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ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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(LB) OK LET CONTINUE WITH THIS LITTLE TAUGHT SUBJECT …….THE VITAL ROLE OF PRAYING IN TONGUES.

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GODS WAY IS BEST

We may know how to claim our inheritance. We may be

good at declaring, “Healing is mine.Provision is mine!”

But how can we get the tremendous power of the Holy

Spirit that resides on the inside of us — the power that

raised Jesus from the dead — out onto the problems

that face us so those blessings can be manifested in our

lives? And even more importantly, how can we discover

our divine call?

Well, are we so wise that we can find a better way to

answer those questions than the way God gave us when

He designated the Holy Spirit to come and represent

us?

You see, God didn’t trust us to any of the many

thousands of angels in His service. We’re worth more

than that to Him. No, He went as high as He could go

and entrusted us to the Holy Spirit Himself, who then

came to take up residency in us. So how can we fail

when the third Person of the Godhead creates the

prayer and the other two members of the Godhead see

to it that it comes to pass? I’d call that a foolproof plan!

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The day you decide to lock yourself in your prayer

closet to spend some quality time with the Lord in

prayer — that is the day you will enter Heaven’s

classroom here on earth with the Holy Spirit as your

Teacher. You need that “classroom” if you’re ever going

to fulfill your divine calling.

Remember, God tells us to be as wise as serpents and as

harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). Why would God say

something like that? Because Satan has an entire

arsenal of weaponry that can only be combatted by the

wisdom of God.

For instance, suppose Satan walks in the room with

horns and a tail and says, “Pardon me,nice Christian,

while I remove the Word of God out of your heart.” You

would look at him and say, “You’re not getting my

Word!”

He says, “Why not?”

“Because you’re the devil!”

“What gave me away?” he asks.

“Your horns and your tail.” (That’s the traditional way

the devil dresses in Christian folk-lore.)

At that point, the devil says, “I’ll never come dressed

this way again. I’ll go get a sheep skin and put it on.

Then I’ll sneak in unawares and steal the Word out of

you. You won’t even know who’s doing it because I’ll use

religion to seduce you. I’ll use circumstances. I’ll blame

it on the economy. Or I’ll blame it on your husband or

your wife. But one way or another, I will take the Word

of God out of you, and you won’t even know who’s doing

it!”

Jesus let us know that Satan only comes for one reason

in three parts: to kill, to steal, and to destroy (John

10:10). And you may as well know — the devil is good at

it! He doesn’t do anything else but those three things.

Killing, stealing, and destroying have been his

specialties ever since his light went out and he fell from

Heaven (Isa. 14:12). And if you misjudge him —if you

don’t take him seriously — he can destroy you!

Now you see why we must be as wise as serpents yet as

harmless as doves. Yet some people say they don’t need

the Holy Ghost’s help in prayer. They push His language

aside and refuse to allow Him to pray the mind of God

for them hour after hour. Who do they think they’re

operating against — a spiritual wimp?

Satan is not an enemy to take lightly. He’s a smart

fellow, and he comes for only one reason: to kill. He

doesn’t do anything else; he doesn’t know anything else.

And if you don’t take care of his strategies by the

wisdom of God, he will succeed in killing everything

good in your life.

Since this is true, how can a believer consider spending

two or three hours in prayer a sacrifice? What is he

really saying? “I made a big personal sacrifice last

night. I let God pray for me for three hours!”

No, that believer didn’t make a big sacrifice. He just

enjoyed the priceless privilege of praying in the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit created a prayer language on the inside

of him that tapped into the mind of Christ and the

infinite wisdom of Almighty God for his life!

It’s beyond my natural understanding how that

supernatural process works. But I guarantee you, I will

use what He has given me!

My Heavenly Father has promised me this, and I can

pass it on to you: If you will faith-fully continue to get to

know God by His Spirit — and an important part of that

process is praying in other tongues — then five years

from now, you will not be the same. You won’t look

back over the years and lament that every day was the

same, one month just like the next, until three and then

four years slipped by, and you ended up just as defeated

and unchanged as you were at the beginning of that

time period.

No, if you will pursue God by the Spirit, then at the end

of five years, you will be able to look back and see that

you have experienced spiritual growth. You have

changed for the better. You are getting to know Jesus

Himself as the Holy Spirit reveals Him to you. And you

are well on your way to fulfilling your divine call as it

unfolds before you!

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So enter in and know Me by the Spirit,

And I will take you from glory to glory,

feeding you with an inheritance

that causes you

to know how to quench the hunger

and the burnings inside

to know Me after My power.

I will show you these things,

But you must enter into My Presence

and stay there until I have fed you

with your ministry, saith the Spirit of Grace.

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