Spiritual Refreshment.

Spiritual Refreshment.

Here is another value that we derive from speaking in tongues: the experience of spiritual refreshment. We find the scriptural basis for the role of tongues in achieving this in Isaiah 28. “For with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people, to whom He said, ‘This is the rest with which […]

Receiving Power in the Inner Man.

Receiving Power in the Inner Man.

We need the spiritual edification that we receive through praying in tongues. The Apostle Paul also gave a prayer of the Holy Spirit in Ephesians 3 so that these believers could receive powerful strength in their inner man to move forward in life. “For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom […]

Prayer beyond our understanding.

Prayer beyond our understanding.

I would like you to take note of verse 14 regarding supernatural communication with God. “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.” 1 Corinthians 14:14 Once again, the Amplified Bible translation says, “My spirit (by the Holy Spirit within me prays…“. Keep in mind that it is […]

Talk to God, not man.

Talk to God, not man.

My father-in-law, Mr. Rooker, was a man of faith, a farmer in the black lands of central-north Texas, near the small town of Tom Bean. I arrived in 1938 to be the pastor of a small Full Gospel church in town and that’s when I started courting his daughter! I remember Mr. Rooker telling me […]

Praying for Mysteries.

Praying for Mysteries.

Allow me to give you an example from my own life, where the Holy Spirit warned me to pray about things in tongues before they happened. I was at a program in St. Louis in 1958, and I had returned to my hotel room after the service. I tried to read a book, but I […]

Maintaining the “Greatest Measure” of the Holy Spirit.

Maintaining the “Greatest Measure” of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit guides Christians to the extent they know Him through the new birth. However, for those filled with the Holy Spirit and praying in tongues, the guidance of the Holy Spirit is available to a much greater extent. Yet, I have discovered that this additional measure of the Holy Spirit operates in my […]

The Fruit of Listening to the Holy Spirit.

The Fruit of Listening to the Holy Spirit.

Before being filled with the Holy Spirit, I spent many blessed hours in prayer and communion with the Lord. I often prayed throughout the night. But even though I spent hours in God’s presence, somehow, I would leave that place of prayer with a sense of dissatisfaction. It always seemed like I hadn’t expressed what […]

A little further, a little deeper.

A little further, a little deeper.

This truth was confirmed to me in the 1960s during the move of God in the denominational churches that we call the charismatic movement. I was one of the speakers at a meeting, alongside an Episcopal priest named Brother Patterson. As he was teaching on the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Brother Patterson recounted an […]

YOU CAN BE FILLED WITH JOY.

YOU CAN BE FILLED WITH JOY.

“So far you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:24 Jesus Christ said in the passage above that it is possible for you to be full of joy or to have perfect joy. In other words, He was saying that it […]

WHEN GOD IS ON THE MOVE. Monday, November 18.

WHEN GOD IS ON THE MOVE. Monday, November 18.

When God is on the move, He dispenses miracles along His path. As you read the Bible, you will see many instances where this occurred. For example, in Genesis 18, He was on His way to Sodom, but along the way, He stopped at Abraham’s tent to perform a miracle. Also, in Luke 7:11-15, Jesus […]

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