The Roads Church Podcast

The secret sauce of anything is that essential ingredient that makes something or someone successful. So what's the Secret Sauce of Christianity? Two main ingredients are prayer and fasting. Matthew 6 says, "When you pray..." and "When you fast..." God's Word not only tells us to pray and to fast, BUT it also tells us how to pray and fast. It must be that important to God - if He gives us instruct...

𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙍𝙀𝙏 𝙎𝘼𝙐𝘾𝙀 is that special thing that sets something apart from the rest, makes it distinctive and successful. So what does that look like in the life of a Christian? What can that look like in your life? Chad Everett, Lead Pastor of The Roads Church, teaches that our secret sauce is prayer and fasting. We hear a lot about prayer, but maybe not so much about fasting. In Matthew 6 it says, "when...

What are you catching for Christmas? God gave the gift of peace and goodwill TOWARD us, and it's up to us to catch it. If you're going to catch what God is tossing your way, you have to drop something in order to catch it. If you want to catch His peace - you've got to drop anxiety. You can't hold onto worry, stress and anxiety about a situation and catch peace in that same situation. We try to ca...

Have you ever been in something you wish you could get out of? Sometimes the way IN is your way OUT. Maybe what you're going through, an employment situation or a relationship situation. Paul talks in Romans 1 about finding a way "in" the will of God. Sometimes we want to get out of His will because of a lack of trust that His way is going to work for us. But the will of God is actually good. Our...

Do you have a will problem or a way problem? Sometimes we can’t experience God’s will because we haven’t been taught His way. God does not have a will that is inaccessible to us. The power of our will is not the issue if we do not know the right way. The good news is God has made a way and wants to teach us how to live in His way. SERMON NOTES: www.theroads.church/sermon-notes We invite you to exp...

There are two ways we can decide to go, one leads to life and one leads to destruction and ruin. It’s easy to want the right destination, life, but sometimes it’s more difficult to make the right decision in the moment. We have the choice of which way we want to go. Are you choosing the way that leads to life? Or the way that leads to ruin and destruction? God wants us all to choose the way of lif...

Does God have a will? Is His will for the world and our individual lives completely in His control, or is some of it dependent on us? God has a will that everyone be saved, but does He always get His way? God isn't willing that any should perish, but many are. How can many be perishing if that's not God's will? Where there's will of God, there's a way of God. Where there's a will of man, there's a...

Does God really have a will or a plan for our lives? Is He truly interested in what happens in our individual lives? Can we actually know His will for our lives? or is it just guess work? We're going to bust some myths about the will of God and what it looks like in our own lives, and what it looks like when we also have a will of our own. Jesus laid His will down and trusted His Father's will for...

"Life and Death are in the power of the tongue." Proverbs 18:21 Robia Scott encourages us to wield our sword (the Word of God) that determines whether we reside in life or in death. Our lips, what comes out of our mouths can either snare our mind or guard our mind. Don't wait to see it to believe it. Believe it. Think it. Speak it. In order to see it. Speak His Word. For more information about Rob...

God is always calling us forward to a new season, and sometimes it requires a big step, sometimes small steps, sometimes it's scary, but He's always drawing us into what He has for us next. We sometimes listen to other voices about what God's calling us into. These are the voices that tell us - "you can't." When HE says, "yes," you can't listen to those voices that don't have authority over your l...

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩? How many times have you looked at something that you felt you shouldn't be looking at? There are some things that we can see that we're not supposed to look at. Our Hope can be attached to and impacted by what we're looking at. The life of Abram teaches us three steps in walking in more Hope our your life: 1) Leave 2) Lift and 3) Look. Your hope matters based on how you lo...

Have you ever been stuck somewhere trying to get somewhere else, because something was preventing you from reaching where you really want to go? Our hopes can dry up around mountainous circumstances (our Harans) in our lives. Do you have hopes and dreams that have died in disappointment? In offense? In tragedy? We all have issues, disappointments or things that have happened to us, and if we aren'...

We can have HOPE in our life if we settle on two things - believing that God's plan for me is always a future and a hope it will cause hope to arise in me no matter what my circumstances are because 1) God never changes and 2) He never lies, but always honors His Word. We are supposed to lay hold of the hope that is set before us - anticipating and expecting that what He said He will perform. It's...

𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. No matter how good things are or bad things are in our life don't get tripped up in a moment, because life is a journey, not a moment. There will be times in life that we feel like hope isn't there, but God is with us on the journey and in the moments, and He's taking us from one place to another place. The presence of resistance a...

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲. Life is more of a journey than it is a destination. Journey is "the passing or travel from one place to another." God wants to take all of us on a journey from where we are to where He wants us to be. We can't get so discouraged and stuck in our moments and seasons - that we live in hopelessness. Moments and seasons will pass. God wants to stir up HOPE in our...

How does God want to build the church BEYOND you? 1) BIGGER: God is bigger, and He wants us to think bigger. When we think bigger it creates an innate need for God in our life, and He's challenging our thinking! 2) FARTHER: God wants to stretch us beyond our limits, and beyond what's comfortable. and 3) LONGER: God wants to build staying power in us, so we are still burning long after the emotion,...

Building the Church is about building people. Church is NOT a place we go or attend - it's about who we become. It's who Jesus is building on the inside of us, and then it moves from just being about "in you" to being about "with you." It's partnership with God and people to build beyond just ourselves. We are FIT together, BUILT together and KNIT together. It's doing life together, because relati...

You are the Church, and God wants to build the Church in You, with You and beyond You. What does it mean for God to build the Church "In" me? When God builds the Church "In" you - He's not building a building or an organization - but rather He's building each individual person in the body. There are many members with many functions a part of one body - the CREW and the CREW member. A strong crew m...

Are you available for God's use? Are you on the building crew? When we try to do something that God has for us to do - the enemy is always there with the same old strategy. He 1) Discourages 2) Distracts and 3) Deceives us to take us out. The story of Nehemiah and the tribes rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem show us how to keep building His church, and at the same time - fight against the strategie...

The Roads Church was honored with Dr Randy Clark's message of exhortation. In this message, Dr Clark gives six keys to understand how to become who God says you are and walk out your prophetic destiny. Based on the story of Gideon found in the book of Judges - Dr Clark shows us the process that Gideon walked through from the call to humbly giving God all the glory for the victory in the end. God h...

What kind of church does God want to build? He wants to build a church that is about building people! It's a church where everyone is using their ability to pour into people and connect people with Jesus. God isn't in the business of building bigger buildings or more campuses for the sake of bigger buildings and more campuses - He's in the business of building up people from the inside, and that's...

It's not just about your "Potential" but your "Potency." God has called us to be "Outspoken." He's put things inside of you that you need to speak up and out - it's time to use your voice. You have it in you to "Outperform" - when you join with God you have all you need to overcome and do things that you think are impossible. The Goliath you are dealing with - won't always be there, and you don't...

You have ABILITY (ischus) inside of you! It's actually God's own talents and ability that He's given you to do amazing things. Are you making them AVAILABLE for God to use? Or are you making excuses and hiding them? Don't let your excuses keep you from your ischuses! It's time to be part of the CREW and live a POTENT life that works to build SUSTAINABILITY. It's bigger than us! SERMON NOTES: thero...

Are you part of the Crew or the Crowd? God is building His Church individually (IN YOU), locally (WITH YOU) and corporately (BIGGER THAN YOU). What are you doing with what He's given you to do? Are you choosing to build the eternal things that are rewarded, or are you standing on the sidelines watching others build? The crowd is easy NOW - but there's no reward for being a part of the crowd - ther...

There is so much more to us that we don't give God credit for. He's puts things inside of you that are specific, special, incredible and unique. You are created amazing. Greg Short looks at three "ins" that God has invested in you - "In-tuition," "In-stinct," and "In-genuity." They are for a God-given purpose. We invite you to explore our podcast channel and the teachings of Chad Everett - Lead Pa...