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1 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 17605 | ||
Romans 8:26 tells us the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, praying for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in our own words. This includes praying in the spiritual gift of tongues, but is not limited to praying in tongues only. With the help of the Holy Spirit, our petitions are perfect before God, whether we are praying with the spirit or praying with understanding (1Cor14:15). The purpose of the gift of tongues is to enable us to pray in a way that is not limited by our own knowledge or ability (1Cor14:2). By the same token when I was saved at age 11, I only found out about the so called “sinner’s prayer” after my salvation. I simply prayed “Jesus save me” over and over, as I could think of nothing else to pray. It did not matter, because God saw my heart. He wasn’t looking for a prayer that “touched all the bases”, He was looking at my heart. My prayer was simple and lacking, but the Holy Spirit prayed the perfect prayer for me before the Father! Praise the Lord! Jesus Saves! retxar |
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2 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 17639 | ||
Retxar, how well I can indentify with your prayer that was "simple and lacking." Some 12 years ago, in the wake of my son's sudden accidental death, my prayers often were not only simple, but actually lacking of any real words at all. I prayed through tears and with a voice so constricted by grief that no words could be formed, only cries, groanings, whimpering moans. Yet I was convinced then, and am just as convinced still, that God heard my cries of profound sorrow and responded as readily to them as He would had they been clothed in language having all the beauty and grandeur of a Shakespearean sonnet.... Retxar, I believe the simple three-word prayer, "Jesus save me" that was prayed from the heart of the little 11-year-old child you once were, caused more rejoicing by the angels of heaven than any mechanical recitation of an entire prayer book of the most eloquent of prayers could ever do. --Hank | ||||||
3 | tongues: are there 2 kinds? | NT general Archive 1 | retxar | 17658 | ||
Thanks Hank, I love you, brother. List'n for the trumpet, retxar |
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