Praying in Tongues!

Praying in Tongues

1Co 14:2  For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

Praying in Tongues is something that has been a great blessing and a super strengthening way for me to pray and today more than ever. During the day I pray in tongues constantly and sometimes between half an hour to one hour a day, and then all throughout the day, as I get a chance. Of course, not in public since I don't want to disturb others, but when I go to pray alone, for everything I pray for, I do it in tongues, and in some of the languages in which I speak, and why...? Mainly because many times I don't really know how to pray for different situations, but I know that the Holy Spirit knows everything perfectly. Tell me, when you pray for a loved one of yours... Do you know everything that they are going through, or what is affecting them, for better or for worse? But I know that if I pray for them in tongues, then the Spirit of God in me knows exactly how and what to pray for.

When the apostle Paul exhorts the brethren in Ephesus to pray with all prayer and requests, he writes Eph 6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: (notice… praying in the Spirit with all prayers) We understand that Paul is referring to praying in tongues, as he wrote...1Co 14:14 For if I pray in tongues, my spirit prays.

Notice Judas' request to the brothers in his epistle… Jud 1:20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.  He is referring to praying in tongues.

The apostle Paul also wrote 1Co 14:4a He who speaks in another language edifies himself,

1Co 14:14-15 For if I pray in tongues, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful (doesn’t understand). What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. (Or I will pray & sing both in tongues & with my understanding).

Rom 8:26-27 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. But he who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 

So when we pray in tongues, our physical mind stays neutral. And these are the most sincere prayers we could pray, since our Spirit, who is born of God, prays according to God's will...

As you know sometimes our prayers can be somewhat selfish when we pray with our understanding, but when we pray with our hearts, in tongues, our only interest is the will of God. In addition to spending time in the Word, praying in tongues is one of the most practical ways to feed our Spirit, in this type of communion with God. Understanding of course, that I am referring to praying in tongues in private, since praying in tongues in a congregation entails following all the rules given by the apostle in 1Cor 14.

It is possible that you may not have received the gift of Tongues yet. Paul also exhorts us to live in love; but also to ardently desire spiritual gifts. 1Co 14:1

As you will see, our Heavenly Father is more than ready to fill you with His Holy Spirit, and with Him come the gifts as well.

Luk 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? 

All things whatsoever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. Mar 11:23

Once you have asked for that gift, when you are alone in prayer in your closet, simply release your tongue and you will see miracles.

There are brothers in the faith who do not enjoy this wonderful and important gift, because in various denominations it is taught that the gifts of the Spirit ceased after the apostles died, and they have accepted those doctrines as godly. But those denominations do not have one single Biblical passage to support that doctrine. Doctrines of churches that are not based on the whole context of the Scriptures, are doctrines of men and not of God. Remember the Word of God remains forever, the doctrines of men die.

But also, I have known some Christians who were good examples of God's love to reach the lost, with love and dedication, who did not pray in tongues, and others who did speak in tongues, but were not so dedicated. So praying in tongues is not the most important thing. But... Why not use everything that God has put at our disposal to do our best for Him? And praying in tongues helps us to pray according to God's will, so that we can follow Him better and be better representatives of Him.

The Apostle Paul also wrote... 1Co 14:18 I thank my God that I speak with tongues more than all of you. And he was writing to the church in Corinth which was known for the amount of spiritual gifts they had, and yet Paul told them that he prayed in tongues more than all of them. When we see the fruits of the apostle Paul, and the great revelations he left us in at least a quarter of the New Testament, I imagine it had a lot to do with his intense prayer life, and in his words, his praying in tongues, too.

So whatever we do, let's do it all for the glory of God.

Blessings... Alejandro

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