River of Life Christian Fellowship
RLCF Praise Live -- November 8, 2020 http://rlcfchurch.org/rlcf-praise-live
River of Life Christian Fellowship
1306 N Lincoln Avenue
Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary The sermon emphasizes that praise is a conscious choice to give to God regardless of life's circumstances, whether in times of abundance or deep suffering. It encourages believers to dedicate their entire lives—including their marriages, homes, and church—to God, ensuring that their focus remains on eternal things rather than worldly pursuits. Ultimately, the message calls for a deep reliance on faith, trusting God's provision and presence in every aspect of life.
Transcript 0:01 [Music] we're called to praise god no matter what we're going through when the streams of abundance flow or when it's the desert or a road marked with suffering 0:21 it's a choice we make to praise him that's what this song speaks about i pray that a song of praise will rise up from our midst today from our hearts not just with our voices but from our hearts a heart a song that says i bless your name 0:37 you're good you're my father oh how wonderful blessed be your name in the land that is plentiful 0:54 where your streams of abundance [Music] go and [Music] 1:19 every blessing you pour out i'll turn back phrase when the darkness closes it lord still i will escalate blessed be the name 1:36 of the be your lord bless it be the name of the lord bless it be your glorious name bless it be the name of the lord 1:54 bless it be your name bless it be the name of the lord bless it be your glorious name blessed be your name when the sun 2:15 shining down on me with the world's all as it should be bless it be your name let us said be your name on the road mark with suffering 2:34 will this pain every blessing you pour out i'll turn back to praise 2:50 and when the darkness closes in lord still i will say blessed be the name of the lord bless it be your day bless it be the day of the lord 3:09 bless it be your glorious it be your name bless it be the name of the lord 3:25 blessed be your glorious day you give and take away you give and take away my heart will choose to say 3:42 lord bless my heart will choose to say 3:58 lord blessed be your day blessed be your name 4:29 blessed be the name of the lord blessed be your blessed be glorious day blessed be the day martha lord 4:49 bless it be your glorious name 4:56 [Music] think about these words as you sing them 5:20 in shady green pastures so rich and so sweet god leaves the weary [Music] 5:46 sun through the waters some through the fire but all through the blood sunk through great sorrow 6:02 but god gives us [Music] [Music] sometimes on the mount where the 6:20 sun shines so bright god leads times 6:34 night god leads god 7:06 [Music] those sorrows befall us and trust him today he will through grace we 7:25 can conquer defeat [Music] in the night season 8:01 [Music] dear children along of his coming soon way up in glory 8:28 some through the water sound through the the floods some through 8:42 great sorrow but god gives us [Applause] 9:06 through great sorrow but god gives oh he will let's sing one more song before we pray 9:30 this is a song of consecration a song of devotion if you could fill up those words for the next one savior thy dying love that gave us me nor should i 9:48 ought withhold odd means anything i can't withhold anything from you lord you could ask me for anything at all you could take me through any circumstance in life i don't want to withhold from you my life because you gave your all 10:07 and so [Music] in love my soul would love would bow my heart fulfill its vow some offering bring me now something 10:23 for the ct stud said in that poem only that which is not for christ will last at the end of the day don't look at what all the world is chasing after don't look at all the glory of this world and what they're 10:41 aspiring for ask god to give you a revelation of eternity and what it will be like when he comes in the entire world is destroyed and only a few things will remain i really believe it it will be a very small pile of things that will remain 10:55 after jesus comes it'll be very very it'll be gold silver and precious stones and we pray dear brothers and sisters that everything in our lives our marriages our homes and this church will be in that pile that's remaining 11:10 when everything else is burnt up so lord we give you everything today that we might be ready for your coming when everything else will burn up help us lord not to chase after the things of this world help us to fight the battle in our 11:24 thoughts and in our ambitions learn our motives thank you save your thy [Music] 11:53 love my soul [Music] 12:16 mercy seek pleading for me favorite fake looks up [Music] jesus 12:41 declare some song to raise our prayer something for thee give me a faithful heart 13:00 likeness to thee that some 13:23 [Music] something for the is 13:49 [Music] and when thy face i see something for thee 14:20 [Music] shall be turning [Music] [Music] 14:40 let's pray together pray to the one who gave his all for you that you might live and have abundant life father we come to you we give our are all afresh to you not just with our words lord we're inspired by these words we're inspired lord but i pray that 14:55 we'll each of us make a fresh decision this morning that you are worth following you are worth giving up everything you are worth falling into the ground and dying like a grain of wheat that we might bear fruit for your glory 15:07 we know that you've done that in the past in our lives we know that you've done that in the past in our marriages and in this church even lord in our homes but we ask you for greater things lord and those greater things that will 15:17 come through are falling into the ground more deeper lord that you can take us through even greater suffering than you might have taken us so far you may allow us to go through anything else that we you might want us to go through lord but 15:29 it'll be worth it all and thank you that even in the midst of it on this earth you give us joy you give us companionship you give us love and peace and freedom from anxiety and worry and fear thank you lord for the life you've called us to 15:42 thank you that you began the good work in us lord you wouldn't do that if you weren't going to finish it so lord we profess our faith today by our prayer to you that you will finish it in my life you will finish it in my marriage you 15:53 will finish in my home in our children you'll finish it in this church lord and in those areas in which you've given us responsibility you will finish the work that you began we proclaim it in faith lord thank you that we can glorify you this way by our 16:06 lives what a wonderful thing lord that that you would choose mortal flesh mere dust and and bring glory out of it lord and so lord help us to take our eyes off of our circumstances help us to take our eyes off of whatever 16:18 we might be seeing around us in the world or in our situation in our workplace or even in our homes lord to look up to you our faith looks up to you lord jesus you are our captain you are the stronghold you are the fortress 16:32 you are our salvation we proclaim it lord we believe it lord i pray for anyone today that is having doubt or having difficulty believing it lord believing your purpose in their life believing your purpose in some area lord 16:44 or trusting you i pray you will come and shower a reign of faith over us lord plant seeds of faith over us today lord that we can believe oh what a difference it'll make when we have real faith how how free we will be from all anxiety 16:57 and worry and fear and unbelief so lord give us faith that's the thing we need we ask you for for our spirit of faith lord jesus on our midst today and help us to take it with us i pray that that anointing will be over our 17:10 lives every day not just when we're together lord and we sing together or hear a word but every day even when we're alone even when we're walking through a valley or through a darkness lord jesus let there be sunshine in our 17:23 heart today because there is sunshine in heaven and we're dwelling in heaven lord we're not living here on this earth our kingdom is not of this earth we're dwelling with you in the heavenly places you bought us that place 17:33 there in heaven with your precious blood by your death and resurrection lord and so we today we take that ticket and we take our seed in your presence and we say we will dwell there every day lord every moment of every day no matter 17:45 what it looks like around us be glorified lord jesus because you're worthy of it lord you you gave everything for me and and who am i lord who are we that you would choose us and yet you did and so we owe you everything you gave 17:59 your dying love we give it back to you lord jesus shed abroad your love in our hearts lord so that love will come naturally out of our hearts and we won't have to work out at it lord it will come out of a spring within deep within lord 18:12 so that's why we're coming to you and asking you to pour out your holy spirit upon us you said that the spirit of that has been shut abroad in our hearts is the spirit of love the love of god shed abroad in our hearts that's what we 18:24 want lord deeper show us a deeper revelation of your love that it might flow out of us like a spring that it might really be shed abroad not just a trickle lord not even just a little cup but rivers of living water thank you father you will do it i pray 18:38 for any who are bound in sin or struggling lord discouraged by the the the oppression of the devil thank you lord jesus that you came to set us free and so i pray that you will break those bonds in the name of jesus any bonds that are binding anyone here 18:53 the name of jesus lord break them we pray we believe you're listening even right now and so is the devil he's listening to and he fears the name of jesus lord and he has no authority in our in our lives or in our homes or in our 19:05 marriages or in this church we refuse to give it to him lord you've given us the keys of the kingdom as your church lord jesus and so we we bind that which needs to be bound and we lose that which needs to be loosed in the name of jesus 19:17 be exalted be glorified lord we pray for our material and our physical needs as well lord that you will meet them pray for any who are sick who are uh who need healing lord touch your touch them even with your with your hands right now they don't 19:32 need us to lay our hands on them lord but your hands are what matter lord jesus so lay your hands on any who are sick in the name of jesus and we believe they will be healed for this time of sickness around the world lord i pray that if it's your will 19:45 and you'll bring it to an end soon lord jesus so that your kingdom for the purpose of your kingdom alone so that the spirit of fear can be driven away from from this world from our communities lord jesus thank you we pray also for our country lord at 19:59 this time lord is this still transition and uncertainty and division lord i pray the world may never be divided it can't be under except that it come under your subjection lord but we pray that we will exemplify true unity that comes through subjection to 20:13 christ in our marriages and in our homes as your people here on this earth lord may there not be any division among us lord jesus help us to set aside all bitterness wrath malice unbelief jealousy all those things that will prevent you from uniting us as 20:29 one as you and the father are one lord jesus you prayed that for us and so today we receive that prayer of faith and we say it shall be so that unity that you long for in our marriages that unity that you long for in our homes 20:40 that unity that you long for between brothers and sisters and even the children in the church that can only come through your holy spirit lord let it come and let it rain in our midst thank you you will do it thank you lord for any 20:52 other needs that have been unexpressed you hear the cry of every heart that's praying to you right now every sincere heart that's praying to you you hear it thank you you are a friend like no other praise you exalt your name be glorified 21:06 speak to us today lord we pray we want to hear your voice and the word of faith in jesus name amen he will lead us like a shepherd picture yourself like a sheep as we sing this song looking up to your shepherd you see his 21:25 staff you see his rod ahead of you he's leading you sometimes he corrects you sometimes he reproves you sometimes you want to go over here or go over there but he brings you back with his staff he knows what's best yield yourself in his hands today he 21:44 will carry you home he will lead you home blessed [Music] hast jesus us blessed jesus 22:15 oh you are his precious precious possession savior like a shepherd lead us much need thy tender care in thy pleasant pastures beat 22:33 us for thy use our false prayer bless you jesus blessed jesus thou hast blessed jesus blessed 22:52 jesus thou hast bought us night we are we are thine do thou be grand seek us when we go astray 23:20 blessed jesus blessed jesus hear us lord hear thy children when they pray blessed jesus blessed jesus [Music] 23:45 thou hast promised to receive thou has mercy to relieve us 24:05 blessed jesus blessed jesus blessed jesus blessed jesus let us early 24:23 turn to thee early let us seek thy faith let us 24:49 blessed jesus blessed jesus jesus messages 25:16 what do you think is that a request for him to love us still i think it's a statement now has loved us and you love us maybe we can stand and sing this last song it's a song of praise salvation belongs to our god and it's 25:34 it's one of those songs you can't really sit sitting down so i hope it's okay that you stand with us salvation 25:43 he's worthy he sits upon the thrones [Music] 26:06 honor and power forever and ever 26:38 [Music] shall be strong hallelujah 27:19 we you did not wait for me to cry out to 27:44 you but you clothed yourself [Music] to you yes i am i'm forever grateful 28:17 [Music] thank you thank seek you save the laws be to our god 28:42 forever you these two are 29:23 [Music] you
Source: watch on YouTube
