praying in tongues question

[wonder111]

does anyone think in tongues sometimes? I don't really know how to explain it, but it's like thinking in your head, without making it verbal?


I started praying in tongues one time and at the time, I had never heard of this, and I didn't know what was going on, but I couldn't stop.

also, do some people repeat something specific over and over sometimes?

thanks

 

[Svt4Him]

Yes and yes.

 

[wonder111]

thanks

 

[enoch son]

Yes! very much so. Seeking the kingdom of God never stop's or does God teaching the way's of His kingdom.

 

[mle]

does anyone think in tongues sometimes? I don't really know how to explain it, but it's like thinking in your head, without making it verbal?


I started praying in tongues one time and at the time, I had never heard of this, and I didn't know what was going on, but I couldn't stop.

also, do some people repeat something specific over and over sometimes?

thanks

I think in tongues when I can't pray out loud in tongues, like in the bank line up for example. Or when someone else is talking and I need God's help to respond to what they are saying.

I have heard of this before. Praise God !!!I bet that was awesome!!!!

I repeat phrases sometimes and I have heard new languages frome time to time also.

 

[Hyperchick]

I have never spoken outloud in tongues, but i have had it running through my head before.

 

[Andrew]

I believe that when we have no choice, we can pray silently in our minds/hearts whether in tongues or English.

But I also believe that if possible, it should be vocalised, whether in a soft whisper, in a normal conversational volume or in a loud shout.

The Bible just has a lot to say about speaking out audibly using our tongue, not silently using our minds.

 

[matty c]

can someone explain what exactly speakin in tongues is/is like? i've heard it used before but more along the lines of one speaking to a crowd of different languages and everyone understands. the words that come out of the speakers mouth is the language of the listener. is that it?

 

[Faith_04]

does anyone think in tongues sometimes? I don't really know how to explain it, but it's like thinking in your head, without making it verbal?


I started praying in tongues one time and at the time, I had never heard of this, and I didn't know what was going on, but I couldn't stop.

also, do some people repeat something specific over and over sometimes?

thanks

Ya know that's funny because just over a month ago I asked the same question in a thread. See I'm new at the the "baptism in the holy spirit". I was raised baptist. So of course I was raised that "speaking in tongues" is not "of today", but i've done a lot of studying in God's word and wanted to search it myself. God has revealed to me that this is real.
So about a month ago I asked to be filled. Well nothing happend that day I didn't speak in tounges or any thing. Though a couples of days later .
I was lying in my room crying out to God over some things I was struggeling with. All of the sudden I started speaking in tongues in my head. It was unexplainable and I can't put it into words . Like a weight lifted off my shoulders. Ever since then it hasn't happend and I've gotten discouraged thinking maybe I wasn't speaking in tongues etc. So lately I've been really confused . I think if this was of God then why is it so confusing some times ya know? I know God is not the author of confusion, and I know in my heart that that night I was speaking in tongues.
Anyway I'm going to stop blabbing. I just want to know why I did that night and not now? From what I've read and heard from other poeple I know it just doesn't "come" and then "leave" or does it?

 

[enoch son]

Paul did not write "OPEN THE EYES OF YOUR MIND" He wrote " OPEN THE EYES OF YOUR HEART". That is where your problem lay's. "OUT OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS". Get out of your head or mind and let the heart speak.

 

[Godzman]

All right I am pentecostal so while I post this I want people not to get offended. Speaking in tongues is only one gift, and it is a gift I believe that the church uses wrongly many times. It is supposed to be used to edify unbelievers yet it is not being used to that extent in many cases, what is supposed to be the norm has become very rare.

The tongues I hear today, I believe many are genuine yet I believe that God would desire tongues to be used with interpertation or so the people listening can understand. Are there other purposes? Yes there is but one should be wise in how they function in the divine gifts they are given. And if one operates in tongues but does not operate in love, the gift of tongues is null and void in my opinion.

 

[enoch son]

The gift of tongues and the infilling with tongues are not the same thing.

 

[Godzman]

The gift of tongues and the infilling with tongues are not the same thing.

How so my friend, the distinction is not made very clear in scripture, you have tongues, right a gift imparted to some at the initial infilling of the Holy Spirit.

One must also not forget that the Holy Spirit has always been with us, but we have to come to Christ for him to live in us and we have to be willing to let him use us and baptize us.

 

[wonder111]

all I can say is that I probably would be skeptical. However, before I even knew what it was, I was dealing with some heavy issues in my life, and one night I was desperately seeking help, I guess I was praying but looking for God for sure. At that moment there was this overwhelming love and presence in the room and I was filled with it. I started crying but in a happy way, and that is when I started speaking in this 'language'. My conscious mind thought it was ridiculous, but my spirit wouldn't stop, it was so right.

I found out a few months later from a Christian friend that many people do this, and when I heard it, I was a believer, because it sounded exactly like what I was saying. And It completely changed my life, a huge weight was lifted

 

[mle]

woder111 what a beautiful and encouraging testimony.

 

[starry emzy]

also, do some people repeat something specific over and over sometimes?

thanks

There is one lady in my church who prayes in tounges all the time and every time and when she does she always goes

ahhhbabababababa she's an awesome lady

she will speak other stuff but she will often do that
luv em

 

[LynneClomina]

Ever since then it hasn't happend and I've gotten discouraged thinking maybe I wasn't speaking in tongues etc. So lately I've been really confused . I think if this was of God then why is it so confusing some times ya know? I know God is not the author of confusion, and I know in my heart that that night I was speaking in tongues.

no, God is not the author of confusion, the enemy of our souls is - and i would guess in this instance the emeny was trying to get you to be so confused over this that you stop seeking this gift.

1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. 3 but one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. 4 One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church. 5 Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy;

may i suggest that meditate on the meaning of this passage?:

Luke 11:11"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12"Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 13"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly * Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

that's a promise from God. God is not a man that He should lie, so you can trust Him on this!!!! just be sure to ask God and nobody else!!!

 

[Faith_04]

Hey LynneClomins,
Thank you for your sincerity and encouraging words! You reminded that the only One that can erase the doubt in my heart is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Who's the only One who can save me from the pit of doubt and lies that Satan tries to surround me with.
I need to get my eyes refocused on Him, seek, and meditate on His word. I know I could go to every one I possiably can think of to try to get an answere from on "why" and "what if" . Though, in reality He's the only One that can help me deep down with in and change my heart! Thanks again!!
Rashelle

 

[TwistrAndy]

I've always thought of the the gift of tongues as two different parts. One is the gift of tongues talked about that another interprets before the church, to edify it, and that was the Holy Spirit. And the other, was the "praying" type where your spirit prayed to God, and the reason it was in a different "language" is because your spirit is bypassing your brain and praying from the heart. The verses that Lynn gave, gives adequate proof, that there are 2 different types of speaking in tongues. One is for the church edification and the other is from the spirit, the heart, to lift you up.

 

[LynneClomina]

the reason it was in a different "language" is because your spirit is bypassing your brain and praying from the heart.

i love how you put that, twistr!