Reflection on the book “Why Tongues?”
Reason #6— Praying in Tongues Stimulates Faith
Discussion Day 7 by Ayo Olagoke
Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost
Praying in tongues stimulates faith and helps us learn to trust God completely
Whenever I am faced with something that looks bigger than my faith, I often spend so much time praying in tongues just to build my faith. This group is a manifestation of the faith building power of tongues.
Bro Hagin told the story of a good Christian woman who had ulcerated stomach and was told by the doctors that it may lead to cancer. Kenneth Hagin knew God can and God is willing to heal her but the lady could not believe. He husband has spent a lot, she had stopped eating certain type of food but one day she got filled with the Holyspirit with the evidence of praying in tongues. She got bold to believe God and started eating all foods, she was healed.
Praying in tongues helps us to believe God and trust Him.
Practical Application
Do you have some imaginations that you know God has put in your heart but it’s hard to believe it with your senses? Spend time PRAYING IN TONGUES.
When you think of your business or career, do you see things that you have no natural means of accomplishing? Spend time PRAYING IN TONGUES
Are you believing God for some healing in you r body that seems medically impossible? Spend time PRAYING IN TONGUES
Do you have some big dreams for your family that are beyond your current financial status? Spend time PRAYING IN TONGUES
Additional References
John 16:12-14 King James Version (KJV) 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Question
You make it sound like praying in tongues is the solution to all my life problems, how will this praying in tongues work in reality or are you saying if I can just be praying in tongues like this, all my problems are over ni?
One of many possible answers
Praying in tongues simply means *having a closed-door meeting with God*. When you go to have a closed-door meeting with the President of the United states, many things can happen. The outcome of your meeting could be a bilateral trade agreement, it could be the release of US army for peacekeeping in your country, it could be multi-million foreign aids being released to your country, the list is just endless. There are people who say, all I just need is 5minutes with the president and they tell us how this 5 minutes changed their lives.
When Mary asked the angel, how shall these things be, the angel explained that #1. The spirit of the lord will come upon you #2. The power of the Most High will overshadow you #3. A holy thing will be born of you.
Many times, we have limited the power of the Holyspirit to just rolling on the floor or falling. We say oh that service was powerful, about 3 sisters and one brother fell down*, oh *that minister is powerful, if you see how people were falling down*. I agree that the spirit of God came upon them, it is also great that the power of the Most High overshadowed them *but the #3 of a holy thing being born of them is what we are talking about*. For John, when he experienced #1 & #2 the holy thing that was born of him was the book of Revelation.
Praying in tongues will not automatically fix our problems but will build our faith to begin a journey of faith with God #faithwalk.