Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

Sometimes, a leap of “Faith” is absolutely necessary, and sometime you have to be willing to take risks.

I am learning to take risks, “God’s Way”.  Most people would not do this. They do not like to take risks, they think with their mind what could go wrong! When I say “risk”,

I don’t mean I was being irresponsible. Risk is normally necessary for change. I needed to get out of my comfort zone.  I believe what God’s Word said. Proverbs 3:5, 6 “Trust in the Lord”’ with all thy heart, and in all ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.

God has great things for me, so I stepped out in Faith. More of Him, and less of me.

After 34 years of being on thyroid medication, I was able to come off. Matthew 19:26 – “With God all things are possible”! God told me to step out in Faith. It was not just for “risk’s sake”, but so I could experience more of the great things God has for me.”Simply put, “sometimes you have to walk through a door before you know what’s on the other-side.. AMEN…

I began to walk this out, getting off the medication. Then the obstacles began… The number one tool the devil uses to keep you where you are is “fear”. The devil started to attack my body. He wanted me to be afraid, and afraid I was making a mistake by coming off medication. I became tempted to take my medication. Every time I reached to take a pill, the Lord would say; “don’t you trust me?”

–Leslie

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

2 Corinthians 3:18.  (KJV) But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The illumination of God’s word into my heart has been a slow and yet profound work.  Originating from a background of religion with a staple of hierarchy and denominationalism, I was content.  I knew what to expect and when.  I knew where the boundaries were.  I was comfortable.  And even with constant reading and memorization of God’s word, it became nothing more than mental assent.  Who can quote the most scriptures or counter with another.  Or, if you study the Greek, it really means thus and so.  The key was there was no real fruit, no reliance on His Word.  The Word of God, without faith and the Holy Spirit, has no more power in our life than the reading of the Wall Street Journal.

But, with the preaching and demonstration of the Word, you begin to see the purity, holiness, awesome power, and purpose.  It is to make us like Him.  As we see and read the Word, and allow the Holy Spirit to do a work in us, we have a choice …. stay the same … or change.  We can either launch out into the deep with God, or we can stand on the shore, where life is comfortable … simple … staid … dry, and crusty.  Anyone can have a head full of knowledge and never experience the life transforming power that the Word can have in action in their life.

This is what the Word has been for me.  3 years of RBI.  2 additional years at the River.  All in one word: Change.  It is not about fitting God’s Word into my life, but about fitting me into His Word.

–Michael

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

Then I managed to go to bed but even still I was laughing, my son immediately woke up and came to me and asks mum do you have joy? I said yes. He asked do you know you have been praying for this joy for so long. I said yes. He got up took anointing oil pour it on my head and said Lord I pray this joy they you have given my mum will never leave her again in Jesus name.

I finally went to sleep laughing and the next day I felt like hocking everybody and telling them how much I love them and how good the Lord is. It is only when I got to bible school that I understood what happen. The anointing is transferable. Remember i never touched my landlady she just looked at me and caught the joy. My whole life has never been the same since that day and it is what gave me the strength to go through my first year of RBI.

Rodney Howard Browne – The RBI Revival for this year was also touching to me because the lord dealt with me internally. He took out so many things in my life and expanded me in my inside which I cannot explain all. I am so Thankful to Pastor Rodney and Adonica Howard Browne to have seen beyond the natural eyes of man and granted me a scholarship that has not only added a meaning to my life but has change my whole destiny for eternity…..Valentina A.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

The pastors and staff at RBI have made us feel so welcomed and loved, letting us know that times will be difficult and emotions will run high, but that God is our source of strength and that He loves us more than we can fathom and has a great plan for our lives.  In truth, that is what has kept me here; knowing that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of souls out there waiting on me and my family to share with them the love of God and the light of the world.

My husband and I are still looking for employment, permanent housing and provision, but are not in worry or fear of these things.  We have grabbed hold of the Seed Time and Harvest teaching and know that what we have and will continue to sow will come to harvest and God shall supply our needs.  There is a bigger picture, a much greater purpose far more reaching than my own security and comforts.  I know that God has a ministry for me, a purpose for my surviving not just one cancer diagnosis, but five.  I believe in the power of the cross, the Divine Healing power of God and the Love of Jesus.  I wish to share this with others so that God’s Power and love will become real to them also.  Thank you, Pastor Rodney, for the opportunity to be used of God.  I pray to fulfill all that God has for me.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

By the beginning of August, no one had said anything about RBI or RSW to me and I had made other plans to continue my education at a local college, and resume my job as school began. But I felt such an anxiety set in about the choice I was making to continue in the world’s system when I knew within what really matters is what I do for Him. That’s when I began to get desperate for an answer from God.  I spoke with my sister briefly about what I was feeling,and she said “If there’s anything that is in the back of your mind to do, just go do it!”  That’s when I knew that I needed to began to push in the direction of Bible school.  So with 13 days until school was to start, and with zero money to my name I just began to walk in faith and I began the application process.  I decided it was best to hold a garage sale to get rid of my things to help fund this leap of faith I was about to make.

When I came to Tampa, I had no idea where I was going to stay, or how I would make it. I just knew that God had given me a passion to be here, and with that passion I knew there had to be a purpose. And so far God has not failed once to provide my every need. I stand here today so thankful to my beautiful Savior for bringing me so far and giving me a hope for my future. I know that as I continue in school, there will be much adapting and stretching.  But I feel so very excited at the knowledge I know I will receive while attending.  And I am honored to be here.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

Hosea 4: 6~ My people perish from a lack of knowledge. (KJV). It truly is amazing how many people now of days take that bible scripture lightly. Beginning with myself, I never did really understand that scripture until I began to attend the River Bible Institute. With every day that passes I indulge myself more and more in the word f God to help better myself and also to be able to do good in school. Since I was not the brightest student in high school nor was I the most academically gifted student. I enrolled in R.B.I. with multiple goals to achieve, one most important one being to do my absolute best in all my study’s and school work and also so graduate at the top of my class.

But just as everyone around me in my life knows how bad I want this unfortunately so does the devil himself. In all honesty from the moment that I received the call from the administrator letting me know that I had been awarded the scholar ship and had been accepted into The River Bible Institute it is as if almost immediately the devil and his army declared war against me. I remember out of nowhere I began to get these thoughts of doubt and fear and different people around me bean to question my motives as to why I really wanted to get a degree in Theology and also put thoughts into my head through telling me I was waiting my time and that  was going to put two years of my life into something pointless and end up with a degree that would have no way of making any money or bring in any type of income for that fact to be able to help and support my family Luis S..

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

This week has been a powerful week so far! I have been riding my bike back and forth from services, to and from school, as well as to and from work, and I have been speaking to people and leading them to Christ. The difficulty for me has been setting out and doing it alone, and I have struggled with keeping myself motivated to do it because the fear rises up in me or there is an “urgency” to go and do something else that I have to do for the day.

However, when I began to step out in faith and start leading people to Christ, it began to break! I still find that fear rising up, but I have been able to overcome it by grabbing scriptures and cursing the thoughts of fear or the distractions of life in order to win souls! The devil will always try and make sure there is something else for me to do or that their faces will strike fear in my heart, but as God told Jeremiah and Ezekiel, “Be not afraid of their faces…” I am excited and am believing God to begin to do something brand new in the coming weeks!! Hallelujah!!  -Thomas R.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

On Sunday night, I got smacked. Mid-way during service I had gotten a text message from an old friend who is attending seminary. I told him to watch the services on CTN or on revival.com, but he didn’t seem interested. Just in my opinion, if you’re hungry for God and heard that revival was breaking out, I would want to check it out. But he was comfortable in his little bubble. He basically told me that he believes in predestination, so whether we go out and preaches the gospel or whatever; it won’t really make a difference in the end. Honestly, that just got me mad.

I didn’t argue with him. But then God put it in my heart that I’m going to have to face a lot of people who think the same way as my friend, and in order to talk to them, I need a firm foundation in the Word. Also that I needed to pray. A LOT. During service, I don’t even remember what Pastor was talking about but I just started crying… The whole time I was thinking, this is why I’m here, this is why I’m at RBI. If I don’t go out and preach the gospel, then the blood of those I was supposed to reach are on my hands. So yeah, even though I’m getting tired, I’m going to push through and come out of this GAT stronger and more hungry for God. AMEN.-Michelle Y.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

God is doing such amazing things in this conference. It is so amazing what is taking place at the river church here in Tampa!! It is so awesome to see the body of Christ rising up and not just stay within the four walls of the church! But going out and taking seriously the scripture go out unto all the world and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I cannot wait to see what is going to take place in other churches as they tune in and get a true passion and hunger for people that are crying out for the peace and joy that only comes from Jesus! I have always had a had a hunger for the lost even at a young age. And have been in many churches that mainly stay within the church to preach the gospel which is a great thing. But we have to go out to the people were they are! It is time for us the church to rise up and go out to a lost and dying world that is trying to fill a void in their lives! So it’s our job for the church to go tell them that the only way they can fill that void is only found in Jesus Christ! It has put a cry in me that I don’t want to be a spectator in this life for Jesus! I want to be and do all that he has called me to do! Not for my glory, but for his! To live a life that is truly pleasing to him!-Jeremy F.

Worship Soundtracks from RMIRiverSong on Vimeo.

The Great awakening is going to rock the television airways! Get out here if you can or make plans to get out here. This ministry is all about God and winning souls for the Kingdom of God. Pastors Rodney and Adonica Howard-Browne have set the bar by raising up people who are on fire and filled with the spirit of God that they are not ashamed to preach the Gospel and they are a people with a soul purpose which us to bring as many people into heaven with them as possible. For me personally I have this passion on the inside of me to be so on fire for God and I got this just now. We are just mirrors but what do we reflect? We must reflect the image of God which we have been made in. So I strive to put my flesh which is my desires because when I saw this ministry I said “I want what he’s got because, nothing in this world could ever satisfy me.” and it is true nothing can satisfy you but God. He is ALL that you need. And when you finally realize that and get that deep inside of you, all you ever want to do is tell somebody. So watch show as God begins to move among His people. Pack out your living room with your friends and your family. Place a demand on God, then download the Soulwinning tools and teach each other or better said practice  on each other and then get out there! It’s so easy! – Xan H.