Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
In the chapter on service, I urged you to
worship, then serve. We who are in full-time
ministry sometimes act as if we are exceptions to
that rule. We are not. If all that we do in the
ministry is serve, we begin to depend on
formulas and gimmicks rather than the
anointing of the Holy Spirit. We start to do
things to please the people.
Distractions can easily steal your time with
God. Even if the distraction is a godly thing,
don't let it keep you from spending the necessary
time with the Lord to minister effectively to His
people.
Come to Him Alone
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king
hath brought me into his chambers: we will be
glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy
love more than wine: the upright love thee
(Song 1:4, KJV).
There is a great need for us to come alone
into the chamber of the King. He who has called
us desires us to come alone with Him. Our real
need is not to learn about church growth or how
to minister in the anointing, but to spend time
with Him. Without an intimate relationship with
the Holy Spirit, we have nothing to give. Our
teachings will be lifeless and bear no fruit.
If we do not worship first, then we stand and
have nothing to minister, because nothing has
been conceived in our spirit by the Spirit of God.
When that happens, our church's worship time
becomes a ritual that is empty and tends to steal
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