Do Not Sacrifice People for Things | 1 John 2:15-23 | Pastor Andy Rock

The phrase ‘eternal life’ literally means ‘life of the age to come.’ You are built for heaven- for the life of the age to come. You are literally designed so that you could bring heaven here on earth, and so the eternal life Jesus gives you would start right now. How? Do not love the world. Do not sacrifice yourself, or anyone else, for a thing in this world. Do not lust for things or people or power or position. Put all of your affection, all of your love, on your Heavenly Father. Remain in Him and in the intimacy He shares with the Son.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.  

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

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How to deal with irritating people | 1 John 2:7-14 | Pastor Andy Rock

Hate is not the opposite of love. Indifference is. Love is the energy directed towards another person for their sake so that it costs you. Hate is the energy directed at another person for your sake so that it costs them. Hate makes you blind. When you use all this energy against someone, you have no idea the damage you’re doing until it gets brought into the light. Jesus takes all your hate and absorbs it. This frees us to bring it into the light. Confess your pain, your hurt, and your hate. Confession breaks its power. Then you can forgive as you have been forgiven by Jesus.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.  

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

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We Have No Idea How Good Jesus Is | 1 John 2 | Pastor Andy Rock

Walking with God is about letting Jesus love all the parts of you, and then letting that love spill out onto others. You'll then be able to love your enemies, bear their burdens, and lay down your life for them. All because Jesus has done that for you. Your neighbors and friends don't care about your arguments or how many Bible verses you can quote. But they will be changed forever if you love them well. Be open to stepping out of your comfort zone and into the messy lives of those around you just as Jesus did the same for you. In order to be filled, you must continually be poured out.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.  

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

For Our Joy | 1 John 1:1-10 | Pastor Andy Rock

Jesus knows all the dark places in your heart and in your behavior…and still he comes for you, still he pursues you, still he chooses you with all the love and hope and mercy and grace Heaven can provide. Confess and be forgiven. Be vulnerable and experience fellowship and joy. Jesus left heaven for you, has died for your darkness, and his greatest desire is to love you and see you healed. Do not delay. Take the risk to be honest with Jesus about what’s happening in your life and you will experience true fellowship and joy with Him.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.  

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Unhindered | Acts 28:11-31 | Pastor Paul Dugan

And the book of Acts abruptly with Paul “Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.” We bear witness to Paul’s efforts to spread the good news to the world around him. Until this point, we’ve only observed from the outside but the Holy Spirit wants more. We are intended to be characters in the Kingdom Story. As with Paul, we will experience our fair share of trial and rejection. The gospel journey is not an easy one. Thankfully we don’t have to go it alone. Like Paul, the Holy Spirit will enable and equip us to endure. Will you invite our king Jesus into your story to be the author and finisher of your faith? Will you share the gospel with openness, unhindered?

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.  

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

A Series of Unfortunate Events | Acts 27 | Pastor Andy Rock

When you have Jesus, He will take the pain caused by others’ free will and turn it into something better. When you have Jesus, the hardship and the “are you serious?” moments still hurt but you can find meaning in the suffering. When you move through trials with faith and love, you allow peace and mercy to be part of the journey. When you have Jesus your life, even in the storms, there is purpose. What is the way forward through the storm? Listen to Jesus. You will not end up where you expected but it will be where you’re supposed to be.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Scarcity is Not Loving Well | Acts 24 | Pastor Andy Rock

What is the advantage of doing nothing when a need is placed before us? Doing nothing feels safe, costs us nothing, and avoids having to enter the messy realities of a situation. Scarcity believes that if I give of my time, energy, or money, there won’t be enough. So we hold back. You have people in your life, right now, that are in need. They need to be loved well. They are your children, your spouses, your grandchildren, your friends, and the people sitting next to you. Would you be willing to go to war against the lie of scarcity that you don’t have enough, so you can love well?

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Telling The Truth | Acts 23 | Pastor Andy Rock

Today is about the heart of God for us when we face injustice, evil, or confrontation. As God’s people, we lead and live with the Gospel. Jesus is the Author and Creator and Redeemer of all things. And yet Jesus doesn’t live like he is entitled. Instead of demanding, Jesus sacrifices. Instead of insisting, Jesus loves. Instead of being defensive and accusing, Jesus speaks the truth in love. Instead of forcing, Jesus invites. Instead of controlling, Jesus allows for your free will. Instead of punishing, Jesus suffers with you and for you and in your place. You can trust this Jesus.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Facing Pain | Acts 22-23 | Pastor Andy Rock

Obeying God always leads to life. Sometimes the path toward life is also painful, but God is never absent in your pain. God will use that grief, that loss, that terrible wound to reach more people with the hope of His love than you could ever imagine. God doesn’t allow pain for this purpose. Pain just happens. We live in a broken world, but God does take that pain and transform it for His good. You have a mission. You have a purpose. Don’t let pain stop you. Don’t let discomfort stop you. You’re not a doormat. You can speak up. You can have boundaries, but don’t you dare lose heart when the pain comes. Face your pain with hope. Face your pain with faith. Face your pain with prayers. Face your pain knowing that God will use it for His good.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Falling Down | Acts 20 | Pastor Andy Rock

You see, the church is not a building, not an event. In the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, you are the church. You get to join Jesus in his resurrection work. Think of all the ways you sacrifice in life- you sacrifice time for your children and grandchildren, you make time for medical emergencies, and you sacrifice and save to go on vacations. Jesus deserves your sacrifice, and so do the people He is putting in front of you. Your prayers and generosity make a difference. There are so many people who are dying all around us, dead from sin and rebellion. What do they need from you? They need you to go to them. They need your embrace. They need your love. They need your prayers. You might be the only church they ever see. He found you and healed you and now is showing you how to repent, how to have faith, and how to love. You have things to say and you have things to do that are important, that will literally bring life in the middle of a situation full of death.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

A Hopeful Prayer from a Heavy Heart | Psalm 143 | Pastor Paul Dugan

The Psalms are literary art. Hebrew poetry invites us to slow down and experience God with more than our intellect- but also with our imagination and the full reality of human emotion. What do we learn as we pray the Psalms? We learn that intimacy with God is not the absence of adversity, but the presence of God within it. Intimacy is fueled by the Spirit and nurtured through trust. Intimacy is the gritty confidence that is grounded in the blessed love of God in the face of danger. The psalter was the prayer book of Jesus. When you pray the psalms, Jesus is praying with you, in his full humanity. And so is His church. You are not alone.

Pastor Paul Dugan is the Pastor of Mission & Discipleship at Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Wise Men Still Ask For Directions | Matthew 2:1-12 | Pastor Paul Dugan

On New Years, we had a special One Service Sunday. This included special worship, a special love feast, and a special sermon reflecting on the previous year. We take time to reflect on how God has demonstrated His faithfulness in our past and how that gives us confidence in our future. God is faithful to be present in our lives if we give Him permission.

Pastor Paul Dugan is the Pastor of Mission & Discipleship at Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast.

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

The Jr. High Jesus | Luke 2:41-52 | Pastor Andy Rock

Through his son, God drew near to us when we hated him. Will he remain distant now that we hope we can please him? He eagerly suffered for us when we were failing, as orphans. Will he cross his arms over our failures now that we are his adopted children? His heart was gentle and lowly toward us when we were lost. Will his heart be anything different toward us now that we are found? Find your rest in the promise that God will be forever present through every season of your life.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Mary's Trust | Luke 1 | Pastor Andy Rock

We assume hardship and difficulty are evidence that God has failed us. All of us wonder how God is going to accomplish his good and pleasing plan in the face of impossible situations. What is this “wonder”? It is a wonder of joy because we believe God will come through, a wonder of hope- because we trust God is good, and a wonder of love because we know God is head over heels in love with us.  God overcomes our failures and our terrible wounds. God overcomes the brokenness of this world and all its gritty details of want and need. No word from God ever fails.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Understanding God | Luke 1 | Pastor Andy Rock

Listening to Jesus is paying attention to His heart and direction all throughout the day. We don’t listen once and then go off on our own. It is a continuous conversation. How can we recognize God’s voice among all the other ‘voices’? His voice becomes more familiar each time we pause to listen. When you hear the voice of Jesus, your shame is lifted. Your abandonment is erased. You are claimed as God’s beloved child. You now have honor embossed onto your very soul. It’s an honor that cannot be lost or tarnished. You are forever claimed by your Heavenly Father as wanted, loved, beautiful, worthy, and enough. This is God’s heart for you.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

How to Destroy Hopelessness | Matthew 1 | Pastor Andy Rock

In the midst of the Christmas story, facing controversy and uncertainty, Joseph grabbed onto hope. Look at the impact of this hope: Jesus learned from his stepdad to love others even when it costs you. When Jesus faced his own death—the most hopeless and fearful of all situations anyone can face—Jesus took a page out of his adopted father’s playbook. Jesus submitted himself to God’s plan, one with lots of pain involved, even if he couldn’t see the other side of God’s good promises. So Jesus chose to die, chose to stay on the cross, chose to suffer its scorn and shame because on the other side of his death was the hope of resurrection…a resurrection he could not see.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

She said what?!? | Acts 16 | Pastor Andy Rock

We will be hurt by people around us. Sometimes it will be unintentional and other times they will actively seek to cause us pain. Our reaction is what happens to us when we are hurt. Our response is our choice about how we move forward. We can react with sorrow and pain, and then choose to respond with resentment, or choose to forgive. To forgive is to hand over the right to judge to Jesus. We cannot begin the journey toward reconciliation without first forgiving.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website : https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

The Road Less Traveled | Acts 16 | Pastor Andy Rock

Your journey of salvation and healing, your journey of growth and purpose, it takes time. Bit by bit. Step by step. You’re going to make a lot of mistakes. You’re going to head down paths that Jesus will warn you against. You’re going to push…and Jesus will just put his hand on your forehead. You’re going to hurt others. The Road Less Traveled isn’t the road where you don’t make mistakes. The Road Less Traveled, or as Jesus puts it, the narrow way- the Kingdom of God way - is the road of repentance. Place your faith in Jesus and take your next step.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Managing Conflict with Courage and Kindness | Acts 15 | Pastor Paul Dugan

We have and will always face conflict. It’s just a natural part of life. How we handle conflict has a huge impact on our lives and relationships. Every conflict involves a calibration of two core values- the value of the relationship and the value of the issue. Our debates and decisions must take place in a community under the authority of Scripture, where we see the missional heart of God for all people. How can we use conflict as a bridge for the gospel of Christ? We must be sure to set our own agendas to the side, listen and obey the scriptures, and be willing to listen. Setting our hearts on the things above, we will allow the Holy Spirit to direct us in conflict and restoration.

Pastor Paul Dugan is the Pastor of Mission & Discipleship at Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give

Get Back Up | Acts 14 | Pastor Andy Rock

As humans, we are full of contradictions. We want God, but on our own terms. The message of grace is this: You cannot earn the blessings of God. Nor will those blessings be exchanged for curses if you make a single mistake. God is gracious to you, not because of your character, but because of God’s character: our Heavenly Father is gracious. The story we all need to hear is how, even when we endure the hardships and sufferings of this life, our Jesus will sustain us…provide for us…resurrect us. Don’t share with your family member your resume of success. Share the story of how you were attempting to earn it all and it crushed you, how the grace of Jesus saved you, and how your faith in Jesus and the prayers of your friends helped you get back up.

Pastor Andy Rock is the Senior Pastor of Coastal Community Church. It’s located in Grover Beach, CA, and serves communities across the central coast. 

Join us online each week on Sunday morning at 9am for our weekly live stream. We also have two in-person services at 9am and 10:40am in our sanctuary.

Coastal Community Church is located at 1830 Farroll Road, Grover Beach, CA 93420.

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mycoastal.org

Online giving and tithe: https://www.mycoastal.org/give