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by Leading People into a Growing Relationship with Jesus
The Spirit’s Language Within You
May you be energized with all His explosive power from the realm of His magnificent glory, filling you with great hope! Colossians 1:11 (TPT)
1.______________ THE GIFT OF TONGUES (GLOSSOLALIA)
Tongues is the Spirit-energized ability to pray, worship, give thanks, or speak in a _____________ other than your own or one you have not _____________
EXAMINE PAUL’S INSTRUCTIONS ON TONGUES
- He Desired All Believers to_________in Tongues – (1 Cor. 14:5)
- Tongues________the Believer – (1 Cor. 14:4)
- Paul Used It in His Own Prayer Life – (1 Cor. 14:18-19)
- He Warned Against Forbidding It – (1 Cor. 14:39)
2. RECOGNIZE THERE ARE_______________ OF TONGUES (1 COR. 12:10)
- _____________ Tongue – The Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4)
- _____________ Tongue – Corporate Worship (1 Cor. 14:19)
GUIDELINES FOR USE:
- Must be intelligible to the body of Christ (1 Cor. 14:19)
- Not everyone has this public gift, just like not everyone prophesies
(1 Cor. 12:30)
- Must be intelligible to the body of Christ (1 Cor. 14:19)
- ____________ Tongue – Private Prayer & Worship (1 Cor. 14:2, 14-15, 28)
3. HOW TO ___________ & _______________ IN THE GIFT OF TONGUES
PRACTICAL STEPS:
1. __________ in Faith – (Luke 11:13)
2. _____________ to Holy Spirit
3. Step Out in Boldness
4. Stay ___________ & Refreshed – (Ephesians 5:18)
Be continually filled with the Spirit.
CONCLUSION: LIVING IN THE OVERFLOW OF THE SPIRIT
The gift of tongues is not weird or optional—it’s a divine resource for every believer.
Public tongues serve the body; private tongues build up the individual.
Paul encouraged us to desire spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 14:1), and that includes tongues!
Will you receive what the Holy Spirit has for you today?