Gift of Tongues
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All in saying, there may need be a time when you need to move the hand of God with your pleas. You may need to fast for a week or two you need to go to the mountain alone you may need to be on your knees and weeping, reaching out your arms to the Lord. The Lord will look at your heart and grant your a miracle.
If people wanna pray to God in your Jacuzzi with the Bud Light in your hand…go for it.
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Psalm 88 (NIV):
1. Lord, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
2. May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
3. I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
4. I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like one without strength.
5. I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
6. You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7. Your wrath lies heavily on me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8. You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
9. my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, Lord, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
10. Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11. Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction?
12. Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13. But I cry to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14. Why, Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
15. From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16. Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
17. All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
18. You have taken from me friend and neighbor—
darkness is my closest friend.
1. Lord, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
2. May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
3. I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
4. I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like one without strength.
5. I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
6. You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7. Your wrath lies heavily on me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8. You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
9. my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, Lord, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
10. Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11. Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction?
12. Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13. But I cry to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14. Why, Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
15. From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16. Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
17. All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
18. You have taken from me friend and neighbor—
darkness is my closest friend.
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I recieved the gift of the tongues many years ago, just after I had been saved. I was fourteen. I had heard the tongues in church and I wanted to also speak in tongues but didn't understand them and didn't know how and so I asked Jesus for it. I was praying to him one day, on my own during a quiet time. I went into a deep pray and suddenly I started speaking in tongues. Only a few words at first. It just came out as I was praying. Now after all these years I can sing in tongues and pray in tongues when in worship. It feels more of a direct prayer from my heart to Jesus. Like a declaration, when I am deep in worship to Him.
Obviously there are the other type of tongues which are a message from Jesus to someone or a group of people. The person using that tongue is normally speaking to a group of people out loud. There will be an interpreter afterward. I haven't had that tongue yet. I have heard it in church. The voice is usually very direct.
One gentleman I used to sit near, usually a man of few words suddenly one Sunday during worship boomed out a whole lot of words in an African tribal sounding language in such a loud voice. Everyone jumped and listened. It was shortly followed by an interpretation by someone else.
Obviously there are the other type of tongues which are a message from Jesus to someone or a group of people. The person using that tongue is normally speaking to a group of people out loud. There will be an interpreter afterward. I haven't had that tongue yet. I have heard it in church. The voice is usually very direct.
One gentleman I used to sit near, usually a man of few words suddenly one Sunday during worship boomed out a whole lot of words in an African tribal sounding language in such a loud voice. Everyone jumped and listened. It was shortly followed by an interpretation by someone else.
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Here are some Bible verses that emphasize the importance of asking God vocally, showing that there’s value in expressing your needs and desires out loud:
1. Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
This passage highlights the act of asking as a direct expression of faith. Jesus encourages vocalizing requests to God as a way to seek His intervention.
2. James 4:2-3
“You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.”
This verse directly emphasizes that asking God is essential, suggesting that if someone lacks something, it may be because they haven’t voiced their request to God.
3. Philippians 4:6
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
The use of “prayer and petition” suggests making one’s needs known to God, which often involves vocal or deliberate communication of those desires.
4. 1 John 5:14-15
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”
This passage reassures believers that God hears their requests, emphasizing the act of asking according to His will.
5. John 16:24
“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”
Jesus here explicitly instructs His followers to ask, indicating that vocalizing one’s needs in prayer can lead to joy and fulfillment.
These verses indicate that while God indeed knows what we need, there is a Biblical precedent for expressing those needs and desires vocally. The act of asking can be seen as a demonstration of faith and trust in God’s provision.
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