Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

Worship in Spirit and Truth
worship Him in spirit and truth. God makes this
possible not through human understanding but
through the Holy Spirit.
How we need the fire of the Holy Spirit to
breathe on our worship. How our spirits need to
be stimulated with the Holy Spirit so our
worship is ignited with His fire. God's Word tells
us, "No man can say Jesus is Lord, but by the
Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). If we can't say Jesus is
Lord without Him, how can we worship in spirit
without the power of the Holy Spirit? There
must be an impartation of the Holy Spirit into
our spirit, enabling us to worship in spirit, God,
who is Spirit.
I was saved as a teenager and grew up in the
Lord in the Pentecostal/charismatic church, but
for many years I did not have a clear
understanding of worship in spirit.
I always thought worship in spirit meant
speaking in tongues. In the early years of my
Christian life, I would be in church and during
worship there were times when the presence of
God felt thick all around me. At those times I
would weep because His love would be so real to
me. But without fail, there would be someone
standing behind me speaking in tongues so
loudly I could not concentrate.
Worship in Spirit
In those days I had not experienced the gift
of tongues. All I knew then was that this person
behind me was getting on my nerves. I wanted to
turn to him and ask him to be quiet, but I did
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