The Roads Church Podcast

The Roads Church Podcast

By Chad Everett - Lead PastorReligion & Spirituality
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The Roads Church Podcast episodes

  • Focusing on the One | Lee Grady
    What if reaching just one person could impact an entire generation?
    In this powerful message, Lee Grady, longtime friend and Overseer of The Roads Church, reminds us that God doesn't measure Kingdom impact by the size of a crowd. He sees the value and potential in every individual life.
    Through powerful examples from the book of Acts, discover how God used ordinary encounters, personal relationships, and simple acts of obedience to transform lives, establish churches, and advance His Kingdom.
    God is calling every believer to recognize the people He places in their path, love intentionally, speak encouragement, and invest in others so that His Kingdom continues to multiply.
    “God doesn't look at one as if it's small. He looks at the one as a seed that's going to spread out all over.” — Lee Grady
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    44 min
  • Vision: Heirs of God | Think Like an Heir, Not a Slave | Chad Everett
    “God wants us to think like heirs while we're here, not just when we get to heaven.” — Pastor Chad Everett
    Are you living with the mindset of an heir of God, or are you still thinking like a slave?
    As sons and daughters of God, we have received an inheritance through Jesus Christ. Yet it's possible to be free from bondage and still live with a mindset shaped by fear, circumstances, past experiences, and the limitations we've accepted as normal.
    In this message from the Vision: Heirs of God sermon series, Chad Everett explores Galatians 4, Romans 8, and Colossians 3 to reveal the importance of seeing ourselves through God's eyes and renewing our minds to agree with who He says we are.
    Just as the Israelites were physically delivered from Egypt but continued to think like slaves, believers can experience salvation without fully embracing the freedom and authority that come with their identity in Christ. Our history does not have to determine our future, and our circumstances do not have to define who we are.
    The transformation begins when we bring our thinking into agreement with our God-given position. Rather than allowing our feelings, failures, or experiences to determine our identity, we must renew our minds according to the truth of God's Word.
    But this transformation isn't accomplished through willpower or simply trying harder to change our behavior. Romans 8 teaches that it is by the Spirit that we put to death the deeds of the flesh. As we seek the things of God, set our minds on Christ, and yield to the Holy Spirit, His power transforms us from the inside out.
    The Holy Spirit continually bears witness that we are God's children. And if we are His children, we are also heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. This inheritance is not merely a future promise of heaven. It is an invitation to walk in the freedom, identity, and spiritual authority Jesus has already made available to us.
    God is calling us to lift our expectations, change how we see ourselves, and live according to the truth of who we are in Him.
    It's time to stop thinking like slaves and start living as sons, daughters, and heirs of God. Our past does not have to determine our future. As we seek the things of God and set our minds on Christ, the Holy Spirit transforms us from the inside out.
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    30 min
  • VISION - Heirs of God | Chad Everett | The Roads Church
    What if the promises of God are already surrounding you, but your focus is on the problems standing in your way?
    As sons and daughters of God, we are heirs according to His promise. But possessing what God has promised requires more than knowing our identity. It requires vision, obedience, faith, and a willingness to move forward, even in the face of opposition.
    In this message, Chad Everett challenges believers to lift their eyes beyond their present circumstances and see what God has made available through Jesus Christ. Just as God called Abraham to arise and walk through the land He had given him, we are called to step into our God-given authority, confront the lies and resistance that hold us back, and establish His truth in every area of our lives.
    God's vision also extends beyond our own lives. What we believe, pursue, and possess today can impact families, communities, and generations to come.
    “We have to step into the promise before we can possess the promise.”
    Are you seeing the promises of God, or only the problems around you? It's time to lift your eyes, walk by faith, and take the territory God has called you to possess.
    44 min
  • The Way, the Truth & the Life | Blake Bradley | The Roads Church
    “He is the only way to life. To know Him is to know truth. To know Him is to know the way to the Father.”
    In The Way, the Truth & the Life, Blake Bradley brings us back to the words of Jesus in John 14:6 and the truth that there is only one way to the Father: Jesus Christ.
    Jesus is not one path among many. Salvation is found in Him alone, through His sacrifice and His blood. But knowing Jesus as the Way also means knowing Him as the Truth. In a culture filled with competing voices, opinions, feelings, and ideas, Blake challenges us to measure what we believe against the Word of God rather than allowing culture to define truth for us.
    Jesus calls us not only to hear His words, but to do them. When we hear and obey Him, we build our lives on the Rock. When we mix His truth with ideas that contradict His Word, we create an unstable foundation. The question is not simply whether we know what Scripture says, but whether we are willing to surrender our own thoughts, preferences, and ways to the truth of Jesus.
    Ultimately, Jesus is also the Life. The things of this world cannot give us the life we were created to have. True life, eternal life, and resurrection life are found in Him alone.
    As you listen, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any lies, mixture, or areas of your life that have not been fully surrendered to the truth of Jesus. He is the Way. He is the Truth. He is the Life.
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    39 min
  • Take the Land | Spiritual Authority - Sons & Daughters | Chad Everett
    What has God already given you that you haven’t yet possessed?
    In Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | Take the Land, Pastor Chad Everett continues teaching what it means to live as a mature son or daughter of God. Through faith in Christ, we are sons and daughters, heirs of God, and heirs according to the promise.
    But there is a difference between having an inheritance promised and actually possessing it.
    Looking at God’s covenant with Abraham, Chad highlights two important parts of the promise: lineage and land. Our lineage speaks to our identity. We need to know who we are, whose family we belong to, and what belongs to us as heirs through Christ. Our land represents the territory God has called us to possess.
    Throughout Scripture, Jesus restored people to their true identity. Zacchaeus was called a son of Abraham when others called him a sinner. The woman who had been bound for 18 years was called a daughter of Abraham and set free. Their circumstances did not determine their identity. Their covenant did.
    As sons and daughters of God, we cannot allow disappointment, opposition, fear, bondage, or past circumstances to cause us to retreat. God has not called us simply to survive until we get to heaven. He has called us to move forward, advance His Kingdom, and possess what He has given us.
    Opposition does not necessarily mean you are going the wrong direction. When God opens a great and effective door, there may also be adversaries. The call is to keep advancing.
    “Possess the land. Take the land. Move forward. Advance.”
    If you’ve stopped moving forward because of disappointment, discouragement, struggle, or opposition, this message is a call to remember who you are, believe God’s Word over what you see, get back up, and keep coming.
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    51 min
  • From Under to Over | Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | Chad Everett
    There are areas of our lives where we can belong to God, yet still live under things Jesus has already given us freedom and authority over.
    In this message, Pastor Chad Everett continues in Galatians 4:1–7, showing the difference between living as an immature heir and living from our identity as sons and daughters of God. Through Jesus, we have been redeemed from bondage, adopted into God’s family, and made heirs through Christ.
    We were under the elements of the world, controlled by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, and our own carnal nature. But Jesus came to redeem us and bring us out of bondage. The fullness of time has already come. Jesus has already paid the price.
    Our freedom is not something we have to wait for someday. We are called to receive what Jesus has already accomplished and begin living from our position as sons and daughters right now.
    That means choosing faith over feelings. It means allowing God to mature us through discipleship, accountability, correction, and surrender. It means recognizing the areas where we are still yielding to our flesh and bringing them under the authority of Jesus.
    Because we are sons and daughters, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father.” Our identity is not determined by how we feel in a moment. We have a Father, we belong to Him, and we have been invited to receive the inheritance Jesus paid for with His own blood.
    And ultimately, our inheritance is not merely something we receive from God. Our inheritance is Him.
    “Where we’re under, we got to come over.”
    Ask the Holy Spirit: Where am I still living like a slave when Jesus has called me to live as a son or daughter?
    It’s time to grow, receive what Jesus has already provided, and move from under to over.
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    43 min
  • Grow Up & Live Differently | Spiritual Authority - Sons & Daughters | Chad Everett
    What does it look like when our lives actually reflect who we are as sons and daughters of God?
    In Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | Grow Up & Live Differently, Pastor Chad Everett challenges believers to examine the areas of our lives that may still be controlled by our flesh instead of led by the Spirit.
    Galatians 4 tells us that an heir, while still a child, may live no differently than a slave, even though the inheritance already belongs to him. In the same way, we can belong to Jesus and still live in bondage to attitudes, behaviors, emotions, and patterns that do not reflect who we have become in Christ.
    “Sons and daughters are not supposed to act like slaves. We’re supposed to act differently. We’re supposed to think differently. We’re supposed to talk differently. We’re supposed to believe differently. We’re supposed to control ourselves differently.”
    Through Galatians 4 and 1 Corinthians 3, Chad confronts spiritual immaturity and challenges us to recognize carnality in our own lives. Envy, strife, division, offense, uncontrolled anger, gossip, and other areas where our flesh remains in control can keep us living beneath the freedom Jesus purchased for us.
    This is not a message of condemnation. It is an invitation to grow up, come out of bondage, and live in the freedom and inheritance Jesus has made available to us.
    “Our spiritual maturity will determine our spiritual experience.”
    God has called us to be sons and daughters whose lives are led by the Spirit. It is time to grow up, leave slavery behind, and live differently.
    The Roads Church - https://theroadschurch
    44 min
  • Live Like an Heir | Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | Chad Everett
    Can you be an heir and still live like a slave?
    In Live Like an Heir, from the sermon series: Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters, Pastor Chad Everett continues through Galatians 4 and challenges us to recognize where we may be living beneath what God has already made available through Christ.
    Through faith in Jesus, we are born into the family of God as sons and daughters, and if we are sons and daughters, we are heirs. But Galatians 4 shows us that an heir who remains immature can live no differently from a slave, even though the inheritance already belongs to them.
    Spiritual maturity is not determined by age or how many years we have followed Jesus. As we grow in God’s Word and put His truth into practice, we grow in our understanding of what is already ours in Christ.
    Jesus’ story of the two sons in Luke 15 reveals two ways we can miss this. Failure can convince us that we no longer deserve to live as sons and daughters, while faithful service can become striving to earn from God what He has already made available. Both can leave an heir thinking and living like a slave.
    The Father is calling His sons and daughters to know Him, grow in spiritual maturity, receive what He has provided through Jesus, and live like an heir.
    “Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”
    --Galatians 4:7 NKJV
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    41 min
  • Stay Strong! Endure! | Justin Younger | The Roads Church
    What do you do when following Jesus gets hard?
    In Stay Strong: Endure, you’ll be challenged to look at what happens when resistance, hardship, persecution, and spiritual opposition come against your faith. Jesus never promised that following Him would mean avoiding difficulty. He called His followers to remain faithful, stand firm, and endure.
    Mark 4 warns about seed that falls on stony ground. The Word is received with joy, but when trouble comes, there is no deep root to sustain it. That same warning still matters today. It is possible to hear the Word, agree with it, and even be encouraged by it without allowing it to take root deeply enough to shape how you respond when life becomes difficult.
    This message will challenge you to examine the condition of your heart and ask whether your faith is prepared to endure.
    You’ll see why resistance does not always mean you are doing something wrong. Following Jesus puts you in opposition to the ways of the enemy, and spiritual battles are part of the life of a disciple. Scripture calls believers to endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, resist the devil, and refuse to abandon their confession of faith.
    You’ll also be challenged to count the cost of following Jesus. Salvation is a free gift, but discipleship calls you to carry your cross, surrender your life, and keep following when obedience costs you something.
    If you are facing pressure, disappointment, betrayal, fear, hardship, or a season where you feel like giving up, this message is an encouragement to keep going. Your strength does not come from your ability to fight alone. Jesus is with you, the Holy Spirit strengthens you, and you can remain faithful through the battle.
    “Stay strong. Don’t back down. Hold fast to your confession of faith. Believe God.” - Justin Younger
    Don’t let resistance uproot what God has planted in you. Draw near to Him. Stand your ground. Keep believing. Keep following. Stay strong and endure.
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    31 min
  • One In Christ | Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | Chad Everett
    In Spiritual Authority: Sons & Daughters | One in Christ, Pastor Chad Everett continues through Galatians 3 : 28 – 29, showing what it means for believers to be one in Christ and live as one family in Jesus.
    In Christ, race, nationality, social status, gender, and denominational differences do not determine our value or belonging. We are one body, united under Jesus, and called to stop allowing the distinctions of the world to divide the family of God.
    Chad also teaches what it means to belong to Christ as Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. Sons and daughters do not have to earn their way into what Jesus has already provided. We are called to live from our position in Christ, receive what the Father has made available, and walk in the authority of Jesus’ finished victory.
    “Let’s stop dividing ourselves amongst ourselves ... let’s unite under Jesus Christ.”
    The Roads Church - https://theroads.church
    44 min

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