AVL City Church Podcast

Sergio Fesiuk
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Welcome to the AVL City Church Podcast, a movement in Asheville, NC led by Sergio Fesiuk. Our vision is to see God Through You. Our mission is to Inspire You To Discover Your Maker And Step Into All You Are Made For. Our purpose is to Be A People Immersed In God’s Presence.#godthroughyouSubscribe + hit the notification icon so you never miss an upload!-----------------------------------------------Become part of the movement financially. Any amount helps us to reach people all around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ because as you give, God through you! 

  1. Sep 28

    ACCESS (The Gospels) / Matthew 7:7-11 / Sergio Fesiuk

    ACCESS | Ask. Seek. Knock. You can be three feet away from something you desperately need and still not have access to it. You can see it. You can know it’s there. You can even need it desperately. But without access, proximity doesn't help you. That’s what makes Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:7 so powerful: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” We often hear three commands: ASK. SEEK. KNOCK. But underneath all three is one massive theological reality: ACCESS. Jesus is revealing something astonishing about God. The holy God who once required restricted access to His presence now invites us to approach Him as Father. In this message, Sergio unpacks what it means to live from the access Jesus has opened for us. ASK means bringing our needs honestly into the presence of God. SEEK means pursuing God Himself, not merely what God can give us. KNOCK means continuing to come when the door hasn't opened yet. And then Jesus brings it all back to one reality: Your Father. Prayer isn't about manipulating God into giving us what we want. Access to God does not mean control over God. We don't pray because God is reluctant. We pray because He is Father. The wilderness teaches us dependence. David teaches us how to seek God's face. Waiting teaches us how to trust. The torn veil points us to the Gospel. Because through Jesus, the barrier has been broken. Ephesians 2:18 “For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.” The Gospel is the story of access. You couldn't earn it. You couldn't perform for it. You couldn't make yourself worthy of it. Jesus opened the way. So when you're anxious, ask. When you're confused, seek. When you've prayed and the door still hasn't opened, knock. When you've failed, come. When you're ashamed, come. When you don't have the words, come. You have access. And the greatest gift isn't simply that God will give you something. The greatest gift is that through Christ, you have been given access to the Father. Not a formula for controlling God. An invitation to come near.

    ACCESS (The Gospels) / Matthew 7:7-11 / Sergio Fesiuk

  2. Sep 21

    LOG IN YOUR EYE (The Gospels) / Matthew 7:1-6 / Sergio Fesiuk

    Few words of Jesus have been quoted more often and understood less. In Matthew 7:1-6, Jesus confronts our tendency to see everyone else’s problems while remaining blind to our own. He isn’t telling us to abandon discernment, ignore sin, or never speak truth. He is teaching us to examine ourselves before we presume to correct someone else. Jesus gives us a picture that is almost comical: someone with a massive log sticking out of their own eye trying to perform eye surgery on someone with a speck. The point is painfully clear: Before you try to fix their vision, let Jesus examine yours. In this message, we explore the difference between discernment and judgmentalism, correction and condemnation, forgiveness and trust, truth and love. We also look at Jesus’ warning about pearls and pigs and why wisdom knows when to speak, when to confront, and when to walk away. Because the goal isn't to become better at finding what's wrong with people. The goal is to become clear enough to love them well. This Message: • Why “judge not” does not mean “never discern” • The difference between discernment and condemnation • Why our blind spots can be the most dangerous things about us • David, Nathan, and the danger of seeing everyone else's sin • Why Jesus says to remove the log before addressing the speck • How correction can restore instead of humiliate • When to keep talking and when to stop throwing pearls • Why forgiveness doesn't eliminate the need for wisdom and boundaries • How the cross destroys our superiority complex • How to invite God to expose what we cannot see in ourselves Jesus isn't trying to make you better at finding what's wrong with people. He's trying to make you clear enough to love them well. If this message challenges you, don't ask first, “Who needs to hear this?” Ask: Jesus, what am I not seeing in me?

    LOG IN YOUR EYE (The Gospels) / Matthew 7:1-6 / Sergio Fesiuk

  3. Sep 14

    WE BELONG / Isaiah 6:1-8 / Sergio Fesiuk

    What does it really mean to belong completely to Jesus? After 14 years of AVL City Church, we’re not just celebrating what God has done. We’re asking a deeper question: Do we still belong completely to Jesus? The Gospel doesn’t just tell you who you are. It tells you whose you are. Romans 6 reminds us that we have been freed from sin and brought into a new kind of belonging: belonging to God. Paul calls himself a bond-servant of Christ before he ever talks about his assignment. Jesus Himself took the form of a servant and surrendered Himself completely to the Father. This message explores four movements of a surrendered life: WE ARE HIS: Our identity begins with belonging to Jesus. HERE WE ARE: Like Isaiah, we respond to God's presence with availability: “Here am I. Send me.” SEND US: Every disciple is called to live a sent life. We gather to be formed, and we scatter to be sent. WHATEVER IT COSTS: Following Jesus means surrendering our plans, comfort, reputation, resources and future to His will. Fourteen years behind us. Generations ahead of us. Jesus over us. Holy Spirit within us. Mission before us. We don't want to simply become bigger. We want to become deeper. The question isn't: What is God going to do through AVL City Church? The question is: What is God asking of me? Because the freest person isn't the person who belongs to nobody. The freest person is the person who belongs completely to Jesus.

    WE BELONG / Isaiah 6:1-8 / Sergio Fesiuk

  4. Aug 31

    AT HOME / Ephesians 2:19–22 / Sergio Fesiuk

    What kind of environment have you created for the presence of God? We often ask God to come closer. We pray for Him to move. We seek another encounter, another moment, another visitation. But what if God is asking a deeper question? I’m willing to come close, but have you built a life where I am welcome to stay? In this message, AT HOME, we explore Ephesians 2:19–22 and the biblical movement from visitation to habitation. God is not simply looking for a moment with His people, He is building a dwelling place. From Eden to the Tabernacle, from the Temple to Jesus, from Pentecost to the promise of Revelation, Scripture tells one consistent story: God wants to dwell with His people. But habits shape habitation. What we repeatedly give our attention to forms us. Our prayer life, thought life, worship, relationships, distractions, and daily rhythms all shape the kind of environment we create within us. This message explores: • The difference between asking God to visit and inviting Him to dwell • Why spiritual habits matter • How Jesus can slowly move from the center to the margins • The danger of crowding God out through small decisions • What it means to open every room of your life to Jesus • Why Revelation 3:20 is an invitation of love, not rejection • How prayer, Scripture, worship, repentance, surrender, and community help us live aware of God’s presence • What it means to diligently seek God, even when you don’t feel Him You don’t have to clean the house before Jesus comes in. He already knows what’s behind every closed door. Your wounds. Your habits. Your failures. Your fears. Your past. And He’s still knocking. The question isn’t simply, Did you feel God today? The deeper question is: Is God at home in you? Maybe you don’t need another visitation. Maybe you need to open a door you’ve already closed. Don’t keep asking God to come close while building a life that gives Him nowhere to stay. Visitation says, “God, come over.” Habitation says, “God, move in.” Open the door. Give Him the keys. Let God be at home.

    AT HOME / Ephesians 2:19–22 / Sergio Fesiuk

  5. Aug 17

    NO CAP (The Gospels) / Matthew 5:33-48 / Sergio Fesiuk

    Everybody’s got a front. There’s the Instagram version. The TikTok version. The church version. The work version. The family version. But what happens when life doesn’t go your way? In Matthew 5:33-48, Jesus moves beneath the surface and exposes what our words, reactions, relationships, and responses reveal about our character. He confronts religious loopholes, manipulative speech, retaliation, conditional love, and the desire to look righteous without actually becoming righteous. Jesus essentially says: No cap. Your words reveal your integrity. Your response reveals your heart. Your love reveals your character. And your character reveals who you are becoming. In this message, we explore: • YOUR WORDS: Why Jesus says your “Yes” should be yes and your “No” should be no. • YOUR RESPONSE: How to respond when someone hurts, insults, or takes advantage of you without becoming like the person who hurt you. • YOUR LOVE: Why Jesus commands us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. • YOUR CHARACTER: What Jesus means when He says, “Be perfect,” and why teleios means becoming whole, mature, and complete. • THE BIG REVEAL: Why Jesus isn’t merely changing behavior; He is transforming who we are. The question isn’t simply, Are you doing the right things? The deeper question is: What is coming out of you when life doesn’t go your way? Because eventually, what comes out reveals what is inside. And none of us can manufacture this kind of life through willpower alone. We need Jesus, the One who told the truth when it cost Him everything, refused retaliation when He was falsely accused, prayed for His executioners, loved His enemies, and gave His life for people who didn’t deserve it. The One who commands us to love, forgive and pray for our enemies is the One who demonstrated it from the cross.

    NO CAP (The Gospels) / Matthew 5:33-48 / Sergio Fesiuk

  6. Aug 10

    LOOPHOLES (The Gospels) / Matthew 5:31-32 / Sergio Fesiuk

    LOOPHOLES: Following Jesus When Obedience Isn’t Convenient What if the biggest danger to your faith isn’t rebellion but finding a loophole? In Matthew 5:31–32, Jesus confronts divorce, but His teaching reaches far beyond marriage. He exposes something deeper: the human tendency to look for the minimum requirement necessary to justify what we already want. The world asks, “What can I get away with?” Religion asks, “What is technically permissible?” Jesus asks, “What does love require?” In this message, we explore: • Why Moses regulated divorce without establishing it as God’s original design • How the certificate of divorce was intended to protect vulnerable women, not provide men with an escape clause • What Jesus meant by “hardness of heart” • How hurt can become resentment, distance, justification, and eventually a decision • Why major life decisions often begin long before the decision becomes visible • How to recognize when you are seeking God’s will versus searching Scripture for permission • How this applies not only to marriage, but to church, calling, relationships, and faith • Seven questions to help you discern whether you are genuinely following God or simply asking Him to bless a decision you’ve already made The goal isn’t simply to ask, Am I allowed to? The Kingdom question is: What does faithfulness require of me? Because Jesus didn’t come to teach us how close we can get to the line. He came to transform our hearts so deeply that we stop looking for the line. The way of Jesus may not always be the easiest way but it is always the way that leads to life. 🔔 Don’t forget to: Like 👍 | Comment 💬 | Subscribe 🔔 | Share 📲

    LOOPHOLES (The Gospels) / Matthew 5:31-32 / Sergio Fesiuk

  7. Jul 27

    THE ANATOMY OF SIN / The Gospels S5E7 / Matthew 5:27-30 / Sergio Fesiuk

    How does someone end up destroying their marriage, ministry, or future? Jesus answers that question by exposing where sin really begins, not in our actions, but in our hearts. In this episode, we unpack Matthew 5:27-30 and discover the anatomy of temptation, the power of the imagination, and why every outward failure begins with an inward affection. You’ll learn how Scripture, neuroscience, and the stories of David and Joseph reveal the hidden progression of sin, and how the Gospel offers lasting freedom. Rather than focusing on behavior modification, Jesus invites us into heart transformation. The deepest question isn’t, “What are you looking at?” It’s, “What are you looking for?”

    THE ANATOMY OF SIN / The Gospels S5E7 / Matthew 5:27-30 / Sergio Fesiuk

  8. Jul 20

    DOES GOD SEE ME? / Proverbs 3:5-6 / Sergio Fesiuk

    Does God see me? It’s one of the most honest questions a person can ask. When prayers seem unanswered, life doesn’t go according to plan, and the future feels uncertain, it’s easy to wonder if God has forgotten you. In this message from Proverbs 3:5-6, we discover that faith isn’t about having every answer,it’s about trusting the character of God when you can’t understand His plan. We’ll explore how Scripture answers one of life’s deepest questions through the stories of Joseph, Hagar, the disciples on the road to Emmaus, and ultimately through the Cross of Jesus Christ. If you’ve ever wrestled with disappointment, delay, unanswered prayer, or uncertainty, this message is for you. You’ll discover: What it really means to “trust in the Lord with all your heart”Why God often works through seasons of uncertaintyHow leaders navigate disappointment with faithThe difference between God’s agenda and our expectationsWhy the Cross is God’s final answer to the question, “Does God see me?” No matter what season you’re in, God has not forgotten you. He sees your tears, hears your prayers, and is working in ways you cannot yet see. If this message encouraged you, be sure to like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that God hasn’t forgotten them.

    DOES GOD SEE ME? / Proverbs 3:5-6 / Sergio Fesiuk
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Welcome to the AVL City Church Podcast, a movement in Asheville, NC led by Sergio Fesiuk. Our vision is to see God Through You. Our mission is to Inspire You To Discover Your Maker And Step Into All You Are Made For. Our purpose is to Be A People Immersed In God’s Presence.#godthroughyouSubscribe + hit the notification icon so you never miss an upload!-----------------------------------------------Become part of the movement financially. Any amount helps us to reach people all around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ because as you give, God through you! 

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  • Creator
    Sergio Fesiuk
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    163
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © AVL City Church
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    AVL City Church Podcast