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Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

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<strong>Changed</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>His</strong> <strong>Presence</strong><br />

change we desire.<br />

If you look to mank<strong>in</strong>d to br<strong>in</strong>g change to<br />

your heart, you will be left with an unchanged<br />

and dull heart. It will have no passion for God. It<br />

may have a passion for man, but not for God.<br />

Worship Br<strong>in</strong>gs You Into God's<br />

<strong>Presence</strong><br />

Change comes when you enter <strong>in</strong>to <strong>His</strong><br />

presence.<br />

How do we come <strong>in</strong>to <strong>His</strong> presence? Worship<br />

is what allows you to enter <strong>in</strong> and behold Him.<br />

Paul said that we see a reflection of God's glory.<br />

As we behold it, we are transformed.<br />

Paul knew this from personal experience. A<br />

metamorphosis took place <strong>in</strong> his life after he<br />

encountered the Lord on the road to Damascus.<br />

He changed from a persecutor of Christians to<br />

one of the leaders of the church. Paul took on the<br />

likeness, profile and resemblance of the Lord.<br />

From glory to glory he was changed.<br />

Look at 2 Cor<strong>in</strong>thians 3:18 from The<br />

Message:<br />

Whenever, though, they turn to face God<br />

as Moses did, God removes the veil and there<br />

they are—face to face! They suddenly<br />

recognize that God is a liv<strong>in</strong>g, personal<br />

presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And<br />

when God is personally present, a liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Spirit, that old, constrict<strong>in</strong>g legislation is<br />

recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of<br />

us! Noth<strong>in</strong>g between us and God, our faces<br />

sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g with the brightness of his face. And so<br />

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