The amount of time spent speaking in

[rocknanchor]

Some believers wonder if the amount of time spent speaking in tongues is important.

There came a time when I cast my (non-Pentecostal) net on the other (Pentecostal) side. Thank God, I was spared all the negativity assoc with this gift by a thorough look at what God says concerning exercising it. It took me years before digestion of the text spells clearly what benefits one who uses it. Chiefly, individual and corporate edification with and without prophesy play significant roles.

 

[tturt]

There's diversities of tongues (I Cor 12).

Here's a list of Biblical purposes for tongues though most have been mentioned in this thread.
-Personal prayer language - Speaking to/with God
-Intercessory prayer language - Praying for others in the Spirit
-Warfare language - Tongues directly aimed at demonic strongholds
-Prophetic language - Addressing the whole church/preferably with interpretation
-Singing in the Spirit - Singing in tongues/worship activity
-Praise language - Magnifying the Lord in worship tongues
-Evangelistic language - Speaking the message of God to a people in their own language (not learned by the speaker). (Saint Steven gave permission to use his basic list.).

There's over 6500 languages and some are unusual including clicking sounds. But God isn't limited to those.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

There's diversities of tongues (I Cor 12).

Here's a list of Biblical purposes for tongues though most have been mentioned in this thread.
-Personal prayer language - Speaking to/with God
-Intercessory prayer language - Praying for others in the Spirit
-Warfare language - Tongues directly aimed at demonic strongholds
-Prophetic language - Addressing the whole church/preferably with interpretation
-Singing in the Spirit - Singing in tongues/worship activity
-Praise language - Magnifying the Lord in worship tongues
-Evangelistic language - Speaking the message of God to a people in their own language (not learned by the speaker). (Saint Steven gave permission to use his basic list.).

There's over 6500 languages and some are unusual including clicking sounds. But God isn't limited to those.

Absolutely correct about the clicking noises. This YouTube short is a man asking some African kids what their names are and it's impressive.

 

[rocknanchor]

"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:"

Always always like returning to this thread, and why not, continuation is the whole point. And the gift? Through every conceivable thing I've gone through, whether I remembered to use it or not I still wonder how Paul came to this conclusion, AMAZING! All I know is, it was there when I did, and I did. Rewards? Spiritual impartations? Gratifications? Improvements? How about sensitivity with thanksgiving for being able? We after all "know in part". Does this gift release us from that precept? No, nor does it prevent us from using it first and foremost from pressing on! Hallelujah!

 

[ByTheSpirit]

I find myself here lately discovering that my prayer life is lacking. I have a prayer list and truth be told, I pray from it as much as I can, but times I get this attitude of "but I've already asked for that", and it kind of leads me into prayerlessness. Something I think the Spirit has told me here about this is during those times, if I can't pray for those requests I have on my list do one of two things:

1) Set my heart towards God and listen in quiet expectation as best as my circumstances allow me
2) Pray in tongues

Being silent before God is something we can do at all times, but in some situations it may be rather difficult. Praying in tongues is something we can do anywhere and the benefits of that are just so overwhelming there's literally no reason not to! We are robbing ourselves of such tremendous blessing by not doing so!

 

[tturt]

Thanks for the reminder rocknanchor.

(Didn't post what the "but" is about in the following verse #20).

One result of speaking in tongues:
"But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 20-21

 

[rocknanchor]

In retrospect, a regimented determination isn't the better portion of the winning solution in this. For following Paul's footsteps of Christ', his speaking in tongues ", ,more than you all" certainly must be the result of something more than determination, but a succeeding outcome of his sufferings he accumulated. And we know, having "Lost all that he might win Christ, ,only know Christ" was his chief spiritual mainstay.

 

[rocknanchor]

So glad I asked, so very glad God gave this to us!! A comfort in any state I might possibly be in. Ahh, but could it be permissibly excessive? Yes! As stated, "a sign" with us at any time? Yes, but not for those who believe (1 Cor 14:22). So, when Paul said he used the gift "more than you all" in the company of Christians, he too was subject (1 Cor 14:28). How then do we know he DID exceed the gift of tongues in private than the others? I don't wish to confuse the young, that this was surely the likelihood of being revelation knowledge Paul was known for.

 

[Grafted In]

Please pray that Jesus Christ will give a prayer language to me.
My name is Bill.

 

[rocknanchor]

Please pray that Jesus Christ will give a prayer language to me.
My name is Bill.

Hello 'Grafted In'. Welcome to the forums.

Wanted to comment but I see elsewhere the commentary by other members sounding off on the subject is interesting indeed and I hope you are doing well. As time passes, just as some of those commenters said in response to your search, unleashes so much to our benefit, spiritually AND to our character development towards maturity.

Believe me, most all of us who have come into this gift knows what a person feels when describing the space of time before recieving the gift of that heavenly language, tongues. The day my encounter occured, I could not sit still it seemed. Like the whole introduction slowed down. But this didn't need to be so imperitive.

Now I don't wish to mislead, for we all have the sure word of God to "desire spiritual gifts" till the day He calls us home. But, if one of those more common gifts, like tongues has not occurred for a brother or sister, does that mean Christian contentment has to take a back seat? No. As seldom as you will hear an AOG member say it, according to 1 Cor 12:30, tongues is not going to be on everyone's plate. Yes, many more instances than this describes them, "all" spoke with tongues, but to maintain it saying all, at every instance is inaccurate.

Or, I wish the contentious among us over this would just fess up to "every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

Don't the contentious get it? Its vigilance AND contentment of God's choosing. Had someone described that to me that day, my mind would have been far better off than being dogged like that without any loss to the vigilant desire for His gift, and much, much better off had it not been meant for me that day.

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

sorry, I compose something then think that it's not good enough and decide to delete it.

In it's place, so it's not a total waste of time, I offer this verse. John 7:38 "To the person who believes in Me, as the scriptures have said, 'Out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.'"

 

[rocknanchor]

I offer this verse. John 7:38 "To the person who believes in Me, as the scriptures have said, 'Out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.'"

Hello fellow Hoosier! Welcome to the forum!

Thank you for that reminder! Question I offer is, does that signal release for us from all those ancient precepts of Holy Spirit work and expectation in the lives of the brotherhood of the first century Church? If that is the narrative we have been handed, then much of the epistles and gospel is no longer the living word of God for our lives such as this forward from our Lord himself,

"I pray also for those who will believe in me through their [epistles] message,"

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

Hello fellow Hoosier!

I took time to look up what that's about.

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you for that reminder! Question I offer is, does that signal release for us from all those ancient precepts of Holy Spirit work and expectation in the lives of the brotherhood of the first century Church? If that is the narrative we have been handed, then much of the epistles and gospel is no longer the living word of God for our lives such as this forward from our Lord himself,

"I pray also for those who will believe in me through their [epistles] message,"

How much of that can be discussed on this forum?

 

[rocknanchor]

I took time to look up what that's about.

How much of that can be discussed on this forum?

Running low in that dept. But, would be interested in knowing. Why not start one here? If for some strange reason the state took upon itself some godless feature, that could be exposed here and corrected. I would suggest a new post though, such as 'Christians in Indiana', or some such. Would love to see it.

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

Running low in that dept. But, would be interested in knowing. Why not start one here? If for some strange reason the state took upon itself some godless feature, that could be exposed here and corrected. I would suggest a new post though, such as 'Christians in Indiana', or some such. Would love to see it.

Somewhere you have misunderstood me. I have not volunteered, I have not sought permission to write one. It's not as if there wasn't other posts to read on the subject already. I suggest that you read any of them.

 

[rocknanchor]

Just agree (believe) and accept (expect) God's perfect will. Since He is "not the author of confusion", doing the first works leads us onward into His clear rewards.

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

I suppose that I should explain my most recent previous post. #53.

When I asked 'how much can be discussed on this forum?' I was referring to certain opposing teachings against the speaking in tongues. For instance I was met with a measure of opposition immediately after I'd ended singing in tongues for the first time. Complying with the assertions against speaking in tongues because I thought that the statements against it must be right, (taking advantage of my Biblical ignorance, as the devil planned all along) which resulted in my struggling with praying to God even in English or even reading a Bible or going to church for over ten years afterward because I thought that I (although I hadn't heard of it, but in effect) I thought that I'd committed the unpardonable sin which meant to me that I was on my way to hell.

Then at a very low point in my life God by His grace brought an evangelist across my path who before saying anything to me, sang in tongues. I later figured out that he did that because of the verse that says that tongues are for the unbeliever. I wasn't an unbeliever but God used his worship in unknown words to tell me that what I experienced those years earlier was from God and not from the devil. I gave him my salvation testimony and briefly told him of my first time of worshiping God in words that I didn't know. The next day that evangelist gave me a list of ministers that I could choose from to order teachings from any of them, which helped me to know what the Bible says about the topic of speaking in tongues.

Suffice it to say that I learned that speaking in tongues is for every believer. (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:39). That speaking in tongues is for today (1Cor.1:7; 1Cor.14:39). And, the best news of all.. it's not of the devil. (Lk.11:11-13).
The recent opposition that it's by a Kundalini spirit is another lie that also hasn't a shred of biblical support. The fact that the devil is so against it should be a clue to everyone that it's a very strong weapon that he'd just as soon nobody used at all, because it's the sword of spirit to defeat all of his works (Eph.6:11).

 

[rocknanchor]

Suffice it to say that I learned that speaking in tongues is for every believer. (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:39). That speaking in tongues is for today (1Cor.1:7; 1Cor.14:39). And, the best news of all.. it's not of the devil. (Lk.11:11-13).

Yes, and amen!

 

[rocknanchor]

Some believers wonder if the amount of time spent speaking in tongues is important. Though not specified, it must be noteworthy because

"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:"

Can you believe it has been 13 yrs? How have you been dear sister? I do have a personal report on the gift, for what it's worth, a subtle development but one I think users may find noteworthy. That is the interesting occasion of the instant, or sudden spout-off. I'm not saying this is new as such but in effect, moreso than at any other through the years. How do I respond? Like someone turned on the smile-inside feature, no laughter, no jumping up and down but, a more pronounced soothing surprise. Glory to God!

 

[tturt]

How wonderful!

Reminds me of a recently retired Baptist minister prayed Lord, use me however you wish. Immediately he was repeating syllables & for a few seconds thought what is this. Then he accepted/permitted/released & continued speaking in tongues. It happened pretty often he reported even though it caused him a lot of reflection. Now he searched Scripture with a different perspective than before. As time passed, he deeply regretted preaching against it. Also, he talked with other ministers who understood somewhat about this gift & encouraged others who didn't.

He even shared this account with me since I was his daughter-in-law who grew up in an AOG church. It was a pivotal experience for him