Genesis Costa Mesa

This Week at Genesis | Children of the Light
In Ephesians 5, Paul calls the church to remember who they are: children of the light. This message explores the contrast between darkness and light, and what it means to live lives shaped by the love, holiness, and presence of God. As followers of Jesus, we are invited to walk wisely, discern what pleases the Lord, and be continually filled with the Spirit. Together, we reflect on how gratitude, worship, and obedience form a life that shines with the light of Christ in a world longing for hope.
Scripture & Themes
📖 Scripture: Ephesians 5:1–20; Genesis 1:1–2; Psalm 37:4
✨ Themes: Walking in the way of love, living as children of the light, pursuing holiness in a culture of compromise, discerning what pleases the Lord, redeeming our time with wisdom and purpose, being filled with the Spirit, cultivating lives marked by gratitude, worship, and thanksgiving.
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 | Walk in the Way of Love
In Ephesians 4–5, Paul invites us to consider how we walk—not simply what we believe, but the kind of people we are becoming. This message explores the contrast between old ways of living and the new humanity formed in Christ. Together, we reflect on what it means to put off old patterns, renew our minds, speak truth, practice forgiveness, and walk in the way of love. Rooted in the grace of God, we are invited into a life shaped by Christ’s presence, marked by holiness, compassion, and transformation.
📖 Scripture: Ephesians 4:17–5:2; Genesis 2:15–17; Genesis 3:8; Romans 5:6–11
✨ Themes: Walking in the way of love as followers of Jesus, leaving behind old patterns and putting on new life in Christ, how hardened hearts shape our thinking and living, becoming a new humanity marked by truth, forgiveness, and compassion, living daily in the presence and power of Christ.
 
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 | Grace Has Been Given
In Ephesians 4, Paul reminds us that grace has been given to each of us—not only as mercy and favor, but as empowerment for the work of God. This message explores how Christ gifts and forms His church, calling every person into maturity, unity, and purpose. Together, we reflect on how God equips His people, builds His body, and invites each of us to play a part in the growth of the church. As we stay rooted in truth and love, we become a community strengthened to serve, encourage, and reflect Christ to the world.
 
📖 Scripture: Ephesians 4:7–16; 1 Corinthians 12:1–11
✨ Themes: Grace as undeserved mercy, unmerited favor, and divine empowerment, Spiritual gifts and the equipping of the church, Growing into maturity and unity in Christ, Moving from instability toward rootedness in truth and love, Discovering our role in building up the body of Christ.
 
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 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 HIMWe want to invite you to join us for our 3 day Water Fast happening May 1-3. God is up to something... In these times, we know God will do so much more than we can anticipate. We want to posture ourselves toward God, the unexpected, and all that he wants to do.
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/

This Week at Genesis | Made Alive in Christ
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.
📖 Scripture:
Ephesians 2:1–10
✨ Themes:
From death to life
Grace, not works
Identity in Christ
Living with purpose
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/