Tongues
Someone commented on someone's blog...
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don't underestimate the power of prayer =)
if you don't know what to pray for exactly, pray in tongues. in fact, any free moment just pray in tongues.
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I was very much tempted to reply to that post, given my now enhanced understanding of Gifts of The Holy Spirit after the various sermons in church. That last bit does not sit very well with me, I don't pray in tongues in any free moments. I don't think it works that way. Tongues are not meant to be something to do in any free moment.
However, I thought it would be a bad platform to start a debate there, given that post was a contribution to the blogger's request for tips on how to get a job. Afterall, it's not my blog, I shouldn't create chaos in the house of another person.
So I'll just reply here :)
Unless the Spirit leads you to speak in tongues, it's not beneficial to anyone to just pray in tongues in any free moment, or when they dunno what to pray.
What's the point of mumbling foreign tongues when you don't even know what are you doing, and what you speak have no connection to what you desire to speak at all?
If I am that someone, below is how I'd approach the prayer (and yes, I do speak in tongues)
Quietness before the Lord.
Preparing my requests.
Pray.
Stuck (sometimes, it would come to a point, the problem is so overwhelming, I don't know what else to pray), but I want to spend more time with God in that instant.
I pause, and I ask the Holy Spirit how can I pray more effectively for my request.
The tongue comes naturally.
After it's over, I close the prayer with my request and appeal again, verbally expressing it in the language I understand, most of time is English. Plain, simple and direct English.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
There you go. I think at the end of it, everyone understands everyone, isn't it?
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don't underestimate the power of prayer =)
if you don't know what to pray for exactly, pray in tongues. in fact, any free moment just pray in tongues.
-----------------------------
I was very much tempted to reply to that post, given my now enhanced understanding of Gifts of The Holy Spirit after the various sermons in church. That last bit does not sit very well with me, I don't pray in tongues in any free moments. I don't think it works that way. Tongues are not meant to be something to do in any free moment.
However, I thought it would be a bad platform to start a debate there, given that post was a contribution to the blogger's request for tips on how to get a job. Afterall, it's not my blog, I shouldn't create chaos in the house of another person.
So I'll just reply here :)
Unless the Spirit leads you to speak in tongues, it's not beneficial to anyone to just pray in tongues in any free moment, or when they dunno what to pray.
What's the point of mumbling foreign tongues when you don't even know what are you doing, and what you speak have no connection to what you desire to speak at all?
If I am that someone, below is how I'd approach the prayer (and yes, I do speak in tongues)
Quietness before the Lord.
Preparing my requests.
Pray.
Stuck (sometimes, it would come to a point, the problem is so overwhelming, I don't know what else to pray), but I want to spend more time with God in that instant.
I pause, and I ask the Holy Spirit how can I pray more effectively for my request.
The tongue comes naturally.
After it's over, I close the prayer with my request and appeal again, verbally expressing it in the language I understand, most of time is English. Plain, simple and direct English.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
There you go. I think at the end of it, everyone understands everyone, isn't it?
1 Comments:
Interesting perspective, and one that I am not surprised with because of the background of your denomination. :) - D W
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