Pray for Peace, Prepare for War: Pastor Steve Parker

Pastor Steven Parker of The Rock of Central Florida kicks off the men's conference with a raw, personal message built around this year's theme: pray for peace, prepare for war. Sharing openly from his own story — a broken home, a mother who both enabled and later found redemption, and years spent white-knuckling his way through internal battles — Pastor Parker challenges men to examine where they've been at peace with what God opposes, and at war with what God wants for them. Working from Romans 12:1-2, he makes the case that a renewed mind, not willpower, is what leads into God's good and perfect will — and that real transformation starts with making peace with God first, and letting Him fight the battles we were never meant to carry alone. A hard-hitting, honest word to open the weekend.