Mercy Culture Church

You choose your Daily Encounter, God chooses your Holy Visitation!

You can connect with God through Reformation.

Encountering God through Reformation is when you partner with God to make the crooked ways straight.

Greek: διόρθωσις (diorthōsis) = Reformation; correction; improvement; to straighten thoroughly.

Simple Definition:
Reformation is making the crooked ways straight.

Question:
What is the difference between revival and reformation?

Reformation is a war against unrighteousness.

Revival is a spiritual awakening that many reformations end up igniting.

Righteousness (which means “right in God’s (Yahweh's) eyes”) is the driving force behind holy reformations!

3 Keys to Encountering God Through Reformation
1. Intercession

Pray for President Trump!
Pray for Iran!
Pray for the Nations!

Righteousness, that which is right in God's (Yahweh's) eyes, is the driving force behind holy reformations!

Holiness is the fuel for reformation!

3 Keys to Encountering God Through Reformation
1. Intercession
2. Knowing the Word of God

God encounters His people to bring reformation in every sphere!
- Reformation in Education

Greek philosophers were educators and started academies that shaped the minds and beliefs of the people!

These men were business owners. Paul and Silas brought reforms to businesses (there were carpenters upset about the preaching of Jesus because their idol-making businesses would take a hit financially! This is reformation!) and the marketplace could care a less if righteousness and reformation impacted peoples’ businesses in a negative way—they were calling the people back to the way!

God encounters His people to bring Reformation in every sphere!
- Reformation in Education
- Reformation in Business

Peter and Paul both went up against the Sanhedrin and the Pharisees.

The Sanhedrin was ancient Israel's supreme Jewish judicial, legislative, and administrative council. Acting as its "Supreme Court" with 70 members (plus the High Priest, 71 in total) drawn from chief priests, elders, and scribes, they handled religious, civil, and criminal matters under Roman rule, interpreted Jewish law, and made binding decisions for Jews worldwide.

The Sanhedrin held significant authority over religious, civil, and criminal matters. It was responsible for interpreting Jewish law, adjudicating disputes, and overseeing the administration of justice. The council also had the authority to issue decrees and regulations that affected the daily lives of the Jewish people. In religious matters, the Sanhedrin was the final arbiter, and its decisions were binding on all Jews.

They were the highest authority, making decisions binding on all Jews, and were central to Jewish life during the Second Temple period. The New Testament describes the Sanhedrin's involvement in trials, notably that of Jesus. After the Temple's destruction (70 CE), a new, less politically powerful Sanhedrin formed at Yavneh, shifting influence towards the Pharisees.

The Pharisees were a prominent religious and political group in Judea during the Second Temple period, particularly from the second century BC to the first century AD. They are frequently mentioned in the New Testament, where they often appear in opposition to Jesus Christ and His teachings. The name "Pharisee" is believed to derive from a Hebrew word meaning "separated," which reflects their emphasis on ritual purity and separation from what they considered to be unclean or impure practices.

In the New Testament, the Pharisees are frequently depicted as opponents of Jesus. They are often portrayed as hypocritical and self-righteous, focusing on outward appearances rather than inward righteousness. Jesus rebuked them for their legalism and lack of compassion, as seen in passages such as:

If you look at every holy reformation, the Church was at the forefront of it!

If you look at every unholy reformation (like Hitler with the annihilation of the Jews) the Church cowered and refused to do the right thing.

Reformations always depended on the response of the Church.

Whether you want to call it political or not, since biblical times, God called His people to make crooked ways straight, no matter the sphere!

God encounters His people to bring Reformation in every sphere!
- Reformation in Education
- Reformation in Business
- Reformation in Goverment

God doesn't do it for us; He anoints us to do it!

The Accuser comes to try to stop God encounters through Reformation and accuses the Church and God’s people to stop revival and reformation!

God doesn’t do it for us; He anoints us to do it!

3 Keys to Encountering God Through Reformation
1. Intercession
2. Knowing the Word of God
3. Action

Encountering God through reformation is when you partner with God to make the crooked ways straight.

2 Primary Ways You Connect With God Through Reformation
1. Reformation in you

A sign of encountering God through Reformation is when the blind see again!

2 Primary Ways You Connect With God Through Reformation
1. Reformation in you
2. Reformation around you

A sign of encountering God through Reformation is when God throws fear off of you and at your enemy!

A Mercy Culture Prophetic Word of the Year 2026:
"This year, we declare and wage war on the spirit of fear. We go to fear, fear doesn’t come to us!"

You get authority over this spirit by encountering God through Reformation!

Paul and Peter both connect with God through Reformation!

Carnal Ordinances are rites, rituals or ordinances of the flesh which pertain to the flesh or to external ceremonies. The object was to keep them "externally" pure rather than to cleanse the conscience and make them holy in heart.

The time of Reformation began at the Cross!

It took reformation to give you Daily Encounters with Christ!

Christ loves you, Christ loves reformation, and He wants to encounter you through Reformation!

Reformation has been established through His death, therefore reformation is your inheritance!

The Church has not been stewarding Her inheritance, but Mercy Culture will!

We are a house of revival and reformation, which means we encounter God through Reformation!

With greater freedom comes greater obligation to holy living.