Mercy Culture Waco

Immanuel The Gift of Radical Love | Ps. Chris Donald | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Chris Donald shares why Immanuel, God with us is the greatest gift of radical love. Using Matthew 1:18–25, he reminds us that Christmas is about God coming near and removing all distance between Himself and humanity.
Pastor Chris explores what is found within this gift, Jesus as the Light of the World, the Wonderful Counselor, and the Prince of Peace, while calling listeners to return to daily dependence on Christ and rediscover the truth that Jesus is enough.
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

The Presence Driven Leader | Lauren Caldwell | MC Waco

In this message, Lauren Caldwell shares how radically loving God means being led by His presence rather than personal preference. Using John 15:5-11 as the foundation, this message reveals that true fruitfulness and joy come only from abiding in Him.
Lauren challenges listeners to examine where comfort, control, and fear may be replacing daily dependence on God. Through Scripture and testimony, this message calls believers to repentance, obedience, and a life surrendered to the Holy Spirit by choosing presence over preference and producing lasting spiritual fruit.
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.

Radical Love Opens The Heavens | Ps. Chris Donald | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Chris Donald teaches how radical love positions believers to live under an open heaven, where God’s kingdom becomes visible on earth. Using Acts 3: 3-10 as a foundation, Pastor Chris shows how Peter and John model the flow of heaven through awareness, willingness, and fearlessness.
We discover how Jesus lived naturally in the supernatural healing the sick, casting out demons, hearing the Father’s voice, and walking in authority and how His radical love on the cross opened the heavens for us to experience the same. This message highlights the sharp contrast between God’s kingdom and the world, revealing how love moves us from fear into bold obedience.
Pastor Chris calls listeners to give freely what God has given, step out of fear, and become carriers of heaven to the world. Through Scripture, testimony, and practical steps, we are invited into a lifestyle where radical love opens the heavens.
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 

X Commandments - Keep The Sabbath Holy | Pastor Les Cody | MC Waco

In this message Pastor Les Cody expounds on one of the Ten Commandments, Keep the Sabbath Holy. Pulling from Exodus 16:22 through 30. Pastor Les teaches that you radically love God by keeping the Sabbath Holy! Pastor Les teaches that we as believers need to trust the Lord and understand that he can do more with 6 days than we can do in 7. Ps. Les touches on four points that war against Sabbath Rest. Teaching that resting in the Lord provides true peace and rest and that all other types of rest do not provide the level of rest that the Lord can provide. Teaching that the Sabbath is about trusting the Lord. And when you trust the Lord he proves faithful. Ps. Les provides 3 practical pieces of advice to prepare for the Sabbath. Teaching that freedom is found in the Sabbath Rest. When you reject the Sabbath, you reject God. 
In this message, Pastor Les Cody delivers a powerful teaching on one of the Ten Commandments: “Keep the Sabbath Holy.” Drawing from Exodus 16:22–30, Pastor Les reveals that keeping the Sabbath is not a religious duty but a radical expression of love for God. He challenges believers to trust that the Lord can accomplish more in six days than we ever could in seven.
Pastor Les identifies four key challenges that war against true Sabbath rest. He reminds us that genuine rest is found only in the Lord. All other forms of rest, cannot compare to the deep spiritual renewal that comes from trusting in Him.
The Sabbath, Pastor Les teaches, is fundamentally about trusting the Lord’s provision and faithfulness. When we set aside time to rest in Him, we declare our dependence on His strength rather than our own. And as we do, He proves Himself faithful again and again.
To help believers embrace this rhythm of grace, Pastor Les offers three practical steps to prepare for the Sabbath, intentional ways to structure our time, hearts, and homes to honor the Lord. He concludes with a powerful reminder: true freedom is found in Sabbath rest, for when we reject the Sabbath, we are ultimately rejecting God’s design.
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

X Commandments - No Other Gods | Ps. Sean Gleason | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Sean teaches on the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Loving God radically means putting Him above every idol, every false belief, and every desire that competes for our hearts. From Solomon’s downfall to the modern idols of self, pleasure, and false religion, we see that anything placed before God leads to deception and distance from His love. False gods promise freedom but deliver bondage. Yet Jesus the one true and living God calls us to wholehearted devotion and authentic relationship. When we encounter Him, our hearts are set free to love purely, live boldly, and worship Him alone
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 
 

Come In, Make Me Holy | MC Waco | Ps. Nikki Cody

In today’s powerful message, Pastor Nikki draws from Hebrews 12:14–28 to teach about the shaking of the Lord’s glory. Through this passage, she reminds us that when God begins to “shake” His people, it is not to destroy them, but to refine, strengthen, and prepare them for the purpose He has set before them. Pastor Nikki emphasizes that this divine shaking is an act of love — a holy invitation to release what is unstable, temporary, or man-made, so that only what is eternal and rooted in God remains.
She powerfully contrasts the Lord’s way with man’s way, teaching that human efforts are meaningless whereas, the Lord’s way is the only way. Pastor Nikki challenges us to examine where our foundations lie — are we standing on the fragile work of our own hands, or on the unshakable foundation of God’s truth and presence?
Ultimately, she teaches that intimacy with the Lord requires participation. It’s not a passive experience, but an active pursuit — choosing daily to come before Him, to be refined, and to allow His holiness to transform our hearts. Through this message, Pastor Nikki calls believers to draw nearer to God, inviting His glory to do the necessary shaking that leads to purity, steadfastness, and a deeper relationship with Him.
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 

X Commandments - Thou Shall not Bear False Witness | Ps. Les Cody | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Les teaches on the ninth commandment, “You shall not bear false witness.” Lying isn’t just words, it’s partnering with the father of lies. From the serpent’s deception in Genesis to Ananias and Sapphira in Acts, we see that falsehood always brings death. Bearing false witness can look like compromise, image-management, or silencing truth for approval. But Jesus is Truth, and when we walk in Him, we are set free to live authentically and love radically.
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 
 

X Commandments - Honor your Father and Mother | Ps. Chris Chema | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Chris continues The Ten Commandments series by unpacking the fifth commandment: Honor your father and mother. Honor is more than a family principle, honor is the “bridge commandment” that connects loving God with loving people. Pastor Chris teaches us how honor shapes families, societies, and even nations, and why dishonor can block God’s glory. This message challenges us to step into a lifestyle of honor that releases revival and impacts generations.
 
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 

X Commandments - Do not Murder | Ps. Les | MC Waco

In this message, Pastor Les teaches on the sixth commandment, Do not murder. It’s more than the unlawful taking of life, it’s about the condition of our hearts and how we value the image of God in others.
From Luke 23, we see the crowd choose Barabbas, a murderer, over Jesus, the innocent Son of God. This reveals both the corruption of man’s justice and the beauty of God’s redemptive plan: the innocent became guilty so the guilty could be made righteous.
Murder isn’t just an act, it begins in the heart with hate, offense, unforgiveness, and bitterness. Jesus equated hate with murder, warning us that “you can’t radically love God or people with murder in your heart.” Whether through anger, slander, racism, or even abortion, the spirit of murder attacks God’s creation. But Jesus died for murderers, for the hateful, and for all of us, so we could be set free and filled with radical love.
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 
 

X Commandments - Do Not Take The Lords Name In Vain | Ps. Les Cody | MC Waco

In this Message Pastor Les Teaches on the third commandment “Do not take the name of the Lord in vain.” It’s more than words—it’s about how we live and represent God.
From Acts 19, we see the sons of Sceva try to use Jesus’ name without knowing Him. The lesson? Authority in His name comes only through intimacy with Him.
We carry God’s name in vain through complacency, compromise, mixture, hypocrisy, and powerlessness. Taking His name isn’t about empty speech—it’s about identity. When we misuse His name, it’s identity theft. When we honor it with reverence and obedience, We steward His name and Represent Him rightly 
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