Awaken City Church
This is the weekly teaching ministry of Awaken City Church in Herriman, UT. We desire to engage our community with the love of Christ in order to see lives forever changed by the good news of Jesus.
Episodes
325 episodes
Give Above and Beyond
Pastor Derek continued sharing the vision of where God is taking us into the future. Specifically, he taught on how the Bible teaches us to view our money. Money doesn’t truly give us satisfaction or security that it promises us. Jesus is after...
Wk 2: Advancing the Gospel (Matt. 28:19)
Following Jesus was never meant to stop with us. In this message, we explore the call to make disciples and the real cost that comes with it—our comfort, time, and lives. Yet when viewed through eternity, we discover that the cost of not making...
Wk 10: What Are You Building Your Life On (Matthew 7:24-29)
Jesus closes out the Sermon on the Mount with the challenge that in everything, especially with money to surrender to Jesus' commands and obey them. Jesus alone satisfies, and when we build our lives on Him we realize that truth. The foundation...
Wk 9: Choose the Narrow Gate (Matthew 7:13-23)
As Jesus wraps up the Sermon on the Mount, He proposes that there are only two options to respond to His teachings. People must choose the Narrow gate or the Wide gate. The Narrow Gate is difficult and few will choose it, while the wide gate is...
Wk 8: Should Christians Judge? (Matthew 7:1-12)
All through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus established the standard for those in His Kingdom as higher than the culture around them. He revealed that the hearts of disciples must be right, not merely their external actions. With this section, J...
Wk 6: A Risen King, A Better Treasure [Easter] (Matthew 6:19-24)
Jesus addresses the question, 'who or what is worthy of our trust?' The Resurrection answers that Jesus is the only lasting treasure worthy of our trust. Everything else will fade away and come to ruin. Possessions, money, people will all fail ...
Wk 5: God's Praise over People's Praise (Matthew 6:1-18)
In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus unpacks an important principle: disciple's in the King's Kingdom seek God's praise, not people's praise. He uses three examples to teach this principle: giving, praying, fasting. When disciples ...
Wk 4: When Grace Replaces Revenge (Matthew 5:38-48)
Jesus continues His teachings about how disciples who live in His kingdom should live. He preaches on retaliation and loving one's enemies. Disciples in Jesus' Kingdom will go above and beyond what is required, being gracious when people insult...
Wk 3: Living in the Kingdom (Matthew 5:21-37)
Disciples do not obey to live in the Kingdom, Living in the Kingdom changes the disciple's way of life. Disciples are those people who understand their need for Jesus' righteousness (moral perfection) and accept it through faith. Then, disciple...
Wk 2: Jesus Fulfills the Law (Matthew 5:13-20)
Jesus continues His Sermon on the Mount teaching on how believers act in their world. The commands Jesus gives are not simply a list of to-dos but demonstrations of His work in our lives. When we encounter Jesus, He makes us salt and light to e...
Wk 1: Redefining 'Blessed’ (Matthew 5:1-12)
"Blessed are those who..." is how Jesus begins the most influential sermon ever preached. This section of the sermon is called the 'Beatitudes,' and is a description of Jesus' kingdom. It is the opposite of the kingdom of this world. In Jesus' ...
Go Fish (Matthew 4:12-25)
Jesus invites us to fish for people, and we do that by doing what Jesus did. Jesus proclaimed hope to the broken places of the world. Everything is not alright, but hope for the world has dawned. That hope is found in the message of Repen...
The Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11)
Jesus' Temptation in the Wilderness in Matthew 4:1-11 gives us a peek at Satan's playbook. Satan allures us with the desires of the flesh (I want to FEEL that), the desires of the eyes (I want to HAVE that), and the pride of life (I want to be ...
God is in the Middle of the Mess (Matthew 2:13-23)
Matthew 2:13-23 continues the story of the Wise Men from earlier the chapter. They find themselves in the middle of a political assassination plot as the king they visit allows fear and power to dictate his decisions. He decides to eliminate al...
Making Ourselves Available
Have you ever felt like your prayers hit against Heaven like a wall? This past Sunday, we looked at 9 reasons why we may be unavailable to hear from or speak to God. Often, we talk to God with our own selfish agenda, thinking we know better for...
Not Yet, Not That, But Better
In this message, we see through Lazarus, Paul’s thorn, and even Jesus in Gethsemane that God’s silence and delays are never indifference, but loving purposes meant to draw us closer and shape us more like Christ. This sermon invites us to trust...
A Better Gift
What do we do when God doesn’t answer our prayers the way we hoped? This message reminds us that God is a good Father who only gives good gifts, and sometimes that means saying “no” or “not right now” out of love. We’re invited to trust his wis...
Talking to a God Who Hears Us
Prayer isn’t about saying the right words, it’s about coming to a gracious Father through Jesus. This sermon explores what prayer really is, why God sometimes answers differently than we expect, and how God uses prayer to transform our hearts, ...
God With Us | Matthew 1:18-25
In the midst of confusion, fear, and uncertainty, God steps in. Matthew shows us that Jesus is not only the promised King, but Immanuel—God with us—who enters our broken reality to save, lead, and redeem.
Invited In | Matthew 1:1-17
Matthew begins with a genealogy to show that Jesus is the promised King, and that broken, unlikely people are welcomed into his family. Through Christ, we’re not just ruled by the King; we’re invited in.
Witness: Sharing What You KNOW
In the final message of our Witness series, we turn to 1 John 1:1–4 to see what it truly means to share with others what we KNOW. John reminds us that our faith is rooted in real encounters with the living Jesus, what has been...
