Life brings us many questions.  Is it a gift?  A curse?  Is life a choice?  Do we own it or does someone else?  What are we supposed to do with it?  If you are new to River of Life or if you are looking for answers, you’ve come to the right place.  In God’s Word we find the answers to all of these questions and many more, and we’d like to share them with you.  Sometimes life is not easy, and sometimes we need help.  Often we need it but aren’t even sure which way to go in order to find help.  What most of us need more than anything else is peace, and the knowledge that the grace of God covers us in all points of life.  Join us for powerful worship, practical teaching, and life lessons which will bring you to new heights. 

In God’s Word we find the answers to all of these questions and many more, and we’d like to share them with you.  Sometimes life is not easy, and sometimes we need help.  Often we need it but aren’t even sure which way to go in order to find help.  What most of us need more than anything else is peace, and the knowledge that the grace of God covers us in all points of life.  Join us for powerful worship, practical teaching, and life lessons which will bring you to new heights. 

See you soon!

Pastor Jack and Joyce Holt, Senior Pastors
River of Life Fellowship

Whatever your life is like—really good, really bad or somewhere in between—you have the power to change it all…one word at a time. You have the power to speak to every facet of your life and start a revolution of change.  You have the power to alter the course of your marriage, corral your children who may be straying into dangerous places, even propel your career from okay to better than you ever imagined—all by the way you speak.  No, it’s not some magical, hocus-pocus formula. It’s learning to recognize the power God has given to you, and learning how to use it according to His will.

Exerpt from “Changing Your World One Word at a Time” by Jack Holt

In the phrase, “the young lions lack,” the original Hebrew meaning of lack refers to being destitute in the animal kingdom. Like most animal young, lion cubs are not able to feed themselves and are dependent upon the parents to provide for them. If there is a famine or drought, the young lions will suffer and be without the basics necessary for survival. Consequently, they will perish.  The second time lack is used in Psalm 34:10, it has a completely different Hebrew root. Its meaning conveys the understanding that you shall not lack the things you want in life…or the good things you want out of life. 

Do you see the difference?

When we understand what the Bible really says about matters, it opens up to us understanding of the goodness of God. His intentions for our lives are always good. Psalm 84:11 states, “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly” (New King James Version).  Do you hear the heart beat of God in this verse?  Do you hear His goodness?

There is nothing—that is a good thing—too good for you to have. There is no size of house, no make or model of car, no great marriage, no healthy relationship, no healthy body…that is too good for you to have!

Exerpt taken from the book “More Than Enough with Plenty Left Over” by Jack Holt

So many times, well-meaning Christians don’t understand God’s intentions to bless them, mostly because they don’t really understand what God’s word actually says. For example, I’ve heard believers say, “God may not give you want you want, but He will always give you what you need.” Where is that in the Bible? It isn’t.  And as a result of believing wrong information, many Christians live their lives convinced God is only obligated to provide the basic necessities of life. They believe that having the basics met is evidence of walking in the perfect will of God. Nothing could be further from the truth.God loves His children and He wants to lavishly give to them.

Psalm 34:10 says, “The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing” (NKJV). 

Exerpt taken from the book “More Than Enough with Plenty Left Over” by Jack Holt