Tounges

[TheGirlOnFire]

Do you pray in tounges ?

I don't, never have. Maybe it's the Catholic in me...

though am not sure catholics can I've never seen it... it's all about quiet thoughtful praying lol

 

[Girl on Fire for God]

Yes I do.
I really enjoy it, it helps a lot when I pray.

 

[Eryk]

Do you pray in tounges ?

I don't never have, maybe it's the Catholic in me... though am not sure catholics can I've never seen it... it's all about quiet thoughtful praying lol

The first charismatic service I ever went to was a Catholic charismatic service.

It's a wonderful gift because our prayers are not limited by our own knowledge or our own desires when we pray in an unknown tongue. The Spirit prays through us and then we are given more understanding, either through an interpreter if we are praying in a service, or if we're praying alone the Spirit will give us more understanding in time. The Spirit really helps us pray and that's just one example of God's love for us.

 

[Cearbhall]

What exactly are you referring to? I thought glossolalia was supposedly involuntary.

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

What exactly are you referring to? I thought glossolalia was supposedly involuntary.

Not really people can pray to speak in tounges well the holy spirit to grant them the gift.

Some places I've been too actually advocate that everyone speaks in tounges .

It's simple question do you do it or not

 

[Goodbook]

Yes.
But not in church in private. If speaking in tongues in church you need an interpreter. As its not edifying for other people who cant understand what you saying.

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

Yes.
But not in church in private. If speaking in tongues in church you need an interpreter. As its not edifying for other people who cant understand what you saying.

Isn't more about what you are saying not what people say to you.


I did have a girl come up to me when I first started looking into god and I went to this church she asked if she could speak to me as god was telling her stuff about me, she spoke things that I went wow how did you know that but she did speak in tongues I had no idea what she was saying but it was very calming and beautiful...

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

http://www.charismanews.com/world/4...ismatics-praying-over-him-speaking-in-tongues

Yeah I thought as much it's not really common practise in catholic areas. I never heard it of until I started going to pentecostal churches.

 

[SnowyMacie]

No, and I'm skeptical of anyone that claims they can. In high school, I nervously prayed to receive my tongue, being taught that all Christians can receive on if they asked, and I believed it. That was 8 years ago...I'm still waiting.

 

[Goodbook]

in church it is since you there for edification of the body. Paul writes in his letters its better to prophesy than to speak in tongues so that everyone can be edified not just yourself.

 

[Goodbook]

if you ask God for this gift He will give it to you.

 

[LaSorcia]

I only did once ever. One time during praying, I suddenly had a song in my mind that was in a foreign language. I didn't recognize the language, but I know it was a real human one.

I have heard people speak in other 'languages' that just sounds like babble. I have heard other folks speak in other languages and then translate, which is consistent with scripture.

I have heard of missionaries, who likely need this gift the most, understanding people whose language they didn't previously know, or being understood by people whose language they don't speak. That's cool! But rare I think.

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

No, and I'm skeptical of anyone that claims they can. In high school, I nervously prayed to receive my tongue, being taught that all Christians can receive on if they asked, and I believed it. That was 8 years ago...I'm still waiting.

Yeah there was a dude behind me on Thursday night and he kept speaking in tongues but I had the feeling it was forced and he was doing to prove he was holy or something. It was getting to the point I was going to say dude shut up please seriously but then I thought that is rude and am being rude just let people get on with it...

 

[Gnarwhal]

Do you pray in tounges ?

I don't never have, maybe it's the Catholic in me... though am not sure catholics can I've never seen it... it's all about quiet thoughtful praying lol

No, I don't because I don't believe that what people call "tongues" today is anywhere remotely related to what was described in the scriptures. With the few years that I spent in Charismatic Christianity, I saw too many abuses and heresy come from that phenomenon to ever believe it's a valuable component of the Christian faith, let alone a holy or orthodox one.

 

[Cearbhall]

Not really people can pray to speak in tounges well the holy spirit to grant them the gift.

Some places I've been too actually advocate that everyone speaks in tounges .

It's simple question do you do it or not

Oh. Sorry, I didn't know it worked quite this way, from the perspective of the person. I didn't know about speaking in tongues until I read about it on the Internet. YouTube videos are my only exposure to it.

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

Oh. Sorry, I didn't know it worked quite this way, from the perspective of the person. I didn't know about speaking in tongues until I read about it on the Internet. YouTube videos are my only exposure to it.

Lol oh I thought you did... I didn't know about it either....

I think anyone can ask of it.. the pastor keep saying ask the holy spirit for the gift of tongues

 

[Cearbhall]

Lol oh I thought you did... I didn't know about it either....

Well, it was a couple of years ago, so I've read some articles and other information on it over time. But I don't have any "real life" knowledge of it or the people who practice it.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

No, I don't pray in tongues or speak in tongues. It seems that a lot of people who "speak" in tongues just speak gibberish to build themselves up. I have family that are charismatic and their speaking in tongues runs something like this..."I tie my bow tie I untie my bow tie." I was told growing up, by these family members, that as a Christian you need to be able to speak in tongues and that is how you do it. That is not what scripture refers to when you see it in action in Acts. Nor do I believe the chaos that goes on in many churches, while people are speaking in tongues, is what Paul was referring to when he spoke of "earnestly desiring spiritual gifts". 1 Corinthians 14 always comes to mind when I am in a church that breaks out in absolute chaos and disorderly conduct (running in the aisles, rolling on the ground, bumble prayers, etc.) It also interests me how often this portion of Scripture is ignored in the charismatic churches I have been in. "If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God." (1 Cor 14:27-28) I have never been a church service where tongues were used and it was interpreted. Perhaps that is only my experience however. I tend to believe that if this gift still exists it is very rare.

 

[Cearbhall]

1 Corinthians 14 always comes to mind when I am in a church that breaks out in absolute chaos and disorderly conduct (running in the aisles, rolling on the ground, bumble prayers, etc.)

Wow. Church has apparently changed a lot in the past couple of decades. I guess there's no need for a crying room in those places...

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

No, I don't pray in tongues or speak in tongues. It seems that a lot of people who "speak" in tongues just speak gibberish to build themselves up. I have family that are charismatic and their speaking in tongues runs something like this..."I tie my bow tie I untie my bow tie." I was told growing up, by these family members, that as a Christian you need to be able to speak in tongues and that is how you do it. That is not what scripture refers to when you see it in action in Acts. Nor do I believe the chaos that goes on in many churches, while people are speaking in tongues, is what Paul was referring to when he spoke of "earnestly desiring spiritual gifts". 1 Corinthians 14 always comes to mind when I am in a church that breaks out in absolute chaos and disorderly conduct (running in the aisles, rolling on the ground, bumble prayers, etc.) It also interests me how often this portion of Scripture is ignored in the charismatic churches I have been in. "If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God." (1 Cor 14:27-28) I have never been a church service where tongues were used and it was interpreted. Perhaps that is only my experience however. I tend to believe that if this gift still exists it is very rare.

I have seen it interpretation before only once a man stood up and started singing then someone started interpting it. It was odd

I do find it really odd tbh eeekkkkkk I don't think it makes you a better Christian