Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

A Special Note to Pastors
mentality has sadly crept into the church. People
want their healing, deliverance, financial
prosperity and spiritual maturity NOW! People
want instant results and yet are not willing to
spend time in worship. Some people will actually
get up and leave a service that is running late
because of a move of the Holy Spirit.
Pastors are put under tremendous pressure
to be sure the service ends shortly after the noon
hour. After all, the people have to get to the
restaurants before the rush.
I am sorry to say, that kind of attitude will
not touch the heart of God. If we do not touch
His Spirit, then His Spirit does not touch us. But
if we touch His Spirit, His Spirit will touch us.
Pastors, I pray you never fall into that trap.
Never come to a place where you give the people
only what they want, but give them what the
Holy Spirit has placed in you.
I know pastors have a great desire to see the
unsaved come to know the Lord Jesus. We have
spent countless dollars trying to reach out to the
oppressed. We have made great advances in the
methods of evangelism, but we need to recognize
worship is the greatest tool for evangelism. As
we saw with the Samaritan woman, one true
worshipper can affect a whole city for God.
The most important thing we can do as
pastors is to keep our own fellowship with God
strong. Only then can we give our people what
they need. There is a lot of work involved in
pastoring, and it's easy to be so busy serving God
we neglect our time with Him.
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