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February 20, 2026 · 50 min
Discover the power of coming together in faith and purpose, inspired by scripture and history.
Series Adam Mesa Sermons February 20, 2026 · 50 min · Adam Mesa Sermons
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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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The Power of Togetherness 0:00 Hi. Welcome to ALFC podcast. At ALFC, we seek the lost, teach the found, and send the disciples. We truly hope you are encouraged by this week's message.0:14 We're gonna get started with the message today, and we're gonna dig right into the scriptures. And there's 2 places you can kinda prepare yourself this morning. It's first Corinthians chapter 17 and Hebrews chapter 100:26 to begin with. But, first, I'll pray so that we can dive in today as we're about to launch a new series for the month. So let's pray. God, we thank you so much for today,0:37 father God. We thank you as we gather together with 1 another. Those from Pomona, those for online, those out in the courtyard, those here in this place, father. I pray that as we0:49 encounter your word this morning, may you speak to us, may you speak through us, may Jesus become all the more richer and clear in our lives. May we fall more and more in love1:01 with God as we come together to open up your word, and may it speak to us and truly transform our lives. In Jesus name, amen. You know, we had a1:13 phenomenal message that I encourage everyone to go listen last week as we had a guest speaker, Pastor Jabin, just preach the roof off. It was phenomenal. And I know Pastor Aaron preached incredible because1:25 our feed for some reason went down over in Pomona, so pastor Aaron had to jump on the stage last minute, be ready, in and out of season, give a a message. Right when the introduction cut off, he jumped up,1:37 did an impromptu message, which I heard was absolutely phenomenal. And then our third service, all of the power on our entire block shut down in the middle of pastor Jabin's sermon. No no power, no1:48 lighting, no microphone, so he was, preaching like Billy Graham in third service, just yelling on the stage, and we went and got him a megaphone and a flashlight aimed at him, and he just kept going.2:00 So so suffice to say, you know, the enemy was trying some things last week to try to put a stop to the message that was being put forth. And so if you missed it at all, even in Pomona you missed it, you can go to our2:12 YouTube page. Just type in Abundant Living Family Church, and you'll find it there to be able to dig right in. You know, 1 of the great things is we start a new series right now. For the next 4 weeks or so2:24 before Pastor Diego comes back from sabbatical, which, we can't wait for. We're so excited. But, we're gonna be starting a new series which we're calling Better Together. Better Together.2:36 If you wanna be better at your faith, if you wanna have a deeper relationship with God, if you wanna see God move more into our communities, and in our church, and in our families, really 1 of the2:48 main ways and 1 of the only ways that we can see that happen is together. We have to do this thing together. The Bible's full of togetherness, and that's what we're gonna be2:59 spending some time talking about with 1 another. You know, the only reason why we stand here with 1 another together today is because people came together over 27 years3:11 ago in a living room at pastor Diego's house and decided together, let's do something special to the glory of God. You know, just this past week, I was given a I saw a3:23 little flashback of of my grandma, at at 27 years ago in 19 94, who she led, the children's ministry alongside with my auntie Phyllis, pastor Diego's aunt. And I have3:35 a picture of it. This is the original children's church right there. Okay? That's abundant kids 27 years ago. I'm right there to the right, the 1 not paying attention because I've had ADHD my whole3:47 life, and so I'm not looking at anything. I'm 4 years old right there, and then there's pastor Nathan right there in the center, and then, that's Lauren and Aaron who were members of the church. Their parents, Becky and3:58 Danny, were members of the church, and so that that's the original Abundant Kids. It's amazing to think that if you've been to the Pomona's Abundant Kids, even though Pomona's just a few years old, it's a lot4:10 further than that picture right there, which the church is less than a year old right there. If you go to our Abundant Kids in Rancho, and you see where God has taken things for those kids, sometimes in 1 given week we4:22 will see over a thousand kids in that building. And then they have an online show that they put on that another 3 to 500 kids watch every single week. So in 1 given week, up to4:33 1500 kids can be reached and impacted, taught the gospel, taught the word of God. But who would have thought when originally there was just 4 kids,Faith and Provision 4:45 and the pastor's mother leading the 4 kids, and 2 or really 3, I don't even know where my other brother Caleb was at that moment, maybe eating some food or something like that. But at that point, just a few people in4:57 children's ministry. Why is it that we're at where we're at today for impacting people and teaching the word of God? It's because we did it together.5:09 Well, what would happen if for the next 27 years we all said, we're gonna continue to do things together. Let's not stop where we're at. Let's not think that5:21 we're good where we're sitting at. But let let's see God do more and more and more. The only way that's gonna be possible is if we do that together. It's be being together. You5:33 see, Hebrews chapter 10 verse 23 says this. You can write it on your notes, because this 1 verse may not be on the screen. But it says in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 23, the writer of5:45 Hebrews says this. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up 1 another to love5:57 and good works, not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some. Have you ever been shaded by someone in the bible before? That's that's some shade right there. It says,6:08 but encouraging 1 another and all the more as you see to the day drawing near. What the writer of Hebrews says, let's not neglect to meet together, and then the author says, as6:20 is the habit of some y'all. I mean, that's shade. That's like, guys, even if you're online, you can find a way to get with people on Zoom. You can invite friends over that you're6:32 comfortable with on Sunday. If you got family that you're all watching online and you're 1 city over, and maybe you're not comfortable coming to church yet, or into church yet, you bring people that you're comfortable6:42 with right now in your home. It's about not neglecting to be alone and to gather together, because the Bible says, when we do that, we encourage 1 another and we push each6:54 other to show the works of God so that the gospel may become real to the people around us. And then he says, but as the habit of some, there's some people who7:06 don't do that. There's some people who have still privatized their faith, privatized their relationships. And so there's an encouragement in the scriptures that, the more we come7:18 together and the more that we believe God together, the more that we will see the hand of God move. And the reason why this is relevant for our church today is7:29 because we are a large church. And it's often 1 of the most first ways to help, the best ways that you could get healthy is realizing what is the hardest thing for you to7:41 do. Right? So in life, there are things that you may be really good at, and then there are some things that you really struggle with. I meet people that are really good at working out, and then I think to myself, I'm7:52 not. That's a struggle for me. But then they see me do something, they may look at some work ethic or a passion into creativity or something, they8:04 think, I don't know how you do that. But in order to be, get to where you are looking up to, you're gonna have to make an effort and say, hey, we're gonna we're gonna work harder on that. And that's the thing. Many of8:15 us, we come to this community called Abundant Living Family Church, and for every person, we all kind of, God kinda told us something individually on why we were gonna make this home. For some online, some in8:27 Pomona, some some out in the corner here in this place, God has individually challenged each person here to say, you are coming to abundant living for this reason. And for for8:39 your reason, it may be, there are things we do incredibly well. It may be our high standard of worship. You know, we are worship team within our budget. We make sure that8:51 our worship is some of the top notch because we look at the Old Testament, and we see that when God called Israel to build the temple, which was a place of worship, it was beautiful, and it was ornate, and it had some of9:02 the best instruments in the world, and it had some of the best lyricists in the world, because it was about getting the best and giving glory to God. And so you may say, Abundant Living's worship is9:14 incredible. And they pick the pick pick the worship. Or for you, it may say, man, I went to the children's ministry in Pomona. I went to the children's ministry in Rancho, and my kids had a blast, and they learned about9:26 Jesus. And and they're even when I don't wanna come to church, they're dragging me to church, and it may be those type of reasons. Or maybe it's our high level of excellence. That's 1 thing people always say about9:37 abundant living. Come in. Everything is done with excellence. And and there's faithful preaching to the word of God. You know, everyone has their own reasons, and there's a lot of things we do well. But here's9:49 1 thing that we all have to work really hard at that does not come easy. It's about being in community. That's hard for us because of10:01 our size. Just this weekend, we're gonna have over 10000 people watching online. We're gonna have over 4003 thousand people coming in person. We're gonna have another 2 to 300010:12 people or more watching later on during the week as a replay, and then next week, kind of a a new batch of people are gonna come. And so what happens is when you have a lot of people coming, that means10:24 that you're gonna have to work harder to meet some people and to fellowship with some people. That's just a reality, and I tell people that all the time. People come10:36 to me and say, pastor Adam, I'm thinking about going to a smaller church because I wanna meet some new people. And I tell them number 1, I I I understand that. And we've had people even our church say, I'm a go over to10:46 Pomona because it's starting out smaller at this time. I wanna meet some new people. I'd say I understand that, but here's the thing. We have a system for you to meet people. We have a way for you to get engaged and10:58 ingrained, but I'll tell you this. Yes, if you go to a smaller church because they want you to be part of it tomorrow, you're gonna be invited to coffee that first Sunday by someone. I'll admit that. But what11:09 happens here at our church, what we're gonna do well at is we're gonna do well at our growth track, we're gonna do well at serving the community, we're gonna do well at getting involved in the church. And so if you11:21 wanna start being together with some people, what you have to do is you have to It's not gonna come easy. Right? Like worship, we're spoiled because we get to sit and you come easy. But you ever been to another church11:33 that doesn't do worship well, that's not their strength? And you think to yourself, Oh my goodness. The speakers are hurting my ears, and these people aren't in tune, and I'm not making fun of you, I'm just saying11:45 that some churches do 1 thing well, another. And so then someone may come to our church and go, well no, no 1 talked to me yet. Well, you're gonna, I tell people that go to another church that says, Oh, well, they don't11:56 have good singers, and I'm a singer. I'd say, Why aren't you singing? If you sing and you're talking about See, so for us, if you're saying, Hey, I'm looking to be in better relationship, you better get out of your12:07 comfort. You gotta get out of your seat. It's gonna take some effort and it's gonna take some work. And I know this message isn't gonna be a sexy 1 over the next couple weeks.12:20 It's not 1 that you're gonna leave. It's not like a pastor Jabin message last week. We're gonna walk out, I'm walking on water. This is gonna be 1 where you say, God, I'm really uncomfortable right now. Because I've been12:29 coming to church alone for 10 years. And and you're challenging me right now, God. And and I don't I don't feel comfortable when you're truly challenging me right now. And12:41 so what we're doing today is just the the launch into what we're gonna talk about the next couple weeks. But if but if I can get you to grasp 1 thing, it's for all of us to understand that in order for make this a church12:53 that gathers together and is not 1 that, as pastor Diego says, that sits in rows but sits in circles, we all have to make an effort. We all have to make an effort to go through growth track. We all13:05 have to make an effort to serve. We all have to make an effort to get into our neighborhood groups. Everybody has to do their part to make this big thing seem small.13:17 We gotta make something big into small. But for me personally, I like big. I wanna take I I just want big, big, big, bigger because then what happens is you you know more people are being reached for Jesus. More people13:29 are coming to faith. But then we gotta say, okay, if it's getting bigger and bigger and more people are being reached, we gotta work harder and harder at making it smaller and smaller. That's a reality we all have to13:38 commit to. And so today what we're gonna look at is a passage of scripture of what happens when 2 individuals get it together. Get it together. Have you ever heard that from13:50 someone? Hey, man. You gotta get it together. You gotta get it together. But instead, I'm not telling you to get yourself together. I'm saying, have you ever also heard this to someone?14:02 Hey man, we gotta get out there and get it. I gotta get it. So there's get it together which means I gotta put myself together. Then there's, man, I'm out there getting it, getting money, getting blah blah blah blah14:13 blah. But but but what this 1 is is what if we all got it, got God, got blessing, got favor, got the gospel, got God moving in our life together? What if we got14:25 it together? What would happen? What would happen if we did all of this together? What would happen if we prayed together? What would happen if we worship together? What would happen if we read our14:36 bibles together, not just by ourselves? What would happen if at work, before work, I came 20 minutes earlier and with some coworkers, we got it together? We read our bibles14:48 together. What would happen if Fridays, as a grandmother or grandfather, invited all of my grandkids and all of my kids for a Friday morning Zoom for a quick prayer on the way to school, or a quick prayer for the15:00 weekend, and anyone who wanted to join, we got it together. What would happen? What would happen in your family? What would happen in your workplace? What would happen in your community? Yeah.15:11 There may be some drama that come out of it. That's a given. Maybe some difficulty that comes out of it. That's a given. But today what we're gonna look at is 2 individuals who saw God15:23 move when they relied on 1 another, when they looked and they saw the value of each other. I want you to look at first Kings chapter 17 with just a few15:35 moments we have together. If I've already offended you or challenged you this morning, please send all complaint emails to pastor Kenny, kenny k purdue at15:46 alifc online dot com. He'll funnel everything for you. First Kings chapter 17 verse 8. We come to a famous prophet by the15:58 prophet of the name Elijah. He was a man of God that spoke and was the voice of God. Before Jesus, the people who spoke on behalf of God, because16:10 now once Jesus comes in the picture, what happens is is when Jesus dies and ascends to heaven, he he gives us the holy spirit, which is also known as the comforter, and the holy spirit is also the presence16:22 of God. And so prior to us having the Holy Spirit, where now God speaks directly to us by the word of God, through the Holy Spirit, through through through confirming things16:34 to us, the Holy Spirit will minister to us. Prior to that though, God had prophets. These prophets would speak the word of the Lord. It would be there to encourage, to rebuke,16:46 or to challenge the people of Israel, and so you had someone like King David, and then King David, there were prophets during King David's time like Samuel. So King David was the ruler of Israel, and16:58 Samuel would have been the prophet of Israel that spoke the word of God, and it was King David's job to administer the way that the prophet was telling King David to do. And that's why you see when King17:10 David sinned by having an affair with Bathsheba, Samuel came in and he spoke to David and rebuked him and told him how dare you do what you did. He was speaking on behalf of God. And so Elijah as a17:22 prophet was 1 who was a man of God and who would hear God. And you would think naturally he'd probably be the 1 most blessed by God, Most most Having the17:33 most perfect life by God, but that's not the case as we see. As we see in this moment, the whole region of Israel and Lebanon and all surrounding countries are in a famine. It has not rained17:45 for a very long time. So food and crops and flour and water, vegetation, it is hard to find. During those days, there was no,17:58 fabrication of water. There was no way to reverse osmosis seawater into regular water or anything like that. They relied purely on rain to live. And so what happens is18:09 is Elijah, as a prophet of God, he is starving. He's probably been praying to God, God, like you did the children of Israel, why don't you just bring some manna from18:21 heaven, appear from heaven? And it's not happening. He's starving to death. And so what happens is is we see Elijah's need for bread, and18:33 so what happens is First Kings chapter 17, look at this in verse 8, and we're gonna go kind of cluster by cluster. It says this. Then the word of the Lord came to him, arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to18:45 Sidon. This is modern day Lebanon, and dwell there. Behold, I've commanded a widow there to feed you. So he arose and he went to Zarephath. And when he18:56 came to the gate of the city, behold, a a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, bring me a little water in a vessel that that I may19:08 drink. And as she was going to bring it, he called her and he said, and now bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. Elijah's starving,19:21 and what happens is is as Elijah's starving, God brings a word to Elijah, and as God brings a word to Elijah, I could imagine Elijah says, okay. Here it comes, the manna19:33 from heaven. It's gonna appear just like the days of Israel. And then God tells him, okay, Elijah, I need you to go to a place called Zarephath.19:45 You know, it's like he told you to go to the most inward part of Las Vegas, of Sin City, the red light district in Amsterdam,19:58 the most decrepit place. This is a place where they worship Baal, they worshiped pagan gods. He's talking about this isn't in Israel. This isn't where people know who God is. This20:10 isn't the place where people follow God. This is pagan people who worship Baal and worship Asher and all these other gods, and their lifestyle is different than20:22 Elijah's. And so he says, I need you to leave Israel and go to a place where you're uncomfortable, Zarephath, where no 1 cares if you're a prophet of God, where no 1 cares that you're God's best20:33 and expecting nothing less, where no 1 cares that you're blessed and highly favored, where no 1 care Whatever little statements you have, Elijah, as a man of God, where you're going, nobody20:45 cares about that. And there you're gonna find a pagan widow woman who once again does not care who you are.20:57 Because in Israel, you could walk around and, I'm a prophet of God. Let me get some bread. And they say, Oh, yes. Yes. Because they'll expect a blessing from it. They'll expect something in return. And so this woman has21:07 no idea who Elijah is. And so Elijah now is challenged to go to a place and to rely on a woman who does not care who he is, this person not partShow more In this video 0:00 The Power of Togetherness4:34 Faith and Provision21:14 Boasting in the Lord1:02:32
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