by Chad Roberts | Encouragement, The Psalms
“But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, And the lifter of my head.” Psalms 3:3 David wrote this beautiful Psalm during one of the darkest seasons of his life. It is a prayer for God to deliver him from his many enemies. If you know much about David’s...
by Chad Roberts | Healing, The Psalms
“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:2-3 As many of you know, I am in a fight to save my eye sight. I began aggressively losing vision in my left eye. I had a surgery to correct...
by Chad Roberts | Church Leadership, Church Life, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Pastors
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 1:4 Spiritual progress in the lives of God’s people means everything to a pastor. I can identify with the Apostle John’s pastoral heart when he wrote in his 3rd Epistle, “I...
by Chad Roberts | Christian Living
“Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” Colossians 1:28-29 I host a weekly prayer gathering each...
by Chad Roberts | Book of Acts, Christian Living, Church Life, Gospel
Acts 4 is riveting as it takes the reader of God’s Word through a remarkable story of courage and boldness. When Peter and John are arrested because of the miracle of the lame man and the preaching of Peter’s sermon in Acts 3, the author of Acts, Luke, is going to...
by Chad Roberts | Assurance of Salvation, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Salvation, The Cross
Martin Luther once referred to the Gospel as a treasure chest. I love that metaphor and I want to use the same illustration for today’s devotional. Like opening a treasure chest and admiring its rubies, pearls and sapphires, I want us to handle carefully these...
