My experience!

My experience! I myself am a skeptic about allot of the tongues that are being spoken, especially by the people that are no different from the drunks down the street. I believe that tongues are real, but that they were laid upon an individual as a gift, not that they could speak it whenever they felt they could. But I kept the faith that God would place a language on my tongue. But I would never try to do it own my own strength.Months later after asking for the gift. I woke up at 4 in the morning and I knew God wanted me to pray right then for my unsaved friends back home. I jumped out of my bed, and ran out onto the deck on the back of my dorm. God was crushing my spirit for my lost friends, I was balling, and shaking, and I knew that God was doing something in there lives right then even thought I was so far away from them. I started to pray so intensely that I was scaring myself, I was freaking my self out, I knew it was the power of the Holy Spirit. I prayed for about 2 hours, intensely and at about a 1hr and half threw, bam I was speaking I language so powerful, I was starting to get scared, but I knew God was moving! I WASNT EVEN THINKING ABOUT TONGUES AND IT HAPPENING. It was so powerful and so beautiful; it was nothing like I have ever heard. Now I am even more of a skeptic when I hear it spoken randomly. I have seen God use it now and I realize just how powerful tongues are. It scared me! I was more powerful than fire. More powerful than a stinking fire hose! I just knew that something amazing had just happened with my unsaved friends back home.My best friend that would not talk to me for 5 months (because I told his parents about his heroin habit and he got sent immediately into full time rehab and lost his job, he hated me.) Called me about four hours after, apologizing to me and saying He needs to get back on track with Jesus! So I wouldn’t focus on gifts, but I would definitely ask for all of them. Keep your eyes on Jesus Christ and He will use you to move mountains! Sorry i started a new thread, i meant to post it somewhere else. I am new at this forum stuff! Godbless

Hi Drew,Stumbled across your post here and all I can say is...I really like this. 8-)

Keep praying. being in the spirit and using the gifts are two differnt things I pray for you and all who are seeking, after all we are one body,with one spirit that works in us all. I pray for God the Fathers will to be done. I pray for unity in body and Spirit as Christ himself ask in prayer for us all in the last days.Blessing in your walk Brother Raven

Drew,I've never heard someone speak in tongues, and never done so myself, but your experience sounds genuine, and so does your opinion of tongues. That fire of the Lord went through me last week, so it is great to hear the same thing happening to others. It's good to know I'm not going crazy. It was so powerful it was unnerving. I'm waiting for His Spirit to be poured out on people so they crowd to churches and Christians.Stay in prayer for revival, brother!