Difference between praying in your native tongue compared to other language?

[prudent_commenter]

Hello.

By nationality, I am Romanian, speaking the same language. Born and baptized with it, denomination Christian-Orthodox. I usually read and pray the bible using the English language. Very rarely, if ever do I read/pray the Romanian versions. Last night, however I prayed Psalm 91 in Romanian, and had a lot of nightmares during my sleep. Things that I am afraid of came into my dreams. I'm wondering if there isn't a connection. Praying psalm 91 in English doesn't have the same effect.

Is there a difference between the language you pray/sing/read in? If you are baptized with a specific language, is it possible, that one to be more "powerful" than any other?

For context, I dream, a lot, and most of them come true. But they are not always of the Lord. So one must be extremely careful.

Thank you.

 

[ozso]

Well the Psalms were were originally written in Hebrew. So any other version whether it be English or Romanian, is going to be the Psalms in a secondary language. And I can't imagine any reason why God would prefer English over Romanian.

 

[prudent_commenter]

Well the Psalms were were originally written in Hebrew. So any other version whether it be English or Romanian, is going to be the Psalms in a secondary language. And I can't imagine any reason why God would prefer English over Romanian.

I am aware of the original language, but we weren't baptized in Hebrew. That's what I'm thinking. Besides, this is an attack. Recite some words, and have nightmares? Why wouldn't be the same in English if that were so?

 

[ozso]

I am aware of the original language, but we weren't baptized in Hebrew. That's what I'm thinking. Besides, this is an attack. Recite some words, and have nightmares? Why wouldn't be the same in English if that were so?

This sounds like something you created in your mind. There's nothing in scripture or any doctrine I've ever heard of which addresses it. Lots of people have been baptized in Latin, who don't speak or read Latin.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Hello.

By nationality, I am Romanian, speaking the same language. Born and baptized with it, denomination Christian-Orthodox. I usually read and pray the bible using the English language. Very rarely, if ever do I read/pray the Romanian versions. Last night, however I prayed Psalm 91 in Romanian, and had a lot of nightmares during my sleep. Things that I am afraid of came into my dreams. I'm wondering if there isn't a connection. Praying psalm 91 in English doesn't have the same effect.

Is there a difference between the language you pray/sing/read in? If you are baptized with a specific language, is it possible, that one to be more "powerful" than any other?

For context, I dream, a lot, and most of them come true. But they are not always of the Lord. So one must be extremely careful.

Thank you.

If you notice more power in the prayer, it might be because God is more focused on than the meaning of the words.

 

[prudent_commenter]

By accident I prayed the lord's prayer in Romanian. It just came out, I intended it in English. One hour after I fell asleep, I woke up with the thought of some hideous black creature moving towards me. Everything felt real.

It just doesn't make any sense. I know the English language very well. There's no reasonable explanation for this other than... the demons are tied to the geographical location, and only understand the local language. Whatever it is, it is highly affected by the Romanian language.

I do not believe I am the first to notice this. (And if I am, it is very bad. New tactics, new hidden measures...)

 

[Lotuspetal_uk]

By accident I prayed the lord's prayer in Romanian. It just came out, I intended it in English. One hour after I fell asleep, I woke up with the thought of some hideous black creature moving towards me. Everything felt real.

It just doesn't make any sense. I know the English language very well. There's no reasonable explanation for this other than... the demons are tied to the geographical location, and only understand the local language. Whatever it is, it is highly affected by the Romanian language.

I do not believe I am the first to notice this. (And if I am, it is very bad. New tactics, new hidden measures...)

Hi Prudent_commenter

Have you looked into your family history at all? It seems as though whatever is causing those nightmares in some way feels that it has a "right" (which it doesn't) based on perhaps your heritage which can be signififed by speaking in your mother tongue. But you are now a new creation in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 2:20) and so whatever has been agreed upon in the past has no authority over you now.

I only speak English unfortunately but recall that the more I studied the Bible the more resistance I got in the form of nightmares etc. It turned out in my case that there was a connection with thigns that had happened in the past. The more I immersed myself in the Word of God, the less the attacks came.

Try reading Galatians 2:20 out loud in English and then in Romanian. Believe that verse as you read it out, memorise it so that it is imprinted in your mind. You are renewing your mind as you memorise and believe what the Bible says about you. Just before bedtime, have some worship songs playing in your bedroom. With your gift of dreams, the other thing I tend to do is ask the Lord to guard my mind from nightmares and protect body as I sleep. I then give thanks to the Lord for the blessing that His protected sleep will bring me. All this I say out loud as I pray to our Father.

Let us know here whether you notice any difference over time.

 

[prudent_commenter]

Hi Prudent_commenter

Have you looked into your family history at all? It seems as though whatever is causing those nightmares in some way feels that it has a "right" (which it doesn't) based on perhaps your heritage which can be signififed by speaking in your mother tongue. But you are now a new creation in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 2:20) and so whatever has been agreed upon in the past has no authority over you now.

If it is something from my ancestors, would it only respond/react to the language it came? My family only knew their native language, and nothing else.

I only speak English unfortunately but recall that the more I studied the Bible the more resistance I got in the form of nightmares etc. It turned out in my case that there was a connection with thigns that had happened in the past. The more I immersed myself in the Word of God, the less the attacks came.

I read the bible all the time, but I'm not attacked when in english. Only in my native tongue.

Try reading Galatians 2:20 out loud in English and then in Romanian. Believe that verse as you read it out, memorise it so that it is imprinted in your mind. You are renewing your mind as you memorise and believe what the Bible says about you. Just before bedtime, have some worship songs playing in your bedroom. With your gift of dreams, the other thing I tend to do is ask the Lord to guard my mind from nightmares and protect body as I sleep. I then give thanks to the Lord for the blessing that His protected sleep will bring me. All this I say out loud as I pray to our Father.

Is there anything else I should read? I typically chant the psalms.

I suspect there's something, but it's likely from my parents or grandparents. From me it's impossible because I kept all the commandments, and life a righteous life.

 

[ozso]

I think your experiences are more psychological than spiritual.

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:26-27

God searches our heart and mind and the Holy Spirit intercedes for us.

So it doesn't matter to God what language you pray in. God is above and beyond that. He's known your heart and mind in every prayer you'll ever make since the beginning of time. Matthew 6:8

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

Hello.

By nationality, I am Romanian, speaking the same language. Born and baptized with it, denomination Christian-Orthodox. I usually read and pray the bible using the English language. Very rarely, if ever do I read/pray the Romanian versions. Last night, however I prayed Psalm 91 in Romanian, and had a lot of nightmares during my sleep. Things that I am afraid of came into my dreams. I'm wondering if there isn't a connection. Praying psalm 91 in English doesn't have the same effect.

Is there a difference between the language you pray/sing/read in? If you are baptized with a specific language, is it possible, that one to be more "powerful" than any other?

For context, I dream, a lot, and most of them come true. But they are not always of the Lord. So one must be extremely careful.

Thank you.

Maybe Romanian has psychological significance for you that triggers your fears.

Sometimes pray in Latin and Spanish but have not noted any differences in how they affect me.

 

[prudent_commenter]

@Lotuspetal_uk

What books of the bible should I read for this? And what time should I read it at?
I typically read the bible in the morning, but for this case, I'm not sure.
It;s likely an evil spirit. I read the entire Galatians yesterday in both languages, and it caused a dream which I fear the most. A nightmare is something that you fear, but there are things that you fear more than others. It gives me thew things I fear the most, and not just any thing I fear.