The Roads Church Podcast

Some people see opposition, while some people see opportunity. Some people see problems while some people see possibilities. Caleb in Numbers 13 saw what everyone else saw, BUT he SAID something different than what everyone else said. Caleb’s words were not a REACTION to a circumstance around him but rather a REFLECTION of the belief that was within him! An Overcoming Spirit speaks from REVELATION...

When the Israelites went to spy out the land – Numbers 13 – they were told to find out if the people there were strong or weak, if they dwelt in camps or strongholds, and check if the land was rich or poor. God never lied to them about who was inhabiting the land instead He said, “Be of good courage!” It was true that they could overcome the land and possess it – as God had already commanded – but...

When we face adversity, we can respond in one of two ways, we can choose to be overwhelmed, or we can choose to overcome. To overcome we need courage! Courage means, to venture, withstand or persevere through danger, fear or difficulty. Courage is there but we’ve got to call upon and take hold of it. In the absence of danger, fear, and difficulty courage cannot exist. There is no need for courage...

The Peace of God - "Shalom" - in Hebrew means "destroy the authority attached to chaos." Paul Martini shares his life message from a place of believing the world's definition of peace (the absence of conflict) to knowing the power of God's peace. The peace of God is so powerful - it actually guards you. The Peace of God is not the absence of conflict, but rather it transcends and overcomes conflic...

You have a gift of God. Paul reminds Timothy to stir up – re-kindle – the gift that God has placed in him. Just like Timothy you have the responsibility of stirring up your own gifts. When your gift is not being used there’s a gap that others could fall through. You fill a gap that no one else can. Which gap are you filling? SERMON NOTES: www.theroads.church/sermon-notes We invite you to explore o...

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝. You have the ability to make people around you feel whole rather than making holes in them. In other words. We have gifts from God that fill holes. We don't have all the same gifts, but rather our gifts are different able to fill specific vacancies. The gift of God in you was created for a purpose and a calling. How are you using those gifts to serve and meet the needs of o...

I can punch my Bible time with Jesus real easy, but if we're just doing it in the form and function of it, then we're in a real good religion. Religion is form without power, and what I need, what the world needs - is the power from heaven so I can impact the world. Spending time in the presence with God takes the things I value and I attain to be and produces a core value in me that actually matc...

How are we going to experience everything God has for us? By faith! My faith doesn’t tell God what to do, it connects me to receive what He has already done. The manager at a grocery store doesn’t walk beside you and put the things you need in your cart. They have already made it available on the shelves and you have to put it in your cart. There might be things on the shelf that you choose not to...

Pray believing! Praying believing is not making things available to us that were not already there or persuading God to give us something. He has already made His promises available to us, all we have to do is receive them. When we pray it should first come from a place of faith from believing - firmly persuaded, believe to the extent of complete trust or reliance on – we often pray from the place...

How often should we pray? Luke 18:1 “…men always ought to pray and not lose heart,” Pray always! It doesn’t mean praying all the time but praying on every occasion no matter how small. How long should we pray? The widow in Luke 18 continually came to the unjust judge until her goal - justice - was accomplished. Her request was not attached to a time frame, but it was attached to a goal. Our Heaven...

In order for God to pour new things into our lives, we have to remain soft and flexible to expand our capacity. Is it possible that fasting keeps us soft and flexible for the new things God wants to pour into our lives? Matthew 9:17 says, “Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wine...

Prayer and fasting is about breakthrough spiritually that could not otherwise. Jesus said prayer and fasting is necessary to get breakthrough in certain areas. Because of Christ we can come to Him boldly and confidently in our prayer and fasting. It is when we understand our identity in Christ and our rights as heirs of God, we can come boldly to His throne and pray persistently and believing. Wha...

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...