Rodney Howard Browne

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Hallelujah for the great awakening!  I have been so blessed in these meetings.  The fire of God is falling for the end time harvest.  What a blessing to go out and hit the streets for the gospel.  A holy boldness fills you and you have no difficulty approaching anyone!  Oh the joy that fills your heart when a sinner repents and receives Jesus!  This is a life changed forever.   I found myself stopping young men on bicycles in gang colors, saying “Hey Stop!  I have to ask you an important question.”  Then their eyes close as they pray the salvation prayer. 

They receive joy but not more than I do because they did!  This is what our country needs to turn back to God.  I do believe God is not finished with America yet.  I encourage everybody to download the scripts from revival.com, and get out on the streets.  This is, after all, the great commission.   Jesus told us to go to all the nations and preach the gospel to every creature, and He is pouring out His Holy Spirit to empower us for this.  We cannot assume people do not want to hear it.  People are so hungry. 

They are looking for meaning in their lives, and Jesus is the answer.  Praise the Lord for His timing.  Praise the Lord for bringing the Great Awakening again!   Now there is more than the historical great awakening.   I encourage anyone close enough to come to this event to do it.   Get under the power of the fire of God and go.  Fulfill the great commission and be changed in the process. There  is no greater joy than walking in His presence and bringing others to find him as well. – Betty A.

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The Great Awakening services are off to a powerful start! You can sense the expectation in the air from the people as they come in right before the meetings. It reminds me of the camp meetings. Many people come forward each night for the altar call to surrender everything to God, letting go of those things that would hold them back from all that God has for them. I see more hunger in people than before.  I can see the passion in Pastors Rodney and Adonica and it looks like many people are already catching the vision and ready to run.  The phones hardly quit ringing with prayer calls.  I was on the phones tonight and had several calls from people in their 70′s and 80′s calling to receive the fire to go win souls.  They are asking for the script and are hungry and want to win their city for Jesus.  One lady of another denomination said she was tired of her dead church and she needed to come to a full gospel church. She wants to come here when her church isn’t having services and take the fire back to them. The anointing is so strong in the services, the people are getting hit with the joy.  I really look forward to coming to the meetings and have decided and purposed in my heart to make sure I get something every night I am here from these meetings. I used to have a lot of compassion, but the busyness of life seems to have taken some of it and now my compassion for people has already increased, just this week.  God is so amazing! –Sharon F.

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The services here at The River of Tampa bay have been to put it in the right word phenomenal, Both Doctors Rodney and Adonica Howard Brown as well as Pastors Eric and Jenifer Gonyon have been imparting truth to all of us here and all who are watching around the globe by preaching Christ to them and not holding back on the truth one bit. It has been my experience in the meetings that the power of God is mightily present and flowing powerfully in these meetings and its only just begun, there will be a great awakening  in not only this land but I believe the hole world will be shaken greatly by this and all of us believers will be out there preaching the gospel and truth to all who don’t know or believe, These meetings are stirring up the believers in this land to have a hart for people a hart for souls, to tell you the truth I am having a hard time sighting still here and typing this message I want to go out and win souls! I encourage all to tune and not just listen with your ears but let your hart grab a hold of what’s being said and preached in these meetings, Tune in, grab hold , Go out, and proclaim. -Noble K.

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Ps Rodney since the first time we sang Holy, Holy, Holy it felt like someone needed to re-teach Christians that part of holiness is been separate from the world, for God’s purpose. For many years people would say to me God has given us the earth to enjoy. I would get invited to do things, but in my mind I would say – “to me it’s a sport but to you it’s your god, I’m not playing with your god.

Yesterday I kept getting the words “Come out from among them” 2 Corinth 6:17. In my country the harvesters are among them, and don’t realize they were saved for His Purpose. They say I’m been a witness but never witness.

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We know we know the Lord because:

18. We have faith in Him

“Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”
1 John 2:23 NKJV

“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.” 1 John 5:1 NKJV

“He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.”  1 John 5:10 NKJV

We know God because we believe in Him and we believe His word. We know Him because we acknowledge that He is who He says He is. We know Him because we have made Him Lord of our lives, personally. We acknowledge Him before men and angels. We also know that we know Him because we receive His word in its entirety. We do not pick and choose which scriptures to take and leave. We are submitted to every word that proceeds from His mouth!

19. We confess Christ
 
“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.” 1 John 4:14-15 NKJV

“By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.”  1 John 4:2-3a NKJV

“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”  1 John 2:22-23 NKJV

“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”  Romans 10:10 NKJV

If we know God, we will say so – we will confess that He is the Christ; we will confess that He is Lord, God and Savior. Anyone who will not confess Him as the Son of God, the Lamb of God, the Christ, and the Savior of the world, is not His and does not know Him. Some people say that they believe in God, and yet, they cannot or will not acknowledge Jesus Christ. These people do not know God.

“For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”  John 5:22-23 NKJV

20. We have received Christ
 
“He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:10-13 NKJV

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” John 1:12 NKJV

Many people know about God, they know about Jesus, they know about the Holy Spirit, but they do not actually KNOW any of them; they are not personally acquainted with them. When we believe in Jesus and we receive Him as our personal Lord and Savior, we truly come to know Him.

21. He answers our prayers

“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.”  1 John 3:21-22 NKJV

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”
1 John 5:14-15 NKJV

God does not answer prayers arbitrarily. He is not capricious. He does not toy with us. His word never returns void and if He has made promises, He always keeps them. There is an area where prayers are answered. If we are inside that area, our prayers are answered; if we are outside that area they are not. We cannot sit where we are (outside the Word and will of God), doing what we do, and expect God to bend and come to where we are and do what we want Him to do. He is not our servant; we are His. God is where He is and we are the ones who must bend and change and move to suit Him. If we want answered prayer, we must keep His commandments, and continue to keep them, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. If we want answered prayer, we must ask according to His will. The fact that our prayers are answered is proof that we do know Him and that He knows us!

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As we celebrate Christmas once again, we should remember that we are actually celebrating Jesus. We are celebrating the fact that the Father sent His only begotten Son, born as a baby into the body of a man, to die on the cross and to be raised up again for our justification and salvation. Revelation 13:8 says that Jesus is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. God had a plan to rescue man even before Adam sinned. The coming of Jesus, the Messiah, was foretold thousands of years before He was born and recorded in the Old Testament. Here are some of the prophetic scriptures together with the scriptures of fulfillment.

 He was the Seed of a woman:
-Genesis 3:15 NKJV – And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.
-Galatians 4:4-5 NKJV – But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

 He was a descendant of Abraham:
-Genesis 12:3 NKJV – I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
-Matthew 1:1 NKJV – The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.

 He was a descendant of Isaac:
-Genesis 17:19 NKJV – Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
-Luke 3:34 NKJV – the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham…

He was a descendant of Jacob:
-Numbers 24:17 KJV – I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
-Matthew 1:2 NKJV – Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.

 He was from the tribe of Judah:
-Genesis 49:10 NKJV – The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
-Luke 3:33 NKJV – …the son of Perez, the son of Judah.

 He was the descendant of Jesse:
-Isaiah 11:10 NKJV – “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.”
-Romans 15:12 NKJV – And again, Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

 He was a descendant of David:
-Jeremiah 23:5-6 NKJV – “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called.
-Matthew 1:1 NKJV – The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.

He will shepherd His people:
-Ezekiel 37:24 NKJV – David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
-Matthew 2:6 NKJV – “But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.”

 He was heir to the throne of David:
-Isaiah 9:7 NKJV – Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
-Luke 1:32-33 NKJV – He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.

 He was born in Bethlehem:
-Micah 5:2 NKJV – “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
-Luke 2:4-7 NKJV – Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

 The timing of His birth:
-Daniel 9:25 NKJV – “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
-Luke 2:1-7 NKJV – And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered everyone to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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I have always enjoyed when the ministers conference would come around on the school calendar, as a student at RBI, I am always egger to hear other ministers and just to be encouraged in ministry itself. This conference was all about no limits, no boundaries and I learn allot about that, mainly because I worked most of the conference in the ministry café. While working through the conference my limits were being pushed and it felt as though God was stretching me past what I thought I could handle. Every morning we would hear the no limits no boundaries theme song and though I would be in the back working,

I felt the Lord working in my heart pushing me and enlarging me and my territory. When I was able to sit in the services I would just sit in the presence to get recharged and to be encouraged. I am so blessed to be at a church that teaches us what it is to really work in the ministry, to work with excellence  and what it take to make the ministry run. The biggest thing I learned and got from the conference for myself was, once you think you can’t go any more keep going, and when you think you can’t take anymore allow the Lord to take it for you, I learned to completely lean on Him and give in to the work in He was doing in my heart and life.

In the ministry I feel like the Lord ministers to you most while you’re in the trails of ministry, you know while you’re working in the back and taking the phone calls, looking after the babies in the nursery, working in security, cleaning the bathrooms ext…, because in doing those things you are actually in the ministry and tapping in to the things of God and relying on him to sustain you.

That’s when I feel the change is happening, that’s when I feel like God is moving mountains in my life and in my character; it’s when I am in the trenches of it all. So though I didn’t get to sit in most of minister’s conference, the Lord really ministered to me and proved Himself faithful to sustain me, as he always does. So come on Winter Camp meeting I am ready for more change, more growth and more Jesus hallelujah!

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This past week I learned that with God there are truly no limits and no boundaries. About a year ago I moved back to Tampa from San Diego where I went to school my best friend at the time told me I could roommate with her for a year to help each other out at that time I was a back sliding Christian and living for the world. So I moved back to Tampa and everything was fine until with my living situation until I started living for the Lord. As I only had two more months to finish my one year agreement with her and two days into the conference I found out that my two children and I were not going to have anywhere to live in a couple of days.

That next night Pastor Rodney asked everyone to stand who was believing for a house, I was shocked and probably was the last person to stand and when I sat down the joy of the Lord hit me I was laughing so hard and couldn’t stop for at least forty minutes or more I really don’t know I had already been feeling peace about the situation but now I felt it more then ever. I believe it was the next night Pastor Eric had asked a man to tell his testimony about being homeless and living out of his van with his family while he was in school.

Then the next night Pastor Andre had asked us to write down what we believed God for and plant a seed toward it. I knew I needed to give an offering so as I sat there I prayed and told God that I didn’t have any money and the only thing I had to give Him was my heart again and just believed God for a roof over my kids head. The last day of the conference I hadn’t been feeling well and went to Lisa in the front and told her I was going to probably leave early and she called Pastor Jennifer to pray for me as she layed hands on me she asked that I get through my storm and asked for strength then her and Lisa gave me something to eat and I felt a lot better. So I continued to have faith, pray and stand on my word and sure enough someone blessed me with an apartment and I was supernaturally approved over the coarse of a couple of weeks God made a way for me there are truly no limits or no boundaries with God He just continues to show Himself to me more and more everyday Hallelujah

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It feels almost unreal, that me and my husband would be selected to be a intern here with The River Bible Institute. I count it a real honor and a privilege to be apart of this internship. I believe this year will be the greatest year of our lives. I know that God will do some awesome things for us and in us. I firmly trust and rely on God’s grace for us to make it this year, and to keep us. We have a total peace and a joy about being interns this year, and we are trusting God for provision and we know that He will provide for us.

Our family does not understand why we are doing this, but we know that in order to do what God has called us to we need to be trained. We want to be fully prepared to do what God has called us to do. We believe that preparation is very important and that we need to be prepared in all areas. We thank our deans and our pastors for giving us this opportunity to train and prepare for ministry and showing us by example what it means to trust and rely on the Holy Spirit. Thank you

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Pastors Rodney and Adonica,  First, the book you are offering is amazing and I have read it twice so far. But my testimony is with your new CD that was just released.  I am a member of The River and nine of my twelve children attend with us on Sundays.  I play the CD in the car and in the home and all the children love the music and sing along and if they are hyper they calm right down immediately.  The peace covers them and they begin to worship.  Over the last few weeks I have been battling fear as symptoms have attacked my body showing liver disease.

I am battling fear as we are in the middle of adopting one of the siblings to the four girls, and if diagnoses liver disease then we lose her. We just got her and already missed a year of her life. We always prayed for 12 children and she is our 12th.  And now the devil is trying to steal kill and destroy my joy and peace. And couple weeks ago I said I was shutting ministry down and just quitting life as he had me really down. But I put on your CD and as I began to sing with it I ended up on the floor in worship face down before my Jesus surrounded by Christmas gift wrap!!

And I every time Satan tries to put my attention on my symptoms and fear begins to rise within me I remind him who I am in Christ and I speak the Word of God and I put on the CD and enter into a praise and worship that leads me into a peace that only God can give.  Adonica, I am trying to do what you are saying now. Speaking life and not death. some days are easier then others but God is always on the throne and I have to believe He has not given us these children to raise as His warriors to take me out! Not now! The CD is anointed and Gods peace is awesome. And my family says I am “nuts” as they see my health symptoms and our financial crisis but God has never failed me yet and according to His Word He will never fail me.  Thank you Pastors for your love and commitment to God as it has touched my life for so many years. I love you both so much!!