Praying in Tongues

– Pastor Rusty – May 30th, 2025

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Rom. 8:26-27

I love this chapter and I love this passage. Romans chapter eight may very well be my favorite chapter in all scripture. 🤔mmm… In the midst of this chapter we get this encouragement that the Holy Spirit is aiding us by inserting Himself into our prayer life. He intercedes for us with inexpressible groans. For many believers this is a reference to praying in the spirit by praying in tongues. Those who might argue against this seem to offer no alternative paradigm to this passage, seemingly only to ague against speaking in tongues.🧐 (seemingly Not a strong argument). On behalf of many who pray in tongues, “I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.” 1 Cor. 14:18.

When praying in tongues the Spirit is inserting prayer that is “according to the will of God!”(Rom. 8:27)👍 It is interesting God would create such a profoundly simple plan such as speaking in tongues to allow your spirit-man to interact with the Holy Spirit in order to allow the believer to bypass his/her own intellect to simply pray, praise, or decree according to God’s perfect will. It reflects both elegance and God’s wisdom. It also goes to show you that the selfish nature of man is able to mess up something as simple as prayer by functioning only with the limitations of our viewpoint, mindset, biases or understanding of any situation. But the Holy Spirit interacting with our spirit is able to bypass what is dysfunctional about prayer (namely us) and allow us to intercede in accordance to the will of God. “What is it then… I will pray in the Spirit and I will pray with my understanding also.” 1 Cor. 14:15.

Therefore, for all you tongue🔥 talking warriors out there… keep praying with Holy intercession! Amen! Pastor Rusty

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