Mercy Culture

Pastor Dehavilland teaches that fasting isn’t just giving up food — it’s a spiritual practice of humbling ourselves before God and aligning our hearts with His. True fasting is about seeking God’s presence more than earthly provision, willingly denying the flesh to deepen our intimacy with Christ. It’s a lifestyle of dependence on God, not performance for others, and a way to make space for His voice, break soul attachments to comforts, and grow in spiritual sensitivity. Fasting reveals what truly controls our hearts and draws us into deeper communion with the Source of life.

In this message, Pastor Les Cody explores the importance of connecting with God through remembrance, drawing from Luke 22:19. He emphasizes the need to remember what the Bible teaches and to rely on the faithfulness of the Lord, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Pastor Les warns that biblical forgetfulness is spiritually dangerous. While forgetting God's past actions isn't sin in itself, it opens the door to spiritual warfare. Forgetting leads to drifting away from God.

This message encourages believers to hold fast to the Lord and His promises, whether revealed through Scripture or personally experienced in their lives.

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.

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In this message, Ps. Seth dives into the powerful, two-way nature of conversation with God—one of asking, listening, and responding. Reading from 1 Samuel 3:1-10, he reveals that God desires to speak to us and is persistent in doing so. When we are in His presence, hearing His voice becomes easy!

You're not out of capacity. You're out of clarity.

Most leaders hit a wall and immediately look for help, hire someone, or ask God to lighten the load. But Landon Schott shares the prayer that changed everything — and why asking God to remove pressure might actually be asking Him not to bless you.

In this episode of Spiritual Leadership, Landon breaks down the exact five-step system he uses to keep increasing his capacity as a leader — and how an entire church grows when everyone stays in their lane and stewards well.

In this episode:

Why capacity is both a spiritual and practical issue

The 5-step capacity framework: Identify → Prioritize → Remove → Empower → Repeat

How differing priorities cause team friction (and how to fix it)

The 10/80/10 rule Mercy Culture uses for radical empowerment

What "leaning into awkward" actually looks like in leadership

How to maintain your health and family while increasing your load

Biblical examples from Luke 10, Luke 16, Acts 6, and Exodus 18

The question isn't how do I handle less — it's how do I steward more?

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In this powerful message, Pastor Will Ford teaches that learning is one of the most powerful ways we connect with God. Biblical learning isn’t just about information or head knowledge — it’s about intimacy, experience, and transformation. When we truly seek to know God through His Word, we begin to understand His heart, recognize His voice, and reflect His character. Real learning changes the way we think, live, and respond to life. The more we pursue Him with a teachable spirit, the deeper our relationship grows — because knowing God was never meant to stay intellectual, it was meant to be personal.