{"id":16116,"date":"2017-05-18T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16116"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:49","slug":"16116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/16116\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying in the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16117\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16117\" src=\"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christian-sterk-175123-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Baptism of Holy Spirit\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christian-sterk-175123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christian-sterk-175123-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christian-sterk-175123-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/christian-sterk-175123-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baptism by Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most damaging lies of Satan ever perpetrated on the Church is the unimportance of speaking\/praying in tongues.\u00a0 The devil has skillfully made the gift of tongues so unimportant that he has successfully deceived the Body of Christ, rendering it almost powerless.<\/p>\n<p>Tongues has always been a sore subject among Christians.\u00a0 Here are some of the things that I have heard over the years about tongues:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tongues are the least of the gifts and therefore should not be sought after.<\/li>\n<li>Tongues cause division in the Body of Christ.<\/li>\n<li>Tongues are childish.<\/li>\n<li>Tongues are of the devil.<\/li>\n<li>Tongues were temporary evidence during transition from the Old and New Testament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in tongues, even among those who have received the gift, is not deemed important because they don\u2019t understand the inherent power of speaking or praying in tongues.<\/p>\n<p>I was deceived for many years about this gift and it held me back in my spiritual development in way I cannot even comprehend.\u00a0 Ignoring this gift has rendered me powerless!\u00a0 It has done the same for millions of believers.<\/p>\n<p>There is one thing I have observed among the believers.\u00a0 There is a sharp contrast between those who PRACTICE speaking or praying in tongues and those who don\u2019t.\u00a0 Those who consistently pray in tongues have supernatural power.\u00a0 Healings and other miracles that occur in the circle of tongue speaking believers.\u00a0 I have seen very little, if any, miracles or supernatural power demonstrated among non-tongue speaking Christians.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard great teachings, but have witnessed almost no power.\u00a0 It seems that that doesn\u2019t both them in the least!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in tongues has many elements and I do not want to deal with them in this short article.\u00a0 However, the one resource that I consider the granddaddy of resources about speaking in tongues is a book by Dave Roberson called, THE WALK OF THE SPIRIT\u2014THE WALK OF POWER, THE VITAL ROLE OF PRAYING IN TONGUES.\u00a0 In this book, Mr. Roberson covers every aspect of the gift of tongues in the most excellent way.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe there is a better resource on the planet!\u00a0 You can go to Dave Roberson\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/DaveRoberson.org\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> and download a copy at no charge.\u00a0 It\u2019s so vital a revelation that Mr. Roberson is giving it away! I strongly urge you to download this book and study it.\u00a0 Even if you are on the fence about the gift of tongues, you will be enlightened by what is presented in this material.<\/p>\n<p>The most important aspect of the gift of tongues is \u201cpraying in the spirit.\u201d\u00a0 This gift is available to EVERY believer.\u00a0 When the Holy Spirit came into your spirit, he brought with Him the gift of a unique language to be used for direct communication with God.\u00a0 God is Spirit and He must be worshipped in spirit and truth (John 4:24).\u00a0 Jesus promised us the gift of the Holy Spirit before His crucifixion (John 16:13-14).\u00a0 Here is what most believers do not know.\u00a0 When the Holy Spirit comes into a believer He brings with Him the ability of spirit to Spirit communication\u2014tongues, or our prayer language.\u00a0 It is this prayer language that bypasses our intellect and grants us spirit to Spirit communication with God.\u00a0 It is a language that we don\u2019t even understand, and that is intentional.\u00a0 It bypasses our human concepts, reasoning, thinking, intellect, assumptions, tainted teachings, and other influential things out of the way so we can have pure communication with God based on His will for us. The Spirit knows what we need and He conveys this to the Father is the most perfect way.<\/p>\n<p>Praying in the spirit builds us up in our most holy faith.\u00a0 I love what Jude 20 says, \u201cBut you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 The function of tongues is pure communication with God who is Spirit and a bonus is that our faith gets built up.\u00a0 No wonder that the Body of Christ has so little faith these days!<\/p>\n<p>I have heard every argument against praying in tongues and that not everyone has this gift.\u00a0 This is hogwash!\u00a0 Not everyone has the gift of supernaturally speaking in other human dialects, but everyone who is born-again has a prayer language in their spirit waiting to be released by faith.<\/p>\n<p>I started praying in tongues before my wife.\u00a0 She was upset about the whole topic of tongues because of the false teachings we heard for decades.\u00a0 One time on our way back from Kansas City, she was upset and started mouthing nonsensical words out of frustration.\u00a0 She was uttering goofy words like poo-poo, kah, kah, and such.\u00a0 I was going to tell her to stop mocking tongues, but the Spirit stopped me!\u00a0 He said, \u201cDon\u2019t say a word!\u201d\u00a0 So, I let her go and she stuttered and muttered almost all the way home.\u00a0 She would mutter sounds and laugh and I would laugh.\u00a0 It was crazy, but that was how she tapped into her prayer language.\u00a0 Today, she is convinced that praying in the spirit is most powerful way to pray\u2026and so am I.<\/p>\n<p>We were cheated for too many years out of this wonderful gift that was tucked away inside our regenerated spirit.\u00a0 It was there, just waiting for us to use our faith and release it into the atmosphere.\u00a0 Today, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s taught enough, even by people who pray in the spirit.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think believers understand its power and therefore don\u2019t pray much in spirit.\u00a0 This is sad and that is why I am writing this article.\u00a0 People need to know that untold riches are waiting to be revealed to them though praying in the Holy Spirit through the gift of tongues.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, God has some secret and hidden things waiting to be revealed to us.\u00a0 He cannot release them when we pray with our mind that is persuaded by natural reasoning.\u00a0 He can only release them when we pray in the spirit that is mingled with the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Only the Spirit can release through our spirit what we need.\u00a0 Then our spirit relays them to our mind in a flash, for our understanding and instruction.\u00a0 God has made praying in the spirit the unique way to reveal His hidden things to us.\u00a0 I challenge you to read 1 Corinthians 2 considering what you just read.<\/p>\n<p>One last thing I would like to share.\u00a0 The Jewish believers were CONVINCED that the Gentiles were received by God when they saw and heard the EVIDENCE of tongues.\u00a0 When they heard the gentiles speaking and praying in tongues they KNEW that God had received them as He did the Jews.\u00a0 Why would it be different today.\u00a0 What better evidence of someone receiving the Holy Spirit than a demonstration of unknown tongues?<\/p>\n<p>This article will cause you to say, \u201cAmen!\u201d, bother you, make you angry, or cause you to desire to know more.\u00a0 I recommend you download Roberson\u2019s book today and begin your journey of discovering the wonders of praying in your unique, wonderful, awesome, prayer language.\u00a0 I believe praying in spirit is vital to your growth and development as a believer of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, God has some secret and hidden things waiting to be revealed to us.  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