EastLake Church Chula Vista

Healthy faith, strong families, and meaningful relationships don’t happen by accident. In Week 2 of our Pray First series, we focus on what it looks like to be intentional about prayer in our homes and families.Using Deuteronomy 6, we’re reminded that God cares deeply about what happens in our homes and that prayer is meant to shape everyday life, not just church moments. As we learn to pray first, God invites us to create homes where faith is formed, values are passed on, and spiritual renewal can take root.In this message, we’ll explore how prayer helps us:Break Off the Wrong Things (Like spiritual complacency and unhealthy influences)Build Up the Right Things (A healthy picture of who God is and what it means to follow Him)Make Faith Part of Everyday Life (Not just Sundays, but daily rhythms and conversations)Create Homes of Prayer and Peace (Where the next generation can encounter God)Whether your family looks traditional, blended, single-parent, or anything in between, God has a plan to bring healing, strength, and purpose to your home as we learn to pray together and pray intentionally.––––– If this message encouraged you, share it with a family who could use hope today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue reaching people around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it look like to wait with anticipation when God’s timing doesn’t match our own? In Week 4 of our Christmas series, The Wait Is Over, Hosanna Wong walks us through the intertwined stories of Elizabeth and Mary in Luke 1 — two women who waited very differently, yet trusted the same faithful God.Through their stories, we discover that waiting doesn’t have to be passive, competitive, or hopeless. Instead, God invites us to wait with faith, obedience, and expectation for how He might surprise us next.In this message, we’ll explore how waiting in anticipation often means:Releasing Our Expectations (Trusting God’s timeline over our own)Obeying God in the Waiting (Faithfulness before clarity)Letting Others’ Miracles Stir Our Faith (Someone else’s miracle is not your competition)Worshiping Before the Breakthrough (Praising God even before the story feels finished)Elizabeth and Mary remind us that God is at work in different ways, on different timelines, for the same redemptive purpose. As we wait, we’re invited to look around with faith and ask, What might God surprise me with next?––––– If this message encouraged you, share it with someone who’s waiting today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue reaching people around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it look like to wait with joy? In Week 3 of our Christmas series, The Wait Is Over, Jeff Frazer walks us through Luke 2 and the story of the shepherds — ordinary, overlooked people who were the first to hear the Good News of Jesus’ birth. Their story reminds us that joy doesn’t come from circumstances, status, or success, but from encountering Jesus.In this message, we’ll discover how true joy:Begins at the Bottom (God meets the humble, the overlooked, and the unlikely)Transforms Fear (God’s light moves us from fear to faith and hope)Has a Name (Joy is grounded in who Jesus is — our Savior, Shepherd, and Lamb)Moves Us Upward and Outward (Joy is received, then shared with others)Through the shepherds’ response to the angels, we see that the Good News of Great Joy is for everyone — and it invites each of us to come and see and then go and tell.––––– If this message encouraged you, share it with someone who needs joy today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue reaching people around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it look like to experience peace in a season of waiting? In Week 2 of our Christmas series, The Wait Is Over, Mike Meeks unpacks the story of Simeon in Luke 2 — a man who waited for the Messiah with deep trust, active faith, clear eyes, and a heart full of joy. His life shows us that peace isn’t passive… it’s something God grows in us as we walk with Him.In this message, we’ll explore how peaceful waiting often looks like:Trust (Choosing to rely on God even when we can’t see the full story)Active Faith (Stepping forward in obedience, even before the path is clear)Eyes Open to God’s Presence (Letting Christ’s peace rule in our hearts)Joy (Discovering the eternal hope Jesus brings — our Prince of Peace)Through Simeon’s example, we’ll learn how God meets us in our waiting, forms us through it, and fills us with a peace the world cannot give.––––– If this message encouraged you, share it with someone who needs peace today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue reaching people around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it look like to live with integrity in a season of waiting? Kevin McPeak kicks off our Christmas series, The Wait is Over, unpacking how Joseph waited... with integrity. And it brought God lots of glory. In this message, we will unpack how we also can wait with integrity, and how that often looks like:- Protection (Protecting those God has entrusted us with, instead of protecting our own reputation)- Obedience (Obeying God even when others may not believe you, understand you or support you)- Commitment (Commitment to God's will and God's plan, even when it's inconvenient, unpopular, or takes thoughtful planning and perseverance) Through God's Word and the life of Joseph we will learn how we can be people who wait well, and wait with integrity. ––––– If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it mean to live from the victory Jesus has already won for you? In Week 6 of Made For This, Hosanna Wong closes out our series in Ephesians by reminding us that when we put our faith in Jesus, we already have victory. In Ephesians 6:10–18, Paul teaches that we don’t fight for victory — we stand in victory by putting on the armor of God and praying in the Spirit.Because the enemy knows who you are in Christ. The question is: do you?When you remember your identity, rely on Jesus’ strength, and put on His truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and Word — you can stand firm in every battle.––––– If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give🔔 Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

How can we live as Christ has called us to live in our relationships? How can we live worthy of our calling in our homes? In Week 5 of Made For This: A Study through the Book of Ephesians, James Grogan teaches from Ephesians 5 and 6 where Paul goes from telling us who we are, what we're made for, and how to live worthy, to telling us how this translates to our marriages, and relationships with kids, parents, and loved ones.Through God's Word we will discover how we are each called to love one another and serve one another. This is for God's glory. This is for the good of others. And this is the life we were made for!––––– If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

What does it mean in today's world to truly live like Christ? What does it look like to live worthy of the calling God has given you? In Week 4 of Made For This, Hosanna Wong teaches from Ephesians 4:1–6, where Paul shifts from reminding us who we are in Christ to how we are called to live because of Christ.Our position in Christ changes our posture in life. Living worthy looks like humility, gentleness, patience, love, and making every effort to guard unity. Not just looking spiritual—but living like Jesus in our everyday relationships. Mostly, what God does is love us — and we are called to love like Him.––––– If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today! –––––– To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.

How does Christ's love change how we live? In Week 3 of our series Made for This: A Study through the Book of Ephesians, we unpack a prayer that Paul prays, and how we too can be praying for our lives, family, friends, and church as well. In Ephesians 3:14-21 we learn to pray for strength, love, knowledge, fullness, and more... because God can do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine! So we should ask. We should imagine. And we should expect in faith that God will do exceedingly above and beyond our requests. How does Christ's love change how we live? It empowers us to live with bolder faith than ever before. ––––– If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today! ––––– – To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://eastlake.church/give  Subscribe for more messages of faith, hope, and love for your everyday life.