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NASB | Acts 2:6 And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:6 And when this sound was heard, a crowd gathered, and they were bewildered because each one was hearing those in the upper room speaking in his own language or dialect. |
Subject: When will I speak/pray in tongues? |
Bible Note: You are correct Joe, it is not a must in your walk with Christ. It is a gift that you can either accept and use or reject and do without. It does not have anything to do with your salvation. It's like having a brand new car in your driveway and being given the keys to drive it. It's yours. but if you still want to walk everywhere you go, you are welcome to do that. (it will just take a lot longer and you may run out of strength along the way.) There are many reasons to consider choosing the gift of tongues. some are as follows: 1) When you pray in tongues it builds and strengthens your spirit. Jude 1:20 - But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit 2) When you don’t know how to pray for something you can pray in tongues and the Holy Spirit will pray with you (Romans 8:26) In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and knows exactly what to pray so you will be praying according to what scripture says. (Very effective) 3) Satan does not understand tongues. It is your personal heavenly language that only God understands. (I bet this drives satan crazy!!) All I know is I've walked it for over 15 years and it's real, and I would not live a day without it! If you try to reason it out you will never experience it... Like I said it takes faith! It confounds the wise.... All around it just makes your walk with God much easier! Kind of like a car makes your life much easier!! :o) Creatively His, ashestobeauty |