Awakened To Life

05/04/2026

Conejo Valley friends, we are hosting a National Day of Prayer Virtual Gathering this Thursday, May 7 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. Join us and the chorus of the faithful across our state and nation to Glorify God Among the Nations, seek His face, and pray for America, California, and our beautiful, vibrant Conejo Valley community. Zoom link in the comments below

05/26/2024

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From eternity, we will never tire of singing to Holy Forever, because our eyes will see the One who is HOLY. In that moment this song will grasp completely w...

04/27/2024

This morning at Voice of the Prophets, Dan McCollam released a powerful prophetic encouragement to us. Dr. Randy Clark believes that Dan released an important word, and he wanted us to email out this message immediately.

God is calling us to prophetic maturity in this hour. God intends to reveal more to those that are willing to take responsibility to advance the kingdom. We can void our influence if we stay in a place of only receiving and never giving. We need to learn how to rightly discern the prophetic words we receive and then act upon those words.

Sometimes, we can unknowingly rely upon other anointed people and their maturity instead of developing our own. In the New Covenant, prophets were never intended to be mediators for the people of God; Jesus is our only mediator. We are called to be a prophetic company, and to do so, we must be equipped to walk in prophetic maturity.

The ultimate goal of prophecy is not to foretell the future but to reveal the nature and presence of Jesus Christ in our lives and in the lives of others. This focus shifts prophecy from mere prediction to transformation and empowerment through Christ.

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02/27/2024

God is So Good!

In less than 24 hours, our single mom friend in crisis has received donations to cover her March rent and avoid eviction! Plus some extra to cover her crushing tax lien liability.

The need is still great..a donation of any amount helps!

https://awakenedto.life/singlemom

02/26/2024

URGENT APPEAL: We just learned that a dear friend of ours, a single mom with a 14-year old daughter and no child support from her ex, is experiencing a sudden financial crisis with the looming threat of eviction from her rented dwelling.

We need to raise $3,000 by Friday to prevent her from receiving a 3-day eviction notice. Details on her situation below...

Please help with a donation of any amount, every dollar helps. We are doing this fundraiser through our nonprofit organization, Awakened To Life, so your donation is fully tax deductible.

DETAILS: The inciting event of her crisis is a tax lien from the California Franchise Tax Board she received last Thursday for a delinquent filing of her 2018 tax return.

Her father had prepared that return for her, as he had done for years, and she believed it had been filed. Her father became seriously ill in spring of 2019 with kidney failure, and was subsequently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away two months later. The 2018 return was never filed, and our friend was not aware of this until she received the tax lien notice.

Her primary source of income has been garnished $10,000; this action will completely wipe out her income for March unless the tax advocate she has retained can negotiate a reduction.

To exacerbate matters, she just lost a $3,000 commission from a signed contract that was due to begin this week when the client unexpectedly backed out of the deal.

Our friend is also helping her brother recover from pharyngeal throat cancer; he beat the illness, but then lost his job and is paying for COBRA health insurance out-of-pocket, putting a severe strain on his family’s resources.

She has emerged through a remarkable recovery journey of her own; she suffered a brain injury in 2007 and, thanks be to God, prevailed through a 10-year recovery through surgery and much more, including a painful divorce.

Please consider a donation of any amount to help our friend through this short-term crisis. She is on solid footing long-term with her health and business, and we just need to help her get through the next couple of months.

Thank you so much!!

Please donate to help a single mom with a 14-year old daughter and no child support from her ex who is in a sudden financial crisis.

02/17/2024

I was really taken time and again the last few days with the phrase, “I will bless the Lord,” or “bless the Lord.” You read it over and over again in the Psalms.

I thought …how does one bless the Lord? So, I decided to look up the meaning. You see all of that under my musings.

At the end of it all…like a friend or parent, blessings are relational. If you gift something to a person that isn’t their preference or love language, you get a halfhearted thank you. But if you touch their heart, no matter how small or insignificant the gift/action, it will resonate and build the relationship.

That is what I am attempting to do this year in the Bible Immersion Journey—build a deeper relationship with the Godhead. I hope this blesses the readers and blesses God as we contemplate how to give God a blessing instead of just receiving a blessing!

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Bless verb
1. religion: to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word; I asked the priest to bless their marriage; Bless this home.

2. religion: to hallow with the sign of the cross; He blessed himself before liftoff.

3 to invoke divine care for; bless your heart—used in the phrase bless you to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed

4a. PRAISE, GLORIFY bless his holy name; 4b. to speak well of, APPROVE

5. to confer prosperity or happiness upon; God has blessed us with four children.

6. (archaic) PROTECT, PRESERVE; Bless me from marrying a usurer!—Shakespeare

7. ENDOW, FAVOR blessed with athletic ability

Oxford Languages Dictionary
Bless (verb): pronounce words in a religious rite, to confer or invoke divine favor upon; ask God to look favorably on. “He blessed the dying man and anointed him.” (especially in Christian church services) call (God) holy; praise (God).

Similar:
ask God's favor for, ask God's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on, endow, favor, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present, grant, vouchsafe, afford, accord, give, donate, confer on, lavish on, endue

Praise, worship, glorify, honor, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, hallow, magnify, laud, (of God) endow (someone) with a particular cherished thing or attribute. “God has blessed us with free will;” consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate (to God), make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to God, anoint, ordain, canonize, beatify

Opposite:
Curse, trouble

Blue Letter Bible
Hebrew Lexiconic meanings of bless in the Old Testament:

H833אָשַׁר 'āšar blessed, lead, go, guide, happy, leaders, relieve

H835 אֶשֶׁר 'ešer blessed, happy

H1288 בָּרַךְ bāraḵ bless, salute, curse, blaspheme, blessing, praised, kneel down, congratulate, kneel, make to kneel, misc

H1289 בְּרַךְ bᵊraḵ bless, kneel

H1293 בְּרָכָה bᵊrāḵâ blessing, blessed, present, liberal, pools

11/14/2023

From our director, Jill Ricci:

I'm so grateful for the Kingdom leaders and friends God has set in my path. Thank you, Dawna De Silva, for your wisdom and encouragement over the years, and thank you for your endorsement of my new devotional book.

Join us online this Friday November 17 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time for a Launch Celebration of Jill's beautiful new devotional, Awakened to the Garden of God's Heart.

You have two ways to join: pop on this page at 1:00 pm Friday and catch our Facebook Live broadcast, or go to our EVENT PAGE [https://www.facebook.com/events/301865792664201] and click the "Go To Link" button to join our interactive Zoom room.

Hope to see you online!

11/13/2023

We're hosting an online Launch Celebration this Friday, November 17 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time for our Director Jill Ricci's devotional book, Awakened to the Garden of God's Heart!

We hosted a launch party at our home last month, and Jill will be sharing a highlight video of her talk and doing a live Q&A.
Go to our Event Page to let us know you're going: https://www.facebook.com/events/301865792664201/?active_tab=about

You'll have two options to participate in the event: via Zoom by clicking the "Go To Link" button on the Event Page, or by viewing the live broadcast on the Awakened To Life page.

We look forward to being with you!