August 18
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For if you have the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious. -1 Corinthians 14:2 (NLT)
ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you embrace God’s will and not run
You will have the ability to speak in tongues
Speaking in foreign language is incomprehensible
But the Spirit will make you see what’s inexplicable.
When you speak in tongues, it is your spirit that knows
Your mind won’t be able to grasp; it is mysterious
Even though others won’t know what you are saying
God knows each and every bit of what you are uttering.
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I was in my late twenties when the Spirit of God gave me the ability to speak in tongues. It was an overwhelming experience. I felt so warm in my heart even though I didn’t understand what I was saying. Something inside me felt so connected with the Lord. I didn’t cultivate this stirring in my spirit because I was blinded by so much worldly stuff. Thirty years later, I had another speaking in tongue experience. By this time, I was a born again Christian. My mind can’t fathom what the spirit of God is telling me, but my spirit knows it. If you stay close to the Lord, he will give you discernment too.
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PRAYER
Lord, thank you for your Spirit’s work in me.
REFLECTION
Why do we need to speak in tongues in our lives as Christians?
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