Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
The Father Seeks Worshippers
Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth, for they are the
kind of worshipers the Father seeks (John
4:23).
Churches today are full of programs, special
demonstrations of talent and production. Many
churches classify their entire service as a
worship service, but often little worship takes
place. Consequently, no one's ever changed.
In worship we must approach God with our
heart. You cannot worship Him with your mind.
In this verse, He is telling us there are a lot of
temporal worshippers. They endeavor to worship
God with their mind, but they always end up
being the spectators in a worship service. They
only approach God with their intellect. It's
abrasive to God. He will not respond to intellect.
Whoever worships God must worship Him in
spirit and truth.
You will never experience true worship until
you learn to worship in your spirit. Until then,
worship will seem like foolishness to you. You
know there's a God of the universe who created
everything. You know Jesus died to give you life
and have accepted Him. You believe that He
saved and cleansed you. But you thank Him out
of a mental attitude. Mental ascent is not
worship—it's meditation. In order for true
worship to exist, there must be reciprocation—
God's presence must be manifested to you. You
cannot get into the deeper things of God with
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