Tongues Testimonies

Here are the stories from 30 different people on Facebook about how the gift of tongues began in their life, their first experience.  :)

I will say for my own story, I never have prayed in tongues but have been open to it for awhile, but also a little scared of it at the same time.  In reading these stories maybe I have reason to be scared, because it sounds like an intense roller coaster ride lol.  But I do love roller coasters. :) So maybe I would love praying in tongues too.  I know my husband has prayed in tongues for the last 12 years or so.  His sounds like an African language I think.  Whenever he prays in tongues for me about anything I giggle and feel extra happy. lol.  So that's cool. :)  I do believe it's from God.  I KNOW tongues is still a gift for today.  It did NOT cease with the publishing of the Bible. "The perfect" that Paul refers to in Corinthians is heaven, not the completion of the Bible.  I have heard it in a church where someone prays and interprets their own tongue, which is nice.  I know in the past when my hubby has prayed in tongues a lot it helped him quit smoking.  So that's great.  I have always kind of thought I don't need that to stay away from sin and be close to God, which that might be my pride thinking that, but therefore I have not felt I needed tongues.  But if God wants me to have it, and if it really is the gateway to having the gift of healing etc, as some say, then I would want it.  So pray for me about that please.  It sounds interesting that's for sure. :)

The stories:

Very crazy. My "natural mind" kept telling me I was making it up. (Long story. It was very late at night and i could not stop for over 4 hours.)

Just uncomfortable. Lol. I do it daily now and it's like breathing, but that first time I just felt so lost. I was stood at the empty school grounds with my youth Pastor just wondering what was going on xx
The actual experience itself wasn't fun, because I had a lot of crazy people standing over me, yelling at me and laying hands on me. But after I first received it, I would speak in tongues in my mind every time I heard anybody speaking another language. :) And I felt giddy, even laughing instead of getting upset when I dropped a folder full of papers and they scattered in the wind, that sort of thing.

I felt a huge release, I had missed church that day, when my parents came home and told me about it I went to my room and cried out to God "I want that! I want my own prayer language to the Throne!" He gave it to me❤ so I bawled even more hahaha.

I whispered my first few words..because it sounded so funny..(haha..funny)..those first words are still prominent in my language..now they are heart warming..not funny

I was being prayed for one day and the lady started speaking in tongues and next I found myself interpreting. I was amazed and was thinking wow as I did so. Hasn't happened since

Truly amazing and wonderous. The mind can not fathom what the spirit is doing

It was so electrifying was saved baptized spiritually healed and talked tongues. I could feel the finger tips of jesus. I knew I was saying but came out in different language. I loved greatest experience of my life. Bible talks about talking in spiritual tongues

It happened in 1976, when I was 10 in one of my dad's church service. No one was praying for me. The Holy Spirit came over me when I was sitting on the floor.

It's like you know what you are saying because you are talking to God in the spirit but the words are not of this world but you know it's divine is the only way I can explain it

My testimony to my first time speaking in tongues funny as it may sound I was listening to the Isley Brothers living for the love of you...... it started off I was just singing the song then I started thinking how good God was to me and I began singing to him that I was living for his love and then the second part of the trilogy the holy Spirit came down upon me I'll never forget it pure utterance is all I can describe it as


It felt like hot lava flowing out of my stomach and tongue.!!! It also felt like thousands upon thousands of bolts of lightning , thunder , rushing waters, winds, and fire coming out of my body ,stomach mouth, lips, and tongue....year of 1992

Oh my goodness. I was sixteen years old. March 20, 1977 I was saved and baptized in water. Two weeks later on a Thursday night at church, an evangelist prayed for me and I got baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and it was fast tongues. I'll never forget it. Today, I pray in tongues, sing in tongues, intercede and do warfare in tongues. I am so thankful for the Holy Ghost.

I felt a direct light from heaven then my stomach bubbled and it was like word vomit from my stomach. I still get sore in my stomach muscles when I speak in tongues for a while

I was 11 and my mom laid hands on me to be filled with the Holy Spirit. It felt strange and awkward learning to let go of control over my mouth and tounge. I was afraid I wasn't doing it right or that I was making up my prayer language, which was just a few simple syllables back then.

1998 got baptized in the Holy Spirit began speaking in tongues instantly, looking at each leader in the eyes speaking rapidly to them in the Spirit. Felt like I could run around the world a thousand times! I sing in the Spirit now and pray also. I will never forget it!

My tongue felt like it was moving by its self...my belly felt full...not like when you eat and get full...I felt like waves going over me....I felt calm and at peace

I did not believe in tongues.I thought it was of the devil.
I was given a book...The Holy Spirit and You.
After reading it I told God if He really wanted me to have it then I would receive it. Then having decided to trust I heard and saw Lorday...I said thats close to Lord...I can say that. Then I heard Oh bay...again I said thats like obey...I can say that. Then I heard
Timur Seedah. I said..okay God I believe its you. I said it all together and I was instantly baptized and overwhelmed by His Presence in the throne room.

I saw my spiritual voice box in my throat open as I started to try pray in tongues. It was a strange kind experience praying at first but after I while I got used it as time went on. Years past before I really took more advantage of it.

I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit when I received Jesus. A couple of weeks after, I was in church walking towards the altar, like many were. I started feeling pressure on my throat like a ball of energy coming through my throat to my mouth and I started speaking in tongues! Praise and glory to God!

I didn't realize I was praying in tongues till like half way my praying, then I kinda wanted to stop & listened to myself, but kept going...it was like my own tongue was controlling itself.I had mixed emotions about it.I don't come from a home where I've heard someone pray in tongues before.I loved how it made me feel, but was freaked out at the same time, was amazed, felt weird and for the first time I felt like I was really praying.

It felt like I finally received a long awaited gift from God. I did not feel any different. Did not “feel” anything really. I just opened my mouth and started speaking in tongues— it was one syllable at that time. But before this I had been praying and wanting the gift for so long, maybe a year or two. And God have it to me after I surrendered my desires to him! It was a precious moment.

it was awesome,,after I received the gift I always wanted to be speaking in tongues

Was in a dream, sitting in my moms living room (in the dream), sunlight began to stream in through the window and I started speaking in tongues (in the dream).

I awakened around 2ish am and I was weeping very intensely while the word of God came forth from my spirit in supernatural poems and proverbs. Before this experience I could not articulate my words in such a fashion. OHH BUT GOD..Glory

I just couldn't stop continued the whole day till i slept, i couldn't stop.

Incredible!. I started speaking in tongues at 10 years old.

It was about 35 years ago, but what I remember was hearing simple little syllables, and then, I spoke them out in faith. There wasn’t any crashing fanfare from heaven as I had witnessed with others (like my parents and husband). However, as I trusted the Lord and spoke in faith, I began to grow in the spirit of intercession,

I was at a meeting and felt the holy spirit grooming a message in me. I felt a ball of fire spinning inside my stomach, and when I finally released it, it felt like heaven opened up and flushed over the entire meeting. My message was interpreted by someone else and it came in three waves. When it was over it dripped oil from my fingers and his power filled me in such way I felt it in my eyes, my hands and feet. Ppl in the meeting told me they could see his glory in my eyes and several ppl wanted me to lay hands on and pray for them💕 God is so good

Mine was very matter-of-fact. I was really hoping for an ecstatic, spiritual experience. I had always pictured it as something that would happen Out of the book of Acts. However being raised and told that it was of the devil it was new for me to think that I could have it and it was good. After praying about it a lot and reading about it I listen to a sermon and at the end they all started praying in tongues. I also told God if this was from him I wanted it, if not keep me far from it. My sister who had been praying in tongues before, had told me and just start saying what comes to mind that is not English. I did and it was such a disappointment of expectations. But I knew this was of God and I kept trusting him. Later it was funny because I realize that everybody else's tongues sound the same, but mine sound very different and they will change depending on what I'm praying about

I had attended a crusade where a prophet of God was ministering. He asked if there was anyone who wanted to receive Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and several hands went up. Since I was born again I didn't lift mine. But he told all of us to join in that prayer of surrendering our lives, so we all in unison. In the middle of the prayers he said, ' Lord , You promised us that when we receive You, and we become Your children, You will give us the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we will see visions, we will dream dreams, we will prophecy, we will speak new tongues..... " . All I know I didn't finish those prayers , for my tongue became not my own. I had no control, what I said I have no clue, it was like a spring of water that just burst forth, fire that couldn't be quenched. The most glorious thing to happen in my life. I will never forget that!

I have been doing it since I was a young child and just didn’t realise it.

I was alone in my room praying and worshipping and I believed I could have it and I asked for it and received. It was just a few sounds at first that kept repeating and the more I said them, many more sounds came out. I didn’t feel fire or anything else. I just prayed and asked and received it.



So cool!  And maybe soon I'll have my own story to share.  Who knows.  It could happen. :)  Pray for me if you think of it, that God will give me this gift also.  Thanks and May God bless you all!

Healing

Mental, emotional and spiritual healing is just as important, if not more important, than physical healing. How many of you agree you would much rather have your spouse get mental healing over physical healing so that they can be nicer to you? 😉👍🏼 Amen. But those three types of healing can LEAD to physical healing.  We all know worry can lead to headaches.  We all know worry can lead to high blood pressure, which can lead to all kinds of other health problems and even eventually death.  So don't worry and you will be healthy and healed. 🙂  Theoretically. 🙂 But how can you not worry?  By reading the word as much as you can and listening to sermons and worship music.  Just play worship or sermons in your car and in your home non-stop and I guarantee you won't have time to worry.  Amen! 🙂  "He sent forth his word and it healed them."  So if you do this, your headaches might get better and your blood pressure might go down, just by focusing on God and his goodness.  Amen?  Amen!

It's ironic that the two times I was in my car yesterday, on my way to a Bible study and delivering pizzas, J Vernon McGee was on CSN radio 101.3, or 100.3 if you live south of Jarrell.  I love CSN radio! McGee was saying that the verse "by his stripes we are healed" refers to spiritual healing only.  That is also what Billy Graham says about that verse in his book "The Holy Spirit."  That is always how I have seen that verse, because before that phrase it says, "he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." That is in Isaiah 53. Transgressions and iniquities are other words for sin specifically.  We were healed from our sin, and now sin does not have power over us and we can choose to sin or not sin.  But before accepting Jesus' free gift and the Holy Spirit coming in our soul, we had no choice but to sin, because we were under it’s power. Not to speak doubt and unbelief over that teaching, but it's always important to read verses in context.

Although, and here’s the other side, in Matthew 8 when Matthew refrences that passage it says, "When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.  This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 'He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.' "  So ironically Matthew himself misquotes Isaiah 53.  Why?  I have no idea.  In Isaiah this verse actually says, "He took up our pain and bore our suffering."  So it is close.  Pain and suffering does mean about the same thing as infirmities and diseases.

So there is biblical justification for both sides of the argument.

But Jesus did bear our diseases when he died on the cross. 😉

How do you receive that healing? Pastor Dennis correctly points out that everything we receive from God we receive by faith. Faith comes by hearing the word. Now that you have read that teaching on healing for any Christian does actually come from the word, you can have faith!

So have faith! God bore your pain and suffering on the cross, but don’t sin anymore, as much as possible, so that your freedom from sin and sickness can really be real and true for you. 😁😉👍🏼👏🏼⭐️

God Loves You!

May God bless you all! 😁

Speaking FAITH

If you don't want to loose your house, every day you need to say "Thank you God that we aren't going to loose our house.  Thank you God for this house.  I love it!"  If you don't want to loose your spouse you need to say every day, "Thank you God that I'm going to stay married my whole life.  Thank you for my spouse.  They are wonderful."  If you want your kids to not die speak out every day, "Thank you that you will give my kids a long life.  You bore their pain and suffering on the cross.  I know that you love me and you want to bless me.  You give me the desire of my heart if I delight in you.  You know I delight in you alone and my greatest desire is that my children will be healthy and happy always!  Thank you God that you will give them a long and healthy life.  Amen!"
You can't speak doubt over your life and expect to have victory.  You can't speak unbelief and expect to have good things happen to you.  "The power of life and death are in the tongue."  And the power of life and death are in your mind ALSO.  Are you always thinking "my spouse is going to divorce me.  I know they want to divorce me etc?"  That's a lie from Satan!  You need to tell Satan "get behind me!"  Stay positive.  Speak life!  Stay in faith!
It has always frustrated me how negative people can be sometimes and that they don't realize how VERY destructive that is to their success in life.  The people who taught the book The Secret would call being positive the secret to success in life.  Christians just call that faith.  If you have faith, you NEED to stay positive.  Otherwise you can't say that you have faith.  Either you have faith or you don't.  Either you believe or you don't.  If you believe God wants to be good to you, then speak it out!  In your thoughts and aloud. 
I can't even count how many times I have tried to tell people around me "please try to stay positive."  People just don't realize how much they can speak death and defeat into any situation by their words and with the thoughts they allow themselves to think.
Why can't people tell when their thoughts are from SATAN?  I can.  Immediately if I have ANY thought that would lead to death of any kind at all I KNOW it's Satan and I take the thought captive, meaning I STOP thinking about it.  That is what it means to take a thought captive.  You just STOP thinking about it. 
So God I pray for all those who have a hard time discerning what thoughts are from Satan and which ones are not.  God your word said we extinguish the flaming darts from Satan with our shield of faith, so God PLEASE help everyone I know, and everyone reading this, to have FAITH!  God help people to not listen to Satan any longer.  To clear their mind of any evil thoughts that lead to death.  God I pray that you would give us all a clarity of MIND like we have never had before.  I pray that your peace that passes all understanding will GAURD our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.  God we NEED your peace to gaurd us from Satan's attacks.  We all know worry leads to most of our health problems, and we know we need your healing from worry.  God help us to have FAITH!  We believe but help us in our unbelief.  God help those who don't know how much you love them and HOW MUCH you want to provide good things for them!  Help them to believe that you do!  God you love us and you want to take care of us.  God help us to believe that.  Tear down any strongholds in our mind that you are against us or want us to suffer.  God you love your children.  You love those who seek to obey you, and the Bible says you reward those who diligently seek you.  So God help us to DILIGENTLY seek you so that you can reward us.  Thank you God.  Thank you that you are working in anyone who reads this that they will try to seek you with all their heart and will keep their minds fixed on you.  Thank you that Satan will not be able to gain power over them any longer!  In Jesus' name!  God we thank you for that!
Stay focused on God and be blessed.  ;)  Amen.
May God blesss you all!  With health and abundance in every area of your life!  Amen!

Two Sides to All Debates

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Have you noticed that on any given issue the Bible has verses to support two sides, which is why there are good meaning, saved Christians on both sides of any debate.  The Bible says we are predestined but it also says "anyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."  The Bible says do not forbid speaking in tongues but it also says eagerly desire the greater gifts, which I think are teaching and prophesying, which I think can be just preaching.  The Bible says that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit when we believe, but it also says that any branch in Jesus that does not bear fruit is cut off.  The Bible says God SO loved us that he sent his only son to die for us, but it also says that God disciplines those he loves.  The Bible says that God can heal people today via some having the gift of healing and the laying on of hands, but Paul talked about his thorn in the flesh that God said no to healing.  The Bible says the disciples received the Holy Spirit when Jesus breathed on them and Pentecost does seem to have been a second filling of the Holy Spirit, but Paul says "do all pray in tongues?"  Meaning no, not all Christians will pray in tongues.  The Bible says do not forbid speaking in tongues, but it says if there is no interpreter a tongues speaker should be forbidden to speak in church. lol.  The Bible says "I do not permit a woman to teach a man" but some of the early church leaders were women.  So why did God let all these seeming contradictions be in the Bible?  I think it is so that we will keep reading the Bible and keep reading it while trying to understand what the middle ground is.  God wants us to see both sides on all these topics.  Unfortunately most people just go on one side or the other and fight against the other side, but we all need to see the WHOLE picture always.  Balance is always key.  Seeing all of Scripture is always key.  Not just one verse.  Not just one concept in the Bible.  We all need to see it all at all times, the entire Bible.  Amen.  May God help us all in this and give us more and more of his divine wisdom to have eyes to see all the truth at once.  :)  May God bless you all!

Great Church Meetings 🤗

Several Church Activities (for any interested) I will go to most of these. 🙂 All of these have childcare except the Monday healing class. 😉

Sunday 10:30 service at Grace Bible and Church on the Rock, both in Georgetown 

Sunday at 6 a second new service at Church on the Rock in Georgetown 

Monday 6:30 A class on healing and prayer for healing at Church on the Rock in Georgetown 👍🏼⭐️😁

Tuesday 2pm women’s bible study on the life of Jesus at Grace Bible 👍🏼

Wednesday 6:30 Awanas for kids ages 3 to 12 at Grace Bible in Georgetown 

7 to 8:30pm Service at Church on the Rock in Georgetown 

Thursday 9:15 to 11:15am women’s bible study on Ruth at Grace Bible in Georgetown 👍🏼 

Thursday 6:30 starting next week a moms Bible study at Grace Bible 👍🏼😉

Friday- Go out to eat with your spouse at Chili’s! Woot! 😉 and walk on the awesome river trail by there 😁😉😁⭐️👏🏼

Saturday 6:30 The Back Door Church service in Jarrell at a Methodist church by Sun Fresh  👍🏼

Be Good

I have had about 30 fillings in my life and I think it was because I stopped flossing every day. I flossed every night from age 11 till about age 25. But then at age 25 I had to get a crown on one of my teeth. So that was very discouraging. 😢 I didn’t get why I needed a crown when I brushed twice a day and flossed every night. 😞 (It’s possible that dentist was just trying to make more money, because I think crowns bring in way more profit for them.) 

So after that I stopped flossing for the most part because I thought “what is the point if I’m still going to need crowns while flossing?” 😢

I think it can be the same way with us regarding being good in life. We might try and be good for a long time, and then something bad happens to us and we’re like “ah what’s the point of being good when bad stuff still happens to me?!” I’m sure many of us have thought that at various times. 😉

But the key to remember is that a lot less bad stuff happens to those who try to be good then to those who don’t. 

For example, if you show up for work on time every shift and respect all your co-workers and your boss you most likely won’t be fired. 👍🏼 So doing good does result in a cause and effect that is beneficial then. 

I flossed well as long as I did and maybe would have needed more crowns if I hadn’t. I am trying to floss again now at least every few days. 👍🏼 And I use mouthwash now. 😁

Also when we respect our spouses and treat them like we would want to be treated, we will most likely not have a divorce. 

When we try to care for our children well and show them lots of love they most likely won’t end up in prison someday. 😁👍🏼

When we eat right we will for sure have less health issues then those who don’t. 

So God’s command that we be Holy, or try to be holy, WILL benefit us in the end. Putting in the hard work to be good and take good care of ourselves and others WILL result in our lives being better overall. Amen. 

So don’t give up when you feel like all the work you put into being good seems to be for nothing. Keep pressing on to win the prize for which God has called you to. Fight the good fight of the faith! Be a good Christian and do good, and then your life and everyone’s life around you will be much better as a result. 😉 Be Good. 😁

May God bless you all! 

On Caffeine

When I got my wisdom teeth pulled two months ago my home care involved not drinking caffeine for awhile. I suppose that was a blessing because since then I have drank very little caffeine. I drink green tea when I feel overly sluggish on occasion but I stopped doing my usual twice a day cup of coffee or green tea. And the ironic thing is I actually have more energy, not less. Praise God! I always heard caffeine gives you a high and then dumps you and that’s true. So life is much better with little or no caffeine. If you are thinking of quitting caffeine I pray this will give you hope that your life will really be better without it. 👍🏼

Also I always knew the acidity of coffee or tea was killing my teeth. I have literally had about 30 fillings in my life and I have two crowns already at age 33. ☹️ I think that was mainly due to coffee. And chocolate didn’t help I’m sure. 😁 And sugarless gum, which we all know isn’t sugarless because it’s still sweet. There’s still some kind of sugar in it, which is probably bad for our teeth. 

Also caffeine really does lead to more stomach pain. Now that I’m off caffeine mostly my stomach pain is gone. Praise God! 😉 👍🏼👏🏼 

So I pray you will be encouraged, if you are considering quitting or cutting back on caffeine. Life really is better with less caffeine. Don’t let Satan keep feeding you the lie that you need it to be happy. You don’t! It’s a drug just like any other drug and it’s good to really see that. “The truth shall set you free.” 😁 And “he who the son sets free is free indeed.” Amen! Caffeine is a drug but you can be set free and your life will be much better without it! 😉 I know because mine is. 👍🏼 

May God bless you all!