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Next on in touch, energized by his presence.

When is the last time you felt the presence of God in a very special way that was

unlike anything you felt before? Or maybe I'd put it this way, when was the last time you felt

his presence in your life in a way that you couldn't even describe. There are no real words to describe it.

Was it when you were praying? Was it when you were in a worship service?

Or maybe you felt it in a very special way when you were

witnessing to someone else.

Or maybe you were praying for someone else, you had a real burden for them.

Or maybe it was the fact that you yourself was going through a very difficult situation you felt so totally, absolutely dependent upon God, he just made himself

known to you in a special way, almost like he just showed up, like it was he

interrupted what was going on in your life at that moment.

Well, what is all of that about?

It's all about God manifesting himself, revealing himself, showing himself forth in your life.

And when you think about that, somebody says, well, I don't know whether God would ever do that for me or not.

Maybe the question is, are you in a position spiritually?

Have you allowed yourself to surrender to him

to such a degree that God would speak to you in a very unusual and

a very powerful way to encourage you, to energize you. In other words, something you would go on in your life that you'd not

experience before. I think about, for example, when Jesus gave the great

Commission, which is to be found the 28th chapter of Matthew and those last few

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