Written reflections from Sunday messages.
Sermon articles and reflections to help you revisit the message, go deeper in Scripture, and carry the conversation into the week.
Reshaped: Words | Week 5
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 11 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 5 of our series, Reshaped: Formed by Jesus, we are reminded that our words have power. They reveal what is happening within our hearts and have the ability to encourage, strengthen, and speak life into others. As Jesus reshapes our hearts, He also transforms the way we speak.
WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1. What have my words been revealing about my heart lately?
2. Where could I choose to build someone up in conversation this week?
WEEKLY SCRIPTURES
Matthew 15:10–20; James 3:9–10; Ephesians 4:29–32
Reshaped: Worry | Week 4
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on October 4 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 4 of our series, Reshaped: Formed by Jesus, Matthew 6:25–34 shows us that Jesus reshapes how we carry anxiety by calling us away from fear and toward deeper trust in our Father.
WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1.Does what you regularly consume (news, social media, conversations) move you more toward peace or fear?
2. What is one area of your life that seems to be a constant source of worry or fear, and what might it reveal about where you are placing your trust?
Reshaped: Attention | Week 3
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 27 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Week 3 of our series, Reshaped: Formed by Jesus, Luke 10:38–42 shows us that Jesus reshapes our attention by teaching us to recognize what matters most amid everything competing for us.
WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1. What has been getting most of your attention lately? How do you think it has been shaping you?
2. Where do you sense Jesus inviting you to slow down, listen, or give Him your attention again?
Reshaped: Greatness | Week 2
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 20 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 2 of our series, Mark 10:32–45 and Philippians 2:3–8 show us that Jesus reshapes our understanding of greatness by teaching us that power and influence are not for our own benefit, but to serve and care for others.
WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS
• When have you experienced someone use power or influence in a way that helped you thrive? What made it different?
• Where might the desire to be needed, respected, or in control be shaping how you lead or serve?
Reshaped: Follow | Week 1
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 13 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 1 of our series, Mark 1:14–20 shows us that Jesus’ call to repent, believe, and follow is an invitation to reorient our lives around Him and His Kingdom.
WEEKLY REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What part of Jesus’ invitation (repent, believe, or follow) feels most significant for you right now?
When has following Jesus required you to surrender something: comfort, a relationship, a plan, or control?
Pray for A Clean Heart
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on September 6 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Week 8 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 51 reminds us that true repentance is rooted in God’s love, not fear and that the friend David betrayed points us to Jesus, the Friend who gave His life for us, turning sorrow into joy and joy into mission.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 51, Psalm 32, Psalm 103
Pray for More of God
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 30 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 7 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 63 reminds us that even in seasons of uncertainty and need, our deepest desire can be for more than God changing our circumstances—it can be for more of God Himself.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 63, Psalm 42, Psalm 84
Pray for God’s Blessing Over Our City
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 16 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 6 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 67 reminds us that God’s blessings are not meant to stop with us, but to flow through us into the world around us so that He might be made known.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 67, Psalm 96, Psalm 112
Pray To The God Who Leads You
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 9 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 5 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 23 shows us that we can trust Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who knows us, provides for us, walks with us through every valley, and gave His life to bring us home.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 23, Psalm 25, Psalm 27
Pray Your Doubts To God
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on August 2 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In Week 4 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 73 shows us that doubt is not the enemy of faith but can become the place where God leads us into deeper trust in Him.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 73, Psalm 42, Psalm 77
The God Who Hears You
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 26 by Pastor Amen Bains. In Week 3 of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, Psalm 116 reminds us that the God we pray to is a God who truly listens. He hears our prayers, responds with compassion, and invites us to find rest in Him.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 116, Psalm 34, Psalm 130
The God Who Knows You
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 12 by Pastor Amen Bains. In the opening message of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, we begin with the disciples’ simple request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” Psalm 19 shows us that prayer begins by paying attention to the God who makes Himself known – through creation, through His Word, and most fully through His Son, Jesus Christ.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 19, Psalm 8, Psalm 104
The God Who Reveals Himself
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on July 12 by Pastor Amen Bains. In the opening message of our Psalms: Prayers for Life series, we begin with the disciples’ simple request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” Psalm 19 shows us that prayer begins by paying attention to the God who makes Himself known – through creation, through His Word, and most fully through His Son, Jesus Christ.
WEEKLY PRAYER FOCUS | Psalm 19, Psalm 8, Psalm 104
Greater Promises
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 28 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. In the final week of our Exiles series, we are reminded that God is faithful even when we are not. We often abandon the promises of God for lesser things, but Scripture calls us to trust the God who restores, renews and keeps His word.
Scripture References: Jeremiah 33:12-24
The Sounds of Restoration
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 7 by Pastor Markel Croston. Faith does not wait for circumstances to improve; it trusts God enough to obey Him in the middle of uncertainty.
In Jeremiah 32, while Jerusalem is under siege and the future looks impossible, Jeremiah buys a field as a tangible act of hope in God’s promises. This message reminds us that even when life feels unresolved, God invites us to trust Him not just in theory, but through faithful action.
A Faith That Acts
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 7 by Pastor Markel Croston. Faith does not wait for circumstances to improve; it trusts God enough to obey Him in the middle of uncertainty.
In Jeremiah 32, while Jerusalem is under siege and the future looks impossible, Jeremiah buys a field as a tangible act of hope in God’s promises. This message reminds us that even when life feels unresolved, God invites us to trust Him not just in theory, but through faithful action.
The New Covenant
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on June 7 by Pastor Amen Bains. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:31–34 and God's promise of a New Covenant. In a world where we often look for hope in better circumstances or greater effort, God offers something deeper – a transformed heart, a restored relationship with Him, and the forgiveness made possible through Jesus.
God’s Heart Towards The Suffering
Sunday message from Community Church Playa given on May 31 by Pastor Oscar Navarro. This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:15–30 and discover how God meets us in our grief without leaving us there. His promises give us a hope that can endure even when our circumstances have not yet changed.
Mourning Into Gladness
This week in our Exiles series, we look at Jeremiah 31:1–14 and discover how God meets weary people with His restoring love. Through the Good Shepherd, we’re reminded that true rest is not found in easier circumstances, but through relationship with Jesus. Even in seasons of sorrow and exhaustion, God leads His people from mourning into joy and from striving into rest.
I Will Restore You
This week in Exiles, we explore Jeremiah 30:11–24 and how God meets us in the reality of our sin and suffering. Our deepest wounds cannot heal themselves, but through Jesus, God brings restoration, healing, and new life.