River of Life Christian Fellowship
RLCF Praise Live — February 18, 2024 http://rlcf.church
River of Life Christian Fellowship
1306 N Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary The sermon emphasizes that true Christian living requires a radical decrease of the self so that Christ may increase in every area of life—in personal devotion, marriage, and the church. The speaker urges the congregation to abandon the desire to impress or show off, focusing instead on allowing Christ's presence and power to be evident in every thought and action. This surrender is presented as the source of strength, healing, and glory, even amidst life's trials.
Transcript 0:01 [Music] let's sing this chorus to begin um I will enter his gates with Thanksgiving in my heart I will enter his courts with praise this is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and I will enter his 0:19 gates with Thanksgiving in my heart I will enter his courts with praise I will sa since the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice for he has made me glad yes he has made me glad he 0:38 has made me glad I Will Rejoice for he has made me glad has he made you glad and then sing to him he has made me glad he has made me glad I Will Rejoice for he has made me glad I will sing off the mercies of the 0:56 Lord forever I will sing I will sing I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever I will sing of the mercies of the Lord with my mouth will I make 1:15 Know Thy Faithfulness Thy Faithfulness with my mouth will I make known Thy Faithfulness to all generations I will sing of the mercies 1:32 of the Lord forever I will sing I will sing I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever I will sing of the meres of the Lord this is the day this is the day 1:51 this is the day that the Lord has made that the Lord has made we will rejoice we will rejoice and be gladed and be gladed this is the day that the Lord has 2:11 made we will rejoice and be glad in it this is the day this is the day that the Lord has 2:30 let's continue to clap and sing Oh Lord the light of your love is shining in the midst of the darkness shining Jesus light of the world shine upon us set us 2:47 free by the truth you now bring us shine on the shine on me Shine Jesus Shine fill this land with 3:07 the father's Glory BL Spirit BL set our hearts on fire FL River flow through 3:24 the with grace and mercy s for your word Lord and let there [Music] be Lord I come to your awesome presence 3:44 from the Shadows into your Radiance by the blood I may enter your brightness search me try me consume all my darkness Shine On on 4:01 Me Shine On Me Shine Jesus Shine fill this land with the father's 4:15 Glory Spirit Place set our hearts on fire for River FL FL the day with grace and mercy send forth your 4:35 word Lord and let there be light as we G on your kingly brightness so our faces display your 4:53 likess changing from glory to glory mired here by Our Lives tell your story shine on yes Lord change us we trust you shine on 5:10 Me Shine Jesus Shine fill this land with the father's Glory BL Spirit BL set our hearts on 5:28 fire oh River f for the Nations with grace and mercy send forth your word Lord and let there 5:45 be Jesus Shine fill this land with the father's Glory blaz Spirit blaz set our hearts on 6:02 fire FL River flow FL the nations with grace and mercy send forth your word Lord and let there be 6:21 [Music] the I stand to wait in the presence of Jesus the n and wonder how he could love me a 6:45 sinner condemned oh sing to how marvelous how marvelous how wonderful and my song shall ever be 7:00 how marvelous how wonderful is my sai's love for me you know often when I sing this song my heart is turned to reflect on what it cost him it's what it's easy to 7:20 sing how marvelous how wonderful that I would have such Grace that he would love me so much but it cost him everything cost him everything let's give him thanks As we sing to him for me it was in the 7:39 G he prayed not my will but thine he had no tears for his own grief but sweat drops of blood for m 7:59 how marvelous how wonderful and my song shall ever be how marvelous how 8:19 wonderful is myor love for me he took my sins and my sorrows 8:37 he them his very own he bore the bir into [Applause] calary and suffered and died alone 8:59 how marvelous how wonderful and my oh sing of his love shall ever be how marvelous how 9:19 wonderful is my sing Love One More Time how marvelous how wonderful how marvelous how wonderful forever we shall s shall 9:38 ever be how marvelous how wonderful is my savior's love for 9:54 me when with the ran something glor glor his SP I last shall see will me Hallelujah Jo to the 10:10 ages to sing of his love for me how marvelous how wonderful and my 10:24 song shall ever be high how marvelous how wonderful is my savior's love for 10:38 me how marvelous how wonderful and my song shall ever be how marvelous how wonderful is my 10:57 savior's love for me indeed how marvelous we sing of such wonderful Grace wonderful love we see how great 11:15 Christ is the true proof of that is that every part of us wants us to decrease it goes against our nature to go down the human nature wants to go up wants to exalt itself wants to be recognized wants to be noticed wants to 11:30 be thanked wants to be appreciated wants to be successful this is the what we see in the world around us and sadly in most of christom when we see Jesus when John the Baptist knew who the Lamb of God was who would take away the sin of the world he 11:46 said I must decrease that he might increase and all that would we would see that ourselves for Christ to increase in your life for Christ to increase in your marriage for Christ to increase in your home for Christ increased in this church 12:00 let us decrease let's go down a little bit more today dear friend let's go down a little bit lower today that Jesus can be [Music] more oh to be Sav from myself is this the Cry of your heart to be saved from 12:18 yourself oh to be lost in oh that it may be know no more I but Christ that lives oh can you say that from the 12:37 bottom of your heart no more I no more I it's a funeral service for your life for your self life today oh to be saved from myself save us dear Lord from ourselves oh to be lost in me oh so that it may be no more I but 13:04 Christ that Liv [Music] in not I but Christ be honored love ex but I but 13:20 Christ be seen me know be heard not I but chist CH in every look and action not I but 13:36 Christ in every thought and [Music] word not I but Christ in LLY silent labor not I but 13:53 Christ in Humble Earnest to Christ only Christ show no ostentation Christ done but 14:10 Christ the G of the we've Su it before so children you should know it the meaning of the word ostentation that means that I want to impress somebody I want to show off in some way I want to do something so well that people will 14:24 notice me and think wow I wish I could be that person is there any part of you that Longs for that that's the spirit of the world Christ only Christ no show no ostentation all that our meetings like this even would be more like that 14:39 there's no show we're not trying to emess anybody even by our singing or by our meetings no ostentation but Christ the presence of Christ here in reality in power let's sing that verse again not I but Christ in Lely 14:57 silent people see it or not not I but Christ in Humble ear Christ only Christ no show no a tempation Christ on but 15:19 Christ the ga of the SP not I but Christ Christ my every need supplying not I but Christ my strength 15:39 and health yes my strength and health Christ only Christ for Spirit soul and body Christ only Christ live then thy life in me oh 15:57 before we go on bear with me so many of us struggle with sicknesses with burdens emotional burdens physical burdens unanswered questions about why God allows certain things a certain way but think about the reality of what we just 16:11 prayed Christ only Christ for Spirit soul and body for him to be my strength and health which means if it is Christ Living in me if it's Christ's life and in me it doesn't matter what the outward circumstances like what the reality it 16:28 of the sickness or the sorrow is Christ only Christ and he will heal he is a Healer he will heal the brokenhearted and he can heal the physical ailment as well he's well able to oh but that the prayer of our heart might be that Christ 16:42 Alone would be exalted and glorified even through our trial then in the midst of all that pain in the midst of all those Thorns his light shining forth oh nothing can dim that light if it is Christ's life the trial cannot hide the 16:55 Life of Christ it only causes it to shine more let's sing that verse again cry not I but Christ my he will supply every need not I but Christ my strength and 17:12 health to be Christ only Christ for Spirit soul and body Christ on yes Lord 17:29 then thy life come and to me Christ only Christ air long will fill my [Music] vision Glory exceling soon for soon I'll 17:48 see Christ only Christ my every wish fulfilling Christ only Christ My All In All to 18:06 be Christ only Christ My All In All to be this is what it means to have the presence of God and in his presence is fullness of joy all the world around us is seeking for joy in other things in Christ plus something 18:26 else even adding Jesus to a success that you're looking for here on this earth oh that God would shake that completely that shakable Foundation that you've been building your life on that he would shake it that only that which is 18:39 unshakable Will Remain the only unshakable foundation is Jesus Christ Christ only Christ commit your life aresh to him this morning dear friend dear brother dear sister dear child during this time of prayer that' be a time of consecration consecration means 18:55 that you say Lord I don't fully understand all that you've done all that's gone on in the past or even all that's going on in my life right now I don't know what's coming in the future but I do know those one thing you have 19:06 never failed anybody who has trusted you you prove that over and over again in your word this is the theme of the Bible God never has failed a single person who trusted him to the end so trust him dear brother dear sister dear friend dear 19:20 child trust him to the end he is worthy of trust and commit your life to him he can only work with 100% he can't even work with 99% if you're holding back 1% as a backup plan he can't work with that he's work he's waiting for everything to come 19:36 to a place of complete desperation despair even if you will where you thrust yourself and entrust yourself fully to the only true God the one who is worthy of our complete trust We Praise You heavenly father and exalt you 19:50 give you all the glory and honor because you are a god who's worthy of trust and praise and honor we worship you we give you all praise the sacrifice of praise Lord the the fruit of our lips that's why we've been singing not to sound good 20:03 not even to feel good but that you might receive this praise here on this Earth the small little Earth in your universe and the small little country in that on that Earth and the small little town and the small little people whose voices are 20:16 raised up to you that you would lean your ear and and listen to our praise oh who are we that you would be mindful of us Lord and yet we thank you we know you heard our prayer from every heart that was sincere and is desperate longing to 20:28 be more like you you heard the prayer I praise you for that thank you Lord thank you for your mercy thank you that you are a living God you have ears that hear you have eyes that see you have lips that speak you have a mouth that speaks 20:41 prophetically even in this time Lord you've been longsuffering you've been patient may we never grow tired of saying thank you and praising you for what you've done Lord not just by our lips but by Our Lives Lord may it be so 20:54 so receive the offering we give you Lord more than just what we've sung we lay our bodies as a Living Sacrifice on the altar this morning from head to toe it's yours the eyes are yours Lord for you to use them that they may look never look 21:07 on anything ungodly the lips are yours Lord that you might use them that they never will speak anything ungodly the ears are yours Lord that you may use them and they may never listen to anything ungodly the heart is yours that 21:19 it might be pure always for you Lord our bodies are yours our legs are yours our hands are yours to go only where you would lead us to serve only as you would have us serve thank you thank you and Praise You Lord we do consecrate our 21:33 bodies and thank you when the altar when the sacrific is laid on the altar completely you will send the fire oh Lord I pray that you will pour out a fire in our midst this morning a fire that I need in my life a fire that I 21:45 need in my marriage a fire that I need in my home and we need in this church Lord an anointing of the Holy Spirit of a re an anointing like you sent on the day of Pentecost Lord we long for that we're crying out to you we don't have to 21:57 beg you and plead you you've already sent the Holy Spirit Lord but show us what's hindering in our lives show us Pride or self-sufficiency where we're content Lord because things are okay we never want to be content Lord with that 22:10 we long for an outpouring of your Holy Spirit in our midst Lord Jesus even on our children that they will have the fear of God their in their lives they will have the fruit of the Holy Spirit Lord the gift of prophecy on their 22:21 tongues oh Lord we implore you we beg you we plead for you plead for your Holy Spirit knowing in faith that you will send Lord you will send your power thank you be exalted be exalted Lord that's why we long for your holy spirit that 22:34 Jesus might have a greater place on this Earth than he does today oh your name is maligned Lord Jesus your name is Dishonored even in Christendom may it never be in our Lives May it never be in our speech or our thoughts or our 22:46 Ambitions or our affections May the name of Jesus be magnified and glorified and honored may your kingdom come may your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven Hallowed be your name that's our prayer Lord and do that however you wish if 22:59 it's through pain suffering disappointment loss others speaking evil of us it doesn't matter Lord we care not for our reputation here on this Earth we long that your name will be hallowed your name will be hallowed Lord you look 23:10 down on this small people here and be pleased by the aroma that rises up because we fear you we reverence your name we take sin seriously we don't seek the approval of men but we honor you and glorify you thank you we we just want to 23:23 say thank you Lord you've been so faithful so merciful and we commit our needs to you on the basis of the fact that we are here for only one purpose that's to do your will if it is your will Lord please heal those that need 23:34 healing we lift up to you those that are in need of healing even now those that aren't here at home sick others that deal with constant pain please heal Lord if it is you will we know you're able to we don't doubt you par one bit you're 23:45 well able to you are the same yesterday today and forever and you're able to heal in a in a word Lord with a word you're able to heal but we leave it in your hands Lord we entrust it how and when you will do that is yours we seek 23:57 your will more than anything else for other thank you for the gifts you've given us for our jobs for for the the provisions you give us for food for clothing for shelter for the opportunity to provide for our children so that they 24:09 can take be able to take care of themselves Lord you take care of them thank you thank you Lord that you who care for The Sparrows and the lies in the field you're our father and you have a plan a purpose for our lives that is 24:20 beyond even the temporary uh existence that The Sparrows and the and the lies have your plans for us are for eternity and you placed on this Earth with an eternal purpose Lord you planned for us and so you're working all things 24:33 together for good because we love you and you've called us with that Eternal purpose may we never lose sight of it Lord this life here on this Earth is just a breath it's just a vapor you're coming as soon you're coming as soon may we be ready for 24:47 eternity may we be ready Lord to see you that there's nothing that needs to be set right nothing we've done or said or seen or thought or or had a motive off Lord that we're not ready at all times to meet you give us Grace thank you 25:02 Father be glorified and knit our hearts together Lord we don't want to Club relationship we don't want a liking each other relationship we want a relationship in this church Lord and in our marriages and homes that comes 25:13 through each of us falling into the ground and dying and thinking of the needs of others ahead of ourselves if thinking of others as more important than ourselves through the humility of Christ oh Lord do that Lord Jesus I pray 25:25 that that we will all be grains of wheat that fall into the ground and die that we might bear fruit we might experience the unity that comes through that thank you thank you Lord thank you that you're a God who hears and answers prayer we 25:37 believe you've heard our prayer the prayer of every single person every single heart that's sincerely reaching out to you thank you thank you oh that you would believe him when you pray to God in secret especially you pray to him in 25:51 desperation even if it seems like he doesn't hear oh he does he does so lift up your hands holy hands men it says undefiled hands lift up holy hearts hearts that have been cleansed if there's anything that you haven't set 26:08 right set it right now in your heart before God and then you can pray to him that relationship with him is set right and he will hear your prayer may you never lose sight of his purpose for your life he hears he hears he hears you remember that when I pray 26:26 to God secet and cry out to him he he my heart's desire that from sin I would be 26:44 free when he sees my heart's great longing that his name I might share with great love then assures me 27:00 that he hears my every prayer oh my heart is filled with wonder for by faith I now can see that the father God 27:20 Almighty here that aners even me when inde I bow before him and I not nothing from him 27:38 hide by his word I'm judged and measured all my thoughts by God are dry then I see my Rous self life and in 27:54 faith to God I pray give me Grace to cleanse my life Lord and to live for thee today oh my heart is filled with wonder 28:13 for by faith I now can see that the father God Almighty hears and aners even when he sees my need and 28:35 sorrow and my hate for self and sin when he sees my heart's desire is to live my life for him then he oh he send his holy spirit Holy 28:54 Spirit and his strength he does impart to be faithful in temptation to be pure in oh he will help you trust him oh my heart is filled with 29:13 wonder for by faith I now can see that the father God Almighty here's an end [Music] 29:33 even he who began the good work is faithful to complete it when I fear my [Music] faith Christ will hold me fast when the tempter would 29:51 Prevail he will hold me fast I could never keep my hold through th fearful path for my love is often 30:08 C he must hold me fast he will hold me fast he will hold me fast for my savior loves me 30:26 so he will hold [Music] fast he saves our oh he Delights Christ will hold me 30:42 fast precious in His holy sight he will hold me fast he'll not let my soul be lost his prises is shall 30:59 last but by him at such a cost he will hold me fast he will hold me thank he will hold me 31:17 fast for my savior loves me so he will hold me fast he will hold me fast he will hold me 31:32 fast for my savior loves me so he will hold me [Music] fast for my life he BL and 31:49 die Christ will hold me fast give him praise justice has been satisfied he will hold me fast raed with him to endless life he will hold me 32:09 fast till our faith is turned to sight when he comes at BL he will hold me fast he will hold me 32:28 fast for my savior loves me so he will hold me fast he will hold me fast he will hold me 32:45 fast for my savior loves me so he will hold me f time he will he will he will hold me fast he will hold me 33:03 fast for my savior loves me so he will hold [Applause] [Music] me amen you may be 33:21 [Music] seated
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