Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
pure in a corporate gathering. When James
Robison made the altar call one night, I ran to
the front. I was hungry for more of God.
As I knelt in front of the altar, I felt the same
wonderful presence that had touched me in the
early morning prayer meeting at my own church.
At that time, I asked the Lord three specific
questions, one of which I want to share with you.
"Why is the worship in this place so pure?" I
asked.
The Lord spoke to me and said, "Son, I want
you to look around, all around you." I looked
around and saw faces, lots of faces.
He said, "There are seven thousand people
here from forty-eight different states. Do you
know why the worship is so pure? Because they
don't know each other. They haven't had time to
get angry or bitter with one another. That's why
it is so pure."
When a church is full of strife and dissension,
the people will not be free to worship. If your
relationships with other people aren't right,
you're going to have a hard time entering into
worship. Jesus says if you have anything against
your brother, leave your sacrifice on the altar
and go make it right with him (see Matt. 5:24). I
urge you, as a member of a corporate
worshipping body, to reconcile with fellow
believers.
When we are worshipping in a group where
we know the people around us, we also need to
consciously overcome our tendency to wonder
what other people are thinking about us. If we
are worried about whether they think we look
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