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