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Beyond the Miracle: Lessons from Jesus Feeding the 5,000 || Pastor Adam Mesa
February 23, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
Series Patria Sermons February 23, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min · Patria 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 Vision of Beyond 0:00 Right. Well amen. It's so good to see everybody here today. Can we really quickly, right now today, joining all of our services or all of our campuses, so can we show love to Pomona0:12 campus, Alameda campus, all those online? Welcome all those that are joining us for service today. As all of you know, we have been in a campaign, called Beyond,0:24 as we have seen God do some incredible things in our church. And so, if you have your journals, would you pull them out, and would you jump in to week what are we in, week 4? We're in week 4. Go0:35 ahead and turn your page in your journals to week 4. If you're haven't been for a couple weeks, that's Okay. At our campuses, everyone's doing it a little different. So if you don't have a journal, then I0:47 think at our promoted campus, Alameda campus, you could just raise your hand. Someone from the Dream Team will be able to get it to you. If you're here in Rancho, outside in our foyer, at our welcome desk, in our dream0:58 team desk, our team will have them for you when you leave service today. And we've been in a 6 week series talking about all the things God is doing in our church, and as our church has been absolutely1:10 growing, and God has been moving in incredible ways. And so, I want to remind all of you, and if you're newer to Patria, you're just visiting or you're just checking out, in a few moments we'll start the message, but I1:22 want to remind everyone who considers Patria home what we've been doing as a church is we've been believing God that over the next 3 years our church has a vision of 20000000 dollars1:33 as a church. And we believe that God is doing incredible things in our church, and it's not just for 1 person to do. Someone recently asked me Pastor Adam, what would happen if1:45 1 person came and gave 20000000 dollars? My response was then it would become a 40000000 dollar campaign. Because I believe it's a challenge to the church body, not to 1 individual.1:57 That we want everyone to be able to benefit what it looks like to do their part in God's kingdom. And so, I'll tell you this, I have a hundred, myself and our entire team, we have a hundred million dollar vision to reach2:09 people for Jesus. We just, it was scary y'all, if you heard it all. And so, we're sharing 20, which after our courtyard, which next weekend is gonna be finished, you could take2:20 1700000.0 off of our 20000000 dollar vision. And so, it's already starting to lessen, and you can see up on the screen all the great things that are happening in our campus. Pomona needs2:32 more parking, they're out. Rancho needs more parking, and so we're putting new parking in Pomona, new parking in Rancho, new kids facilities in Rancho, with an entire new big kids classroom,2:44 entire new back play area for our kids. Additionally, we want to believe God for our Corona campus, a physical site, our Alameda campus, a purchase site, because right now we lease2:55 there. And so we're believing God that we're making an impact in the city. I met someone, I got to speak this past Wednesday at our Alameda campus. I met someone who was their first time. They found3:07 us on Facebook. They said they had been struggling with addiction for many years, but has just recently over the past couple years become sober. And by the end of the service, they raised their hand and gave their life3:17 to Jesus Christ. He even challenged me before service. He said, you know, I'm looking for a church. Maybe it'll be your guys', maybe it won't. Sure enough, by the end of the sermon when he gave his life to Jesus, he went3:29 to me, he said, I'll see you next week. And so, that's the kind of impact that we're talking about that we do as a church. We don't build buildings, we build people. Buildings are places where we build though.3:41 It's often times where we build people, we pray for marriages, we believe God for miracles, signs, and wonders, and God does those things. And so, 1 last thing, we have 2 dates. Next week, it's already coming up.3:53 Next weekend is our commitment weekend. And so we want to encourage every person to come, and what we're doing as a church is in your journal, I don't I don't have 1 up here, but if I had 1 I'd show you your4:05 commitment card. I know, look Darius would throw throw it at me Darius, just throw it. You don't have a commitment card, because is it already prefilled out? No? Look at this. Dollars 50000000. My goodness,4:17 look at that. You're gonna sell a movie, Darius. You're gonna, he's an actor. So we have our commitment card Sunday, which is our pledge Sunday. So all this says, it says hey, if you heard last week we were talking about4:28 hearing the voice of God, it's hey, me and my family, or I myself, I've sat down and I've talked to God, and I've said God, if you would want us to be a part of this, what would you want us to do? We're not asking you4:39 that you listen to Pastor Adam, I'm asking that you just listen to God. And so if God would stretch you and encourage you to do something, then next weekend we're saying hey, we're gonna bring it all to service, and4:51 we're gonna turn these in together, we're gonna celebrate that over the next 3 years, it's it's a pledge for the next 3 years to say hey, this is what I believe me and my family can do above our tithes and offering, but5:02 only 19 percent of our church gives. And so 80 percent of the church that gathers every Sunday doesn't give a dollar every single week. And so it takes finances to do the work of ministry. And so5:14 my just ask is, if you're part of that 80 percent, would you just like Malachi says, would you test God over the next 36 months? You may not be at a place of tithing yet in your life, but would5:26 you engage with this pledge card and see what God would have you do? Some people may say, I'm on a fixed income. I can't I can't give on Miracle Sunday. That doesn't mean you can't fill out the pledge card. Maybe you5:37 can't start giving till November. Maybe you can't start giving till after tax season. Everybody's different, finances are different, budget is different. All we're saying is, this is what the church can believe God for,5:48 is what he's gonna do over the next 3 years, so that we can start putting the miracles in motion of what God's going to do. And I'll tell you this, as the money comes in, the money will go out and we'll immediately start5:58 going to all the projects that we're working on. And so lastly, we're asking that everyone come on the eighth and ninth, and I know some people travel and all that, so you can already start putting it in if you're gone,6:08 but we really want to do it together if you can come to the services. On the eighth and ninth, we're saying, hey bring, would you bring 1 miracle offering that'll immediately go towards getting projects done? And we'll6:19 immediately start telling you what those projects are as it comes in. We don't want to say the project ahead of time because too much or too less may come in. It just depends on what comes in on the miracle offering, and6:29 it will begin. I'll tell you this though, the projects will start right away. And so we're believing God on the eighth and ninth, and you'll have the next 3 weekends at that point to come and bring if God would put6:38 something on your miracle offering. And if you absolutely cannot in this season, that's okay. We're still believing God over your finances, that by the end of the year you will see an increase, and you'll say, God, I6:50 wasn't expecting this. I want to partner with what my church is doing. And so whether right now is a good time or not, what we're doing though as a church is we're putting vision because God is moving. And so be praying7:00 for what God is doing. I already saw a property this past Friday in Corona, and so we're actively looking for campuses to be able to plant. We're probably, you know, we're just believing God. We're gonna be making like7:12 50 percent offers on stuff, and just hope that people are desperate enough to sell, and we'll start doing ministry. And so we're very excited about what God is doing in all of the cities to make an impact.7:23 Well, let's continue to let God speak to us about not only what he's doing in beyond, because Ephesians 3 20 says that God does do exceedingly abundant beyond more than anything we ask or7:35 think, and that's what we're believing God for in this season, but I believe also God is speaking to you. What God does in his church, he does in people's homes. And so if you see God moving in the7:47 church, God is going to move in your home and in your life. And so that's what we believe God is doing in this season. And so I want you to see this verse for just a moment. Or actually,Miracles in Community 7:58 if you have a Bible, would you turn to John chapter 6 and hold your finger there, because first we're gonna hear about an incredible family about how God has been moving in their8:10 life at our Pomona campus. So let's check it out.8:19 My name is Muriel Lark, and I've been a member of Patriot Church since 2009.8:23 My name is Melanie Celestine. I've been attending Patriot since 2003.8:29 In 2022, I went in to for an, to an orthopedic surgeon to have my knee replaced, and he gave me a list of examinations that8:41 I needed to have in order to do that. 1 of them was a colonoscopy. That's when I had, that colonoscopy that showed a mass in my8:53 colon, and the mass in my colon turned out to be malignant. So I was scheduled to have surgery on May 30 first. My pre op was scheduled for May 20 ninth.9:03 And 2 weeks to the day before her surgery, I was walking our dogs in a park I've walked in my entire life, and I tripped and fell. And I thought I had just sprained my ankle, you know, I hopped up,9:16 I hobbled home, and I babied it for a couple of days. And after about 8 days, I realized it wasn't getting any better, and then I should probably go to the doctor. And so9:28 Monday of the week of my mom's surgery, I make it to the the surgeon, and he says it's broken. It's not a sprain. It's broken in 2 places. And because I9:40 had walked on it for 10 days, I now needed surgery. And so my surgery was scheduled for 2 days before my mom's. And so she was scheduled for surgery on Friday, and I was scheduled for surgery9:52 on Wednesday. I began to sob in the middle of the doctor's office, and I just thought, you know, this is my mom. I'm her only child. I'm her person. If I can't10:03 take care of her, then10:06 who would? I have this this history with Boona, and Boona calls me, like, 2 or 3 times a week, kinda like his spiritual mother. And so when Boona called,10:18 it was getting close to time for surgery, and I finally broke down and told him. And the first thing thing he asked me was, is it okay if I tell the pastors because we pray and when we10:30 have our group prayer as church employees that he would like to share that, and he did. Well, then I heard from pastor Dolores. I heard from pastor Steve. I even heard from pastor10:42 Aaron. The day after my surgery, which was that Saturday, pastor Steve and pastor Dolores came to the hospital. And later on that day, Boona came to the hospital.10:52 He just began to send people10:57 who10:57 showed up for us and prayed with us. And when I would be sobbing at the altar, pastor Dee would be there11:08 to just hug me and pray with me and weep with me and tell me it was gonna be okay.11:16 I was okay with all of that until after surgery, almost a month after surgery when I went to meet with the oncologist. And he kept telling me, we11:28 got it all. You're cancer free. We got it all. You're cancer free. He said that to me, like, 4 times. And everything else he said was wah wah wah after he said, we're gonna give you chemo and11:40 radiation. It just it wrecked me. It really did. I was a total mess. And then the Lord said to me, you are cancer free.11:53 The doctor told you that 4 times. You're cancer free. And it was like, if I'm cancer free, what are they gonna treat? I'm not gonna do it. But if you don't and what if it12:05 comes back? Well, if if you don't do this, what if if, you know, the what if started piling in a battlefield going on in my head, the battlefield of the mind. I said to myself, well, if you believe12:17 in God and you truly trust him as you always have, he's not gonna let you down. And it just I haven't thought about it 1 time since. In November, I had a CT scan,12:29 and I'm still cancer free.12:32 We walked into the gym here at Pomona, and mom walked in and saw pastor Steve and pastor Dolores. And she said, I'm cancer free.12:44 She lost it just like that. She lost it again.12:47 To share that moment, the same day we found out she was cancer free with our Patriot family who had weft with us. And now they got to rejoice with us, just like the word says. I should also mention12:59 that not only was mom cancer free, I was walking after 9 weeks and bearing full weight on my ankle after 9 weeks when the doctor said it would take 16. So God was13:11 God was doing all kind of things and just showing13:15 He is definitely there. He is trustworthy. Trust in the Lord. And that's my my favorite, prayer is trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your13:27 ways, submit to him, and he will make your path straight. And he did. He did. And it's not the first time, but that was the biggest time that he has shown me who he was. For me,13:39 God has gone above and beyond, and we are so grateful.13:48 Amen. Praise God. You know, as God works in our lives, 1 of the things we wanted to stand out was the beauty of God's church. And you saw many times how they both mentioned how their church14:00 was there for them. Not necessarily church leaders, there were some church leaders in there, but there was also people that were in the church as well, praying for them, believing God for them, encouraging them, visiting14:11 them. There's a lot of people who go through those things absolutely alone in life. God has called the church to be there for 1 another. That's the miracle. The, she's been healed, and that's a miracle.Show more In this video 0:00 The Vision of Beyond7:56 Miracles in Community14:20 The Miracle of Multiplication38:53 The Call to Serve
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