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Worship is more than a song. It’s an act of war. Worship Pastor Brendan walks through 2 Chronicles 20 to show how Judah’s surrender and praise turned a battleground into a Valley of Blessing. Learn the four types of worship, what worship does in spiritual warfare, and why surrender is the starting point of victory. Part of our Spiritual Warfare series.

Vision Sunday is a look at where God is leading Mercy Culture and what He is calling us to build in the season ahead. As we look toward 2027, we are choosing to strengthen our foundation, prioritize health, deepen discipleship, and continue advancing the Kingdom through the visions God has entrusted to us.

You can bench press 300 pounds, but you can't fast three days. Something's off in your spiritual leadership.   In this episode, Pastor Landon Schott sits down with Mike Signorelli, founding pastor of V1 Church in New York City and director of The Domino Revival, for a conversation about the phrase both of them hate most in Christianity: "I'm Spirit-filled, with a seatbelt."

In Give Me Truth, or Give Me Death, Pastor Nate Schatzline challenges believers to stand boldly on the truth of God's Word, even when culture rejects it. Through Scripture, he reminds us that our allegiance belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven, not political parties or popular opinion. We are called to be courageous truth tellers, allowing God's Word to transform our own hearts before confronting the darkness around us. Truth is worth standing for, no matter the cost!

In “Offense: The Trap Between You + Your Inheritance” Pastor Jasmine Weiler teaches that offense is a spiritual trap (skandalon) the enemy uses to keep believers stuck, deceived, and ultimately offended at God. Using Psalm 16:6 and the parable of the two sons in Luke 15, she shows that offense causes people to either walk away from the Father or settle for less than the inheritance He’s given. She closes with two strategies: let God challenge your flesh now so you don’t fall away later, and forgive often and quickly.

Have you ever woken up terrified from a dream and written it off as demonic? In Part 2 of our Dreams series, part of our Spiritual Warfare series, we go deeper into spiritual dreams and learn to tell the difference between demonic dreams and warning dreams. Many Christians are having real encounters with God, or with the enemy, in their sleep and missing it. Many of the dreams we call “demonic” are actually warning dreams, given by a merciful God to keep His people in right standing with Him. Looking at Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 4, Abimelech in Genesis 20, and Pilate’s wife in Matthew 27, we see why warning dreams are terrifying and why they are a gift. We also look at what opens the door to demonic dreams and encounters: pride, unrepented sin, rebellion, and empathy toward evil. Saul and the medium of Endor in 1 Samuel 28 show what happens when we chase our own will and run to the wrong voices instead of God’s. The good news is that humility and repentance close those doors.

In Arise and Build in Wartime, Pastor Dehavilland Ford teaches us how to stand firm in spiritual warfare while continuing to build what God has called us to. Through the stories of Nehemiah, Deborah, and Jael, we learn the importance of prayer, obedience, spiritual authority, and refusing to be distracted by opposition. We are not called to be spectators in spiritual warfare. We are called to arise, stand in our God-given authority, and build from a position of victory in Christ!

Witchcraft isn’t hiding in the shadows anymore. It’s on the shelf at Target, in your playlist, and maybe in your home. Pastor Millicent Sedra is back on Holy Disruption. This time she, Pastor Heather Schott and Pastor Jasmine Weiler are exposing the spirit of witchcraft: what it is, how it works through the spirit of Jezebel, and how Christians end up partnering with it without realizing it. Thirty years ago witchcraft was kept in secret. Now it’s on the shelves at Target and in our playlists, our movies and our homes. Pastor Millicent's warning: “If the devil can get you entertained by something, eventually you’ll be enslaved to that same thing.” They’ve seen firsthand what most Christians have only read about: a woman carried out of a Sunday service with witchcraft in her lap, an attack on Pastor Jasmine while she led worship on a Native American reservation, and a so-called prophet who told a mother to prepare for her son’s death. The conversation also covers witchcraft inside the church, from prayer teams to YouTube gossip channels, along with how to recognize its effects and how to shut the door through repentance, forgiveness and taking every thought captive. If the Holy Spirit is tapping your shoulder as you watch, don't miss your chance to clean house!  🗳️ Liberty and Justice: forlibertyandjustice.us 🗳️ Vote: mercyculture.com/vote 📖 Jezebel: The Witch Is Back: amazon.com/dp/1940243033 🙏 Join the Global Freedom Fast: mercyculture.typeform.com/to/dg2zAqme 📲 Download the Connect with God app: connectwithgod.online 🤝 Partner with The Justice Reform: thejusticereform.com/partner ▶️ More from Pastor Heather Schott: youtube.com/@Heather_Schott/videos

In The War on Peace, Pastor Chris Donald teaches that true peace is not found in the absence of trouble, but in the presence of Jesus. Through Scripture and personal testimony, we discover how fear, pride, and control can rob us of peace and how daily encounters with God, surrender, and obedience to the Holy Spirit teach us to walk in the peace Jesus has already given us. Peace is not something we strive to create. It is a gift we learn to live in.

In Breaking the Patterns of Deception, Pastor Humberto teaches how to recognize the lies of the enemy, break strongholds, and overcome spiritual warfare through obedience to Jesus Christ. Through Scripture, we learn how to renew our minds, reject deception, and walk in freedom by fully surrendering our will to God.

In Encounter-Based Warfare, Pastor Matt Wakefield teaches us to face spiritual battles from the presence of God. Through daily encounters, submission to His Word and confidence in Christ’s finished victory, we learn to resist the enemy and remain rooted in peace, worship and obedience.

Pastor Les Cody continues the Spiritual Warfare series by teaching on the Jezebel spirit, opening in Revelation 2 where Jesus confronts the church at Thyatira for tolerating this controlling, seductive influence. Pastor Les explains that spiritual warfare is a battle over who rules the will of man and warns that the enemy’s most effective tactic is convincing believers their problems are only natural rather than spiritual. Tracing Jezebel’s biblical history as the daughter of a Baal worshiping king, Pastor Les describes her as a demonic spirit of manipulation, intimidation, and control that targets prophetic, spirit led people and works to divide churches and relationships. He clarifies this spirit is not gender specific and outlines ten of its characteristics, including jealousy, false submission, weaponized vulnerability, seduction, division, confusion, and a refusal to ever repent. Using Ahab and Naboth’s vineyard from 1 Kings 21, Pastor Les teaches that Jezebel has no authority except what is surrendered to her through unchecked desire, and he challenges listeners to examine what they want badly enough to be manipulated through. He also shares a deeply personal testimony of years spent under the influence of this spirit at a previous ministry, describing fear, performance, and silence, until exposing it in the light broke its power over him, pointing to Elijah’s story in 1 Kings 19 as a model for finding rest and truth after spiritual battle. Pastor Les closes by urging the church to stop tolerating this spirit in their own lives and relationships, to expose it rather than hide it, and to pursue the presence of God as the surest way to recognize and resist its counterfeit voice. 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, Sean and Natalie Gleason or another leader in our community. To learn more about Mercy Culture, visit https://mercyculturewaco.com