by Chad Roberts | Counseling, Family Life, Marriage & Divorce, Relationships
“I opened to my beloved, by my beloved had turned and gone.” Song of Solomon 5:6 In Song of Solomon 5, a tragedy of mistiming happens in a relationship. I have seen the story of Song of Solomon play out many times in my counseling office. I do not believe I have ever...
by Chad Roberts | Addiction, Faith, Freedom in Christ, Transformation
What happens when people who love God and have trusted Him for salvation still struggle with addictions? If we say things like, “The power of the Gospel is all you need?” Is it that the power of the gospel did not work in their life? Was it not effective for their...
by Chad Roberts | Intercession, Intercessory Prayer, Prayer & Praying
I am always getting requests to pray for people, and I am thankful for it. We are a praying Church and I am glad when people share what is going on in their lives so that we can better pray for them. It encourages me that people trust us enough to share their...
by Chad Roberts | Book of Acts, Holy Spirit, Waiting
“As you wait before God in holy silence, He sees it as a confession that you have nothing, no wisdom to pray aright, no strength to work aright. Waiting is the expression of need, of emptiness.” – Andrew Murray I am a type-A, self-starter kind of person....
by Chad Roberts | Book of Acts, Kingdom of God
We have carefully studied Acts 1 this month and I have enjoyed this chapter of the Bible so much. It seems every phrase we have studied is packed with deep truth. One of the phrases we will be highlighting this weekend is found in Acts 1:5. There is a phrase in verse...
by Chad Roberts | Church Leadership, Church Life, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry
The Lord has been speaking many things to me since October. Recently, He has been waking me up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning hours to say specific things to me. I am thankful for these visitations because it reminds me I am not alone. All of...