesus spoke directly to the deceased and the dead responded because Jesus’ Word has power 3. All three dead people were resurrected! Romans 4:17 God who gives life to the dead, calls into being things that were not! Jesus is the Living God come to earth! This story is a picture of what is to come - it gives us a picture of what is going to happen on a majestic and incredible scale at the end of days. The dead will hear His voice and we will rise! The story is a harbinger of things to come! Death-Defying Truths: 1. Jesus’ resurrection is the guarantee to our resurrection (1 Peter 1:3) 2. Our future is not as disembodied spirits. We are going to be bodily raised (1 Corinthians 15:442ff) 3. We will live forever in a New Creation (Isaiah 65:17) Our destiny is to be raised! And to experience a new and perfect creation. Our future is to know the Living God as never before; face to face. 4. This our constant encouragement (1 Thessalonians 4:13) Jesus will return! Therefore encourage each other with these words! This is the heart of the Christian message - Jesus is returning and we will be raised to eternal life with Him. This story was not merely about compassion to a mom, it was about the assurance to all who saw it that day and to those who have read/heard the story in the centuries that have followed. This is the story that shows us the assurance of our resurrection. If you don’t know Jesus, we invite you to read the Scriptures and discover who He is! The same Jesus who raised the widow’s son is the same Jesus who went to the cross for each one of us, paid the full price for our sin, and by His resurrection He assures us that by faith in Him we too will be raised in the end of days! You don’t want to miss this! The day is coming when the dead will all hear His voice and we will be changed in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet! That’s God’s promise!!! And that’s our future!! Check out our website – everything we offer is FREE!! Watch the video from our website! Watch the video from our YouTube Channel!! St. Luke’s Account is part three of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. The Gospel of Luke takes a look at the life of Jesus, beginning with the well-known Christmas stories. Luke, a non Jew, offers a unique perspective into the story of Jesus’ life. This study is great for large group. small group or home group Bible study. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33152392

Real People, Real God - John the Baptist: Turning 10/25/2024

Prayer for America Day 1 10/24/2024

Real People, Real God - Matthew: Following 10/24/2024

Real People, Real God - Zechariah: Faith 10/23/2024

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 32 10/22/2024

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 32 This teaching is from Matthew 22:41 - Matthew 23:1-12 In today’s study of Matthew we continue looking at the last week of Jesus’ life before His arrest, crucifixion, death and resurrection. The religious leaders are continuing their pursuit of trapping Jesus into saying something that they could then bring charges against Him for and get rid of Him. Jesus asks the religious leaders this question: “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is He?” They answer “The son of David,” thinking they had done well in answering! But Jesus replies, “He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord:  “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies  under your feet.” In this quote (Ps 110:1) who is the first Lord? It is God the Father. Who is “my Lord”? David is saying his Lord, meaning this sentence is The Lord (God the Father, Eternal Creator) said to my Lord (David’s Lord - the Messiah) … Then Jesus goes on (verses 45-46), If David calls Him “my Lord” how can his Lord be his son? Jesus pushes their answer right back to them. This answer causes the religious leaders to stop asking Jesus questions. The leaders could not comprehend that David was pointing to the Messiah and that Jesus was pointing to Himself as the Messiah. Jesus is pointing out that the Messiah is far more that just a descendant of David. He is instead the Living God who took a flesh - true Gd and true man and offers Himself as the sacrifice for sin for all people everywhere throughout all time. Verses 1-12 of Chapter 23 is a HIPOCRISY ALERT A hypocrite is someone who doesn’t practice what they preach. In these next verses Jesus encourages the people to listen to what the leaders are teaching from the Torah, BUT No to do what they do because they are hypocrites. They strove to show people that they were better than they were. They were showy. It was all about drawing attention to themselves and how great they were. Jesus calls us to Him as our Instructor and Teacher. To honor Him, serve Him, follow Him and warns us against raising up people to the level of God. Honor the Heavenly Father and listen to the voice of Jesus, and to heed what the Holy Spirit has to say. Our Messiah - Jesus - is our Instructor. We want to learn from Him, we want to learn of Him, we want to know Him, follow Him, be immersed in His teaching and want His words to dwell within us in everyday, in every time and in every situation. Jesus teaches against hypocrisy with a final instruction saying the greatest among us will be a servant. For those who exalt themselves (hypocrites) will be humbles and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Jesus is making it clear of us who know Him that we are called to serve God and others, because that is Jesus’ example. “The Risen Servant” Jesus speaks the SEVEN WOES in the next verses. They were spoken against the Pharisees and against many of the religious leaders of His day. These are cutting and difficult words spoken in love to these leaders and teachers of God Torah (law) with the purpose being a wake up call to them, a way to show them they are sinners in need of a Savior. Plus these are words that remind us of the importance of taking to heart the very teachings of Jesus: love God above all else and love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus speaks truth bluntly to these leaders. His heart is to call them back to Himself. Visit our website here https://www.awakeusnow.com Watch the video from our website https://wpww.awakeusnow.com/matthew-discipling Watch the video from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOxHZDaamNk9DaM7h7LejJj7 Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. We invite you to join us for our Sunday service every Sunday at 9:30am CT (live or on demand) here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/33523457

Real People, Real God - Josiah: Revival 10/22/2024

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