Why I Speak in Tongues

When I was a young woman, I passionately
longed to know God, so I took this ministry’s
Foundational Class that explained from the
Bible Who He is. One thing I learned from
God’s Word is that He wants me to speak in
tongues.

After over forty years of victorious and joyful
living, I’m still blessed and thankful to speak
in tongues! Why do I speak in tongues? God’s
Word can teach us why we would want to
speak in tongues.

Let me show you how I know that He wants
all born-again believers to do so. Just before
ascending into heaven, Jesus Christ spoke of
the power that would be available to those
who would be born again of holy spirit. This
included speaking in tongues.

Mark 16:17:
And these signs shall follow them that believe;
In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues.

The Apostle Paul, by revelation from God,
wrote the following to the born-again
believers in the Grace Administration in which
we live:
I Corinthians 14:5:
I would that ye all spake with tongues….

I Corinthians 14:18,37:
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more
than ye all.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things
that I write unto you are the commandments of
the Lord.

So, why do I speak in tongues? Because God
wants me to! It says so in His Word.

Just what is speaking in tongues? Well, when a
person is born again, he or she receives the
gift of holy spirit and the ability to operate the
power of God by way of nine manifestations,
one of which is speaking in tongues
(I Corinthians 12:8-10).

Speaking in tongues is the external
manifestation in the senses realm of the
internal reality and presence of the power of
that gift of holy spirit within the born-again
believer.

When a person speaks in tongues, what does it
do? I will tell you. One thing it does is edify
you as the speaker—it builds you up, makes
you strong—spiritually. This also is recorded
in I Corinthians 14.
I Corinthians 14:4:
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue
edifieth himself….

This manifestation has the unique ability to
build up the believer in the spirit. I speak in
tongues because I want to be spiritually
edified—built up in the strength of the Lord—
and to have the power of His might in my life.
Just as I eat physical food to strengthen my
physical body, I need spiritual food to build up
the spirit.

Those who know this Biblical teaching and
speak in tongues much in their private prayer
life are greatly edified and built up in the
spirit. They become spiritually aware and
spiritually perceptive. This is another reason I
speak in tongues!

And another thing that speaking in tongues
does is allow me to communicate directly with
my Father, God.
I Corinthians 14:2:
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God….

Another reason I want to speak in tongues is
that it is praying with the spirit. And there is
no selfishness in my prayer when I pray in
tongues because my understanding is
bypassed. I will never pray amiss when I pray
with the spirit.

I Corinthians 14:14,15:
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and
I will pray with the understanding also: I will
sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the
understanding also.

The gift of holy spirit makes intercession for
us when we pray in tongues; therefore, I can
pray for the fulfillment of specific needs that
are unknown to my senses mind. Romans 8
explains this for us.

Romans 8:26,27:
Likewise the Spirit [God] also helpeth our
infirmities [“infirmity” in the Greek]: for we know not
what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit [the gift of holy spirit in manifestation] itself
maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the
mind of the Spirit [spirit, the gift], because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will
of God.

Our infirmity is that by our senses “we know
not what we should pray for as we ought.”
Speaking in tongues is the one way that we
can always speak to God according to His
will, and we can make intercession for the
saints both as individual believers and
collectively in the body of believers.

One more wonderful reason that I speak in
tongues is to be strengthened with might in the
“inner man”—the gift of holy spirit.
Ephesians 3:16:
That he would grant you, according to the
riches of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit [the gift of holy spirit in
manifestation] in the inner man.

We have seen many benefits of speaking in
tongues privately in our prayer life. Now that
you know from God’s Word why you might
want to operate this manifestation, would you
like to learn how to speak in tongues?

Detailed instructions are available in the
foundational class on The Way of Abundance
and Power. For information about a class in
your area, visit the Contact Us page on
www.theway.org.

Enjoy freely availing yourself of the godly
benefits concerning the manifestation of
speaking in tongues. Then you too may tell
others why you speak in tongues.

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