Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take
the wings of the morning, And dwell in the
uttermost parts of sea, Even there Your hand
shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold
me (Ps. 139:7-10).
Solomon made this profound statement while
standing at the altar of God.
But will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain You. How much less this
temple which I have built! (1 Kin. 8:27)
Since God's omnipresence fills the earth, He
would be surrounding all worshippers. So there
must be another manifestation of His presence
that "seeks out" worshippers. He does not fill the
earth with this expression of Himself, but
manifests it to individuals. We can actually
"enter" this presence.
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing
Know that the Lord, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we
ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His
pasture (Ps. 100:2-3).
There is so much time wasted when people
come into the presence of God and then leave.
We spend a lot of time going back and forth, in
and out of His presence. It's no wonder we
struggle to get there.
We can stay in God's presence continuously
when we worship Him in spirit and truth. God is
a Spirit being and those who worship Him must
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