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Mesa Church San Diego is a vibrant and welcoming community where everyone has a place at the table of Jesus. Mesa Church is dedicated to creating a space where people can experience the love and truth of Jesus Christ. With services on Sundays at 9:15am and 11:00am, both in-person and online, Mesa Church offers a variety of ways to connect and grow in faith. Join us and be part of a community that believes in the transformative power of God's love.

  1. May 31

    Who Are You When No One's Watching Isaiah 51-25 Jeremy Aylett Mesa Church San Diego

    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.

    Who Are You When No One's Watching Isaiah 51-25 Jeremy Aylett Mesa Church San Diego

  2. May 31

    "A Glimpse of Something Better" | Isaiah 65:17-25 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

    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

    "A Glimpse of Something Better" | Isaiah 65:17-25 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

  3. May 31

    "Here I Am, Send Me" | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

    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

    "Here I Am, Send Me" | Isaiah 6:1-8 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

  4. May 31

    Who Are You Following?" — Isaiah 3-4 | Jeremy Aylett

    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.

    Who Are You Following?" — Isaiah 3-4 | Jeremy Aylett

  5. May 31

    "Walk in the Light of the Lord" | Isaiah 2:1-22 | Jeremy Aylett | Mesa Church San Diego

    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

    "Walk in the Light of the Lord" | Isaiah 2:1-22 | Jeremy Aylett | Mesa Church San Diego

  6. May 31

    "The Refiner's Fire" | Isaiah 1:21-31 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

    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

    "The Refiner's Fire" | Isaiah 1:21-31 | Charlie Houck | Mesa Church San Diego

  7. May 31

    Are You Lost and Don't Know It Isaiah 1 Charlie Houck Mesa Church San Diego

    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

    Are You Lost and Don't Know It Isaiah 1 Charlie Houck Mesa Church San Diego

  8. May 31

    He Is Risen John 20 Jeremy Aylett 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.

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Mesa Church San Diego is a vibrant and welcoming community where everyone has a place at the table of Jesus. Mesa Church is dedicated to creating a space where people can experience the love and truth of Jesus Christ. With services on Sundays at 9:15am and 11:00am, both in-person and online, Mesa Church offers a variety of ways to connect and grow in faith. Join us and be part of a community that believes in the transformative power of God's love.

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    Mesa Church
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
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