FCC Students Sermons

This week, we're talking about the connection between love and forgiveness. For some, even seeing God as love may be challenging because of their circumstances or past experiences. We will be reminding student of the valuable truth that, because of Jesus, they are forgiven and to help them see that forgiveness is a result of God's love for them. Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8, Luke 23:32-43 NLT...

The story of humanity starts with the love of God. In our rebellion and sin, God could have met us with anger, wrath, and punishment...but in His Goodness He meets us with Grace and Love. And since God has met us with this love, the call for the Christian is to show the same love for others. Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21 NLT Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- stude...

Have you ever wonder what exactly is "prayer"? Have you ever questioned if God is hearing your prayers? Do you ever shy away from prayer? This one-off message we will get into a broad overview of how to pray and how not to shy away from having a relationship with God. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Psalms 68:5, Romans 8:15, Hebrews 5:7, Matthew 7:7-8, Psalms 139:4, Ecclesiastes 5:1-3,...

It's hard to trust God, especially when everything around us feels off. Tonight we'll unpack how trust isn't a feeling, it's a verb. It's not something we feel, it's something we do! Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 Galatians 6:7-10 NLT Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Feelings are not Forever: Tap into the power of mindset and use the Word of God to change the soundtrack of thoughts running through our minds on repeat Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4-8 Philippians 4:4-13 Psalm 16:8 NIV Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

We can choose the truth of scripture to quiet the critic in our life. God created us with talents and purpose. We can trust God to help us be bold enough to use them. Scripture: Luke 4:16-21 NLT Mark 6:1-3 NLT Hebrews 12:2 NLT Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Many times we shut down when the storms and trials of life come upon us. We begin to sink in the waves of worry and doubt. Yet Christ always comes to take our hands and pull us out of worry, of anxiety and is ready to renew us. Many times we must wait for the Lord, and in waiting for His response, we should always seek to have faith, even so the size of a mustard seed. The Lord is close to the bro...

In our daily lives, we tend to dwell on the lies that we have been told or told ourselves. We must face these lies and counter them with the truth that God has proclaimed over us to grow in the life that He has called us to. Scripture: Luke 12:22-31, Psalms 119:49-64, 1 Peter 2:9-10 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsant...

Do you ever feel that you can't shut of your brain? Do negative thoughts rehearse themselves over and over in your mind? What if you could find a way to turn down the volume on your negative thoughts and replace them with the truth of what God says through His word? Scripture: Romans 12:2, Romans 8:9

The disciples wanted to know who was going to be the greatest among them. They wanted honor, fame, glory, and to sit next to Jesus in heaven. Jesus turned everything upside down and told them that whoever wants to be great should be the greatest servant among them. Matthew 20:20-28 Is there anything you want to be known for one day? If so, what is it? Read Matthew 20:25-28. How does Jesus define g...

John the Baptist spent his ministry in preaching the truth. He spoke on tough things while keeping it simple. This simple message that he regularly spoke was an act of repentance. Knowing and understanding true repentance is essential in our walk with Christ. Luke 3:1-2, Luke 3:2-3, Luke 3:4-6, Luke 1:13-17, Luke 1:76-77, Luke 3:7-9, Luke 3:10-14, Luke 3:15-18 John told the truth simply; repent an...

Choosing joy isn't a spiritual band-aid or a quick fix to our stress and worry. It's a chance to be honest about the stress and worry we're feeling while still choosing to trust God and experience His goodness in the middle of it. Acts 16:25 When you think about the future, what excites you? And what stresses you out? On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you struggle with not being in...

When it feels like you are facing Everything Everywhere all at once, God sometimes uses other people to help us through difficult times. We should lean into receiving help from and giving help to others around us. Proverbs 29:25, John 19:25-27, Hebrews 10:23-25, and Galatians 6:2.

In today's world, there are so many things that might add stress to our lives. This could be relationships, family, school, or even our faith. This stress can have a major impact on our daily lives and prevent us from living a life characterized by God's peace. The truth is, God loves us so much that He has given us a way to handle stress, by casting all of our cares onto Him, because He...

The trap of comparing ourselves to others steals our joy and peace. But God doesn't compare us to others. He sees us through the lens of His perfect love. There's nothing we could ever do to lessen our value to Him. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 4:23; Ephesians 3:14-21 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsan...

While the Bible doesn't contain everything we WANT to know, it sure does contain everything we NEED to know. Tonight we unpack how God designed His Word to be used in the daily life of a Christian. Scripture: Psalm 119:105 // Exodus 16:1-18 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

the Bible is light for our life. It may not always give us specific answers that we want in the moment. But overtime, it illuminates the path of our lives. Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16, Genesis 2:7, John 17:3 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Understanding the Bible can seem overwhelming at times, especially the hard stuff that doesn't seem to make sense to us. The reason this can happen is because we don't read the Bible in its full context. In order to understand the Bible, we need to be sure we know how to read it in context. People, places, time periods, cultures, etc are all explained more clearly when we have the contex...

Though it's the most popular book of all time, for many the Bible sits in the home collecting dust or holding down papers. What if we saw the Bible differently? What if we saw it as the living Word of God? How might that change how we interact with this timeless book? Scripture: John 1:1-5 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org Webs...

No one wants to be told what to do, right? So we say things like "you do you" and allow all people to make their own decisions. That seems to work for our culture, but does it work for God? While our culture preaches tolerance, our God preaches repentance - and the difference is life-changing. Scripture: Romans 1:20-2:4 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Em...

God gave us perfect definitions to set us up for life in its fullest, but all of those were destroyed when sin entered the world. Since then, humans have been trying our best to 'rebuild' perfection our world and our souls by creating our own definitions of who we are. What if instead we listened to the voice of God and trusted that His definition of things is in fact the best thing for...

God's grace is unfairly good! We are spared from the punishment we deserve - thank God! So often we long for what's fair, but Jesus' death on the cross was the most unfair moment of human history. Scripture: Matthew 26: 33-35 | John 21:15-17 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org

Many things may come to mind when thinking about random trivial facts about our secular world. What comes to your mind when you think about God? What about Jesus' death on the cross? In this message we discuss what His death on the cross meant. Jesus used His last words to fulfill God's promise to His people. What will we do with our lives and last words? Scripture: John 19:28-30, John 3...

Some of Jesus final prayers were about the unity of His people. Of all the things that Jesus could have prayed for...why unity? This week we'll unpack the power that unity has...and the power that divison has. We'll see that Jesus cared so much about unity in the church that He was willing to give His life for it. And we'll unpack what role each believer needs to play in seeking uni...

You get to live out who God made you to be. You can be uniquely you, and stay true to who you really are. Scripture: Psalm 8:3-9. Genesis 1:27a Colossians 1:15 NLT Resources: FaceBook- FCC Student Ministry Instagram- @fccstudents Email- students@fccsantamaria.org