When you receive Jesus Christ as
Lord of your life, spiritual death is
taken from you and you become
a new creature in Christ. And
without the Holy Spirit, your new
birth wouldn’t be possible. But
even after you become a new
creation, God’s desire and plan is
that you receive the Baptism in
the Holy Spirit.
Your baptism in the Holy Spirit is
received by faith. Jesus said in
Luke 11:13, “If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children: how much
more shall your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?” When you ask in faith,
the Holy Spirit comes to live in
you. And when you are filled with
the Holy Spirit, as in the book of
Acts, you speak in tongues.
Speaking in tongues is simply
speaking in a language that only
God understands—even you
won’t understand it. This
happens as the Holy Spirit prays
through you about things you
may not know about or may not
know how to pray about
( Romans 8:26).
The Holy Spirit was sent to be our
Helper. So when you pray in
tongues, what actually happens
is that the Holy Spirit searches
your heart and prays through
you the perfect will of God
(Romans 8:26-27). You actually
utter the secret truths and
hidden things which are not
obvious to the understanding of
your mind ( I Corinthians 14:2,
The Amplified Bible).
To pray in tongues, you need to
realize that speaking with an
unknown tongue is the voice of
your heart. Speaking in a known
tongue is the voice of the human
mind (unless one of the vocal
gifts of the nine gifts of the Spirit
is in operation). The Holy Spirit of
God will give you utterance, the
same as your mind gives you
thoughts to speak ( Acts 2:4).
To speak in tongues, you must
operate with the Holy Spirit. The
Apostle Paul said in I Corinthians
14:14, “For if I pray in an
[unknown] tongue, my spirit [by
the Holy Spirit within me] prays,
but my mind is unproductive…”
(The Amplified Bible).
Notice that it was Paul who did
the speaking. Ask the Holy Spirit
to take charge of your tongue,
then yield your tongue to His use.
You cannot speak in your own
language and tongues at the
same time, just as you cannot
speak with English and French at
the same time. When your voice
and tongue begin forming
syllables around the expression
that your heart desires to release,
you will also speak in tongues. It
will be your tongue, your breath,
your vocal cords and you will be
actively forming words. You will
supply the sounds, but the Holy
Spirit will supply the words—
words unknown to you. It may
seem awkward to you at first,
but continue. Like a child
learning to speak, you will grow.
Finally, as you seek the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit, you need not
wait to get a word from God
about it—you already have His
Word—nor do you need to wait
around for the Spirit. The Spirit of
God entered His ministry on the
Day of Pentecost and He has
been here ever since. He has
never left!
Furthermore, you need not be
concerned over being deceived
and ending up with something
that is from the devil. When you
ask your heavenly Father for one
of His promises—as the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit—you can be
confident the gift given is from
God, not Satan.
Remember, Luke 11:13 says, “…
how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?” So if
you want to receive your baptism
in the Holy Spirit, ask Him now.
“Heavenly Father, I am a believer.
I am Your child and You are my
Father. Jesus is my Lord. I believe
with all my heart that Your Word
is true.
“Your Word says if I will ask, I will
receive the Holy Spirit. So in the
Name of Jesus Christ, my Lord, I
am asking You to fill me to
overflowing with Your precious
Holy Spirit. Jesus, baptize me in
the Holy Spirit.
“Because of Your Word, I believe
that I now receive and I thank
You for it. I believe the Holy Spirit
is within me and, by faith, I
accept it.
“Now, Holy Spirit, rise up within
me as I praise God. I fully expect
to speak with other tongues, as
You give me the utterance.”
Now begin giving sound to the
expressions in your heart. Speak
and hear the Holy Spirit speaking
through you.
Rejoice! You’ve just been
baptized in the Holy Spirit! You’ve
been endued with power—
hallelujah!

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Ukeachu1: I really want it

the scripture says ask and ye shall recieve, seek and ye shall find. Brother if u ask in faith you shall recieve him.

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nora544: you hope that this american great man of god is better than all the nigerian great man of god soory they all are the same, they all preach the same and all can heal and make you rich, but realy rich is only the owner of this churches and his family

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