FCC Young Adults Sermons

We explore how God designed love, dating, and marriage to grow slowly, intentionally, and within His protective boundaries. Through Scripture and personal experience we highlight the dangers of rushing love and the beauty of relationships built on friendships, humility, consistency, and spiritual maturity. Ultimately, the message invited everyone to trust God's timing, God's process, and God's shaping work in their lives.

Scripture:
Song of Solomon 2:7, 3:5, 8:4

Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

How do you know if you've found "the one?" Song of Solomon invites us to ask a better question: Who am I becoming? In this message, we'll explore the "little foxes" that quietly threaten future relationships—small compromises, hidden sin, and unhealthy habits that seem insignificant today but can undermine intimacy tomorrow. Discover how to recognize godly character, pursue healing and accountability, and prepare your own heart for a lifetime of covenant love. Because the best preparation for marriage isn't finding the perfect person—it's becoming someone who reflects the faithful love of Christ.

Scripture:
Song of Songs 1:1-3:5

Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

Christ is the only hope for our marriage to last. Our marriage is only as good as our relationship with God.

Scripture:
Ephesians 5:25-33, Luke 23:34, John 15:4, 1John 4:18,19, Ephesians 4:31,32, Proverbs 15:1, Phil. 2:3,4, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 18:21

Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

The message tackles how people that claim to follow Christ, Use the act of service to an almighty God more of a mask for fame, Reputation, Insecurity, and many more hidden agendas that the human heart desires, ultimately using the idea of "the more useful I am, the more of a person I am" where We forget the most important part of being here is to truly Love God, letting Him transform our hearts by His word, and be surrendered at His will. This gives us an opportunity to be part of something much more bigger than Us; God's beautiful redemptive story of Jesus to be made known so we can be home to where we belong. The ultimate goal of a changed Christian heart should be that, but we have made it more about building our own kingdom and blasphemed His name for our agendas. This Message is a heart check and a wake up call. It forms a question "Why do you truly serve?"

Scripture:
Matthew 7:21-23 ESV, Luke 10:38-42 ESV, John 15:4-5 ESV, Exodus 32:1 ESV, Galatians 1:10 ESV, Colossians 3:22-24 ESV, John 6:40 ESV, Romans 12:2 KJV, 1 Peter 2:11-12 ESV, Matthew 5:14-16 ESV, John 17:13-17 ESV

Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

We sometimes feel a tension between authenticity and growth - as if challenging each other to grow would imply that the “real” us doesn’t belong. But who are we, really? What is the authentic version of ourselves, and what does that imply about spurring each other on towards transformation into Christ likeness?

Scripture:
Exodus 32:1-8
Ephesians 2:1-10 
Matthew 18:15-20
Hebrews 12:1-2
Galatians 6:1


Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

In a culture built around convenience, preference, and personal fulfillment, it's easy to bring a consumer mindset into our faith. We often evaluate church the same way we evaluate restaurants, products, and entertainment: Did I enjoy it? Did it meet my needs? Was I fed? But Scripture presents a radically different vision of the church—not as a product to consume, but as a family where God forms us into the image of Christ. This message challenges us to move beyond comfort and preference and embrace the kind of commitment, sacrifice, and perseverance that produce genuine spiritual maturity.

Scripture:
2 timothy 4:3-5
James 1:2-4
1 Corinthians 12
Hebrews 5:12-14


Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

Modern Christianity doesn’t usually reject God — it often reshapes Him. In this opening week of Golden Calves, we look at Israel’s worship of the golden calf and ask a hard question: have we done the same? When worship becomes centered on our feelings, experiences, and spiritual highs, we can mistake emotional atmosphere for genuine surrender. This message challenges us to move beyond chasing encounters with God and toward the long, hidden, ordinary path of obedience that actually forms us into Christ’s image.

Scripture:
Exodus 24:1-3
Exodus 32:1-35
Amos 5:18-27
Matthew 6:5-13
Matthew 5:23-24


Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

To take up the Sword of the Spirit is to take aim at hostility and division. The promised Holy Spirit is the deposit that guarantees our collective future and tells us we are one family.

Scripture:
Ephesians 6:10-20


Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

Ephesians 6 reminds us that spiritual warfare isn’t just about external attacks—it’s a battle for our minds, our hope, and our confidence in God’s salvation. Paul describes salvation as a helmet because hope protects us from despair, fear, temptation, and the lies of the enemy. In a world obsessed with control and consumed by anxiety, the Gospel offers something deeper: safety in Christ that frees us to surrender fully to Him. The enemy wants believers distracted, fearful, and spiritually asleep, but hope in Jesus keeps us steady and alert. When you truly believe eternity is secure, the temporary pleasures and fears of this world begin to lose their grip.

Scripture:
Ephesians 6:10-20
1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:8


Resources:
FaceBook- FCC Young Adults
Instagram- @fccya
Email- [email protected]
Website- fccsantamaria.org

We will be looking at the shoes of readiness of the gospel of peace and the shield of faith. What are they and how do we use them?

Scripture:

Ephesians 6:10-20 (NLT)

Resources:

FaceBook- FCC Young Adults

Instagram- @fccya

Email- [email protected]

Website- fccsantamaria.org