Awaken Church

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Some of the biggest battles in your life never happen in public. They happen in your mind. The thoughts you replay every day slowly shape the person you are becoming. If you constantly feed fear, comparison, insecurity, or negativity, it will eventually affect how you live, lead, love, and respond to people around you.

That is why the enemy fights so hard for your attention. If he can distract your mind, he can influence your direction.

But God wants to renew the way you think so you can stop living weighed down by lies and start walking in clarity, confidence, peace, and purpose. When God changes your thinking, you stop seeing yourself through the lens of failure and start seeing yourself through the truth of who He says you are.

You do not have to let every thought control your life. You can surrender your mind to God and allow Him to lead you into freedom. 🙌

“Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” - Romans 12:2

06/02/2026

So many people delay their surrender because they believe they need to become more disciplined, more stable, more spiritual, or less broken before they can truly draw near to God. That belief sounds responsible, but it quietly keeps people trapped in self-reliance.

Jesus never asked people to fix themselves before following Him. He called them while they were still in process, still carrying questions, still wrestling with sin, and still learning what freedom looked like.

The gospel is not that you improve yourself until God accepts you. The gospel is that Jesus meets you in your need, breaks the power of sin, restores your identity, and teaches you how to live free. 🙌

You do not need a polished version of yourself to approach God. You need honesty, surrender, and the courage to stop carrying what only grace can heal.

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you cannot take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” - Ephesians 2:8

06/01/2026

It is exhausting trying to look healed while silently carrying things God wants to free you from. A lot of people become experts at managing appearances, but eventually the condition of your heart will reveal itself in the way you think, respond, love, and lead. That is why Jesus did not come simply to modify behavior. He came to transform lives.

God wants to renew the way you think so you no longer live trapped by fear, shame, insecurity, or pressure. He wants to remind you that your identity is not built on performance. Your identity is built on who He says you are.

When God changes you from the inside out, you stop pretending and start becoming. You begin to walk in peace instead of pressure, confidence instead of confusion, and freedom instead of fear.

You were made for more than survival. It is time to awaken to the person God created you to be. 🙌

“Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” - Romans 12:2,

05/31/2026

You can sit in the same environments, hear the same truth, and still walk away unchanged if you stay disengaged. Growth is not automatic and transformation is not accidental. It comes when you decide to take responsibility for what God is doing in your life and actually move with it.

That means choosing discipline when it would be easier to stay comfortable. It means choosing obedience when it stretches you. It means refusing to settle into a version of faith that never challenges you to grow.

God is not distant or withholding. He is ready to move, to shape, and to lead, but He will not force you forward. He responds to hunger. He responds to pursuit.

So the question is not whether God is moving. The question is whether you are? 😄🙏

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” - James 4:8

05/31/2026

THE POWER OF GOD'S WORDS session 4 THE LIVING SCRIPT PASTOR JIM SCOTT

05/30/2026

We have all said, “That is just who I am,” but God never called you to stay bound to what He came to free you from. What sounds like honesty can quietly become agreement with what God wants to transform. When we settle into old patterns, we stop short of the freedom that repentance brings.

The Gospel does not excuse sin, it breaks its power. Through the Spirit, you are not managed, you are made new.

Do not settle for a lesser version of yourself when God has already called you into something greater. Step into the identity He has given you and live fully awake.

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05/30/2026

Get ready for great food and an even greater impact! Join us TODAY for our BBQ Fundraiser as we come together to support the next generation. Every plate purchased helps send our youth to camp, where lives are changed, faith is strengthened, and young people are empowered to walk boldly in God's purpose.

We believe this generation was made for more, and together we can help them step into all God has called them to be!

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