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creativity. Perhaps you’re still hiding
from a storm that ended a long time
ago. in the past, whether years ago or just
yesterday, God loves you and will see
you safely through any storm.
My friend, if you look to Christ, you will
know it’s time to come out of hiding
into the glorious adventure of your
joyful purpose. The storms of life will
always come, but they have no power to
determine your destination. God alone
is in charge of where you’re going and
how you’re going to get there. Adapted from Shake Free: How to Deal with the
Storms, Shipwrecks and Snakes in Your Life.
Copyright © 2018 by Samuel Rodriguez. Used by
permission of WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin
Random House, LLC.
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All you have to do is take the next step
of faith and keep going.
You can choose faith and trust that
the One who made you will be faithful
as he has promised. You can choose to
keep moving in his direction instead of
allowing the currents of circumstance
to divert you from your destination.
No matter what choices you’ve made
Samuel
Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez is president of NHCLC, an
international organization with over 40,000 US-based
evangelical churches and additional chapters around
the world. A sought-after voice among media and
government leaders, in 2017 he became the first
Hispanic evangelical pastor to offer a prayer at a US
presidential inauguration. In 2013 he was nominated by
Time magazine to the list of one hundred of the “most
influential people in the world.” Rodriguez earned his
master’s degree in educational leadership from Lehigh
University and is the author of The Lamb’s Agenda and
the best-seller Be Light. He serves as senior pastor of
New Season Church in Sacramento, California, where
he resides with his wife, Eva, and their children.
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