Today I would like to share this powerful message from Joseph Prince:
BUILD
YOURSELF UP—SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY
1
Corinthians 14:4 He
who speaks in a tongue edifies himself…
Many
Charismatics believe that when you speak in tongues, you edify or build up your
spirit man. Well, that is only one-third true. The Bible does not say that the
speaker edifies his spirit. No, it says that the speaker “edifies himself.”
This means his entire self—spirit, soul and body. So he who speaks in tongues
builds up not just his spirit, but his soul and body as well.
Beloved,
if you are feeling emotionally drained or just physically tired from a hectic
week, begin to pray in tongues and allow the Holy Spirit to edify you. God’s
Spirit in you knows exactly what you need and will rest and recharge
you—spirit, soul and body—as you yield to Him and pray in tongues. Sometimes,
when I am tired after a long flight and still need to preach at a conference, I
will pray in tongues to edify myself. I have found that when I do this, despite
the jet lag, I will have the strength and clarity of mind to preach an anointed
message and do whatever I need to do for the day.
One
of our congregation members, a 74-year-old brother, decided to build up his
body, specifically, his heart. He had discovered that two of his arteries
were 70 per cent blocked and five smaller vessels were 80 per cent blocked. So
during a church service, when I asked those who wanted to be healed of heart
problems to stand up, he stood up, placed his hand over his heart and prayed in
tongues.
He
shared that at that moment, he believed that the Holy Spirit touched him
and he became a different person. When he went for his medical
check-up, his surgeon found that all the blockages in his arteries
and blood vessels were gone! Even a scheduled heart-related operation was
cancelled as there was no longer any necessity for it. Indeed, he was a
different person. He literally had a change of heart, a new heart from God!
Beloved,
you may not have a heart condition, but you can still pray in tongues for your
area of need. Start building yourself up today—spirit, soul and body—and
enjoy the healing, well-being, power and wisdom that only the Holy Spirit can
bring!
We , as born again believers, have been given the most powerful Gift in the infilling of Holy Spirit! He fills us to overflowing with His presence and His power and gives us our own personal prayer language to be able to communicate, at any time and ALL the time, with God, spirit to SPIRIT! Be like Paul and determine to pray tongues more and more! You will never regret that wise decision! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Behold - Then Sings My Soul":
Shalom in Him!
