River of Life Christian Fellowship
RLCF Praise Live — June 11, 2023 http://rlcf.church
River of Life Christian Fellowship
1306 N Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary The sermon emphasizes the unwavering focus on Jesus' return, urging listeners to prioritize this hope over temporary earthly pleasures. It encourages finding joy in God's plan for one's life, maintaining a spirit of praise even through difficulty, and being active witnesses of Christ's life. The speaker also briefly discusses the nature of faith, referencing Abraham and the fruit of the Spirit.
Transcript 0:00 Come Bless the Lord only Servants of the Lord [Music] [Applause] 0:19 in the holy places [Music] the women will follow Come Bless the Lord 0:36 [Music] [Applause] [Music] 1:11 that the Lord is sister oh taste and see that the Lord is good [Music] [Music] 1:45 [Music] his Praises one day when sin was as black as could be Jesus came forward to be born 2:03 [Music] more examples [Music] [Music] living he loved me 2:23 [Music] my sins far away Rising he justified freely forever one 2:39 day he's coming a glorious day oh Glorious Day one day they let him out calvaries 2:58 [Music] despised and rejected bearing us is [Music] 3:26 [Music] one day he's coming a glorious day oh 3:51 Glorious Day one day the grave could conceal him no longer one day the star rolled away from 4:09 the door now is [Music] Rising again 4:36 [Music] a glorious day 4:57 Glory last day glorious day one day the trumpet will stand for his coming 5:15 one day the skies with its glories will shine [Music] [Applause] 5:30 [Music] my sins [Music] [Music] 6:04 Paul says that the crown is awaiting for all those who have loved his appearing and I hope you're looking forward to this thing more than anything else not some blessing that's awaiting you this week some not some promotion or 6:16 some pleasure or some exciting thing that's waiting this week but Jesus is returning he's coming soon call him 6:50 [Music] he is 7:39 [Music] [Music] 8:33 by the crystal flowing river forever and forever [Music] 9:04 [Music] I hope that the Lord will remind us of these words in a couple days when we'll need it 9:23 when the temporary pleasures of this Earth and the cares and the deceitfulness of riches who try to press in and you will dig deep and find fruit from that root that is Jesus himself like us to learn new song it's a very 9:40 old song but it's a new one to most of us let's look at the words before we sing it I have joy in my soul as I walk Lord with thee there's a Heavenly music in me you know if you find that there's a lack of Praise if you find that it's 9:52 difficult to praise him ask God to pour out his Spirit within you a spirit of praise and unless that song songs of praise fill my day as I walk on the way that you've chosen and planned just for me do you know that Jesus God has planned your 10:05 father in Heaven has planned your day today tomorrow every day of your life he wrote it in your in his book every day he's written it so you don't there's no reason to complain or be mournful or sad or be cast on because 10:18 God has planned a perfect day for you if you let him lead you he will you will find joy in him so he's in glory glory and in that last verse we'll sing there's join my soul even though my way may be hard here because behind all of 10:32 it I hear your sweet song You Hear Jesus singing over you it's not a wonderful thing it is sweet in my ear it's a Balsam it's it's soothing it it calms me it brings me rest and healing and it strengthens me all the day long I have 10:47 joy in my soul as I walk Lord with me there sons of Grace shall employees 11:21 [Music] Heavenly music in me [Music] oh yes [Music] 11:55 Glory Glory praises [Music] 12:31 it is [Music] my soul though my way 12:57 [Music] from the youngest to the oldest you can be Witnesses of Jesus Christ and what does that mean to be as witnesses that means God has done something in you he's doing something in you and you can tell others of it you can show a smile on 13:17 your face you can sing loudly look you can lift your hands to him that's being a witness to of Jesus Christ to the world and to heaven and to the hosts of hell as well so let's sing God's not dead because he's not he's alive man 13:29 God's Not Dead he is alive I feel him in my head I feel him in my feet I feel him in my heart I 13:47 feel him in my soul I feel him all over but one more time God's Not Dead God's Not Dead no he is alive God for me 14:18 how about this one as long as I live as long as I live I will praise you as long as I live I will what if we can pull up those songs thank you as long as I live as long as I live I 14:35 will praise you I will praise you as long as I live as long as I live I will praise you I hope you mean that as long as 14:52 I live I will praise you I will praise you as long as I live as long as I live I will pray 15:04 [Music] an echo for that so the boys will sing first because your love is better better than life and Jerusalem will help the girls sing because your love is better better than life because your love yes 15:23 boys sing Love better better better better than love is [Music] 15:50 [Music] [Music] [Music] your name 16:32 as long as I live I will serve you serve you as long as I live as long as I live all right children's how big is God what 16:51 do you think is he really really big let's see if we can show a little bit of how big we think is by how high we're going to lift up our hands when we sing this verse again and in your name I lift up my hands we're going to lift them up 17:04 as high as we can does that sound good adults please help them as well yes Lord we praise you and my lips 17:39 as long as I live I will love you Lord as long as I live I will love you I will love you 17:59 as long as I live [Music] you 18:19 how about children obey your parents in the Lord children obey your parents in the children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right for this is [Applause] 18:46 what do you think Sean is that easy to obey your parents well we're looking for who are the honest ones it's not easy it's not easy but you can say Lord Jesus I want to obey you you said that I should obey my parents it will go well with you you 18:59 will have the happiest life if you obey your parents so let's sing that again obey your parents foreign [Music] 19:43 [Music] [Music] 20:07 so let's just praise [Music] and so are you 20:24 so let's just praise the Lord Father Abraham had many sons many sons [Music] 20:42 Just Praise [Music] sit down 21:08 and stand right back up so I have a question for you children you know I didn't write this song but I always think about that you can stand back up are you really is Abraham really your father what do you think someone now if you read your Bible 21:20 carefully you'll see that well first of all you have a physical father here on Earth and then you have a Heavenly Father in Heaven God is your father but the Bible does say that Abraham is a father like a type to all who believe so 21:32 when we sing Father Abraham what we're saying he's not he's around really Our Father we have one father that's our Father in heaven but if you believe God just like Abraham did even if you are a hundred years old and you haven't had 21:44 any children God says you're going to have children if you believe God for that which seems impossible then you're proving you're like Abraham in that sense so that's what we mean by the song and that's why we'll praise him and 21:55 that's why he's given us arms to praise him and legs to praise him um um okay let's sing this one fruit of the spirit yep yes spread out spread out you guys know the drill uh the fruit of the spirits not a banana 22:13 the fruit of the spirit's not a banana if you wanna be a banana you might as well hear it cause the fruit is love joy peace faces goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control with dark peace faces kindness goodness faithfulness 22:32 gentleness and self-conscious Spirits not a watermelon the Fruit of the Spirit fruit of the spirit [Music] but the spirit cause the fruit is love 22:52 joy peace faces the fruit of the spirit's not a lemon a coconut yes let's do coconut the fruit of the spirit is 23:10 [Music] not coconut if you want to be a coconut you might as well again [Music] [Music] 23:44 [Music] [Music] kindness faithfulness gentleness and self control 24:04 [Music] Jesus [Music] [Music] 25:07 right in Jesus good job children you can go back to 25:44 your seats thank you you know the time will come children when you might grow out of these songs but I hope you won't grow out of the truth of it and I hope you'll see even as as adults enjoy singing with you that there's a Simplicity there's a 26:03 child likeness that child Madness about God that Jesus said you want to know what heaven is like look at the children [Music] here's an old hymn would like to sing again as we think about Jesus as the source of our only joy 26:21 you know we sing a lot of songs in this in this uh church family and speak about Jesus as our only joy all in all may not but thee my thoughts employ and often when I stand up here and sing I think Lord is that really true 26:36 it's so easy so easy to sing these songs here and for the melody to sound good and to lose sight of it if it's the longing of your heart that Jesus will be the endless source of purest Joy that's what I'm after family I'm after Jesus being the endless source 26:55 of purest Joy I don't want that joy to be mixed with any pleasure here on this Earth any satisfaction any anything that I see here or experience here on this Earth if the Lord wants to take it away that's fine I want Jesus to be the 27:07 endless source of purest Joy if that's the longing of your heart even if it hasn't been so up to this point if you've got to be honest with yourself say Lord I don't find your word exciting I don't find praying uh to you exciting I find 27:20 so many else other things exciting make it to your prayer this morning Lord but I want this life he who drinks from the water that I will give Jesus said will never thirst again you won't thirst for the things of this world if you drink the water you don't 27:35 have to come up with it yourself come and drink of his wine Lord Jesus [Music] [Music] 28:04 [Music] the joys of Earth 28:31 [Music] when I shall gaze upon my face my grace 28:54 upon thy face foreign [Music] [Music] 29:38 [Music] all of them Lord oh what is all that Earth can give I'm called to sharing God's Own Joy yesterday now 30:07 all things some child tell me what's alloy 30:26 anybody yes Arrow yeah right a mix of two metals very good so did we understand were we just saying Lord I'm dead to the world and I'm living in thee and I have joy with thee that's not mixed with any Joy from this Earth 30:42 I'll be honest with you I find that's the hardest thing I enjoy Jesus but sometimes it's mixed in with a little bit of enjoyment of something else now God has really given us all things to Joy on this Earth but not in a way that 30:54 corrupts my joy in Christ alone which means that if he was to take it all away everything on this Earth if he was to take it away I prove that my my joy is not an alloy Joy because he can take it all away I find my joy in Christ alone 31:08 let's sing that again oh what is all that Earth can give oh what is bad wolf can give I'm called Joy [Music] all things are mine and 31:37 I remember through Thou shalt come to take me home 31:59 love [Music] [Applause] more of thyself each day each day to know and more into thy name 32:33 [Music] Jesus said come to me and you will find rest take my yoke upon me upon you learn from me because I'm Meek and gentle in heart you will find rest for your souls Jesus 32:50 [Music] [Music] [Music] 33:25 Jesus foreign 33:49 [Music] [Music] 34:26 mine Jesus [Music] simply trusting the word Jesus Christ 34:58 [Music] [Music] set me round with blessings 35:44 [Music] his face [Music] [Music] 36:22 [Music]
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