Antioch Waco

In this message, Jimmy Seibert unpacks how the power of the Holy Spirit is the activator of the grace of God, tracing the Spirit's work from Genesis to Revelation. He builds on the church's definition of grace as the overwhelming love, pleasure and favor of God toward undeserving people and reminds us that grace is not just a covering for sin but the power of God to actually do the will of God.

From the Spirit hovering over the waters in Genesis, to anointing prophets, priests and kings, to resting on Jesus without measure, to falling on the church at Pentecost, this message shows that the Holy Spirit has been present and active throughout all of history in Scripture. In John 14, Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to His people as Helper, Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor, Counselor, Strengthener and Standby, someone who will never leave us as orphans. The heart of the message is an invitation to know the Holy Spirit personally, not just believe facts about Him, and to let Him move into every area of life.

This message kicks off a series, Overwhelming Grace, and begins with the teaching from John 8:1-11, and also draws from Hebrews 4:16, John 1:14 and 16, and Luke 15:11-32. It describes grace as the overwhelming love, pleasure and favor of God toward undeserving people. Jimmy Seibert explains that this grace is activated through compassion and is ultimately found in the face of Jesus, walking through the story of the woman caught in adultery and the parable of the prodigal son to show that no sin, past or present, is beyond the reach of the grace offered at the throne of grace. It calls us to stop hiding from our need and instead run toward Jesus, where compassion, mercy and power to change are freely and continually available.

This service is grounded in Acts 13, where the church at Antioch, made up of prophets and teachers from different backgrounds, fasts and prays until the Holy Spirit sets apart Barnabas and Saul for a mission, and in Acts 14, where the church later gathers to hear the report of what God did through them. This is where we (Antioch) get our name!

Testimonies bring glory to God rather than to any person or ministry, and it strengthens faith, because hearing specific answered prayers reminds the church that God hears and responds when his people call on him. It also passes God's works from one generation to the next, so that what God has done is carried forward by the whole church family, and it stirs the church up to love and good works, turning what could be passive information into an invitation to participate.

After six months away, Pastor Jimmy Seibert and his wife Laura return to Antioch Waco to share reflections from their sabbatical. Laura opens up about entering the season exhausted in body and soul and how God led her into a wilderness season of rest, counseling and healing, teaching her to move from grit to grace. Jimmy shares three pictures of grace God gave him during the sabbatical, drawn from Ephesians 1, Hebrews 4 and Psalm 16, each pointing to the Trinity's nearness and care. This message covers themes of rest, sabbatical, trusting God, healing and the presence of the Holy Spirit and closes with a call to respond to grace individually and as a church family.

Pastor Caleb Seibert, opened by honoring the men and women who have walked with this church for decades and by reminding us of the holy momentum that has been building here for more than thirty years. Using the picture of grabbing a running start and jumping on the back of a shopping cart, he made a simple point: momentum only carries you so far before friction slows you to a stop. To keep moving forward, you need another push. In the kingdom of God that push is not striving or gritting our teeth. It is surrender, a fresh willingness to be obedient to Jesus.

In this message from Antioch Waco's Proverbs series, guest speaker Drew Steadman, pastor of Antioch Kona in Hawaii and former staff pastor at Antioch Waco, unpacks Proverbs 3:5-7 and what it means to trust in the Lord with all your heart instead of leaning on your own understanding. Drawing on his family's journey of church planting, from years of discernment to a prophetic dream that matched the exact building God had prepared, Drew shares real testimony of how God's plan unfolds when we surrender control and let him lead.

In this powerful testimony message, guest speaker Avaristo Garcia shares his journey from generational addiction and nearly twenty years cycling through juvenile detention, jail and prison in Waco, Texas, to finding freedom, healing and purpose in Jesus Christ.

Avaristo shares about growing up watching addiction and absence play out in his own father and brothers, numbing himself to guilt and grief, and accepting incarceration as "normal," before sharing how his life began to change through the steady, patient love of his wife who prayed for him for years, even while he remained distant and resistant to God.

His testimony traces his turning point at the altar, a moment of surrender through worship and preaching that led to true transformation, and the restoration that followed as God rebuilt his marriage, restored what addiction and prison had stolen, and gave him back his identity as a husband and father. This message is a powerful reminder of God's redemption, restoration and faithfulness for anyone struggling with addiction, generational cycles, broken relationships or feeling too far gone to change.

Whether you feel confident or unsure about money, your Heavenly Father wants to teach you wisdom in this area, drawn straight from His Word rather than books, family opinions or online advice. From Proverbs, this message highlights that God himself, not a job or the stock market, is our true provider, and that honoring Him with the first fruits of what we earn shapes a heart of gratitude and faith. Jesus does not just want to hand us better financial principles, He wants to meet us personally in this area of life and transform us from the inside out.

A study of Proverbs 6 on diligence vs. laziness (sloth), the sluggard, and biblical wisdom for hard work. This sermon explores the ant as a model of diligence, examines seven diagnostic markers of sloth from Proverbs, and turns to 1 & 2 Thessalonians for three biblical pathways to growth: abiding in Christ, godly community, and God-given assignments. Topics covered: Proverbs 6:6-11, laziness in Scripture, spiritual formation, sanctification, diligence, work ethic, self-examination, and Pauline theology on Christian growth.

In this sermon, Pastor Carl Gulley explores what happens when the fear of the Lord and the love of God are held together, drawing on Isaiah 6, Proverbs 19:23, Psalm 111:10, Psalm 112:1-2, Proverbs 8:13, and Philippians 2:8-11. Using Isaiah's throne room encounter as the central text, Gulley challenges listeners to move beyond two common distortions of God: either treating Him as a distant, wrathful judge or a convenient genie, and calls them into the integrated posture of reverence and friendship that Scripture calls true spiritual freedom. The message is a call to take God seriously, love what He loves, and walk in the wholeness that comes when awe and intimacy meet.