When I first became a christian(at a late age of 48) I didnt know what the term "Being filled with the Holy Spirit" meant but I had just gotten cable back then and found TBN, well of course several Preachers spoke about it. But then I remembered my mom had talked about praying in tongues because I had one Aunt who did but mom had been taught by her Pastor that it had ended at the death of the last Apostle. As I was reading the Scripture I came across this one........
Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
I wasnt sure exactly what that meant but I just knew if praying in the Holy Spirit would build me up on my most Holy faith that I needed to do it, so I found a Spirit filled church and had them lay hands on me but nothing happened, they prayed for me several minutes, still nothing. I went to other churches, I read up on it, every night I prayed and asked God to fill me with evidence in praying in tongues. For a year, nothing, nothing, then one night I had been praying about it as usual and just as I was dozing off I heard a voice say" one plus one is too many. The voice actually sounded audible, it startled me at first as I lived alone and it was a male voice but then I realized it was Holy Spirit telling me He was already with me to quit praying for Him to come. At church someone said to say "Hallelujah" over and over real quick without stopping until it turned into tongues. Whew, I was getting worn out, lol Anyway, I started trying that but nothing, oh once in a while something came out different but I would think no, that doesnt sound like I heard those people on TV and church but finally I decided to just keep going and at first it was just like three or four words over and over but I kept going, even though I didnt think it sounded right, I just kept going. All of a sudden the words just started flowing, I then realized I could of been praying in the spirit for months but because I had stopped myself because of how I thought it should sound I missed out. The Holy Spirit was trying to get that across to me too. I prayed in the spirit for hours and hours that day, it just seemed like it was a freeing, cleansing experience. He started showing me things in my life that I needed to deal with and get it out of my life, I would just say, ok, Lord I see that now help me get rid of it and He would. I also realized that if I prayed in tongues softly while studying the Bible that Holy Spirit would show me more and more about the scriptures but after all He is our Teacher.
LOL, Ok, I will quit but that was my experience, the beginning of my new life and falling in love with the Lord. I know, it was kind of strange but thats how it happened for me.