Sunday, April 19, 2020
#Paul_Brady
When we get filled with the Spirit of God and drink the new wine of the Spirit, sometimes people start to get upset because we pray in tongues – yet it’s all Bible. (Acts 2:1-4)
Here we are, sitting as big ol’ fat heads, thinking we know the mind of God… thinking we have enough knowledge and have read enough books that we can pray it all in our native tongue.
Yet the power of Heaven and the wisdom of God bypasses the frailty of our humanity. He puts Himself inside of us so that when we come to the end of ourselves, He then can start being who He is in us and through us!
Praying in tongues stops the struggle: “I just don’t know what to pray!” You can now pray in the Spirit and pray the perfect plan and purpose of God!
Think of it — if the experts knew there was a cure, wouldn’t it be terrible if they didn’t bring it? But it’s the same for the Church!
If we know there’s a better way to pray and we don’t bring it, it would be an indictment against humanity not to bring that revelation — that there’s something that we can do that puts us ahead and beyond ourselves to pray as the Spirit enables us and helps us!
So get yourself filled in the Spirit and speaking in tongues — and your life will change! You will be liberated as you begin to pray beyond yourself!
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“God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, He has revealed to us His inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things….
"We articulate these realities with the words imparted to us by the Spirit and not with the words taught by human wisdom. We join together Spirit-revealed truths with Spirit-revealed words.” (1 Cor. 2:10,14 TPT)
“…The Holy Spirit takes hold of us in our human frailty to empower us in our weakness. For example, at times we don’t even know how to pray, or know the best things to ask for. But the Holy Spirit rises up within us to super-intercede on our behalf, pleading to God with emotional sighs too deep for words.” (Rom. 8:26 TPT)