River of Life Christian Fellowship
RLCF Praise Live -- December 1, 2024 http://rlcf.church
River of Life Christian Fellowship
1306 N Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary The message centers on the believer's relationship with Christ, emphasizing that the truth will set the believer free, even when facing trouble. The speaker urges the congregation to dedicate their entire lives—including habits, self-seeking, and misplaced loves—at the altar to Jesus. The core call is to live a life fully yielded to God, recognizing the fleeting nature of earthly life and preparing for Christ's return by being filled with faith.
Transcript 0:01 [Music] this is the day this is the day that the Lord has made that the Lord has made we 0:16 will rejoice we will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad in it this is the day that the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it this is the day this 0:36 is the day that the Lord has one more time this is the day this is the day this is the day that the Lord has made that the Lord has made we will rejoice 0:53 we will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad it it this is the day that the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it this is the day this is the day that 1:13 the Lord has made in my father's house there are many many rooms in my father's house there are many many rooms and I'm going up there now to prepare a place for you 1:31 that where I am there you may also be if I go prepare a place for you I will come back again if I go prepare a place for you I will come back again and you know I am the way the truth the life keep my command that where I am there 1:51 you may also be that where I am there you may also be because the truth the truth will set you free in the world you will have trouble but I leave you my 2:07 peace that where I am there you may also be remember you did not choose me no I have chosen you remember you did not choose me no I have chosen you the world will show you hatred the spirit show you 2:26 that where I am there you may also be that where I am there you may also be because the truth the truth will set you free in the world you will have trouble but I leave you my peace that where I am 2:45 there you may also be I've come down from the father time for me to go back up I've come down from the father time for me to go back up one command and I leave you love as I have 3:03 that where I am there you may also be that where I am there you may also be the truth the truth will set you free in the world you will have trouble but I leave you my peace that where I am there 3:22 you may also be that where I am there you may also be because the truth the truth will set you free in the world you will have trouble but I leave you my peace that where I am there you may 3:42 also [Music] be Jesus said I will not leave you as orphans I've given you the Holy Spirit and when I'm going back up to the father it's simply to prepare a place for you that you might be with me forever and he's given us the Holy Spirit as a 4:01 pledge a reminder that he's coming back as you seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit as you long for that greater filling it ought to do this a reminder in our hearts that Jesus is coming back soon the things of this world are 4:15 passing away they're fading away all the pleasures all the attractions of this world are slowly passing away it's fading preparing for the return of Jesus God has not given us the spirit of fear not given us a spirit of unbelief 4:31 but a spirit of power and love a spirit of faith and so I pray dear friends dear brothers sisters and children that our lives will be characterized by Faith No unbelief at all if there's been unbelief in your life this week ask God to fill you with the spirit 4:49 of Faith pour out his Spirit of Faith As we sing this song be unbelief my savior is near and for my relief will surely appear by prayer let 5:06 me wrestle and he will perform with Christ in the vessel I smile at the storm dark be my way he is my guide is 5:26 mine to oy his provide those sisters be broken and creatures all fail the word he has spoken shall surely [Music] 5:46 Prevail his love in time P forbids me to think he'll leave me at last in trouble to sing each sweet heav [Music] 6:01 I have in R confirms his good pleasure to help me through since all that I me shall work 6:17 for my good the bitter is sweet the medicine is fruit the painful at present will cease before long and then oh how pleasant the 6:37 [Music] coner before we go into a time of prayer and consecration I know we do this every Sunday but dear friend dear brother dear sister and even dear children use these 6:55 times of prayer and singing to commit your life aresh to the Lord lord it's not just about singing good words and feeling good as we sing but that there's an altar in front of each one of us this morning an altar where the Lord Jesus who gave everything he 7:12 didn't hold back a single thing when he gave himself fully for you ask you now to give yourself fully to him what is it that you're holding back is it a little thing it's a big thing compared to what Jesus gave up is it something small some 7:28 habit that you refuse used to give up some way of self-seeking something that the Lord is putting his finger on through the holy spirit that he says You must give that up you love yourself too much you love pleasure too much you love money too 7:40 much you complain too much you're full of ungr itude lay it at the altar lay it on the altar this morning dear friend and you'll see a life of Happiness awaits you life of true Joy at thy right hand our Pleasures [Music] 7:58 forever thank you thank you Lord for that reminder so before we pray let's sing this song savior you gave me your dying love you loved me until the end you didn't quit at some point in loving me it cost you your very life and 8:16 so Lord let my life be something for thee not for this world not for myself not for anybody else except for you savior thy dying 8:35 love thou gave us me nor should I nothing tohold de Lord From Love My Soul would 9:00 bow my heart fulfill it bow some offering bring me now for 9:19 [Music] thee have the Blessed Mercy seing for me my 9:39 Fe Faith looks Jesus to the help me the cross to be 9:57 thy Wonder love declare to or pray something for [Music] 10:19 you give me a faithful heart lightess to to the that each de part 10:38 day H forth may she some work of Love be 10:53 some of kind is done so wonder and one for [Music] thee 11:13 all that I am and have thy gift so [Music] free in joy in dream through life 11:32 tear Lord for and when my face I see my Ransom Soul shall 11:50 [Music] be all et [Music] eternity son for thee pray with me dear father we pray 12:09 that the song We sang will be true that for all eternity we will have no regret for how we lived here on this Earth you're coming is soon our lives here on this Earth are short it's a vapor and we're so often distracted by the things 12:23 of this Earth and how long it seems how long how much time we have in a day or in a week or in a month and another years has gone by help us to see Lord Jesus how quickly life is passing on its way and we'll soon meet the end of our 12:36 life Lord and I pray that not a single person here in this room or listening to this prayer will have any regret because that's the only thing that will matter the life that's lived for thee what you've been able to do through our lives 12:48 I pray Lord that at least from this day forward for every one of us here it will be a life that's a channel for you something for you do it Lord Jesus we don't want to try to accomplish great things for you but we yield ourselves we 13:01 yield our will we take up our cross aresh today and say we are yours we will follow you like you took up your cross and how you proved Lord that that was the most valuable life that has ever lived the most successful life that was 13:15 ever lived was the one that you lived here on this Earth fully yielded to your father do it in our lives Lord I pray do it in our marriages do it in our homes do it in our children do it in this church Lord I pray for anyone who's 13:29 discouraged this morning discouraged because the devil's been beating them down they're defeated by sin Lord addicted to bad habits and unable to break free oh will you come through your Holy Spirit and break the bonds that are 13:42 binding any Lord and loose them in the name of Jesus I thank you that there's no discouragement there's hope you are the glory and the lifter of our heads We Cried Out To You Lord and you heard us from your Holy Hill I pray that everyone 13:55 will take Faith and take hope this morning that you are our God who hears you're a God who answers Lord and there's no difficulty that's impossible for you Lord Jesus there's nothing impossible for you and you will solve 14:07 you will release you will make us Overcomers you will give us Victory Lord you will help us to be more like you you will give us love and joy and peace the fruit of the Holy Spirit In Our Lives that's the testimony we make Lord this 14:21 morning as we lay our lives before you thank you pour out your spirit Upon Us Lord we can't do it I pray that there will be a fresh outpouring of your Holy Spirit in every life here Lord in every life listening to this prayer we come to 14:33 you and we lift up our vessels to you we open our mouths wide believing you will fill it because this is an impossible task to live a life that's pleasing to you unless you give us your spirit do that Lord we believe you will The Same 14:45 Spirit that lived in Jesus that that caused him Lord to live a Victorious life thank that caused you Lord to live a Victorious Life give it to us you promised it to us you said we would receive power to be your Witnesses by 14:57 our life and by our words thank you you will do that pray for every marriage I pray you'll knit our hearts together in deeper love as husbands and wives Lord that we'll truly become one not just learning how to get along but you'll 15:08 make us one in our marriages make us one with our children Lord restore the hearts of us as fathers to our children and the hearts of the children to us fathers you said you would do it before you came Lord and this is that time we 15:21 don't have a lot of time with our children Lord but I pray you'll give us Grace as parents to draw them to you that they will be able to testify that they see in US that we the Kingdom of Heaven is the only thing we're living 15:31 for please Lord do that and preserve our children watch over every one of them thank you Lord that I pray that none of us will be ones through whom they stumble Lord by our love of This World by our love of ourselves or love of 15:44 pleasure but there will will be ones who are constantly pointing them to you and that every one of them will be your disciples Lord Jesus they'll live for you and they'll be pillars in the church you give them gifts Lord and you'll 15:55 anoint them also with the holy spirit because the promis is for them thank you thank you Lord and I pray for this church also you'll knit Us in deeper Unity than we are experiencing yet Lord thank you for what you've done are you 16:07 establishing this church Lord but I pray you'll give us a Unity such Unity that the gates of hell can't Prevail against it lord the devil never gets a foothold in the church you'll knit our hearts together as brothers and sisters as 16:18 families and even the children Lord the unity that comes from walking in the light as you are in the light and fellowship that comes as a result of that Lord through the unity of the holy spirit thank thank you you'll do that 16:29 Lord and we believe that you will take us this week where the gates of hell are and they shall not Prevail we will take down the Gates of Hell Lord I pray you'll do that open our eyes to how we can be a witness for you Bolder Lord and 16:42 the let the light that's in us shine brightly forgive us for where we have put a bushel over it and hidden it and been timid and ashamed Lord thank you that you weren't ashamed to be to come here to this earth and be my brother 16:54 Lord to be to call us your brethren you weren't ashamed to die on the cross for me give us the boldness that comes through the holy spirit that we too will be unashamed Witnesses for you in this dark world that our light will shine 17:06 even brighter as the darkness increases around us thank you for your love thank you Lord we commit our Earthly needs to you as well pray for those that are sick those that are sick and couldn't be here this morning and others who deal with 17:19 other forms of sickness Lord or uh constant pain deal with sicknesses in their body Lord our bodies are for you and so we believe that you will heal according to your will Lord if it your will will you lay your hands on anyone 17:31 that's sick and needs a touch from you physically Lord do something in our bodies that no medicine no doctor could ever do because you are our maker you're our creator we're fearfully and wonderfully made so touch us in our 17:43 innermost being Lord and bring healing for anyone that needs healing we believe you'll do that this is not an empty prayer Lord we believe it's being recorded in heaven and you who are seated through whom to for whom there's 17:53 nothing impossible you who are all powerful and all loving Lord will you do it out of compassion and love thank you that you have compassion and love for us as a father does for his children and so Lord will you heal and bring healing 18:06 Lord Jesus thank you for the jobs you've given us Lord our eyes are not to our employers or to our abilities and the skills we have all of these things are from you and we commit this week a ahead Lord to you AR fresh in the work that 18:19 you called us to do to provide for our families and to so that we don't have to borrow or beg or steal thank you Lord that you've given us these jobs we give you thanks for those that are in any need Lord with their jobs I pray that 18:32 you will meet according to your will you have planned every day of Our Lives no matter what the circumstances look like today you wrote it out in your book already and you wrote it with love and you wrote it with a plan that we would 18:44 trust you and depend on you and you're not going to leave us hungry Lord even the Lions may go hungry but you will not leave us hungry because we have seeken your face and you will not desert us you will not leave us alone thank you we're 18:55 not offerings we have a father in Heaven and we exalt you and praise you thank you Lord I pray that our lives will be testify will testify to that faith that trusts you until the very end when you come back Lord will you find Faith here 19:09 at rlcf thank you thank you Lord we praise you in Jesus name amen amen we're going to sing a new song it's actually a very old song over a 100 years old but this song speaks about how it's 19:28 a it's a wonderful thing to live in the New Covenant where we have Grace see under the old Covenant they didn't have Grace they had the law and the law just LED them into more bondage and more heaviness and they could never meet up 19:41 to God's commands but he's given us Grace he's given us the holy spirit's power and let's sing this song of rejoicing times of Grace have come upon us and we're free from Satan's bondage what a privilege to live in these great 19:55 days hallelujah praise the Lord time of Grace have come upon us now we're free from Satan's bondage what aiv to live in these great days we his sheep who once were 20:12 scattered by the love of Christ are G and we now can see the glory of his hallelu hallelujah oh what great it is to live 20:30 now in these wonderful new days hallelujah hallelujah these are days of Triumph let us sing his praise to the Weil Tri 20:50 our to give us streng and power within many who were once defeated now has strength from God that's needed for his love has broken all the of s yes thank you Lord [Music] 21:09 hallelujah hallelujah oh what Grace it is to live now in these wonderful new days hallelujah hallelujah these are days of Triumph let 21:26 us sing his praise all good gifts he is the giver th to better serve each other and be bound together by the cords of Love wisdom love andal and fire sh sat 21:45 power us we're United by the spirit from above hallelujah hallelujah [Music] oh what Grace it is to live now in these 22:02 wonderful new days hallelujah hallelujah these are days of Triumph let us sing his praise hallelu times of blessing we will 22:19 certainly be me of his glory we more and more shall see every heart in God is fting know that Mighty times are coming even great signs and wonders there shall 22:37 be hallelujah hallelujah what Grace it is to live now in these wonderful new days hallelujah 22:54 hallelujah these are days of Triumph let us sing his praise hallelujah hallelujah oh what Grace it is to live now in these wonderful new days 23:13 hallelujah hallelujah these are days of Triumph let us sing his praise [Music] Jesus said come unto me all of you who labor and are heavy 23:32 laden take my yoke upon me upon you and learn from me for I'm Meek and gentle and heart you will find rest for your soul this is a thing that the world is pursuing the Restless world around us charges after 23:50 satisfaction joy and rest but none of the things of this Earth can satisfy there's always going to be something else that teases you in front of you some other goal to meet some other accomplishment some other rung on the 24:03 ladder to move up Jesus says take my yoke of submission meekness and gentleness and you will find rest in your souls Jesus I am resting 24:20 resting in the joy of who thou are I am finding out the the greatness of thy loveing heart bid me gaze upon 24:39 me and thy Beauty fills my soul for by thy transforming power thou Hast made me Jesus I am resting res 25:00 in the joy of who th I am finding out the greatness of thy loing heart oh how great thy 25:20 kind Master than the sea oh how marvelous my goodness La all on me yes I rest in thee 25:39 beloved for a wealth of Grace is mine Know Thy certainty of promise and have made it m Jesus I am resting resting 25:58 in the joy of who thou are I am finding out the greatness of thy Ling heart simply trusting thee Lord 26:18 Jesus I behold thee as thou and thy love so pure so un Chang satisfies my heart satisfies its [Music] 26:37 deepest me supplies it every need Compass me round with blessings thine is love ever lift thy face upon me as I 26:57 work in way for thee resting me thy smile Lord Jesus Earth Shadow s rightness of my father's 27:13 Glory sunshine of my father's face keep the ever trusting resting fill me with thy Grace Jesus I am resting 27:32 resting in the joy of who thou are I am finding out the greatness of the loveing heart Jesus I am resting 27:50 resting in the joy of who thou are I am finding the greatness of thy loveing heart amen 28:11 [Music]
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