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