My Heart:

Someone once said that the heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart!

Proverbs 4:23 admonishes us to guard our heart diligently, for out of it flow the issues—or forces—of life. Jesus also had many things to say about the heart. In Matthew 12:35 He says, “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” In Matthew 15:18 He said it is not outward things, but rather the things that come out of the mouth, from the heart, that defile the man.

People tend to give more credence to outward things, the things they can see, but they forget that it is the unseen things, the attitude of the heart, that matters most. It is the attitude of your heart which determines the direction of your life. All your thoughts, attitudes, and decisions come from within and determine your choices and ultimately your destiny.

Drs. Rodney & Adonica Howard-Browne get to the heart of the matter in this dynamic 8-message series on “My Heart” preached at The River at Tampa Bay.

1. The Repentant Heart
2. The Humble Heart Pt. 1
3. The Humble Heart Pt. 2
4. A Heart Right with God - Dealing with Guilt Pt. 1
5. A Heart Right with God - Dealing with Guilt Pt. 2
6. The Hungry Heart
7. How to Protect Your Heart
8. Hearts on Fire
9. The Candle of the Lord
10. Matters of the Heart Pt. 1
11. Matters of the Heart Pt. 2

My Mission My Purpose:

Have you ever wondered what God has called you to do for His Kingdom? Do you know that God has a wonderful plan and purpose for you? Isaiah 43:7 says that God created man for His own purpose to bring Himself glory. God loves you so much that He created you in His image!

Every man, woman, boy and girl has a unique and individual purpose for their life. That purpose begins with total surrender Lord, He not only places His desires in our hearts, but He gives us a passion for His purpose!

As a child of God we have everything that we need to fulfill our purpose and our mission. He’s given us His Word, His Blood, His Name, His Angels and His Holy Spirit! We must stay focused on eternity and not allow anything to distract us from our assigned and chosen course. 

Learn how to find and fulfill your individual purpose in this 6 part series from Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne titled “My Mission - My Purpose”.

1. Why Were We Created
2. Why Are We Here Pt. 1
3. Why Are We Here Pt. 2
4. Finding Your Individual Purpose Pt. 1
5. Finding Your Individual Purpose Pt. 2
6. Fulfilling My Mission

My Worship:

Do you know who or what you worship? In John 4:23 Jesus said that the Father is seeking TRUE worshippers that will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. 

It is interesting, and in some cases disturbing, to see what goes on in the church under the guise of worship. Jesus said, “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” (Matthew 15:8-9 NKJV) Our worship is vain if our mouths worship, but our hearts are not submitted to God. Worship is not a religious act, posture, stance or tone. It is a heart, sincerely and earnestly, crying out to God.

True worship does not spring forth only in the good times, but also in the middle of the darkest seasons of life. Think of Jonah in the fish’s belly; the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace; Daniel in the lion’s den; Paul and Silas in prison - even Jesus in Gethsemane! All of these men were in situations that were not ideal for worship. Yet, they worshipped! True worship comes from a heart, whose hope, faith and trust are in the Lord. 

In this 4 part series, you will learn that True Worship comes from a Pure Heart, the Difference between Old and New Testament Worship, Why we Worship Him, and how we can have an Intimate Relationship with Jesus, because He is Alive!

1. In Spirit & In Truth
2. True Worshippers
3. Why We Worship Him
4. He's Alive

My Family:

For the believer there are two kinds of family: The NATURAL family, which is the one you are physically born into, and the SPIRITUAL family, which is the one you are “born again” into. We all had our physical beginning with the union of a male and female, coming together in intimacy and producing life. That was and still is God’s plan. It is also God’s plan for every person to have a New Birth. When a sinner comes to Jesus and acknowledges the Cross, the blood of Jesus and his/her need for redemption, the Holy Spirit causes the seed of the Word of God to produce a new “SPIRITUAL” birth. Through this New Birth, he/she becomes a son or daughter of God! 
Once we are born again into the family of God, we are to set our mind on eternal things and seek heavenly treasure above. The Bible instructs us to put off the old man and put on the new. This means that we must conduct and behave ourselves according to the rules of our new family – according to the Father’s standards and His Word. We must be willing to forgive one another, when we are wronged; we must love one another; we must let God’s peace rule our hearts; we must be thankful; husbands are to love their wives; wives are to respect their husbands. We must let the Word of God be the foundation for our lives. 

In this 3-part series, you will learn the importance of submitting to the Father’s authority, and what it means to have a covenant relationship with Him and with one another.

• The Whole Family - In Heaven & In Earth
• Living in the Family of God
• As For Me & My House

My Treasure: 

Matthew 6:19-21 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Jesus spoke on money and possessions on several occasions, giving advice and counsel on what constitutes a right relationship with these earthly treasures. Your money and your heart are inextricably intertwined. Your relationship to mammon and your relationship with the Father are like two ends of a see-saw. When one goes up, the other goes down. The love of the Father is not compatible with the love of money.

Be prepared to ask yourself the hard questions: What do I value most? What would I most hate to lose? What affords me the greatest pleasure in life? How do you know that you have an appropriate attitude toward our money and a right relationship with the Father? The Word of God is the revealer of hearts and motives. Submit to God’s Word and allow Him to bring you into victory and freedom in this area of your life.

Psalm 24:1 tells us that the Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Since all things are God’s, we are merely stewards of all that we possess. We act as custodians of what He has placed in our care, and we are to wisely administer and expand the Master’s estate because we are accountable to Him. We also have clear-cut incentives and motivations to be wise stewards—our eternal treasure and crowns!

This series will instruct and guide you on how to be a good steward and manage your possessions in a way that pleases God. As you do this, you will be heaping up for yourselves treasures in Heaven!

My Father: 

 John 14:8-11 - Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

Many in this world are crying out for someone to show them the Father. Our mandate from Heaven, as believers, is to show them the Father. We do this by introducing them to the Savior — JESUS. 

God is a giver. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16 

Some individuals do not comprehend the goodness of the Father God because they only consider the example of their earthly father which may have let them down.

According to some resources: 24 million kids, or 34% of all children in the United States, live in a home without their father present.

• Show Us the Father
• My Father's Word & Ways
• We Have a Covenant Father
• The Covenant Names of God
• The Absolute Attributes of God

My Comforter:

The word “comforter” in John 14:16, also translated “helper,” means paraclete - one called alongside to help - your intercessor, strengthener, standby, teacher, and guide. This Comforter, whom Jesus is talking about, is the Person of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is vitally important to the church. He wants to be personally known by every believer. It is through the Holy Spirit that God lives on the inside of us and we become one with Him. Living in victory on this earth comes through knowing the Holy Spirit and relying on Him to be your comforter and helper in everything.

This 4-part series will teach you about the person of the Holy Spirit and who He really is. As you listen to these teachings and meditate on what the Word of God says concerning the Holy Spirit, He will become more real to you than ever before.

• The Person of the Holy Spirit
• What it Means to be Filled with the Spirit
• The Working of the Holy Spirit
• Being Filled with the Spirit

My Roadmap: 

 What Roadmap are you following?

The Word of God is our Roadmap and our Guide on the path of life. It is firmly established and will never move or change. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” Mark 13:31 NKJV

Many believers, because the Word has not prevailed over them, live in defeat in every area of their life. If you hate your brother, you are living in darkness and the Word has not prevailed in your life. You are walking as a common, unchanged man. As long as you only mentally assent to the Word, but don’t act on it, you will struggle with sickness, disease and lack. God’s Word will cause you to prosper in every area of life.

The Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with a double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joint and marrow-scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart. 13 And no created thing is hidden from Him; all things lie open, exposed before the eyes of Him with whom we have to reckon. Hebrews 4:12-13 Moffat’s Translation

The Word of God working in us builds us more and more into the image of Jesus. We become more like His nature and His character, not through head knowledge, but through His Word working in us. In this five part series, Pastors Rodney and Adonica disclose valuable teachings concerning God’s Word. Discover the importance of the Word, not only in your life, but also at work within you. Expect to be saturated with an even deeper love for the Word of God.

Receive the Word into your heart and life and let it live in you, guide, direct and sustain you! Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another. 
Colossians 3:16a NKJV

My Absolutes:

Christian faith is founded upon certain truths that cannot be questioned, compromised or diluted. These absolutes are essential to our faith, and it is our responsibility not only to know them, but to internalize them. If we wander away from them, we will be lost.

II Timothy 2:15 urges us to do our utmost to present ourselves to God approved, as workmen that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth. My Absolutes provides you with the strong Biblical foundation crucial to doing just that.

In this series Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne teaches and preaches on essential truths surrounding the person and deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. These include His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary work on the cross, bodily resurrection from the dead and His exaltation to the right hand of God. 

• The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
• Jesus Is the Only Way
• Working Out Your Salvation
• The Blood

My Prayer Life:

Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people). Ephesians 6:18 AMP

Prayer is not merely a ritual. You don’t need a book of prayers and you don’t need to go through anyone else to pray to the Father. You can pray yourself – sincerely from your heart – and He will hear you.

Prayer is communication with your Heavenly Father.
Prayer changes people and then people change things.

There are rules of engagement for your prayer life. If you want results in prayer, then you have to follow the rules. There are different kinds of prayer in the Bible - just as there are different rules for different sports. You cannot pray the same prayer for every situation. Prayer is an art that anyone can learn. The Word of God instructs us in how to pray prayers that God hears and prayers that He answers. Prayer is simply having a conversation with the Father. It can be a place of negotiation – where you go to negotiate with God on the basis of His word. Sometimes people say that they don’t know what to pray. Well, that’s why we have the Holy Spirit.

Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). Luke 18:1 AMP

When people lose heart, they give up. We must pray and not give up, faint, or lose heart. If we pray according to God’s word and if we pray and don’t give up, we will see results; the Lord will answer us.

This message will bless you and give you valuable insight into the art of prayer that produces results.

1. Prayer that Gets Results
2. Effective Prayer
3. Answered Prayer
4. Prayer for the Nation

My Crowns: 

There is more to being a Christian than praying the prayer of salvation and merely ensuring your place in heaven—one day you will stand before the Lord at the Judgment Seat of Christ and all of your works will be tried by fire. How will your use of your time, your talents, your abilities, your gifts, your money, and everything else God has given you, measure up on that day? Those works with eternal purpose will remain through the fire, resulting in eternal crowns and rewards; the remainder will be burned up as wood, hay and stubble, resulting in great loss (1 Corinthians 3:12-15).

Salvation is a gift received by faith, but the Bible tells us there are different crowns we can earn based on how we run our race, the motives of our heart and the choices we make. In order to win you have to persist; you have to fight the good fight of faith; you have to keep on running and not give up. The enemy will try to get you to throw in the towel, but if you keep running you will win!

This 5-part series encourages believers to live for eternity now, focusing on what the Bible teaches about crowns and rewards that are waiting for us when, on that day, Jesus tells us, “Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Lord.”

• Why We Run the Race
• Running the Heavenly Race
• The Crown of Righteousness
• The Crown of Life
• The Crown of Glory

My Jesus:

Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

As a Christian, our whole faith is rooted in Jesus which is rooted in joy. When the angels announced glad tidings of great joy to all the world, the word “great” in this passage is “megas.” Megas means exceedingly great, greatest, high, large, loud, and mighty. Their joy was as big and loud as joy can get. 

Did you know that all of the goodness of God was wrapped up in one finished work at a place called Calvary? Jesus died for every person and every nation. There’s not one person who comes to God in faith that He would ever reject.

Everywhere that Jesus went, the purpose of His coming was to destroy the works of the devil. Did you know that as a born again believer, everywhere that you go, you are to destroy the works of the enemy? That is what God has called you to do!

Listen to this series and allow Jesus to become more real to you. Allow the fire of God to burn out every bit of religion and tradition. Purpose in your heart that Jesus will live big on the inside of you.

• My Jesus Pt. 1 - Pt. 4

Live From the River Music:

1. Let It Rise
2. Interlude 1
3. Like The Woman
4. Just One Glimpse Of His Glory
5. The Glory Is Here
6. Interlude 2
7. Glorify Thy Name
8. Thou Art Worthy Great Jehovah
9. I Exalt Thee
10. How Great Thou Art
11. Interlude 3
12. There's A Sweet Anointing
13. There's A New Wine
14. He Binds The Broken-Hearted
15. Like The Woman
16. Just One Glimpse