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 […]

The Holy Spirit is our Helper.

The Holy Spirit is our Helper.

Jesus promised that He would send the Holy Spirit to assist you. An “assistant” is someone who helps you get the job done! “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.” John 14:16 The word “Helper” is the Greek word “paracletos.” The Amplified […]

The Holy Spirit does not pray in our place.

The Holy Spirit does not pray in our place.

“The Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.” Romans 8:26-27 At the beginning of my ministry, P.C. Nelson (we, young ministers, called him “Dad Nelson”) was considered […]

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 […]

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 […]

A gift for hungry hearts.

A gift for hungry hearts.

I read another testimony, just after the Second World War, from a denominational missionary in Africa. In 1946, this missionary returned to the United States for the first time after ministering continuously for 37 years in the African bush. When she arrived in New York, she was overwhelmed by the noise, traffic, and crowds. She […]

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 […]

Understanding the Doctrine of Baptisms.

Understanding the Doctrine of Baptisms.

Over the years, I have had the joy and privilege of witnessing many Spirit-filled ministers. In discussing with pastors whether the new birth and the baptism of the Holy Spirit are two distinct experiences, I’ve noticed that many misunderstand the term “baptism.” They believe there is only one baptism available for believers, thereby confusing the […]

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