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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

Genesis 32:24-31 | YOUR BREAKING POINT — What YOU Fear Most… Isn't Your Greatest BattleThe thing YOU are most afraid of is not the real battle.It feels like it is. It has YOUR attention, YOUR sleepless nights, YOUR knot in the stomach every time YOU think about tomorrow. YOU have been bracing for it, preparing for it, praying about it — convinced that if YOU can just survive that one thing, YOU will finally be okay. But Genesis 32 reveals something almost no one sees coming: the battle YOU are staring at is not the one that is actually about to change YOU.Because on the night before the thing he feared most, this man ended up completely alone.Everyone he loved had been sent ahead. The noise was gone. The distractions were gone. And in that silence — in the dark, with no one left to perform for and nothing left to hide behind — something happened that had nothing to do with the enemy he had been dreading for twenty years.Someone met him there.And what took place between them lasted all night — a struggle so intense, so personal, so unlike anything he expected, that by the time the sun came up, he was not the same person who had walked into that night. Not because he lost. Because of what it cost him to win.Here is what most people miss. There was a single moment in that struggle — one touch — that changed everything in an instant. It did not end the fight. It marked him. And he walked away from that night carrying something in his body for the rest of his life that told the story of what happened when no one was watching.What was touched, and why, is the heart of this entire message.And there is more. Before it was over, he said something — a demand, a refusal, a decision not to let go — that most people are too proud, too tired, or too afraid to ever say. And the moment he said it, he was given something he had spent his entire life chasing the wrong way.A new name. A new identity. A permanent change.But the reason it happened — the thing that had to break in him first before any of it could — is the part YOU have to hear for yourself. Because YOUR breaking point may not be YOUR ending.It may be the exact place YOU have been trying to avoid, when it was always the place YOU were meant to be changed.Press play — because what YOU fear most is not YOUR greatest battle. This message will show YOU what the real one is, and what is waiting for YOU on the other side of the night YOU thought would break YOU.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Pastor Sean speaks on how God's way really is better!   Main Scripture:  Isaiah 55:9   *This episode was recorded on 07/19/26

2 Chronicles 20:14-25 | IT'S NOT YOUR FIGHT — The Battle YOU Feared… Was Never Yours to WinThere is a battle YOU have been trying to win that was never assigned to YOU.YOU have been strategizing over it. Losing sleep over it. Running the numbers, rehearsing the arguments, bracing for the outcome YOU are afraid is coming. YOU have been carrying the full weight of something as if the entire result depends on YOU getting it right — and the exhaustion YOU feel is the exhaustion of fighting a war that was never yours to fight.2 Chronicles 20 was written for the person carrying that exact weight.Here is the situation. A massive threat was coming. The numbers were not close. There was no strategy that made sense, no plan that added up, no realistic outcome where the people facing it came out alive. And the leader did the one thing most people do last instead of first — and the response he got back was not what anyone braces for when they are outnumbered and afraid.He was told to stop preparing for the fight.Not fight harder. Not fight smarter. Stop.And then he was given an instruction so strange, so backwards, so completely opposite to what YOU do when an enemy is closing in, that most people read it and cannot believe it worked. It should not have worked. By every rule of war, it was the most reckless thing they could have done.It is exactly what they were told to do.Here is what most people miss. There was a specific position they were told to take — a place to stand, a thing to do while the threat kept advancing — and the moment they did it, something began to happen to the enemy that no soldier in that army lifted a finger to cause. They never swung a weapon. And by the time they reached the battlefield, what they found there stopped them in their tracks.What they saw is the part YOU have to see for yourself.And there is one more thing. What they did in the days after the battle — and what it took them three days to finish gathering — reveals something about what is waiting on the other side of a fight YOU stop trying to win in YOUR own strength. It was more than they could carry.Far more than they expected.Press play — because IT'S NOT YOUR FIGHT. The battle YOU feared was never yours to win — and this message will show YOU exactly what YOU are supposed to do instead, and what is waiting for YOU on the other side of it.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

In a world that celebrates striving and self-sufficiency, Psalm 131 offers a better way. Pastor Sean invites us to stop carrying what only God can carry and discover the kind of rest that can only be found as we humble our hearts, quiet our souls, and anchor our hope in Him.

Mark 5:25-34 | REACH ANYWAY — Every Door Closed… But God Left One OpenTwelve years. Everything tried. Nothing worked.YOU know what that season does to a person. YOU spend everything YOU have. YOU go to everyone YOU are told to go to. YOU do what is supposed to work — and not only does it not work, YOU end up worse than when YOU started. And by the end of it, YOU are not just sick of the problem. YOU are sick of hoping.That is exactly where Mark 5 begins.The person in this passage had run out of every option a human being can run out of. Money, gone. Options, gone. Permission, gone. And it was worse than YOU think — because there were rules in place at that time that made it flatly forbidden for someone in that condition to even be in that crowd, let alone reach for anyone in it. Legally. Publicly. Religiously.Every single door was closed. Except one. And what she did with that one remaining door — the one thing that had not been taken from her, the one thing nobody had the authority to shut — is the entire reason this story is still being told two thousand years later.Here is what most people never notice. That day, she was not the only person touching Him. A whole crowd was pressed up against Him. People were bumping into Him, brushing past Him, making physical contact with Him from every direction.Only one of them left different. Something separated her from every other person in that crowd — something YOU cannot see in the passage unless YOU slow down and look for it. And once YOU see it, YOU will understand why some people are around God for years and never receive anything, while someone else reaches once and everything changes.There is also something she said — before she moved, before she reached, before anything happened — that she said to no one but herself. And it is the single most overlooked sentence in this entire passage.And then there is what He did next. He stopped. He was already on His way to something urgent, something that could not wait, something a powerful man had begged Him for. And He stopped everything — in the middle of a crowd — to find her.Why? And the first word He said to her when He found her was not about her body. It was not about her healing. It was one word — an identity word — and it gave her something she had not even reached for.YOU are going to want to hear what it was.Press play — because every door may be closed on YOU, but God left one open. REACH ANYWAY. And this message will show YOU exactly which door that is, and exactly what happens when YOU stop asking for permission and finally reach.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

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

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

In this week's message, Pastor Sean teaches through 1 John 4:7–21, revealing that love is at the very heart of God's character and the clearest evidence of His work in our lives. The message points us to the incredible love God demonstrated by sending His Son, calling us to reflect that same sacrificial love toward others. Pastor Sean emphasizes that we don't love in order to earn God's favor, but because He first loved us. It's a powerful reminder that as we abide in Christ, His perfect love casts out fear and transforms the way we love God and the people around us.

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In this week's message, Pastor Sean teaches through 1 John 4:1–6, encouraging us to carefully test every teaching and spirit against the truth of God's Word. The message reminds us that not every voice claiming to speak for God is from God, making discernment an essential part of the Christian life. Pastor Sean emphasizes that believers can stand confidently in the truth because the Holy Spirit who lives within us is greater than the spirit of the world. It's a timely reminder to stay rooted in Scripture and anchored in Christ as we navigate a world full of competing voices.

Healthy friendships don't happen by accident, they're built with intentionality. In this message, Pastor Sean explores what the Bible says about godly friendships, why we need one another to grow spiritually, and practical ways to build relationships that encourage, challenge, and strengthen our faith. Discover how Jesus modeled true friendship and why we're always better together.

Today, Pastor Sean's daughter Sarah Pinder brings a word that will gently confront the thing YOU have been so busy doing that YOU never noticed what it was quietly costing YOU.Not everything that pulls YOU away from God looks like sin.Sometimes the thing that distracts YOU the most is a good thing. A responsible thing. A thing YOU could easily defend, because it needed to be done and YOU were the one doing it. That is exactly what makes it so dangerous — because YOU will never feel guilty about it, and YOU will never stop to question whether it is pulling YOU away from something better.Luke 10:38-42 records a moment that exposes this with uncomfortable precision.Two people were in the same house, with the same access to the same presence, on the same day. One was busy doing good, necessary, honorable work. The other did something that, on the surface, looked like doing less. And when the busy one asked for the situation to be corrected, the response completely reversed what everyone would have expected — and named which of the two had actually chosen the better thing.Here is what most people miss — the busy one was not rebuked for working. The problem was never the work. The problem was what the work was pulling attention away from. And the gentle correction that came reveals something about YOUR priorities that most people are too busy to ever slow down and hear.The work was good. The timing of it cost her something better.There is a specific phrase in this passage — a description of what the busy one had become in the middle of all that serving — that most people read past without realizing it is describing exactly how YOU have felt in YOUR most productive, most exhausting, most distracted seasons. And once YOU hear it named, YOU will recognize it instantly.What YOU are busy with is not the question. What it is costing YOU is.There is also something in this passage about the one thing that will never be taken away from YOU — the thing the distracted person almost missed entirely — that will completely reorder the way YOU decide what gets YOUR attention next.

Daniel 3:1-30 | The Fire Could Not Touch What YOU Refused to Bow ToToday, Pastor Sean's son Joshua Pinder brings a bold word that will change what YOU do the next time everyone around YOU folds and the pressure to bow is aimed straight at YOU.There is a moment where everyone is bowing and YOU are the only one still standing.The pressure in that moment is unlike anything else. It is not just that YOU are being asked to compromise — it is that everyone around YOU has already done it, the cost of standing has been made painfully clear, and the easier choice is right there, one small bow away from making all of it stop.Daniel 3 records what happens when YOU refuse to take it.Three people faced a threat designed to break the strongest resolve — a public ultimatum, a watching crowd, and a punishment meant to guarantee no one would ever refuse again. Everyone bowed. Three did not. And what they said before the consequence came reveals a level of boldness that most people have never had the words for.Here is what most people miss — their confidence was not in the outcome. They did not say God would rescue them for certain. They said even if He does not, we still will not bow. That is a kind of courage most people think is impossible — until they understand where it actually comes from.The threat was real. Their answer did not flinch.There is a specific detail in this passage about what was seen in the fire — after the door closed, after the punishment was carried out, after everyone assumed it was over — that changes the way YOU understand every fire YOU have ever been thrown into for refusing to compromise. What was meant to destroy them became the very place their deliverance was revealed.What YOU refuse to bow to cannot burn YOU.And there is something in this message about where boldness like that is built — long before the moment of pressure ever arrives — that will show YOU exactly how to be ready to stand before YOU are ever asked to bow.Press play — because the fire could not touch what they refused to bow to. And this message will show YOU exactly how to stand when standing costs everything — and loses nothing.Thank you for joining us today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Today, Pastor Sean's son Samuel Pinder brings a word that will change the way YOU see the night YOU almost stopped praying.There is a night that decides more than YOU realize.Not a long season. Not a year of waiting. A single night — the one where everything says it is over, the deadline is here, and there is no natural way out of what YOU are facing. Most people spend that night worrying. A few spend it praying. And the difference between those two responses changes everything about what the morning looks like.Daniel 2 records one of the most pressure-filled nights in the entire Bible. A group of people were under a sentence they did not deserve, facing something impossible, with no way to produce what was being demanded of them. And instead of panicking, they did one thing — together, through the night — that completely reversed a situation that was already declared finished.Here is what most people miss — the answer did not come after weeks of searching. It did not come through the most powerful people in the room. It came in the night. Before morning. To the ones who prayed instead of the ones who despaired. And what was revealed in that one night was something no expert, no advisor, and no amount of human effort had been able to produce.The problem was impossible. The night was enough.There is a specific detail in this passage about what happened AFTER the night of prayer — a level of promotion, favor, and positioning that most people never connect to those hidden hours no one saw. Because the breakthrough that showed up in public was born in a night of prayer that happened in private.What YOU do tonight can change what YOU walk into tomorrow.And there is something in this passage about how prayer moves God to reveal what no one else can access — secrets, solutions, and direction that come no other way — that will make YOU rethink every night YOU were tempted to give up instead of pray through.

Luke 5:1-11 | 4 DOORS OBEDIENCE OPENSToday, Pastor Sean's daughter Hannah Pinder brings a word that will change the way YOU see the one thing standing between YOU and everything God has been trying to hand YOU.There is a door that will not open until YOU do one thing.Not pray harder. Not wait longer. Not figure it all out first. One thing — and most people miss it because it looks far too small to matter. It does not feel spiritual. It does not feel like a breakthrough. It usually shows up as a simple instruction that makes no sense in the moment YOU receive it.Luke 5 records a moment where someone was asked to do something that went against everything they knew.They were exhausted. They had already tried. They had worked all night and had nothing to show for it, and the instruction they were given contradicted their experience, their logic, and their training. And what happened when they did it anyway opened not one door — but four — in a single moment.Here is what most people miss — the size of the instruction has nothing to do with the size of what it unlocks. What YOU are being asked to do may feel almost insultingly small. A small yes. A small step. A small act of obedience in an area YOU have already decided will not make a difference. But on the other side of that small yes are four doors most people never walk through — because they never took the one step that opens them.The instruction was small. What it unlocked was not.There is a specific detail in this passage about how the person responded — a half-hearted, partial obedience that still produced a staggering result — that raises a question most people have never considered: if partial obedience produced that, what would full obedience have released? That question alone will change the way YOU respond the next time God asks YOU for something small.What YOU do with the small instruction determines what YOU walk into next.And there are four doors named in this message — four things that open the moment YOU stop negotiating and simply obey — that most people have never connected to that one ordinary act of saying yes.Press play — because 4 DOORS OBEDIENCE OPENS will show YOU exactly what YOUR next yes is standing in front of. And once YOU see it, that small instruction will never look small again.Thank you for joining us today.

Today, Pastor Sean's daughter Mikayla Pinder delivers a word that will permanently change the way YOU respond the next time YOUR moment comes — and everyone around YOU tells YOU to stay quiet.There are moments that do not come back.They open. They stay open for a brief window. And what YOU do in that window — the moment where everything YOU have been waiting for is suddenly within reach — determines whether YOU spend the next season walking in the answer or replaying the moment YOU let it pass.Mark 10 records one of the most urgent moments in the entire New Testament. Someone who had been sitting in the same condition for a long time — overlooked, pushed to the side, positioned where no one expected anything to change — heard that the one person who could change everything was passing by.Not stopping. Passing by.And in that moment, this person did something that everyone around them tried to shut down.Here is what most people miss about this passage — the crowd did not encourage the cry. They rebuked it. The very people surrounding the one moment that mattered told them to be quiet, to stop, to stay in their place. And what happened next — the specific decision made in the face of everyone saying be silent — is the entire reason the outcome changed.YOU have been in that crowd before.The moment YOU felt something rising up in YOU — the moment YOU knew YOU needed to reach out, speak up, refuse to stay seated — and the voices around YOU, sometimes even the voices inside YOU, said the same thing that crowd said.There is a specific thing this person said — and then said LOUDER when they were told to stop — that reveals exactly what YOU are supposed to do when YOUR moment is passing by and everyone is telling YOU to stay quiet.And there is something about what happened right before the healing — a question asked, an item left behind, a movement made — that most people read past without realizing it holds the key to seizing the moment when it finally comes.

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Mark 9:14-29 | It Is Not Too Late for the Child YOU Gave Up OnToday, Pastor Sean's son, Sean Jr., shares a message that will reach straight into the place where YOU have been quietly carrying a child YOU are afraid is too far gone.There is a child YOU have been praying for so long that YOU have started to wonder if the prayers are still working.Maybe they pulled away. Maybe they walked into something YOU never imagined they would. Maybe the distance between who they are now and who YOU raised them to be has grown so wide that somewhere — quietly, privately, in a place YOU would never admit out loud — YOU started to accept that this might just be how it stays.Mark 9 is for that exact place in YOU.This passage records a parent standing in front of the one person who could help — carrying a situation with their child that had gone on for years, that had already defeated everyone else they brought it to. And the words that came out of this parent's mouth reveal something so honest, so raw, and so familiar to anyone who has been praying for a child for a long time — that most people are stunned it is even in the Bible.Here is what most people miss — the parent did not come with perfect faith. They came with exhausted faith. Faith that had been worn thin by years of trying everything and watching nothing change. And what happened next reveals exactly how much faith it actually takes to see a breakthrough in the child YOU have been carrying.It is far less than YOU think.There is a specific moment in this passage — a single sentence this parent said — that most people who are worn down from praying for someone have felt in their spirit but never had the words for. And when YOU hear it named out loud, something YOU have been carrying alone is going to lift.The child YOU gave up on is not the end of the story.There is also something in this passage about why the first attempt to help failed — and what actually made the difference the second time — that will completely change the way YOU pray for that child from tonight forward.Press play — because it is NOT too late for the child YOU gave up on. And this message will show YOU exactly what to do with the little bit of faith YOU have left.Thank you for joining us today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Today, Pastor Sean's daughter Shauna Pinder delivers a word that will permanently change the way YOU respond to the moment when the thing God promised YOU stops looking like it is still alive.There is something that happens in YOUR spirit when a promise YOU received — something YOU prayed for, waited for, and finally saw begin to take shape — suddenly goes silent.Not delayed. Not slow. Silent.And in that silence, everything in YOU wants to respond the way the situation looks. To say what the evidence says. To call it what the circumstances are calling it. To accept the verdict that everything around YOU seems to have already reached.2 Kings 4 records one of the most stunning moments in the entire Old Testament — a moment where something that was promised, something that was given, something that arrived after a period of waiting that most people would never have endured — suddenly stopped. And the person who had received it was faced with a choice that most people in that situation would have gotten wrong.Not what to do first. What to SAY first.Here is what most people miss about this passage — the response that changed everything was not an action. It was a declaration. Made before anything moved. Made before help arrived. Made at the worst possible moment — when the situation looked the most final and the promise looked the most gone.Three words.And those three words reveal something about what YOU say in the gap between the promise and the fulfillment — in the silence where the evidence contradicts everything YOU were told — that most people in a season of delayed or seemingly dead promises have never understood.There is also something in this passage about WHERE the person went immediately — and WHO they went to — and what they said when they got there — that reveals exactly what holding on to a promise actually looks like when the promise stops looking alive.

2 Kings 2:11-15 | RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIMEThere are moments in life that do not wait for you to be ready.They arrive. They happen. And if you are not in the right position when they do — you will watch from a distance as something that was meant for you passes to someone else. Not because you were disqualified. Not because God changed His mind. Simply because you were not close enough when the moment came.2 Kings 2 records one of the most decisive moments of positioning in the entire Bible. And the difference between the ones who were far away and the one who was close enough was not ability, not calling, not worthiness.It was a decision made three times before the moment arrived.Three times YOU were told to stay. Three times the instruction was to go no further. Three times the easier choice — the more reasonable choice — the choice that most people in that situation would have made — was right there in front of YOU.And three times YOU said no.Here is what most people miss about this passage — being in the right place at the right time was not something that happened TO the person who received what fell. It was something they CHOSE — repeatedly, deliberately, against the instruction given — before they ever saw what was coming.And because of those three decisions — when the moment arrived, when the thing that was being carried finally fell — YOU were the only one close enough to reach it.There is a specific condition in this passage — stated before the moment happened, attached to the promise before any of it was visible — that reveals exactly what being in the right place at the right time actually requires of YOU. Most people know the outcome of this story. Most people have never stopped to examine what made the outcome possible.That is what this message is about.Press play — because RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME is not something that happens by accident. And this message will show YOU exactly what it cost to be there — and what it released because YOU were.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

In this podcast Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Co-Lead Pastor Sean Moore regarding the transition of the leadership at Victory Family Church and how it translates for the generations working together and accelerating the next generation.·      Learn what happens when sacrifice and honor come together. ·      Learn what was most helpful to Pastor Sean and Pastor Sarah in this two-year process.·      Learn what it looks like for an Abraham to accelerate an Isaac.  Every one of us is called, if an Abraham, to accelerate an Isaac.  This podcast will help you to get started.  The Acceleration Mandate by Pastor John Nuzzo is a playbook on the generations: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob being undivided.  It is available wherever books are sold. Find it here on AmazonJoin us for guest speaker John Bevere on Sunday, July 12 at 9 or 11 a.m. at the Cranberry Campus.  Check myvfc.info for service times for other campuses.  Join us for guest speaker Duane Sheriff on July 26 at 9 or 11 a.m. at the Cranberry Campus.  Check the website for times for New Castle and Meadville campuses.  

2 Samuel 2 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSMost people spend years waiting for a door to open.And when it finally does — when the moment that was supposed to come eventually shows up — the way they respond to it determines everything that follows. Not the opportunity itself. The response to it.2 Samuel 2 opens at one of the most significant turning points in one person's life. Everything that had been promised, everything that had been waited for, everything that had been delayed, resisted, and survived — suddenly became accessible. The door that had been closed was now open.And the first thing this person did was not walk through it.They asked.Here is what most people miss about this passage — the opportunity did not arrive without a decision attached to it. And the decision was not simply whether to take it. It was more specific than that. More directional. And the way the question was asked — and the specificity of the answer that came back — reveals something about the relationship between divine timing and human movement that most people in a season of open doors have never been shown.There is a detail in this passage about what happened first — before the movement, before the step, before any of the visible action began — that changes the entire meaning of what followed. Most people would have moved the moment the door opened. This person stopped.And then there is something else. Something this person did in the first hours of the opportunity — an act that had nothing to do with advancing their own position, consolidating what they had just received, or preparing for what was coming next. Something directed outward. Something unexpected from someone who had just received something they had waited years for.That something is the reason everything that came after it went the way it did.What was asked before the step was taken?And what does the first act of this opportunity reveal about what God is actually watching for when He finally opens a door you have been standing in front of?Press play — because OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS. And this message will show you exactly how to answer it when it does.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

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

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

Exodus 3 | GOD STILL CHOSE YOUThere are things you disqualified yourself from that God never removed you from.Not because the failure did not happen. Not because what went wrong was not significant. But because the basis on which the choosing happened was never your record — and the failure, as real as it was, could not undo a decision that was never founded on your performance in the first place.Exodus 3 opens with someone who had been away from their calling for forty years.Not a short season. Not a brief detour. Forty years. Long enough for most people to conclude that whatever they were once called to do had been permanently reassigned to someone more qualified. Long enough for the original vision to feel like something that belonged to a version of themselves that no longer existed.And then something appeared.Not an announcement. Not a voice from the sky. Something that should have been impossible — something that stopped the person who saw it in the middle of an ordinary day and demanded an explanation. And when they turned aside to look — everything changed.Here is what most people miss about this moment — the appearing was not random. It was not a coincidence. It was the first move in a sequence that had been planned long before that ordinary day on that ordinary hillside. And the one who appeared did not bring up the forty years. Did not review the failure. Did not require an explanation or an apology before speaking.The first thing said was a name.And then came something about who was speaking — something so specific about what had been seen, heard, and known during all the years that looked like nothing was happening — that it reframes the entire exile as something other than abandonment.And then came the assignment. The same one. Forty years later. To the same person.What does it mean that the choosing survived everything that happened between the call and this moment?And what is it about what was said in this passage — specifically, what God revealed about Himself before He gave the assignment — that changes the way you understand every season where you felt disqualified from what you were called to do?Press play — because GOD STILL CHOSE YOU. And this message will show you exactly what the choosing looks like when it survives everything you thought ended it.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Prayers That Destroy Yokes | Anointed Together | Abundant Life Church | Pastor Sean Thomas

In this week's message, Pastor Sean teaches through First Epistle of John 3:11–24, reminding us that love is one of the clearest marks of a life transformed by Christ. The message challenges us to love not only with our words, but through generous and sacrificial action, recognizing that everything we have ultimately belongs to the Lord. Pastor Sean emphasizes that genuine faith is displayed in the way we care for others, using what God has entrusted to us to meet the needs of those around us. It's a powerful reminder that as we abide in Christ, His love should be evident in both our hearts and our hands.

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Exodus 2 | THE DANGER OF RUSHINGThere is a version of the right thing done at the wrong time that costs more than most people realize.Not the wrong thing. Not a failure of vision or intention. The right thing. The right calling. The right desire. Done before the preparation was complete, before the moment was ready, before the one who called you gave the signal to move.And the cost of that one moment of rushing can be measured in years.Exodus 2 records one of the most costly premature moves in the entire Bible. The person at the center of it had a genuine calling. The vision was real. The burden was legitimate. The desire to act was not misplaced — it was simply moved before the time that was appointed for it. And the gap between what they could have done and what they actually did because they moved too soon is one of the most sobering details in the entire Old Testament.Here is what most people never stop to consider about this passage — the problem was not the action. It was not the intent. And it was not the calling. What made this moment so dangerous was something far more subtle than any of those. Something about the way the move was made. Something about what was checked before the move happened — and what was not.One moment. One premature decision. Forty years.There is a specific detail in this passage — something done before the action was taken — that reveals exactly where the rush began. Most people read past it as a minor narrative note. It is not a minor narrative note. It is the precise moment where the trajectory changed — and where everything that followed became inevitable.What is that detail?And what does it reveal about the difference between moving in your own timing and moving in God's — and what the gap between those two things actually costs?Press play — because THE DANGER OF RUSHING is not just about moving too fast. It is about what you lose when you move before He says go.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Isaiah 37 | HE WON'T FAIL YOU NOW!There is a moment where everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.Not one thing. All of it. At the same time. And the size of what you are facing is so far beyond anything in your own power to fix that the only honest response is to lay it out before the one who might actually be able to do something about it — and wait.Isaiah 37 was written for that exact moment.This chapter records one of the most impossible situations in the entire Old Testament. The threat was not theoretical. It was not an exaggeration. Every visible fact confirmed that what was coming could not be stopped. The person at the center of it had no military solution, no political leverage, no human resource adequate for what was approaching. And what they did next — and what happened because of it — is the one detail of this passage that most people in desperate situations have never been shown.They did not strategize. They did not negotiate. They went somewhere.And what happened in that place — the specific response that came back, the specific promise that was made, and the specific way the impossible situation ended — reveals something about the nature of the God being appealed to that changes the way you approach every wall you have ever stood in front of and believed could not be moved.Here is what most people miss about this chapter — the promise that came back was not conditional on the person's strength, their past record, or their worthiness to receive it. It was not a maybe. It was not a someday. And it did not take the form most people would have expected a divine response to look like.There is a specific thing that happened overnight — something no human army could have done, something that could not have been planned or predicted — that most people read past as a historical detail.It was not a historical detail.It was a declaration about what kind of God shows up when everything has already been lost — and what He is still willing to do for the one who brings the impossible thing to Him instead of trying to solve it alone.Press play — because HE WON'T FAIL YOU NOW. And Isaiah 37 will show you exactly what that looks like when the situation says otherwise.Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.

Daniel 3 | WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM MOST…There is a moment most people cannot describe — but every person who has lived it knows exactly what it felt like.The moment you were in the most impossible situation of your life. The moment where everything that should have helped you was either unavailable or inadequate. The moment where the only option left was the one that required a level of trust that felt almost unreasonable given the circumstances.And then something happened that nobody in that room expected.Daniel 3 records one of the most dramatic moments in the entire Old Testament. Three people facing something that should have ended everything — thrown into it by someone with the full power and authority to make sure they never came out. Every visible factor confirmed the outcome. Every logical calculation agreed.They were wrong.But here is what most people miss about this passage — the moment they needed Him most was not when the decision was made. It was not when the threat was issued. It was not even when the door opened. The moment they needed Him most was the moment AFTER — when the smoke should have been the only thing left. And what was seen inside that fire is the one detail of this story that changes the way you interpret every impossible situation you have ever been in.Not what came out. What was seen INSIDE.And there is something about the specific description of what was seen — the way it was described, the number of people counted, the reaction of the one who counted them — that most teachings on this passage never slow down enough to sit with. Because when you sit with it — it stops being a story about three people in a fire.It becomes a description of where He was the entire time you were in yours.Press play — because WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM MOST is not a question about whether He showed up. It is a revelation about where He already was.To order Pastor Sean's book "FACING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS" on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZCNX73GSalvation form: https://seanpinder.net/salvation-formPartner with us: https://www.seanpinder.net/partnerGive online: https://www.seanpinder.net/givePayPal: http://www.paypal.me/seanpinderministries

Turning to 1 John 2:28–3:10, Pastor Sean points us to the incredible reality that, through Christ, we are called children of God. The message highlights the transforming power of God's love, reminding us that our identity in Christ should shape the way we live. Pastor Sean emphasizes that while believers still struggle with sin, a genuine relationship with Jesus produces a growing desire for righteousness and obedience. It's an encouraging reminder that those who belong to God are being continually changed to reflect His character more and more each day.

In this special episode, Pastor Sean is joined by his wife, Lindsey, as they reflect on ten years of ministry at Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church. Watering Seeds is a ministry of Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Asheville, NC. You can learn more and hear our sermons on our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.covenantreformed.net/sermons⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also find our sermon recordings on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sermon Audio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Ask, Seek, Knock. | Knowing The Father | Abundant Life Church | Pastor Sean Thomas

Life is full of tension—the gap between what is and what we wish were true. In this message, Pastor Sean walks through Jesus' declaration, "I am the resurrection and the life," reminding us that we can acknowledge the reality of our pain, speak faith into it, and trust Jesus because He is Lord over it. We can trust Jesus in the tension because He doesn't just give resurrection and life—He is resurrection and life.

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

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

6-14-26 If you thought Pastor Sean's Under The Influence series was amazing and wanted more, your prayers were answered. Sean is back with part 3 and you will want to listen!

As we turn to 1 John 2:18–27, Pastor Sean walks us through John's warning about false teaching and the importance of remaining grounded in the truth of Christ. The message highlights how believers are called to stay anchored in what they have heard from the beginning, rather than being led astray by voices that distort the Gospel. Pastor Sean emphasizes that God has given us His Spirit to guide us into truth, helping us discern what is right and remain faithful. It's a clear reminder to abide in Christ, holding tightly to His Word as our foundation in a world full of competing voices.

How To Prosper In Prayer | The Power of Agreement | Abundant Life Church | Pastor Sean Thomas

There are countless voices competing for our attention, but only one voice leads to life. In this message, Pastor Sean unpacks Jesus' declaration, "I am the Good Shepherd," showing how His sheep hear His voice, know His voice, and follow His voice. Unlike the hired hand who runs from danger, Jesus laid down His life for His sheep and rose again so that we could experience His guidance, protection, and abundant life.

How to Have a Praying Spirit | The Believer's Authority | Abundant Life Church | Pastor Sean Thomas