River of Life Christian Fellowship
RLCF Praise Live — April 28, 2024 http://rlcf.church
River of Life Christian Fellowship
1306 N Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary The message encourages the congregation to approach worship with a deep, genuine desire to praise God, rather than merely going through the motions. The speaker emphasizes that true praise flows from an open heart and calls for believers to surrender everything—their bodies, their plans, and their lives—as a living sacrifice to God. The core call to action is to take up the cross daily, trusting in God's presence and asking for a filling of the Holy Spirit to overcome any hindrances or anxieties.
Transcript 0:00 [Music] I want to encourage us dear church family to praise God as he is deserving of Praise I wonder why you want to praise him this morning is it just simply because that's what we do 10:30 on Sunday mornings and others are singing so I 0:19 might as well sing too or is there a a deep desire within your heart to praise him that's how it must be that the praise from God for God praise to God comes like a spring of water spring a well springing up within us 0:38 Jesus said that if we don't sing the rocks will have to cry out and uh think about it is that really true Jesus was not lying there is a desire even within creation all creation groans it says God hasn't done as much for the Rocks as he's done for 0:55 us and as little you can say relative to how much he's done for us as little as he's done for the Rocks they want to cry out and praise him and he's done so much more for us I'm not here to whip you up into an emotional state so you sing 1:09 louder or anything like that but I hope you come here with an open heart saying Lord will you fill my heart with praise will you fill my mouth with praise I Will Bless The Lord at all times his praise shall how often continually be in 1:23 my mouth Psalm says I uh my soul shall make her boast in the Lord maybe we can sing that uh that that little [Music] chorus I Will 1:38 Bless The Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth his praise shall continually be in my heart my soul my 1:58 soul shall shall make it host in the Lord The Humble shall hear and be glad the humble shall hear and be 2:23 glad oh magnify oh lift your hands to him and sing the Lord Lord with me and let us exalt his name together and let us exalt his 2:41 name together i s the Lord and he heard my cry and 2:56 delivered me from all I fears and delivered me from all my can we sing that verse again oh magnify the Lord oh 3:15 magnify the Lord with me and let us take of his name together i 3:34 s the Lord and he heard my cry and delivered me from all my [Music] 3:51 fears and deliver from all Mighty yes Lord thank you Father in heaven we love 4:17 you we left your name in all the Earth may your kingdom be established in our praise [Music] as your people declare your Mighty 4:36 Works to be the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come blessed be the 4:53 Lord God Almighty reigns forever more oh God Most Holy we adore 5:12 you we lay our all Lord your thr May the fragrance of your presence within us as we purpose to worship 5:32 you blessed be the Lord God Almighty who was it is and is to come blessed be the 5:49 Lord God Almighty who reigns forever more blessed be the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to 6:13 come blessed be the Lord God Almighty who reigns forever more who Waits 6:32 [Applause] [Music] forever you love my shepherd 6:56 is who goodness ever I'm if I am his and he is mine forever he is mine forever streams of living water 7:22 flow he Le where burn in pasture is th with Celestial Fe never 7:39 failing root of my heart Everlasting Lover of My Soul on the mountain high or in the valley low the king of love my shepher 7:56 is king of love my sheer [Music] must and foolish off th Str and yet love he sought 8:13 me and on his shoulders gently L and rejoicing [Music] bro in death St fail I fear no way 8:30 with the dear Lord beside me thy R and staff my comfort still I cross before to guide me never 8:47 failing rule it of my heart Everlasting of My Soul on the mountain high or in the valley love king of love my shepher king of love my sheer 9:08 [Music] is hallelujah [Music] hallelujah 9:25 hallelujah hallelujah never failing ruler of My Heart everting of My Soul on the M high or in 9:44 the valley l king of love my shepher is king of love my shepher is never failing R of my heart Everlasting of My Soul on the M high for 10:07 the valley the king of love my sheer the king of love my [Music] sheer through all the length of 10:24 days goodness fa Good Shepherd may I sing your praise within your house forever within your house 10:42 [Music] forever the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he makes me to lie down beside Still Waters he prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will 11:00 fear no evil because you are with me oh Shepherd Your Rod and your staff comfort me when I need to be corrected you do it out of love when I need to be led you do it out of love you will not deceive me you will not hide yourself for me our 11:16 eyes shall see our teacher thank you thank you Father for the promise in your word and thank you that surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the Days of Our Lives we want nothing else except to dwell in your house forever Lord and that's not a 11:28 physical place anymore but that this Temple that you've given us our bodies we offer you as a Living Sacrifice to be emptied that you might find a dwelling place here you have a home in heaven Lord and you have a home here with the 11:42 lowliest those who are humble and contrite in heart broken in spirit Lord we come to you as those who are that but have so much more to go in being contrite Lord we want to be more contrite that you might fill more of us 11:55 we pray often Lord that you would pour out your spirit within us and that's our prayer of fresh this morning but we know you can't do that if we're full of ourselves and our own ideas and our own Ambitions and goals and our own wants 12:06 and desires and our own irritations and our own little quirks Lord that we don't want to give up but we say Lord Jesus in faith and by Your Grace by the mercies of God that we will lay our bodies aresh this morning on the altar there it is 12:20 right in front of us an altar that you're placing that nobody else can see well you know exactly what it is you're calling us to give Lord give up and you're asking us to be willing to be changed by you and so we lay it on the 12:31 altar AR fresh this morning every piece of it from head to toe what's coming up this week lord it's yours every single minute of this week what's coming up in this new month that's coming this next month it's yours the rest of this year 12:43 and the years to come until your return Lord Jesus you called us to do one thing every day and that was to take up our cross we want to do that aresh today we do take up our cross today Lord in a way that nobody else can see in secret in 12:58 private having sat down and counted the cost Lord Jesus please help us Lord thank you for the joy that was set before you and will you open the eyes of our hearts to see that joy as well set before us that we will gladly take up 13:11 our cross as well even if it's not enjoyable Lord we don't find joy in the circumstance or in the cross itself but in you because at your right hand is Pleasures forever in your presence is fullness of joy oh Lord this is the 13:24 presence we long for Lord so that we leave a trail of goodness and mercy wherever we go we pour out our souls to you Lord for an outpouring of your Holy Spirit in each one of us from the youngest to the oldest Lord we long for 13:35 your spirit the spirit of Heaven a spirit of Grace a spirit of wisdom and discernment a spirit of the fear of the Lord Lord that's what we long for come pour that Spirit Lord I need it you know I do and we do all of us Lord I pray 13:48 there will not be a single hindrance in a single person here from experience than experiencing that fing Lord an emptiness Lord that that creates the vacuum for your holy SP to come in and fill it oh you're longing to do it Lord 14:02 you're waiting for us to give it all up I pray today there will be a decision that we make every one of us for anything that's still holding us back anything any reason why there's still been Gloom this past week or discouragement or heaviness or a lack of 14:15 Joy or a lack of peace any anxiety or worry or unbelief if there's any reason for that Lord show us What's blocking your Holy Spirit from coming and filling us so that we might have all of Heaven Lord thank you that you've made it 14:27 available to us through Jesus Christ we exalt you and praise you I pray on behalf of any who are in a battle spiritual battle that the devil has a foothold in their life or is oppressing them in some way in the name of Jesus I 14:39 pray we pray together as your church that you will loose them loose those that need to be loosed Lord and bind the work of Satan in any life in any marriage in the life of any child in relationships Lord whether in the home 14:51 or in the church or elsewhere come Lord and bring your peace thank you that you are our peace Lord help us to be peacemakers because then we shall shall be Sons and Daughters of the most high god thank you thank you you will do that 15:03 Lord so loose those that need to be loosed you said we could pray we would have authority to bind on Earth and it would be bound in the heavenlies do that Lord according to the promise that you've given us according to the command 15:13 that you've given us we ask and we believe it shall be so thank you thank you Lord I pray that there will be unity in our marriages draw us closer to each other Lord husbands and wives as as you are to the church Lord help us to exemplify 15:27 that relationship of Christ and the Church in our marriages Lord through all who see it and above all through you who see it Lord that you might find pleasure in our marriages in the way we interact in our homes restore the hearts of our 15:39 parents to our children and the children to the parents Lord help us to win their hearts Lord for your kingdom for your name's sake we can teach them Lord we can raise them up in the fear and instruction of the Lord Lord but you 15:50 must draw their heart will you do that we pray for every child here in the name of Jesus and every child listening to this Lord I pray that you will move through your holy Spirit even this morning that's why we're here that's why 16:01 the children are sitting in these meetings Lord that they will receive a touch from your Holy Spirit for any that haven't yet and those that still need a fresh touch from you this morning as do we all oh Lord we come to you and ask 16:12 you Lord thank you that you promised to us more than just a touch we're not we're not expecting crumbs that fall off the table you've seated us at the table Lord we're feasting on the riches of Heaven thank you Lord may that be so 16:24 feed us from your word give us an attentive heart to hear your word this morning to hear he what your spirit is saying to your church in these days Lord when there's been increasingly a famine of the of the word of God lord not a 16:36 famine of knowledge but a famine of the spirit and the power of God that's what we long for Lord pour out that spirit in our midst give us Revelation not just knowledge give us Revelation Lord as we stand and sing as we pray as we listen 16:49 as we share May a spirit of Revelation come thank you you will do that Lord we pray for our material needs as well we lift up any who are sick some who are sick and can't be here this morning others who deal with constant chronic 17:01 pain and illness and sickness Lord in their bodies oh Lord you you love them even more than we do Lord you care for them you bore all our sicknesses and sins in your body and so you feel that Lord Jesus you're a sympathizing high 17:14 priest we don't have to beg you we don't have to entreat you Lord but we ask according to your will will you do that this morning if it is your will lay your hands on them and heal them touch them Lord and bring restoration and healing 17:26 and physical strength into their bodies we we believe it it can be done Lord we're not guaranteed it Lord but we ask if it is your will that you'll do it and let your name be glorified help it make it so Lord that we can boast in you Lord 17:39 not because you do everything that we ask you to do but because you great you are great we will bless you at all times Lord and we shall make a boast in you you're worthy to be praised Lord thank you for the material needs you've met of 17:52 ours Lord thank you for the money you give us through the work we do Lord Jesus it's not for you not for the for our employers or not even for ourselves or for our families we're doing it as unto you Lord that you might be 18:02 glorified that you might be pleased by it so I pray even as we go to work this week those of us that we go to work outside the home or work in the home men women children whatever we're doing Lord may you be the bright focus of 18:15 everything that we do whether it's studying in school or working with our hands or working with our minds Lord Jesus as unto you that you might be glorify that you might receive the first place in all things in your church in 18:26 our homes in our private lives in our thoughts be exalted be exalted thank you Father it shall be so we praise you in Jesus name amen as we continue to stand and sing um this is an a very old song but a new one 18:45 to many of us I shared the words with us this this week so we could sing it together I just want us to read here briefly so that we know remember and focus on what we're about to sing there is a treasure in heaven that God has 18:56 it's no riches can describe it and it's a deep Eternal pleasure that verse goes on to say and what is that that's Jesus Christ himself the Son of God but he has a treasure here on Earth as well and that's also one that no price can ever 19:12 know that what is that something that brings him deep unfathomable pleasure pleasure it's Christ again revealed in Saints below it's not just us his children but Christ revealed in us and that's why he poured out the holy spirit 19:26 in tongues of fire so that he could fill chosen vessels with this treasure that never ends that spends itself but is never spent and is unfailing God's will God's own hand will fill this vessel he himself is the baptizer in the Holy 19:43 Spirit from the glory far above if you're a longing heart here below he will steal you with the riches of his love and so even if your journey has been worn and tried and you've been tempted this week There's a glorious 19:57 calling ahead of you saint there's a glorious calling that's yours for the taking let the Lord find you emptied that's the secret let the Lord find you emptied is there something that's blocking there's something that's still 20:09 at the bottom of your cup the bottom of your vessel this morning let the Lord find you empty this morning a living branch in Christ the vine vessels that the world despises weak and poor and base bearing God's wealth the heart the wealth of God's 20:28 heart from Christ's blessed face and so verse four oh to be emptier lowlier make that your prayer dear church family that you want to be lowlier today and emptier than you've been this past week mean unnotice taken advantage of mean means 20:48 lowly unnoticed unknown and to be and to God a vessel Holier filled with Christ and Christ Alone Search Your Heart Search Your Heart ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart as we sing this song and see if there's something that's not 21:02 Christ in you some desire that's not of Christ some motive some resentment some unforgiveness some bitterness some little thing maybe even the world doesn't think of it as Sin but it's not of Christ nothing of Earth to Cloud the 21:19 glory we go on to sing the rest of that verse nothing that hinders and dims the glory of this treasure nothing of self to diit telling forth his wondrous story emptied to be filled with him let's sing This [Music] 21:39 Together God in heaven aure riches May count or tell the Deep 21:54 Eternal pleasure Christ the son he love well God has here on Earth a treasure none but he is Christ May deep 22:17 unable pleasure Christ R saint below God in t of far descending 22:36 chosen th to fill with the treasure NeverEnding spent un failing still 22:51 God The Vessel fing from the glory God longing hearts forever 23:07 stilling with the riches of his love th the W tried 23:21 anded glorious calling sa is the Lord but find the empty living branching Christ theels of the world 23:46 despising vels weak and poor [Music] and bearing wealth God's heart is Rising Glory from Christ blessed 24:05 face oh to be and ler be and unknown and to God a v hold fil with 24:23 Christ and Christ Alone of Earth to Cloud the glory god F the light [Music] 24:40 toing forth his wonderous story empty to be filled with you oh thou my longest 24:59 [Music] experience near no grief and by I love how full how s 25:16 content I pass my years on all seems alike engaging 25:31 Pro to souls impressed with sa love where they dwell they dwell in 25:45 the in heaven Earth or on the SE before we move on just want us to look at that what did we just say all scenes you know this life is just like a scene in the movie it's just passing by it's going to die out soon that thing that looks so 26:04 impressive that thing that you're excited about maybe you're looking forward to something it's all the same to those who are impressed with Sacred Love as long as we have the love of Christ it's all the same I can be when 26:15 things are going my way when I feel like I had a good day or when I feel like I didn't I'm if I'm impressed with Sacred Love I'm engaged with heaven I'm engaged with Heaven whether I dwell in in heaven or in Earth or on the sea 26:28 I'm as long as I'm dwelling in him I'm um they're the same to me that's what we just sang like sing that again all SCS alive [Music] anding Pro to souls impressed with 26:47 sa love where they dwell they dwell in me in heaven Earth or on the SE to me remains for place for 27:10 time my country is in every time I can be calm and free from Care on any shore since God yes Praise 27:29 You Lord could I be cast where th are not that were indeed a [Music] dreadful but 27:47 reg Lord I call you're a finding God in before we sing this one look at the words no frowns of men can hurt you if 28:05 you're on fire with Heavenly love think about somebody that frowns on you or you think has something against you somebody that's hurt you in some way even if men and Devils condemn you no gloomy days no gloomy days zero gloomy days from 28:21 anything that happens here on this Earth because my soul is on fire with Heavenly love oh will you cry out and that's the Cry of my heart as I'm going to sing this verse Lord I want you to pour out a spirit of fire into my midst that 28:31 Heavenly love so that nothing can hurt me no effort of uh anybody here on this Earth nothing that anybody dos can really hurt me or affect me in any way or cause me to be gloomy no uh no frowns of men no frowns of men can hurt 28:51 for two souls on fire with Can Be Love and both 29:06 no days arise from to his will th Soul thou no stranger 29:27 [Music] their love divine shall be my God and peace Andy my [Music] rewarded amen my is 29:50 [Music] Love My Savior love to me love to the love show that they might love thank you Lord 30:08 for oh who am I that my sake oh who am I that for my sake my Lord should take FES oh 30:28 help me Lord to be lower my [Music] is for love has conquered death and love the victory in this his part yes it is 30:51 finished for with the cry that is done for with the cry that all is done Darkness fell 31:08 before the son where might I stay and seeing no story so 31:24 div never was love dear King never was like is my friend in who sweet 31:42 PR this is my friend who sweet praise all my days [Applause] could stand this is my friend 31:58 in who sweet prise this is my friend who sweet praise I all my days could [Music] 32:18 glad my strongest love sing from your heart where angels voices to magnify the 32:33 son and sing the father's praise so shall I stand in [Music] glorious so shall I stand in 32:51 glorious and that my praises to that [Music] so shall I stand in [Music] 33:06 glorious so shall I stand in glorious thr and my praises to that song 33:22 [Music]
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