Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
How many today really fellowship with God?
We have fellowship meetings in our homes and
churches. We fellowship with one another, but
we sadly neglect fellowship with the One who
created us for that very purpose. It becomes so
easy to substitute other things for our fellowship
with Him.
This may get me in a little trouble, but I'm
going to say it: one thing people often substitute
for fellowship with God is study of His Word. We
need to understand it is possible to know the
Word of God yet have no fellowship with Him.
What is important is not that I spend time in the
Word, but that I spend time in fellowship with
God. Never substitute studying the Word with
living fellowship with God.
Sometimes we neglect fellowship with God
because we are so focused and uptight about
finding out what God wants us to do. We are
bombarded with seminars, conferences and
teachings on "How to Find Your Purpose," "God's
Will for Your Life" and so on.
Yet if we spend too much time trying to find
our direction, we will miss our purpose. As
Christians, we must remember in the midst of
all we do for God, our first and most important
calling is to know Him, to love Him and to
worship Him. This is our purpose, and anything
less is not purpose at all.
The very reason God made us was for
fellowship. He gave us the ability to know Him
and placed within us the instinct to worship
Him.
God gave us His loving salvation that we
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