Welcome Note

Introduction to the study “Why Pray in Tongues?”

Thank you, Jesus for another time to learn about your Word which is you. You are merciful towards us. We receive light from you in Jesus’ name.

Thank you for joining us for another Bible study session. Just as an iron cannot sharpen itself, we need one another in this walk with God and we are glad you are here. For the next few weeks we will be discussing why believers should pray in tongues. We will be referencing the Kenneth Hagin’s book “Why Tongues”. I was told Goodreads have it freely available. It is a 37-page book that is very powerful.

What to expect from this study

• The ultimate goal of this study is to get believers to make praying in tongues a regular practice

• Understand why praying in tongues is important

• Differentiate between praying in tongues as a gift of the spirit and as a private practice

• We will be having discussions and live practice sessions through mixlr 

• We have 11 facilitators for this series and their notes will be made available after their discussion. The notes will be uploaded here and also on our website. Discussion schedule can be found on our website https://sites.google.com/site/icallufriendz/discussion-notes?authuser=0

How the live prayer session works

• The Bible has instructed us that we be not hearers alone but also doers of the Word we hear. since we are discussing praying in tongues, we will be having the actual praying in tongues sessions live on mixlr

• The LIVE prayer session will have 2 options 

1. You can tune in Live on mixlr here 

2. You can type "starting" on the Whatsapp group page when you start and "completed" when you complete it. The purpose of this accountability plan is to go through these practice sessions as a group and also encourage one another along the way.

How to make the best out of the study

• READ! READ! READ! All the discussion notes. Have a plan to read ALL the discussion notes. 

• Have a personal goal for this study. Ask yourself what do I want to get out of this study?

• Participate in the discussion, make contributions, ask questions.

• Participate in the live prayer sessions

• Read the scriptural references posted. Do not skim through them, meditate on them. 

• Ask Jesus to explain to you things you are not certain about

Housekeeping rules

• There will be no comments or questions during facilitation unless the facilitator asks for comments. That way, there will be no interruption in the discussion 

• No question or comment is insignificant. All comments and questions can come in when the announcement is specifically made for them. 

• If there are pressing comments or questions during facilitation, kindly send them to any of the admins 

• Discussion of new chapters and prayers will hold daily till the 30th of November between 9-10pm Nigeria time. Comments are welcome all day. 

• Posting of broadcast/forwarded/non-original messages is not allowed on the group, failure to adhere will lead to removal from the group; but if there's something you feel may be of benefit to the group, kindly share with any one of the admins who will then post it on the group if deemed fit. 

• It is completely prohibited to insult a person because of their view. When responding to comments from other people, please do so respectfully. If anyone is found wanting, he or she will be deleted from the group as God's house should be safe and not harbor any form of hostility towards anyone.

• In case you have missed any of the discussions or hope to go over previous discussions, please visit our web space for past discussion notes 

• Please, feel free to invite your friends and family to the group through the link if you feel comfortable doing so https://chat.whatsapp.com/ImdFyloeVr78XdE2BDvakB

• Please feel free to provide us with feedback on what we are doing right and how we can improve. You can email any of the admins or email: icallufriends@gmail.com

Ayokunle Olagoke

Facilitator, Friends Bible Study