The vision of Mercy Culture is to take people from corporate encounters with God to daily personal encounters with God.
At Mercy Culture, one of our unique characteristics is that we are a presence driven church. We are not built around any person or ministry. We are built around the presence of God. Each week, you will hear a teaching from our Senior Pastors, Landon and Heather Schott or another leader in our community.
To learn more about Mercy Culture, visit mercyculture.com.
Pastor Steve’s Summer of Prayer message, “The Prayer That Changes Everything,” focused on how prayer transforms our lives and aligns us with God’s will. He emphasized that prayer is more than asking — it’s a conversation with our Father, rooted in intimacy and obedience. Using examples from Scripture, including David and the Lord’s Prayer, he encouraged believers to surrender daily, seek God’s presence with expectation, and engage in personal encounters that bring breakthrough, provision, and spiritual clarity. The message called the Church to a lifestyle of continual prayer, obedience, and holy alignment with God’s heart.
In this "Summer of Prayer" series message, Pastor Isaac Hector unpacks Matthew 6:10—"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven"—calling believers to understand God's throne and authority, surrender their own will to His, and take up the assignment of watchmen. Pastor Isaac challenges the church to move from spiritual sleep into active prayer, intercession, and obedience, with a particular call to fathers to lead their families spiritually in this pivotal hour. This sermon explores what it means to pray kingdom prayers, guard our hearts and homes, and be awakened to God's movement on the earth.
Pastor Clay’s Summer of Prayer message, “Holy is Your Name,” invites us to learn how to pray and encounter God personally. He emphasizes that prayer is a conversation with our Father, made possible by Jesus restoring intimacy with God. The teaching explores the radical meaning of “Our Father,” the access it gives us, and how God’s holiness shapes our prayers and perspective. It encourages believers to connect with God daily, moving beyond ritual or church culture, and to step into encounters and visitations with expectation, boldness, and faith.
What if your sexuality isn't actually your identity? Three people who once identified within the LGBTQ+ community sat down to answer that question — and their testimonies are proof that Jesus still heals, still delivers, and still makes all things new. This isn't conversion therapy — it's freedom that comes only from encountering God. In today's episode, Jaelen, Mark, and Cheyenne get authentic about what God did when they stopped letting culture define them. 📖 SCRIPTURES REFERENCED 📖 Genesis 3, Proverbs 28:13, Matthew 5:8, Luke 7:47, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 4:22–24, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:6 📱 Related YT Videos 📱 Expanding Territory Through Healthy Relationships - https://www.youtube.com/live/E-QpHG-A3Rs?si=aCfmuJ_tfLSzEcqW Homosexuality & Christianity – https://youtu.be/loniqzTHu6s?si=BFCAdjQM_8P_TnM0 Homosexuality + LGBTQ Lifestyle | Unscarred With Heather Schott | Freedom Story With Jasmine Weiler – https://youtu.be/wRO0AOUN5_o?si=MM2tCZPBjihcQeXC 📋 Ad Information 📋 The M Word: A Guide to Overcoming Sexual Sin, Walking in Purity, and Living in Lasting Freedom. https://www.amazon.com/Word-Overcoming-Walking-Lasting-Freedom/dp/B0FWZLL54W Gay Awareness: Discovering the Heart of the Father and the Mind of Christ OnSexuality – https://www.amazon.com/Gay-Awareness-Discovering-Father-Sexuality/dp/1942306482 The Justice Reform Text PARTNER to 59090 https://www.thejusticereform.com/partner Lifeline Adoption Text LIFE to 59090 https://lifelinechild.org/adoption/ Mercy Culture Conference Text CONFERENCE to 59090 https://www.mercycultureconference.com MB01J04SPUVPC0M LD-LG6V0LTP2ZZU4
In this message, we begin our Summer of Prayer series by exploring the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.” Pastor Dehavilland teaches why Jesus started prayer with relationship before requests and how understanding God as Father changes the way we approach Him. Many believers know God as Savior but struggle to relate to Him as Father. Through Scripture, this message reveals how prayer flows from sonship, why the enemy attacks our identity, and how an orphan spirit can keep us from experiencing the confidence and intimacy God desires for His children. You’ll also gain a biblical picture of what happens when you pray. Your prayers are not lost in the air—they rise before the throne of God, are received in Heaven, and become part of His purposes on the earth. As we examine the holiness of God, we are reminded that prayer is not simply about bringing requests; it is about encountering the One who is unlike any other. Whether you are new to prayer or longing for a deeper relationship with God, this message will encourage you to approach Him with confidence, intimacy, and reverence. Prayer is not about saying the perfect words—it is about knowing your Father, encountering His holiness, and partnering with Heaven. Because when you come to God in prayer, you acknowledge who He is: your Father, who is in Heaven, and whose name is holy.
We desire to live lives fully surrendered to the Holy Spirit! During this sermon, Pastor Jaco teaches us how to lead our homes in a way that invites the Lord into every area of our lives.
Lead Pastor Will Ford teaches that the Lord’s Prayer is not merely a prayer to recite but a framework that reveals how believers encounter God as both Father and King. Focusing on “Hallowed Be Your Name,” he shows that prayer begins with honoring God’s holiness, carrying His name faithfully, and aligning with His kingdom purposes rather than our own. Through biblical and historical context, Pastor Will challenges believers to embrace their identity as sons and daughters, partner with God through prayer, and become living answers to the prayer, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done.”
In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to pray, drawing from Matthew 6 and the Lord's Prayer. He unpacks how the foundation of a healthy prayer life is not about having the right words, the right volume, or the right spiritual mannerisms, it is about seeing God rightly as a good and holy Father. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop performing in prayer and to start conversating with their Heavenly Father from a place of authentic relationship. Pastor Sean warns that the orphan spirit is one of the greatest hindrances to prayer, because when you view God as a harsh and distant master rather than a loving Father, you will either disengage from prayer altogether or use it to impress others. He calls the church to receive the spirit of adoption, because it is that spirit that causes you to cry out Abba Father and breaks every wall between you and God. This message challenges believers, and especially men, to step into the place of prayer daily, because a church that does not pray is a dead church and a family that does not pray is a dead family. Prayer is not separate from action, it is the ultimate action that bathes everything else in the power and presence of God. The vision of Mercy Culture is to take people from corporate encounters with God to daily personal encounters with God. At Mercy Culture, one of our unique characteristics is that we are a presence driven church. We are not built around any person or ministry. We are built around the presence of God. Each week, you will hear a teaching from our Lead Pastors, Les and Nikki Cody or another leader in our community. To learn more about Mercy Culture, visit https://mercyculturewaco.com
Prayer is more than a spiritual discipline—it’s a response to the revelation of who God is. In this message, we look at Isaiah’s encounter with the Lord in Isaiah 6 and discover how seeing God as holy transforms our worship, our perspective, and our prayers. Jesus taught His disciples to begin prayer with “Hallowed be Your name,” reminding us that prayer starts with God’s nature, not our needs. When we see Him rightly—high and lifted up, holy above every circumstance—we stop praying from fear and begin praying with authority.
The church has gone SOFT on sin — and it's destroying the body of Christ. In this episode, Pastor Landon Schott goes straight to 1 Corinthians 5 and calls out what too many pastors are afraid to say: unrepentant sexual immorality has no place in the church, and leadership that ignores it is failing their congregation.
