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In Ask of Me: "Deliver Us from Evil," Ray Valdez teaches us Jesus' instruction in Matthew 6 and the power of simply asking God for deliverance. Deliverance isn’t proof that you’re bad—it’s proof that God is good. Through prayer, surrender, and daily encounters with Him, we learn to pray what heaven is waiting to answer: “Lord, deliver us from evil.”

Pastors Clay and Lindsey’s sermon on forgiveness focuses on the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:21–35) and related passages. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging our own debt to God, receiving His forgiveness, and extending that same mercy to others. The message explores how forgiveness is tied to spiritual growth, freedom from shame, and living a life that reflects God’s grace and love .

Temptation is not sin—it is the invitation to step away from obedience and loyalty to God. In this message, we uncover five seasons when we are especially vulnerable to temptation: exhaustion, isolation, after victory, during Kingdom advancement, and when we become self-reliant. Through the examples of Esau, David, Elijah, Nehemiah, Peter, and ultimately Jesus, we learn that victory over evil is not found in greater willpower, but in deeper dependence on the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ instruction is clear: “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” Discover how prayer strengthens willing spirits, how Scripture exposes the enemy’s lies, and why yesterday’s encounter cannot sustain today’s battle. You do not have to live defeated by temptation. Stay spiritually awake, press for fresh oil, and learn to walk in victory over evil.

In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to pray for deliverance, drawing from Luke 22 and Matthew 6. He unpacks the truth that deliverance is not a one-time event, it is a daily prayer, because just as Jesus gave us a model for daily prayer that includes "deliver us from evil," we must daily partner with God against the schemes of the enemy. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop making prayer their last resort and to make it their first priority.Pastor Sean warns that there is no neutral ground between good and evil, and that Christians can unknowingly partner with the enemy through gossip, slander, unforgiveness, control, and manipulation, forms of what he calls Christian witchcraft. He calls the church to repent from any partnership with the enemy and to return to the most powerful weapon available, simple, sincere, daily prayer.This message challenges believers to understand that the disciples fell asleep in prayer not out of rebellion but out of sorrow, and that many people today do the same, spiritually falling asleep when the weight of life becomes too heavy. The answer is not to sleep, it is to rise and pray, because when you pray, God can and will deliver you from evil.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

In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to bring supplication to God, drawing from Matthew 6 and Exodus 16. He unpacks how the Lord's Prayer moves from acknowledging who God is, to praying His will be done, to finally bringing our requests before Him as our daily bread. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop questioning whether they deserve God's provision and to start asking like a beloved son or daughter, because a good father always wants to meet the needs of his children.Pastor Sean warns that the orphan spirit will convince you that you have to earn or perform for God's blessing, while the spirit of adoption produces the freedom to simply cry out, Abba Father. He calls the church to be careful not to trade one ditch for another, neither falling into a prosperity gospel that worships what God gives, nor a false humility that refuses to ask a good father for anything at all.This message challenges believers to recognize that their prayer life reveals what they are truly dependent on, because the goal of supplication has never been the answered prayer itself, it has always been getting to know the Provider behind every provision.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

Basically, God was saying: "Get rid of your baggage. You've been carrying it for way too long." Host Heather Schott and co-host Jasmine Weiler sit down with Pastor Will Ford — prayer warrior, author, and lead pastor of Mercy Culture East Fort Worth — to tell the story of a 250-year-old cast iron kettle. Will's enslaved ancestors in Louisiana would flip it upside down on the cabin floor and pray under it for freedom, muffling their voices so they wouldn't be caught crying out to God. Generations later, those prayers were answered — and the story only gets more miraculous from there. As America marks its 250th anniversary and a season of Jubilee, this is a call back to the one weapon the Church keeps leaving on the table: prayer. Will's family story is now being made into a feature film, The Dream King. RESOURCES:• The Dream King (book) → https://www.amazon.com/Dream-King-Martin-Fulfilled-America/dp/1947165658• The Dream King film + Dream Stream Company → https://dreamstreamco.com• The Justice Reform (end human trafficking) → https://thejusticereform.com• Justice Run → https://justicerun.com• Mercy Culture Spiritual Leadership School → text WSLS to 51990 Subscribe, share it with someone who needs hope, and let's awaken the Bride of Christ together.

In this message, we continue the Summer of Prayer by looking at Jesus’ words, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Through the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18, we see that forgiveness is costly, repentance is essential, and receiving God’s mercy should transform the way we extend mercy to others. Forgiveness does not mean the wound never happened, trust must immediately be restored, or reconciliation is guaranteed. It means surrendering the debt to God and refusing to let offense or bitterness keep you in bondage. Learn how to forgive quickly, keep forgiving when the pain remains, ask the Holy Spirit for help, and allow the process of forgiveness to make you more like Jesus.

Pastor Landon Schott sits down with Pastor Martin Sedra for a conversation most churches won't have — and every believer needs to hear. This episode traces the historical spread of Islam across nations and empires, exposing patterns of conquest the West has largely forgotten. Together, they connect the dots between ancient conquest and what's happening in America right now — and why the Church can no longer afford to be uninformed. This isn't a conversation about fear. It's a call to discernment, courage, and clarity in a culture that's forgotten both its history and its God.

In this episode of Holy Disruption, Pastor Heather sits down with Tim Barton — historian, researcher, ordained minister, and President of WallBuilders — to dig into the truth about America's founding. From rare original artifacts to the radical Marxist agenda infiltrating education, this conversation will challenge everything you think you know about the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, and what it means to be a Christian in America today. This is history, faith, and courage colliding — and the Church needs to hear it. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Cold Open: Was the Declaration of Independence called racist?1:01 – Welcome & Episode Intro3:38 – Meet Tim Barton: WallBuilders & the mission to restore American history5:01 – How David Barton got started — and what a 6th grade history teacher set in motion12:06 – The Marxist playbook: How the Frankfurt School weaponized American education15:37 – The Louisiana hearing: Debating whether the Declaration is a "racist document"17:25 – Tim pulls out the original draft of the Declaration — and reads the anti-slavery grievance Jefferson wrote37:22 – The textbook crisis: Who's really funding and controlling what our kids learn?43:06 – Deep dive: Who were the Founding Fathers really?54:31 – The first Bible printed in English in America & the founding father who was a worship leader1:00:19 – Westminster Catechism in first grade: What early American education actually looked like1:12:03 – COVID, control & critical thinking: What history teaches us about trusting "experts"1:27:17 – Christian Nationalism: Should the Church be afraid of the label?1:30:22 – Prayer & prophetic charge over the nation CONNECT & GIVE 🏃 Join the Justice Run — Text RUN to 59090 🏠 Support the Justice Residence — Text PARTNER to 59090 📖 Get Pastor Heather's book Unscarred → Unscarredbook.com 🎙️ Listen to the full Unscarred Podcast playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRmw44bd5P3p5mOtdj7mpOU8KGhBSoN4b

Pastor Uriel Torres teaches that Jesus' invitation to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” is ultimately a call to daily trust in the Father's provision rather than self-sufficiency. Through Israel's dependence on manna in the wilderness and Jesus' declaration as the Bread of Life, he reveals that God uses daily dependence to form sons and daughters who know Him as Father. Pastor Uriel challenges believers to stop relying on their own strength, pursue the Provider above His provision, and find their deepest satisfaction in Christ alone.

In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to bring supplication to God, drawing from Matthew 6 and Exodus 16. He unpacks how the Lord's Prayer moves from acknowledging who God is, to praying His will be done, to finally bringing our requests before Him as our daily bread. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop questioning whether they deserve God's provision and to start asking like a beloved son or daughter, because a good father always wants to meet the needs of his children. Pastor Sean warns that the orphan spirit will convince you that you have to earn or perform for God's blessing, while the spirit of adoption produces the freedom to simply cry out, Abba Father. He calls the church to be careful not to trade one ditch for another, neither falling into a prosperity gospel that worships what God gives, nor a false humility that refuses to ask a good father for anything at all. This message challenges believers to recognize that their prayer life reveals what they are truly dependent on, because the goal of supplication has never been the answered prayer itself, it has always been getting to know the Provider behind every provision. 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

Listen as Pastor Jaco tells us what it means to pray from an understanding of God as our Father!