Michael Rodriguez

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

One of the great surprises of the Christian life is that when we stop trying to make our lives significant, we discover that God has already given us significance.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

There is a connection between the depth of our fear of God and the strength of our resistance against temptation. -Tripp

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Not saying we dodged a bullet…
But switching from Verizon two weeks ago feels like a small miracle today.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Burnout has become the complaint of so many church leaders that we’ve accepted it without digging deeper. Maybe Paul lived off spiritual resources found in Christ we have yet to discover. Gods will is not for us to burn out but to burn on for His glory. ~ Jim Cymbala

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

The magnitude of your ministry will always be measured by your intimacy with God.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Don’t sit around and think about the big things that might be coming; sit and fixate on how big God is.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Everything God asks you to do today is connected to what He wants to entrust to you tomorrow.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

The best gift I can ever give from the pulpit is a clearer sight of God himself and the greatest thing the church can ever have in life is more of God himself.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

People attend worship services on their phones every day when they open their favorite apps…Daily discipleship by social media is best fought with daily time with God. ~Chris Martin

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Jesus didn’t say have church services. He said make disciples. ~Jeff Little

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

If the man does not live differently from what he did before … his repentance needs to be repented of, and his conversion is a fiction. ~Spurgeon

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

A man will never be passionate about spreading the presence of God if he is not passionate about experiencing the presence of God. Where there’s no passion flowing in, there will never be passion following out. ~Josh Smith #titusten

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

When you pray, how often are you seeking a feeling of peace? We should weigh every prayer and every motive against God’s Word instead of base it on feelings. Peace isn’t from God if it’s a “peace” we’re feeling when our actions are flying in the face of scriptural truth.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

God’s commitment to your fruit bearing is greater than your commitment to comfort. https://t.co/EmsVwfFFBZ

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

Movements of God start when the founder knows Jesus deeply. Movements die when the followers only know the founder. Who are you abiding in?

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

God speaking to you is so little about your ability to hear His voice and so much more about His desire for you to know Him.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

When our eyes are on our problems, we will not receive God’s word or trust his power. We can’t think our problems and Gods power are equally great. We will exalt one more the other…we can be so focused on our problems we can’t hear God’s promises and fail to believe God’s power.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

“Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters. Wherever You would call me.”

Talking about faith is not the same as walking in faith. Faith sometimes means leaving behind everything that represents security, but if He calls, go.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

It’s a story that only God could have written. And it’s a story of faith that my family will step into asking God to do immeasurably more than we can ask for or imagine.

[Michael Rodriguez @mrod714]

At the age of 13, I committed my life to Christ and promised to follow Him wherever He leads. After saying “I will never” for years, I have accepted the Invitation to become the Lead Pastor of Ironbridge Church in Richmond, Virginia.