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Mercy Culture Church

Inner Vows

Inner Vows

Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott

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Mercy Culture Fort Worth

1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

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❤️ Citizens for Life Marches

Citizens for Life is reforming culture to a pro-life culture through awareness, action, and adoption. We are hosting marches all over the nation as we declare, "June is Life Month!"

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🇺🇸 Reformation Weekend | June 4–7

Mercy Culture Church is hosting Reformation Weekend, June 4–7, in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. We are gathering to seek the presence of God, contend in prayer for reformation, and march as Citizens for Life — and you are invited!

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Inner vows will cause you to miss the blessing of the Lord.
2026 is the year of Encounters & Visitations.
You choose your Daily Encounter, God chooses your Holy Visitation!
Inner Vow Simplified = When your heart has already decided what it will do before God ever speaks.
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
Caution:
"Inner vow" is not a phrase found in the Bible.
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
- A pre-determined decision
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
- A pre-determined decision
- Stubbornness (Stiff-necked)
- Demonic strongholds
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
- A pre-determined decision
- Stubbornness (Stiff-necked)
Biblical Words That Reflect Inner Vows
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
- A pre-determined decision
- Stubbornness (Stiff-necked)
- Demonic strongholds
- The deceitfulness of sin
Warning: If any of these characteristics reflect you, inner vows are being formed!
- A hardened heart
- Unbelief
- A pre-determined decision
- Stubbornness (Stiff-necked)
- Demonic strongholds
- The deceitfulness of sin
Hebrew: נֶדֶר (Neder) = Vow; voluntary promise made to God
Greek: εὐχή (Euchē) = Vow; a promise expressed toward God with expectation of fulfillment
Vow Simplified = Holy Promise
Practical Advice:
Don’t swear or make promises to back your words. Let Your “Yes” be yes, and your “no” be no.
Inner vows are promises you make to yourself that resist the perfect will of the Lord.

Inner vows are when you telling God what His will is.

Inner vows keep you from the perfect will of God.

Inner vows make you say “no” to God causing you to resist Him before He leads you.

Inner vows are a form of rebellion.

Inner vows are when you think you know better than God.
About Inner Vows
- Moses said, "Send someone else."
About Inner Vows
- Moses said, "Send someone else."
- Jonah ran away from the Lord
About Inner Vows
- Moses said, "Send someone else."
- Jonah ran away from the Lord
- The rich young ruler walked away from Jesus
About Inner Vows
- Moses said, "Send someone else."
- Jonah ran away from the Lord
- The rich young ruler walked away from Jesus
- Zechariah questioned the promise
An inner vow is a self-made promise rooted in pain that gives a spirit of fear authority in your life instead of God.
Inner vows begin with the word: "Never!"
Warning:
Inner vows are dangerous because God doesn’t create them.
How Inner Vows Are Formed
1. Pain
Warning:
If You don’t Daily Encounter, you will find inner vows forming in your pain.
How Inner Vows Are Formed
1. Pain
2. Fear
This year, we declare and wage war on the spirit of fear.

We go to fear, fear doesn’t come to us.

Radical Love prepared you for this.
It’s a season of Jehu.

Elijah confronted fear, but Jehu defeated the spirit of fear.

God is raising up undistracted servants with a spirit of Jehu.
This year you stop being afraid of warfare.
How Inner Vows Are Formed
1. Pain
2. Fear
3. Deception
How Inner Vows Are Formed
1. Pain
2. Fear
3. Deception
4. Agreement
How Inner Vows Are Formed
1. Pain
2. Fear
3. Deception
4. Agreement
5. Inner vow
Inner vows cause you to repeat what the Enemy told you like it was God who said it.
Hebrew: בָּזָה (bazah) = Despised; to treat with contempt, consider worthless, hold as insignificant
Vows are holy promises.

Inner vows are unholy promises!
Greek: βεβηλος (Bebēlos) = Unholy; profane; irreverent; godless; treating sacred things as common
Inner vows will cause you to despise the will of God.
Inner vows will cause you to miss the blessing of the Lord