I Wish You All Could Pray In Tongues

“I will pray in the spirit, and I will also pray in words I understand.” 1 Corinthians 14:5

Praying in tongues has been a subject that has been on my heart a lot lately. If you are a believer gifted with the ability to pray in the Spirit then you may better understand where I am coming from. I feel led to write this because I am hoping to encourage those with the gift to stir it up, use it more frequently, and for those without it to prayerfully consider asking our Lord for this ability. Like the apostle Paul I wish you all could speak in tongues. (1 Corinthians 14:5)

Praying in tongues is a gift that the Holy Spirit gives to believers to help them pray more effectively. When a believer prays in tongues it is their spirit praying by the power of the Holy Spirit. Most times the believer does not know what they are praying, it will all be mysterious. Paul told the Corinthians that he thanked God that he spoke in tongues more than any of them. He also wished that they all could speak in tongues. (1 Corinthians 14:2, 14, 18, 4)

Why did Paul pray in the Spirit often and why did he wish that all the other believers prayed in tongues too? Well..here are my thoughts based on the Word and my personal experience with praying in the Spirit.

1) A person that speaks in tongues is strengthened personally (1 Corinthians 14:4) Praying, singing, and worshipping in tongues is to have direct communion with the Holy Spirit. Your spirit is being led by the Spirit of God on what to pray for, you have divine direction. I have found myself encouraged, comforted, and strengthened after praying in the Spirit.
2) You can pray in the Spirit when you don’t know what God wants you to pray for. There have been times where I just have a check in my spirit and don’t know what it’s about. I don’t know who I am supposed to be praying for. I just know that deep down inside that I am supposed to be praying. That’s when I go some where private and allow the Holy Spirit to pray through me. I’ll start praying in tongues until someone or something comes up on my heart and then I pray in English. I jump back and forth between English and my heavenly language until I feel a release. “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” Romans 8:26
3) When we allow our spirits to pray by the power of the Holy Spirit we are praying in harmony with God’s own will. I feel more confident praying in the Spirit because I have taken my own will out of the way and I know that I am praying for God’s divine will over whatever the situation is. I am even more confident and that since I am praying God’s will be done He most certainly will work all things out for the good. “And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:27-28
4) You will be giving thanks very well (1 Corinthians 14:17) When I am singing praise and worship songs to our Lord that is when I find myself feeling full of awe and reverence for God. I am so thankful that He lifted me up out of the miry clay that the words I am singing are just not enough so I begin to thank him in my heavenly language. During times of complete surrender and worshipped I been filled anew to the point where I am overflowing and all I can do is cry and praise the Lord in the Spirit. It is a wonderful honor to praise in this manner.
5) It is a good way to sing praises to God. (1 Corinthians 14:15) I am not a good singer. Lol..Although I have had experiences where I have been in private worship and I begin to sing in the spirit.
6) I believe it part of spiritual warfare. After Paul told the church about putting on the armor of God so they could stand firm against the strategies of the devil, he told them to pray at all times in the Spirit and with all manner of prayer. I mentioned earlier that sometimes I will have a check in my spirit and I feel led to pray in tongues. There are time where I have passed by an individual or walk in the room and my hairs stand up. Sometimes it is a good feeling and other times it is a bad feeling. Immediately I am nudged in my spirit and I instinctively being to pray in tongues. As I am praying I just know that I doing spiritual battle. I have even had dreams OFTEN where I am battling demons and I am speaking in tongues. “Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people). Ephesians 6:18

Paul prayed in the spirit often for a reason. He was a strong and diligent servant of the Lord who wrote a large portion of the New Testament. We can pattern our lives after him because he patterned his life after Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1) If you have the ability to pray in tongues don’t waste your gift. Don’t let it lie dormant. I challenge you to pray often in the Spirit and see if you are not strengthened.

If you don’t have the gift but would like it then pray and ask the Lord for it. It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. (1 Corinthians 12:11)

Brothers and sisters be strong in the Lord and filled in the Spirit. Many blessings you all.

"You Are Gifted For Your Calling!"

Dear brothers and sisters,

I have been a busy bee with WeUsed2bu Ministries and I have not been able to write as often as I’d like to. The Lord is expanding our territory and I am humbly at a new learning curve. So keep me and WeUsed2bu Ministries in your prayers. I am going to try to do at least one posting a week here until I can start writing regularly again. You are always on my heart and in my prayers. Thank you for reading Consecrated To Him.

“You Are Gifted For Your Calling!”


Each of us has a God ordained purpose in this world. We are divinely placed right where we are at for such a time as this. It is not an accident that we are who we are. We were destined by God to be us. Our personalities, talents, and skills were given to us by God to bring glory to Christ Jesus. While we were being formed in our mother’s womb the Lord knew us and determined how He wanted to use us in the body of Christ. He gave each of us spiritual gifts which would help us fulfill His calling to become servants of the Most High God. We are a gifted people. (1 Corinthians 12:7)

"To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.” 1 Corinthians 12:8-11

I want you to receive this deep inside of your spirit “You are gifted for your calling.” “We are gifted for our calling!” We are empowered by God to change the world around us. This is awesome! Knowing this should encourage and motivate us to move forward and work towards fulfilling the vision that God has put in us. You know what I’m talking about. The Spirit of God has put a vision in you to do something. Whether it’s to start a Christian band, pastor a church, lead a bible study, feed the homeless, become a foster parent, or open your home to missionaries; what ever the vision is He has equipped you to do it. You will never have to do it alone. I promise.

Not only does the Spirit of God empower us to do our part but then He also brings others along side of us with the same vision and heart that we have to fulfill the vision. Let us not forget that we are all together Christ’s body, and each of us is a part of it. You will see that if you just step out and put your faith to action the Lord will bring other gifted people to help you along the way. Trust me..I have seen this happen in my own ministry. I am so blessed that I am not alone. (1 Corinthians 12:27)

Often times we allow the spirit of fear to come in and talk all up in our ear. We start to listen to fear telling us how inadequate we are for our calling. We begin to focus on how weak we are and how we still have so much more room for growth. Before we know it we have given up before we ever got started. We talked ourselves right out of stepping out in faith. (2 Timothy 1:7)

Brothers and sisters remember that our Lord did not give us a spirit of fear. The Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind is what we have residing in us. We need to remember that and walk in the Spirit. When the spirit of fear comes we are not to give it our ear. Instead of listening to all the negative junk that only serves to keep us from making progress we need to chose to listen to the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God will encourage us and bring us back to Truth. This is the Truth…

None of us has reached perfection. We will be imperfect for as long as we are here in this imperfect and sinful world. But praise God that we can be certain that God, who began a good work within us WILL continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. In the mean time.. Our Lord has saved us and equipped for every good work that He has called and ordained us for. It is ok to feel inadequate. Our Lord can work with this because feeling inadequate reminds us that we are dependant on the Lord to see the vision through. When we think that we know it all or we think that we are standing strong we are in danger, be careful not to fall. When we are humble our Lord will exalt us and expand our territory. When feel weak it is ok because His grace will be all that we need. His power works best in weakness. So be glad that you are weak, because when you are weak He is strong and that is worth boasting about. (Philippians 3:12, 1:6, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 10:12, 1 Peter 5;6, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

Few of us were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called us. The world might look at us and consider us foolish, but God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think that are wise. And He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. So be excited! We are perfect for our calling. (1 Corinthians 1:26-29)

Go out into the world and fulfill your destiny knowing that you are gifted for your calling. Be strong and courageous. Let your confidence be in Christ Jesus. Meditate on the Word day and night and then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. Our Lord is with you and in you helping you. We have everything we need in the power of the Holy Spirit to serve Christ Jesus and fulfill the calling that Christ Jesus has put on our heart. Don’t be afraid any more! (Joshua 1:8-9)

YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS!

I love the way the Lord uses our different gifts to magnify His power and greatness. This man seems full of the Spirit as He worships the Lord through is painting. It is amazing..