Speaking in tongues as part of devotion:

[Aquila]

My first pastor taught us that we should pray in tongues every day as part of our daily prayers and devotion. While I don't pray in tongues every single day, I do at some point on most days. My favorite times are when I'm alone and the house is quite. I'll offer my prayers and worship and I find it very easy to pray in the Spirit. These moments are some of the sweetest moments in my devotional life. In fact, there have been times when my faith was quite weak, and I was stumbling in my faith, and yet after praying in tongues I feel revived, strengthened, and at peace again. I've had many beautiful experiences in God during these times of devotional prayer.

Down through the years I've heard of many different experiences people have had while praying in the Spirit. I've experienced tingling, felt as light as air, heard music, or heard singing (angels?). I've also received direct ministry from the Lord, received visions, and experienced an unexplainable peace in which I become entirely focused upon the presence of God and lose focus on the world around me. I've come away soaked with tears and I've come away from these times filled with joy and faith. It is in these moments wherein in the midst of my mess, God will show me the end of the matter and give me renewed hope.

Sometimes, it is these very real and personal experiences with God that have kept me holding on when my faith was at its lowest or when I've felt spiritually defeated and like just giving up. Some have asked me why these experiences mean so much to me. Well, to me, I cannot deny what I have personally experienced. Therefore, even when I've felt like giving up, I can't deny that what I've experienced in the Spirit is real. And if God would touch me in whatever broken state I might have been in at the time, it must not be the time to throw in the towel.

I firmly believe that there are spiritual benefits to praying in tongues. I believe that the Bible affirms the following benefits regarding praying in tongues:

1.) Praying in tongues gives us a direct and unimpeded communication between our human spirit and the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 14:2a).

2.) Praying in tongues brings the secrets of God's Spirit into our spirit (1 Corinthians 14:2b).

3.) When we pray in tongues, we cultivate and increase our spiritual strength (I Corinthians 14:4a).

4.) Praying in tongues tends to help us enter into the spiritual place wherein the Spirit can speak through us prophetically to others (I Corinthians 14:5).

5.) Praying in tongues leads us to desire interpretation (I Corinthians 14:13).

6.) Tongues releases us to a higher forms of spiritual worship (I Corinthians 14:15).

To me, this is one of the most precious and powerful things about being a Spirit filled Apostolic.

Have you experienced any of these things? What are some of your experiences in the Spirit while praying in tongues?

[1ofthechosen]

Don't got time to speak on this right now, but want to share a video from Marvin D Treece "Tongues of Judgement".

[houston]

I listened to 45 minutes of that. Started off good. Then he got into the ancient UFO stuff. Then he tried to lay the case for speaking in tongues globally as a sign of judgment against man- Jesus is returning... etc.

Like 9 minutes left and I can’t finish it. I appreciate that he’s not sloppy and all over the place... and yelling for no reason like many preachers do. I would be interested in listening to more of his stuff.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by houston

I listened to 45 minutes of that. Started off good. Then he got into the ancient UFO stuff. Then he tried to lay the case for speaking in tongues globally as a sign of judgment against man- Jesus is returning... etc.

Like 9 minutes left and I can’t finish it. I appreciate that he’s not sloppy and all over the place... and yelling for no reason like many preachers do. I would be interested in listening to more of his stuff.

I have not listened, but based on your recommendation, i just might. You're an interesting and insightful dude, man!

[1ofthechosen]

He's the Greek scholar he is part of the International Bible Society. He's got translations of the book of Acts Revelations vand Corinthians and Hebrews. Called Literal Word I want to read some if anyone has info! Lol. But I probably have close to 10-15 messages of his on my YouTube page.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by houston

I listened to 45 minutes of that. Started off good. Then he got into the ancient UFO stuff. Then he tried to lay the case for speaking in tongues globally as a sign of judgment against man- Jesus is returning... etc.

Like 9 minutes left and I can’t finish it. I appreciate that he’s not sloppy and all over the place... and yelling for no reason like many preachers do. I would be interested in listening to more of his stuff.

I believe that God promised to pour out His Spirit upon all flesh:

Acts 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

God is gracious and loving, desiring to pour His Spirit out upon all who are willing to receive it regardless of human denominational association, theology, race, color, politic, or creed. Of course, this doesn't excuse them from having to search and obey the Scriptures as it relates to water baptism. But God is abundantly gracious and merciful, doing His part, providing for all to be born of the Spirit.

Ancient aliens? I haven't had the ability to listen to the link.

[1ofthechosen]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I believe that God promised to pour out His Spirit upon all flesh:

Acts 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

God is gracious and loving, desiring to pour His Spirit out upon all who are willing to receive it regardless of human denominational association, theology, race, color, politic, or creed. Of course, this doesn't excuse them from having to search and obey the Scriptures as it relates to water baptism. But God is abundantly gracious and merciful, doing His part, providing for all to be born of the Spirit.

Ancient aliens? I haven't had the ability to listen to the link.

God will indeed pour out His Spirit on all flesh. A person has to know they are lost though. Cry out in desperation, repent for real, turn away from their lifestyle and then turn against it. If that truthfully does happen anyone can receive the Holy Ghost.

But the way denominationalism is, it teaches you are saved when you pray the sinners prayer. Then they tell you don't doubt your salvation. The only problem with that is, without the Holy Ghost you just prayed a prayer. So people tell these people you are saved. Now that person can't cry out, because they don't think they are lost. If you think you are ok, God will leave you that way! It ita good enough for you, it's good enough for God. Now He will try to nudge you and bring you along; but if your mind is made up, He will let you have it. False doctrine is the worse addiction of all, it can cause a person to be lost. If a person doesn't have a need, God can't fill it! Now if the person is desperate, and knows they can't live without Him, God will not leave them nor forsake them.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by 1ofthechosen

God will indeed pour out His Spirit on all flesh. A person has to know they are lost though. Cry out in desperation, repent for real, turn away from their lifestyle and then turn against it. If that truthfully does happen anyone can receive the Holy Ghost.

But the way denominationalism is, it teaches you are saved when you pray the sinners prayer. Then they tell you don't doubt your salvation. The only problem with that is, without the Holy Ghost you just prayed a prayer. So people tell these people you are saved. Now that person can't cry out, because they don't think they are lost. If you think you are ok, God will leave you that way! It ita good enough for you, it's good enough for God. Now He will try to nudge you and bring you along; but if your mind is made up, He will let you have it. False doctrine is the worse addiction of all, it can cause a person to be lost. If a person doesn't have a need, God can't fill it! Now if the person is desperate, and knows they can't live without Him, God will not leave them nor forsake them.

Amen.

I believe God is gracious and merciful enough to pour out His Spirit upon genuinely repentant individuals regardless of whatever church they might attend. However, once God has poured out His Spirit upon these individuals, their churches tend to teach them that all they needed to do was to believe, and now this "baptism in the Holy Spirit" is a second work of grace, or a subsequent experience to their Salvation. These false doctrines set them on a path away from the truth of God's Oneness and the need to be water baptized in the name of Jesus. Had these individuals only turned to Scripture and allowed the Holy Spirit to guide them, they would have found the truth and been born of both water and Spirit.

I leave the issue of their salvation in the hands of God. However, I confess that I don't see how they can be saved seeing that they have not obeyed the fullness of the Gospel.

But none of this is really related to the topic. I'm interested in people's personal experience with praying in tongues as a devotional practice.

[Aquila]

Are fewer and fewer people speaking in tongues and praying in the Holy Spirit devotionally?

[houston]