Genesis Costa Mesa

This Week at Genesis | “I Urge You…”

In Ephesians 4, Paul shifts from belief to practice—urging the church to live lives worthy of the calling they’ve received. This message explores what it means to walk in humility, gentleness, unity, and love in the everyday rhythms of life. Together, we reflect on the small habits that shape us, the distractions that pull us away, and the invitation to become a community marked by the presence and character of Christ.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 4:1–6; Song of Solomon 2:15; Ephesians 4:7

✨ Themes: Living a life worthy of our calling in Christ, Forming daily rhythms that shape faithfulness, Walking in humility, gentleness, patience, and unity, Paying attention to the “small foxes” that distract and erode devotion

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world. Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | Build an Altar

In Genesis 12, Abram responds to God’s call by building altars along the journey—places of encounter, remembrance, and surrender. This message explores why altars mattered in Abraham’s story and what it means for us to build rhythms of devotion in our own lives today. Even in the middle of fear, famine, and uncertainty, God continued to form Abraham through faith and obedience. As a church, we’re invited to return daily to the presence of God, creating space for prayer, fasting, worship, and breakthrough.

📖 Scripture: Genesis 12:1–9

✨ Themes: Encountering God in the middle of the journey, Remembering and trusting God’s promises, Building rhythms of prayer, fasting, and devotion, Returning to God daily in faith and surrender

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | I Kneel… I Pray… I Pray

From Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3, we’re invited into a posture and a practice—kneeling before the Father and praying for something deeper than surface change. This message explores what it means to be strengthened by the Spirit in our inner being, to live rooted in the love of Christ, and to experience a power that is formed in God’s presence and in community. We also reflect on how practices like fasting help clear what clutters our souls, realign us with God’s purposes, and make room for fresh movement in our lives.

Scripture & Themes

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21; James 5:16; John 13:34–35; Luke 5:37–39

✨ Themes: Kneeling before the Father in humility and dependence, Being strengthened by the Spirit in our inner life, How sin, isolation, and distraction drain spiritual power

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | Ephesians 3:1–13

In Epistle to the Ephesians 3, we step into Paul’s perspective on suffering, purpose, and what truly makes a life worth living.

Writing from prison, Paul reframes everything—not as loss, but as calling. His life is anchored in something bigger than comfort or personal gain: the building of God’s temple and the formation of a new kind of community.

At the center of it all is a mystery now revealed—God’s grace extended to all people—and an eternal purpose we are invited into. A life not driven by “what’s in it for me,” but by being part of what God is doing in the world.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 3:1–13

✨ Themes:

Purpose over comfort, The mystery of Christ revealed, The Church as God’s dwelling and family, Living for something eternal

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | An Invitation to Intimacy - Fasting

Throughout Scripture, God’s people fasted when they longed to draw near to Him and seek His guidance. In this message, we reflect on the invitation to fasting as a way of making space for prayer, attentiveness, and deeper dependence on God. As a church, we consider how practices like fasting and prayer help cultivate intimacy with God and a shared culture of seeking Him together.

GOD IS CALLING US TO DEEPER INTIMACY WITH HIM

Follow this link to our Fasting Guide.

Scripture & Themes

📖 Scripture: Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15–16; Acts 4:24; 1 Timothy 2:1–4

✨ Themes - Fasting as an invitation to intimacy with God - Developing a culture of prayer together - Joining the work God is doing

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world. Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | Ephesians 2:10–22

In Ephesians 2, Paul reminds us that the gospel does more than change individual lives—it creates a new people. In a world shaped by hostility, division, and fear, Jesus tears down the dividing wall that separates us and brings those who were once far away near to God and to one another. Through His death and resurrection, Christ makes peace and forms one new humanity. The church becomes not just a gathering of individuals, but a living temple where God dwells by His Spirit. In Christ, strangers become family, and those who belong to Him belong to His people.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 2:10–22

✨ Themes:

• Jesus destroys the dividing wall of hostility

• Through Christ, divided people become one new humanity

• God is building His people into a dwelling place for His Spirit

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

In Ephesians 2, we’re invited to see the full story of what God has done for us.

Once shaped by the patterns of the world, we find ourselves in need of something deeper than self-improvement—something only God can do.

But God.

In His mercy and great love, He meets us right where we are—making us alive in Christ, raising us into new life, and giving us a new place to stand. This is the work of grace from beginning to end.

And from that place, we begin to see that we are His workmanship—formed with intention, and invited to step into a life of purpose He has already prepared.

Ephesians 2:1–10

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

In Epistle to the Ephesians 1, Paul gives us a powerful picture of what it means to pray.

“I keep asking…”

A persistent prayer that we would truly know God — to see the hope we’re called to, the richness of our inheritance, and the power at work within us. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead.

Empires rise and fall, but Jesus remains above it all.

What would it look like to pray like this?

Ephesians 1:15–23

Persistent prayer

Knowing God deeply

Hope, inheritance, and power

Jesus above all

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | Ephesians 1:1–14

Nick Fox kicked off our new series in Ephesians by walking through the opening passage of Paul’s letter and the powerful reminder of who we are in Christ.

In these first verses, Paul keeps returning to one phrase: “in Christ.” It’s a simple idea, but it carries incredible depth. Through Jesus we are chosen, redeemed, forgiven, and brought into God’s family. Paul describes it as adoption—a picture of God lovingly bringing us in and giving us a new identity that isn’t based on what we’ve done, but on His grace.

This passage also reminds us that God’s work didn’t start with us. Before the foundation of the world, God had a plan to bring everything together in Christ—and we’re invited into that story. Because of Jesus, we now live as people who are loved, chosen, and sealed with the Holy Spirit as a promise of what’s to come.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 1:1–14

About Genesis Costa Mesa:

Community on mission.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/

This Week at Genesis | A Christian View of Money

Money promises security without dependence. But Jesus invites us into something deeper — a life of trustful stewardship under God.

This week, Stu shared vulnerably from his own story — how God has used generosity to reshape his trust, loosen his grip, and invite him into deeper stewardship. Not obligation. Not pressure. But participation.

In Gospel of Matthew 14, a young boy offers a simple lunch — five loaves and two fish. It doesn’t look like much. Yet when placed in the hands of Jesus, it becomes more than enough. Whatever we have, large or small, is simply our lunch. We offer it. God multiplies it.

As a church family, we’ve seen this firsthand — lives shaped, needs met, and resources released for the sake of the gospel. The question beneath it all is quiet but confronting: If someone looked at how you use money, what would it reveal about your trust?

Where is your next step?

About Genesis Costa Mesa

We are a Jesus-centered community on mission, shaped by the table, worship, prayer, story, and mission. Together we seek to bring the gospel to the nations, raise up leaders, and plant new Jesus-communities—living as the church both locally and globally. We hold fast to Scripture, the presence of the Spirit, and the call to join God’s work of renewal in the world.

Learn more at: https://www.genesiscostamesa.com/