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ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. Here you'll find challenging and encouraging messages each week from the pastors and leaders of ROLC that will help you go deeper in your walk with God.

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    Discipleship Is Caught, Not Taught | ROLC Midweek

    Your life is already teaching someone, whether you know it or not. Your kids, coworkers, and friends are watching how you talk, how you handle stress, and how you treat people, and they're forming a picture of Jesus from what they see. In this message on discipleship, we look at why following Jesus is more often caught than taught. Paul said, "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1). Jesus didn't just lecture His disciples. He invited them to walk with Him, and they watched Him pray, show compassion, and wash feet. This Bible teaching walks through Paul's charge to Timothy to set an example "in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity" (1 Timothy 4:12). It's a practical look at anger, integrity when no one is watching, and the people we let influence us (Proverbs 13:20). In this message: • Discipleship isn't just knowing about Jesus, it's learning to live like Jesus • What you do in the small things shows up in the big things • Discipleship doesn't require perfection, it requires direction (Philippians 3:12) • The goal isn't carbon copies of us, it's people who look more like Christ If someone followed Jesus exactly the way you follow Jesus, what kind of Christian would they become? If this message challenged you, subscribe for weekly messages, share it with someone you're walking alongside, and come worship with us at River of Life Church! ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. 💻 www.rolc.church 📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_church Love People 🩶 Reach The Lost 🛟 Teach Believers 📖 Serve The Community 🤝 WELCOME HOME

  2. 4h ago

    Does It Feel Like God Is Against You? It Might Be Preparation, Not Punishment | Sunday Service

    Does it feel like God is disrupting everything in your life? Don't mistake God's plow for God's punishment. Sometimes the hardest seasons are the ones preparing you for your greatest harvest. In this sermon, the first message of our new series Unshakable Faith, we look at Hosea 10:12: "Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD." Fallow ground isn't dead ground. It's ground that has become hard through disappointment, offense, fear, routine, or neglect. On the 20th anniversary of becoming Lead Pastors at River of Life Church, our pastor shares the story of starting with no paycheck, no insurance, an attic bedroom, and a flooded first Christmas. He tells how walking by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), carried this church from hard ground to a harvest. In this message: • Faith must break what has become hard (Hebrews 3:15) • Faith plows before it sees: no breakthrough yet, keep believing • Breaking ground means breaking unbelief, offense, fear, pride, and old thinking (Jeremiah 4:3) • The plow isn't punishment, it's preparation • Faith puts the seed of God's Word in broken ground (Romans 10:17) If your marriage, prayer life, dreams, or faith feel hard right now, don't abandon the field. Break the ground. Plant the seed. Believe for rain. Expect a harvest. If this message encouraged you, subscribe for weekly sermons, share it with someone in a hard season, and join us this Sunday! ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. 💻 www.rolc.church 📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_church Love People 🩶 Reach The Lost 🛟 Teach Believers 📖 Serve The Community 🤝 WELCOME HOME

  3. 4h ago

    Generosity Isn’t About How Much You Have. It’s About Who You Trust | Sunday Service

    Afraid you don't have enough? Down to your last and wondering if God sees you? Fear looks at the container, but faith looks at the Provider. In this Sunday sermon, we walk through the story of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:8-16), who went from preparing her final meal to experiencing God's daily provision.This Bible teaching shows that generosity isn't determined by how much we have, but by how much we trust God with what we have. We look at three powerful examples of giving in Scripture: the widow's two coins (Mark 12:41-44), Mary's alabaster jar (Mark 14:3-9), and King David's gift for the temple (1 Chronicles 29). We also see how God provides "for every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8). This isn't a message about giving to get. It's about faith over fear and trusting the God who performs miracles.In this message:• Generosity begins when faith overcomes fear• It's not the size of the gift, it's the heart of the giver• God's provision is not only about what He gets to us, but what He gets through us• There are miracles in your obediencePart of our Wave of Generosity series at River of Life Church.If this message encouraged you, subscribe for weekly sermons, share it with someone who's worried about making ends meet, and join us this Sunday!ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people.💻 www.rolc.church📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_churchLove People 🩶Reach The Lost 🛟Teach Believers 📖Serve The Community 🤝WELCOME HOME

  4. Sep 22

    Is All the Noise Keeping You From Hearing God? | Sunday Service

    When was the last time you were truly quiet?No phone. No television. No music. No notifications. No rushing to the next thing. Just you and God.In Week 3 of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, we move from talking about the problem of hurry to practicing the way of Jesus through two disciplines: Silence & Solitude and Sabbath.Throughout the Gospels, Jesus intentionally withdrew to quiet places. Before facing temptation in the wilderness, He spent 40 days alone with God. In the middle of a growing ministry, He got up early and went to a solitary place to pray. And when His disciples became so busy they didn't even have time to eat, Jesus told them to come away with Him and rest.The quiet place wasn't a sign of weakness for Jesus. It was where He found strength.But silence isn't simply the absence of external noise. Our homes can be quiet while our minds are screaming. Sometimes we even use constant entertainment, work, scrolling, and busyness to drown out what's happening inside us.Then there's Sabbath.The Hebrew word Shabbat carries the idea of stopping—and also of delighting. Sabbath teaches us to stop chasing more long enough to enjoy God and the life He has already given us.We don't have to experience everything.We don't have to accomplish everything.We don't have to finish everything today.We can stop because God is still God when we aren't working.Maybe unhurrying your life doesn't begin with finding more time.Maybe it begins by intentionally becoming quiet, getting alone with God, and remembering how to stop.Silence. Solitude. Sabbath.It's time to practice the pace of Jesus.ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people.💻 www.rolc.church📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_churchLove People 🩶Reach The Lost 🛟Teach Believers 📖Serve The Community 🤝WELCOME HOME

  5. Sep 15

    Saying No To The Right Things | Sunday Service

    You can’t do it all. That may not sound encouraging—but accepting our limitations might actually be one of the first steps toward the life Jesus is inviting us into. In Week 2 of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, we move from identifying the problem of hurry to beginning to address the solution. We all have the same 24 hours, yet we continually try to fit more into them. Work, family, relationships, responsibilities, entertainment, social media, and endless distractions can leave us with little margin for the things that matter most. The reality is that we are limited creations. We have limits physically, emotionally, relationally, financially, and even in the season of life we're currently in. Instead of constantly fighting those limits, what if we learned to embrace them? Jesus offers another way. In Matthew 11:28–30, He invites the tired and worn out to come to Him and learn His “unforced rhythms of grace.” Following Jesus isn't simply believing in Him—it means becoming His apprentice and learning to organize our lives around His way of living. And Jesus was rarely in a hurry. This message challenges us to intentionally create margin—space in our schedules and lives to hear God, be present with people, rest, and become more like Jesus. You don't need to figure out how to fit everything in. You may need to decide what doesn't belong. Unbusy your schedule. Unhurry your soul. Learn the rhythms of Jesus. ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. 💻 www.rolc.church 📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_church Love People 🩶Reach The Lost 🛟Teach Believers 📖Serve The Community 🤝 WELCOME HOME

  6. Sep 8

    The order of the breaking of the bread | ROLC Midweek

    This week Drew Killingsworth shares the symbolic significance of how Jesus broke bread with His disciples before He was crucified. That the order in which He broke it is how God deals with us as His children.

  7. Sep 8

    Is Hurry Hurting Your Walk With Jesus? | Sunday Service

    We’re busier, more connected, and moving faster than ever—but are we actually becoming more like Jesus?In Week 1 of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, we identify the problem. Hurry has become so normal that many of us don’t even recognize what it’s doing to our relationships, our families, our peace, and ultimately our spiritual lives.Jesus offers us a completely different way to live.In Matthew 11, He invites the weary and burdened to come to Him, take His yoke, and learn His way of living—a way described as easy and light.This series begins with a challenging question:When you look at your life 20–30 years from now, what do you hope your story will be?Because following Jesus isn’t simply about believing the right things. It’s about becoming His apprentice and allowing His way of life to reshape ours.If we want to become more like Jesus, we may first have to confront one of the greatest enemies of our spiritual lives:Hurry.It’s time to unbusy our schedules, unhurry our souls, and learn how to live at the pace of Jesus.ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people.💻 www.rolc.church📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_churchLove People 🩶Reach The Lost 🛟Teach Believers 📖Serve The Community 🤝WELCOME HOME

  8. Sep 8

    Still Standing - 20 Year Anniversary Celebration | Sunday Service

    Twenty years. Countless lives changed. And God is still writing the story. In this special 20th Anniversary Service, we celebrate what God has done through River of Life Church and honor the faithfulness of Pastors Mike and Kristy through every season of ministry. These messages remind us that longevity doesn’t happen by accident. There are seasons of opportunity, seasons of opposition, moments of breakthrough, and moments when quitting would make sense. But faithfulness means continuing to hear God, obey His voice, and trust Him with what comes next. In Acts 26, Paul could look back on everything he had endured and say, “To this day I have had the help that comes from God.” His perseverance wasn’t a testimony to his own strength—it was a testimony to the God who sustained him. That same truth is at the heart of 20 years of ROLC. There have been good days.There have been hard days.There have been seasons when quitting would have been easier. But they remained—and because they remained, countless people have been impacted. We are reminded in 2 Corinthians 4 that we may be afflicted, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down—but we are not destroyed. The power that keeps us standing has never belonged to us. It belongs to God. So today we celebrate the past, but we also look toward the future. Thank God for 20 years.Thank God for His faithfulness.Thank God, we’re still standing.And the story isn’t finished yet. ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. 💻 www.rolc.church 📲 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @rolc_church Love People 🩶Reach The Lost 🛟Teach Believers 📖Serve The Community 🤝 WELCOME HOME

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ROLC exists to see a real God flowing through real people. Here you'll find challenging and encouraging messages each week from the pastors and leaders of ROLC that will help you go deeper in your walk with God.

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  • Creator
    ROLC
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
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    © ROLC
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    River Of Life Church