Open Up!

Rom.8:²⁶ “…by our faith—the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words.” (TLB)

When you pray in tongues you charge yourself up spiritually like a battery. When you pray in tongues you pray from your spirit. When you pray in tongues your prayer is dictated and directed by the Holy Spirit. When you pray in tongues you operate instantly in the spirit realm. When you pray in tongues you position yourself to access the interpretation. When you pray in tongues you can pray for long hours like Jesus did.

#7. When You Pray In Tongues You Can Intercede For Other Believers, Souls, Families, Nations. Eph.6:¹⁸ “Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.”

#8. When You Pray In Tongues You Can Give Thanks & Praise God Effectively.  1 Cor.14:¹⁷ “You will be giving thanks very well, but it won’t strengthen the people who hear you.”

#9. When You Pray In Tongues It Is A Sign To The World That Christ Is In You. Mark 16:¹⁷ “These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.”

#10. When You Pray In Tongues You Are Exercising Faith. Gal.3:⁵ “I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.”

#11. When You Pray In Tongues You Are Building Up Your Faith.  Jude 1:²⁰ “But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit” (NRSV)

#12. When You Pray In Tongues You Can Pray And Think. 1Cor.14:¹⁴ “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive.” (NRSV). Maybe you have a problem you want to solve, you can be thinking of that solution as you are praying in tongues.

#13. When You Pray In Tongues You Can Pray And Read The Bible. (1Cor.14:14). You can be reading the Bible and be praying in tongues. People often complain about their minds wandering when they are praying in tongues. It is normal; when you are praying in tongues, your spirit is praying but your mind is unfruitful. It is in the Bible! What you should do is engage your mind with scripture. Put a scripture in front of you and read it over and over again while you are praying in tongues. It gives your prayer fuel. Take 2 Cor.5:¹⁷ “…if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (KJV). You are thinking about it and praying in tongues, and God begins to show you dimensions you cannot imagine.

#14. When You Pray In Tongues You Can Pray And Work. (1Cor.14:14) You can be at your desk, or in the kitchen, or writing a proposal, you can be reading a book, and praying in tongues.

Prayer [song]: Channels of my spirit, Open up. I am with the Father, open up! No boundaries no limits, open up! Let deep call unto deep, open up! Amen!