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.

Daniel: When Kingdoms Collide (3) - God Reveals 05/02/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 14 05/01/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 13 04/30/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 12 04/29/2026

Dig Deeper - Week 12: What Did They See? 04/28/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 11 04/28/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 10 04/27/2026

Questions - Week 24: Is the Shroud of Turin Genuine? 04/26/2026

Questions - Week 24: Is the Shroud of Turin Genuine? The Shroud of Turin is a relic housed in the cathedral in Turin Italy and claimed to be the burial cloth of Christ. The Gospels give us some details: Matthew 27:59-60 ESV “And Joseph (of Arimathea) took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.” Mark 15:46 ESV “And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking Him (Jesus) down, wrapped Him in the linen shroud and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.” Luke 23:53 ESV “Then he (Joseph) took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid Him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.” John 19:40 ESV “So they (Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus) took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of Jews.” Shroud of Turin A linen shroud approximately 14 feet long, 3 1/2 feet wide. Pastor shares a picture of the shroud. It’s very hard to discern what shows on the shroud. But on May 28, 1898 Secondo Pia (1855 - 1941) received permission to take a picture of the shroud. The photographic negative ended up being an image of a man’s brutalized face. He said “I think I may have been the first person in centuries to see the face of Jesus!” In the following years many others have used developing technologies in photography to take photos of the shroud. Pastor shares his pictures and how it shows the person has been crucified and brutally whipped with over 300 lacerations. Many people have asked the last 100+ years if this is indeed Jesus. Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) a group came to examine and test the Shroud 1978 - 40 U.S. scientists, multiple institutions and laboratories. Went to Turin Italy - 5 days, 122 hours, to study the shroud, fully expected to find a forgery Tests- large variety of tests and equipment And in the following years 1978-1981 they spent an additional 100,000 - 150,000 hours of intensive study on the results of their testing. And made their final report in 1981. 1981 STURP Report Findings Image is on the top surface of linen fibers. The image is only .2 - .7 microns - that’s several hundred times thinner than a human hair) Identity - it is the image of a scourged and crucified man. Approx 5’ 11” tall around 178 lbs. Origin - No evidence of paint of pigment Bloodstains were found of hemoglobin + serum albumin - which is evidence of a person having been horrifically tortured. 3D data - used a VP8 Image Analyzer (developed for the space program) and discovered that what is recorded on the shroud had 3 dimensional properties. Mechanism - how was it produced - unknown For an insider’s view of the study “Report on the Shroud of Turin” published in 1983 by John Herbert Heller. (A member of the Shroud team). The book caused many questions to start emerging. Pastor shares an article “On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ” from the JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association from March 21, 1986, Volume 256 and the impact that article had on him. Pastor goes further into the continued testing over the years. Here are the latest results: 2013 - (FTIR) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy indicated the Shroud was 2,000 years old 2013 - Raman Spectroscopy also reported the Shroud to be 2,000 years old 2022 - (WAXS) Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering was used and it showed the Shroud to be 2,000 years old. Research continues: Physicist Paolo di Lazaro and team at ENEA Labs, after 5 years and hundred of failed attempts to reproduce an image like the shroud, concluded that to make the imprint on the Shroud it would take 34 trillion watts of radiant energy for 1/40 billionths of a second. (An energy level greater than all the energy plants in the world combined) Final Observations: 2000 year old Linen Shroud Crown of Thorns Abrasions on shoulders from carrying Crossbeam Nailed to the cross, not tied Has a side wound, no broken bones Rushed burial - as body was not washed Brief entombment Could this be the burial shroud of Jesus? Pastor shares an interesting quote from the book by Heller and then shares that he believes it is certainly possible that this is the burial shroud of Jesus! Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. Check out this video series from our website: https://www.awakeusnow.com/whats-the-answer Join us Sundays https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/41010655

Daniel: When Kingdoms Collide (2) - Mixed, Not Melted 04/25/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 9 04/24/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 8 04/23/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 7 04/22/2026

Dig Deeper - Week 11: Two Pictures of the Messiah 04/21/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 6 04/21/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 5 04/20/2026

Questions - Week 23: How Are Minds Opened Today? 04/19/2026

Questions - Week 23: How Are Minds Opened Today? This message focuses on the question: “How are minds opened today?”, which is part of our ongoing series: “What’s the answer?” Pastor explores how people’s lives are changed and what changes their attitudes about God, about Jesus, the resurrection, and about the power of God’s Word. Pastor takes us through Luke 24:36-47, an encounter with Jesus that His disciples have with Him after His resurrection. Jesus tells them: “This is what I told you while I was still with you; Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” Luke 24:44. He tells them everything written there points to Him. Then next verse says, “Then He opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.” How did Jesus do that? Let’s look at Luke’s clues … Law of Moses Passover Lamb - Exodus 12. As protection from the tenth plague God told them He would passover their homes if they would take a lamb without spot or blemish, kill it, spread its blood on the doorposts of their homes, then roast and eat the lamb. In Luke 22:15-16 Jesus tells His disciples: “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” What He is saying about the Passover is that HE is the one that will fulfill it as The Passover Lamb. The Passover is a preview of God’s redemption through the shed blood of Jesus. Blood of the Covenant - Exodus 24. Moses built an altar at the foot of Mt. Sinai and the Israelites pledged to follow God. Moses took the blood of bulls, sprinkled it on the altar and the people saying, “This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you…” Exodus 24:8. What this is, again, is a preview of the coming Christ and the fulfillment being found in Him. Luke 22:20 Jesus says, “This cup (passover meal glass of wine) is the New Covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.” This is just what Moses was showing was coming in Jesus. Prophets New Covenant - Jeremiah 31:31. God said that the days were coming when He would make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah and put His law in their minds and hearts and change them from the inside out! A Heart change!” Jesus says, “This cup is the New Covenant!” Luke 22:20 Meaning He is the New Covenant. Suffering Servant - Isaiah 53. “He was despised… He was pierced for our transgressions… the punishment that brought us peace was on Him… by His wounds we are healed… the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all… it was the Lord’s will to crush Him… to make His life an offering for sin… He will see the light of Life (raised)… He poured out His life unto death and numbered with the transgressors.” In Luke 22:37 Jesus says, “It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’ and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me.” He is the fulfillment of the Old Testament words. Psalms Crucified Victim - Psalm 22. “My God, My God why have you forsaken me?… hands pierced… lots cast for his clothing…” Jesus speaks these very words from the cross: “My God, My God, why have You forsaken me.” Luke 23:34 we read, “and they divided up His clothes by casting lots.” Jesus is the fulfillment of the words in the psalms. David’s Lord - Psalm 110. David wrote of the Messiah, “The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand while I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Luke 20:41-44 We see Jesus using these very words to describe Himself. How are minds opened today? The same way today they were then: Encountering Jesus and seeing Him as the Risen Christ. The risen Jesus transforms people minds and brings relationship with the Living God. Encountering the Scriptures and seeing Jesus as the fulfillment of everything written about the Messiah in the Law, Prophets and Psalms. Encountering the scriptures changes us as we read them. Encountering the Holy Spirit. No one can believe without the Holy Spirit. Luke 24 concludes with “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Today those words of Jesus continue to be fulfilled! God our Father desires we repent and turn to Him so that our minds may be opened and our lives renewed forever. Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. Check out this video series from our website: https://www.awakeusnow.com/whats-the-answer Join us Sundays https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/40916925

Daniel: When Kingdoms Collide (1) - Daniel's God 04/18/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 4 04/17/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 3 04/16/2026

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 2 04/15/2026

Dig Deeper - Week 10: The Two Emmaus Disciples 04/14/2026

Dig Deeper - Week 10: The Two Emmaus Disciples Join us as we dig deeper into the teaching on “What’s the answer: What did Jesus tell them?”, found in Luke 24:13-27 - the story of 2 men “On the Road to Emmaus.” Two men are on their way, walking to the town of Emmaus are joined by Jesus. Let’s focus in on who these men were. For one of them we are given his name. Luke 24:18 “ One of them, named Cleopas, asked Jesus, …” Cleopas is not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible, but there is another name very similar - Clopas - and this name is mentioned other places in the Bible. Over the centuries, many believers, scholars and teachers have considered that Cleopas and Clopas could be one and the same person. John 19:25 “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.” Clopas sounds very much like Cleopas, a simple shortening of the name. So one of the men walking to Emmaus may have been the husband of one of the women who stood at the foot of the cross at Jesus crucifixion. If Cleopas and Clopas as the same person - here’s what we know from early Christian historians - Eusebius (c.260-339 AD) says, “They all discussed together who ought to succeed James, and all unanimously decided that Symeon, son of the Clopas mentioned in the Gospel, was worthy of the bishop’s throne. It is said that he was the first cousin of the Savior, for Hegesippus relates that Clopas was the brother of Joseph.” (Joseph was Jesus’ step-father, making Clopas Jesus’ uncle.) Who was the other disciple on the road to Emmaus? Some have thought maybe it was Cleopas’ wife. Others have thought it may have been one of Cleopas’ sons. Or maybe it was Luke. - the author of the Gospel of Luke. And writer of this story found in Luke 24. Pastor ends with a recommendation for further study: Easter Enigma by John Wenham. Now What? Learn about God at EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. View live or on demand: For more check out the series, “What’s the Answer” Join us Sundays Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/40811155

The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 1 04/14/2026

Growing Gracefully: Persecution 04/13/2026

Questions - Week 22: What Did Jesus Tell Them? 04/12/2026

Questions - Week 22: What Did Jesus Tell Them? Pastor gives us a look at the story, “On the Road to Emmaus,” found in Luke 24:13-27. We don’t know the actual location of Emmaus, nor do we know the names of those walking with Jesus in this story. The story takes place later in the day on the day of Jesus’ resurrection. Those Jesus walks with do not recognize Him. They are trying to figure out everything that had happened with Jesus and thinking about what the women had said about Jesus being alive and about the disciples having gone to the tomb and found it empty. Then Jesus begins to explain the scriptures to them concerning Himself. What Jesus shared is not recorded, but wouldn’t it be fascinating to hear what was shared during that multi-mile walk! What did Jesus tell them? Pastor shares the idea of Jesus, starting with the story of Abraham and Isaac in the book of Genesis: Genesis 22:1-18 - this is the story of Abraham and Isaac at Mt. Moriah. Pastor shares some overwhelming details of this prophetic event. God tells Abraham He is going to test him and tells Abraham to sacrifice his son. And Abraham steps into obedience. Pastor explores several phrases found in Genesis 22 “only son,” “whom you love, “Moriah.” (Moriah is where the temple wold be built in Solomon’s day.) Abraham travels to Moriah and “on the third day” they arrive at Moriah and Abraham and Isaac leave the servants and head out the rest of the way alone. Isaac carries “the wood” for the offering. Isaac asks Abraham “where is the lamb?” And Abraham replies that “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Isaac willingly allowed his father to place him on the altar. As Abraham raises the knife, an Angel of the LORD calls out, “Abraham, Abraham, don’t lay a hand on the boy. I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” Isaac comes off the altar and the LORD provides a lamb for the sacrifice. In verse 14 we read that Abraham called the place “The Lord Will Provide.” What Abraham saw was a picture of the sacrifice of God the Father in giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. The story ends with, “and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” The fulfillment to that promise to Abraham is found in Christ alone. Jesus is the Living Hope of all the world. First use of “love” in the Gospels… Matthew 3:17 - at the baptism of Jesus “this is my Son, whom I love.” Mark 1:11 - at the baptism of Jesus “You are my Son, whom I love” Luke 3:22 - at the baptism of Jesus “you are my Son, whom I love” John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” As Jesus talked to the disciples, these are the kinds of things He would have reminded them of: He is the only One who is the Savior of the world. The only One who brings forgiveness, life and hope. The only One who brings life forevermore. He is Risen!! He is risen indeed! He is alive! And He is returning! Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. Check out this video series from our website: https://www.awakeusnow.com/whats-the-answer Join us Sundays https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/40811145

Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 15 04/11/2026

Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 15 This is the final week in our study of 400 years of Kings and Prophets from Solomon to Jeremiah. King Josiah • Young King seeks God • Spiritual cleansing of Jerusalem • Book of the Law discovered • Reform beyond Judah • Passover observance - King Josiah gives an order to all people to observe God's Passover. This had not been celebrated according to what was written, not even in the days of the judges, nor in the days of any of the kings of Israel and Judah. Josiah made sure the celebration was carried out according to what was written in the Book of the Covenant. He, like David, was a man after God's own heart. He reads the scriptures and applies them and a time of revival begins. We read in 2 Kings 23:25 "Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did - with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses." • Death at Megiddo - A prophetic word comes from Huldah telling Josiah of the judgment that is coming from God against the people, but that because Josiah's heart was repentant he would not see the judgment that would come. During this time there was great international upheaval between Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon. 2 Kings 23:29 "While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo." Jeremiah and the nation were devastated by the loss of king Josiah. Then Josiah's 3 sons reign. None were the king that their father was. They returned to the old ways for faithlessness to God. Josiah's 3 Sons • Jehoahaz - 2 Kings 23:31-33; 2 Chronicles 36:1-3 - reigned 3 month doing evil in the eyes of the Lord. He was imprisoned by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, who was the one who had killed his father. Jehoahaz dies in Egypt. • Jehoiakim - 2 Kings 23:34 - 24:7; 2 Chronicles 36:4-8 - reigned 11 years and did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He was an evil and inefficient ruler. Constructed a new palace and Jeremiah denounces him for ignoring the people and ignoring God. Jehoiakim rejects Jeremiah and even burns the first copy of the book of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 36:23) The city of Jerusalem is overtaken in 605 BC by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and many of the people are deported to Babylon. (Daniel was one that was taken - Daniel 1:1-2). When Jehoiakim dies he is given the "burial of a donkey." Jeremiah 22:13-19. Johoiachin, his son reigns for 3 months doing evil like his father and was taken captive by Babylon - 2 Kings 24:8-16; 2 Chronicles 36:9-10 • Zedekiah - 2 Kings 24:17 - 25:21; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10 - reigns for 11 years and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Zedekiah breaks the treaty with Babylon (Ezekiel 17:18). He looks to Egypt for deliverance but didn't receive any. The false prophets encouraged him in his evil ways. Jeremiah warns Zedekiah of coming suffering and prophecies. But Zedekiah does not change his way and Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians and Zedekiah dies in a tragic way. Jeremiah 39:6-7. And so ends our study with the nation, the city of Jerusalem a the Temple destroyed in 586 B.C. Interestingly enough the Temple would once again be destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. in the same month, on the same day. This was a day Jesus predicted because they did not recognize Him and had rejected Him. Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. View live or on demand: https://www.awakeusnow.com/tuesday-bible-class Join us Sundays https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. /episode/index/show/awakeusnow/id/39469535

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