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God planted a vineyard and gave it everything — fertile ground, the finest vines, a watchtower, his full attention. Then he came looking for fruit. What he found instead were wild, bitter grapes. In Isaiah 5, that vineyard is Israel. And the question it raises cuts right to the core: does who you are on the inside actually match who you claim to be on the outside?Jeremy Aylett preaches through the six "woes" of Isaiah 5 and lands on a theme that feels just as urgent today — identity. Using a striking illustration from a documentary on Hulk Hogan, Jeremy shows what happens when a person builds their whole sense of self around image, performance, and the approval of a crowd. When the lights go off, there's nothing left. No center. No self. The outside had never matched the inside, and eventually everything unraveled.The good news is that Jesus offers something completely different. Through Luke 6, John 15, and Psalm 127, Jeremy calls us to stop managing our image and start opening our lives to the One who can actually transform them. Identity built by Christ — from the inside out — is the only kind that holds. As Psalm 139 closes the sermon: "Search me, O God, and know my heart. Lead me in the way everlasting."Part of the "Find Your Way Back" series through the Book of Isaiah.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.

What if the reason you don't feel like you need a way back is because you haven't gotten a good enough look at what you're missing? Charlie Houck opens with the movie The Family Man — a man who thinks he has everything until he gets a glimpse of another life, and suddenly he would give up all his wealth to keep it. That's the question this sermon asks: what would it take for you to say "I don't want to lose that"?Drawing from Isaiah 65 and across the entire book of Isaiah, Charlie paints a sweeping picture of the new heavens and the new earth God is preparing. He walks through every category of brokenness this world carries — death, sickness, oppression, war, futile work, estranged families, spiritual distance — and shows, from Isaiah's own words, exactly what God plans to do with each one. No more infants who don't survive. No more children taught to evade drones in wartime. No more work that someone else takes. No more families scattered by estrangement and divorce. Before you can even call out to God, he will already have answered.Charlie also tackles two lies the enemy uses to keep people from finding the way back: "I don't need it — my life is pretty good," and "I'm too broken — there's no way back for me." Speaking from his own experience of losing his infant son Malachi, he shows how Isaiah 65:20 became a personal lifeline, and how God's plan for restoration isn't generic — it's specific enough to address every particular pain you've ever named.But none of it comes without Jesus. The new creation, the restored cosmos, the healed families — it all flows only through the blood of the cross. Jesus is the shoot from the stump of Jesse, the one who stepped into our broken world, worked a broken job, and loved us enough to become the perfect sacrifice. He is the way back — and there is no brokenness stronger than his blood poured out for you.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

Isaiah receives a vision in the year King Uzziah died — a king whose reign began in faithfulness and ended in pride and leprosy. Into that destabilizing moment, Isaiah sees the Lord on a throne, high and lifted up, his robe filling the temple, seraphim crying "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts." Charlie unpacks why that triple repetition is unlike anything else in Hebrew scripture, and why God's holiness isn't simply sinlessness — it is "otherness," a complete distinction from all of creation. Even the most righteous human being stands just as far from God's holiness as the worst. When Isaiah sees it, he doesn't say "I'm not worthy." He says: I am coming apart at the seams.But God doesn't leave him there. A seraph takes a burning coal from the altar and touches Isaiah's lips — and his guilt is taken away, his sin atoned for. Charlie traces that coal all the way forward to Isaiah 53 and ultimately to the cross, where the holy God of Isaiah 6 becomes the merciful, suffering Savior. The fire that should have consumed Isaiah consumed the substitute instead — and that same substitutionary love is now the open door for anyone who repents and trusts in Christ.From that place of being made clean, Isaiah hears a still, small voice: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And he says the only reasonable thing a person can say after a love like that: "Here I am. Send me." Charlie closes by walking through every false fuel — guilt, fear, duty, comparison, adventure, inspiration — and showing why only God's love will last. If you have found the way back, you are called to share it.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

When people are lost without landmarks, they don’t find their way; instead, they walk in circles. Jeremy Aylett uses this image to frame Isaiah 3 and 4: a nation that had drifted so far from God that their speech, deeds, and even their faces conveyed the story. Courts were robbing the poor, leaders had abandoned their duties, and Israel had started with a covenant sealed in blood—“I will be your God, you will be my people”—but had gradually traded that identity for everything else.Isaiah 4 offers a promise that cuts through all of this: the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious. God’s presence will be restored, and what was broken will be renewed. This Branch is Jesus—the fullness of grace and truth—and he doesn’t ask you to clean yourself up before you come. Instead, he asks you to abide. Stay connected to the vine, and he will make you fruitful. Cut off from him, nothing good comes.The sermon concludes with three honest questions that are worth sitting with: Who are you following, and where will they lead you? Where do you root your identity? And will you allow Christ to transform you—not just course-correct, but fully renew your mind and heart?This sermon is part of the “Find Your Way Back” series through the Book of Isaiah.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.

What if the path you were confidently walking was actually leading you deeper into the wilderness? Jeremy Aylett opens with a story from a hike the day before — leading 12 people the wrong way through briars and bushes, completely convinced he knew where he was going — until he spotted someone ahead who actually knew the path. That moment became the perfect picture of Isaiah 2.Isaiah 2 opens with one of the most stunning visions in all of Scripture: a day when all nations stream toward God's mountain, when swords are beaten into plowshares and war is no more. It's a portrait of where history is headed. But the same chapter turns with a sharp indictment — Israel had filled itself with idols, wealth, pride, and self-reliance, bowing to the works of their own hands instead of the God who made them. The Day of the Lord will humble everything that is high and lofty. Only God will be exalted.The way back isn't a program or a principle — it's a person. Jesus is the Word made flesh, full of grace and truth, the one who gets into your lane to love you right where you are. He doesn't ask you to clean yourself up first. He says: come, walk with me. "Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath" (Isaiah 2:22) — and start walking in the light of the Lord.Part of the "Find Your Way Back" series through the Book of Isaiah at Mesa Church San Diego.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

What if the pain you're trying to avoid is actually the thing that sets you free? In this message from Isaiah 1:21-31, Pastor Charlie Houck picks up where last week left off — with God's heartbreaking indictment of Jerusalem. What was once a faithful city, full of justice and righteousness, had become something unrecognizable. Silver turned to dross. Wine watered down. And God's people chose the slow, familiar pain of their sin over the sharper, healing pain of turning back to Him.Using the imagery of a refiner's fire, Charlie walks through God's stunning response to His people's brokenness. He doesn't abandon them. He doesn't wipe them out. He turns His hand against them — not to destroy, but to purify. The same God who looks at a broken city, a broken culture, and a broken heart says: "I will smelt away your dross... and I will restore you."The key to unlocking that promise is repentance — a complete change of heart and mind that turns a person away from sin and toward God. And the reason we even have the option to face the fire of the Refiner instead of the fire of judgment comes down to one thing: Jesus took that judgment in our place. The word "crucible" — the very vessel used to purify metal — shares its root with the word "cross." Jesus faced the crucible so we could be refined.Whether you've been following Jesus for years or have never made that first step, this message is an invitation to stop choosing the pain of your sin and start choosing the way back.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

In 1902, 210 Japanese soldiers marched into the Hokkaido Mountains for a winter training exercise. A blizzard set in, their commander got disoriented — but refused to admit it. They marched in circles for 48 hours. They passed within a mile of the hot springs that could have saved them. 199 of the 210 froze to death. One of the only things more dangerous than being lost is being lost and not knowing it.That's the story of the book of Isaiah — and if we're honest, it's the story of us. In Isaiah chapter 1, the prophet opens God's case against His own people: children who have forgotten their father, wandering in the dark, still going through all the religious motions but missing the whole point. God doesn't want more offerings. He doesn't want more empty religion. He wants a relationship.Charlie Houck kicks off this brand new series through the Book of Isaiah — "Find Your Way Back" — with the uncomfortable truth that we are all prodigals. We are all lost. But the stunning thing about Isaiah is that right in the middle of the court case, right after all the charges have been read, God pauses and says: "Come now. Let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow." The way back was always Jesus. And it still is.Part of the "Find Your Way Back" series through the Book of Isaiah at Mesa Church San Diego.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

Have you ever failed so badly that you wondered if God could still use you? Peter did. He didn't just make a mistake — he denied Jesus three times, broke down and wept, and then went back to his old life. And yet, in John 21, Jesus shows up on the beach, cooks breakfast, and calls Peter back — not with condemnation, but with a question: "Do you love me?"In this message from John 21:1-25, Jeremy Aylett walks us through one of the most personal and powerful restoration scenes in all of Scripture. The parallels to Luke 5 — where Jesus first called Peter — are deliberate and beautiful. Same lake. Same empty nets. Same miraculous catch. Same overwhelming presence of Jesus. But this time, instead of saying "Depart from me," Peter jumps in the water and swims to shore. That's what grace does to a person.Three things this message calls us to when we've fallen short: remember the moments when Jesus made himself clear to you; respond to failure not with shame but by affirming your love for Jesus and letting that love show in how you serve others; and stop comparing your path to everyone else's. Jesus doesn't ask Peter about John. He just says, "You follow me." Your future isn't determined by your past — it's determined by your willingness to fix your eyes on Jesus.Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John at Mesa Church San Diego.

Easter Sunday at Mesa Church San Diego. Jeremy Aylett preaches from John 20 — and he doesn't let the resurrection stay at arm's length. He brings it up close, personal, and urgent.Jeremy draws on the stories of Mary Magdalene weeping outside the tomb, Peter and John sprinting to check it out, a locked room full of frightened disciples, and a doubting Thomas who wasn't there when Jesus first appeared. Through each figure, he asks: How do we respond when God shows up in ways we didn't expect, through people we wouldn't have chosen, in moments we weren't ready for?Three takeaways anchor the sermon: the resurrection proves Jesus is who he said he was; his love and grace welcome the least likely among us; and his peace is not optional — it's a command, and it's meant to take over the fear we carry. Jeremy also reflects on what it's like to raise kids in the faith, and how God as a Father responds when his children can't see him.Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.

Charlie tells the story of a woman named Eileen — a mother who protected her children from a dangerous husband, left the marriage, and was publicly excommunicated from her church in front of the entire congregation on a Wednesday night. Her ex-husband later went to prison. Her church never acknowledged what they had done. It's a horrific story, but Charlie suggests it might not be entirely unfamiliar — because a lot of people have been hurt by someone they trusted to protect them.In John 10, Jesus responds directly to the moment the Pharisees cast out the man he had just healed from blindness. He names three types of wicked shepherds that his people have faced throughout history — the thief who harms in secret, the robber who abuses in the open, and the hired hand who abandons at the first sign of real danger. Charlie takes those categories into the room and asks the congregation to locate their own story in them. Then he opens Ezekiel 34, where God delivered a devastating verdict against the spiritual leaders of Israel: you fed yourselves while my sheep went hungry, sick, injured, and lost. "I am against the shepherds."The answer to all of it is the same. Jesus is the Good Shepherd — not just a servant leader, but a shepherd king who seeks, heals, and lays down his life for the sheep that every other shepherd abandoned.Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.

What's more dangerous than being blind? Being blind — and fully convinced you can see. That's the haunting reality behind Anton's syndrome, a neurological condition where patients lose their sight but remain certain they can see. Charlie opens this week's message with a story about a flight home from Newport, Rhode Island that ended in a three-hour delay in Riverside — and a thought he couldn't shake: what would happen if the pilot tried to land anyway, flying blind?In John 9, Jesus encounters a man born blind — never having seen a single day of his life — and does something no one in all of human history had ever done: He heals him. But the miracle isn't just physical. Charlie unpacks why John called him "blind from birth," connecting it to a messianic sign from Isaiah 35 that the Jewish leaders had been waiting for. When Jesus gets down in the mud and creates new eyes for this man, early Christians saw it as the Creator God doing what He always does — re-creating what sin had broken.The deeper truth of John 9 cuts both ways. Those who admit their blindness receive sight. Those who are convinced they can see on their own remain in the dark. The Pharisees witnessed the miracle they had been expecting for generations — and still refused to believe, because they were too sure of their own spiritual vision. The blind man, on the other hand, ends up preaching to the religious scholars. And when he finally meets Jesus face to face for the first time, his response is simple: "Lord, I believe."Two takeaways: (1) If you recognize your blindness, Jesus will give you sight. (2) If you think you can see on your own, you can't. Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

Jeremy Aylett brings a message from John 5:1-16 that gets straight to the heart of how God sees the overlooked and the forgotten. At the Pool of Bethesda, surrounded by a multitude of sick and suffering people, Jesus singles out one man — a man who had been an invalid for 38 years, had no one to help him, and didn't even know who Jesus was. Jesus comes to him anyway. Through this portrait of faith in John's gospel, Jeremy unpacks what it looks like when Jesus makes himself known to someone who had almost given up hope — and what it means to respond to him with obedience.Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.

What does it look like to trust God when you can't see the outcome yet? In this message from John 4:46-54, Jim Houck walks through the story of a royal official whose son was near death — a man who traveled two days to find Jesus, received only a word, and walked two days back home not knowing if his son was even still alive. That walk is the message. Through this second sign in John's gospel, Jim unpacks what authentic, persevering faith actually looks like: it keeps believing even through the waiting, the uncertainty, and the unanswered questions.Part of the "God Is On Your Side" series through the Gospel of John at Mesa Church San Diego.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

In this message from John 4, part of our God Is on Your Side series, we follow Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well and see how He steps into enemy territory, breaks through shame, and offers Himself as the true “seventh husband” and only source of living water that finally satisfies. Through the backdrop of ancient love-story “well” scenes and the deep hostility between Jews and Samaritans, we’re invited to bring our own broken wells—relationships, success, religion—and discover the reconciliation, rest, and new identity that only Christ can give.

In this message, Pastor Charlie Houck opens a new series through the Gospel of John with a deeply personal story — a season of transition where his family faced false accusations, job loss, and uncertainty all at once — and the question it left him with: God, are you actually on my side? Through John 2:1-11 and Jesus's first sign at the wedding in Cana, Charlie unpacks three ways God is genuinely on your side and clarifies what that promise really means. If you've ever hit a low point and wondered if God is with you, this is the message for you.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA

In this message from Genesis 50, Pastor Charlie Houck wraps up the Joseph series with one of the most powerful passages in the Old Testament. Joseph — betrayed by his own brothers, sold into slavery, and falsely imprisoned — stands before the very people who wronged him and responds not with revenge, but with grace. Why? Because he understood three things: evil is real, God is sovereign, and His ultimate purpose is redemption.Whether you're carrying the weight of something done to you or struggling to make sense of a broken world, this message will meet you there.Mesa Church | San Diego, CAmesachurch.org

Join Pastor Edwin from Mesa Church San Diego as he delivers an inspiring message on Spirit-Led Prayer—how to align your heart with God’s will and experience His presence in a powerful way.📖 In this sermon, you’ll discover:✅ What it means to be led by the Holy Spirit in prayer✅ How to develop a deeper, more intimate relationship with God✅ Practical ways to hear God’s voice and pray with faith🔥 Don’t miss this powerful message! Be sure to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for more uplifting sermons from Mesa Church.🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a message!#SpiritLedPrayer #Prayer #MesaChurch #PastorEdwin #Faith #ChristianSermon #SanDiegoChurch #HolySpirit

We are living in a time when people are torn between different allegiances, just like Israel in 1 Kings 18. They were wavering, caught between worshiping God and chasing after idols. But Elijah stood up and called them to make a choice. In Build the Altar, we see that before the fire of God could fall, something had to happen—Elijah had to rebuild the altar. This sermon is a call to return to the foundations of faith, to rebuild what has been broken, and to seek God with boldness and desperation. Desperate times call for desperate prayer, and God responds when His people fully trust Him. There were no shortcuts, no gimmicks—just raw, unshakable faith. Elijah poured water over the altar, making it clear that only God could bring the fire. And when the fire fell, the people knew: The Lord, He is God. Maybe you’re in a season of drought, waiting on God to move. Maybe you feel like you’re standing alone, just like Elijah. But here’s the truth—God moves when His people step out in faith. This is an invitation to lay it all down, to build the altar, and to watch as God answers with fire.

In this inspiring and relatable message, we dive into Romans 14 to uncover what it means to create a culture of unity, grace, and acceptance within the church. Using humor, personal stories, and powerful biblical truths, this sermon explores how believers can embrace diversity, welcome others without judgment, and live as true followers of Christ.

In this sermon, we are reminded of God’s unchanging love and His call for us to live fully devoted lives. Whether you’re new to faith or a long-time believer, this message will encourage and challenge you to grow deeper in your relationship with Jesus. Discover how the Word of God speaks directly into your life, offering hope, strength, and direction for every season. At Fielder Church, we believe in creating a welcoming space where everyone can encounter the transformative power of Jesus Christ. This sermon is filled with inspiring stories, biblical truths, and practical applications to help you live out your faith in impactful ways. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with God and be part of a community that walks together in faith and love. We’re so glad you’re here. Let’s worship and grow together!